119. Whale Song vs. Can't Deny Me

[stip]

[stip]

I don't like Whale Song, though I guess it's kind of fun for what it is, and it's not like they ever tried to pass it off as an important track.


I love late period pearl jam, and Can't Deny Me is just a wretched song. Arguably their worst. I've just got nothing positive to say about it

[Jaeti]

Certainly not voting for Can't Deny Me.

I've always enjoyed Whale Song, and I prefer it over, say, Mankind or Don't Gimme No Lip or anything else that's PJ with Stone singing. Probably because Ed is right there in the chorus, but, still.

[Strat]

Certainly not voting for Can't Deny Me.

I've always enjoyed Whale Song, and I prefer it over, say, Mankind or Don't Gimme No Lip or anything else that's PJ with Stone singing. Probably because Ed is right there in the chorus, but, still.

I dont know if this is what you said, but its jack singing.

Whale Song rules. Can't Deny me drools.

[Jaeti]

Certainly not voting for Can't Deny Me.

I've always enjoyed Whale Song, and I prefer it over, say, Mankind or Don't Gimme No Lip or anything else that's PJ with Stone singing. Probably because Ed is right there in the chorus, but, still.

I dont know if this is what you said, but its jack singing.

Whale Song rules. Can't Deny me drools.

Yeah yeah. Initially I wrote a sentence that said I like this Jack vocal over any Stone vocal, but then I guess I rewrote it didn't mention him explicitly.

[Thurman Murman]

Ugh i just voted for Whale Song and Infallible and against State of Love & Trust....

[PHATJ]

Can’t Deny Me is horrific.

[EJ]

Whale Song is great

[Bammer]

VoTiNg fOr cAn’T deNy ME BeCAuSE iT wIlL lOsE IN a lAnDsLiDe

[The Town]

The world needs more Whale Songs

Reminds me of the story of Roger Payne and his efforts to distribute "Songs of the Humpback Whale" in the late 1960s / 70s.
Seriously, what started out as sharing reel-to-reel tape of whale recordings had an outsized impact on the environmental movement.
https://www.npr.org/2014/12/26/373303726/recordings-that-made-waves-the-songs-that-saved-the-whales

And this Invisibilia NPR podcast episode that goes into more detail on the recordings and cultural impact is really good
https://www.npr.org/2020/02/25/809336135/two-heartbeats-a-minute

[knee tunes]

How does whale song go?

[knee tunes]

Can't deny me is better than all of gigaton

Put that in your cap and feather

[epilogue]

Indifferent about Whale Song.

Really like Can't Deny Me.

Easy vote.

[blueviper]

I love Whale Song

[VinylGuy]

huge Whale Song fan. I love everything from its drums, Mike, Ed background vocals....And Jackie I.

[digster]

God, I think I'd honestly forgotten about Can't Deny Me. We'll never know it, but I'd certainly be interested in hearing the real story of how Brendan left and Evans came onboard; I seem to recall that Can't Deny Me was described as a song for PJ's "upcoming record."

But yeah, Whale Song.

[Birds in Hell]

Whale Song is great

It's always reminded me of Pixies in a strange way.

[Anders]

Don't really like either that much. Probably Can't Deny Me.

[wease]

I deny the whale

[B]

State of Love and Trust