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Last Kiss, ten years later

LONGRDLONGRD Posts: 6,036
edited September 2009 in The Porch
I think it's a cute song and I like it.

It was also PJ's biggest hit. #2 on the charts sometime during the summer of 1999.

Discuss.
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  • CalumCalum Posts: 635
    I love this song.. Without this song.. I may have never heard Pearl Jam.. who knows.. But because of this song, I am a fan.

    Its simple & fun, catchy and you can easily sing-a-long.. great song!
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  • hitmanhitman Posts: 469
    absolutely LOVED it when it first came out.... 8,000 radio plays later..... mehhhhhhhh....

    it is awesome that it was/is their biggest selling single,, and the money went to a great cause.
  • millerdwpj83millerdwpj83 Posts: 30
    I was 16 at the time, taking behind the wheel drivers ed. The meathead, assistant football coach, asshole, that was the instructor turned it up every time it came on the crappy pop station he made us listen to. I remember thinking it was ironic that he was cranking a song about a fatal car crash while teaching drivers ed. ;)
  • ReachingForThinAirReachingForThinAir Posts: 184
    imo it is horrid.

    Soldier of Love is a much better rendition of an old sappy love song.

    i hated Last Kiss way back when, you know, the original.

    that being said, good that it mighta turned on some new fans. so..

    Hear Hear.
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  • formerly ferniegirlformerly ferniegirl Posts: 16
    I love this song. I used to sing it at camp when I was a kid and was so excited the first time I heard the PJ rendition. Who would ever imagine their favourite band covering one of their favourite songs from when they were a kid. I still remember exactly where I was the first time I heard it, on the gardiner expressway in toronto stuck in traffic going to a jays game. There are many more PJ songs I like better than this one but I definitely have a soft spot for it.
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  • Evacuation RulesEvacuation Rules Posts: 2,162
    I thought the original was awful and I feel no different about PJ's version. The fact that it became the most well-known PJ song is very unfortunate.
  • allstar340allstar340 NYC Posts: 812
    Not nearly half as good as everyone makes it out to be, the one song I fear seeing live :twisted:
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  • mca47mca47 Posts: 13,305
    I don't hate it unless it's played at a show that I attend. Ugh!

    Of the 24-27 songs we usually get, it's a giant bummer to hear Last Kiss played.
  • normnorm Posts: 31,146
    i like it when they play it for maricor at bridge
  • TheEvolutionTheEvolution Posts: 143
    ReachingForThinAir wrote:
    imo it is horrid.

    Soldier of Love is a much better rendition of an old sappy love song.

    i hated Last Kiss way back when, you know, the original.

    that being said, good that it mighta turned on some new fans. so..

    Hear Hear.

    I agree that Soldier of Love is a much better song. Last Kiss is ok but it is more than likely my least favorite song by the band.
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  • AtlantaJammerAtlantaJammer Posts: 2,611
    Chicks love this song for some reason. Too F n' sad for me. I dont think I even know the words to be honest....
  • ChrisileinChrisilein Vienna/Austria Posts: 3,905
    I love PJ covering songs, but I heard this one a little bit too often...!
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  • dimitrispearljamdimitrispearljam Posts: 139,721
    great song
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  • Grandmas JamGrandmas Jam Posts: 1,860
    Last Kiss is the worst song ever. It sucked in the 50s and it still sucks now
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  • U R A Crazy BreedU R A Crazy Breed Posts: 8,370
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  • Grandmas JamGrandmas Jam Posts: 1,860
    U R A Crazy Breed wrote:
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    hahahahahahahahahahahahahaha, homie the clown don't play that shit
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  • 12345AGNST112345AGNST1 Posts: 4,906
    Used to like it, got sick of it really quick. Only song I wouldn't ever want to hear live.
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  • SolarWorldSolarWorld Posts: 1,902
    Liked it when I got it as a holiday single... now hate it live. The only Pearl Jam song I don't like... piss/drink break song so you can enjoy the encore and YLB fully.
  • None2Fragile10None2Fragile10 Posts: 31
    other than black its one of the first songs id heard from pearl jam and its when i really started to take interest in eddies voice.i still like it,besides i heard it at the casino last night and hit for $100 as soon as the song started
  • RiotAct10RiotAct10 Ohio Posts: 1,634
    I liked it when it came out and I still do. I think the story of the song makes it so much better, and I wish more people knew it, and that things like that happened more often. Remember, this was a song only available on vinyl to fan club members, and I believe it was a radio station in Boston that started playing it, and it just kept growing, and for a long time of it being popular, I don't think Pearl Jam even provided radio stations with a non-vinyl ripped version. I mean, how often does something like that happen in pop music? Never. The DJs just play the singles they get from the record company in the mail and that's it, rarely do they seek a new song out, or find something they enjoy and share it with their fans, let alone turning a song that took around $1000-$2000 to record one take of in to the #2 song in the country. This is an example of a song getting huge on it's own right, and I think that is something to be proud of. Just my two cents.
    words seem so out of place.

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  • Vedder_Girl77Vedder_Girl77 Posts: 4,335
    Last Kiss is my least favorite Pearl Jam song...SORRY! I could do without ever hearing this song again!
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  • CalumCalum Posts: 635
    Vedder_Girl77 wrote:
    Last Kiss is my least favorite Pearl Jam song...SORRY! I could do without ever hearing this song again!

    BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!! :D
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  • Ledbetterman10Ledbetterman10 Posts: 16,945
    I think we'd all like it more if it was only released as a Christmas single and not commerically.
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  • craigbcraigb Posts: 806
    BH71937 wrote:
    absolutely LOVED it when it first came out.... 8,000 radio plays later..... mehhhhhhhh....

    Definitely
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  • OceansMagnetOceansMagnet Posts: 1,033
    Always ALWAYS hate when the band plays this.. Cheezy piece of crap song.. However, I actually kinda enjoy ed doing it solo.. Heard it as a pre-set a couple times, and he rocked it out in Memphis last week.. So I guess it makes for a fun campfire singalong, but wastes precious time in a Pearl Jam show that could be better spent playing In My Tree, Low Light, or Faithful ;)
  • PlanktonPlankton Posts: 692
    I love it. It's very un-Pearl Jam so I can understand why a lot of people don't care for it live, but I really enjoy it.
  • bobby dazzlersbobby dazzlers Posts: 2,040
    enjoy it still.
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  • a5pja5pj Hershey PA Posts: 3,924
    no thank you, and live as soon as they turn around to play to the back, i know that dreadful song is coming...
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  • the wolfthe wolf Posts: 7,027
    Heard it for the first time in Knoxville in .... 98 ? Loved it !

    was super pumped when they released it.

    My band covered it. Made me sick of it.

    My GF loves it still.

    I think I'm indifferent to it now. ( was cool to hear it solo in Memphis though )

    BTW, i dont know how people can be sick of any PJ song, but then say they love YLB !

    I could do without hearing YLB close 95% of the shows myself, but thats just me.
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  • IndifferenceIndifference Posts: 2,742
    All time favorite -- bathroom song that is.

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