Fatal vs. Breath vs. Wash

[tragabigzanda]

The Trump gif was just too much for me to handle. Joey knows how hurtful those sorts of images can be.

[LoathedVermin72]

Changing my vote to Breath since apparently Wash has no chance.

[tragabigzanda]

goddammit

[tragabigzanda]

So there's a pool of six votes we need to fight over.

Fellow Washers, allow me to state my case:

I originally voted for Wash too. I know it to be the superior song in this round. But progressive politics is about compromise. A vote for Breath is a vote for a memory. It was amazing in '93; it was legendary by '98 because of its live rarity. But it's lost some of it's luster. It doesn't quite soar the way it used to. And while it's loose, edgy grooves are still loose, edgy, and groovy, it has taken a firm place as SOLAT's gentle little brother.

Fatal, on the other hand, represents a modern rarity: A song with Matt Cameron on drums, that takes a gentle, and dare I say fragile, approach to the band's strengths. A song in which Eddie is able to croon with an authenticity missing from other late-period attempts. He shares mysterious lyrics about "a suit and a tie," some sort of codependent conflict that takes place in April, with (presumably) one participant a man who lets his own sense of ego dictate his approach to finding a parking space. A song in which an older Stone Gossard is still able to surprise you with his guitar work, chords climbing over each other in a way that you would never quite expect, but somehow feels both new and familiar...

Do the right thing tonight, fellow progressive Washers. Vote Fatal for this round. Together we can carry the torch for Pearl Jam's softer, mysterious side...

[LoathedVermin72]

No, vote Breath or I'll pound your face in

[tragabigzanda]

Compelling stuff indeed.

[LoathedVermin72]

thanks chud

[tragabigzanda]

if only wease weren't on a Star Wars cruise, he'd take up my cause.

[epilogue]

No, vote Breath or I'll pound your face in

[epilogue]

The Trump gif was just too much for me to handle. Joey knows how hurtful those sorts of images can be.

There's still time to do the right thing, friend.

[tragabigzanda]

The Trump gif was just too much for me to handle. Joey knows how hurtful those sorts of images can be.

There's still time to do the right thing, friend.

I'll see you in hell, Breathy.

[epilogue]

The Trump gif was just too much for me to handle. Joey knows how hurtful those sorts of images can be.

There's still time to do the right thing, friend.

I'll see you in hell, Breathy.

I... I'm so sorry...

[Birds in Hell]

Hmm, tempted to change my vote to Fatal now if it'll help knock Breath out.

[LetMeSleep]

Hmm, tempted to change my vote to Fatal now if it'll help knock Breath out.

The 2 party preferred system in play.

[Leatherhead]

Wash > fatal > breath

[tragabigzanda]

Wash > fatal > breath

I feel you

[thesound]

I might need to change my vote... When does this thing close!?

[stip]

sometime between 7 and 8 pm est

[stip]

And if I may take a moment to speak to my Wash friends, a vote for Breath is not a vote for simple Ten era nostalgia. It is a celebration of what drew so many if us to Pearl Jam in the first place. The roaring guitars, the celebration of solidarity through music, the iron conviction that if everyone just believed together we could bring some clarity to this flawed and confusing world, all filtered through one man's impossible voice and the music that understood how to showcase and somehow not be overshadowed by it.

Plus arguably the best bridge in pearl jam's catalog

[LoathedVermin72]

Hmm, now I kind of want to vote for Fatal