Top 10 Pearl Jam B-Sides

[serpent boy]

Awesome post!

I just got home from work, opened up my Live on Ten Legs super deluxe vinyl boxset that arrived from England, and started listening to "Arms Aloft" (Joe Strummer cover). Then open my Google Chrome, go to 9:30 Club board, and see this thread. I love it.

I'm a huge Pearl Jam fan, so this is tough. But here's a try.

Also, are you sure some of those are studio released ("Everyday People," "Let My Love Open the Door," "Out Of My Mind," "RITFW")? Aren't those all live recordings only? Also, most of your list appeared on Lost Dogs. Not so elusive. Either way, I'm counting anything that wasn't on a studio album as a b-side.

I'm not including covers ("Crazy Mary" and all your honorable mentions) because there are at least a hundred of those.

1.) Breath
2.) Of the Earth
3.) Alone
4.) State of Love and Trust
5.) Foldback
6.) Strangest Tribe
7.) Long Road
8.) Hard to Imagine
9.) Hold On
10.) The Golden State
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11.) Down
12.) U
13.) Sad
14.) Other Side
15.) Puzzles & Games

[bekessler]

Out Of My Mind is the b-side on Not For You.

[serpent boy]

Yeah, but it was a live improv, not a studio recording.

[mbg73]

Golden State was originally recorded by John Doe, and I think it was written by John Doe and Exene Cervenka.   Don't have the album handy to check, but it's definitely not a Pearl Jam or E. Vedder song.

[serpent boy]

Whoops! You're right. For some reason, I thought he co-wrote it with Corin Tucker, but I guess not.

[bekessler]

Yeah, but it was a live improv, not a studio recording.

...but a true b-side.  State of Love and Trust and Breath were on a soundtrack from a movie directed by Cameron Crowe and distributed by Warner Brothers -- "not so elusive."  And while the Chicago Cab soundtrack probably isn't as widely known, the 10 club was including free copies of it in every order for years.

[serpent boy]

"Out of My Mind" is definitely a true b-side. A lot of fans at Philly 4 in 2009 didn't even know it haha.

I guess by the criteria established for b-sides, though, not many are really eligible. Most are not that elusive any more with the Internet, Lost Dogs, live recordings, etc. It's fair to just say anything that's not on a studio album, I think.

As for covers, here are my top 10:
1.) Sonic Reducer
2.) Kick Out the Jams
3.) Crown of Thorns
4.) Masters of War
5.) Driven to Tears
6.) Fuckin' Up
7.) The Real Me
8.) Throw Your Arms Around Me
9.) Ain't Talkin' 'Bout Love
10.) Harvest Moon
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11.) Waiting on a Friend
12.) Bleed For Me
13.) So You Want to Be a Rock and Roll Star
14.) Little Wing
15.) Whip It

I really want to put "Running Back to Saskatoon" on there, but it was an incomplete cover.

[Thousand Made-Up Loves]

"Out of My Mind" is definitely a true b-side. A lot of fans at Philly 4 in 2009 didn't even know it haha.

I remember that. That was awesome!