37. Whipping vs. Getaway

Post by **stip** » Fri March 01, 2019 1:40 pm

Whipping (Atlanta 1994-04-03) vs. Getaway (Sydney 2014-01-26)

Post by **stip** » Fri March 01, 2019 1:46 pm

This is probably the easiest match so far. This is the definitive version of Whipping (live or otherwise), and the only reason this isn't maybe the best song to come out of the legendary Atlanta 94 performance is that Satan's Bed was at the same show.

Getaway has its minor pleasures on Lightning Bolt, and I'd like it more if it wasn't the opener. But this live version kind of sucks - it loses the bouncy charm of the studio version and replaces it with...nothing?

bada · Post by **bada** » Fri March 01, 2019 1:56 pm

Whipping. Back when it was a given that whenever they played a new song it would be awesome.

wease · Post by **wease** » Fri March 01, 2019 6:26 pm

Whipping. There’s not even a choice here.

VinylGuy · Post by **VinylGuy** » Fri March 01, 2019 7:04 pm

Whipping.

I like studio Getaway, but live is such a letdown. And its all on Ed.

Kevin Davis · Post by **Kevin Davis** » Fri March 01, 2019 11:46 pm

Sometimes Pearl Jam writes bad songs and makes them better live ("Amongst the Waves," "Unthought Known," "Lightning Bolt"), and sometimes, as with "Getaway," they write bad songs and make them even worse live. This version of "Whipping" obliterates it.

LetMeSleep · Post by **LetMeSleep** » Fri March 01, 2019 11:54 pm

Kevin Davis wrote:Sometimes Pearl Jam writes bad songs and makes them better live ("Amongst the Waves," "Unthought Known," "Lightning Bolt"), and sometimes, as with "Getaway," they write bad songs and make them even worse live. This version of "Whipping" obliterates it.

And unfortunately I saw this version of Getaway. How this is the best version ever is mind blowing.

PHATJ · Post by **PHATJ** » Sat March 02, 2019 2:00 am

Whipping shreds

wease · Post by **wease** » Sat March 02, 2019 4:47 pm

Don’t mean to push, but I’m being shoved.

Stardog Champion · Post by **Stardog Champion** » Sat March 02, 2019 6:39 pm

That Atlanta show always brings back fond memories of listening that night on the radio. I loved the ferocity of Whipping when I first heard it, and this version continues to grip me to this day.

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