D3 Round 2w: Once vs. Yellow Ledbetter

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Once vs. Yellow Ledbetter

Once
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Yellow Ledbetter
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D3 Round 2w: Once vs. Yellow Ledbetter

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D3 Round 2w: Once vs. Yellow Ledbetter
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Re: D3 Round 2w: Once vs. Yellow Ledbetter

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Once is still a good song, and it's a testament to the performance that I don't just instantly dismiss it as overwrought nonsense, but Yellow Ledbetter is one of their most beautiful songs, and arguably Eddie's best vocal performance.
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Once deserves to slaughter YL.
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I'm pretty much burned out on YL
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YL has grown on me over the years, but its overrated. Once is probably my least favorite track on Ten, but gets my vote here
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stip wrote:Once is still a good song, and it's a testament to the performance that I don't just instantly dismiss it as overwrought nonsense, but Yellow Ledbetter is one of their most beautiful songs, and arguably Eddie's best vocal performance.
I'm still not convinced that there is a single lyric in Yellow Ledbetter.
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I despise Ledbetter. :throwup:
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I'm voting for the studio version of Ledbetter (without the last note cut off, of course) and not the awful live versions from the past few years.
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Re: D3 Round 2w: Once vs. Yellow Ledbetter

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I'm not sure I'd be sad if I never heard Once again. But I know I'd be really upset if I never heard the studio version of YL again.

Voting for YL
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I don't really care for either of these songs. I remix of Once, on the Ten Redux, is better than the original mix, so I'll vote for that one.
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Re: D3 Round 2w: Once vs. Yellow Ledbetter

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it is definitely better, but still not as good as YL
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I only really like the studio version of yellow ledbetter anymore. But I rely don't care much for once.
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I could never hear these tracks again and be okay with it. Both have something but it's dwindled over the years.

Once (because it wasn't in Friends).
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I still love Once and I've never much cared for Yellow Ledbetter.
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Yellow Ledbetter kinda sucks.

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A song I don't like versus a song I'm okay with.

"Yellow Ledbetter".
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theplatypus wrote:A song I don't like versus a song I'm okay with.

"Yellow Ledbetter".
Pretty much how I felt about this one.
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What is with all this "Once" hate? It's one of my favorite PJ songs.
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Re: D3 Round 2w: Once vs. Yellow Ledbetter

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LoathedVermin72 wrote:What is with all this "Once" hate? It's one of my favorite PJ songs.
Mine too.
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