What is "I'm Still Here" from Lost Dogs?

RITFWinCORITFWinCO Posts: 217
edited March 2012 in The Porch
Just heard this on PJ radio and it said it was from Lost Dogs. Was this like a track on an international version but not US?
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  • memememe Posts: 4,695
    It wasn't on mine. It was for some time something we were not even allowed to talk about, but it must be ok now, since it's on PJ radio. Beautiful, ain't it?
    ... and the will to show I will always be better than before.
  • jimbojones1138jimbojones1138 Posts: 3,640
    this was on pj radio???

    :shock:
    it's largely due to eddie that i liked to jump off of things as a child...
  • jwagnerjwagner Posts: 435
    I love that song...similar to "I'm Open," but with even better narration/dialogue ("She said to me over the phone she wanted to see other people...I thought, well then, look around. They're everywhere.")

    I think this track was only included on the promo versions of 'Lost Dogs' and/or the Japanese version (or promo)...details have been sketchy on it over the years...
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  • RITFWinCORITFWinCO Posts: 217
    Interesting. For someone reading this board quite frequently, I was clueless to this.

    I liked the line that was something like "She said 'I'm confused' and I'm like, 'Darling join the club.". At least that's how I think it went since that was my first time hearing it.
  • ericwaller20ericwaller20 Posts: 325
    There is a version of it over on gremmie.net under the bsides tab.
  • memememe Posts: 4,695
    RITFWinCO wrote:
    Interesting. For someone reading this board quite frequently, I was clueless to this.

    I liked the line that was something like "She said 'I'm confused' and I'm like, 'Darling join the club.". At least that's how I think it went since that was my first time hearing it.

    Yes, that's how it goes :)

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gct6BB6ijcw
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  • we got 4/20/02, and Japan got I'm Still Here. Or so the legend goes.
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  • darthvedderdarthvedder Posts: 2,655
    we got 4/20/02, and Japan got I'm Still Here. Or so the legend goes.

    More like a myth that was busted a while ago. I'm Still Here is not on the Japanese version of Lost Dogs.

    When Lost Dogs leaked before it came out, it had I'm Still Here at the end. The accompanying text file stated that the leak came from a Japanese promo CD of Lost Dogs. To date, this supposed promo has never been found.
  • so does anyone have any information on the origins of this song yet? and even more importantly, any of you photoshop geeks make any itunes art for it? ;)
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  • erocshiftyerocshifty Posts: 1,170
    so cool that pjradio played this. i've got 6 cds worth of stuff,thanks to gremmie! just remixed them & made new artwork last night. such a treasure trove of music we pj fans do have! would love to hear more from post 04-present day. how about a "holiday" e.p. instead of a single this year? it's almost march, studio time!!!
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  • erocshifty wrote:
    so cool that pjradio played this. i've got 6 cds worth of stuff,thanks to gremmie! just remixed them & made new artwork last night. such a treasure trove of music we pj fans do have! would love to hear more from post 04-present day. how about a "holiday" e.p. instead of a single this year? it's almost march, studio time!!!

    got any itunes art you could share for I'm Still Here?
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  • I think you can just use the Lost Dogs cover art for it.

    No idea of the origin, but it's a pretty sad breakup song...
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  • musically, it's obviously akin to present tense which has lead many to speculate it dates from those 95/96 sessions, however, the vocal take leads many to think it would date from more 2001/2002 area. nothing is for certain so the mystery goes on...
  • cent208cent208 Posts: 435
    thanks for the info
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  • moozeekfan wrote:
    I think you can just use the Lost Dogs cover art for it.

    yeah, I was just more hoping for something uber creative like that one member did for Ole. they did a kick ass cover for that single.
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  • LamentLament Posts: 294
    musically, it's obviously akin to present tense which has lead many to speculate it dates from those 95/96 sessions, however, the vocal take leads many to think it would date from more 2001/2002 area. nothing is for certain so the mystery goes on...

    I thought it was pretty universally accepted that it was a Yield outtake. Did I miss some new information being shed on it?
  • majleap3majleap3 Posts: 208
    Why didn't they release this? This is truly touching. I never knew this existed. Such a beautiful piece of art. This song could help so many people if they only knew about it.
  • thefixer9thefixer9 Posts: 9,376
    Really love this song.
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  • bootlegger10bootlegger10 Posts: 16,213
    majleap3 wrote:
    Why didn't they release this? This is truly touching. I never knew this existed. Such a beautiful piece of art. This song could help so many people if they only knew about it.

    Isn't it a depressing song? I can't remember the lyrics exactly, but doesn't it end with the narrator at his grave?

    Great song/spoken word though.
  • HarpsyHarpsy Posts: 83
    I think it ends with the narrator buying another round of drinks. Before that he's imagining his grave, or at least thats how I remember it.

    Its been a while since I've listened to it, but its an incredible song. I've only listened to it through youtube so will have to get it on my ipod tonight.
  • NewJPageNewJPage Posts: 3,315
    musically, it's obviously akin to present tense which has lead many to speculate it dates from those 95/96 sessions, however, the vocal take leads many to think it would date from more 2001/2002 area. nothing is for certain so the mystery goes on...

    I'm still here is basically Ed solo, whereas the main riff in present tense is by Mike. I think its pretty obvious that this song was written in 1999 or 2000, and pretty obvious what it is about...
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  • DH62179DH62179 Posts: 312
    It's always reminded me of 'I'm Open' a bit, so i figured it was from No Code era, but possibly Riot Act too. At first I thought it was done around 2000 for obvious reasons but the line '24 years old, midlife crisis...' makes me think it's just a remembrenace of something that happened years before.
  • NewJPage wrote:
    musically, it's obviously akin to present tense which has lead many to speculate it dates from those 95/96 sessions, however, the vocal take leads many to think it would date from more 2001/2002 area. nothing is for certain so the mystery goes on...

    I'm still here is basically Ed solo, whereas the main riff in present tense is by Mike. I think its pretty obvious that this song was written in 1999 or 2000, and pretty obvious what it is about...

    well, I don't know how obvious it is, but I have an inkling it's about someone who was edited out of MTV Unplugged.
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  • goldrushgoldrush everybody knows this is nowhere Posts: 7,762
    she said to me, over the phone
    she wanted to see other people
    i thought, "well then, look around,
    they're everywhere"

    said that she was confused,
    i thought, "darling, join the club"
    24 years old, mid-life crisis
    nowadays hits you when you're young

    i hung up, she called back, i hung up again
    the process had already started
    at least it happened quick
    i swear, i died inside that night

    my friend, he called
    i didn't mention a thing
    the last thing he said was, "be sound"
    sound...

    i contemplated an awful thing, i hate to admit
    i just thought those would be such appropriate
    last words
    but i'm still here

    and small
    so small.. how could this struggle seem so big?
    so big...

    while the palms in the breeze still blow green
    and the waves in the sea still absolute blue
    but the horror
    every single thing i see is a reminder of her

    never thought i'd curse the day i met her
    and since she's gone and wouldn't hear
    who would care? what good would that do?
    but i'm still here

    so i imagine in a month, or 12
    i'l be somewhere having a drink
    laughing at a stupid joke
    or just another stupid thing

    and i can see myself stopping short
    drifting out of the present
    sucked by the undertow and pulled out deep
    and there i am, standing

    wet grass and white headstones all in rows
    and in the distance there's one, off on its own
    so i stop, kneel
    my new home...

    and i picture a sober awakening,
    a re-entry into this little bar scene
    sip my drink til the ice hits my lip
    order another round

    and that's it for now
    sorry
    never been too good at happy endings...
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  • mfc2006mfc2006 HTOWN Posts: 37,489
    love this song....
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  • goldrushgoldrush everybody knows this is nowhere Posts: 7,762
    and i picture a sober awakening,
    a re-entry into this little bar scene
    sip my drink til the ice hits my lip
    order another round
    I've always loved this song and this verse is one of my all time favourite EV lyrics. I always thought of it as a positive verse, a lot like the ending of "Walk" by Blind Melon:
    I can't believe that I have to bang my head against this wall again
    But the blows they have just a little more space in-between them
    Gonna take a breath and try again.
    Something awful happened, and there was a lot of pain and dark thoughts, but at the end of the day there is light and life goes on.
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  • WW187806WW187806 Long Island, NY Posts: 565
    An emotional rollercoaster of a song, one you want play often, but will resonate forever
  • 12345AGNST112345AGNST1 Posts: 4,906
    and just when I thought ive heard every song. great song, sounds like im open but his voice sounds later. I would say probably from binaural or riot act.
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  • awesomeness...that's what it is......


    lucky Japanese!!!!
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  • awesomeness...that's what it is......


    lucky Japanese!!!!

    but it being on a japanese version is still unsubstantiated. I'm betting it was just leaked, kinda like how Better Days did, and no one knows where it came from or the back story.
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