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"Spin the Black Circle" is a song by the American rock band Pearl Jam, released on November 8, 1994 as the first single from the band's third studio album, ''Vitalogy'' (1994). Although credited to all members of Pearl Jam, it features lyrics written by vocalist Eddie Vedder and music primarily written by guitarist Stone Gossard. The song peaked at number 11 on the ''Billboard'' Modern Rock Tracks chart and at number 18 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100. It charted at number 10 in the UK Singles Chart, giving them their only top ten hit in that country. The song was included on Pearl Jam's 2004 greatest hits album, ''rearviewmirror (Greatest Hits 1991–2003)''. ==Origin and recording== Guitarist Stone Gossard had originally written the guitar riff for "Spin the Black Circle" as slower, however vocalist Eddie Vedder asked him to speed it up.〔Fricke, David. ("Eddie Vedder's Combat Rock" ). ''Rolling Stone''. May 29, 2003.〕 Vedder on the song: I remember wanting everything to be faster...Stone gave me a tape with this riff (it at slow speed ). I had a speed control on my machine. I speeded it up, came back and said, "Can we do it this way?"〔 Guitarist Mike McCready on the song: That's me trying to do Johnny Thunders leads. I actually overdubbed those leads, but when I do it live, that riff is so hectic and frantic, I have to be warmed up or it sounds really shitty.〔Gilbert, Jeff. ("Prime Cuts: Mike McCready - The Best of Pearl Jam!" ). ''Guitar School''. May 1995.〕 Bassist Jeff Ament has admitted that he was unhappy at the time with the punk rock direction that the song took. He said that "when we wrote 'Spin the Black Circle'...I was like, 'Ugh!'. I can play the entire Dead Kennedys back catalogue! I didn't really want to make music like that at that time."〔McMahon, James. "Burning Bright". ''NME''. August 15, 2009.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Spin the Black Circle」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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