The one PJ song that is most recognized by the casual fan

General Pearl Jam discussion.

Pick one:

Jeremy
8
19%
Evenflow
3
7%
Alive
17
40%
Better Man
8
19%
Black
3
7%
Daughter
1
2%
Just Breathe
1
2%
Last Kiss
1
2%
 
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I'm afraid the other songs will get mad at me
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bodysnatcher wrote:I went with Alive bc it’s consistently the most listened to song on Spotify and charted on Last.fm
Yes but the official Youtube upload of "Jeremy" has like twice the views of the official Youtube upload of "Alive"
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I asked some people I work with who barely remember PJ and they said Betterman.
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theplatypus wrote:
bodysnatcher wrote:I went with Alive bc it’s consistently the most listened to song on Spotify and charted on Last.fm
Yes but the official Youtube upload of "Jeremy" has like twice the views of the official Youtube upload of "Alive"
Could this maybe be due to Jeremy being known for having a very famous music video? Although, completely anecdotally, I would have said Jeremy as well.
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digster wrote:
theplatypus wrote:
bodysnatcher wrote:I went with Alive bc it’s consistently the most listened to song on Spotify and charted on Last.fm
Yes but the official Youtube upload of "Jeremy" has like twice the views of the official Youtube upload of "Alive"
Could this maybe be due to Jeremy being known for having a very famous music video? Although, completely anecdotally, I would have said Jeremy as well.
yeah, i'd say that's the case. that was a pretty iconic video of the 90s. i'm a big PJ fan, and i can barely remember scenes from the Alive video. i haven't seen the Jeremy video in probably a decade, but i remember almost every scene in my mind.
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For me it was Last Kiss. I knew nothing else but maybe corduroy and picked up Live in Tokyo at walmart ona whim, bought lost dogs almost immediately after and dove deep into the pj catalog.
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Just Breathe is their biggest selling song.

Last Kiss is their highest charting song in the US (#2) followed by, uh, I Got Id (#7).

But it's probably got to be Alive.

Interesting that they don't really have a signature song like Teen Spirit or Black Hole Sun. You could make a case for any of the big hits off Ten.
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Obviously it’s Alive
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Bammer wrote:Obviously it’s Alive
Yeah.
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My parents are super lame and know nothing about music I like. They know Jeremy. They couldn't name any other PJ songs. So...
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I think it depends on location. From an Australian perspective, I think Jeremy seems like a relatively minor hit from the first few albums.

Daughter and Better Man are probably the standout songs that non-fans would recognise. They're played in supermarkets and stores all the time.
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It’s Alive. No doubt about it.
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It’s alive
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Plush
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McParadigm wrote:Plush
This is the correct answer.
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Monkey_Driven wrote:
Bammer wrote:Obviously it’s Alive
Yeah.
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I kinda wish that song was called Obviously it’s Alive.
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durdencommatyler wrote:
McParadigm wrote:Plush
This is the correct answer.
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Everyone familiar with that SNL bit? I think it was David Spade on Weekend Update? Maybe Norm MacDonald?
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