Top 10 PJ Holiday Single Tracks: A Ranking/Memories Thread

[Kevin Davis]

Thanks KD!

I moved them to a spoiler in the OP for anyone else who could use a ranking assistant.

[Norah]

Excluded Live For Today.

13. Happy When I'm Crying
17. Strangest Tribe
07. History Never Repeats (Ed live with Neil and Tim Finn)
11. Olympic Platinum
18. Drifting
19. Crown Of Thorns (Live with Brendan O' Brien)
20. Can't Help Falling In Love (Live)
15. Soldier Of Love (Live)
21. Last Soldier (Live)
29. Someday At Christmas

26. Sleepless Nights (Ed live with Beck)
05. Angel
01. Let Me Sleep (It's Christmas Time)
24. I Just Want To Have Something To Do
16. Last Kiss
06. Ramblings 3 (Live)
23. Gimme Some Truth (Live)
43. Better Things
41. Falling Down (Live)
12. Smile (Live)

46. In The Moonlight (Live with Josh Homme)
45. All Night (Live with Glen Hansard, Dave Garza, and Joe Arthur)
51. Wishing Well
02. Ramblings 1
03. Sonic Reducer
27. Reach Down (Live with Chris Cornell)
31. Little Sister (Live with Robert Plant)
25. Don't Believe In Christmas (Live)
44. Devil Doll (Ed with X)
42. Alternate Jeremy (Live)

09. Swallow My Pride (Stone and Jeff live with Green River)
10. My Way (Ed live with an Elvis impersonator)
22. Indifference (Ed live with Ben Harper)
47. 99 Problems (Live with Jay-Z)
48. Shattered (Ed live with Jeanne Tripplehorn)
04. Ramblings 2
38. The Golden State (Ed with Corin Tucker)
28. I Believe In Miracles (Live)
08. Sonic Reducer (Live with Joey Ramone)
52. Redemption Song (Ed live with Beyoncé)

35. Santa God
32. Gone (Demo)
33. Love, Reign O'er Me
53. Alive (Rehearsal with Dave Krusen)
37. Santa Cruz
50. Pendulumorphosis
54. Around And Around
36. Jingle Bells
49. Imagine (Live)
30. Better Man (Ed with Walmer High School Choir)

40. Hawaii '78 (Live)
34. Rockin' In The Free World (Live with Bono and The Edge)
39. Turning Mist

[WtOB?]

chud have some damn respect and list them in order.

[Jorge]

Excluded Live For Today.

13. Happy When I'm Crying
17. Strangest Tribe
07. History Never Repeats (Ed live with Neil and Tim Finn)
11. Olympic Platinum
18. Drifting
19. Crown Of Thorns (Live with Brendan O' Brien)
20. Can't Help Falling In Love (Live)
15. Soldier Of Love (Live)
21. Last Soldier (Live)
29. Someday At Christmas

26. Sleepless Nights (Ed live with Beck)
05. Angel
01. Let Me Sleep (It's Christmas Time)
24. I Just Want To Have Something To Do
16. Last Kiss
06. Ramblings 3 (Live)
23. Gimme Some Truth (Live)
43. Better Things
41. Falling Down (Live)
12. Smile (Live)

46. In The Moonlight (Live with Josh Homme)
45. All Night (Live with Glen Hansard, Dave Garza, and Joe Arthur)
51. Wishing Well
02. Ramblings 1
03. Sonic Reducer
27. Reach Down (Live with Chris Cornell)
31. Little Sister (Live with Robert Plant)
25. Don't Believe In Christmas (Live)
44. Devil Doll (Ed with X)
42. Alternate Jeremy (Live)

09. Swallow My Pride (Stone and Jeff live with Green River)
10. My Way (Ed live with an Elvis impersonator)
22. Indifference (Ed live with Ben Harper)
47. 99 Problems (Live with Jay-Z)
48. Shattered (Ed live with Jeanne Tripplehorn)
04. Ramblings 2
38. The Golden State (Ed with Corin Tucker)
28. I Believe In Miracles (Live)
08. Sonic Reducer (Live with Joey Ramone)
52. Redemption Song (Ed live with Beyoncé)

35. Santa God
32. Gone (Demo)
33. Love, Reign O'er Me
53. Alive (Rehearsal with Dave Krusen)
37. Santa Cruz
50. Pendulumorphosis
54. Around And Around
36. Jingle Bells
49. Imagine (Live)
30. Better Man (Ed with Walmer High School Choir)

40. Hawaii '78 (Live)
34. Rockin' In The Free World (Live with Bono and The Edge)
39. Turning Mist

I think you're forgetting how bad "Jingle Bells" is. It's worse than all five tracks you ranked below it

[epilogue]

I mean... at least 3 of those, without a doubt.

[Simple Torture]

chud have some damn respect and list them in order.

chud, what the FUCK. You called me a monster.

[Kevin Davis]

"Shattered" is the bottom of the barrel for me. That was the first time I really felt like there was nothing too marginal or ridiculous to be included on one of these.

[Birds in Hell]

"Shattered" is the bottom of the barrel for me. That was the first time I really felt like there was nothing too marginal or ridiculous to be included on one of these.

That year's single may be the band's singular most garbage release.

I tried to rank these but I honestly only like Happy When I'm Crying and Strangest Tribe. I enjoy Jeff's Ramones cover too.

[Jorge]

I kind of like "Shattered". It's so dumb

[Kevin Davis]

Someone should do a mashup of "Shattered" and "Jingle Bells"

[Norah]

I kind of like "Shattered". It's so dumb

me too

[PHATJ]

These are the singles that have some meaning to me. Some more than others. Olympic Platinum might be my favorite “goofy” PJ song. For some reason I’ve always found it charming and silly. I enjoyed it when I was 16 and ever since (even if I may go years without hearing it). I also noticed that only one of my choices comes post 2000 . I won’t miss the annual single. What we got after the fist decade was basically useless. That first decade though was why I held on to my membership for over a decade more. But since I dropped out of 10C, I haven’t missed it at all.

In no particular order:
Strangest Tribe/Drifting (1999)
Angel/Ramblings (1993)
History Never Repeats/Sonic Reducer/Swallow My Pride/My Way (1995)
All Night/In The Moonlight (2012)
Olympic Platinum/Smile (1996)
Let Me Sleep/Ramblings (1991)
Crown of Thorns/Can't Help Falling in Love (2000)
Sonic Reducer/Ramblings (1992)

[joostone]

My top 10

1) Ten Club Christmas Single 1999: Strangest Tribe/Drifting
2) Ten Club 1997: Happy When I'm Crying/Live for Today
3) Ten Club 1993: Angel/Ramblings
4) Ten Club 1991: Let Me Sleep/Ramblings
5) Ten Club 2001 (Christmas 10): Last Soldier/Indifference/Gimme Some Truth/I Just Want to Have Something to Do
6) Ten Club 2006: Love, Reign O'er Me/Rockin' in the Free World
7) Ten Club 2010: No Jeremy/Falling Down
8) Ten Club 1992 (Who Killed Rudolph?): Sonic Reducer/Ramblings Continued
9) Ten Club 2004: Someday at Christmas/Betterman
10) Ten Club Christmas 2007: Santa God/Jingle Bells

[lecherouslittlestump]

No love for Love Reign Over Me? Eddie's last amazing vocal performance.

[Anders]

Best song after Strangest Tribe for me.

However, I seem to be the only one that really likes Santa Cruz.

[B]

Best song after Strangest Tribe for me.

However, I seem to be the only one that really likes Santa Cruz.

I'm a big fan of Santa Cruz.

[Anders]

Best song after Strangest Tribe for me.

However, I seem to be the only one that really likes Santa Cruz.

I'm a big fan of Santa Cruz.

Good to hear.

[Jorge]

I fucking hate "Santa Cruz", the perfect example of a nothing-song

[Anders]

It’s a simple honest song, seems strange to hate it,

[Jorge]

To me, it's just tedious and bland, and sounds unfinished. I don't think a song is good just because it's simple or "honest". How do you gauge that anyway?