Pearl Jam Frontman Eddie Vedder Chose Paul McCartney’s Secret Solo Acoustic Track to Pay Tribute to Her Royal Majesty
Pearl Jam paid tribute to Queen Elizabeth II during the performance at Scotiabank Arena in Toronto, Canada. The tribute came just hours after her death was announced by Buckingham Palace.
Eddie Vedderlead singer of Pearl Jamchose to mark the occasion with a quick cover of “Her Majesty”the secret solo acoustic track by Paul McCartneyex-Beatles, before the band’s performance “All Those Yesterdays”.
“This is just a little one that I’m going to borrow from Paul McCartney, for about 90 seconds,” frontman Eddie Vedder told the crowd before entering.
At just 23 seconds, the 1969 acoustic ditty is the shortest song in the Beatles’ catalogue, although the quirky tune has become a fan favorite. “Her Majesty” was originally part of Abbey Road (1969), medley album by Beatlesbut McCartney decided to remove it from the repertoire, according to the biography A Hard Day’s Write (1994) from Steve Turner.
Still, the engineer who cut the tape didn’t want the track to be destroyed, so he put it at the end of the album – and when McCartney saw that the song was on the album, he liked it and decided to keep it. Although “Her Majesty” Close Abbey Roadwas not listed on the original album cover.
The death of Elizabeth II last Thursday, the 8th, it moved several countries around the world, as well as celebrities. With the music sector it would be no different: rock stars, like Mick Jagger, Paul McCartney, Harry Styles and others. Check it out here!
Source: Rollingstone
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