Search - Pearl Jam :: Last Kiss / Soldier of Love

Resurrected

02/07/2002

(5 out of 5 stars)

"Eddie Vedder found a copy of J. Frank Wilson's classic teen death car song - "Last Kiss" - although the copy he found at a flea market was apparently the version released in the mid-70's.In any case, who could have thought that this throwaway song from Pearl Jam's 1998 xmas fan club (45 rpm vinyl, yep) record would go to #2 on the Billboard charts in June 1999?If not for the "talents" of Jennifer Lopez it would have hit #1.Incredible for the least-self-promoting band in the world. PJ doesn't much care about hits - they have only made one video since 1994 and it was an animated video (by Todd McFarlane of Spawn fame) and the band had little to do with it. They refuse to play the fame game and instead focus on music instead - what a radical concept!What other band could release 72 double albums from their 2000 world tour and not be considered egomaniacs?Soldier of Love is a neat little song too. The single is no longer in US printing. get it before the import is gone too!!"