This song is brilliant. Thank you E.V. for covering it; sad to think that people think YOU wrote it (E.V.). Our Canadian man, with sprinklings of Joni Mitchell gently peppered like an introduction into a world's kitchen of music. The album INDIO is one to be scooped up. There are not too many left: vinyl and CD.
A lot of Canadian talent is in the background and backed this song. Full and well orchestrated. Wonderfull melody. I have lived what he is singing about. Very nearly lost Her.
The song is so complete. I don't think it can be out done.
The big hard sun is beating on all of us people in the same big hard world. We gotta protect it and make sure there is room under that sun for all of us... human or not...
I like the fact that Gordon Peterson must have made some good royalties because Eddie Vedder covered this amazing song. I remember hearing it on CFNY in 1989 but I thought this Indio" band" was Australian and the same year hearing it just cranked in an Amsterdam coffee house it just totally put the hook in me and I was so surprised to learn upon getting home it was actiually CanCon. 20+ years on what a freaking brilliant song.
Eddie did a nice job on the cover and did bring this song to a larger audience. I remember getting this CD way back when, and most of my friends said "What is this?" Then wondered where they could get it. Great song from a great CD. Thanks to WXRT in Chicago for playing this years ago.
Regardless of who's who and who sings it where, this is a great song. The writer, obviously, get all the credit for such a masterpiece. But Eddie delivers something that Indio couldn't: his visceral interpretation, as one of the greatest singers of that 90's era. Anyway, maybe Vedder would not be able to write such a song, I don't know.
The fact is: is a great tune, performed both by the composer and the singer Eddie Vedder is. Thumbs up for them!
I like the Eddie's version better. His voice is slighty more powerful. Other than that, there's really not a whole lot difference and this is also a very awesome song.
I can still remember the first time i heard this song. horns blaring, suffocating late afternoon sun, cars stacked up mile after mile on the 405. holy shit, what a masterpiece.
who fucking cares who's version is better, the song itself is what is important.All this petty bickering just takes away from the beauty of the damn song...
@snakeob That is pretty insane! Must have been the best bike ride ever. So cool to hear that :D. Good place to finish your tour! Should be very proud of that.
I use to live in Ontario and every time I use to hear U2's Where The Streets Have No Name, I would day dream about moving somewhere I didn't know the streets.
Now that I live in Vancouver that song has that much more meaning to me.
Too bad a lot of people have a hate on for that song.
uhh, pathetic most people here only heard of this cause "eddie veddar" covered it for the soundtrack of a shitty movie directed by the pretentious prick that is sean penn. Thank god for my stepfather who use to play this when I was a young boy and instilled great musical taste in me and my brother.
@DaveS12382 So i'm pathetic because i didn't have a stepfather who likes this kind of music????? Let me tell me you something, i'm from Costa Rica, i grow up in a house where nobody takes music seriously, a country where latin pop, reggae, salsa and other genres you may not know are mainstream, but in spite of all that, i do recognize good music but yes, i knew about this song thanks to Vedder (not Veddar!). Does that make me pathetic??? i don't think so!
@cmvc11 Yes, it does make you pathetic, but even more importantly so does your ethnicity and over usage of question marks. Now I want you to try and look at the big picture here. Because of the fact English isn't even your first language you've completely misinterpreted my comment. Its been here a month and then you come along probably because "Into the Wild" has just now arrived at your Costa Rican movie theater and you just decide I'm speaking to you personally of all people. Well, I'm not.
@DaveS12382 My ethnicity? Wow dude, now that explains it all: You're just stupid. I apologize for my first comment, i no longer have the intention to argue with you.
It is a great song, but no way is it "better" than the Eddie Vedder version. Vedder adds a lot to whatever he sings. His version of this song transports me to a pretty amazing place. Both are great. Can we all agree on that?
Small earthquake in Tacoma, Wa. and environs, about 4.1 -- I had gone to bed, and the first impression was someone was actually under my bed shaking it! LOL. When the announcer came on and said it was indeed an earthquake, and not some childhood fear made manifest, I was relieved, but still...unnerved. The AAA station that I had on that night soon played THIS. I remember the chill that came over me, hearing the YEARNING in this tune. The whole album does!
I'm not sure what Peterson's trip was after recording Big Harvest, and perhaps we'll never know, but he walked away from something wonderful and left a bunch of people yerning for more. I hope he really does have some new work coming out, as I've read about because if it is anything like what he did on Big Harvest, I'll be getting some of that and I think a lot of others will too. So, come on Peterson, we're waiting. Bring it!
Listening to Indio reminds me of listening to really good Irish or Scottish rock bands, like Del Amitri. There is a uniqueness to the music that you don't quite catch and appreciate on the first listen, but one that grows on you like moss when you give it more opportunity. I did not fall in love with this song the first time I heard it, but I've really come to appreciate it over time because it speaks to me in a certain way.
We fucked up as listeners here in America for not recognizing Big Harvest for what is was at the time. Look at how strangely things went for Kim Mitchell, another great Canadian artist from around the same time period. We just weren't paying attention. The market was being flooded with new music from the likes of Peter Gabriel, Phil Collins, Eric Clapton, and a long list of other rock icons.
Peterson should man-up. Actually he probably has, cept we wouldn't know it being we're just the regular folks of the world. Vedder covered his song because he recognized the greatness in it. Notice how he didn't change it one bit, and in fact tried his best to sound like Peterson in the original. Vedder is beyond stardom and is perched in the world of icons today, so anyone who says that he's done Peterson wrong by covering this song is completely ignorant.
This song is deep. There aren't enough deep songs out there. And of the few there are, most don't sound great. This song is the rare gem of a song that's both.
I have to say I prefer the cover, the original is great but just does not have the energy of the Vedder version...I know this goes against the whole, the original is always better attitude, but in this case I think it is, similar to Vedder's Ramones "I Believe in Miracles" cover
i heard this song on "The Drive, Kootenais best rock" on a candian station i can pick up when im at my old mans house. good station, too many damn commercials. i think its.....Alberta. it might be BC tho, whichever is past the Port of Roosvelt in MT
So how can Gordon Peterson be dead if he's suing Eddie Vedder for changing the lyrics of the song? Does anyone know anything about the "Gordon Peterson is dead" rumor?
First you say Great Words!!", making people think you're talking about the song.
Then you give us a lame, pointless quote from the Bible.
Ahhhh! I get it! The juxtaposition of the words from this song and those words from the Bible, show how much better the song is than an old, out-dated book that millions throw their life away for.
I like this for it's own sake. Vedder's version has that soaring vocal thing in the middle that left goosebumps. As far as a cover goes, he did a pretty good job.
Alright, I prefer this version too, but I gotta thank Eddie for bringing it back from the grave. 1989 was a long time ago, and most people unfortunately didn't hear it or get it then. Timing is ALMOST everything. Thanks Gordon,
Eddie covered it almost the same, it's also acoustic, this is very similar, not like other covers that don't sound nothing like the original, it's a shame that Indio didn't receive any credit for that song when it came out, but thanks to Vadder this song became famous and we know him.
@montife not to mention Eddie 'Bitchboy' Vedder changed the lyrics, thus causing him to be sued by Gordon Peterson who resented the fact that Vedder covered it AND changed his lyrics.
This was one of those songs that stuck in my head for almost 20 years and I thought I would never hear again. Thanks to Youtube I got the name of the original and ordered it on Amazon and play it all the time. But, reading the comment from nwannel, is it true that Gordon Peterson is dead? Is this true? Does anybody know for sure? This would be a tragedy....
So I'm sure someone will call me a stupid ass hole (but really who's the ass hole if thats the case) but I was hoping you could tell me who this artist is and some of their other works I should check out.
Gordon Peterson, (his face all over the video) The group Indio.
He passed away (I'm told).
Eddie Vedder did a remake.
I heard this a month ago for the first time, and play it daily. I'll buy it, as soon as I find it at my local Music store. Collective Soul is another I just discovered...Tool, Kings of Leon, etc..man, you tube has it all. Just type in any old song...amazing
yes, this is better. the whole album isn't bad, listen to "discovery" or "life lies down" from "big harvest" too - it was progressive stuff back then.
this song got a lot of airplay here in ithaca ny. i immediately bought the cd and was surprised to find joni mitchell works on vocals. a song that still stirs me to the depths...
While Vedder did well with his remake, the original will always be the best on this. Vedder put a different feel on his version, which is how remakes should be. And, if it weren't for his remake, imagine how many would never know the original!
I discovered this song through the film Into The Wild and I thought where has this song been all my life. I just cannot stop listening to it Although Eddie did the cover justice I like this original version a lot more.
Oh man, getting chills right now on this, haven't heard the original in such a long time. My Stepfather used to play this back in the late 80's, very early 90's. great tune.
I had no recollection of the band's name, yet I plugged in the title and immediately found this version right off of the album I had so many years ago! This song will stay with you...haunting!
If it wasn't for Eddie Vedder choosing this song for the Into the Wild soundtrack, I may have never heard the original. For that I'm greatful it was brought to my attention, regardless if by a rock star like Vedder. He's got good taste! This song will never leave me.
@borkumriff This is, hands down, one of the most beautiful songs I've ever heard...you can't go wrong by following this with Ray Lamontagne's Beg, Steal, or Borrow.
That's correct. Eddie Vedder from Pearl Jam's version was used on film Into the Wild and I agree this original is much more spiritual and deep as well. Well done!
This is the original by Indio. Pearl Jam covered it. My brother had the Harvest CD and I was so taken with this song I wore the CD down to a bloody scratch.
"mmmmm fourty days and fourty nights and it's still coming down on me"
i know. just went "wild for it"" when i first heard it...called radio station for artist's name & big hard sun played & played [perhaps too often] until someone in the office hid my tape. Isn't it exquisite?... music that nourishes one's soul. Take care, Zo
ZooeyGlassDancer- What a lovely comment. It is indeed a song that nourishes the soul and what a gift to my heart to have discovered it on youtube for Indio's intense, poetic words and have resided in my heart since I first heard them.
No competition here. Vedder's "cover" seems to focus on the vocal, as it should seeing he's a vocalist. The original has balance between all its components. To me it's one of the best musical arrangements I've ever heard. Almost hypnotic, and yes, very hard to stop listening to.
now, I really like your comment. [& what is this "version competition" anyway? that so many "get our panties in a wad" about] Because, i thought the artist who wrote a particular song could have "versions"...but, anyone else who performed it was doing a "cover". & an artist usually honors another when they cover another's work. Take care, Zo
The very first time that I heard Eddie Vedder's version (when "Into the wild" came out)it was explained to me that it is a cover...Since then I always wanted to hear the original...And now I have...IT'S BEAUTIFUL!
I find it strange that people seem to think Eddies version is "better". I mean during the chorus in the original, it sounds like it's coming straight out of heaven. Aside from that, how many of you have even heard Gordon Petersons vocal range? Or listened to his one and only album Big Harvest in it's entirety? Im sorry but Gordon is a musical genious and the only credit I'll give Eddie for doing this cover is for the fact that he even knew this song existed and appreciated it enough to cover it.
It does sound as if its coming from heaven, given the choir. However, Vedder doesn't attempt this. Instead, he makes it sound as if its coming from the soul. And he carries the choruswith his voice alone. That's because he has soul.
Both are great. Both are different. This is a good thing.
both you need to stop being emo. i hope you're both female talking like that. if you're male, go do something manly to redeem yourselves. suggestions: pushups, fight a bear etc..
not really too familiar with either of those bands sorry. i just thought this song was cool and wanted to hear the original and then i read your absolutely homosexual comments. "It does sound as if its coming from heaven"...seriously gay like thing to say for a dude.
Someone else used the religious anology of heaven. I simply followed it by explaining that while I could understand what they meant by heaven (a big choir) then in following the same analoggy Vedder would have soul (could carry it on his own).
No sexuality was questioned in the making of this comment.
I have heard the c.d. big harvest and I think it is brillient!All one has to do is look at the lineup of some of the very finest players around ie vinni coliuta joni michell ect.
It saddens me that every time I see beautiful creations here by artistic masters there's so much negativity. You're all cool people and you like different things. Just feel the feeling. Don't think about it.
I have to agree with pclle Eddie vedder's cover is way better there is no comparison eddie puts alot of work into it to make it inspirational in the end it is way better PJ 4 EVER!
The original version by Indio is much better than Eddie's... he is trying to hard to be himself singing someone else's song... it doesn't work. I'm an Eddie fan, but sorry bro... don't do covers.
Isnt that the whole point to it?! Theres no point trying to cover something and make it sound exactly like it did in the original cuz its just boring..he put his own voice on it and his own ring on it and it very much does work..i mean think of other big bands that have done covers, Metallica - "Whiskey in the Jar"..sounds nothing like the original di but its still amazing..people trying to make songs sound like the originals doesnt work..putting your own ring on it does!!
Besides, many people had never heard this song either by age or nationality, yet at the Eddie Vedder released to the world through this cover for the soundtrack of that brilliant film, if he not having done so, this wonderful composition continue in the shadows for the vast majority.
Imma HUGE fan of Pearl Jam... But this is the ONLY version of this song that should be played
PETE6208 1 month ago in playlist Favorite videos 2
What an epic song. I love Eddie's version as well, but it can't beat the original.
PaleoCavemanDiet 1 month ago
This song is brilliant. Thank you E.V. for covering it; sad to think that people think YOU wrote it (E.V.). Our Canadian man, with sprinklings of Joni Mitchell gently peppered like an introduction into a world's kitchen of music. The album INDIO is one to be scooped up. There are not too many left: vinyl and CD.
EasilyWowed 3 months ago
@EasilyWowed
EasilyWowed 3 months ago
@EasilyWowed BIG HARVEST is the album.
EasilyWowed 3 months ago
@EasilyWowed If you or anyone is looking for the BIG HARVEST CD by INDIO you can buy them from pacemaker cd out of Toronto....
tmr626 1 month ago
8 people prefer Eddie's cover.
JamesonBondy 4 months ago
A lot of Canadian talent is in the background and backed this song. Full and well orchestrated. Wonderfull melody. I have lived what he is singing about. Very nearly lost Her.
The song is so complete. I don't think it can be out done.
It beats down on all of us.
EPOAndSound1965FH 4 months ago
Love this song
mrpcrepairvan 5 months ago
glad to see this song getting some views. Gordon Peterson deserves way more recognition than he is given
xxWhiteLionxx 5 months ago 2
The big hard sun is beating on all of us people in the same big hard world. We gotta protect it and make sure there is room under that sun for all of us... human or not...
Tigerpuffer 5 months ago
Just a totally totally totally awesome song....nothin' like it...amazing
sheldondat 6 months ago
There's a reason it was covered & that's because it is spectacular! What great lyrics!
dizzaztergirl 6 months ago
I like the fact that Gordon Peterson must have made some good royalties because Eddie Vedder covered this amazing song. I remember hearing it on CFNY in 1989 but I thought this Indio" band" was Australian and the same year hearing it just cranked in an Amsterdam coffee house it just totally put the hook in me and I was so surprised to learn upon getting home it was actiually CanCon. 20+ years on what a freaking brilliant song.
martin56ca 6 months ago 2
tool artwork @ 2:18
ledzeprocks21 7 months ago
@ledzeprocks21: Wow turns out Indio has a lot of fans who are into other good music too haha :D
Tigerpuffer 5 months ago
good job
amodghzawi 8 months ago
Eddie did a nice job on the cover and did bring this song to a larger audience. I remember getting this CD way back when, and most of my friends said "What is this?" Then wondered where they could get it. Great song from a great CD. Thanks to WXRT in Chicago for playing this years ago.
Rauoul 8 months ago
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SesyiTeraia816 8 months ago
The song is perfect for the film INTO THE WILD no matter which version you like.
screamwriter1 9 months ago 9
nice nice nice <3 <3 <3
demoleus 10 months ago
Indio fever.
VoiceofHarmonica 10 months ago
It Is Great, So Great *****
Hanullist 10 months ago
so good :)
VJSco 10 months ago
I prefer Eddie's version, but this man here wrote this great song. Respect for that :-)
JohnnyGuitar91 11 months ago
Regardless of who's who and who sings it where, this is a great song. The writer, obviously, get all the credit for such a masterpiece. But Eddie delivers something that Indio couldn't: his visceral interpretation, as one of the greatest singers of that 90's era. Anyway, maybe Vedder would not be able to write such a song, I don't know.
The fact is: is a great tune, performed both by the composer and the singer Eddie Vedder is. Thumbs up for them!
SarmentPeppers 1 year ago
The original is always better than a remake.
philosoweed 1 year ago 3
@philosoweed Not true. Listen to Sign of the Gypsy Queen by April Wine, then go listen to the original...
NovaScotiaComedy 9 months ago
can all the pearl jam dick riders who have no clue who Gordon Peterson is please stop commenting?
wulfio 1 year ago 2
@wulfio Shrug, that bullshit lawsuit alienated me completely, it has nothing to do with the music itself, but it ruined anything Indio for me.
Anyway, Eddie Vedder did a great job.
1michelemichele1 11 months ago
I like the Eddie's version better. His voice is slighty more powerful. Other than that, there's really not a whole lot difference and this is also a very awesome song.
guitarnublet 1 year ago
Gordon sings this song better than Vedder does it. and I love Vedder..... awesome tune men
lsubooth 1 year ago 2
I can still remember the first time i heard this song. horns blaring, suffocating late afternoon sun, cars stacked up mile after mile on the 405. holy shit, what a masterpiece.
AYTCH303 1 year ago 2
Eddie Vedder's voice is by far better then this
JJdawg690 1 year ago
this is good but montife gotta say eddies is much better esp. live
edved1186 1 year ago
Vedder's version is good. But this one is better. Anyone know why Gordon Peterson, a.k.a. Indio, only released one (now obscure) album?
mackb909 1 year ago
Into this masterpiece there is blues , gospel , chorus , female voice , rythm , soul and SPIRITUALITY POWER ; one of the best song EVER listened
alcon1977 1 year ago
This music is insanely great!!! I like evenly both versions!!!they are gorgeous!
jpouzepa 1 year ago
who fucking cares who's version is better, the song itself is what is important.All this petty bickering just takes away from the beauty of the damn song...
deadcoldflesh 1 year ago
i road my bicycle across canada this summer, and when we finally made it to Tofino BC, (started in St John, nfld)
the first pub we landed in was playing this song..
I will never forget that feeling....
snakeob 1 year ago 62
@snakeob That is pretty insane! Must have been the best bike ride ever. So cool to hear that :D. Good place to finish your tour! Should be very proud of that.
dentyne21888 8 months ago
@snakeob that's AWESOME. totally envious.
BlingToYoRing 8 months ago
@snakeob im living in tofino now - this was the song that was playing when i crossed the alberta/bc border.....
runetraveller 2 months ago
@snakeob That must have been incredible; the feeling while hearing this song AND the bike ride!
XlElementXl 1 month ago
@snakeob
You did my dream, Bike across Canada.
I use to live in Ontario and every time I use to hear U2's Where The Streets Have No Name, I would day dream about moving somewhere I didn't know the streets.
Now that I live in Vancouver that song has that much more meaning to me.
Too bad a lot of people have a hate on for that song.
christ0phe 5 days ago
@christ0phe Ironic you should say that, this past summer I road my bike to Moncton to catch the last show of U2s 360 tour.
It was a beautiful day
snakeob 5 days ago
uhh, pathetic most people here only heard of this cause "eddie veddar" covered it for the soundtrack of a shitty movie directed by the pretentious prick that is sean penn. Thank god for my stepfather who use to play this when I was a young boy and instilled great musical taste in me and my brother.
DaveS12382 1 year ago
@DaveS12382 So i'm pathetic because i didn't have a stepfather who likes this kind of music????? Let me tell me you something, i'm from Costa Rica, i grow up in a house where nobody takes music seriously, a country where latin pop, reggae, salsa and other genres you may not know are mainstream, but in spite of all that, i do recognize good music but yes, i knew about this song thanks to Vedder (not Veddar!). Does that make me pathetic??? i don't think so!
cmvc11 1 year ago
@cmvc11 Yes, it does make you pathetic, but even more importantly so does your ethnicity and over usage of question marks. Now I want you to try and look at the big picture here. Because of the fact English isn't even your first language you've completely misinterpreted my comment. Its been here a month and then you come along probably because "Into the Wild" has just now arrived at your Costa Rican movie theater and you just decide I'm speaking to you personally of all people. Well, I'm not.
DaveS12382 1 year ago
@DaveS12382 My ethnicity? Wow dude, now that explains it all: You're just stupid. I apologize for my first comment, i no longer have the intention to argue with you.
cmvc11 1 year ago
This a proto-alternative gem. I like the rhythm track better than Eddie's version.
This is a great example how a really good songs can be overlooked by the mainstream.
AugustusLarch 1 year ago
One of the best albums of the eighties, hands down.
JWRandall423 1 year ago
thankas eddie, but i'll takethios pne
woofycalling 1 year ago
re vedder's version vs indio, a good song is a good song.
pcbrown373 1 year ago
@pcbrown373 here here!
kirky1801 1 year ago
It is a great song, but no way is it "better" than the Eddie Vedder version. Vedder adds a lot to whatever he sings. His version of this song transports me to a pretty amazing place. Both are great. Can we all agree on that?
robfield68 1 year ago
earlier comment lost -- I THINK
Small earthquake in Tacoma, Wa. and environs, about 4.1 -- I had gone to bed, and the first impression was someone was actually under my bed shaking it! LOL. When the announcer came on and said it was indeed an earthquake, and not some childhood fear made manifest, I was relieved, but still...unnerved. The AAA station that I had on that night soon played THIS. I remember the chill that came over me, hearing the YEARNING in this tune. The whole album does!
jtenonefour 1 year ago
this is amazing. but Eddie's version is amazing because of his voice!
carboncitylights 1 year ago
i preffer eddie's version -.-" i think he sings better
GodOfPire 1 year ago
I'm not sure what Peterson's trip was after recording Big Harvest, and perhaps we'll never know, but he walked away from something wonderful and left a bunch of people yerning for more. I hope he really does have some new work coming out, as I've read about because if it is anything like what he did on Big Harvest, I'll be getting some of that and I think a lot of others will too. So, come on Peterson, we're waiting. Bring it!
blazerdawg 1 year ago
Listening to Indio reminds me of listening to really good Irish or Scottish rock bands, like Del Amitri. There is a uniqueness to the music that you don't quite catch and appreciate on the first listen, but one that grows on you like moss when you give it more opportunity. I did not fall in love with this song the first time I heard it, but I've really come to appreciate it over time because it speaks to me in a certain way.
blazerdawg 1 year ago
We fucked up as listeners here in America for not recognizing Big Harvest for what is was at the time. Look at how strangely things went for Kim Mitchell, another great Canadian artist from around the same time period. We just weren't paying attention. The market was being flooded with new music from the likes of Peter Gabriel, Phil Collins, Eric Clapton, and a long list of other rock icons.
blazerdawg 1 year ago
Peterson should man-up. Actually he probably has, cept we wouldn't know it being we're just the regular folks of the world. Vedder covered his song because he recognized the greatness in it. Notice how he didn't change it one bit, and in fact tried his best to sound like Peterson in the original. Vedder is beyond stardom and is perched in the world of icons today, so anyone who says that he's done Peterson wrong by covering this song is completely ignorant.
blazerdawg 1 year ago 2
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blazerdawg 1 year ago
This song is deep. There aren't enough deep songs out there. And of the few there are, most don't sound great. This song is the rare gem of a song that's both.
3point14rat 1 year ago
what a shit, eddie vedder cannot be "remastered"
Pyrosk2k 1 year ago
@Pyrosk2k
This is the original...
ERoBB1 1 year ago
@ERoBB1 UAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAAAAAAA HAAAAAAAAAAAAA HAAA
the original? THIS ONE? UHAHAHAHAHAHHA what a inocent!
Pyrosk2k 1 year ago
@Pyrosk2k
Do a quick Wikipedia search. This argument will be over in about 12 seconds.
ERoBB1 1 year ago 2
I have to say I prefer the cover, the original is great but just does not have the energy of the Vedder version...I know this goes against the whole, the original is always better attitude, but in this case I think it is, similar to Vedder's Ramones "I Believe in Miracles" cover
rmccorma 1 year ago
indio rules!
OopeeShaba 1 year ago
i heard this song on "The Drive, Kootenais best rock" on a candian station i can pick up when im at my old mans house. good station, too many damn commercials. i think its.....Alberta. it might be BC tho, whichever is past the Port of Roosvelt in MT
yungnome 2 years ago
Ya, i think some people got mixed up with Oscar Peterson :)
Kilnahard 2 years ago
So how can Gordon Peterson be dead if he's suing Eddie Vedder for changing the lyrics of the song? Does anyone know anything about the "Gordon Peterson is dead" rumor?
quark51 2 years ago
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Great Words!!
"Seek the LORD and His strength; Seek His face evermore!" ~1 Chronicles 16:11
NickMcVay 2 years ago
Wow. Conflicting statements there.
First you say Great Words!!", making people think you're talking about the song.
Then you give us a lame, pointless quote from the Bible.
Ahhhh! I get it! The juxtaposition of the words from this song and those words from the Bible, show how much better the song is than an old, out-dated book that millions throw their life away for.
Very good. I like your style.
3point14rat 2 years ago 3
@NickMcVay
Good advice Nick. It is hard for people to understand this advice when they can only see it from without.
Only when they dare to knock on the sanctuary door can they begin to understand the great need we all have.
Isn't this the point ,the Big " hard " sun beats down on us all.
And like the author we need mercy.
SkyeSwiss 1 year ago
I have very few songs in my Favorites list (less than 20 so far), and this is one of them.
Unless I love listening to a song over and over, It doesn't make the cut.
3point14rat 2 years ago
I like this for it's own sake. Vedder's version has that soaring vocal thing in the middle that left goosebumps. As far as a cover goes, he did a pretty good job.
or200 2 years ago 3
Alright, I prefer this version too, but I gotta thank Eddie for bringing it back from the grave. 1989 was a long time ago, and most people unfortunately didn't hear it or get it then. Timing is ALMOST everything. Thanks Gordon,
winkydee 2 years ago 4
In a world of individuals, theres no such thing as best.....
SgtBastard101 2 years ago
sorry Pearl Jam fans (i'm one too) But this is way better than eddie's cover.
montife 2 years ago 59
@montife Many originals are way better, but w/o Eddie covering this, many people, myself included might have missed out on a great gem of a song.
ChefPatrick71 1 year ago
@ChefPatrick71 Very true. I had never heard the song before either.
montife 1 year ago
@montife i agree
powerliftingmama 1 year ago 2
@montife
Eddie covered it almost the same, it's also acoustic, this is very similar, not like other covers that don't sound nothing like the original, it's a shame that Indio didn't receive any credit for that song when it came out, but thanks to Vadder this song became famous and we know him.
q1111w 9 months ago
@montife not to mention Eddie 'Bitchboy' Vedder changed the lyrics, thus causing him to be sued by Gordon Peterson who resented the fact that Vedder covered it AND changed his lyrics.
pinworms70 8 months ago
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Terrible.........
quark51 2 years ago
Sorry SkyLight, he passed away years ago...cancer
stapme 2 years ago
He is gone.....dead
stapme 2 years ago
no, he is alive!
SkyLightDancer 2 years ago
Thanks for sending video.
lunigal 2 years ago
you're welcome my dear friend. it's so lovely...
SkyLightDancer 2 years ago
This was one of those songs that stuck in my head for almost 20 years and I thought I would never hear again. Thanks to Youtube I got the name of the original and ordered it on Amazon and play it all the time. But, reading the comment from nwannel, is it true that Gordon Peterson is dead? Is this true? Does anybody know for sure? This would be a tragedy....
quark51 2 years ago
quark, i don't think he is dead, no. i think he just lives a very reclusive life. i love this song! used to play it over and over!!
SkyLightDancer 2 years ago
Yeah. This is one of those songs you wont get enough of.
SgtBastard101 2 years ago
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quark, he is alive!
SkyLightDancer 2 years ago
that 40 days and 40 nights line is pure genius! good job!
zombieporn99 2 years ago
I just heard this song on the radio lol. Not much airtime XD. Then I looked up some lyrics on google.. and here I am. Lol.
xseb5x 2 years ago
ahhhhhh pure poetry
missrubyrubydoo 2 years ago
No clue why this CD did not get more air time
rtruss40 2 years ago
I LOVE THIS SONG!!!!!!!!!!!!
so sad and beautiful at the same time.
zombieporn99 2 years ago
...Maybe you mean the painting by Alex Grey? If so check out the chapel of sacred mirrors website:)
flamingmermaid 2 years ago
More than perfect
Dilleris 2 years ago
yes
sleepybear38 2 years ago
This version sounds awesome.
TSL1013 2 years ago
So I'm sure someone will call me a stupid ass hole (but really who's the ass hole if thats the case) but I was hoping you could tell me who this artist is and some of their other works I should check out.
Thanks
Galby82 2 years ago
Gordon Peterson, (his face all over the video) The group Indio.
He passed away (I'm told).
Eddie Vedder did a remake.
I heard this a month ago for the first time, and play it daily. I'll buy it, as soon as I find it at my local Music store. Collective Soul is another I just discovered...Tool, Kings of Leon, etc..man, you tube has it all. Just type in any old song...amazing
nwannal 2 years ago
I thought I sent this message already. Did Gordon Peterson really pass away? Why and how? What a tragic loss! What happened?
kirk7524875248 2 years ago
Is this Vinnie Colaiuta on drums? What a perfect, powerful groove for this song!
kirk7524875248 2 years ago 3
yes, this is better. the whole album isn't bad, listen to "discovery" or "life lies down" from "big harvest" too - it was progressive stuff back then.
anejako 2 years ago
this song got a lot of airplay here in ithaca ny. i immediately bought the cd and was surprised to find joni mitchell works on vocals. a song that still stirs me to the depths...
vazmo14850 2 years ago
While Vedder did well with his remake, the original will always be the best on this. Vedder put a different feel on his version, which is how remakes should be. And, if it weren't for his remake, imagine how many would never know the original!
delphicam 3 years ago
true, amen to that
if I didn't watch the movie, I would never enjoy this fine pure music, this kind of music brings people together
thx eddie and thx indio
DBbullseye 2 years ago
I discovered this song through the film Into The Wild and I thought where has this song been all my life. I just cannot stop listening to it Although Eddie did the cover justice I like this original version a lot more.
montife 2 years ago
Oh man, getting chills right now on this, haven't heard the original in such a long time. My Stepfather used to play this back in the late 80's, very early 90's. great tune.
DaveS12382 3 years ago
Excellent tune, come back Gordon.
Indio is the band name for anyone that wasn't sure.
BigGibbo1986 3 years ago
Like others here, I too have often been inspired to search out the original after hearing a cover version.
I've found a few covers that were better than the originals (U2's Christmas - Baby please come home is one for me) but it's not often.
Thanks for posting this. It's a great tune.
tangosierra7 3 years ago
I had no recollection of the band's name, yet I plugged in the title and immediately found this version right off of the album I had so many years ago! This song will stay with you...haunting!
Right on, YouTube, and thanks Harvest!
gracelier 3 years ago
tmr626 - Great news for all of you INDIO fans ! This SUPER song will be rereleased next
year along with the whole " BIG HARVEST " CD
by Pacemaker Entertainment from Toronto. WAY
TO GO, PETER !!!
tmr626 3 years ago
you sir, just made my day:DDDD. i hope they sell it here in Portugal, ill be the first one to go running to the store when it comes out :)))))
miguelpinheirolost 3 years ago
So F.U. to everyone who wanted over $100 for the CD...greedy greedy makes a hungry puppy!
ohchefboy1 3 years ago
this is clearly a more perfect version.
greenslashpurple 3 years ago 2
This song is perfect.Moves me everytime
sleepybear38 3 years ago 2
Thanks for posting this. Although I think Vedder did some justice, he holds no comparison to the original!!
ROPdude 3 years ago 2
If it wasn't for Eddie Vedder choosing this song for the Into the Wild soundtrack, I may have never heard the original. For that I'm greatful it was brought to my attention, regardless if by a rock star like Vedder. He's got good taste! This song will never leave me.
borkumriff 3 years ago 21
@borkumriff then you must hear the original version
Pyrosk2k 1 year ago
@borkumriff This is, hands down, one of the most beautiful songs I've ever heard...you can't go wrong by following this with Ray Lamontagne's Beg, Steal, or Borrow.
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997766449ss2i2455558 3 years ago
a most exquisite nourishment for one's soul.
ZooeyGlassDancer 3 years ago
African drums, Indian violin and superb backing vocals. Much much more going on here than Vedder's version...no comparison.
MCGEOTIS 3 years ago 5
my sentiments, precisely.
ZooeyGlassDancer 3 years ago
That's correct. Eddie Vedder from Pearl Jam's version was used on film Into the Wild and I agree this original is much more spiritual and deep as well. Well done!
starpheasant 3 years ago 4
This is the original by Indio. Pearl Jam covered it. My brother had the Harvest CD and I was so taken with this song I wore the CD down to a bloody scratch.
"mmmmm fourty days and fourty nights and it's still coming down on me"
My favourite line. It aches.
starpheasant 3 years ago 5
i know. just went "wild for it"" when i first heard it...called radio station for artist's name & big hard sun played & played [perhaps too often] until someone in the office hid my tape. Isn't it exquisite?... music that nourishes one's soul. Take care, Zo
ZooeyGlassDancer 3 years ago
ZooeyGlassDancer- What a lovely comment. It is indeed a song that nourishes the soul and what a gift to my heart to have discovered it on youtube for Indio's intense, poetic words and have resided in my heart since I first heard them.
Thank you:)
starpheasant 3 years ago
Vedder did a good on this song, but the original is more spiritual.
mainstayz 3 years ago 6
great song
trapprman 3 years ago 4
agree!
cometothesunshine 3 years ago
incredable
wickedsensation3267 3 years ago
sounds more deeper
take you to the road
edlopezx 3 years ago
vedder = poseur
iambobber 3 years ago
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papaskiki 3 years ago
do you mean poser? Like he's fake? I don't understand.
soundslave 3 years ago
You're aware this isn't the Ed version, right?
CurseForThisTown 3 years ago
yup
iambobber 3 years ago
please elaborate. thank you,
ZooeyGlassDancer 3 years ago
No competition here. Vedder's "cover" seems to focus on the vocal, as it should seeing he's a vocalist. The original has balance between all its components. To me it's one of the best musical arrangements I've ever heard. Almost hypnotic, and yes, very hard to stop listening to.
MCGEOTIS 3 years ago 4
stunning.
mayaluvsmusic 3 years ago
Sorry for my ignorance, but which pure artist wrote this song for it puts goose pimples on me every time I listen to it
montife 3 years ago
Gordon Peterson "Indio"
goinsane75 3 years ago
Both version are extremely similar. If you're slamming one or the other, you may have issues.
KylerDurrdden 3 years ago 2
now, I really like your comment. [& what is this "version competition" anyway? that so many "get our panties in a wad" about] Because, i thought the artist who wrote a particular song could have "versions"...but, anyone else who performed it was doing a "cover". & an artist usually honors another when they cover another's work. Take care, Zo
ZooeyGlassDancer 3 years ago
Peterson's is the only real one. Vedder's need not exist.
Magnificent piece of music.
pepsibookcat 3 years ago
Vedder barely covers it. Peterson owns it. I waited for a long time for it to appear on youtube. Props to Vedder for reviving it.
mingthecat 3 years ago 3
Both versions are really nice! Have to give a little more credit to INDIO, cuz he wrote the song. Good stuff by both artists.
arco1127 3 years ago
You rock man!! Woop!!
Bahnamoon 3 years ago
The very first time that I heard Eddie Vedder's version (when "Into the wild" came out)it was explained to me that it is a cover...Since then I always wanted to hear the original...And now I have...IT'S BEAUTIFUL!
THANK YOU!!!
thedeathcar 3 years ago 4
Excellent
Rock on!
Rockguitarnow 3 years ago 3
I find it strange that people seem to think Eddies version is "better". I mean during the chorus in the original, it sounds like it's coming straight out of heaven. Aside from that, how many of you have even heard Gordon Petersons vocal range? Or listened to his one and only album Big Harvest in it's entirety? Im sorry but Gordon is a musical genious and the only credit I'll give Eddie for doing this cover is for the fact that he even knew this song existed and appreciated it enough to cover it.
Novax52 3 years ago 3
It does sound as if its coming from heaven, given the choir. However, Vedder doesn't attempt this. Instead, he makes it sound as if its coming from the soul. And he carries the choruswith his voice alone. That's because he has soul.
Both are great. Both are different. This is a good thing.
seahawk75 3 years ago
both you need to stop being emo. i hope you're both female talking like that. if you're male, go do something manly to redeem yourselves. suggestions: pushups, fight a bear etc..
rickypytis 3 years ago
Looks like we've got ourselves a reader.
Maybe if I said 'awesome' or 'kick ass' instead of soul you'd understand without sensing any threat to your masculinity?!
I bet you love The Cure and Placebo.
seahawk75 3 years ago 3
not really too familiar with either of those bands sorry. i just thought this song was cool and wanted to hear the original and then i read your absolutely homosexual comments. "It does sound as if its coming from heaven"...seriously gay like thing to say for a dude.
rickypytis 3 years ago
Someone else used the religious anology of heaven. I simply followed it by explaining that while I could understand what they meant by heaven (a big choir) then in following the same analoggy Vedder would have soul (could carry it on his own).
No sexuality was questioned in the making of this comment.
seahawk75 3 years ago 3
I have heard the c.d. big harvest and I think it is brillient!All one has to do is look at the lineup of some of the very finest players around ie vinni coliuta joni michell ect.
progbc 3 years ago
It saddens me that every time I see beautiful creations here by artistic masters there's so much negativity. You're all cool people and you like different things. Just feel the feeling. Don't think about it.
explizzit 3 years ago 5
That was in reply to stash96321 comment!!
RunOnAir1 3 years ago
yeeahh pretty sure eddie killllllss this cover...soo much more soul to his tone
pclle 3 years ago
I have to agree with pclle Eddie vedder's cover is way better there is no comparison eddie puts alot of work into it to make it inspirational in the end it is way better PJ 4 EVER!
Dustinxcooper 3 years ago
The original version by Indio is much better than Eddie's... he is trying to hard to be himself singing someone else's song... it doesn't work. I'm an Eddie fan, but sorry bro... don't do covers.
stash96321 3 years ago
Isnt that the whole point to it?! Theres no point trying to cover something and make it sound exactly like it did in the original cuz its just boring..he put his own voice on it and his own ring on it and it very much does work..i mean think of other big bands that have done covers, Metallica - "Whiskey in the Jar"..sounds nothing like the original di but its still amazing..people trying to make songs sound like the originals doesnt work..putting your own ring on it does!!
RunOnAir1 3 years ago 3
Why would anyone want to beat upon the Bee people?
spyderkat 3 years ago
Too bad, not too many people will relize that Eddie Vedder's version is just a cover.
Such a hard song with a big voice...
blazedawg81 3 years ago
Besides, many people had never heard this song either by age or nationality, yet at the Eddie Vedder released to the world through this cover for the soundtrack of that brilliant film, if he not having done so, this wonderful composition continue in the shadows for the vast majority.
IgnaciusMaximus 3 years ago
the original is really great but sorry eddie vedder can make better any song!, ;D
IgnaciusMaximus 3 years ago
hey i was born in sweden so i'm not your typical american
boanzona7 3 years ago