Round 1C: Parting Ways vs. Once vs. Gremmie Out of Control

Post by **stip** » Fri February 05, 2016 1:42 pm

Vote for your favorite

E.H. Ruddock · Post by **E.H. Ruddock** » Fri February 05, 2016 1:44 pm

iceagecoming's version of Parting Ways

Post by **stip** » Fri February 05, 2016 1:45 pm

that would get my vote, but instead it's once. In particular the RVM mix.

PHATJ · Post by **PHATJ** » Fri February 05, 2016 1:45 pm

Parting Ways

LoathedVermin72 · Fri February 05, 2016 1:56 pm

"Once" extremely, EXTREMELY easily.

Post by **Bammer** » Fri February 05, 2016 2:03 pm

Once. In a landslide.

This, along with Go and Animal, is probably also on my running mix. More PJ on there than I thought.

ABNorman · Post by **ABNorman** » Fri February 05, 2016 2:16 pm

Parting Ways, you dolts.

William Bloke · Post by **William Bloke** » Fri February 05, 2016 2:28 pm

PHATJ wrote:Parting Ways

Kevin Davis · Post by **Kevin Davis** » Fri February 05, 2016 3:35 pm

Voting for "Parting Ways" because I don't think "Once" is very good live anymore.

LoathedVermin72 · Fri February 05, 2016 3:35 pm

Kevin Davis wrote:Voting for "Parting Ways" because I don't think "Once" is very good live anymore.

Post by **Jorge** » Fri February 05, 2016 3:39 pm

"Parting Ways" has kind of lost its luster, but I always found "Once" really embarrassing. I almost want to vote for "Gremmie", but I guess I'll go with "Parting Ways".

chewm · Post by **chewm** » Fri February 05, 2016 6:02 pm

"Parting Ways" extremely, EXTREMELY easily.

Best pearl jam song of the 00s.

LoathedVermin72 · Fri February 05, 2016 6:05 pm

"Parting Ways" is fine but I'm beginning to see that RM wildly overrates it.

Post by **epilogue** » Fri February 05, 2016 6:08 pm

LoathedVermin72 wrote:"Parting Ways" is fine but I'm beginning to see that RM wildly overrates it.

Yep.

It's a nice song. But it's not far and away better than Once. I voted for PW because I like the lyrics better. That's about the only reason.

Kevin Davis · Post by **Kevin Davis** » Fri February 05, 2016 6:58 pm

I have a softer spot for "Gremmie" than I do for many of PJ's goof-off tracks, as it was one of the first times I got to experience a newly released PJ track. I played it a lot more than I otherwise might have as a result. And Stone's surfer vocals are a treasure.

I don't think I rate "Parting Ways" as highly as some around here do, but it's also a song I forget to seek out, so when it comes around, it draws from a reserve of power that other PJ songs don't necessarily possess. I like the contrast between the E and E minor chords in the main progression.

Simple Torture · Post by **Simple Torture** » Fri February 05, 2016 7:40 pm

I always thought Once was always a little over-rated. Parting Ways is perfectly rated: it's a great, moody song on an album full of great atmospherics. Love it.

Birds in Hell · Post by **Birds in Hell** » Fri February 05, 2016 9:04 pm

LoathedVermin72 wrote:"Once" extremely, EXTREMELY easily.

Bammer wrote:Once. In a landslide.

Yes.

Parting Ways is a dull, draining slog.

Once is one of my favourite Pearl Jam songs.

Post by **stip** » Fri February 05, 2016 10:27 pm

draining is a good word to describe it. which is perfect for what the song does but makes it less enjoyable to listen to. ive always preferred the live versions.

and, of course, iceagecoming's masterpiece

tragabigzanda · Post by **tragabigzanda** » Fri February 05, 2016 10:39 pm

First time I heard Parting Ways, I thought "what the fuck? this sounds like a more depressing Long Road." That hasn't changed...
Gremmie by a landslide, for being one of the best examples of the band having honest-to-god fun.

Post by **stip** » Fri February 05, 2016 10:48 pm

thank you - some people deny the overwhelming long road similarities

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