2023 March Madness Survivor: Backspacer Round 5

Post by **stip** » Sat February 11, 2023 2:15 am

Round 5 - choose 1 song to ELIMINATE. Voting open until 8pm EST 3/17

Post by **stip** » Sat February 11, 2023 2:21 am

Ohh, this is really hard

Supersonic is the really easy choice. But after that I like pretty much the whole record without stark gradations beyond confidently saying Fixer and Force of Nature are my favorites.

Lets go with Just Breathe and The End, as I'm more likely to skip those if they come on than the others (though The End can hit hard in the right mood)

LetMeSleep · Post by **LetMeSleep** » Sat February 11, 2023 2:40 am

Waves
Supersonic
The End

Anders · Post by **Anders** » Sat February 11, 2023 6:48 am

GSMF, Supersonic, Speed Of Sound

GreenMosquito1996 · Sat February 11, 2023 12:12 pm

Just breathe
Supersonic
Speed of sound

Farmer John · Post by **Farmer John** » Sat February 11, 2023 12:55 pm

Just Breathe
Supersonic
Force of Nature

JuanHamm · Post by **JuanHamm** » Sat February 11, 2023 1:07 pm

I don't know this album well enough to vote

Stardog Champion · Sat February 11, 2023 5:08 pm

The Fixer
Just Breathe
Amongst the Waves

dad · Post by **dad** » Sat February 11, 2023 5:35 pm

Just Breathe
Supersonic
The End

CopperTom · Post by **CopperTom** » Sat February 11, 2023 6:13 pm

Johnny Guitar
Just Breathe
The End

bodysnatcher · Post by **bodysnatcher** » Sat February 11, 2023 6:15 pm

Only 3?

CopperTom · Post by **CopperTom** » Sat February 11, 2023 6:17 pm

bodysnatcher wrote:Only 3?

It's Stip's favorite album. He's throwing it a bone.

bodysnatcher · Post by **bodysnatcher** » Sat February 11, 2023 6:19 pm

CopperTom wrote:
bodysnatcher wrote:Only 3?
It's Stip's favorite album. He's throwing it a bone.

Jesus took the wheel

liebzz · Post by **liebzz** » Sat February 11, 2023 7:58 pm

Things I will admit now about Backspacer:

I do actually enjoy Supersonic

I was annoyed when it came out there were songs I thought belonged more with Eddie solo than Pearl Jam proper (Tulumne *ahem* Just Breathe, The End). They get voted off the island with Johnny Guitar, which is Pearl Jam extremely awkwardly trying to do something different.

bodysnatcher · Post by **bodysnatcher** » Sat February 11, 2023 8:01 pm

I don’t even know that I could vote for 3 songs to KEEP.

tragabigzanda · Post by **tragabigzanda** » Sat February 11, 2023 9:11 pm

I’m not voting in this tourney at all but I’ll take a second to defend every rock song on Backspacer save Amongst the Waves. They’ve aged surprisingly well. The acoustic songs suck ass.

Post by **stip** » Sun February 12, 2023 9:51 pm

Supersonic, Just Breathe, and The End are eliminated - an ignoble state of affairs for Pearl Jam's biggest hit in twenty years and what felt like a very popular song at the time of Backspacer's release

Post by **stip** » Mon February 20, 2023 1:31 am

Backspacer might have become the PJ album have the hardest time ranking. Other than my top two song I like almost all of them equally - a great run of solid songs, but few top shelf.

Given what's here, I'll go with Johnny Guitar, Unthought Known, and Speed of Sound - but again, this is a game of inches

LetMeSleep · Post by **LetMeSleep** » Mon February 20, 2023 10:51 am

GSMF
AtW
SoS

Anders · Post by **Anders** » Mon February 20, 2023 10:53 am

LetMeSleep wrote:GSMF
AtW
SoS

Red Mosquito

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