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Eddie Vedder — Long Nights
Album: Into the Wild Soundtrack
Avg rating:
7.6

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Total ratings: 1309









Released: 2007
Length: 2:26
Plays (last 30 days): 1
Have no fear
For when I'm alone
I'll be better off
Than I was before

I've got this light
I'll be around to grow
Who I was before
I cannot recall

Long nights allow
Me to feel I'm falling
I am falling

The lights go out
Let me feel I'm falling
I am falling
safely to the ground

I'll take this soul
That's inside me now
Like a brand new friend
I'll forever know

I've got this life
And the will to show
I will always be
Better than before

Long nights allow
Me to feel I'm falling
I am falling

The lights go out
Let me feel I'm falling
I am falling
safely to the ground
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Eddie Vedder's voice is a treasure
I think Eddie would make for an interesting dinner guest at my table. Always a plate for Eddie if he ever shows up.
 jmsmy wrote:

If you haven't seen this movie - check it out - INTO THE WILD
A young man's search for freedom 



Great movie too. Sounds from this soundtrack playing on RP many years ago made me want to check it out.
Hey, good news, the guy in "Into The Wild" has been found alive.
 
 
Nothing to worry about, people.
 kanga311 wrote:

So true... {#Heartkiss}


I agree. And I still think about that movie. True Story.
 Atombender wrote:
We are pretty torn on this one right?
 
Not based on the (current) 7.6 average rating.  There are some very strident complaints, yes.  Don't mistake "loud" for "common".
This song gives me goosebumps EVERY time. Love this whole album.
Oh God. No.  Please no.
If you haven't seen this movie - check it out - INTO THE WILD
A young man's search for freedom 
We are pretty torn on this one right?

Blixa Bargeld (Einstürzende Neubauten, Industrial) once said: "Sound, or how something sounds, is way overrated. Some sounds just fit better with the context."

I think in the context of the song the voice, guitar and mood fit really good.
 Michaeljcovel wrote:
 There's just too much sad cowboy music on RP already to want to rate Vedder{#Yawn} up
 
I suggest you find where eddie got the commission for this song.It wasn't a cowboy.  Who and why the character is failing, why the light go out.  It may turn you around.
 junebaby65 wrote:


Actually anything with "mumbles" Vedder singing could qualify as worst song ever, so this person is not far off.
 

Hey, he's not the worst ever.

Just far too close, far too often.
(~_^)

He is a lot like Dylan or Neil Young,  better writer than singer, though Dylan uses his instrument better, and both are better writers than Eddie
 Imkirok wrote:

You haven't heard a lot of other music, have you?


 

Actually anything with "mumbles" Vedder singing could qualify as worst song ever, so this person is not far off.
 Johnny_Wave wrote:
This guy and all his music just sucks.  Stop drinking the Kool Aid

 
Music and voices are a subjective thing.  People seem to love it, give the people what they want.  I am with you though, I think most of his music sucks and his voice is irritating as Hell, but I get why some people may like it.  I mean I like Bob Dylan's voice in full recognition that he cannot sign worth a lick however Dylan is a great songwriter so there is that and Eddie..... well Eddie just sings like a sheep. {#Daisy}
shemp wrote:

         worst song ever!
 
Imkirok wrote:

You haven't heard a lot of other music, have you?


 

Best comment ever
There's just too much sad cowboy music on RP already to want to rate Vedder{#Yawn} up
 shemp wrote:
worst song ever! 

 
"Worst song ever"?  Really?  I guess you've never heard "Watching Scotty Grow", "Billy, Don't Be A Hero", or "We Didn't Start the Fire".
 shemp wrote:
worst song ever! 

 
You haven't heard a lot of other music, have you?


Perfection
 PhoenixArtDj wrote:
Eddie was the perfect voice for this film. It was sad and beautiful simultaneously. Never take the people who love you for granted; your chances to reciprocate are finite.

 
So true... {#Heartkiss}
worst song ever! 
Man , the imagery this brings.  (After seeing the flick of course)
exactly
Love the sense of melancholy and resignation this song gives..
Excellent book. Heard mixed reviews on the movie.
 NeuroGeek wrote:
Why did I ever think Eddie could sing? 

 
That was probably when you still had some sense, before you jumped on the hipster bandwagon of PJ haters.
 aristoteles wrote:
Amazing Soundtrack for a wonderful movie. I found myself crying quite often watching it the first (well and the second...) time.

 
iT IS!
 Johnny_Wave wrote:
This guy and all his music just sucks.  Stop drinking the Kool Aid

 
No Kool Aid drinking Johnny.  PJ is not the "world's most popular band" anymore - if they ever were - that you "just got to like them like everyone else."

Ed's solo work is an extension of mature and diverse explorations (for a guitar driven "hard rock" band) that PJ has taken over the last 20 plus years. Some of us have decided to take the journey with Ed and the band.  I am richer for it.

And Johnny, I'm surprised, I thought you took your nom de RP from "Johnny Guitar " and "Big Wave," two great PJ songs.


Why did I ever think Eddie could sing? 
This guy and all his music just sucks.  Stop drinking the Kool Aid
gawd this man's voice is SO sexy. guess i need to check out the movie.
 
Amazing Soundtrack for a wonderful movie. I found myself crying quite often watching it the first (well and the second...) time.
PSD brought me from a Pearl Jam song here. >_<
Breath taking song
 Rebis wrote:
This entire soundtrack is excellent.

 
I'm in agreement with you on that. 

A terrific soundtrack, front to back IMHO.
...liking eddie on this one...
Eddie was the perfect voice for this film. It was sad and beautiful simultaneously. Never take the people who love you for granted; your chances to reciprocate are finite.
Beautiful!
Even as the movie and the whole soundtrack.
My opinion: much better than Eddie in Pearl Jam!
This entire soundtrack is excellent.
This one is one of eddie vedder best songs... The lyrics are hypnotizing... 10 From me! 
gives me chills. love it.
.....amazing....