I couldn't disagree more..

at least you spelt ed's name right. one outta two aint bad - i guess.

Joel - you're an idiot.

I believe the reviewer will eat his words. Yes Joel you truly have been sitting in sun too long.

I think Hard Sun is a great song. It was already a good song by Indio; and quite a sucessful one back in 1989.I like Vedder's voice...Always have. Eddie has one of the most distintive voices in the history of Rock'n'Roll. It's unfortunate that Eddie has to be constantly lumped in with all the ****** bands who have failed miserably trying to copy his vocal style.Pearl Jam is an amazing band. They are certainly one of the greatest rock'n'roll bands of the last 20 years.

how can u post **** like this, come on...make a vedder use of your time...

If anything, bands like creed, bush, and nickelback are just coattail riding Eddie Vedder and Pearl Jam! Seriously, if you actually knew more than one Pearl Jam song you would know that Eddie's voice is often imitated and never duplicated. great post, inaccurate review...

I think ''"HARD SUN''" is great! The song is very much in an artistic level than a pop happy or radio friendly tracks. Eddie Vedder is a living legend with an unmistakable and very influential voice of this generation. Many have made great living borrowing from it. Pearl Jam have released many, many non commercial albums that would have blown the commercially similar groups off the charts, if Pearl Jam had chose to take that commercial route, but didn'''t. If you haven'''t been keeping up with the Pearl Jam rocket over the years these guys are endless music machines with release after release of mind blowing music! These guys will be around way after the flames of the ''"Creeds and Nickel Back''" bands even reach an eighth of what Pearl Jam have accomplished. Commercial acceptance and recognition has never been important the Pearl Jam and I'''m sure they don'''t care what anyone thinks about them at this point.

If you're gonna slag off somebody's taste, accusing them of being a Wilson Pickett fan (in defense of Ed Ved, no less) isn't your best bet, champ...

Man I love this song. Heard it for the first time today on KROQ (Los Angeles). Had to pull over to catch the name and write it down. Was surprised to hear it was Eddie Vedder.

Chris, my finger puppets have brought me much more joy than Eddie Vedder ever will.

Your opinion of this song is just that: an opinion. I will forever support your right to have it but, in this case, I will NEVER agree with it. I wonder if you are a singer yourself or if you simply criticize others with more talent and gumption than yourself.

Joel you couldn't be any more wrong. I would love to know lf you know any other eddie vedder or pearl jam song

dont ever compare anyone or anything to pearl jam or anyone in the band there is not a better band out there Its been decades since a band this good has come around 18 years and still going the best in the world original thats why everyone constantly rips them off and by the way If Eddie Vedder killed himself like Kurt Cobain No one would shut the fuck up about pearl jam

Go Eddie, Go Eddie, Go Eddie, you truly rock! Sounds nothin like Bon Jovi, play em back to back. Eddie has one of the most distinctive voices in rock today. ALWAYS IMITATED, NEVER DUPLICATED

Pearl Jam has made a career on being average. Not good or bad, just average. Pearl Jam was always music for people who didn't really like music, but needed to latch on to something.Excellent review, Joel. F these a$$ clowns.

My irritation at this blog post being passed off as if a legitimate review dissipated as soon as I glanced at the "writer's" other posts. All he does is clumsily hash out unsupported opinion; there's no analysis or interpretation. He's not even good with words. People can like Ed Vedder and Pearl Jam or not, but this is not a review. This is a belief or conclusion held with confidence (an overbearing arrogance to which he has no entitlement) but not substantiated by positive knowledge or proof, and it's not even worth entertaining long enough to get upset. Do the opposite of what this blog post does: do something productive and valuable instead.

i just read all of the other comments & saw that this was done by the indios back in 89.i knew i heard this song before. and i know 3 years isn't much, but i thought it was from 86. had a certain "feel" to it that i remember having at that time. obviously wrong, but something in my memory made me think it was done by a group like the "call".either, i like both versions.

...can't add anything else...this reviewer just has no soul for musc. Pretty simple.

Oh, and hearing "Hard Sun" in the film makes both the film and the song SOAR. Kudos to Sean Penn, Eddie Veder, and everyone else involved with this incredible film.

GREAT SONG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I guess everyone is entitled to their own opinions, but something tells me you're of the musical palate that would give the new Britney Spears album higher marks than you did this release. The only thing wrong with this album is that many of the songs are far too short and would have contained many classics if they were all full length.

As for hard sun, everyone who I ever burned this to a disc or played to a crowd were blown away the first time they heard it. Even the non-hard core PJ fans took a liking to the single.

So go back to tucking it between your legs, listening to "Gimmie More" putting the lotion in the basket, and let the true cultured reviewers give this song the praise it so rightly deserves.

Joel, Joel, Joel, there's still hope, just not in this profession. Maybe a rodeo clown?

Joel - how can you be so idiot?

If you want to criticize, make it in a constructive way... I'm a fan of Pearl Jam since 14 years ago, at least, and I must say...you are so wrong and you hurt very much people here, if have trouble reading the comments...

How are you able to maintain that job and sleep at night? Maybe it's better you look for another carrer, nop?

The style of Pearl Jam and Eddie's voice it's unique, no matter what you say... "Hard Sun" it's one of the best songs of the "Into the Wild" ost.
You don't know what is music... Joel = arrogant idiot

We can all agree the man is doing his own thing and its just plan good !!!

Beautiful

The film was fantastic and Eddie Vedder's soundtrack....voice and all, was a perfect accompaniment.
Sean Penn knew what he was doing when he asked Ed to be a part of it. Joel, you're wrong pure and simple.

Joel has an opinioin and he gets to express it. I usually don't go for the note for note, beat for beat covers and I am not a huge Pearl Jam fan but in my opinioin Vedder captures a spirit this song in a way that Indio didn't. Probably just what was needed for the film theme so I guess Vedder has to be pretty damn good. I like it.

Who the f*ck are you to speak so disrespectfully of a man who has given nothing but good to the world through his music? Pearl Jams music will live on forever, giving people a strong sense of solidairy, something your so called 'reviews' could never do. Get back in your f*cking pram, joel.