Round 1F: 10 Billion Years vs. Light Years vs. Leavin' Here

darth_vedder · Post by **darth_vedder** » Thu February 11, 2016 6:18 pm

I really love the Lost Dogs version of Leaving Here; it's so good. I suppose Light Years is a little better, I don't know. I feel like I have to vote for it, especially b/c it's on Binaural, but I enjoy listening to Leaving Here more.

I also really like 10 Billion Years. It's that road I've mentioned PJ should explore a bit more, and that road is the alt Country road. The song almost sounds like it could be a Wilco song.

Post by **stip** » Thu February 11, 2016 7:07 pm

darth_vedder wrote:I really love the Lost Dogs version of Leaving Here; it's so good. I suppose Light Years is a little better, I don't know. I feel like I have to vote for it, especially b/c it's on Binaural, but I enjoy listening to Leaving Here more.

I also really like 10 Billion Years. It's that road I've mentioned PJ should explore a bit more, and that road is the alt Country road. The song almost sounds like it could be a Wilco song.

leaving here is different on lost dogs?

Post by **epilogue** » Thu February 11, 2016 7:07 pm

Prolly. Errything else is.

Leatherhead · Post by **Leatherhead** » Thu February 11, 2016 8:12 pm

I'd probably vote for Leavin' Here if so many people didn't convince me covers don't belong in this tournament. Light Years was at once close to my favorite Pearl Jam song, far from it now, but still pretty great. I'm not sure I've ever listened to 10 Billion Years, and not sure I care to.

E.H. Ruddock · Post by **E.H. Ruddock** » Thu February 11, 2016 8:16 pm

Leatherhead wrote:I'm not sure I've ever listened to 10 Billion Years, and not sure I care to.

why not? New pearl jam is always good, for the first listen at least.

darth_vedder · Post by **darth_vedder** » Thu February 11, 2016 8:51 pm

stip wrote:
darth_vedder wrote:I really love the Lost Dogs version of Leaving Here; it's so good. I suppose Light Years is a little better, I don't know. I feel like I have to vote for it, especially b/c it's on Binaural, but I enjoy listening to Leaving Here more.

I also really like 10 Billion Years. It's that road I've mentioned PJ should explore a bit more, and that road is the alt Country road. The song almost sounds like it could be a Wilco song.
leaving here is different on lost dogs?

I don't know. Is it? Was it a No Code era b-side? Did they record it just the one time in the studio? Was it released prior to Lost Dogs?

Birds in Hell · Post by **Birds in Hell** » Thu February 11, 2016 8:57 pm

Leavin' Here, quite comfortably my favourite cover by the band.

Birds in Hell · Post by **Birds in Hell** » Thu February 11, 2016 8:59 pm

darth_vedder wrote:Was it a No Code era b-side? Did they record it just the one time in the studio? Was it released prior to Lost Dogs?

It was released on the benefit album Home Alive: The Art of Self-Defense in early 1996.

http://www.discogs.com/Various-Home-Ali ... se/1233734

Exactly the same on Lost Dogs, I think.

Post by **evenslow** » Thu February 11, 2016 9:15 pm

Strictly for the musical performance they captured on record, it's Leavin' Here.

LetMeSleep · Post by **LetMeSleep** » Thu February 11, 2016 9:32 pm

Light Years never felt right for me. I think it was that Ed stayed in that vocal area for the whole song and it didn't go anywhere. A few years ago it hit me hard and I know I was a dumbass for not loving this song before.

Leaving Here is great and could win the PJ cover competition that Stip will now run someday.

10 Billion Years is lovely too.

LoathedVermin72 · Thu February 11, 2016 9:36 pm

I fucking love "Light Years"

Thu February 11, 2016 9:41 pm

why dont i know what 10 billion years is?

Post by **stip** » Thu February 11, 2016 9:43 pm

it was on those leaked S/T demos from last year or so.

bada · Post by **bada** » Thu February 11, 2016 9:52 pm

Dr. Van Nostrand wrote:why dont i know what 10 billion years is?

It's one of those songs you don't recognize but when you listen to it you say "oh I've heard this" then you forget again.

Thu February 11, 2016 10:01 pm

stip wrote:it was on those leaked S/T demos from last year or so.

ah, that makes sense, im pretty sure i downloaded them and they are on my ipod but ive only listened once or twice

LetMeSleep · Post by **LetMeSleep** » Thu February 11, 2016 10:01 pm

Doc, grab the Ridley comp for ST. It's top work.

Post by **epilogue** » Thu February 11, 2016 11:08 pm

I'm gonna listen to 10 Billion Years on repeat and cry into my wine.

GOOD DAY

BurtReynolds · Post by **BurtReynolds** » Thu February 11, 2016 11:12 pm

ten bajillion years

seba88arg · Post by **seba88arg** » Fri February 12, 2016 12:22 am

Light Years is a top 6 song for me. The other two are ok.

Kevin Davis · Post by **Kevin Davis** » Fri February 12, 2016 1:34 am

I don't care for the studio version of "Leaving Here" -- I don't know if it's mixed weird or what, but it always just felt "off" to me somehow (this is probably because I heard a dozen live versions before even realizing a studio version existed). At its best, though, it really is one of PJ's best covers, despite the fact that Eddie has been playing the exact same lead riff during the break since 1995.

I like "Light Years" more, though -- it's a thoughtful composition, and it pushes its sentimentality as far as it can without crossing over into mawkishness. I love the "composed leads" during the instrumental bridge.

Red Mosquito

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