Round 1D: Red Mosquito vs. Breakerfall vs. Footsteps

Post by **stip** » Sun February 07, 2016 1:23 pm

Vote for your favorite

Post by **stip** » Sun February 07, 2016 1:40 pm

Red Mosquito is a great song that serves as a perfect segue between the desperate need for answers on Vitalogy and the halting presentation of them on No Code.

Footsteps is overwrought as hell. It was just years until I cared since Eddie's performance is so raw.

Breakerfall was much improved when it became Gonna See My Friend. This song has everything I like in pearl jam but somehow feels flat and compressed and fairly uninteresting in its final form.

E.H. Ruddock · Post by **E.H. Ruddock** » Sun February 07, 2016 2:13 pm

Footsteps shouldn't win because it isn't even the best version of itself. Times of Trouble is better.

My vote is RM

LoathedVermin72 · Sun February 07, 2016 2:32 pm

"Breakerfall", for sure. RM has never been one of my favorites.

PHATJ · Post by **PHATJ** » Sun February 07, 2016 4:14 pm

I voted Breakerfall because I've always loved the song and it should get more love around here. In reality though, Red Mosquito is the better song.

Kaius · Post by **Kaius** » Sun February 07, 2016 4:16 pm

I am pretty torn between RM and Breakerfall.

Norah · Post by **Norah** » Sun February 07, 2016 4:22 pm

It's Breakerfall.

Post by **Bammer** » Sun February 07, 2016 4:50 pm

TOUGH choice, but... Breakerfall

PHATJ · Post by **PHATJ** » Sun February 07, 2016 5:27 pm

Hey, Breakerfall is making a match of it! Only down two votes right now! Team Breakerfall

doone · Post by **doone** » Sun February 07, 2016 5:37 pm

PHATJ wrote:I voted Breakerfall because I've always loved the song and it should get more love around here. In reality though, Red Mosquito is the better song.

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E.H. Ruddock · Post by **E.H. Ruddock** » Sun February 07, 2016 5:50 pm

doone wrote:
PHATJ wrote:I voted Breakerfall because I've always loved the song and it should get more love around here. In reality though, Red Mosquito is the better song.
this

So you guys aren't voting for the better song is what you're saying.

"I don't know how Trump is president? I mean sure, I voted for him because I thought it was fun, but I knew he wasn't the best candidate"

doone · Post by **doone** » Sun February 07, 2016 5:53 pm

E.H. Ruddock wrote:
doone wrote:
PHATJ wrote:I voted Breakerfall because I've always loved the song and it should get more love around here. In reality though, Red Mosquito is the better song.
this
So you guys aren't voting for the better song is what you're saying.

"I don't know how Trump is president? I mean sure, I voted for him because I thought it was fun, but I knew he wasn't the best candidate"

Right, I'm voting for the song that I never skip because unlike your example, this vote is just for shits & giggles.

E.H. Ruddock · Post by **E.H. Ruddock** » Sun February 07, 2016 6:25 pm

doone wrote:
E.H. Ruddock wrote:
doone wrote:
PHATJ wrote:I voted Breakerfall because I've always loved the song and it should get more love around here. In reality though, Red Mosquito is the better song.
this
So you guys aren't voting for the better song is what you're saying.

"I don't know how Trump is president? I mean sure, I voted for him because I thought it was fun, but I knew he wasn't the best candidate"

Right, I'm voting for the song that I never skip because unlike your example, this vote is just for shits & giggles.

I take Pearl Jam more serious than the presidential election tho

Post by **Bammer** » Sun February 07, 2016 6:27 pm

E.H. Ruddock wrote:I take Pearl Jam more serious than the presidential election tho

Kevin Davis · Post by **Kevin Davis** » Sun February 07, 2016 6:48 pm

I do too, which is why "Red Mosquito" can be the only choice here.

PHATJ · Post by **PHATJ** » Sun February 07, 2016 7:11 pm

E.H. Ruddock wrote:
doone wrote:
PHATJ wrote:I voted Breakerfall because I've always loved the song and it should get more love around here. In reality though, Red Mosquito is the better song.
this
So you guys aren't voting for the better song is what you're saying.

"I don't know how Trump is president? I mean sure, I voted for him because I thought it was fun, but I knew he wasn't the best candidate"

No, its more like these are both songs I like a lot. In fact, I probably would give them both four stars. I said RM was the "better song" because I believe that structurally it probably is superior. But my personal enjoyment of the songs is basically equal. And I also know that I've been a strong proponent of RM in previous tournaments and I know it has typically advanced much further than Breakerfall. With that in mind, and knowing that Breakerfall generally doesn't get much attention around these parts, I decided to give it my support. It's like having two friends that I equally like in the running for homecoming king, and I am choosing to support the one that usually gets ignored by most people while the other is already popular without my help.

Norah · Post by **Norah** » Sun February 07, 2016 7:45 pm

I voted for Breakerfall because it's the better song.

Post by **The Argonaut** » Sun February 07, 2016 7:51 pm

cutuphalfdead wrote:I voted for Breakerfall because it's the better song.

LetMeSleep · Post by **LetMeSleep** » Sun February 07, 2016 9:17 pm

LoathedVermin72 wrote:"Breakerfall", for sure. RM has never been one of my favorites.

Shit I'm agreeing with LV a fair bit this round. Times of trouble.

Birds in Hell · Post by **Birds in Hell** » Sun February 07, 2016 9:21 pm

I think Breakerfall kind of...sucks? Not "late period Pearl Jam sucks" but I think it's definitely one of the weaker moments in the band's 1990-2000 catalogue. It's loud and driving but rings kind of hollow for me, like a detached genre exercise that presents well but doesn't tap into a tangible sense of power and urgency.

Easy vote for Red Mosquito.

Red Mosquito