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State of Love & Trust: A Pearl Jam Podcast
Write Your Own PJ Song: Pearl Jam
Ep. 155
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Jason and Paul deconstruct Pearl Jam's eponymous album Pearl Jam and create their own, new "song" out of lyrics from the entire album. Then, the guys debate what they contend to be the most essential song from the album. All that and the Lyric and Live Cut of the Week - Big Wave.
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