"Do the Evolution"
Song by Pearl Jam
from the album Yield
Released	February 3, 1998
Recorded	1997
Genre	Alternative rock
Length	3:54
Label	Epic
Writer(s)	Stone Gossard, Eddie Vedder
Producer(s)	Brendan O'Brien, Pearl Jam
Chart positions
# 33 US Modern Rock Tracks # 40 US Mainstream Rock Tracks
Yield track listing
"Pilate" (Track 6)	"Do the Evolution" (Track 7)	"●" (Track 8)

"Do the Evolution" is a song by Pearl Jam, from the album Yield. Like all of Yield, "Do the Evolution" was heavily influenced by the book Ishmael by Daniel Quinn. The lyrics paint a dire and pessimistic view of humanity as a thoughtlessly selfish and violent species, so enamored of its own achievements that it is blinded to its faults. It also shows how history repeats itself. Image File history File links PJYield. ... A song is a relatively short musical composition for the human voice (commonly accompanied by other musical instruments), which features words (lyrics). ... Pearl Jam is an American rock band formed in Seattle, Washington, and is considered one of the most influential bands of the 1990s. ... Yield is Pearl Jams fifth album, released on February 3, 1998. ... February 3 is the 34th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1998 (MCMXCVIII) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year of the Ocean. ... 1997 (MCMXCVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... A music genre is a category (or genre) of pieces of music that share a certain style or basic musical language (van der Merwe 1989, p. ... Alternative rock (also called alternative music[1] or simply alternative) is a genre of rock music that emerged in the 1980s and became widely popular in the 1990s. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... Epic Records is an American record label, and subsidiary of Sony BMG. // Epic was launched originally as a jazz and classical music label in 1953 by CBS. Its bright-yellow, black and blue logo became a familiar trademark for many jazz and classical releases. ... A songwriter is someone who writes the lyrics to songs, the musical composition or melody to songs, or both. ... Stone Carpenter Gossard (born July 20, 1966, Seattle, Washington) is the rhythm guitarist and founding member for American rock band Pearl Jam. ... Eddie Vedder (born Edward Louis Seversen III on 23 December 1964) is the lead singer, and one of three guitar players for the grunge band Pearl Jam. ... In the music industry, a record producer (or music producer) has many roles, among them controlling the recording sessions, coaching and guiding the performers, and supervising the recording, mixing and mastering processes . ... Brendan OBrien is a record producer who worked with many bands including Pearl Jam, Stone Temple Pilots, Kings X, Bob Dylan, Neil Young, Aerosmith, The Wallflowers, Matthew Sweet, Limp Bizkit, Lifehouse, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Korn, Rage Against The Machine, The Black Crowes, Aimee Mann, Bruce Springsteen, The... Pearl Jam is an American rock band formed in Seattle, Washington, and is considered one of the most influential bands of the 1990s. ... A record chart, also known as a music chart, is a method of ranking music according to popularity during a given period of time. ... Yield is Pearl Jams fifth album, released on February 3, 1998. ... Pearl Jam is an American rock band formed in Seattle, Washington, and is considered one of the most influential bands of the 1990s. ... Yield is Pearl Jams fifth album, released on February 3, 1998. ... Ishmael is a novel by Daniel Quinn. ... Daniel Quinn (born 1935 in Omaha, Nebraska) is a United States writer. ...

The song was nominated the Grammy for Best Hard Rock Performance and the music video was nominated the Grammy for Best Music Video, Short Form in 1999. Grammy Award statuette The Grammy Awards, presented by the Recording Academy (an association of Americans professionally involved in the recorded music industry) for outstanding achievements in the recording industry, is one of four major music awards shows held annually in the United States (the Billboard Music Awards, the American Music... The Grammy Award for Best Hard Rock Performance has been awarded since 1990. ... Grammy Award statuette The Grammy Awards, presented by the Recording Academy (an association of Americans professionally involved in the recorded music industry) for outstanding achievements in the recording industry, is one of four major music awards shows held annually in the United States (the Billboard Music Awards, the American Music... The Grammy Award for Best Short Form Music Video has been awarded since 1984. ...

Besides the album Yield, the song also appears on the live album Live on Two Legs, and on Rearviewmirror: Greatest Hits 1991-2003. Yield is Pearl Jams fifth album, released on February 3, 1998. ... Live on Two Legs is Pearl Jams sixth album, released on November 24, 1998. ... Rearviewmirror: Greatest Hits 1991-2003 is the first greatest hits album by Pearl Jam with 2 discs because the first compilation Lost Dogs was a b-side singles collection. ...

The song appears again on the live Pearl Jam DVD, Touring Band 2000. Eddie Vedder adds the lyrics "free the West Memphis Three!" to the song. The actual video clip for the song is also on this DVD, as one of the Special Features. Pearl Jam is an American rock band formed in Seattle, Washington, and is considered one of the most influential bands of the 1990s. ... Touring Band 2000 is Pearl Jams second live DVD, culled from peformances on the American leg of their 2000 Binaural Tour. ... Eddie Vedder (born Edward Louis Seversen III on 23 December 1964) is the lead singer, and one of three guitar players for the grunge band Pearl Jam. ... The West Memphis 3 were three people tried and convicted for triple homicide in the 1993 murders of three children in the Robin Hood Hills in West Memphis, Arkansas in the United States. ...

Music video

The animated music video for the song was directed by Kevin Altieri, known for his direction on Batman: The Animated Series, and Todd McFarlane, better known for his work with the popular comic book Spawn and Korn's "Freak on a Leash" video. The video was produced by Joe Pearson, the president of Epoch Ink animation, and Terry Fitzgerald at TME. It was written and developed by Joe Pearson and Kevin Altieri with input from Todd McFarlane and Eddie Vedder. Animation is the rapid display of a sequence of drawings or model positions in order to create an illusion of movement. ... A music video is a short film or video that accompanies a complete piece of music, most commonly a song. ... Kevin Alteri is an American television director of animated cartoons. ... The animated Batman shoots his grappling gun from a rooftop in a scene from the episode, On Leather Wings. ... Spawn #1 (1992), featuring one of McFarlanes most popular creations Todd McFarlane (born March 16, 1961 in Calgary, Alberta, Canada) is a cartoonist, comic book writer, artist, and media entrepreneur. ... Spawn (real name Al Simmons) is a fictional character in Image Comics comic book of the same name. ... Korn (often typeset as KoЯn to fit their logo) is a Grammy Award-winning nu metal band from Bakersfield, California. ... Freak on a Leash is the most commercially successful Korn song. ...

The video begins with the evolution of life, from the smallest cell to the extinction of dinosaurs and reign of homo sapiens. The video evolves into depicting human beings in violent, historically inspired scenes such as a knight preparing for the coming slaughter during the Crusades, a ritual dance by America's KKK, a rally by Nazi troops (with a symbol reminiscent of the Sig Rune instead of a Swastika), carnage upon a World War I-era battlefield (apparently a tribute to "Peace on Earth", a 1930s Harman-Ising anti-war cartoon), the apparent rape of a young woman, and the bombing of a Vietnamese village by an American jet, the pilot of which removes his mask to reveal a skull laughing wildly. Other pet issues such as whaling, vivisection, pollution, genetic modification and (implicitly) the Internet are included. The video concludes in what seem to be future scenarios of the self-destruction of the human race, including the carpet bombing of a city by futuristic aircraft, computers hijacking the human mind, and finally a nuclear explosion which leaves a city in ruins. This article is about evolution in biology. ... Drawing of the structure of cork as it appeared under the microscope to Robert Hooke from Micrographia which is the origin of the word cell. Cells in culture, stained for keratin (red) and DNA (green). ... Orders Saurischia    Sauropodomorpha    Theropoda Ornithischia Dinosaurs are giant reptiles that dominated the terrestrial ecosystem for most of their 165-million year existence. ... Human beings are defined variously in biological, spiritual, and cultural terms, or in combinations thereof. ... The Siege of Antioch, from a medieval miniature painting, during the First Crusade. ... Motto: (Out Of Many, One) (traditional) In God We Trust (1956 to date) Anthem: The Star-Spangled Banner Capital Washington D.C. Largest city New York City None at federal level (English de facto) Government Federal constitutional republic  - President George Walker Bush (R)  - Vice President Dick Cheney (R) Independence from... Members of the second Ku Klux Klan at a rally during the 1920s. ... National Socialism redirects here. ... Two Sig Runes: The symbol of the Nazi SS Sig Rune is the name given by Guido von List for the Sigel or s rune of the futhark. ... Combatants Allied Powers: Russian Empire France British Empire Italy United States Central Powers: Austria-Hungary German Empire Ottoman Empire Bulgaria Commanders Nicholas II Aleksei Brusilov Georges Clemenceau Joseph Joffre Ferdinand Foch Herbert Henry Asquith Douglas Haig John Jellicoe Victor Emmanuel III Luigi Cadorna Armando Diaz Woodrow Wilson John Pershing Franz... A Merrie Melodies Foxy cartoon title card. ... The crew of the oceanographic research vessel Princesse Alice, of Albert Grimaldi (later Prince Albert I of Monaco) pose while flensing a catch. ... Etymologically, vivisection refers to the dissection of, or any cutting or surgery upon, a living animal including humans. ... It has been suggested that Externality be merged into this article or section. ...

The video appears to pin a lot of the blame for humankind's brutality on leaders; with various scenes depicting a cardinal or priest, an American President, and possibly a Soviet leader with what appears to be a missile and red flag in the background. Everything portrayed complements the song's meaning and tightly follows the lyrics. For example, when Eddie Vedder sings "Buying stocks on the day of the crash", a scene is shown where business men are committing suicide by jumping from buildings, similar to Black Thursday and the resulting suicides from the Wall Street Crash of 1929. Eddie Vedder (born Edward Louis Seversen III on 23 December 1964) is the lead singer, and one of three guitar players for the grunge band Pearl Jam. ... Black Thursday can mean October 24, 1929, the start of the Wall Street Crash of 1929 at the New York Stock Exchange. ... The The Wall Street Crash of 1929, also called the Great Crash or the Crash of 29, was the stock-market crash that occurred in late October 1929. ...

From start to finish, total production time on the video was just 16 weeks. The animation preproduction—direction, script, storyboard, design, color key, and timing—was produced by Epoch Ink Animation at their studio in Santa Monica California. A team of top designers and storyboard artists was quickly assembled from the studio talent pool. Kevin Altieri, Brad Coombs, Jim Mitchell, Young Yoon Gi, Kalvin Lee and Joe Pearson storyboarded and designed all the characters and backgrounds. Tina Oliva and Lisa Pearson designed the character color and accomplished colorist Zhao Ping did the key background paintings. Under Kevin and Joe’s supervision the Epoch team boarded and designed the short in less then 6 weeks.

Once McFarlane, Vedder, and Sony gave their final approvals, the short was timed by Graham Morris and taken to Korea by Kevin and Joe for animation at Sun Min Image Pictures and Jireh Animation. Over a four week period, a team of more than one hundred artists worked around the clock in Seoul to deliver the finished animation. Once the final animation was back in L.A., Kevin, Todd, and Eddie edited the final cut at postproduction facility—Vittello Productions.

The video was the band's first since the final video for Ten, "Jeremy" and the last before "I Am Mine" in 2002. Ten is Pearl Jams first album, released on August 27, 1991 through Epic Records. ... Jeremy is a song by Seattle grunge band Pearl Jam, from their debut album Ten. ... I Am Mine was the first single from Pearl Jams 2002 album Riot Act. ... See also: 2002 in music (UK) Musical groups established in 2002 Record labels established in 2002 other events of 2002 list of years in music 2000s in music // 2002 was marked by significant trends in Rock Music. ...

External links

• Music video for "Do the Evolution" at Google Video
• Lyrics