123. Wasted Reprise vs. Who You Are

Post by **stip** » Thu March 25, 2021 12:04 am

Wasted Reprise vs. Who You Are

LetMeSleep · Post by **LetMeSleep** » Thu March 25, 2021 12:15 am

WYA is one of the most important tracks this band has done. It opened a door for them that they haven't fully investigated. I remember clearly hearing this for the first time and feeling that they were stepping out of grunge and becoming a classic rock band. It helped that I was getting into Dead Can Dance and some world percussion at the time.

Post by **stip** » Thu March 25, 2021 12:18 am

Who You Are is the first pearl jam song I had to convince myself that I like, and certainly soured my initial impression of No Code. It was definitely not what I wanted. These days it's probably a top three No Code track for me.

I like the reprise for what it is, but Who You Are is a pretty great track

Jaeti · Post by **Jaeti** » Thu March 25, 2021 12:41 am

I like Wasted Reprise, but it's up against too good of a fully fleshed-out song in this case.

wease · Post by **wease** » Thu March 25, 2021 1:05 am

I’ve hated WYA since I first heard it.

Thurman Murman · Post by **Thurman Murman** » Thu March 25, 2021 1:12 am

stip wrote:Who You Are is the first pearl jam song I had to convince myself that I like, and certainly soured my initial impression of No Code. It was definitely not what I wanted. These days it's probably a top three No Code track for me.

I like the reprise for what it is, but Who You Are is a pretty great track

Its funny as much as it was clearly a departure at the time i still loved it almost instantly...despite friends around me dropping the band like flies and saying it sucked (they much preferred the Habit b-side).

Easy vote for Who You Are.

Post by B » Thu March 25, 2021 1:19 am

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Boom.

knee tunes · Post by **knee tunes** » Thu March 25, 2021 1:50 am

wease wrote:I’ve hated WYA since I first heard it.

That's cuz you don't like good songs .

Strat · Post by **Strat** » Thu March 25, 2021 1:51 am

Thurman Murman wrote:
stip wrote:Who You Are is the first pearl jam song I had to convince myself that I like, and certainly soured my initial impression of No Code. It was definitely not what I wanted. These days it's probably a top three No Code track for me.

I like the reprise for what it is, but Who You Are is a pretty great track
Its funny as much as it was clearly a departure at the time i still loved it almost instantly...despite friends around me dropping the band like flies and saying it sucked (they much preferred the Habit b-side).

Easy vote for Who You Are.

The first time i heard WYA was the single drop on the radio at the time and i was at the Gym lifting weights for Hockey Summer Camp stuff.

I remember getting as close as i could to the gym speaker.

Was blown away, shocked, and confused. When i finally heard it properly i loved it.

what a song

knee tunes · Post by **knee tunes** » Thu March 25, 2021 1:53 am

Strat wrote:
Thurman Murman wrote:
stip wrote:Who You Are is the first pearl jam song I had to convince myself that I like, and certainly soured my initial impression of No Code. It was definitely not what I wanted. These days it's probably a top three No Code track for me.

I like the reprise for what it is, but Who You Are is a pretty great track
Its funny as much as it was clearly a departure at the time i still loved it almost instantly...despite friends around me dropping the band like flies and saying it sucked (they much preferred the Habit b-side).

Easy vote for Who You Are.
The first time i heard WYA was the single drop on the radio at the time and i was at the Gym lifting weights for Hockey Summer Camp stuff.

I remember getting as close as i could to the gym speaker.

Was blown away, shocked, and confused. When i finally heard it properly i loved it.

what a song

that's the moss in the aforementioned verse

liebzz · Post by **liebzz** » Thu March 25, 2021 2:17 am

Like everyone else, Who You Are blew what Pearl Jam could be to me and loosened the shackles. I thought it was a good song but couldn’t for the life of me understand why it was the lead single when I thought the b-side, Habit, would have made a bigger commercial impact. I was 17 and didn’t understand quite why they weren’t going for that.

As the years go on this is one I appreciate more and more. Wasted Reprise should have closed the self-titled album. I have no clue why it is placed where it is. It makes the last few songs on that album feel out of place, like they are not part of the bookends.

PHATJ · Post by **PHATJ** » Thu March 25, 2021 2:34 am

Who You Are is an aural delight.

tragabigzanda · Post by **tragabigzanda** » Thu March 25, 2021 2:35 am

Wasted Reprise is awful

Thurman Murman · Post by **Thurman Murman** » Thu March 25, 2021 2:36 am

Strat wrote: The first time i heard WYA was the single drop on the radio at the time and i was at the Gym lifting weights for Hockey Summer Camp stuff.

I remember getting as close as i could to the gym speaker.

Was blown away, shocked, and confused. When i finally heard it properly i loved it.

what a song

I had a similar experience with Nothing As It Seems....was in the car waiting for my then gf and flipped stations and it was mid song. At the time it wasn't even on my radar that a new Pearl Jam single was coming. Took about 10 seconds of listening to the middle of the song to clue in it was Pearl Jam. Wasn't initially sure what to make of it but then the last 60 seconds of the song kicked in and i fucking LOVED it.

To this day i have Who You Are and NAIS as 2 of my 3 favorite lead singles (Go being the other...although i should probably add Dance of the Clairvoyants now too).

knee tunes · Post by **knee tunes** » Thu March 25, 2021 2:39 am

PHATJ wrote:Who You Are is an aural delight.

come to send
not condescend

VinylGuy · Post by **VinylGuy** » Thu March 25, 2021 2:57 am

yeah this is no match, WR is great but its just an intermission type of song.

Post by **epilogue** » Thu March 25, 2021 2:58 am

Who You Are

This tournament has me on a mad PJ binge. No Code is rocketing up my ranking as a result.

The Town · Post by **The Town** » Thu March 25, 2021 5:58 am

I just realized how much tension, build and release Who You Are has. So good

Anders · Post by **Anders** » Thu March 25, 2021 6:27 am

Who You Are is a five star song.

Higgs · Post by **Higgs** » Thu March 25, 2021 9:06 am

Never been big on Who You Are. Always enjoyed Wasted (Reprise).

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