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Eddie Vedder<\/a> didn\u2019t ever want to be the traditional rock and roll star that everyone thinks of.\u00a0<\/p>\n The entire Seattle scene wasn\u2019t meant to be one of the biggest hubs for music in the world, but when everything exploded in the 1990s, Vedder was trying to do everything he could to minimise his star power. He didn\u2019t want to become the same kind of legend that he heard about in his record collections, but he had to admit that some of his favourite artists seemed to be larger than life without having to think about it.\u00a0<\/p>\n There was no way for him to really quantify what it was like working with a band like The Who or Tom Petty, but for him, it was all done in the service of playing music. He wanted the chance to make music that appealed to people, and a lot of that came from breaking down the kinds of songs that his idols were used to playing. Pete Townshend was writing about characters<\/a> with flesh and blood, and you can hear that in the way that Vedder sings as well.<\/p>\n It was hard to even figure out what the hell he was getting at in a lot of those Pearl Jam songs, but you could definitely sense that he had a handle on what people were going through. The stories of \u2018Daughter\u2019 <\/a>and \u2018Why Go\u2019 sound like things that could actually happen to people, and even if Vedder tried his best to bring down his own sense of celebrity, sometimes being yourself can endear fans to you even more.<\/p>\n And when you get more honest with your fanbase, you can\u2019t really go wrong. Vedder was willing to make music that was a bit more true to himself whenever Pearl Jam started to wane a little bit, and when looking at his heroes, he felt that someone like Bruce Springsteen seemed to be going for the same thing that he was when he started writing about more introspective topics in his songs.<\/p>\n \u2018The Boss\u2019 wasn\u2019t trying to impress anyone whenever he played one of his tunes, and even if there were a few songs that didn\u2019t sit as well with other people, that didn\u2019t matter to him. He could only write about what he knew about, and that sense of conviction that he had was what sealed the deal for Vedder when he first started hanging out with him, when they both had some free time.<\/p>\n The idea of going horseback riding with Springsteen sounds like it comes out of someone\u2019s warped fever dream, but even when taking in the moment, Vedder felt that no one could beat what Springsteen did for him as a friend, saying<\/a>, \u201cI\u2019ve known Bruce pretty good for quite some time. All I can say about him is that everything you imagine him to be, you\u2019re not even halfway there. Just as a person, as an artist, and as a friend.\u201d<\/p>\n Further reading: From The Vault<\/p>\n And a lot of that comes from the fact that Springsteen comes by everything honestly. He wasn\u2019t out to bullshit the people that were paying money for his shows, and if he was going to be putting on those marathon shows night after night, he was going to make sure that he was singing about something that he truly believed every single time he counted the E Street Band off to play \u2018Born in the USA\u2019<\/a> or \u2018The Rising\u2019.<\/p>\n Vedder\u2019s music might have been a little bit more aggressive back in the day, but underneath all of that rage was still the kid that was mesmerised by seeing \u2018The Boss\u2019 when he was still figuring out what he wanted to do with his life. And given where he took his own dream, Vedder has reached the kind of level that Springsteen has, even if he never meant to be as big as he became.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
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