54. Getaway vs. Black Red Yellow vs. Off He Goes

Post by **stip** » Wed February 23, 2022 1:25 am

Getaway vs. Black Red Yellow vs. Off He Goes

PHATJ · Post by **PHATJ** » Wed February 23, 2022 1:34 am

Off He Goes is awfully pretty.

Thurman Murman · Post by **Thurman Murman** » Wed February 23, 2022 1:37 am

It pains me to not vote BRY here. Gotta go Off He Goes.

Strat · Post by **Strat** » Wed February 23, 2022 1:40 am

Thurman Murman wrote:It pains me to not vote BRY here. Gotta go Off He Goes.

PHATJ · Post by **PHATJ** » Wed February 23, 2022 1:41 am

Strat wrote:
Thurman Murman wrote:It pains me to not vote BRY here. Gotta go Off He Goes.

Exactly

Post by **stip** » Wed February 23, 2022 1:44 am

it felt GREAT voting for BRY

E.H. Ruddock · Post by **E.H. Ruddock** » Wed February 23, 2022 2:02 am

Farmer John · Post by **Farmer John** » Wed February 23, 2022 2:14 am

Off He Goes

but Black Red Yellow is fantastic and the third best Pearl Jam b-side, as voted by me

Spoiler: show: 1. Leatherman
2. Wash
3. Black Red Yellow
4. Alone
5. Yellow Ledbetter
6. Out if My Mind
7. U
8. Footsteps
9. Down
10. Dirty Frank

PHATJ · Post by **PHATJ** » Wed February 23, 2022 2:15 am

Leatherman fucking rules

tragabigzanda · Post by **tragabigzanda** » Wed February 23, 2022 2:28 am

Off He Goes but I respect the BRY vote

Post by **epilogue** » Wed February 23, 2022 3:00 am

tragabigzanda wrote:Off He Goes but I respect the BRY vote

Kalevi · Post by **Kalevi** » Wed February 23, 2022 3:06 am

I wish I would have given getaway a sympathy vote, it's great

PHATJ · Post by **PHATJ** » Wed February 23, 2022 3:07 am

Kalevi wrote:I wish I would have given getaway a sympathy vote, it's great

da fuq

Anders · Post by **Anders** » Wed February 23, 2022 5:44 am

epilogue wrote:
tragabigzanda wrote:Off He Goes but I respect the BRY vote

Higgs · Post by **Higgs** » Wed February 23, 2022 6:02 am

Off He Goes is probably the "better" song, but I'm going with BRY just because.

ABNorman · Post by **ABNorman** » Wed February 23, 2022 8:48 am

Stupendously easy vote for Off He Goes.

Post by **stip** » Wed February 23, 2022 10:40 am

Getaway is somewhat underrated in that it's not terrible. It's a little generic, and one of those cases where I'll concede there may be just a few too many lyrics, but there is the core of a good song there. It's just a little samey throughout. It's been a while since I heard it, but there are a few moments where the song takes on this siren urgency that is really cool - and if the song had that energy throughout it would be really good.

My thoughts on Off He goes are pretty well documented. Beautiful music, really dislike the lyrics, and don't particularly like Eddie's music.

Black Red Yellow is just a ton of fun from start to finish, and maybe the best example of the 2000s of 'fun' pearl jam

digster · Post by **digster** » Wed February 23, 2022 2:56 pm

This is one of the easier matchups thus far. Getaway is fine, but fairly middling, and I've never heard a big appreciation for Big Red Yellow, and think the vocal layering Eddie does in that song is used to much better effect elsewhere in the catalog. Off He Goes is a fantastic, fantastic song; the beauty of the music is only matched by the perfection of the production (whatever his sins may be later on, O'Brien nailed his job for much of the 90s). And Eddie's lyrics and vulnerable vocal, which sounds like it's sitting right in your ear, is one of his best.

Post by **evenslow** » Wed February 23, 2022 2:58 pm

vote for the 50 foot Roman

Strat · Post by **Strat** » Wed February 23, 2022 3:36 pm

stip wrote:Black Red Yellow is just a ton of fun from start to finish, and maybe the best example of the 2000s of 'fun' pearl jam

*does not compute*

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