Given to Fly (1998) PEARL JAM "Given to Fly" Deja vu? You can say that again. This latest PJ perambulator not only apes vintage Page/Plant latticework but also blatantly… Pearl Jam Rock
Music Review

Given to Fly (1998)

Pearl Jam
Reviewed by Tom Lanham | Jan 23, 1998
EW's GRADE
B-

Details Lead Performance: Pearl Jam; Genre: Rock

PEARL JAM ''Given to Fly'' Deja vu? You can say that again. This latest PJ perambulator not only apes vintage Page/Plant latticework but also blatantly nicks the entire melody line from Led Zeppelin's delicate ''Going to California.'' The only difference? A clickety-clack martinet drumbeat and Eddie Vedder's gargling garble. Still, the song builds into such an emotional crescendo that it almost shakes its historical shackles. Almost. B-

Originally posted Jan 23, 1998 Published in issue #415 Jan 23, 1998 Order article reprints