Gonna See My Friend vs. Force of Nature

Post by **stip** » Thu March 23, 2017 10:53 pm

Voting ends 3/24

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Post by **stip** » Thu March 23, 2017 10:57 pm

I love both of these, but FoN is possibly a top 20 song, and probably in my top 5 or 6 post Yield. But that's a scary place none of you want to visit.

darth_vedder · Post by **darth_vedder** » Thu March 23, 2017 11:05 pm

GSMF I guess.

LetMeSleep · Post by **LetMeSleep** » Thu March 23, 2017 11:07 pm

FoN is corny as hell. It starts and I groan. 10 secs in it picks up it's groove and I'm hooked. Not essential PJ but essential PRAMG PJ. It's one of 2-3 moments on BS that has the space to stretch out and breathe.

tragabigzanda · Post by **tragabigzanda** » Thu March 23, 2017 11:12 pm

These are two of the best tracks we have of the PRAMG years, but neither hold a candle to anything that came before. I think the drum and bass sounds on FoN are pretty good, so I'll vote for that.

Post by **Jorge** » Thu March 23, 2017 11:16 pm

"Gonna See My Friend" is definitely the best Pearl Jam song about being excited to see your friend

tragabigzanda · Post by **tragabigzanda** » Thu March 23, 2017 11:27 pm

theplatypus wrote:"Gonna See My Friend" is definitely the best Pearl Jam song about being excited to see your friend

Other songs covering similar subject matter:

Lukin (going to see his drummer friend)
Elderly Woman (going to see an estranged friend)
Black, Red, Yellow (Eddie's the friend, and he's not home)
4/20/02 (you're not gonna see that friend any more)
Around the Bend (goodnight, friend)
Come Back (come back, friend)
I Am Mine (I'm my own best friend)
Inside Job (I'm my own best friend)
Other Side (so long, friend)
Parting Ways (so long, friend)
Porch (why didn't you leave a message, friend?)
Save You (I'll help you, friend)
Spin the Black Circle (music is my friend)
Wishlist (I wish I was your friend)
You Are (you are an important friend)

PHATJ · Post by **PHATJ** » Thu March 23, 2017 11:28 pm

Force of Nature is a decent song, which puts it near the top of Backspacer and somewhere in the bottom half of all PJ. Gonna See My Friend is poop.

EJ · Post by EJ » Thu March 23, 2017 11:30 pm

tragabigzanda wrote:
theplatypus wrote:"Gonna See My Friend" is definitely the best Pearl Jam song about being excited to see your friend
Other songs covering similar subject matter:

Lukin (going to see his drummer friend)
Elderly Woman (going to see an estranged friend)
Black, Red, Yellow (Eddie's the friend, and he's not home)
4/20/02 (you're not gonna see that friend any more)
Around the Bend (goodnight, friend)
Come Back (come back, friend)
I Am Mine (I'm my own best friend)
Inside Job (I'm my own best friend)
Other Side (so long, friend)
Parting Ways (so long, friend)
Porch (why didn't you leave a message, friend?)
Save You (I'll help you, friend)
Spin the Black Circle (music is my friend)
Wishlist (I wish I was your friend)
You Are (you are an important friend)

A really important one:

I am the shoreline,
But you're the sea
The sea

tragabigzanda · Post by **tragabigzanda** » Thu March 23, 2017 11:33 pm

EJ wrote:
tragabigzanda wrote:
theplatypus wrote:"Gonna See My Friend" is definitely the best Pearl Jam song about being excited to see your friend
Other songs covering similar subject matter:

Lukin (going to see his drummer friend)
Elderly Woman (going to see an estranged friend)
Black, Red, Yellow (Eddie's the friend, and he's not home)
4/20/02 (you're not gonna see that friend any more)
Around the Bend (goodnight, friend)
Come Back (come back, friend)
I Am Mine (I'm my own best friend)
Inside Job (I'm my own best friend)
Other Side (so long, friend)
Parting Ways (so long, friend)
Porch (why didn't you leave a message, friend?)
Save You (I'll help you, friend)
Spin the Black Circle (music is my friend)
Wishlist (I wish I was your friend)
You Are (you are an important friend)
A really important one:

I am the shoreline,
But you're the sea
The sea

All Ed's other friends are totally jealous of the ocean.

Post by **evenslow** » Thu March 23, 2017 11:35 pm

Gonna See My Friend, especially from 1:40 on. Hard as a statue, my friends.

Post by **stip** » Thu March 23, 2017 11:35 pm

tragabigzanda wrote:
EJ wrote:
tragabigzanda wrote:
theplatypus wrote:"Gonna See My Friend" is definitely the best Pearl Jam song about being excited to see your friend
Other songs covering similar subject matter:

Lukin (going to see his drummer friend)
Elderly Woman (going to see an estranged friend)
Black, Red, Yellow (Eddie's the friend, and he's not home)
4/20/02 (you're not gonna see that friend any more)
Around the Bend (goodnight, friend)
Come Back (come back, friend)
I Am Mine (I'm my own best friend)
Inside Job (I'm my own best friend)
Other Side (so long, friend)
Parting Ways (so long, friend)
Porch (why didn't you leave a message, friend?)
Save You (I'll help you, friend)
Spin the Black Circle (music is my friend)
Wishlist (I wish I was your friend)
You Are (you are an important friend)
A really important one:

I am the shoreline,
But you're the sea
The sea
All Ed's other friends are totally jealous of the ocean.

tragabigzanda · Post by **tragabigzanda** » Thu March 23, 2017 11:36 pm

evenslow wrote:Gonna See My Friend, especially from 1:40 on. Hard as a statue, my friends.

That's one of the few times in the last ten years when Ed actually sounds like he's having fun, rather than presenting the idea of fun.

Post by **stip** » Thu March 23, 2017 11:38 pm

it's a great song, no doubt about it.

But there's so much more emotional depth in FoN, especially from the first chorus on

tragabigzanda · Post by **tragabigzanda** » Thu March 23, 2017 11:42 pm

stip wrote:it's a great song, no doubt about it.

But there's so much more emotional depth in FoN, especially from the first chorus on

Agreed, and that's how I voted

EJ · Post by EJ » Thu March 23, 2017 11:42 pm

stip wrote: But there's so much more emotional depth in FoN, especially from the first chorus on

It packs even more emotional gravitas when you synch it up with Rocky's training montage in Siberia.

bodysnatcher · Post by **bodysnatcher** » Thu March 23, 2017 11:48 pm

i hate Force of Nature so much

Post by **stip** » Fri March 24, 2017 12:08 am

EJ wrote:
stip wrote: But there's so much more emotional depth in FoN, especially from the first chorus on
It packs even more emotional gravitas when you synch it up with Rocky's training montage in Siberia.

actually there is a War era U2 feel to the song

LetMeSleep · Post by **LetMeSleep** » Fri March 24, 2017 12:08 am

stip wrote:
EJ wrote:
stip wrote: But there's so much more emotional depth in FoN, especially from the first chorus on
It packs even more emotional gravitas when you synch it up with Rocky's training montage in Siberia.
actually there is a War era U2 feel to the song

And there go the neutrals.

Post by **Jorge** » Fri March 24, 2017 12:09 am

"You guys should be voting for this song... it sounds like U2!"
- brilliant strategist Stip, rallying support for his faves in March Madness

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