35. Dance of the Clairvoyants vs. Severed Hand

Post by **stip** » Sun March 14, 2021 1:13 am

Dance of the Clairvoyants vs. Severed Hand

liebzz · Post by **liebzz** » Sun March 14, 2021 1:22 am

Now this is a good one, but Dance wins.

Post by **stip** » Sun March 14, 2021 1:28 am

Severed Hand is fine. I like it. Good bridge and I love the funky riff after the first verse. I like the lyrics. The studio track always felt a little thin to me, but it's pretty good.

Dance of Clarivoyants remains a revelation even a year out. I listen to it constantly (at least two times a week) and I've never gotten tired of it. The moment when the 'stand back when the spirit comes' section feels surprising any time. I love this song.

knee tunes · Post by **knee tunes** » Sun March 14, 2021 1:40 am

Severed Hand

tragabigzanda · Post by **tragabigzanda** » Sun March 14, 2021 1:44 am

Voting DOTC, but big respect for the Severed Hand voters

knee tunes · Post by **knee tunes** » Sun March 14, 2021 1:45 am

tragabigzanda wrote:Voting DOTC, but big respect for the Severed Hand voters

I get it. one hand

LetMeSleep · Post by **LetMeSleep** » Sun March 14, 2021 1:53 am

Dance takes this one quite easily. It's not that Severed Hand isn't a good song, it's that Dance is a true all timer.

Post by **epilogue** » Sun March 14, 2021 3:33 am

liebzz wrote:Now this is a good one, but Dance wins.

Post by **epilogue** » Sun March 14, 2021 3:34 am

I might change my vote though. SH is fantastic and has time on it's side.

Jaeti · Post by **Jaeti** » Sun March 14, 2021 3:42 am

This is making me think ahead to which Gigaton songs I might find myself voting for when we're down to 32, 16, etc. The real 5-star nitty gritty.

I think Dance and Seven O'Clock are the ones I can see winning out over "formative years" nostalgia and voting for over something I've adored for 2+ decades.

Monkey_Driven · Post by **Monkey_Driven** » Sun March 14, 2021 4:07 am

Not even close.

Dance

knee tunes · Post by **knee tunes** » Sun March 14, 2021 6:20 am

epilogue wrote:I might change my vote though. SH is fantastic and has time on it's side.

*its

Post by **epilogue** » Sun March 14, 2021 12:24 pm

knee tunes wrote:
epilogue wrote:I might change my vote though. SH is fantastic and has time on it's side.
*its

Or is't?

CopperTom · Post by **CopperTom** » Sun March 14, 2021 1:22 pm

I’m surprised this is blowout.

Severed Hand. Probably my favorite PRAMG song.

liebzz · Post by **liebzz** » Sun March 14, 2021 1:47 pm

CopperTom wrote:I’m surprised this is blowout.

Severed Hand. Probably my favorite PRAMG song.

Severed Hand is great. I wish it weren’t with DotC which is for me among the best Pearl Jam songs, and the winner of Gigaton (with Quick Escape).

warehouse · Post by **warehouse** » Sun March 14, 2021 2:09 pm

severed hand is one of the most underrated pj songs imo. but i still voted for dance of the clairvoyants

VinylGuy · Post by **VinylGuy** » Sun March 14, 2021 6:37 pm

Fuck!!

This one is super tricky...ill vote for Dance, but SH is so fucking good.

mkay0 · Post by **mkay0** » Sun March 14, 2021 7:01 pm

warehouse wrote:severed hand is one of the most underrated pj songs imo. but i still voted for dance of the clairvoyants

Came in to post this verbatim. Severed Hand is probably in the top half of the catalogue for me, but Dance is special.

digster · Post by **digster** » Sun March 14, 2021 7:35 pm

Severed Hand has improved for me over the years, but it's still a good, as opposed to great, song. I probably like Dance even more now than I did back when it came out (and I liked it quite a bit then). It made it a bit tough to get into Gigaton at first, because as much as I liked the album, this song was clearly the biggest achievement coming out of it.

PHATJ · Post by **PHATJ** » Sun March 14, 2021 7:53 pm

Monkey_Driven wrote:Not even close.

Dance

Red Mosquito