Penyanyi 90an: Pearl Jam, dari Garasi Sempit Menuju Hall of Fame

[Bintang] Penyanyi 90an: Pearl Jam — Pearl Jam disebut sebagai salah satu band besar yang setara dengan Nirvana. (Desain: Nurman Abdul Hakim/Bintang.com)

Fimela.com, Jakarta Garasi menjadi tempat bersejarah bagi band-band legendaris menuju sukses. Tak terkecuali Pearl Jam, grup musik rock n roll yang namanya baru saja disematkan dalam Rock n Roll Hall of Fame 7 April kemarin.

Masuk dalam Hall of Fame memang bukan tolak ukur paten sebuah band bisa disebut legend, tapi Pearl Jam sangat layak mendapatkannya. Influence musik mereka berjaya di era 90, dan kerap disejajarkan dengan band fenomenal, Nirvana.

Dari garasi kecil di Seattle itu, Pearl Jam yang terbentuk tahun 1990 mengawali langkah mereka lewat album Ten (1991). Terakhir mereka merilis album kesepuluh, Lightning Bolt pada 2013 lalu sebagai buktiproduktivitas mereka.

Ironisnya Pearl Jam merusak citranya sendiri karena menolak 'bersahabat' dengan media. Tak sampai di situ saja, pelantun hits Jeremy ini juga terkesan membuat video klip yang asal-asalan. Sisi kontroversial mereka ini dianggap menjadi boomerang, dan menyulut rivalitas dengan Nirvana.

Pearl Jam - Jeremy

At home
Drawing pictures
Of mountain tops
With him on top
Lemon yellow sun
Arms raised in a V
And the dead lay in pools of maroon below

Daddy didn't give attention
Oh, to the fact that mommy didn't care
King Jeremy The Wicked
Ruled his world

Jeremy spoke in class today
Jeremy spoke in class today

Clearly I remember
Pickin' on the boy
Seemed a harmless little fuck
But we unleashed a lion
Gnashed his teeth
And bit the recess lady's breast

How could I forget
And he hit me with a surprise left
My jaw left hurting
Dropped wide open
Just like the day
Oh, like the day I heard

Daddy didn't give affection, no!
And the boy was something that mommy wouldn't wear
King Jeremy The Wicked
Ruled his world

Jeremy spoke in class today
Jeremy spoke in class today
Jeremy spoke in class today

Try to forget this (try to forget this)
Try to erase this (try to erase this)
From the blackboard

Jeremy spoke in class today
Jeremy spoke in class today
Jeremy spoke in, spoke in
Jeremy spoke in, spoke in
Jeremy spoke in class today

(spoke in) (spoke in)
(spoke in) (spoke in)
(spoke in) (spoke in)