List your top 10 PJ songs you wish didn’t exist

[mikejasond]

Let The Records Play (failure)
Comatose (really obnoxious)
Future Days (lame)
Sirens (gets worse over time)
Supersonic (lame)
Cant Deny Me (lame)
Wasted reprise (the album needs a great song at this point but we just get this)

There's more I don't like but I don't feel they need not exist.

I find Sirens to be a really well put-together song. Nice composition. I find it enjoyable. Not the kind of song that sounds like PJ, but still decent. I find myself singing along.

I like Sirens too, my only problem with it is, big surprise, Eddie's vocals - especially live

[digster]

Studio full song only tracks (in chronological order)

Off he goes
I’m open
Faithful
In hiding
Lowlight
God’s dice
Evacuation
Of the girl
Sleight of hand
Soon forget
Lbc
Bushleaguer
All or none
Unemployable
Big Wave

You’d think I’d be used to this kind of thing by now, but

The lack of any songs from the last two albums is quite something. Every single song on Backspacer and Lightning Bolt is better than, say, Faithful.

[LoathedVermin72]

A lot of people are forgetting about some really shitty b-sides.

Yeah but B-sides don’t clog up albums when you’re listening to them.

[StonyGold]

Let The Records Play (failure)
Comatose (really obnoxious)
Future Days (lame)
Sirens (gets worse over time)
Supersonic (lame)
Cant Deny Me (lame)
Wasted reprise (the album needs a great song at this point but we just get this)

There's more I don't like but I don't feel they need not exist.

I find Sirens to be a really well put-together song. Nice composition. I find it enjoyable. Not the kind of song that sounds like PJ, but still decent. I find myself singing along.

I like Sirens too, my only problem with it is, big surprise, Eddie's vocals - especially live

Vocals took a noticible turn after Binaural (and maybe even before that). It’s like you know he can hit that note, make the sound fuller because he’s done it a million times before, but he doesn’t. It’s either the years of singing coupled with his drinking and smoking, or he just isn’t feeling it. Like, he used to use his chest a lot more. Damn shame cuz he has one of the most unique, powerful voices in music.

[bodysnatcher]

album only, in no order (except the first song bc fuck that thing):

Future Days
Gone
Amongst the Waves
Light Years
Love Boat Captain
In Hiding
Infallible
Got Some
Force of Nature
Big Wave

[Ledbetterman10]

Why do so many people hate Just Breathe and The End so much? Those are two of their best songs from that album. Is it cuz it sounds like it should be on Ed's solo stuff?

It's music for soccer moms. Lame.

Yeah, both of those songs are "Pearl Adult Contemporary" as opposed to "Pearl Jam"

[bodysnatcher]

Why do so many people hate Just Breathe and The End so much? Those are two of their best songs from that album. Is it cuz it sounds like it should be on Ed's solo stuff?

It's music for soccer moms. Lame.

Yeah, both of those songs are "Pearl Adult Contemporary" as opposed to "Pearl Jam"

[epilogue]

I don't know that I can think of a single Pearl Jam song that I wish didn't exist. Even songs like Habit and Swallowed Whole bring some people joy. I wouldn't want to take away someone else's joy.

[Monkey_Driven]

I don't know that I can think of a single Pearl Jam song that I wish didn't exist. Even songs like Habit and Swallowed Whole bring some people joy. I wouldn't want to take away someone else's joy.

They bring me joy when they end.

[epilogue]

I don't know that I can think of a single Pearl Jam song that I wish didn't exist. Even songs like Habit and Swallowed Whole bring some people joy. I wouldn't want to take away someone else's joy.

They bring me joy when they end.

[darth_vedder]

A lot of people are forgetting about some really shitty b-sides.

Yeah but B-sides don’t clog up albums when you’re listening to them.

I hadn't considered this. I listen to individual songs more often than listening to an album, so it's normally a non issue for me. But...if I were listened to an album and a song plays I don't like, I think I would weigh that higher than a b-side/outtake.

[bodysnatcher]

album only, in no order (except the first song bc fuck that thing):

Future Days
Gone
Amongst the Waves
Light Years
Love Boat Captain
In Hiding
Infallible
Got Some
Force of Nature
Big Wave

crap i forgot about Inside Job

[Bi_3]

I don't know that I can think of a single Pearl Jam song that I wish didn't exist. Even songs like Habit and Swallowed Whole bring some people joy. I wouldn't want to take away someone else's joy.

I like both of those songs. But you already knew that.

[stip]

Studio full song only tracks (in chronological order)

Off he goes
I’m open
Faithful
In hiding
Lowlight
God’s dice
Evacuation
Of the girl
Sleight of hand
Soon forget
Lbc
Bushleaguer
All or none
Unemployable
Big Wave

You’d think I’d be used to this kind of thing by now, but

The lack of any songs from the last two albums is quite something. Every single song on Backspacer and Lightning Bolt is better than, say, Faithful.

I find Faithful to be a pretty boring song that wastes the intriguing potential of the first verse. Not a fan of the music or the vocal performance.

Supersonic almost made the list but it's over so quick and is such a lightweight song that it's hard to be annoyed by it. Getaway is close.

[Bi_3]

Off he goes
Faithfull
In hiding
Low light
Gods' dice
Evacuation
Of the girl
Sleight of hand
Lbc
All or none

These ten songs are all in my top 60 Pearl Jam songs. A few of them are among the absolute top tier (top 10-20).

Five of those are top 25 for me.

[Jorge]

I'd get upset at Stip's list but I have come to accept the fact that his tastes and mine are fundamentally incompatible

Spoiler: show

[PHATJ]

Off he goes
Faithfull
In hiding
Low light
Gods' dice
Evacuation
Of the girl
Sleight of hand
Lbc
All or none

These ten songs are all in my top 60 Pearl Jam songs. A few of them are among the absolute top tier (top 10-20).

Five of those are top 25 for me.

Sleight of Hand is my number one. Faithfull, Evacuation, Of the Girl, Low Light, All or None, and to a lesser extent In Hiding and Gods’ Dice, are all songs that I like a lot. Classic Stip.

[Juvenal]

God’s dice

[chewm]

Faithfull, Low Light and In Hiding are my 3 favorite songs from my favorite Pearl Jam album.

[mikejasond]

Studio full song only tracks (in chronological order)

Off he goes
I’m open
Faithful
In hiding
Lowlight
God’s dice
Evacuation
Of the girl
Sleight of hand
Soon forget
Lbc
Bushleaguer
All or none
Unemployable
Big Wave

You’d think I’d be used to this kind of thing by now, but

The lack of any songs from the last two albums is quite something. Every single song on Backspacer and Lightning Bolt is better than, say, Faithful.

I find Faithful to be a pretty boring song that wastes the intriguing potential of the first verse.

Ugh. This.