Song of the Moment: Evacuation

[darth_vedder]

This thread may be the clearest delineator of whose taste I can trust on this board

I may not like Evacuation all that much (2 stars), but I love me some Binaural / the outtakes / the 2000 tour.

[E.H. Ruddock]

This thread may be the clearest delineator of whose taste I can trust on this board

"Once you side with stip, you can never flip."

[Coach]

This thread may be the clearest delineator of whose taste I can trust on this board

I may not like Evacuation all that much (2 stars), but I love me some Binaural / the outtakes / the 2000 tour.

I agree....I'd love to see another Binaural. They were onto something with Sleight of Hand, which still blows my mind on that record.

[epilogue]

This thread may be the clearest delineator of whose taste I can trust on this board

I may not like Evacuation all that much (2 stars), but I love me some Binaural / the outtakes / the 2000 tour.

I agree....I'd love to see another Binaural. They were onto something with Sleight of Hand, which still blows my mind on that record.

Nothing as it Seems, Insignificance, and Sleight of Hand all genuinely move, inspire and astound me every time I hear them. Binaural is full of really special songs but those three never cease to blow me away. Even all these years later. I get chills listening to them.

[Strat]

This thread may be the clearest delineator of whose taste I can trust on this board

I may not like Evacuation all that much (2 stars), but I love me some Binaural / the outtakes / the 2000 tour.

I agree....I'd love to see another Binaural. They were onto something with Sleight of Hand, which still blows my mind on that record.

Nothing as it Seems, Insignificance, and Sleight of Hand all genuinely move, inspire and astound me every time I hear them. Binaural is full of really special songs but those three never cease to blow me away. Even all these years later. I get chills listening to them.

Im glad you came around on Binaural.

[darth_vedder]

This thread may be the clearest delineator of whose taste I can trust on this board

I may not like Evacuation all that much (2 stars), but I love me some Binaural / the outtakes / the 2000 tour.

I agree....I'd love to see another Binaural. They were onto something with Sleight of Hand, which still blows my mind on that record.

Nothing as it Seems, Insignificance, and Sleight of Hand all genuinely move, inspire and astound me every time I hear them. Binaural is full of really special songs but those three never cease to blow me away. Even all these years later. I get chills listening to them.

Im glad you came around on Binaural.

SOH is so good. It wins the title of "most improved" song for me.

Insignificance is the best thing the band has done since Matt Cameron joined.

[LoathedVermin72]

I still don't get why people love "Insignificance" so much. Should not be put in the same category as NAIS or SOH.

[darth_vedder]

I still don't get why people love "Insignificance" so much. Should not be put in the same category as NAIS or SOH.

Yeah, that's because it's better than both of those two excellent songs.

[HardTI]

I still don't get why people love "Insignificance" so much. Should not be put in the same category as NAIS or SOH.

Yeah, that's because it's better than both of those two excellent songs.

THIS

[LoathedVermin72]

Ugh

[Strat]

Ugh

Do you have terrible taste in every thing?

[LoathedVermin72]

Ugh

Do you have terrible taste in every thing?

Look, I like insignificance

[epilogue]

I still don't get why people love "Insignificance" so much. Should not be put in the same category as NAIS or SOH.

For me it's the raw emotion and the way the excellent lyrics ride the excellent melody. Along with Eds excellent delivery, phrasing and control, the ingredients mix to produce a very visceral and tactile listening experience they keeps me yearning for more.

[epilogue]

This thread may be the clearest delineator of whose taste I can trust on this board

I may not like Evacuation all that much (2 stars), but I love me some Binaural / the outtakes / the 2000 tour.

I agree....I'd love to see another Binaural. They were onto something with Sleight of Hand, which still blows my mind on that record.

Nothing as it Seems, Insignificance, and Sleight of Hand all genuinely move, inspire and astound me every time I hear them. Binaural is full of really special songs but those three never cease to blow me away. Even all these years later. I get chills listening to them.

Im glad you came around on Binaural.

Me too, friend. But to be clear, I've always felt this way about those three songs specifically.

[darth_vedder]

Thin Air is better than Evacuation.

[LoathedVermin72]

Thin Air is better than Evacuation.

I agree with this. But that is by no means a knock on "Evacuation".

[Birds in Hell]

Thin Air is better than Evacuation.

I love Thin Air but not that much.

[darth_vedder]

Songs from the Binaural era I like better than Evacuation (in no particular order):

Nothing As It Seems
Puzzles & Games
Insignificance
Sleight Of Hand
Thin Air
Sad
Fatal
In The Moonlight
Education
Breakerfall
God's Dice
Hitchhiker
Thunderclap
Parting Ways
Anything In Between
Rival
Of The Girl

I think that's it. I'm pretty sure I like Evacuation better than Light Years, and Last Kiss. I definitely like it better than Soon Forget.

[darth_vedder]

Does anyone have a favorite live version of this song? I know it's a harder one to pull off live, but I gotta believe they nailed it more than a few times.

The only time they played it perfectly was Tampa 2000 - the version on TB2K. All of the other 2000 versions have various mistakes (usually by Mike). It was played so infrequently after 2000, they never came close again. The worst performance ever was probably Philly 2009 #2, which I unfortunately witnessed.

Ouch, I'm sorry you had to suffer through that. Luckily, I was at that Tampa show so I guess I got what I was looking for.
Thanks!

Uh, are you two forgetting the disaster in Washington, DC from 2008 when they attempted to play it?

I never heard it! It sounds epic as fuck though. Time to search the interwebs for it.

[Strat]

I WAS THERE AND THAT MADE ME ANGRY