Eddie Vedder (Pearl Jam) - I am a patriot (live)

[eljono1]

Ron Paul is a Patriot.

[dmaradona10]

"And the river shall open for the righteous...some day."

[tigerbloodrock]

come one though, I lover Pearl Jam, and given a choice to save my wife or eddie from a burning building. Id carry him out and go back for his fedora.... but Nader? Really? I mean how much did it hurt to look in the mirror after that election.

[roxydog2004]

@tigerbloodrock I'm sure Eddie would appreciate your courage and also respect your political views, meanwhile your wife burns to death in the building h'm, maybe you! should take a look in your own mirror instead of judging someone else's political choices

[tigerbloodrock]

@roxydog2004 Really Roxy, that much ire? I mean okay, no ones wives are getting left behind, the fedora would burn... but I remember the 2000 tour when they plugged the green party and at the time the message of "don't go out and vote how we tell you, pick up the literature and make an informed decision" seemed pretty nice and the idea of a third party was tantalizing... but it pretty much handed Bush the whitehouse. you've got to bleed green not to regret that vote.

[roxydog2004]

@tigerbloodrock Did you flip a coin on that or what lol ,make an informed decision is not bad advice ,yeah it split the vote, I'm not good with politics and unfortunately some of the people we put in office aren't either, they give us the ,We can do this We must do that, playing the political role ,but they can't find the dough

[911AnInsideJob]

"Dissent is the highest form of patriotism."



[911AnInsideJob]

"Dissent is the highest form of patriotism."

[XoXDreamerXoX5]

My uncle used to sing this and play this on the guitar. He was amazing.

R.I.P Uncle George<3

[OtherEdgar]

good memories.

[sevenender]

cool

[twinmacs]

@sukiyaki113. First of all, that took you long enough to come up with a lame reply. Second, you want everything that is not American. So are you a patriot, or are you some stupid pinko canadian??? I think you are so twisted, you don't know which way is up anymore. You want me to stop talking about my American patriotic pride (which they must be doing a good job if they are scaring you), then you stop talking about your stupid socialist un-american bullshit.

[twinmacs]

@sukiyaki113. I don't think that shasty could have said it any better. Think about it...If you love our country, you love capitalism, you love freedom of choice, and you love democracy. So where does socialism fit into that, cause I am really at a loss for words right now...

[sukiyaki113]

@twinmacs I don't think you understand what the word patriotic means. A patriot is someone who loves their country. I love America, I just have opinions about how it should be run that are different from the mainstream.

Stop soaking your head in Fox News's bullshit.

[GrungeHippie95]

@twinmacs you don't have to love the political system of the country to love the land and the people. Noam Chomsky loves America, but he disapproves of capitalism, imperialism, and US foreign policy

[ShastymiCnasty]

@sukiyaki113. You stated an oxymoron. Socialism and patriot do not belong in the same sentence. Patriots fought off all that took away freedom. Socialism fights off all that is freedom.

[ShastymiCnasty]

@sukiyaki113, well socialism is not freedom, if you don't believe me why don't you ask our founding fathers.... "There is only one party I know and that is freedom."

[macsmetal]

@ShastymiCnasty and that'll be no party at all... cause all the parties, if you are talking about within the United States, have one or two and a few issues that all lead down the road to control, or some form of it... and if you talk about extreme conservative, people call you an anarchist... so good luck, finding any party that has full freedom as its banner, and when you find it, I'll join it, that is of course, as soon as you make it...

[brockly01]

bullshit, this is a indian song.... try looking up in the spirit of crazy horse songs for leonard peltier

[Prophecy23JC]

This song is perfect.

[reservationgirl]

Steve Van Zandt wrote this, not JB

[sukiyaki113]

I hate being called unpatriotic because I am an atheist with socialist leanings. Just because I have different beliefs than you does not mean I don't love my country! Thank you, Eddie, for backing me up.

[Galby82]

Thank Jackson Brown he's the one who wrote the song

[sukiyaki113]

Thank you to Jackson Brown, too! ^_^

[macsmetal]

@sukiyaki113 if you have socialist leanings and live in the US, then everyone tht calls you unpatriotic would technically be correct, until there's a socialist president fundamentally changing the US... so far there's been only FDR, BO, and Hoover, which all are changing america liberally, not socially (even though some policies seem pretty close to Socialist party policies), so it seems like you're presently, as of 2010, validly able to be called unpatriotic...

[rohaynes1]

great song. Eddie is the man.

[evedderrocks]

Beautiful song and a beautiful man , thankyou. What was the song Eddlie was talking about.

[tomjam2212]

The song he was talking about was "The Times They are a Changing" by Bob Dylan. It was the next song, and it can be found in the related videos

[Karbear1975]

I was lucky enough to see Pearl Jam twice and they put on quite a show!! You have to respect Eddie. He's a Passionate guy!! Pearl Jam Forever!!!!!!

[avalonw7]

always loved Eddie singing this! i AM A pATRIOT TOO