There are roughly 2,000 Pearl Jam live albums, but the very first one is 1998's Live on Two Legs. They played it regularly in the early 2000s, but they haven't touched it a single time in the last seven years. The group's collective grief is impossible to miss on 'Thumbing My Way,' another song of loss and regret. They were still reeling from the tragedy at the Roskilde festival that left nine fans dead, and recording started just a few months after 9/11. Pearl Jam's 2002 LP Riot Act came at a rough time for the band. It took on a new meaning days after 9/11 when Vedder sang the song with Young at the Tribute to Heroes telethon.

Vedder wrote the song as a tribute to his high school drama teacher Clayton Liggett, but it works as an all-purpose tribute to lost loved ones. Eddie Vedder's contributions to the 1995 Pearl Jam/ Neil Young collaborative album Mirror Ball were pretty minimal, but he did write the haunting ballad 'Long Road' during the sessions and it was later released on the EP Merkin Ball.

What are the popular songs by pearl jam