Which would you choose to hear live: Something Special or Last Kiss:

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  • CROJAM95
    CROJAM95 NEW YORK Posts: 11,361
    edited May 2024
    Something Special… it’s my least favorite of Dark Matter, and I still Like the song

    like Last Kiss too.. prob seen it a dozen or more times
  • mace1229
    mace1229 Posts: 10,089
    I really liked Last Kiss when it first came out (PJ's version). It was different, the story behind the recording and refusing to release it as a single, being only available on the 45 for a while. Made it a fun song. But it's just been over played live, should have been a rare thing to hear, like Bee Girl. Bee Girl is not a great song, but if youve never heard it before, it would be fun to hear once. 
  • mcgruff10
    mcgruff10 New Jersey Posts: 29,286
    last kiss by a country mile.
    I'll ride the wave where it takes me......
  • PB11041
    PB11041 Earth Posts: 2,845
    anyone that says last kiss should go see a musical psychiatrist immediately.
    His eminence has yet to show. 
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  • iOnlyownMymind
    iOnlyownMymind Posts: 2,986
    mace1229 said:
    I really liked Last Kiss when it first came out (PJ's version). It was different, the story behind the recording and refusing to release it as a single, being only available on the 45 for a while. Made it a fun song. But it's just been over played live, should have been a rare thing to hear, like Bee Girl. Bee Girl is not a great song, but if youve never heard it before, it would be fun to hear once. 
    3 times I’ve gotten Bee Girl and I haven’t been to that many shows lol. I hope I’m done with that one. 
  • LukinAtU
    LukinAtU Posts: 831
    this one could be in the rotation for the folks behind the stage...
  • potnik
    potnik Posts: 464
    Typically, I'll always go with a Pearl Jam original over a cover and I'm looking forward to hearing Something Special at some of the shows I am attending. Though pulling for Last Kiss at one of the 4 shows my family will be at. It's been my daughters bed time song for some time now and Ed has a much better voice than I do. 
  • MikeDigs
    MikeDigs Santa Monica, CA Posts: 1,680
    edited May 2024
    I'm confused about the Something Special hate.  Is it the lyrics and subject matter??  Because the instrumental is smooth, and much more refined than Last Kiss.  Something Special, instrumentally, is a 90s throwback sound and is much closer in style to Pearl Jam than Last Kiss "by a country mile".  So it's hard to believe that Pearl Jam fans don't like the instrumental to Something Special.

    Which then suggests that you have a problem with the lyrics being "too corny", which then fuels your hatred so much to overshadow the awesome instrumental?  To me, that logic is cringe.  "Oh no, don't have love and praise for your children".  The general hatred for the song is strange.
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  • LukinAtU
    LukinAtU Posts: 831
    MikeDigs said:
    I'm confused about the Something Special hate.  Is it the lyrics and subject matter??  Because the instrumental is smooth, and much more refined than Last Kiss.  Something Special, instrumentally, is a 90s throwback sound and is much closer in style to Pearl Jam than Last Kiss "by a country mile".  So it's hard to believe that Pearl Jam fans don't like the instrumental to Something Special.

    Which then suggests that you have a problem with the lyrics being "too corny", which then fuels your hatred so much to overshadow the awesome instrumental?  To me, that logic is cringe.  "Oh no, don't have love and praise for your children".  The general hatred for the song is strange.
    seems like they've been dropping at least one of these "soft" song on the albums since Backspacer. Maybe better on an Ed solo LP...just a thought
  • MikeDigs
    MikeDigs Santa Monica, CA Posts: 1,680
    edited May 2024
    LukinAtU said:
    MikeDigs said:
    I'm confused about the Something Special hate.  Is it the lyrics and subject matter??  Because the instrumental is smooth, and much more refined than Last Kiss.  Something Special, instrumentally, is a 90s throwback sound and is much closer in style to Pearl Jam than Last Kiss "by a country mile".  So it's hard to believe that Pearl Jam fans don't like the instrumental to Something Special.

    Which then suggests that you have a problem with the lyrics being "too corny", which then fuels your hatred so much to overshadow the awesome instrumental?  To me, that logic is cringe.  "Oh no, don't have love and praise for your children".  The general hatred for the song is strange.
    seems like they've been dropping at least one of these "soft" song on the albums since Backspacer. Maybe better on an Ed solo LP...just a thought
    Elderly Woman, Around the Bend, Wishlist...  <--- Are these also better on an Ed solo LP?  Not understanding the "thought".

    Also, it fits perfectly on Dark Matter.  With all the "Dark" things in this world, in this life, people still are raising children in this.  "We've done all we can do".

    Every dark story has some light to it, and every light story has some darkness to it.  Saying Something Special doesn't fit within the Dark Matter album (story) is really an odd thing to say, considering the artist intended it to be there.
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  • spankyMP
    spankyMP NY to NC to NH Posts: 2,119
    I've seen Last Kiss five times, so for now Something Special. It's my daughter's favorite on DM and I'm bringing her to her first concert in GA at Philly 1. I'm not (gonna be) crying, you're crying!
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  • lexicondevil
    lexicondevil Posts: 2,348
    It's funny that I'm not a fan of both songs, but Last Kiss is truly a cheese grater on my ears. It came on the other day while I was driving, and I almost crashed trying to forward it. I really hate the song. Really hate that song.  :|
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  • wnh1977
    wnh1977 Iowa Posts: 648
    neither, but I guess I'd opt for "Something Special" because it would check one off the list on PJ Stat Tracker :)

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  • D-Rod
    D-Rod Hamilton, Ontario Posts: 1,997
    It’s time to retire Last Kiss.   Give Last Kiss its last kiss.  
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  • MJ178168
    MJ178168 Posts: 238
    wnh1977 said:
    neither, but I guess I'd opt for "Something Special" because it would check one off the list on PJ Stat Tracker :)

    This
  • mcgruff10
    mcgruff10 New Jersey Posts: 29,286
    wnh1977 said:
    neither, but I guess I'd opt for "Something Special" because it would check one off the list on PJ Stat Tracker :)

    Sooo true lol.  
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  • mcgruff10
    mcgruff10 New Jersey Posts: 29,286
    D-Rod said:
    It’s time to retire Last Kiss.   Give Last Kiss its last kiss.  
    One of the loudest crowds I ever heard at a pj show was one they played last kiss at reading, pa in 2004.   
    I'll ride the wave where it takes me......
  • spankyMP
    spankyMP NY to NC to NH Posts: 2,119
    mcgruff10 said:
    D-Rod said:
    It’s time to retire Last Kiss.   Give Last Kiss its last kiss.  
    One of the loudest crowds I ever heard at a pj show was one they played last kiss at reading, pa in 2004.   
    Isn't it still their "most successful" single [puke]? Highest charting anyway.
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