Aye Davanita vs. Nothingman vs. Pry, To

Post by **stip** » Tue March 14, 2017 10:08 pm

Voting ends 3/15

It's double elimination, baby!

Post by **epilogue** » Tue March 14, 2017 10:16 pm

Now see, I do actually love all three of these. But I love Pry, To mostly as an intro to Corduroy and in the context of the whole record. On it's own, it's way out of its depth. Aye Davanita is amazing and I would take it over plenty of other songs. Like Satan's Bed or StBC.

Nothingman is beautiful. I love it so much. If, somehow, Aye Davanita finds a way to win, I'll be fine with that. But I have to go with Nothingman.

LoathedVermin72 · Post by **LoathedVermin72** » Tue March 14, 2017 10:18 pm

I would have voted for just about anything on Vitalogy but these two songs (and Stupid Mop) over Nothingman. Oh well.

chewm · Post by **chewm** » Tue March 14, 2017 10:24 pm

Nothingman is one of my favorite things this band has done.
It has an easy match, but I'd also vote for it over amost everything this round.

LetMeSleep · Post by **LetMeSleep** » Tue March 14, 2017 10:30 pm

Nothing man is so gentle and affecting.

bodysnatcher · Post by **bodysnatcher** » Tue March 14, 2017 11:31 pm

Aye Davanita

ABNorman · Post by **ABNorman** » Tue March 14, 2017 11:36 pm

Aye Davanita has managed a coupla R2 appearances.
Pry, To, not so much.
Nothingman's best was a R4 loss to In Hiding way back in 2005.

PHATJ · Post by **PHATJ** » Wed March 15, 2017 12:06 am

Nothingman is wonderful and easily gets the vote.

Chris_H_2 · Post by **Chris_H_2** » Wed March 15, 2017 12:06 am

so people are actually voting for 2 filler "songs" over nothingman? it's not my favorite song by any means, but yikes.

Birds in Hell · Post by **Birds in Hell** » Wed March 15, 2017 12:10 am

Pry, To.

I love it.

EJ · Post by EJ » Wed March 15, 2017 1:19 am

Aye Davanita is a gem.

LoathedVermin72 · Post by **LoathedVermin72** » Wed March 15, 2017 1:45 am

Birds in Hell wrote:Pry, To.

I love it.

I must admit I changed my vote to this

Post by **evenslow** » Wed March 15, 2017 2:56 am

Aye Fucking Davanita

Kevin Davis · Post by **Kevin Davis** » Wed March 15, 2017 3:01 am

"Aye Davanita" is a nice little groove-jam, nothing more, and "Pry To" is no more consequential on its own than the little feedback loop between "Satan's Bed" and "Better Man." Plus if P-R-I-V-A-C-Y was so priceless to him, why include this candid little snippet of slurred nonsense as a standalone track? Weird how in so many ways their hatred-of-fame album seems to contain more stupid rock star excess wankery than anything else they ever made.

"Nothingman" seems to have found its fair share of detractors of late, but I rate it pretty highly among early PJ tunes. Easy vote.

Norah · Post by **Norah** » Wed March 15, 2017 3:02 am

Nothingman is gorgeous.

Higgs · Post by **Higgs** » Wed March 15, 2017 4:02 am

Yeah, if you're 14.

tragabigzanda · Post by **tragabigzanda** » Wed March 15, 2017 4:04 am

Kevin Davis wrote:"Aye Davanita" is a nice little groove-jam, nothing more, and "Pry To" is no more consequential on its own than the little feedback loop between "Satan's Bed" and "Better Man." Plus if P-R-I-V-A-C-Y was so priceless to him, why include this candid little snippet of slurred nonsense as a standalone track? Weird how in so many ways their hatred-of-fame album seems to contain more stupid rock star excess wankery than anything else they ever made.

"Nothingman" seems to have found its fair share of detractors of late, but I rate it pretty highly among early PJ tunes. Easy vote.

Bummed to hear you're not a fan of the experimentation. It's part of what makes this my favorite album of all time.

tragabigzanda · Post by **tragabigzanda** » Wed March 15, 2017 4:07 am

cutuphalfdead wrote:Nothingman is gorgeous.

Hallelujah

Post by **stip** » Wed March 15, 2017 7:25 am

Kevin Davis wrote:"Aye Davanita" is a nice little groove-jam, nothing more, and "Pry To" is no more consequential on its own than the little feedback loop between "Satan's Bed" and "Better Man." Plus if P-R-I-V-A-C-Y was so priceless to him, why include this candid little snippet of slurred nonsense as a standalone track? Weird how in so many ways their hatred-of-fame album seems to contain more stupid rock star excess wankery than anything else they ever made.

"Nothingman" seems to have found its fair share of detractors of late, but I rate it pretty highly among early PJ tunes. Easy vote.

Agreed on all counts

Kevin Davis · Post by **Kevin Davis** » Wed March 15, 2017 12:42 pm

tragabigzanda wrote:
Kevin Davis wrote:"Aye Davanita" is a nice little groove-jam, nothing more, and "Pry To" is no more consequential on its own than the little feedback loop between "Satan's Bed" and "Better Man." Plus if P-R-I-V-A-C-Y was so priceless to him, why include this candid little snippet of slurred nonsense as a standalone track? Weird how in so many ways their hatred-of-fame album seems to contain more stupid rock star excess wankery than anything else they ever made.

"Nothingman" seems to have found its fair share of detractors of late, but I rate it pretty highly among early PJ tunes. Easy vote.
Bummed to hear you're not a fan of the experimentation. It's part of what makes this my favorite album of all time.

Those few minor tracks have never been enough to cause "Vitalogy" to feel experimental to me; the bulk of the songwriting either hangs comfortably in familiar territory, or inches forward slightly from previous works, but overall, it's not PJ's visionary breaking point. I enjoy "Aye Davanita," but think people overstate its artistic ambition, and "Bugs" always makes me laugh. But to me "No Code" is much more in line with what I think of when I think of musical experimentation -- a questioning of how to grow and evolve the music within a form, as part of the overall artistic movement of the band, not just brashly cluttering your record with self-conscious one-off indulgences.

Red Mosquito