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Footsteps/Times of Trouble Question

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nobody@nowhere

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Mar 10, 1997, 3:00:00 AM3/10/97
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Unless, I'm an idiot, I just noticed that the basic riffs between Pearl Jam's
Footsteps and Temple of the Dog's Times of Trouble are nearly identical. Does
anybody know the story or relation?

Patrick Gavin
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brian grimmel

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Mar 10, 1997, 3:00:00 AM3/10/97
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nobody@nowhere wrote:

Patrick Gavin
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Stone wrote the song and let chris sing it on the temple cd. they had
recorded it for the ten album but didn't put it on because Stone let
chris use it on the temple album. So eddie and chris have two different
vocals to the same song


Jon McFadden

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Mar 10, 1997, 3:00:00 AM3/10/97
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I read an interview where Eddie said that they wrote this during the
Temple of the Dog sessions, but then he had some lyrics that he thought
would fit, and decided to redo it.
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Mar 11, 1997, 3:00:00 AM3/11/97
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In article <5g1im7$q...@yar.trincoll.edu>, nobody@nowhere writes:

>Unless, I'm an idiot, I just noticed that the basic riffs between Pearl Jam's
>
>Footsteps and Temple of the Dog's Times of Trouble are nearly identical. Does
>
>anybody know the story or relation?
>
>Patrick Gavin
>patric...@mail.trincoll.edu

Nope, but they are indentical, you are correct.

Brendan

Habit1026

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Mar 11, 1997, 3:00:00 AM3/11/97
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I believe that Eddie Vedder wrote the song and Chris Cornell wrote the
lyrics. It was supposed to be another version of Footsteps.

mikey...@aol.com

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Mar 11, 1997, 3:00:00 AM3/11/97
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i think that either Stone or Mike wrote the guitar riff and used it for both songs. I've also noticed that the first song on Alice in Chains' Jar of Flies cd also resembles these two songs.

~mike~

Tripod

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Mar 11, 1997, 3:00:00 AM3/11/97
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Stone wrote the music and plays it on "Rockline"...

Eddie says, "Chris has his version; I have mine." It's kinda like the
chicken or the egg; no one knows which came first.

Smith Rick

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Mar 11, 1997, 3:00:00 AM3/11/97
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On 11 Mar 1997, Habit1026 wrote:

> Date: 11 MAR 1997 04:05:20 GMT
> From: Habit1026 <habi...@aol.com>
> Newgroups: alt.music.pearl-jam
> Subject: Re: Footsteps/Times of Trouble Question

>
> I believe that Eddie Vedder wrote the song and Chris Cornell wrote the
> lyrics. It was supposed to be another version of Footsteps.
>
>

I believe the correct story is that Stone wrote the main guitar riff of
the song, and then presented it to both Chris and Eddie. Eddie came up
with Footsteps while Chris came up with Times of Trouble.


Duncan

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Mar 11, 1997, 3:00:00 AM3/11/97
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doesn't the FAQ have an article that has EV saying "footsteps" is what
he got out of the riff, and Chris Cornell has his own version?

beatnik

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Mar 11, 1997, 3:00:00 AM3/11/97
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nobody@nowhere wrote:
>
> Unless, I'm an idiot, I just noticed that the basic riffs between Pearl Jam's
> Footsteps and Temple of the Dog's Times of Trouble are nearly identical. Does
> anybody know the story or relation?
>
> Patrick Gavin
> patric...@mail.trincoll.edu

read the FAQ!

ScottDog76

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Mar 12, 1997, 3:00:00 AM3/12/97
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THE REAL ANSWER!

When the band was forming and Jack Irons recomended Eddie as the vocalist
they sent him a demo tape. Eddie went surfing at night went back to his
small shack he was living in on the beach and layed out three songs on the
demo they sent him. They were Alive, Even Flow, and Footsteps. therefore
Stone and Mike wrote the song and Eddie created the lyrics long before
Temple of the dog.

Scotty~

Courtney

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Mar 19, 1997, 3:00:00 AM3/19/97
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ScottDog76 (scott...@aol.com) wrote:
: THE REAL ANSWER!

NOW...the REAL answer....

everything is right up until the alive, evenflow, footsteps part. it was mamasan
(the mini opera...if you need more explanation, just ask) alive, once and
footsteps. that is why there is the pj version and the totd version. and why
footsteps has not been on an album.

cheers,
courtney


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