Round H: Inside Job vs. 1/2 Full vs. Yellow Ledbetter

Post by **stip** » Mon February 15, 2016 11:58 am

Vote for your favorite

Post by **Mike** » Mon February 15, 2016 12:07 pm

Easy vote for Yellow Ledbetter.

Post by **stip** » Mon February 15, 2016 12:09 pm

Inside Job is a pretty good song with some unfortunate lyrics i'm willing to overlook given their source. But even without the merits it's hardly the grand epic it wants to be.

1/2 Full really comes into its own live, but Riot Act sucks too much of the life out of this Red Mosquito clone. I can justify it thematically, but it still makes it a less enjoyable listen.

I like Yellow Ledbetter when I get it live, though I always skip it on a bootleg. But the studio version of this song (what I primarily care about) remains one of the most beautiful things the band has ever committed to record, musically and especially Ed's performance. A top twenty song for sure. Sometimes a top 10

Yellow Ledbetter easily

doone · Post by **doone** » Mon February 15, 2016 1:21 pm

Actively dislike Inside Job and Ledbetter so Half Full by default.

Post by **stip** » Mon February 15, 2016 1:39 pm

how can anyone dislike yellow ledbetter?

BurtReynolds · Post by **BurtReynolds** » Mon February 15, 2016 1:40 pm

I actually like Half Full a lot.

Post by **stip** » Mon February 15, 2016 1:42 pm

It's not a favorite, but it's not a song I'd question if someone said it was.

doone · Post by **doone** » Mon February 15, 2016 1:48 pm

stip wrote:how can anyone dislike yellow ledbetter?

doesn't flip my switch stip, I especially dislike it live.

chewm · Post by **chewm** » Mon February 15, 2016 3:10 pm

Inside Job by some margin, and I'm completely serious.

E.H. Ruddock · Post by **E.H. Ruddock** » Mon February 15, 2016 3:12 pm

chewm wrote:Inside Job by some margin, and I'm completely serious.

I like Inside Job a lot more than most people around here. Good to see someone else giving it some love. Unfortunately it isn't as good as YL for me.

darth_vedder · Post by **darth_vedder** » Mon February 15, 2016 3:14 pm

I like the ending jam on 1/2 Full, there is a really cool version of it from Live at Easy St. Would recommend listening to it before voting.

Post by **evenslow** » Mon February 15, 2016 4:33 pm

Yellow Ledbetter is fucking great.

Post by **Bammer** » Mon February 15, 2016 6:18 pm

I really, really, really, really love Inside Job and I want the world to know it.

Kevin Davis · Post by **Kevin Davis** » Mon February 15, 2016 6:33 pm

I always forget how much I like "Yellow Ledbetter." The original version is lovely, and I've loved many live versions -- back when the 2000 boots were new, I would look forward with each new to hearing how Mike was going to phrase his brief 8-bar solo. I have always preferred Mike's major key, pentatonic-scale playing ("YL," "I Am Mine," "Off He Goes") to his wah-wah Van Halen showboating.

I like "1/2 Full" a lot but it doesn't beat "YL" for me.

Post by **The Argonaut** » Mon February 15, 2016 6:34 pm

chewm wrote:Inside Job by some margin, and I'm completely serious.

i'm with you

tragabigzanda · Post by **tragabigzanda** » Mon February 15, 2016 7:16 pm

I had a period -- when I was learning to play guitar -- where I thought YL was one of the greatest songs ever. But that was many years ago...

1/2 Full, easily. It didn't click until I saw it live, and now I love that song to no end.

WaitingForBluey · Mon February 15, 2016 7:17 pm

darth_vedder wrote:I like the ending jam on 1/2 Full, there is a really cool version of it from Live at Easy St. Would recommend listening to it before voting.

agreed

LetMeSleep · Post by **LetMeSleep** » Mon February 15, 2016 8:14 pm

YL by default as the other two are rather average.

Post by **epilogue** » Mon February 15, 2016 10:17 pm

LetMeSleep wrote:YL by default as the other two are rather average.

EJ · Post by EJ » Mon February 15, 2016 10:20 pm

tragabigzanda wrote:I had a period -- when I was learning to play guitar -- where I thought YL was one of the greatest songs ever. But that was many years ago...

1/2 Full, easily. It didn't click until I saw it live, and now I love that song to no end.

Same feelings here. And, whenever I want to bask in that song's bigtime outtro I watch the Chop Suey video performance.

Red Mosquito