Pearl Jam Rats

[troubledone67]

Oh yeah this one floored me the first time i heard it in the nineties. Still love it.

[MoresVedder]

i love this song!

[evacloakie77]

love the bass on this one

[aliceinabox]

This has always been one of my most favorite songs by them. LOVE this performance, too! Very cool video!

[johnny0909000]

great vid ... this shit looks & sounds awesome + stone takes the lead.. the best ive seen on youtube

[luiscurtolo]

oo boy, grooving and matt cameron are like oil and water... This song is just empty without dave.

i really hate that pussy on PJ, bring back dave or even irons.

[thewr0ngchild]

This is a great song, it's a comparison between rats and humans. Being a rat lover (and keeper) myself I much appreciate the lyrics of this song because they are SO true, it really makes you think 'who's actualy vermin here'.

[LazyHammond91]

1 person don't like rats

[arevalsmith]

fail



[Zenon2006]

Great song...I love Stones part

[waxwingPaul]

its so good to hear this song again

it meant a lot to me back in '93 when i had only recently left home.

Me and my best friend Darren bought the Vs album on the day it was released.

[camilooliveira87]

maybe the vest version of this song. amazing drums by Matt Cameron

[luiscurtolo]

@camilooliveira87 u fucking kidding me right?

[camilooliveira87]

@luiscurtolo I think Matt is the best drummer PJ ever had. I don't like Dave too much, just cymbals-hitting and almost nothing more. But I know there are people that disagree with this opinion.

[luiscurtolo]

@camilooliveira87 thats sad like, I used to have that same opnion, but then I digged up more. Dave is so much more than cymbals. He was all about grooving, feeling, creativity. So much creativity. Matt is a great rock drummer. But dave all around, is far more complete and diverse. PJ was built on that funky feeling, and matt lacks on it. People just close their mind and build prejudist on the fact that he was fired. Matt is aewsome, on SG. Give dave a second chance on ur more attentive ears. bye

[camilooliveira87]

@luiscurtolo ok, good points, Luis. I agree he is great at grooving. With matt, the songs became a little 'faster'. Even Flow maybe is the song when it's most perceptible. But i think Matt uses the whole drum better, combining sounds from snare, tons, floor-tons and bass drum. I don't know if it's the correct term in english, but Matt is a way better at drum-loops, and this is what I miss in Dave. His loops seems too simple. I really don't care about the fact he was fired.

[luiscurtolo]

@camilooliveira87 hum, I see, but two things there. Mostly on taste like. I dislike so much the up tempo songs. Like, why rush imortality? Why rush even flow? RearviewMirrow is understandable, but when u rush u either loose the groove or u loose the feel and become like a simple rock song. but is taste.. why rush even flow, is the homeless guy running on the streets haha?

[luiscurtolo]

@camilooliveira87 loops you mean fills? cuz, matt do some crazy fills, but i dont like where he puts it. I just think he over do the fills that just dont match with the music. but thats me. I think hes amazing but, on SG and todays PJ, cuz I can only compare stuff that both had played u know?

And something about dave too.. is the right foot. no one in that era had such a fast right foot. amazing. looks bonham on late 70s. for real. but its all about taste. try this one: /watch?v=SgmK1zpve_s

[camilooliveira87]

@luiscurtolo yes, I mean fills, thanks. good performance by Dave on this video.

[TheKohl10]

thats a great solo from stone

[nebula0880]

one of the top Pearl Jam songs. Jeff goes hard like The Dream.

[vedder4mcf]

Killer rat? I never heard that. There is an MJ song I think it's called Ben. Anyway, he sings the same line "Ben the two of us need look no more". If you watch the story of his life, he had a mouse or rat that he kept as a pet. He named it Ben. I think his screwy dad ended up killing the thing. No wonder he was so mental.

[eddiem16]

Ben is the title of a movie about a killer rat.  MJ just happens to sing the theme song. You're all a bunch of morons haha stop arguing

[LaTeRaLLo]

The most underrated song of this band. Amazing lyrics and music

[seanmoriarty2]

for real, this is one of my fav songs of pearl jam. wish that ending would just go on forever....

[ZIUTCore]

@seanmoriarty2 Yeah I agree in 100% . "Rats" have great outro.Versus should be begin by "Go" and end by "Rats".Songs after "Rats,could be earlier. ;)

[seszenka]

I love this song, one of my fav :)!!

[AngryCPU]

another vote for a friggin great post.. brings back some memories from some crazy times heh.. peace~

[zeppearl]

what a great clip and songs thanks for this !!!

[fuckabledude]

What a band!!!A f*****n' amazin' magical superb live band

[budsom2]

is there a dvd out there of this

[ngc32]

The band Pearl Jam makes a reference to the song "Ben" on their 1993 album Vs. on the song "Rats", with the line "Ben, the two of us need look no more" repeated several times at the end the track.

[ngc32]

"Ben" is a number-one hit song written by Don Black and Walter Scharf and recorded by Michael Jackson for the Motown label in 1972. Originally written for Donny Osmond, "Ben" was offered to Jackson as Osmond was on tour at the time and unavailable for recording. The single, theme of a 1972 film of the same name (the sequel to the 1971 killer rat movie Willard), spent one week at the top of the U.S. pop chart

[charmaine3000]

This was inspired by Michael Jackson "Ben"

[piragnipiragni]

fuck this song's got nothign to do with michale jackson is about the movie ben that features a rat killer or something

[JACOI3ES]

the lyric SayingNo is refering to is the first lyric in the Jackson 5 song "Ben" which from what i heard is about his pet rat...so it has a lot to do with MJ...not the song but the lyric...so let SayingNo pay his/her homage

R.I.P MJ

[dmp78]

haha

[charmaine3000]

It actually does. Michael Jackson song the theme song for the movie called "BEN"

RIP MJ

[piragnipiragni]

Jesus! why has everything in the world has to be about michael jackosn leave the guy rest, and move on people, and by the way listen to the intro eddie gives on this song

[briansmccabe]

you're absolutely clueless, dude. "Ben, the two of us need look no more" is the last line of this song, AS WELL AS the first line of Michael Jackson's first solo hit (NOT with the J5) called "Ben," a song he wrote about his connection with his pet rat, named BEN.

YES, the song has a connection to Michael Jackson. Just because you weren't aware of it doesn't mean it doesn't exist. Dumbass.

[Mackey23]

Absolutely correct on all counts, sir.

Love PJ.

RIP MJ.

[piragnipiragni]

Damn you're good man,next time try to use all that perception powers to solve JFK's murder instead of wasting it here with all of us who post stupid comments just for fun, (In case you haven't figured it out i'm tryin to be sarcastic dumb f*c*k)

[briansmccabe]

I'm a dumbfuck? Who's the one here who was adamant that the song had nothing to do with Michael Jackson? If you weren't such a condescending dick to the people RIPing MJ, it wouldn't come to people calling out your lack of pretty basic PJ knowledge.

[piragnipiragni]

Wish you well man i don't want to start a discussion on something as irrlevant as this

[gibbson90]

ben was a song recorded by pearl jam and michael jackson in the 70's which is why he mentioned it in the song and pearl jam came up with it first and michael jackson copied them so pj sued him.

[offthetop0]

lol. wow

[goldenfool1971]

@gibbson90 there was no pearl jam in the 70 dickhead

[SayingNo]

"Ben the two of us need look no more" R.I.P. Michael Jackson

[jebman18]

THIS SONG IS DA BOMB!!! PJ did a damn good job with this. BRAVO!!!

[yanjo90s]

gossard's back: RATZZZ!!

[gabspath]

porq cameron no taca asi las demas canciones q no son de binoural, riot act y pj? me explico q esta le suena muy bien y es vs, deberia pegarle asi a todas, solo eso pido

[allberto2]

they should play this song far more often man

[Wajd110]

Drink the blood of they're so called best friend ....... They don't compare

[mopiszczon]

what a great bassline!!!

[jeromed2]

abruzese drummed that better!

[Spartiala]

Hot tune!

[hondahp18]

hes fucking shitfaced all the time, how does he remeber the lyrics??lol

[whygodrums10]

hahaha!! Stone is the man... i love when he solos!

[Spartiala]

Very tasty!

[dd31406]

"they dont opress an equals given rights"

[Screamnbutrfly2020]

They don't complain...they don't pack themselves together... awsome song!!!

[juliajota]

el sonido es increible!!!!

[yanjo90s]

where´s that friend,ben?!..

....word so wrongfully abused.

[foodiggler]

i agree, these rats may follow a better set of standards than us humans. it's up for debate, but great song.

[Alwayzsmilin]

It's such a sock hearing how sloppy Matt is here. He was so great with Soundgarden.. This song just doesn't flow aswell without Dave.

[lordbidoof]

This is a highly underrated song, on of my favorites from Vs.

[mopiszczon]

BASS!!!

[ubi14]

No Dave Abbruzzese on drums =no good version of rats

[BLACKJACKIBIZA]

@ubi14 exactly

[mzhang13]

Awesome bass line.

[rebisdead]

this is probably my favorourite Pearl Jam song after Alive. I love how he uses the line

"Benb the two of us need look no more"

[Ceirthe]

Class sound quality! Love this song!

[MikauOriole]

I love how Mike points at Stone like "Everyone look, Stone's going to rip a solo."

[geridob]

the drummer before the others played much more better the song...respect Dave A...

[enwll3427]

What are you trying to say?I hope you were drunk when you posted because if not you need some remedial English.Really bad.

[geridob]

okay Mr or Miss Perfect English - or moderator or wath else do u think about uself!

is it ur hobby? lookin 4 peoples fault?

ur parents had money 4 lessons, my parents didnt.

so dont f**k because of ur English is good.

the first drummer was the best in this song.

anyone can check the album or concert.

and it is only 1 opinion...i dont want ur answer.

[enwll3427]

Easy there.If I knew you were not from the US,I would not have said anything about your English.I was just trying to figure out what you were saying.I agree Dave Abbruzzese was Pearl Jam's best drummer.Though he was the bands 3rd drummer.Rock On.

[EricEekels]

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Funny! *-*

[jread021]

This bass line is killer...this whole album is great front to back.

[franciscoservian]

love it

[bulbangs]

best rock band ever. love pj so much!!! you guys keep rockin!!!

[voytex86]

Nice bass line and nice guitars... One of my favourites PJ songs =P

[shane31lv]

Versus and vitalogy are still my favorite pj albums, fucking awesome, alot of anger in versus especially.

[mrshock13]

damn, amazing song, wish they'd play it more.

anyways, sounds just as awesome as the record, though i do enjoy dave abbruzeeze's drumming on the song more than matts, but oh well.

[MikauOriole]

Is it just me, or is the guy in the background at 4:08 extremely fucking creepy?

You can see him just behind Vedder over his left shoulder.

[madrummerboi]

Yeh i see what you mean lol

[Longanicen]

awesome song from the best band in earth

[MikeCANN]

Jimmy owned the Rat Ed! Haha. Pretty cool he knwows of that club.

[friendswithbenefiet]

Vs is just a great album

[RoughRamblers]

Never were truer words spoken. The whole album is brilliance from start to finish!

[funkyfru]

Completely agree.

[bregan014]

Have to agree, one of my favorite PJ songs.

[TrentCobain]

This is my favorite song from VS

[xoberonx]

mine too

[bobbelibob]

'Ben, the two of us need look no more'... Who is that Ben...? This line can also be found in the #1 single "Ben" by Michael Jackson, from the film of the same name... Is Eddie Vedder referring to Ben harper, maybe Ben shepherd...?

[eatthepope]

he was a jackson 5 fan, and ben is a reference to mj's song ben which was for the movie ben, which was similar to willard with crispen glover.

[babylonkid]

its michael jacksons ben.

[eatthepope]

yeh, i think i already said that, lol, but thanks for playing.

[CrimsonOkami]

Ben, specifically, is a killer rat.

[Zenon2006]

I was at this show. Good times!

[miracor]

Easily one of PJs best unheralded songs.

[staffa9]

"rats"...taakie zadziorne...achh...

[arthvaz]

love this song.

Their second album is my favourite one.

[NGMmedia]

fucking love pearl jam and especially Eddie Vedder. im gonna go learn how to play this on my bass.

[Jarremanen]

Cool, a Stone solo! :) Excellent quality!

[miragy]

funkrock, whoeehoee. Love Pearl jam.

[willie5k]

aaaaaaaaaauuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu­uuu !!!!

[babaoriley8]

jeff has a catchy bass line cool song!

[glorifiedng]

ya, the WRONG bass line... but then again, if I have played it as much as he, i would prolly change it up too just cos i "got tired" of it i suppose.

[babaoriley8]

thats chill bro

[Argemex]

ratsssssssss

love the song

[guildensternisalive]

this song without dave just doesn't make sense

[leatherman665]

Matt sounded just fine to me

[guildensternisalive]

fine, cheers :)

[loudenswain]

love this song

[unemployable18]

which concert is it??

[man33mindanao]

mind-popping, Ed, just.. just...

[pjdmb2]

Great band, great song...thx for posting this vid!!!