I'm Still Here

rwrusso

After all these years, I still find it amazing that nothing has come out about this song.  Nothing from the band, no snippets of a chord, nothing in a soundcheck, absolutely zilch.  I know spoken word songs aren't favorites (I happen to love both I'm Still Here and I'm Open), but for as much info on everything Pearl Jam as there is out there, every time I listen to this song it makes me wonder why the band has never said a peep about it.

eboweddie

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...

Absolutely incredible song 
 Was it on the Japanese version of lost dogs

Lost In Ohio

I'm guessing because it's really personal to a member of the band. If they want to speak on it, they
will.

If it was on a rare copy of Lost Dogs, nobody has ever found it. Allegedly, it was done around the time of No Code, but that also may not be true.

darthvedder

eboweddie said:

 Was it on the Japanese version of lost dogs

Nope. This rumor persists, but the Japanese version of Lost Dogs has the exact same track list as the US version. When Lost Dogs leaked to the Internet, it included I'm Still Here instead of 4/20/02. The accompanying text file had this to say about the promo CD they ripped:

"this promo seems to slightly differ
tracklistwise from the tracklisting
announced on the official website. track
10 "angel" is stated to be missing on the
promo cover. the indeed said song is not
featured on cd2.

the promo however has also got 31 tracks,
the final one being unaccounted for on the
sleeve. no mention of this song was found
on the internet and judging by the style,
the most obvious guess would be the song
is a ghost/hidden track.

on a small & final note. the promo cover
proudly states the cd "contains a unique
identification watermark that allows
tracing of copies in any digital format"
although being the actual promo a burnt
cd makes the watermark more of the
"supposedly-unique" kind of identification
which says it all really."

Using the clues of "angel stated to be missing," the "unique identification watermark," and "being the actual promo a burnt cd," it would appear that the promo they ripped is this one (or one similar to it):

http://www.pjcollectors.com/detail.asp?id=335

So we need someone who owns that release to verify whether or not I'm Still Here is on there. If it's not, then we have some sort of shenanigans going on with that leaked release.

PJ1973

Somehow I missed this being out there. Thanks for bringing it up. What a great song.

23scidoo

Tears comes in my eyes, everytime i listen to this..

ComeToTX

I’ve always loved it. Would love an instrumental of it as well.