I can't believe I am so desperate for information regarding a song with such a title, but there it is.. the curiosity is killing me.

With a title like 'Force of Nature', I just KNOW that song is going to be killer, but this one.. it could go so many different ways, and about eight of those ways I don't even want to contemplate.

Urgh, just leak.

That's all I've heard and that aint much.

Interestingly "Force of Nature" is the most underwhelming of all the previews we've heard so far.

I definitely do hear the Elvis Costello influence in this.

I guess the 'every song preview' makes this thread redundant.. Johnny Guitar sounds pretty OK by me.

I agree about Force of Nature, it sounds OK but I need to go back and remember what it sounded like.

force of nature is probably the one I'm the least interested in right now. Johnny Guitar sounds way more interesting than I expected

Agreed. Force of Nature is the only one I am not sure on. But with it being a McCready song and it being over 4 minutes, there's hope for a sweet guitar sol at least. Johnny Guitar really intrigues me. I love the guitar and the vocal line.

being a MAtt song, i fully expected it to suck. but its ok.

i agree about Force. it might be their typical mid tempo badness thats on most of their albums. i'll wait to be sure.

He be havin' lots o' women.

If you mean the story behind the song, through the album artwork it was discovered that this is a reference to Johnny "Guitar" Watson. It says on his Wikipedia page that he "...died on stage May 17, 1996, while on tour in Yokohama, Japan. According to eyewitness reports, he collapsed mid guitar solo. His last words were "would you pass me my bow?", probably in reference to The Watsonian Institute."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johnny_%22Guitar%22_Watson

The album cover that Tom Tomorrow used for the Backspacer panel that features Watson on the tricycle is hanging in the PJ warehouse bathroom. You see it on the wall during the 10 minute video promo that came out recently.

He had awesome album covers.

IMHO, Force of Nature builds into a great chorus...one of the better clips I've heard out of the lot but my opinion might change after I can listen to the album as a whole

here's a german articel about the album. http://www.vertigo.fm/pearljam/texte/detail/article/77451/0/pearl-jam-im-interview/

Eddie says stomething about Johnny Guitar in it. I'll try to translate it for you( sry for my english, german is my first language )

Laut eigener Aussage findet Vedder die Ideen für seine Texte überall. Der Text des rockigen „Johnny Guitar“ basiert zum Beispiel auf einer Geschichte, die Eddie im Klo des Bandhauptquartiers in Seattle einfiel. „In der Toilette ist die Holzverkleidung neben den Pissoirs komplett mit dem Cover-Artwork alter Alben zugepflastert“, berichtet Vedder grinsend. „Ungefähr auf Augenhöhe hängt das Cover von einem Typen namens Johnny Guitar Watson. Man muss ihn wohl irgendwo zwischen Barry White und Buddy Guy ansiedeln, und er hatte immer so schlüpfrige Plattencover, auf denen die Frauen zwar nicht unbedingt leicht bekleidet sind, aber sagen wir mal, sie sehen schon ziemlich interessant aus... Ich stellte mir dann einen Typen vor, der sich zu dem Mädel auf dem Cover hingezogen fühlt und sich fragt, warum sie sich wohl mit Johnny Guitar abgibt, wo er doch offensichtlich zehn Mädchen an jedem Finger hat. Warum würde irgendwer Lust darauf haben, eine von Johnny Guitars Geliebten zu sein, eine von Hunderten, wenn du für mich die Einzige sein könntest?“

Eddie says he gets ideas for songs from everywhere. The lyrics for johnny guitar base on a story that he came up with at the toilet in the bands headquater. There they have covers of old albums on the walls and one of them is from a johnny guitar album( and there's a woman on the cover that doesn't wear many clothes.. .) He says he imagined a guy that felt attracted to the woman on the cover, and this guy wonders why she's with johnny guitar(who's probably got about 10 girls alongside her...). And he wonders why she'd rather be one of johnny guitars many women instead of being his only one.

This answers several questions including some "chicken-egg" stuff about the promo vid.....

Oh Eddie.

Those covers are all awesome. This could be the best of all time:

I would like to be the "mouth" of the guitar in that last photo!

i may just dl all of this guys stuff

Thank you.