Is it possible (just possible) that Pearl Jam's "Yellow Ledbetter" could be the best song ever? Okay, a bit of an overstatement (but not much), but it certainly is a good song. I'm not sure how much of my love for it springs from the song itself, and how much from the adolescent autumns I spent listening to it, but whenever I hear it I just get shot through, top to bottom, with sensucht that few other songs can reproduce.

Surely there's at least one or two late 20's, early 30's on here that feel the same way.

Oh yeah: The only studio version I could find on youtube was in the Eddie Vedder tribute. Which is kind of lame. Mea culpa. For full effect, don't watch the video, just listen to the song.

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Joshua Wiseman
Riverview PCA
Charleston, WV

"Keep me as the apple of the eye, hide me under the shadow of thy wings."
- Psalm 17:8

I saw "Ledbetter" and immediately thought this thread was going to be about the beloved Jerry Clower.

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Josh Hicks, Chloë's Daddy
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I thought of Huddie Ledbetter!

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Feileadh Mor
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Well, this thread has 5 views so far. Ergo, by resistless logic, I can safely assume that 5 more people have now placed "Yellow Ledbetter" firmly in their mind as "Best Song Ever."

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Joshua Wiseman
Riverview PCA
Charleston, WV

"Keep me as the apple of the eye, hide me under the shadow of thy wings."
- Psalm 17:8

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It is indeed a great song, but borrows heavily from Stevie Ray Vaughn's riff (since it is a tribute and all).

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Travis Graham | Member | Christ The King (PCA) | Houston, TX

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and knees will be broken,
for those who don't know how"
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Travis,

Actually, I didn't know that. I've never listened to much of SRV (in the time-honored practice of PB acronym usage), and I'm not enough of a Pearl Jam fan to research song history and what not.

I'd like to hear the original, but I doubt I'd like it nearly as much, since Vedder's voice, for me, goes a long way towards making the song special.

Which version do you like more?

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Joshua Wiseman
Riverview PCA
Charleston, WV

"Keep me as the apple of the eye, hide me under the shadow of thy wings."
- Psalm 17:8

Yellow Ledbetter by Pearl Jam Songfacts
Yellow Ledbetter - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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Andrew Myers
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I think Even Flow is their best song. And no album of theirs ever came close beating Ten.

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Aaron Josh Wright
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