"Where's your grandfather?" It was Pearl's calling in life to monitor the movements of the town's population, so any question was usually answered with another.
It's pearls before a black tie crowd sated with food and wine who don't like poetry.
When the piece is slid onto a necklace, whether it be pearl or beads or crystal, the item becomes more versatile.
"It was pearls before swine.
David Maddox, in the Daily Express, wrote: "It was pearls on steroids... as she imperiously crushed the opposition.
It's Pearl Jam's second consecutive chart-topper (following "Backspacer" in 2009) and fifth overall, though the album's "launch is the smallest debut frame for any of Pearl Jam's studio releases," wrote Billboard's Keith Caulfield.
Either way, it's Pearl Jam taking a break from its sometimes overwhelming ambitions to let the songs emerge unadorned.
(In Amsterdam, in the dress, she sings one of her songs for both men: "It's the pearl that I long for, the pearl that I long for, the pearl that I long to hold near". "That fucking rocked!" Davis says, slyly mocking her.
"It's the pearl button capitol of the world," the boy answers snidely.
Jewellers looked at it and said, 'Well, it's not pearls, it's not wedding rings, it's not engagement rings, it's not cufflinks, what is it?
