Board index » Watched from the Window, with a Red Mosquito... » Pearl Jam




Post new topic Reply to topic  [ 5 posts ] 
Author Message
 Post subject: Something just hit me tonight....(Last Soldier Related)
PostPosted: Fri Nov 10, 2006 4:17 am 
Offline
User avatar
Force of Nature
 Profile

Joined: Sun Oct 17, 2004 3:59 am
Posts: 551
Location: SD, CA
My mp3 player was on Random, and "Last Soldier" starts playing. It's a song that I love, that I don't listen to enough. When the line towards the start, "on the altar, my picture...will be there while i'm gone", just kinda hit me, and started reminding me of the picture reference in Worldwide Suicide, and led me to think about the two songs, and how (more than likely not on purpose), the two songs feel almost related. Which then got me thinking about the mamasan trilogy, and I started to think of a third song that could go with these two, if there was one...

I came up with this. 1. Army Reserve, 2. Worldwide Suicide, 3. Last Soldier.

So up for discussion, for those who like. 1. Do you think Last Soldier and WWS are possibly long lost brothers of sorts? And 2. If so, what would your trilogy be. I figured a lot of us are going through tour, and new material withdrawl, so I'd try to start something interesting...it's been a while since I've been around.

Cheers!

_________________
10/27/2000-Fresno, Ca (It's my hometown give me a break)

6/2/2003-Irvine, Ca

6/5/2003- San Diego, Ca

7/7/2006-San Diego, Ca
7/9/2006-Los Angeles, Ca
7/10/2006-Los Angeles, Ca
10/7/2009- Universal City, Ca
10/9/2009- San Diego, Ca


Top
 
 Post subject:
PostPosted: Fri Nov 10, 2006 4:23 am 
Offline
User avatar
Supersonic
 Profile

Joined: Sun Oct 17, 2004 4:34 am
Posts: 12700
Location: ...a town in north Ontario...
I could see that... but Last Soldier would come first... it's about a guy who's going off to war and telling people not to worry about him and that it's for a good cause and such... then Army Reserve is the "from home" perspective tha occurs while he's gone... and Worldwide Suicide is after he's been killed.

I agree that's it probably not intentional, but it makes sense to me in that way.

_________________
I think we relinquished enough... and it's still dark enough... and it goes on and on and on...


Top
 
 Post subject:
PostPosted: Fri Nov 10, 2006 5:55 am 
Offline
User avatar
Of Counsel
 Profile

Joined: Sun Oct 17, 2004 1:14 am
Posts: 37778
Location: OmaGOD!!!
Gender: Male
PhilPritchard wrote:
I could see that... but Last Soldier would come first... it's about a guy who's going off to war and telling people not to worry about him and that it's for a good cause and such... then Army Reserve is the "from home" perspective tha occurs while he's gone... and Worldwide Suicide is after he's been killed.

Exactly.

_________________
Unfortunately, at the Dawning of the Age of Aquarius, the Flower Children jerked off and went back to sleep.


Top
 
 Post subject:
PostPosted: Fri Nov 10, 2006 6:25 am 
Offline
User avatar
Force of Nature
 Profile

Joined: Sun Oct 17, 2004 3:59 am
Posts: 551
Location: SD, CA
Some interesting thoughts so far... I was considering putting Last Soldier first instead of last, but the way I was feeling the song, was kind of like the dead soldier looking on his own memorial/looking back on his life, from the afterlife. Just my reasoning, and that's another reason why I love this band, you can have a great many ideas/opinions etc on their material, and none is neccessarily right or wrong, but it never fails to give me a new perspecitive on a song.

_________________
10/27/2000-Fresno, Ca (It's my hometown give me a break)

6/2/2003-Irvine, Ca

6/5/2003- San Diego, Ca

7/7/2006-San Diego, Ca
7/9/2006-Los Angeles, Ca
7/10/2006-Los Angeles, Ca
10/7/2009- Universal City, Ca
10/9/2009- San Diego, Ca


Top
 
 Post subject:
PostPosted: Fri Nov 10, 2006 3:18 pm 
Offline
User avatar
Yeah Yeah Yeah
 Profile

Joined: Sun Oct 17, 2004 7:38 pm
Posts: 4388
were you stoned?

_________________
David Yow wrote:
"How are Pearl Jam any different than Toto?"


http://stackpapersgetpaid.tumblr.com/


Top
 
Display posts from previous:  Sort by  
Post new topic Reply to topic  [ 5 posts ] 

Board index » Watched from the Window, with a Red Mosquito... » Pearl Jam


Who is online

Users browsing this forum: No registered users and 4 guests


You cannot post new topics in this forum
You cannot reply to topics in this forum
You cannot edit your posts in this forum
You cannot delete your posts in this forum
You cannot post attachments in this forum

Search for:
Jump to:  
cron
It is currently Thu Nov 06, 2025 11:19 am