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Can “Wishlist” get some love?

hsohihsohi Posts: 1,033
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What a beautiful.. underrated song. Listen to Camden NJ July 5 2003.
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  • F Me In The BrainF Me In The Brain this knows everybody from other commets Posts: 31,595
    Love it, for sure.
    The love he receives is the love that is saved
  • Gvn2flyGvn2fly Posts: 753
    This is actually one of my least favorite songs in the PJ catalog!  Skip it everytime  😉 

    Absolutely love the tags at the end though when played live
  • eboweddieeboweddie Posts: 1,020
    In my top 5 pj songs. The 2003 tour versions are amazing.. plus the binaural tour. Deffo underrated song. I absolutely love it 

    i wish i wish i wish i wish, i guess it never stops
  • eboweddieeboweddie Posts: 1,020
    https://youtu.be/keQdXGMqNys

    i wish i wish i wish i wish, i guess it never stops
  • Glorified KCGlorified KC KCMO Native Posts: 2,759
    edited January 2021
    “I wish I was a sacrifice, but somehow still lived on” is my favorite line of any PJ song.
    Post edited by Glorified KC on
    I wish I was a sacrifice, but somehow still lived on.
  • LoujoeLoujoe Posts: 10,257
    I like when they used that disco ball to shoot tons of lights over the crowd during this song. It's a little on the light fluffy side for me, but does have some touching lyrics that can mean a lot to people dealing with stuff. Virtual group hug!!!
  • CPR7CPR7 Stade de France, July 10, 2016 Posts: 377
    One of my favorite PJ songs. This one resonates with me so much. When my first son was born, the line "I wish I was the verb 'to trust' and never let you down" hit me like a ton of bricks. So much so that I had 'to trust' tattooed on my forearm in Ed's writing as a constant reminder to try my best to never let my family down. 
  • F Me In The BrainF Me In The Brain this knows everybody from other commets Posts: 31,595
    Very cool, I like that!  ^^
    The love he receives is the love that is saved
  • Of The AggieOf The Aggie The ATX Posts: 1,541
    Sorry, I can't stand this song. I'm not sure what it is about it, because I do like a lot of PJs slower, sappier material, but I just could never take Wishlist.
  • CPR7CPR7 Stade de France, July 10, 2016 Posts: 377
    F Me In The Brain said:
    Very cool, I like that!  ^^
    Thanks  =)
  • JPPJ84JPPJ84 Hamburg, Germany Posts: 3,464
    Beautiful song, love the lyrics!!
  • eboweddieeboweddie Posts: 1,020
    I wish I was a lucky man
     Well I guess that I am
     I wish that I could share with my friends 
    Oh how many friends I have. 

    Great end.  Melbourne 

    i wish i wish i wish i wish, i guess it never stops
  • 2-feign-reluctance2-feign-reluctance TigerTown, USA Posts: 23,345
    Tokyo 03’ is awesome! 
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  • dannydanny Posts: 2,279
    fantastic song
    danny d
  • TheBeardedFellowTheBeardedFellow Posts: 325
    edited January 2021
    People are talking about the '03 tour versions... I wasn't super into it at the time cause it felt like the song was going 9-10 minutes and i've had rather heard it at regular-length-plus-one-other-song... It was a new-beer song for me at my 4 shows that tour.

    Now, though, I like those versions with the Buzzcocks tags probably more than any other version.
    Post edited by TheBeardedFellow on
  • Dr DapsoyDr Dapsoy Posts: 70
    10/5/00 Toronto, when a certain local singer/bassist was in attendance whose solo album Matt had recently played on:
    "...I wish I was as fortunate, as fortunate as Geddy Lee"
    1996: Randall's Island 1
    1998: MSG 1
    2000: Jones Beach 1
    2003: Uniondale, MSG 1
    2006: Camden
    2013: Brooklyn 2
    2016: Boston 1
  • lastexitlondonlastexitlondon Posts: 14,276
    Not for me but the  disco ball and light from ed guitar  reflecting makes a great live spectical
    brixton 93
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    wembley 07
    dusseldorf 07
    nijmegen 07

    this song is meant to be called i got shit,itshould be called i got shit tickets-hartford 06 -
  • mcgruff10mcgruff10 New Jersey Posts: 28,729
    I hated it when it first came out, total snooze fest however it really has grown on me overtime.  I love the simplicity of the song and message behind it.  The 03 versions were waaaaaay too long imho.  
    I'll ride the wave where it takes me......
  • kaw753kaw753 Posts: 882
    Glorified KC said:
    “I wish I was a sacrifice, but somehow still lived on” is my favorite line of any PJ song.
    I wish I was a messenger and alllllll the news was good. 

    The best.
  • Gern BlanstenGern Blansten Mar-A-Lago Posts: 21,313
    Great song....I've never understood how some don't like it.

    Perfect solo.
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  • JeBurkhardtJeBurkhardt Posts: 5,027
    It's my wife's favorite PJ song. She loves the lyrics.
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