Match CP: Porch vs. Light Years

[stip]

How can Light Years be losing this one?

because porch is significantly better!

[Buby]

How can Light Years be losing this one?

porch is one of the best songs they've ever written and has as much staying power as any of their radio hits.

In my opinion it's Ten nostalgia. Personally I find the whole album pretty boring now.

[warehouse]

How can Light Years be losing this one?

porch is one of the best songs they've ever written and has as much staying power as any of their radio hits.

In my opinion it's Ten nostalgia. Personally I find the whole album pretty boring now.

i kinda do too, but i think this and release are the best songs on the album and still incredible. maybe 'black' too. something like alive, why go, garden i would say is Ten nostalgia. this has been one of my favorite songs for over 20 years.

[digster]

I see Kevin Davis' point about Porch, though. I think I love it for the intensity of the performance, and how much Ed and the band throw themselves into it, but I'm not really sure there's much of a song there. I don't really seem to mind that it's so sketchily-written.

[Buby]

How can Light Years be losing this one?

porch is one of the best songs they've ever written and has as much staying power as any of their radio hits.

In my opinion it's Ten nostalgia. Personally I find the whole album pretty boring now.

i kinda do too, but i think this and release are the best songs on the album and still incredible. maybe 'black' too. something like alive, why go, garden i would say is Ten nostalgia. this has been one of my favorite songs for over 20 years.

[epilogue]

The solo section of Porch is great moody playing. The rest is a pretty unremarkable underwritten 90's rocker.

I actually agree, but I still voted for it, and still prefer it to Light Years.

[Thejambi]

I often will start to think that Ten isn't that great. Then I listen to it to remind myself how good it really is. It is a very ironic album. It showcases what I think Pearl jam does best ( large, rhythmic, booming, powerful, crowd moving anthems) yet it seems to be the opposite of what a lot of us like about our favorite songs/album. The songs project large while addressing subject matter that tends to be very internal, taboo and sensitive. A lot of it seems cheesy now (unfortunately it did spawn the creeds, stainds and matchbox 20's) of the world, but it was refreshing at the time. I still don't think Pearl Jam has made a record with better craft and interplay of the guitars and bassline from start to finish.

What was the question again?

[Brett]

Easily "Light Years" for me. "Porch" is a good song, but it's never been close to being my favorite from Ten. "Light Years" on the other hand is only behind "Sleight of Hand" on Binaural, and both rank among my favorite PJ songs.

[darth_vedder]

Porch, no contest.

[stip]

Every time I out on ten I am reminded how great that album was and continues to be. No finer collection of anthematic rock songs has ever been assembled,

[darth_vedder]

Every time I out on ten I am reminded how great that album was and continues to be. No finer collection of anthematic rock songs has ever been assembled,

I know folks aren't as wild about the BOB remix, and BOB is a bad name round these parts now, but his remix of Ten really put a [kinda] fresh spin on it for me. When I revisit Ten, I typically go for the redux. Porch really shines...it's much punchier.

[Strat]

I love Light Years so so much.

[Kaius]

Me too, Strat. Me too. It still has a chance

[Lament]

Every time I out on ten I am reminded how great that album was and continues to be. No finer collection of anthematic rock songs has ever been assembled,

[BurtReynolds]

Porch may not be much of a song, but so what? It more than gets by on pure intensity. that's all that's really required of it.

[Heathen]

anthematic for the people

[stip]

Every time I out on ten I am reminded how great that album was and continues to be. No finer collection of anthematic rock songs has ever been assembled,

ten is better. No disrespect to Born to Run or Thunder Road

[McParadigm]

Every time I out on ten I am reminded how great that album was and continues to be. No finer collection of anthematic rock songs has ever been assembled,

The studio version of Release is the most like a cow any human being has ever sounded without also mimicking a dull-eyed cud chew. And the first three anthems are about killing prostitutes, being a victim, and motherhumping.

So maybe it should be addendumed to "No finer anthemic anthromorphic homeless murdercow concept album has ever managed to not be something developed by Green Jelly."

[stip]

the dramatic and conceptual sweep of that record is truly amazing

[EJ]

Every time I out on ten I am reminded how great that album was and continues to be. No finer collection of anthematic rock songs has ever been assembled,

The studio version of Release is the most like a cow any human being has ever sounded without also mimicking a dull-eyed cud chew. And the first three anthems are about killing prostitutes, being a victim, and motherhumping.

So maybe it should be addendumed to "No finer anthemic anthromorphic homeless murdercow concept album has ever managed to not be something developed by Green Jelly."

I've read this 3 times now and I'm still befuddled. Thanks for ruining my Friday.