Post subject: Song of the Moment: I return to find an open door
Posted: Sun May 07, 2006 5:43 pm
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Lukin
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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Joined: Tue Nov 30, 2004 4:02 am Posts: 44183 Location: New York Gender: Male
Lukin is a cathartic response to the frustration of being a celebrity and the frustrated desire to just be a normal person and live a normal life. Even when you’re Eddie Vedder, sometimes you just want to relax and have a beer. It’s those normal human acts that keep us sane.
Lukin is fun for what it is. It’s a nice angry riff and the songs ends before it gets repetitive. I’d rather have seen all night or black red yellow take its spot on No Code, but those two aren’t quite doing what Lukin is, so it probably wouldn’t have worked. Live I don’t care much for it unless they are using it to lead into not for you, in which case I love it.
This could have fit nicely on Vitalogy (same with Red Mosquito)
Best version ever is the acoustic one from Benyaroya. I wish they do more of the harder songs acoustically.
3 stars
_________________ "Better the occasional faults of a Government that lives in a spirit of charity than the consistent omissions of a Government frozen in the ice of its own indifference."--FDR
Best version ever is the acoustic one from Benyaroya.
true!
i remember i used to put my cd player reallly close to my sister and play this song with the volume up when it was a day i had to wake up my little sister for school.
Joined: Sat Mar 04, 2006 11:46 pm Posts: 4970 Location: Portland, OR Gender: Male
I don't listen to it anymore, but back in 95, just before no code came, there was nothing I wanted to hear more. I saw them play it in Austin TX in 95, and was blown away. The first time I heard it was on a bootleg where it wasn't called Lukin. They called it 100 Pacer. That wasn't very long after Vitalogy was released. I'm thinking feb or march of 95.
Joined: Wed Mar 02, 2005 3:43 am Posts: 18418 Location: Anytown, USA Gender: Male
i'm giving it 2 stars. its ok, but it doesnt really do anything for me.
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Joined: Tue Oct 19, 2004 5:24 am Posts: 37009 Location: In Missouri, they would (will) not let me be Gender: Female
I love Lukin. But even with the love for it I can admit it's not quite a five star song, so I give it four stars. True, it does serve best going into Not For You or Grievance
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3 stars... Several people have mentioned that it kicks ass live, coming in front of Not for You or Grievance or Whipping.... I totally agree with that sentiment. Still, it's not one of my favorites.... It could suffer in the rankings because it's a weaker song lying in the middle of my favorite album, but maybe I'm just overanalyzing this
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