Round 1E: Dead Man vs. Speed of Sound vs. Black Red Yellow

Post by **stip** » Tue February 09, 2016 1:28 pm

Vote for your favorite

Post by **stip** » Tue February 09, 2016 1:43 pm

Dead Man is boring. Great atmosphere, but nothing worth listening to within it. There was some slight remix that appeared on itunes like a decade ago that was a bit improved, but this is definitley not a song I ever seek out.

I actually prefer the cacophony on Backspacer to the demo. the slightly disorienting noise feels appropriate, thematically. I actually wish they went further in that direction--something closer to sleight of hand. I don't think they could ultimately get where they wanted to with the country tinges in that song.

Black Red Yellow is one of the few examples of a playful song pre-Backspacer that is actually fun. I love everything about this song except maybe the dennis rodman answering machine bit. The instrumental breakdown, the main riff, eddie's double tracked vocals. This is a better song then a fair bit of No Code, and certainly should have been on the album over Mankind or Lukin (or I'm Open but that's doing something different)

BRY.

E.H. Ruddock · Post by **E.H. Ruddock** » Tue February 09, 2016 1:49 pm

The answer is BRY and if anyone disagrees I will gladly punch you in the face

Post by **evenslow** » Tue February 09, 2016 1:50 pm

Black Red Yellow is one of the underrated b-sides. Pearl Jam's version of The Who featuring Dennis Rodman on answering machine.

Also, "Hormones firin'/Like a 50 foot Roman, yeah" is a great great line.

Post by **Jorge** » Tue February 09, 2016 2:10 pm

"Dead Man" is probably Ed's best "moody" song. Something like "Speed of Sound" comes off as completely plastic in comparison. "Black Red Yellow" is great, but I gotta go with "Dead Man".

Kaius · Post by **Kaius** » Tue February 09, 2016 2:18 pm

E.H. Ruddock wrote:The answer is BRY and if anyone disagrees I will gladly punch you in the face

Bring it.

Dead Man, easily.

E.H. Ruddock · Post by **E.H. Ruddock** » Tue February 09, 2016 2:20 pm

Kaius wrote:
E.H. Ruddock wrote:The answer is BRY and if anyone disagrees I will gladly punch you in the face
Bring it.

Dead Man, easily.

This will be your face after I punch it.

ABNorman · Post by **ABNorman** » Tue February 09, 2016 2:23 pm

Based on the fact that on seeing "Black Red Yellow" I started strutting around the office mumbling "Hormones firin'..." to confused onlookers:

Black Red Yellow

darth_vedder · Post by **darth_vedder** » Tue February 09, 2016 2:40 pm

ABNorman · Post by **ABNorman** » Tue February 09, 2016 2:43 pm

darth_vedder wrote:

Spoiler: show

Kaius · Post by **Kaius** » Tue February 09, 2016 2:44 pm

E.H. Ruddock wrote:
Kaius wrote:
E.H. Ruddock wrote:The answer is BRY and if anyone disagrees I will gladly punch you in the face
Bring it.

Dead Man, easily.
This will be your face after I punch it.

Post by **epilogue** » Tue February 09, 2016 2:45 pm

darth_vedder wrote:

E.H. Ruddock · Post by **E.H. Ruddock** » Tue February 09, 2016 2:46 pm

Kaius wrote:
E.H. Ruddock wrote:
Kaius wrote:
E.H. Ruddock wrote:The answer is BRY and if anyone disagrees I will gladly punch you in the face
Bring it.

Dead Man, easily.
This will be your face after I punch it.

doone · Post by **doone** » Tue February 09, 2016 2:46 pm

Not really fussed about any of these.

E.H. Ruddock · Post by **E.H. Ruddock** » Tue February 09, 2016 2:46 pm

doone wrote:Not really fussed about any of these.

:/

vedder316 · Post by **vedder316** » Tue February 09, 2016 3:03 pm

I actually like all 3 of these, but for some reason BRY didn't always resonate with me. It does now, and has really grown on me. BRY gets my vote.

Post by **epilogue** » Tue February 09, 2016 3:11 pm

Yeah, this was actually a surprisingly difficult match for me. I really like all of these songs.

chewm · Post by **chewm** » Tue February 09, 2016 3:24 pm

Speed if Sound is one of the best songs of Backspacer.
BRY is so much better tho.

PHATJ · Post by **PHATJ** » Tue February 09, 2016 3:25 pm

chewm wrote:Speed if Sound is one of the best songs of Backspacer.
BRY is so much better tho.

Kevin Davis · Post by **Kevin Davis** » Tue February 09, 2016 3:28 pm

"Dead Man" and "BRY" are opposite sides of what was so great about Eddie's songwriting in 1995-6 -- a droning, low-pitched ballad and a fuzzy, lo-fi garage rocker. Tough match but I've gotta go with "Dead Man" for being the better raw compisition. "Speed of Sound" is okay but not in the same league.

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