4-5: Bushleaguer vs River of Deciet

Post by **stip** » Mon March 24, 2025 10:41 pm

Bushleaguer vs River of Deciet

Post by **stip** » Mon March 24, 2025 10:51 pm

River of Deciet is the best thing Layne Staley ever did outside of would and 3 songs on Jar of Flies. easy vote

Post by **96583UP** » Mon March 24, 2025 10:58 pm

i like river of deceit and mad season a lot but am team bushleaguer on this one

the music to bushleaguer is actually really interesting

and the power its performance has over audiences literally drives some people crazy

it is a powerful song

Matters · Post by **Matters** » Tue March 25, 2025 12:14 am

Bushleaguer is good. River of Deceit is one of the best songs of its era.

Post by **epilogue** » Tue March 25, 2025 2:34 am

This is a PJ tournament. Riot Act is a Pearl Jam album. Buahleaguer wins by default.

blueviper · Post by **blueviper** » Tue March 25, 2025 2:59 am

River of Deceit is one of the best songs of that time period. I can see it going far in the tournament.

blueviper · Post by **blueviper** » Tue March 25, 2025 3:00 am

You spelled deceit wrong!

Anders · Post by **Anders** » Tue March 25, 2025 9:35 am

River

Anders · Post by **Anders** » Tue March 25, 2025 9:46 am

epilogue wrote:This is a PJ tournament. Riot Act is a Pearl Jam album. Buahleaguer wins by default.

No, let's not play like that, please. If a song is in the tournament, let it live.

wease · Post by **wease** » Tue March 25, 2025 11:46 am

epilogue wrote:This is a PJ tournament. Riot Act is a Pearl Jam album. Buahleaguer wins by default.

Buahleaguer is not in this tournament. Vote disqualified!

Post by **epilogue** » Tue March 25, 2025 11:58 am

Anders wrote:
epilogue wrote:This is a PJ tournament. Riot Act is a Pearl Jam album. Buahleaguer wins by default.
No, let's not play like that, please. If a song is in the tournament, let it live.

I'm sorry, Anders. I must be true to myself and my values.

wease · Post by **wease** » Tue March 25, 2025 12:02 pm

epilogue wrote:
Anders wrote:
epilogue wrote:This is a PJ tournament. Riot Act is a Pearl Jam album. Buahleaguer wins by default.
No, let's not play like that, please. If a song is in the tournament, let it live.
I'm sorry, Anders. I must be true to myself and my values.

You didn’t vote for Other Side.

Post by **epilogue** » Tue March 25, 2025 1:53 pm

wease wrote:
epilogue wrote:
Anders wrote:
epilogue wrote:This is a PJ tournament. Riot Act is a Pearl Jam album. Buahleaguer wins by default.
No, let's not play like that, please. If a song is in the tournament, let it live.
I'm sorry, Anders. I must be true to myself and my values.
You didn’t vote for Other Side.

Because Hunger Strike is the better song, and Hungry Strike features all of Pearl Jam.

Kevin Davis · Post by **Kevin Davis** » Tue March 25, 2025 2:00 pm

Anders wrote:
epilogue wrote:This is a PJ tournament. Riot Act is a Pearl Jam album. Buahleaguer wins by default.
No, let's not play like that, please. If a song is in the tournament, let it live.

I think l genuinely prefer "Bushleaguer."

"River of Deceit" is okay, and it seems like a really authentic song for Layne, but all of that "my pain is self chosen, etc. etc." type stuff just doesn't connect with me anymore.

"Bushleaguer" is a gnarly, offbeat little song that serves as a micro-showcase for that era of the band's weirdest tendencies. I miss that era of the band a lot.

wease · Post by **wease** » Tue March 25, 2025 2:04 pm

epilogue wrote:
wease wrote:
epilogue wrote:
Anders wrote:
epilogue wrote:This is a PJ tournament. Riot Act is a Pearl Jam album. Buahleaguer wins by default.
No, let's not play like that, please. If a song is in the tournament, let it live.
I'm sorry, Anders. I must be true to myself and my values.
You didn’t vote for Other Side.
Because Hunger Strike is the better song, and Hungry Strike features all of Pearl Jam.

It’s perfectly fine to vote for a song not by Pearl Jam. You don’t have to use MAGA-logic to make it ok.

Post by **stip** » Tue March 25, 2025 3:06 pm

Kevin Davis wrote:
Anders wrote:
epilogue wrote:This is a PJ tournament. Riot Act is a Pearl Jam album. Buahleaguer wins by default.
No, let's not play like that, please. If a song is in the tournament, let it live.
I think l genuinely prefer "Bushleaguer."

"River of Deceit" is okay, and it seems like a really authentic song for Layne, but all of that "my pain is self chosen, etc. etc." type stuff just doesn't connect with me anymore.

"Bushleaguer" is a gnarly, offbeat little song that serves as a micro-showcase for that era of the band's weirdest tendencies. I miss that era of the band a lot.

Layne is more miss than hit for me as a writer (with some exceptions) for those reasons, but the performance is undeniable, and the music is gorgeous.

Post by **epilogue** » Tue March 25, 2025 4:19 pm

wease wrote:
epilogue wrote:
wease wrote:
epilogue wrote:
Anders wrote:
epilogue wrote:This is a PJ tournament. Riot Act is a Pearl Jam album. Buahleaguer wins by default.
No, let's not play like that, please. If a song is in the tournament, let it live.
I'm sorry, Anders. I must be true to myself and my values.
You didn’t vote for Other Side.
Because Hunger Strike is the better song, and Hungry Strike features all of Pearl Jam.
It’s perfectly fine to vote for a song not by Pearl Jam. You don’t have to use MAGA-logic to make it ok.

I'm not doing that not thank you for your permission.

Post by **epilogue** » Tue March 25, 2025 4:22 pm

At the end of the day, Bushleaguer is the better song. I haven't listen to River of Deceit in sometime like 30 years.

E.H. Ruddock · Post by **E.H. Ruddock** » Tue March 25, 2025 7:36 pm

*deceit

Post by **stip** » Tue March 25, 2025 8:20 pm

E.H. Ruddock wrote:*deceit

if it was deceit, I clearly would have put in the title.

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