Pearl Jam covered a White Stripes classic at their show in Seattle last night (August 8) in tribute to the teachers of Eddie Vedder’s kids and teachers worldwide.
Vedder spoke at length, as reported by Stereogum, about the role teachers play in local communities before covering the track from White Stripes’ 2001 album, White Blood Cells.
Vedder began: “There’s one part of the community and one job in particular that deserves so much more notoriety than they receive. There are those who teach our children and teach them well. We’ve had the opportunity, we’re very blessed to have had some teachers that changed our kids’ lives.”
Vedder asked audience members to raise their hands: “If you had one teacher that changed your life… see, that’s just about every-fucking-body. That’s how important it is.”
“And we have two special teachers that my kids brought tonight that I wanted to allow them some notoriety and some applause and some recognition from their fine group of neighbours here in Seattle. And I’d like to play this for them, borrowed from my friend Jack”, Vedder concluded.
Watch Eddie Vedder’s full speech and performance below (song begins at 5:18).
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