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Post by sassofrassquatch on Feb 13, 2011 22:38:38 GMT -5
No, not a secret Blind Melon track. (Don't we wish, though?) Yesterday, I bought the Pearl Jam Lost Dogs album, and after listening to the aptly named song, Bee Girl, I discovered that it does not end after the song. I'm willig to be that you all know this, already, but ... At... 6:03 the silence gives way to Eddie singing these lyrics...
So, all you fools who sing just like him Feel free to do so, now, because he's dead. Using, using, using, they're using... (something innaudible to me) Isolation (tastes?) so happy to be warm. Sad to, sad to think, sad to think of him, more. Lonesome friend, we all knew. Always hope you'd pull through. No blame, no blame, no blame. It could be you. Using, you can't grow old using. So, sing just like him, fuckers. They wanna find him. Just me. Because he's dead.
Now, I don't know about you, but that sounds awesome, to me. Sounds like it could be about Shannon or Kurt.
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Post by sassofrassquatch on Feb 14, 2011 22:46:32 GMT -5
Oh god, what was I thinking? Its about Layne Stanley.
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Post by holyman47 on Feb 15, 2011 17:32:17 GMT -5
Lost dogs was released in 1996 wasnt it? Layne Died in 2002.
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Post by sassofrassquatch on Feb 16, 2011 8:48:10 GMT -5
Well, when I looked up the lyrics the only thin that came up was a Layne Stanley tribute. Unless, of course, you guys know more about it than I do, which is quite possible. More than likely, actually.
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Post by breck20 on Feb 16, 2011 14:23:18 GMT -5
It is about Layne. It wasn't on the original release. Here is the press release about it.
A number of songs included on Lost Dogs differ from the originally released versions, including "Alone", "U", "Wash", and "Dirty Frank". The album includes the hidden track "4/20/02" at the end of disc two, a tribute to Alice in Chains frontman Layne Staley. It was written by vocalist Eddie Vedder during the recording sessions for Riot Act on the day that he heard the news of Staley's death. The song features only Vedder singing and playing the guitar in a ukulele-inspired tuning. According to Vedder, the reason why it was not included on Riot Act was that the band already had too many songs.[9] According to guitarist Mike McCready, the reason the song was only featured as a hidden track on Lost Dogs is because Vedder "wouldn't want it to be exploitative."
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