126. Nothingman vs. Release

Post by **stip** » Sat March 05, 2022 2:10 am

Nothingman vs. Release

wease · Post by **wease** » Sat March 05, 2022 2:11 am

I am myself, like you somehow

Post by **stip** » Sat March 05, 2022 2:15 am

Release, for reasons I've already talked about

tragabigzanda · Post by **tragabigzanda** » Sat March 05, 2022 2:46 am

Abstain

Strat · Post by **Strat** » Sat March 05, 2022 2:47 am

Kind of mad at nothingman for taking out dance but I want to vote for it

Farmer John · Post by **Farmer John** » Sat March 05, 2022 2:52 am

Strat wrote:Kind of mad at nothingman for taking out dance but I want to vote for it

Nothingman knows what it did.

Farmer John · Post by **Farmer John** » Sat March 05, 2022 2:59 am

Voting for Nothingman

Jaeti · Post by **Jaeti** » Sat March 05, 2022 3:14 am

Oy, another coin flip. Nothingman wins the studio matchup, Release wins the live matchup.

Release.

Higgs · Post by **Higgs** » Sat March 05, 2022 3:24 am

Jaeti wrote:Oy, another coin flip. Nothingman wins the studio matchup, Release wins the live matchup.

Release.

I agree with your assessment. I also always vote MM based on studio. Nothingman it is.

liebzz · Post by **liebzz** » Sat March 05, 2022 3:28 am

Release by a mile for me.

PHATJ · Post by **PHATJ** » Sat March 05, 2022 5:32 am

Release

Always and forever

PHATJ · Post by **PHATJ** » Sat March 05, 2022 5:35 am

Higgs wrote:
Jaeti wrote:Oy, another coin flip. Nothingman wins the studio matchup, Release wins the live matchup.

Release.
I agree with your assessment. I also always vote MM based on studio. Nothingman it is.

The studio cut of Nothingman is perfect but Release is perfect too. I mean, that studio version has meant more to me in my life than any other song ever.

Anders · Post by **Anders** » Sat March 05, 2022 5:36 am

Release me from Nothingman advancing further.

Higgs · Post by **Higgs** » Sat March 05, 2022 5:47 am

PHATJ wrote:
Higgs wrote:
Jaeti wrote:Oy, another coin flip. Nothingman wins the studio matchup, Release wins the live matchup.

Release.
I agree with your assessment. I also always vote MM based on studio. Nothingman it is.
The studio cut of Nothingman is perfect but Release is perfect too. I mean, that studio version has meant more to me in my life than any other song ever.

Believe me I won't be upset if it wins. I know what I'll be voting for next round.

LetMeSleep · Post by **LetMeSleep** » Sat March 05, 2022 5:59 am

Release. I think.

PHATJ · Post by **PHATJ** » Sat March 05, 2022 6:12 am

RM obviously loves Release, for good reason, but it’s never won MM. I’d love this to be the year.

Anders · Post by **Anders** » Sat March 05, 2022 6:20 am

Still got a long way to go. Going up against the previous winners if it wins this and the next match. Not a proper champion unless it wins there.

PHATJ · Post by **PHATJ** » Sat March 05, 2022 6:26 am

Anders wrote:Still got a long way to go. Going up against the previous winner if it wins this and the next match. Not a proper champion unless it wins there.

Totally. RM respects the hell out of Release, and we have a long tradition of pushing some great songs to “long shot” champions. Hoping this year the group decides Release finally gets to join the Champions club.

Anders · Post by **Anders** » Sat March 05, 2022 6:44 am

PHATJ wrote:
Anders wrote:Still got a long way to go. Going up against the previous winners if it wins this and the next match. Not a proper champion unless it wins there.
Totally. RM respects the hell out of Release, and we have a long tradition of pushing some great songs to “long shot” champions. Hoping this year the group decides Release finally gets to join the Champions club.

Yes, I could see the one who wins the final, getting a push in the champions round. We’ll see.

Kevin Davis · Post by **Kevin Davis** » Sat March 05, 2022 3:17 pm

Great matchup here -- I stuck with "Nothingman," which at the end of the day I just feel like is the stronger composition. "Release" is many things -- a catharsis, an experience, an incantation, a series of beautiful, powerful moments. I love it, and I love its place in the catalog. But "Nothingman" is all of that for me too, but also has sturdy songwriting bones that I don't think "Release" necessarily does.

I swear I remember a Guitar World (or some other guitar magazine) interview with Stone circa 2002 or so where the interviewer asked him to name his favorite PJ song, and he immediately jumped to "Nothingman," citing it as an instance where everything about the writing and recording just came together. It feels that way to me too -- a song of natural ease and beauty, shining all the brighter considering how tense those sessions were reported to be otherwise.

I'd love to find that interview -- if memory serves he was asked to list some of his favorite songs by other artists as well, and he named Tom Waits's "Come On Up to the House."

Red Mosquito