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I think Eddie Vedder was brave as hell for singing about incest, on the male side. I can't think of another male singer who has broached that issue though I may be wrong. I really think that that happened, either to him or someone he knows (in the song "Alive", that everyone misinterprets badly). Honestly I believe it's his experience he was singing about, in which case his mother trumps Eminem for worst mom ever, because I know the other part of the song, about him not knowing who his real dad was until he was 12 or 13 really was his experience. I appreciate the amount of bravery it took for him to sing about. I want to say there has been another song about this recently (aside from something like 'Stacey's Mom'), but if there is I can't remember the name of it.

I had no use for Pearl Jam or Nirvana back in the day but man I love both of those bands now. I like "world wide suicide" too, I think they've proved they've still got something to say. With the childhood Eddie Vedder had and what he fought through I have nothing but admiration for him. For some reason I and my friends were just 'too cool' for these bands back then although we were all 'grunge' in every other way.

What bands do you like right now?