Nothingman is good but I've always found it kind of a drag. It's from that same Low Light/Yellow Moon vein of Jeff's songwriting that I find quite hard to enjoy.
Don't Gimme No Lip is a blast, one of the band's best straight-up garage rockers and the bridge is wonderful.
I'm a pretty solid fan of Sweet Lew too so this was a pretty close call but I can't go past DGNL.
Round H: Sweet Lew vs. Don't Gimmie No Lip vs. Nothingman
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Re: Round H: Sweet Lew vs. Don't Gimmie No Lip vs. Nothingma
Yellow Moon is absolute garbage. Low Light is one of the best things Pearl Jam has ever done. Let's not compare the two.
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Re: Round H: Sweet Lew vs. Don't Gimmie No Lip vs. Nothingma
I'm with Spenno on LL. It's a drag.
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Re: Round H: Sweet Lew vs. Don't Gimmie No Lip vs. Nothingma
Sweet Lew, No Lip and Nothingman sound like horror movie bad guys
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Re: Round H: Sweet Lew vs. Don't Gimmie No Lip vs. Nothingma
Low Light should win the whole thing.
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Re: Round H: Sweet Lew vs. Don't Gimmie No Lip vs. Nothingma
cutuphalfdead wrote:Nothingman is one of my favorite Pearl Jam recordings. It just sounds so good.
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Re: Round H: Sweet Lew vs. Don't Gimmie No Lip vs. Nothingma
But I do think the others are a ton of fun. But Nothingman is in a different category.
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Re: Round H: Sweet Lew vs. Don't Gimmie No Lip vs. Nothingma
This should be a shutout.
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Re: Round H: Sweet Lew vs. Don't Gimmie No Lip vs. Nothingma
Fair enough. I've always found him to be a limited, but competent singer; not a terrible voice, but not particularly interesting, either.Kevin Davis wrote:The "NAIS" and "Other Side" demos, and a few things from his own albums. I agree that "Sweet Lew" is different (it's more of a rap than anything), but I still feel the same way about his voice -- even when he's singing backup for PJ, I feel like he always just seems a little off. It's cool -- not everyone's cut out to be a singer.Brett wrote:KD, have you heard Jeff sing lead on any song besides "Sweet Lew"? Whatever he's doing on that song, it isn't his normal singing voice.