DAUGHTER
Eddie Vedder, Stone Gossard
The second single from the album Vs.. Chart: #1 (Alternative). Time - 3:55.
Flip Side: "Blood / Yellow Ledbetter" (both live)".
Released in U.S.A., November 2, 1993.
Recorded at The Site, Nicasio, California, USA, March–May 1993.
Produced by Brendan O'Brien and Pearl Jam.
The song is about an abused and misunderstood child with a learning disability. The band did not make a video for this single release. They did not like to make them, althought they did for some other songs. - Larry -
Eddie Vedder - lead vocals, guitar |
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Eddie Vedder - Melody Maker
"The child in that song obviously has a learning difficulty, and it's only in the last few years that they've actually been able to diagnose these learning disabilities, that before were looked at as misbehavior; as just outright rebelliousness, but no one knew what it was. These kids, because they seemed unable or reluctant to learn, they'd end up getting the shit beaten outta them. The song ends, you know, with this idea of the shades going down—so that the neighbors can't see what happens next. What hurts about shit like that is that it ends up defining people's lives. They have to live with that abuse for the rest of their lives. Good, creative people are just fucking destroyed."
Dave Abbruzzese
"When we were originally working on "Daughter", I did a lot more stuff on the toms. But when we went in to record it, Brendan (O'Brien) suggested trying something different, to just use the kick and snare. That was a trip, because we'd already been playing that song for half a year, and I was kind of used to what I was doing. At first I was like, "Well...okay..." so I set up a 26" kick, a snare, and an 18" floor tom, and we just used the room mic's and went for it. It actually brought out a whole new dimension of the song for me, and it felt really fresh to me to play it like that. Live, I kind of mix the two approaches together."
Mike McCready
"That's one of the few solos I really had to sit down and work out."
YOU TUBE LYRIC VIDEO YOU TUBE LIVE SNL 1994 Alone, listless Breakfast table in an otherwise empty room Young girl, violence Center of her own attention The mother reads aloud, child tries to understand it Tries to make her proud The shades go down, it's in her head Painted room, can't deny there's something wrong Don't call me daughter, not fit to The picture kept will remind me Don't call me daughter, not fit to The picture kept will remind me Don't call me She holds the hand that holds her down She will rise above, uh uh Don't call me daughter, not fit to The picture kept will remind me Don't call me daughter, not fit to The picture kept will remind me Don't call me daughter, not fit to The picture kept will remind me Don't call me daughter, not fit to The picture kept will remind me Don't call me The shades go down The shades go down The shades go go Go