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January 7, 2008

New Eddie Vedder Video - "Guaranteed"

This one oughta strike a chord with anyone who's spent lots of time with Ten. EdVed made his first full-fledged foray into solo territory by soundtracking Sean Penn's moving, motion-picture adaptation of Jon Krakauer's Into The Wild, which we checked when he collaborated with S-K's Corin Tucker on a cover of Indio's "Hard Sun." That track worked, but it isn't until we actually watched Emile Hirsch wandering his way up to Alaska to the sounds of Eddie's expressly written music that his contributions really clicked, perfectly. "Guaranteed" is the soundtrack's second single, and Vedder's first video in, well, a long time. The three hour shoot, done by Marc Rocco entirely on 35mm film, casts Eddie in a very familiar light: low lit silhouette, sitting on a stool, emoting, while images float by of a young man needing answers. The face may be a little grizzled, but just compare the way the two Vedders stare out of their eyes. Guess what we're watching isn't just Krakauer's coming of age story. (Thanks, MFR)

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are that kid's arms raised in a 'V'?

Posted by: ev at 01/07/08 3:54 PM | Reply
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Eddie Vedder writes amazing music. One of the only muscians to transcend the niche thrust upon rock music out of Seattle in the 90's.

Posted by: Otis at 01/07/08 4:43 PM | Reply
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I am so glad that one of the best artists that ever lived got to write the soundtrack for such an amazing movie. This is the best song off the album. The film was so much more moving with Eddies music playing through out it. I love the video and can not wait to see the movie again.

Posted by: Christie at 01/08/08 11:20 PM | Reply
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Into the Wild was a most amazing movie. In my top five of 2007.

Posted by: Jonny Q at 01/09/08 7:14 AM | Reply
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Go to VH1's website and vote it to be #1 on the Top 20 Video Countdown!! Enter Eddie Vedder and "Guaranteed" into the wildcard section.

Posted by: Sfen at 01/09/08 5:23 PM | Reply
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