Music Notes

Catch-up entry: Eddie Vedder Does a Beatles Cover

Shazam is my best friend, honestly. I don't know what I would do without it. I found Eddie Vedder's cover of the Beatles song You've Got To Hide Your Love Away when it played last summer at a discount clothing franchise that I shop at frequently. Over the years I've developed a strong instinct for knowing whether a song appeals to me or not within the first verse or so, and I could tell that this was something I was going to like, so I grabbed my phone and identified it.

I'm not interested in the original Beatles rendition; I think Eddie Vedder does a fantastic job on his cover, and I never cared much for the Beatles anyway. This is a short and simple track with light guitar work and a harmonica ending, and Eddie's rich deep voice is exactly what sets it apart for me. Deeper male voices are hard to find in pop music, and I'm not into Pearl Jam, so I never really got to know him. (Though another cover he did, with Tom Petty, is coming soon on my blog.)

When I discovered this I immediately downloaded it to my offline playlist and had it on repeat for the rest of the day. The sadness of the lyrics, simplicity of the production and of course Eddie's voice, all combined to make a new favorite of mine.

I don't feel the need to give much technical background on this one; Eddie Vedder made it for a movie soundtrack, and there's really nothing more to say.