11. Black Red Yellow vs. Just Breathe

Post by **stip** » Thu March 11, 2021 1:13 am

Black Red Yellow vs. Just Breathe

Post by **stip** » Thu March 11, 2021 1:27 am

This is tough. I quite like both of these songs. But Just Breathe has dropped down a bit for me (Pearl Jam has other schmaltzy songs in a similar vein I prefer more, including Future Days, even though Just Breathe is the better composition and has one of my favorite PJ lyrical moments). And Black Red Yellow is cool and unexpected in all the best ways, and I haven't played it to death. I think it's gonna get my vote, but I may come back to this

liebzz · Post by **liebzz** » Thu March 11, 2021 2:01 am

Just Breathe should have been up again Tulumne.

I would have picked Tulumne. Here, I picked Black Red Yellow. More No Code era fun.

Post by **epilogue** » Thu March 11, 2021 2:24 am

Oof. The first really painful match so far. I'm going with Just Breathe but I truly love both of these and I weep that one of them had to bow out this early in the tournament.

Wish both could win and advance.

VinylGuy · Post by **VinylGuy** » Thu March 11, 2021 3:02 am

Black Red Yellow is sooo fucking good. I love Ed´s badass voice, the outtro, the guitars...Dennis voice...jesus, what an amazing song.

digster · Post by **digster** » Thu March 11, 2021 5:39 am

Black Red Yellow is one of those vaunted PJ hidden tracks that never have done much more for me. I don't like the double-tracked vocal approach Eddie uses in the song; he does it in quite a few tracks over the years and it's often (though not always) grating. Just Breathe has some massive holes in it, but I've come around on it a bit over the years, particularly the instrumental eccentricities the band members add to a song that skirts close to feeling too by-the-numbers at times.

tragabigzanda · Post by **tragabigzanda** » Thu March 11, 2021 5:43 am

BRY is a killer performance of a mediocre song.

Just Breathe is an awful performance of a beautiful song.

Post by **stip** » Thu March 11, 2021 11:33 am

tragabigzanda wrote:BRY is a killer performance of a mediocre song.

Just Breathe is an awful performance of a beautiful song.

I like the jb performance but there is some truth to this

Post by B » Thu March 11, 2021 3:04 pm

I voted Just Breathe, but I'm currently singing Black Red Yellow in my head right now and regretting my vote a bit.

Post by **epilogue** » Thu March 11, 2021 3:50 pm

I didn't expect JB to win but I thought it would compete. Yikes. What a loser that song is!

Red Mosquito