MATT LUKIN TELLS THE STORY BEHIND THE PEARL JAM SONG “LUKIN”

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edited August 2011 in The Porch
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“Vedder had a stalker chick that would come by his house that was freaking him out. He would start to avoid his house after a while, so he would just come by my place. Vedder’d come over and we’d sit ‘round the kitchen and drink and stuff. He would talk about his stalker problem a little bit, but I would just blow it off. It was just drunken talk, throwing darts, having fun. There’d be other people there, sometimes four or five of us. Just me and Eddie and our wives and mutual friends like [then Mudhoney manager] Bob Whittaker. The Pearl Jam song ‘Lukin’ is about how my kitchen’s a sanctuary for him. Also, I was giving him shit about all their songs being too long. That inspired him to make ‘Lukin’ a one-minute song. I’ve always flipped him shit. Never let him be the rock star that he is.”

—former Mudhoney/Melvins bassist Matt Lukin (outtake from the forthcoming book Everybody Loves Our Town: An Oral History of Grunge)

http://grungereport.net/?p=6249
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  • DeLukin
    DeLukin Posts: 2,757
    But what the HELL is in his FRIDGE!?!?!?
    I smile, but who am I kidding...
  • dimitrispearljam
    dimitrispearljam Posts: 139,747
    He married a Dutch Girl 8-)
    "...Dimitri...He talks to me...'.."The Ghost of Greece..".
    "..That's One Happy Fuckin Ghost.."
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  • lukins.lawyer
    lukins.lawyer Posts: 128
    "I'm goin' to Luuukin's..."
    No need to be void,... or save up on life...
    You got to spend it all.....

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  • Suziemay
    Suziemay Posts: 11,168
    DeLukin wrote:
    But what the HELL is in his FRIDGE!?!?!?

    I want to know this too!

    "Open the fridge. Now I know life is worth" :mrgreen:
  • CJMST3K
    CJMST3K Posts: 9,722
    Open the fridge.
    Now I know life his way.
    ADD 5,200 to the post count you see, thank you. :)
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  • hrd2imgn
    hrd2imgn Southwest Burbs of Chicago Posts: 4,941
    thanks!
  • 81
    81 Needing a ride to Forest Hills and a ounce of weed. Please inquire within. Thanks. Or not. Posts: 58,276
    DeLukin wrote:
    But what the HELL is in his FRIDGE!?!?!?


    beer and moldy bread
    81 is now off the air

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  • Grandmas Jam
    Grandmas Jam Posts: 1,860
    read this article yesterday, its great. love the last line where he says he was trying to make ed less of a rockstar hahaa
    Ryan Crooks insists upon himself
  • CJMST3K
    CJMST3K Posts: 9,722
    When my GF was hearing me play acoustic Lukin, she said "does he say "Ive got a spider monkey"?".

    at the 1:00 minute mark.
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Rku-pXi ... re=related
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  • cincybearcat
    cincybearcat Posts: 16,976
    CJMST3K wrote:
    Open the fridge.
    Now I know life his way.


    From PJ own site...not that it is right...

    Drive down the street, can't find the keys to my own fucking home
    I take a walk, so I can curse my ass for being dumb
    I make a right after the arches, stinking grease and bone
    Stop at the supermarket, people stare like I'm a dog

    I'm goin' to Lukin's...
    I got a spot at Lukin's...
    I knock the door at Lukin's...
    Open the fridge, now I know life is worth

    I find the key, but I return to find an open door
    Some fucking freak who claims I fathered, by rape, her own son
    I find my wife, I call the cops, this day's work's never done
    The last I heard the freak was purchasing a fucking gun
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  • Pap
    Pap Serres, Greece Posts: 30,358
    dimitrispearljam wrote:
    He married a Dutch Girl 8-)

    ;)

    hrd2imgn wrote:
    thanks!

    You're welcome! :)
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  • danny
    danny Posts: 2,283
    cracking song!
    danny d
  • CJMST3K
    CJMST3K Posts: 9,722
    cincybearcat wrote:
    CJMST3K wrote:
    Open the fridge.
    Now I know life his way.


    From PJ own site...not that it is right...

    Yeah, I think there are errors on the PJ site... or the lyrics don't make sense.

    "Knock the door at Lukin's, open the fridge, now I know life his way" makes sense, and that seems to be what he's singing when you hear the lyrics in a quieter setting too.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eryrCUaNQRk
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  • cincybearcat
    cincybearcat Posts: 16,976
    CJMST3K wrote:
    cincybearcat wrote:
    CJMST3K wrote:
    Open the fridge.
    Now I know life his way.


    From PJ own site...not that it is right...

    Yeah, I think there are errors on the PJ site... or the lyrics don't make sense.

    "Knock the door at Lukin's, open the fridge, now I know life his way" makes sense, and that seems to be what he's singing when you hear the lyrics in a quieter setting too.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eryrCUaNQRk

    I always thought it was worth...and meaning now that he is relaxed at Lukin house he sees that life is worth living. Not sure when dealing with psycho chick.
    hippiemom = goodness
  • Suziemay
    Suziemay Posts: 11,168
    Half the time I feel like Ed is just screaming gibberish into the microphone when he sings Lukin. I love hearing it live, gives me the giggles :mrgreen:

    This is my favourite: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IDQ4hQ5S ... ure=fvwrel

    Love the look on Mike's face the whole time, then the burst of laughter at the end.
  • TunnelThroughDenial
    TunnelThroughDenial Posts: 769
    That's a great book by the way. I read it last month and loved it.
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  • Pedro Lawyer
    Pedro Lawyer Posts: 81
    dimitrispearljam wrote:
    He married a Dutch Girl 8-)

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    good memory you got my greek friend!
    I got memories i got shit
  • dimitrispearljam
    dimitrispearljam Posts: 139,747
    Pedro Lawyer wrote:
    dimitrispearljam wrote:
    He married a Dutch Girl 8-)

    ARNHEM 2006
    good memory you got my greek friend!
    and Rotterdam 09 ;)
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    "..That's One Happy Fuckin Ghost.."
    “..That came up on the Pillow Case...This is for the Greek, With Our Apologies.....”
  • Pap
    Pap Serres, Greece Posts: 30,358
    dimitrispearljam wrote:
    Pedro Lawyer wrote:
    dimitrispearljam wrote:
    He married a Dutch Girl 8-)

    ARNHEM 2006
    good memory you got my greek friend!
    and Rotterdam 09 ;)
    I ;) ed for two reasons before: 1) Those Ed's mentions and 2) The beautiful Dutch girls. ;) :P
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  • fortyshades
    fortyshades Posts: 1,835
    Suziemay wrote:
    Half the time I feel like Ed is just screaming gibberish into the microphone when he sings Lukin. I love hearing it live, gives me the giggles :mrgreen:

    This is my favourite: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IDQ4hQ5S ... ure=fvwrel

    Love the look on Mike's face the whole time, then the burst of laughter at the end.

    For some reason this link can't be shown for European viewers. is there also another link? Or concert date? Would love to see this one...

    And for a non-native speaker, could someone explain to me how "I know life is way" (or something like that), makes more sense than the original lyrics?

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