Rearviewmirror by Pearl Jam Song Info
"Rearviewmirror" was one of the first songs to feature vocalist Eddie Vedder on guitar. Although credited to all members of Pearl Jam, it was primarily written by Vedder. Guitarist Stone Gossard said that the band played the song "exactly like he wrote it." Guitarist Mike McCready experimented with an EBow on the song. At the end of the studio cut drummer Dave Abbruzzese can be heard throwing his drum sticks against the wall in frustration. This was in response to the pressure that was placed on him by producer Brendan O'Brien during the recording of the track. After recording the track he punched a hole through the snare drum and threw it off the side of a cliff. Vedder finished recording the vocals for the song on the last day of recording for Vs. Vedder had an issue with the song being too "catchy." Eddie Vedder said about the song in an interview with the LA Times: "We start off with the music and it kinds of propels the lyrics. It made me feel like I was in a car, leaving something, a bad situation. There’s an emotion there. I remembered all the times I wanted to leave…"
