5-13: The Dark vs. Who Ever Said

Post by **stip** » Thu March 27, 2025 9:28 pm

The Dark vs. Who Ever Said

Post by **stip** » Thu March 27, 2025 9:35 pm

Fuck. I love The Dark. Maybe my favorite or second favorite Earthlings song. But Who Ever Said is a 5 star song.

Birds in Hell · Post by **Birds in Hell** » Thu March 27, 2025 9:41 pm

Who Ever Said is a real gem in the latter part of the band's catalogue.

The Dark is, I understand, a song on the Ed/Wotman record.

Post by **epilogue** » Thu March 27, 2025 11:36 pm

WES!

The Dark is super overrated

liebzz · Post by **liebzz** » Fri March 28, 2025 12:19 am

I voted for The Dark. It is unreasonably catchy and exactly the sort of thing Ed can excel at without the weight of the rest of Pearl Jam. Who Ever Said is also great, but in a toss up, I think I’d put The Dark in my playlist first.

Post by **epilogue** » Fri March 28, 2025 12:28 am

The Dark might be my least favorite Ed solo song.

There, I said it.

Monkey_Driven · Post by **Monkey_Driven** » Fri March 28, 2025 4:39 am

The Dark

I love it!

Anders · Post by **Anders** » Fri March 28, 2025 6:49 am

Who Ever Said

Post by **stip** » Fri March 28, 2025 10:35 am

epilogue wrote:The Dark might be my least favorite Ed solo song.

There, I said it.

this is a crazy thing for you to have said

Post by **epilogue** » Fri March 28, 2025 11:42 am

stip wrote:
epilogue wrote:The Dark might be my least favorite Ed solo song.

There, I said it.
this is a crazy thing for you to have said

It is. I got heated and wrapped up in a real life moment and I took it out on poor The Dark.

While I honestly don't get the love for the tune, it's not Ed's worst solo song. It's probably not a bad song at all. It just does absolutely nothing for me. And I'm really happy it isn't on a proper PJ album.

Post by **stip** » Fri March 28, 2025 1:01 pm

it's got a kind of optimistic brightness to it that I would have guessed you would be into

Post by **epilogue** » Fri March 28, 2025 1:45 pm

Maybe I should listen to it again...

Post by **epilogue** » Fri March 28, 2025 2:04 pm

Okay, I just listened to it. First time in... I don't know how long.

The sentiment is nice. And I didn't have the aversion to it that I remembered. But it's reminds me a lot of everything I like least about 80s era Springsteen.

Still, I owe the song a real apology. Worst Ed solo song? Not by a long shot. I'd completely erased The Haves from my memory.

Post by **stip** » Fri March 28, 2025 2:29 pm

epilogue wrote:Okay, I just listened to it. First time in... I don't know how long.

The sentiment is nice. And I didn't have the aversion to it that I remembered. But it's reminds me a lot of everything I like least about 80s era Springsteen.

Still, I owe the song a real apology. Worst Ed solo song? Not by a long shot. I'd completely erased The Haves from my memory.

It is an 80s springsteen song - so if that's not for you then this makes sense.

And yes, the Haves is like No More level syrup.

Kevin Davis · Post by **Kevin Davis** » Fri March 28, 2025 6:30 pm

"Try" is my favorite Earthling song too

Post by **epilogue** » Fri March 28, 2025 6:32 pm

Kevin Davis wrote:"Try" is my favorite Earthling song too

Peas and carrots, you and me.

Red Mosquito