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Who is Lukin?

LukinFanLukinFan Posts: 29,050
edited July 2008 in Words and Music...Communication
I did a search for this topic, but I couldn't find anything. "Lukin" has always been my favorite song and I understand what it is about, but who is Lukin? And why is it the title of the song?

I've heard that Lukin was a member of Mudhoney, but I couldn't find anything about this. Can someone shed some light for me on this topic and please tell me who the hell Lukin is?

Also, what is your favorite live version of Lukin? Too many favorites for me to choose.
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  • normnorm Posts: 31,146
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matt_Lukin
  • catefrancescatefrances Posts: 29,003
    jeanie's dog. :)
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  • jamie ukjamie uk Posts: 3,812
    Yeah, Jeanies dog. As for live versions, all I know is that it's the worst minute or so on Immagine in Cornice....ok song, but not that way....
    I came, I saw, I concurred.....
  • LizardLizard Posts: 12,091
    catefrances wrote:
    jeanie's dog. :)

    haha
    i like that !!
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  • LukinFanLukinFan Posts: 29,050
    cutback wrote:
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matt_Lukin
    Sweet, but why is the song called Lukin?
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  • JeanieJeanie Posts: 9,446
    HAHA! And I was just coming to say that Lukin is the fat old boof of a dog on my couch right now with the bucket on his head! :D

    Looks like you lot beat me! :D


    Here he is LukinFan. :D Mystery solved! ;)

    http://i163.photobucket.com/albums/t312/Piesnsauce/100_1221.jpg

    And here's the version of Lukin I played him when we first brought him home so he'd know it was his theme song. I can't tell you HOW FUNNY to see him cocking his head at the computer when he heard it growl at him! :D

    http://au.youtube.com/watch?v=5l88XIc_IR0
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  • PJamGrunge10PJamGrunge10 Posts: 596
    jamie uk wrote:
    Yeah, Jeanies dog. As for live versions, all I know is that it's the worst minute or so on Immagine in Cornice....ok song, but not that way....

    Ya... does anyone find it weird that Eddie can still sing Blood but not Luking :confused:
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  • Brisk.Brisk. Posts: 11,561
    PJamGrunge10 wrote:
    Ya... does anyone find it weird that Eddie can still sing Blood but not Luking :confused:

    no he can sing them both...
  • JeanieJeanie Posts: 9,446
    PJamGrunge10 wrote:
    Ya... does anyone find it weird that Eddie can still sing Blood but not Luking :confused:

    I thought he sung Lukin last year in Melbourne. :confused: I didn't realize he'd stopped singing it.

    It's pretty fast paced lyrically in comparison to Blood. Maybe that's why? :)
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  • PJamGrunge10PJamGrunge10 Posts: 596
    Jeanie wrote:
    I thought he sung Lukin last year in Melbourne. :confused: I didn't realize he'd stopped singing it.

    It's pretty fast paced lyrically in comparison to Blood. Maybe that's why? :)

    No, I said "can't", not that he doesn't.
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  • JeanieJeanie Posts: 9,446
    PJamGrunge10 wrote:
    No, I said "can't", not that he doesn't.


    oooh! :) Didn't read it right. Sorry. :)

    I don't reckon he does a bad job of it. I'm always so glad to hear it anyway. :)
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  • PJamGrunge10PJamGrunge10 Posts: 596
    I like the song, it just sounds weird now. Not as gritty as the studio version. I think he sings it different nowadays cus he can control his voice better like that. In one version (I think from Torino or Melbourne '06) it seems like he tried to sing the last verse like the studio version but he was all over the place... Oh well.
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  • JeanieJeanie Posts: 9,446
    PJamGrunge10 wrote:
    I like the song, it just sounds weird now. Not as gritty as the studio version. I think he sings it different nowadays cus he can control his voice better like that. In one version (I think from Torino or Melbourne '06) it seems like he tried to sing the last verse like the studio version but he was all over the place... Oh well.

    Yeah, I guess I don't really analyze it that much. I'm just happy to hear them anytime I get to hear them. I figure songs come out different everytime they do them, interpretations change, the band changes, the audience changes. It all adds to the experience for me, so I just enjoy. There's really only two kinds of Pearl Jam for me, mindblowingly awesome and orgasmic. :D Both are pretty damn good states to be in as far as I can see. :)
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  • aus_suzaus_suz Posts: 9,372
    I thought Lukin was a Mayor....
  • LukinFanLukinFan Posts: 29,050
    PJamGrunge10 wrote:
    No, I said "can't", not that he doesn't.
    I thought that he did a great version of it at Lolla.
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  • Lost In OhioLost In Ohio Posts: 6,905
    http://www.lukin.com/Information/faq_new.html

    Question 2.27:

    This refers to Matt Lukin, a band member in the band Mudhoney. The song, as Eddie has described it, is just about Matt's place. In concert, Eddie has joked about how maybe Lukin should have been called "Can't find A Better Kitchen", a poke at the song "Better Man."


    The way I heard the story, Ed liked Lukin's refrigerator so much that a song was written about it.
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  • The Severed HandThe Severed Hand Posts: 214
    Definitely agree with the Lolla version. Matt was good friends with Kurt Cobain as well. I remember reading a lot about them in "Heavier Than Heaven"
  • josevolutionjosevolution Posts: 29,531
    lukin that is what all the spanish guys here at work allways say " i was lukin at her ass " :eek:
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  • JammerJammer Posts: 85
    I was looking at some info on the Boston Garden show from 04/11/94 and I remembered "Matt" and "Lukin".

    I searched and found this thread. It's something I forgot about and I thought it could use a BUMP!
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  • edvedderrocksedvedderrocks Posts: 1,001
    according to an article in Rolling Stone from 2006 - the song is about a stalker that Ed encountered earlier on when he was becoming famous.
    quotes from the article...

    "Someone who had severe mental problems & chemical imbalances ended up targeting me & thinking that all the songs were written about her & that I was the father of her two children, & that the kids were products of rape, and that I was Jesus & that Jesus rapes."

    "This woman drove her car at fifty miles per hour into the wall of my house & almost killed herself.

    "Fear of the stalker - which he cronicled in the track "Lukin" made it hard for Vedder to leave the house & contributed to his reputation as an angry recluse."

    (the article is from the June 29, 2006 issue)

    Lukin is the guy from Mudhoney - he dedicated the song to him at the concert I was at in 2006 (Arnhem)... Guess he is referring to Lukin's as someplace safe where he can get away.
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  • aus_suzaus_suz Posts: 9,372
    edvedderrocks wrote:
    according to an article in Rolling Stone from 2006 - the song is about a stalker that Ed encountered earlier on when he was becoming famous.
    quotes from the article...

    "Someone who had severe mental problems & chemical imbalances ended up targeting me & thinking that all the songs were written about her & that I was the father of her two children, & that the kids were products of rape, and that I was Jesus & that Jesus rapes."

    "This woman drove her car at fifty miles per hour into the wall of my house & almost killed herself.

    "Fear of the stalker - which he cronicled in the track "Lukin" made it hard for Vedder to leave the house & contributed to his reputation as an angry recluse."

    (the article is from the June 29, 2006 issue)

    Lukin is the guy from Mudhoney - he dedicated the song to him at the concert I was at in 2006 (Arnhem)... Guess he is referring to Lukin's as someplace safe where he can get away.

    I cant remember what boot it is, but doesnt Ed refer to Lukin as being a Mayor or something....I thought Lukin was a politcial person..
    But since then had heard the stalker theory also......
    U would think Lukin would not be a common name....
  • FLASH13FLASH13 Posts: 2
    Best ever line, party my house, too much hooch, buddy rocks his head over to my direction and says when Lukin ended "Dude, that's what it sounds like in my head" spit-taked my Shiner bock. Never forget it, thanks Ed and the boys.
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  • AtlantaJammerAtlantaJammer Posts: 2,611
    jamie uk wrote:
    Yeah, Jeanies dog. As for live versions, all I know is that it's the worst minute or so on Immagine in Cornice....ok song, but not that way....

    That was great! On the roof top with Ed and Mike. Are you serious?
  • AtlantaJammerAtlantaJammer Posts: 2,611
    Benoroya Hall was an awesome version.
  • AtlantaJammerAtlantaJammer Posts: 2,611
    FLASH13 wrote:
    Best ever line, party my house, too much hooch, buddy rocks his head over to my direction and says when Lukin ended "Dude, that's what it sounds like in my head" spit-taked my Shiner bock. Never forget it, thanks Ed and the boys.

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  • FLASH13FLASH13 Posts: 2
    Thanks 1st post an all
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  • inmytree0991inmytree0991 Posts: 122
    i think lukin was written about a stalker. im pretty sure i read it somewhere, ill try and find it
  • slightofjeffslightofjeff Posts: 7,762
    inmytree0991 wrote:
    i think lukin was written about a stalker. im pretty sure i read it somewhere, ill try and find it

    Start the search about three posts above yours ;)
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  • Lukin66Lukin66 Posts: 3,063
    wait....I thought I was lukin? lol...
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  • LONGRDLONGRD Posts: 6,036
    Lukin66 wrote:
    wait....I thought I was lukin?
    Is your first name Matt and were you in a couple of bands from Seattle area?
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matt_Lukin
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