"It's our most emotional and moving song." In 1986, Pearl Jam frontman Eddie Vedder taped something off the TV. Years later, that recording would leave fans wondering what in the name of grunge was going on

Eddie Vedder, Mike McCready, Jeff Ament, Stone Gossard, Dave Abbruzzese, Pinkpop Festival, Landgraaf, Holland, 08/06/1992.

With Ten and Versus, Pearl Jam had accidentally got massive, largely by writing good songs, recording them well and earning a reputation for being a must-see band. Who could have predicted that?

So by the time this Seattle five-piece started work on their third album, they'd hit something of a self-destructive streak. Stone Goddard wanted to quit, his co-guitarist Mike McCready entered rehab for drink and drug abuse, while vocalist Eddie Vedder became a de facto grunge arbitrator.

To say tensions were running high in the studio would be something of an understatement.