Round 1B: Let It Ride vs. Off He Goes vs. Jeremy

Post by **Bammer** » Wed February 03, 2016 3:10 am

I want to vote Jeremy so bad but I gotta go with Off He Goes here.

Kevin Davis · Post by **Kevin Davis** » Wed February 03, 2016 3:10 am

"Off He Goes," easily. I realize that the lyrical premise of Eddie singing a third person cautionary tale to himself is overly precious, but somehow that still strikes me as less objectionable to the three minutes of hoots and grunts and other assorted vocalized pauses that comprise the final three minutes of "Jeremy." Plus Mike's guitar tones on the studio recording are off the chain.

BurtReynolds · Post by **BurtReynolds** » Wed February 03, 2016 3:11 am

Kevin Davis wrote:Mike's guitar tones on the studio recording are off the chain.

totally off the chain.

Post by **Jorge** » Wed February 03, 2016 3:13 am

Kevin Davis wrote:"Off He Goes," easily.

Kaius · Post by **Kaius** » Wed February 03, 2016 3:33 am

BurtReynolds wrote:
Kaius wrote:It's going to lose, Burt.
not if my second accounts have anything to say about it.

Look at it go!

Simple Torture · Post by **Simple Torture** » Wed February 03, 2016 4:44 am

This was a tough choice. I've written elsewhere about older songs--especially "anthems" and sing-alongs--losing their power over the years; Even Flow and Alive definitely fall into the former category, and Small Town and (sometimes) Betterman into the second. Jeremy is a weird song that had sort of become a "Not this shit again" song for a while, but I feel like I went so long without actively listening to it that it's regained some of its raw power, which is still there, especially in good live performances. It's tough to vote over Off He Goes, but I'm gonna do it.

Birds in Hell · Post by **Birds in Hell** » Wed February 03, 2016 4:53 am

Jeremy wins this one, still one of the band's finest songs for me.

They don't make 'em like that anymore.

tragabigzanda · Post by **tragabigzanda** » Wed February 03, 2016 12:13 pm

This would be a tough one, if only Matt didn't play way too hard on Off He Goes...

But he does. He kills the fragility of that song. So Jeremy it is.

Post by **stip** » Wed February 03, 2016 1:37 pm

tragabigzanda wrote:This would be a tough one, if only Matt didn't play way too hard on Off He Goes...

But he does. He kills the fragility of that song. So Jeremy it is.

that's the chain in the aforementioned post

WaitingForBluey · Wed February 03, 2016 3:35 pm

Jeremy is one of the few Ten songs that I'm not sick of hearing for some reason. Maybe it's because they don't play it to death live. But still, whenever I hear Off He Goes.... anywhere, on the shitter, at work, on the couch dreaming of asking my wife to have sex with me... it immediately conjures up beautiful images of No Code polaroids. Anything that reminds me of No Code polaroids is a winner.

tragabigzanda · Post by **tragabigzanda** » Wed February 03, 2016 3:38 pm

bluestate wrote:Jeremy is one of the few Ten songs that I'm not sick of hearing for some reason. Maybe it's because they don't play it to death live. But still, whenever I hear Off He Goes.... anywhere, on the shitter, at work, on the couch dreaming of asking my wife to have sex with me... it immediately conjures up beautiful images of No Code polaroids. Anything that reminds me of No Code polaroids is a winner.

...and then Matt Cameron SMASHES those Polaroids with heavy drumsticks!

EJ · Post by EJ » Wed February 03, 2016 3:47 pm

tragabigzanda wrote:
bluestate wrote:Jeremy is one of the few Ten songs that I'm not sick of hearing for some reason. Maybe it's because they don't play it to death live. But still, whenever I hear Off He Goes.... anywhere, on the shitter, at work, on the couch dreaming of asking my wife to have sex with me... it immediately conjures up beautiful images of No Code polaroids. Anything that reminds me of No Code polaroids is a winner.
...and then Matt Cameron SMASHES those Polaroids with heavy drumsticks!

So don't listen to his butchering of it. Go listen to how it was meant to be played.

tragabigzanda · Post by **tragabigzanda** » Wed February 03, 2016 3:50 pm

EJ wrote:
tragabigzanda wrote:
bluestate wrote:Jeremy is one of the few Ten songs that I'm not sick of hearing for some reason. Maybe it's because they don't play it to death live. But still, whenever I hear Off He Goes.... anywhere, on the shitter, at work, on the couch dreaming of asking my wife to have sex with me... it immediately conjures up beautiful images of No Code polaroids. Anything that reminds me of No Code polaroids is a winner.
...and then Matt Cameron SMASHES those Polaroids with heavy drumsticks!
So don't listen to his butchering of it. Go listen to how it was meant to be played.

Don't tell me how to live!

vedder316 · Post by **vedder316** » Wed February 03, 2016 3:51 pm

I like all 3 of these. Wish one or two of them could face off in one of the other shitty 1B matches.

Anyway, Jeremy is a tour de fucking force, so it gets my vote.

EJ · Post by EJ » Wed February 03, 2016 3:51 pm

tragabigzanda wrote:
EJ wrote:
tragabigzanda wrote:
bluestate wrote:Jeremy is one of the few Ten songs that I'm not sick of hearing for some reason. Maybe it's because they don't play it to death live. But still, whenever I hear Off He Goes.... anywhere, on the shitter, at work, on the couch dreaming of asking my wife to have sex with me... it immediately conjures up beautiful images of No Code polaroids. Anything that reminds me of No Code polaroids is a winner.
...and then Matt Cameron SMASHES those Polaroids with heavy drumsticks!
So don't listen to his butchering of it. Go listen to how it was meant to be played.
Don't tell me how to live!

Matt's really scarred you, huh?

tragabigzanda · Post by **tragabigzanda** » Wed February 03, 2016 3:52 pm

EJ wrote:
tragabigzanda wrote:
EJ wrote:
tragabigzanda wrote:
bluestate wrote:Jeremy is one of the few Ten songs that I'm not sick of hearing for some reason. Maybe it's because they don't play it to death live. But still, whenever I hear Off He Goes.... anywhere, on the shitter, at work, on the couch dreaming of asking my wife to have sex with me... it immediately conjures up beautiful images of No Code polaroids. Anything that reminds me of No Code polaroids is a winner.
...and then Matt Cameron SMASHES those Polaroids with heavy drumsticks!
So don't listen to his butchering of it. Go listen to how it was meant to be played.
Don't tell me how to live!
Matt's really scarred you, huh?

William Bloke · Post by **William Bloke** » Thu February 04, 2016 1:45 pm

This wasn't an easy one, but yeah.

Jeremy in a canter.

Post by **stip** » Thu February 04, 2016 1:54 pm

These results are appalling

William Bloke · Post by **William Bloke** » Thu February 04, 2016 11:50 pm

stip wrote:These results are appalling

I have to agree.

BurtReynolds · Post by **BurtReynolds** » Thu February 04, 2016 11:53 pm

This really shouldn't even be that close. Off He Goes is widely considered a top 5 Pearl Jam song by almost everyone.

Red Mosquito

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