I couldn't find a "SOTM" thread for this one -- which is weird, because I feel like every year around this time I go back and bump it. Maybe that was on the old board...
Every year I look forward to this song -- arguably the final studio recording made by pre-PRAMG Pearl Jam, prior to that definitive split in eras signified by "S/T" and its air of self-conscious legacy-writing. Viewed through that lens, this song takes on a sort of one-more-for-the-road, play-em-something-familiar-but-not-too-familiar charm, the sort of last dance you insist on just to prolong the night, because you know everything's going to be different when the sun comes up. I love the organic interplay of the instruments in this song -- Stone's sprung rhythm guitar, Matt's syncopated shuffling, Jeff's subtly funky bassline -- and Ed's sympathetic vocal performance does justice to the sentiment of the words. We've got it on a Christmas mix featuring all sorts of miscellaneous seasonal tracks -- new and old, secular and religious, rock and otherwise -- this is PJ's footnote in the great holiday songbook, and it earns its keep. A fantastic ensemble performance, and probably the best Christmas single post-2000.
SOTM: Someday at Christmas
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Re: SOTM: Someday at Christmas
You get this song better than anyone else, Kevin Davis. I love it, and I love you.
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Re: SOTM: Someday at Christmas
Feeling's mutual, Pete -- Merry Christmas, pal.
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Re: SOTM: Someday at Christmas
Merry Christmas
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Re: SOTM: Someday at Christmas
Don't mean to interrupt the love fest but just wanted to say well said KD. I love this recording and its on every Christmas mix I've ever made. Merry Christmas all!
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Oh, there's plenty of room under this mistletoe for you too, bootleg artist. Merry Christmas, good sir.
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Fucking good writing up, Kevin. Nailed it.
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Honestly, this is a top-5 post-2000 studio track for me.
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Re: SOTM: Someday at Christmas
dimejinky99 wrote:Is it a cover? i've never heard it.
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Re: SOTM: Someday at Christmas
It's that time
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Re: SOTM: Someday at Christmas
So tastefully done - 5 stars.
The best compliment I can give this song is that it matches and/or exceeds Stevie Wonder's beautiful version.
The best compliment I can give this song is that it matches and/or exceeds Stevie Wonder's beautiful version.
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Re: SOTM: Someday at Christmas
Great cover.
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Re: SOTM: Someday at Christmas
Umm. For some reason i dont have a copy of this digitally 
anyone help?
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Re: SOTM: Someday at Christmas
Post your Pearl Jam christmas mix
Angel
Someday at Christmas
Let Me Sleep
Santa God
Acoustic #1
Sleeping by Myself
Jingle Bells instrumental
Don't Believe in Christmas
Strangest Tribe
Be Like Wind
Angel
Someday at Christmas
Let Me Sleep
Santa God
Acoustic #1
Sleeping by Myself
Jingle Bells instrumental
Don't Believe in Christmas
Strangest Tribe
Be Like Wind
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Re: SOTM: Someday at Christmas
Thanks, trag -- this one gets me every time.tragabigzanda wrote:Terrific write-up, KD.
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Re: SOTM: Someday at Christmas
Best holiday single, one of my favorite Christmas songs - absolute worst B side...