On the Tube 29 Apr 2005 08:22 am
Last Kiss
A few weeks ago I first heard Bob Ricci’s “Ode to Playboy”, and I really liked the song. It sounded familiar, so I looked to find more information about it and found it was a parody of “Last Kiss”. So I downloaded a copy by Pearl Jam, which I later found out was a cover of the original by Ricky Nelson.
The version by Pearl Jam, however, still sounded eerily familiar. After some thinking I think I have finally figured out why: it was used as the theme music for an epsiode of a TV show. It is likely that the show I remember it from was “Cold Case” or “Without a Trace”, but I haven’t been able to find any information linking the song to any TV show episode. (And I am hoping that someone out there remembers the show and can give me some more details.)
In a slightly related note, the only other song that I remember from an episode was “Happy Christmas (War Is Over)”. It was the theme from the “Without a Trace” holiday episode where Jack decided to stop fighting with his wife over custody of their daughters. A very poignant message in song.
on 02 Sep 2006 at 3:37 pm 1.Patricia said …
Where can I find a copy of Ricky Nelson - Last Kiss?
on 18 Jan 2007 at 8:12 pm 2.Agnes said …
actually…Ricky Nelson did NOT do the original of Last Kiss. The original was done by J. Frank Wilson and the Cavaliers and was the version made popular.
on 09 Jan 2008 at 1:16 am 3.Duane said …
I think the original was done by the CC Riders although it didn’t do too well.
on 28 Jan 2008 at 6:26 pm 4.Ray Choate said …
Last Kiss is my favorite Song one of the few I can sing all the way thrugyh.Pearl Jam came out with a remake of the song in the 90’s. It was simular to the origmal. I can hear the tune in my head right now “WE went out on a date in my daddy’s car, we hadden driven very far, there in the road, lying straight ahead, a car was stalled the engine was dead.I couldn’t stop so I swerved to the right, I’ll never forget the sounds that night. The crying tires the bustin glass, the painful screams, that I heard last.OH where oh where can my baby be, the lord took her away from me. She gone to heaven now I got to be good. So I can see my baby when I leave this world.” Sorry I got carried away. I told you I loved that song. Wish I had a copy of the orignal. THe one tha was made before Ricky Nelson did it.