Last Exit vs. Betterman

Post by **stip** » Mon March 20, 2017 11:12 pm

Voting ends 3/21

Winner advances to main tournament

LoathedVermin72 · Post by **LoathedVermin72** » Mon March 20, 2017 11:14 pm

Last Exit. Not even close.

LetMeSleep · Post by **LetMeSleep** » Mon March 20, 2017 11:15 pm

Last Exit 2017

Post by **stip** » Mon March 20, 2017 11:17 pm

I hate voting against betterman, but Last Exit is the second best song in the prelims.

chewm · Post by **chewm** » Mon March 20, 2017 11:34 pm

Betterman, but I won't be mad when Last Exit wins.

darth_vedder · Post by **darth_vedder** » Mon March 20, 2017 11:42 pm

Last Exit. It's probably a top 10 PJ song for me.

PHATJ · Post by **PHATJ** » Mon March 20, 2017 11:43 pm

Last Exit gets the vote. Better Man is great too.

bodysnatcher · Post by **bodysnatcher** » Mon March 20, 2017 11:45 pm

Last Exit. But if it was Betterman (live) then it might be a closer call for me.

darth_vedder · Post by **darth_vedder** » Mon March 20, 2017 11:45 pm

PHATJ wrote:Better Man is great too.

It really is. I think maybe more than any other PJ song, I take this one for granted. It was so popular I discarded it and would preach the deep cuts like In My Tree, Faithfull, or Insignificance but all things considered, Betterman really is one of their best songs.

PHATJ · Post by **PHATJ** » Mon March 20, 2017 11:49 pm

darth_vedder wrote:
PHATJ wrote:Better Man is great too.
It really is. I think maybe more than any other PJ song, I take this one for granted. It was so popular I discarded it and would preach the deep cuts like In My Tree, Faithfull, or Insignificance but all things considered, Betterman really is one of their best songs.

I did the same. Never disliked it, but basically discarded it for years. Once I gave it some credit I really began to appreciate and enjoy it again.

Birds in Hell · Post by **Birds in Hell** » Mon March 20, 2017 11:51 pm

LetMeSleep wrote:Last Exit 2017

Post by **evenslow** » Tue March 21, 2017 12:48 am

LetMeSleep wrote:Last Exit 2017

wease · Post by **wease** » Tue March 21, 2017 1:18 am

LoathedVermin72 wrote:Last Exit. Not even close.

Kaius · Post by **Kaius** » Tue March 21, 2017 1:25 am

My 3 year old wilds out to the first three Vitalogy tracks and that makes me happy.

Higgs · Post by **Higgs** » Tue March 21, 2017 1:46 am

PHATJ wrote:Last Exit gets the vote. Better Man is great too.

Post by **epilogue** » Tue March 21, 2017 2:12 am

Last Exit.

Post by **evenslow** » Tue March 21, 2017 2:46 am

I love Betterman but this blowout is encouraging.

digster · Post by **digster** » Tue March 21, 2017 4:04 pm

I love Better Man, and I think it's come to be fairly underrated, in some ways. But it's not Last Exit. In a way, the song sounds like a culmination of everything the band was going for in those early years. It has the brute aggression of their early stuff, is chock full of "rhythmic things that butt up against each other in a cool way," but has that sandpaper rawness that Ed brought to the Vitalogy material.

Post by **epilogue** » Tue March 21, 2017 4:08 pm

I remember hearing Betterman for the first time. It's a great memory for me and one of the reasons I adore the song so much. It's a great song that I feel is easy to toss aside because of it's "hit" status and the fact that it's been overplayed for 20 years. But it's still a highlight in Pearl Jam's career and I never tire of it.

Last Exit is still the better song, though. And, I think, a far more rewarding listen all these years later.

bodysnatcher · Post by **bodysnatcher** » Tue March 21, 2017 5:40 pm

Betterman is one hell of a pop song. Probably the best pop-rock song I know of, whether I'm a big PJ fan or not. But it doesn't touch Last Exit.

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