Pearl Jam – Hey Foxymophandlemama, That's Me

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  General Comment:According to Wikipedia, the voice clips are recordings of people from psychiatric hospitals.
  
  Doesn't make it any less creepy. D :

  Flag young-hyunjion October 21, 2012   Link

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  General Comment:This song is definetaly creepy and disturbing and a work of art. Another thing I'm sure of, it is something played backwards. Hey Foxyhandlemamma, and Pry To are definetaly parts of SOMETHING played backwards. You can tell by the apparent distortion and washed-out sound of the vocals and the way the instrumental sounds. It has a fast, scraping, vacuum-like sound.
  
  Don't believe me? This isn't the only example of Pearl Jam reversing stuff to create new tracks. The song "Red Bar", from Yield, often simply written as a red circle, is the same thing. You can tell by the crunching sound of the precussion instrument in the song and the lack of distinctiveness of the vocals. I'm actually pretty sure that Red Bar is the "I'm not trying to make a difference, I'll stop trying to make a difference" line from the song No Way, also on Yield.
  
  I'd love to know what Pry To and Hey Foxy' are when reversed.

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  General Comment:I was doing homework with my PJ playlist on shuffle when this song came on at like midnight, creeped me out, haha. Still, interesting song and chilling delivery with the layered voices and increasing, distorted guitar and drums in the background.

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  General Comment:I really like this song. I don't look too deeply for hidden meanings or the like when I listen to it. I love the guitar and the drums. The pace and intensity really peaks at the end of it.
  
  The people speaking during the track are layers in really nicely. It's a great ending to a decent album...

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  General Comment:I wonder if a crazy person can actually think "real deep" about things, especially if she has trouble choosing words...
  
  weird.

  Flag DJgifon July 04, 2009   Link

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    Of course! Crazy doesn't mean stupid, or even retarded. Depending on the kind or level of "crazy", it simply means that their perception of reality differs from the norm. It is completely unconnected with cognitive ability. As a matter of fact, in this modern world of ours, I often wonder how many of us, if we took the time and had deep thoughts of our own, would end up a bit crazy ourselves.
    
    BTW, I absolutely appreciate the song. Not that I can listen to it over and over as I can most of theirs, but I get it. I get it and I dig it.

    Flag Mabvson March 20, 2011  
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  General Comment:After reading all the comments it's interesting the thoughts it provokes. Vedder is amazing at doing that, so he succeeded again in an odd way. BRY89 above, has a good point. It's his (their) own personal art. it's just creepy as hell because the girl sounds like she's about 8 years old and it gives me chills.
  
  10,000 days (Rosetta Stoned) it was like himself describing the thoughts his brain were falsely translating after taking drugs, which obviously he knew was out of character later.
  
  This girl/woman whatever - this is their life. Makes you wonder if it's all normal to them? Or are they living actual hell here on Earth.

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  General Comment:I applaud those who could actually listen to this whole thing... Or are you also sick? Any case... let's move on.

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  General Comment:They could have cut the length in half without leaving out the intense instrumental parts and it would have made a much better closer. The song is just too straining to listen to in its entirety.
  
  Vitalogy is partially a conceptual album. The opening track, "Last Exit", and the closers "Immortality" and "Mop" are merely a sequence of Cobainesque rock stars who lose their minds and become suicidal over the stresses of celebrity life and high expectations.

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  General Comment:shame i can't spellt hough.
  let's try 'relaxing'

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  General Comment:I like it.
  The recording idea is very similar to Agalloch's Tomorrow Will Never Come - also featuring recordings from a mental hospital, however the music is very different.
  I really enjoy this song, it is so relacinf, and is always the first in my sleep playlist or the playlist i use when out walking at night.

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