Obsessed

5.KLOL Interview (Part 2)

David Sadof: I've been playing that song actually the past several weeks on the show I do "Exposure" and yeah, I mean to me it it well, just going by the lyrics, you know, that Jeremy spoke in class and kind of opened up to his class about what was going on with his home life. But that that's all something that you came up with that's not directly related to, uh. No.

Eddie Vedder: All I know is it was a one paragraph thing that said Jeremy and the rest of his name. And, uh, I don't want to say it and how he took his life. And that's happening like all over the place now. I mean, it's not you know, it's something that's almost I've heard about, like a story like that almost once a month. Since then, I've been paying attention to it, whether it's a kid, who shot the other kid who won honors over him for some educational scholarship.

Stone Gossard: That was happening when we were in Houston last time we were here. Wasn't that in Houston?

Eddie Vedder: Um, I'm not sure if that was Houston. The other guy who drove into the deli that was here.

David Sadof: Here there's the the cheerleader mom. I'm sure you've heard the story.

Eddie Vedder: That was here too. Yeah, absolutely insane.

Stone Gossard: So Texas has a certain history of, plus the guy that shot up the whole truck going into the deli. That was in Texas, too.

David Sadof: Yeah, exactly it was.

Eddie Vedder: Then, of course, the Chainsaw Massacre. Started it all.

David Sadof: Yeah. The tourists people are going to love this. Let's move on to the song Alive.

Eddie Vedder: I've seen people sing it in front as if it were like a celebration. And I've also sang it at times as if it were like a burden. And I think, um, I think everyone kind of has their own interpretation. I mean, I don't know. I certainly do. And I think it's just really funny that we all some people think it's about Andrew Wood or or some other paper in Seattle said it was like a tribute to Andrew Wood. And it just it just wasn't.

Stone Gossard: It was a tribute to Temple of the Dog.

David Sadof: I took it in in a way, I guess, just looking literally at what the lyrics are of, you know, a child with a mom and dad and the father's dad. And she's telling the son, you know, well, your father might be dead, but I'm still here. You know, I'm still here for you. I'm alive. You know, I'm here for you. If you need something, don't forget that I'm alive, that I'm here.

Eddie Vedder: That's great.

David Sadof: Well, we've already answered this in a way, but where do you find the inspiration for your songwriting?

Eddie Vedder: Really just day to day things. I mean, even you spied on us as we were walking up and I was looking at a mother and her child. And right before we turned the corner and she kind of leaned down and just kind of moment of affection between the two and just the way that the little boy looked up. It's pretty amazing. I mean, just something like that will just pick up on a lot of little things. It's really overwhelming at times. Makes me wish I could get out of my head, but basically it's just like a sponge. I just soak up a lot. And when it comes down to writing, it's just like squeezing the sponge. And I don't mop it up and I just let the chips fall on...big mess.

David Sadof: Do you do a lot of reading at all?

Eddie Vedder: Yeah.