For the ultimate primer on aging gracefully, just take a good long look at Eddie Vedder. Over the past 18 years since Ten, Pearl Jam has weathered every fashion trend, every political climate, and every step of mainstream music's wild evolution with their heads up and their integrity completely intact. They're classy, and they are classic. And they still put out consistently interesting and entertaining albums on a fairly regular basis.
Unfortunately this is not a post announcing a new album or a new single. But they are re-releasing Ten and sweetening the deal by offering up all of the master tracks up for download at the "Rock Band" music store. We're celebrating all that big news with the launch of the Ultimate Pearl Jam Playlist. MTV has assembled 15 of Pearl Jam's finest clips into a single playlist, and it all kicks off with a never-before-aired uncensored version of "Jeremy."
Don't expect to finally get a peek at that recess lady's breast. It doesn't go that way. But the ambiguous ending that Pearl Jam left us with 18 years ago is about to be wrapped up in unblinkingly gruesome fashion. A fashion that resonates far louder today than it ever thought of doing when Pearl Jam was still just a fresh face in the Buzz bin. Here they are -- 15 videos from a band that saw the future 18 years ago and owned every day of the present, ever since. I give you Pearl Jam.
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