Bottom 10 songs

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Can't Deny Me
Getaway
Something Special
Infallible
Future Days
Swallowed Whole
Let the Record Play
I Am Mine
Amongst the Waves
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Just a Girl would make my list. That song sucks
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Farmer John wrote:Just a Girl would make my list. That song sucks
The bulk of the chorus is awesome but it resolves badly. The rest of the song is middling to lame. They should have worked that part into another song, I think.

Hold On, on the other hand, is entirely awful IMO. But that song gets lost props. I don't get that at all.
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epilogue wrote:
Farmer John wrote:You can also dance to Habit kind of like this

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I didn't prove shit!
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Happy Trees wrote:
Farmer John wrote:Just a Girl would make my list. That song sucks
The bulk of the chorus is awesome but it resolves badly. The rest of the song is middling to lame. They should have worked that part into another song, I think.

Hold On, on the other hand, is entirely awful IMO. But that song gets lost props. I don't get that at all.
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Okay.
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Just a Girl is a cool song. It's nothing special, but I don't hate it.

Hold On rules!
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Gone
Marker in the Sand
Johnny Guitar
Supersonic
Force of Nature
Lightning Bolt
Let the Records Play
Future Days
Can't Deny Me
Never Destination
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stip wrote:
liebzz wrote:I am lightly surprised at how few folks put Future Days on their list. For me, outside of say a few really unfortunate b-sides that are buried in a vault somewhere, this is hands-down their worst song. It has from its first moments sounded like the song Eddie Vedder wanted Brendan O’Brien to make into the PJ-rabid fan base wedding song. With Brendan’s keys on this, the words and the music are forced and not at all organic to the band, and yet it still adds absolutely nothing to their canon. It’s so bad to me that it if it were not on the album and the thing ended with Yellow Moon, I’d likely rate the album above Backspacer, but this song drags it to Pearl Jam’s worst album territory.

Could it be that its inclusion on a highly popular video game/TV show raised its estimation in the collective consciousness?
i doubt that would be the case here. Besides, excerable keys aside, it is a sweet and sentimental song about how you win when you have something to love. it borders on 4 stars for me.
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liebzz is, by far, poster of the year.
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ole
sirens
can't deny me
something special
sleeping by myself
comes then goes
future daze
supersonic
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Off the top of my head kinda

Bee girl
Can't deny me
You
Man of the hour
Speed of sound
The end
Future days
Supersonic

Not sure the final 2.. theres a handful I don't listen to on the later albums..

Take the long way, never destination, johnny guitar, let the records play, sleeping by myself

If Ed ever records those songs he plays with Glen after the encore.. they'd make the list
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Future Days is nice. It’s low on the list of album closers but it’s nowhere near the bottom ten. The piano is fine too.
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bee girl
gremmie out of control
sweet lew
ole
can't deny me
the fixer
sirens
ghost
speed of sound
swallowed whole
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bee girl
gremmie out of control
sweet lew
ole
can't deny me
the fixer
sirens
ghost
speed of sound
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I agree with the consensus on Future Days. That song is pure corn syrup. It sucks. Just a Girl is cool as shit though. The verses are awesome, nice little guitar lick, cool lyrics. The breakdown and solo at the end are awesome too. The chorus is a clunky and I understand why it didnt quite live up to the other material at the time, but by no means a bottom 10 song.
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i probably should have included just the girl, but dont know what id cut.

Ole barely makes it through. hate the verse and chorus but love the bridge and outro
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Oh wow I forgot the fixer
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