Red Mosquito

Small Town
Rival
Comes Then Goes

Nice to see a close race. However, Present Tense and Elderly Woman are the correct tracks to advance.

The coolest part of this whole exercise isn't so much the winners but to see the diversity in everyone's taste. I like that everyone posts their votes. Pretty fun to read through.

That being said, Rival and Comes then Goes are the the odd-men-out on this round.

For me, Rival was the weakest spot on Binaural. I'd have happily jettisoned it for the wonderful Sad.

igotworms wrote:For me, Rival was the weakest spot on Binaural. I'd have happily jettisoned it for the wonderful Sad.

I love Rival so much. The studio version is awesome, so raw, so free, so wonderfully angry.

And live is awesome.....Pinkpop 2000 is the best version.

Rival should win this. It's the second or third best song on Binaural, an album where the top 5 or 6 songs are as good as this band gets.

Here we go with the overrated Present Tense again.

bodysnatcher wrote:Here we go with the overrated Present Tense again.

Present Tense isn’t overrated. It isn’t even rated. It doesn’t go into their greatest hits. Maybe now that it was featured in the Jordan documentary.

Personally, I think it features some of their best work in terms of building the song sonically into that closing catharsis that was really featured in the documentary. I think it should be on this list.

The only song I don't like on this list is "Comes Then Goes"

Present Tense is super amazing. One of my favorites songs from them of all times.

igotworms wrote:For me, Rival was the weakest spot on Binaural. I'd have happily jettisoned it for the wonderful Sad.

I fully support this.

Rival is one of the best songs on Binaural you fucking rubes.

cutuphalfdead wrote:Rival is one of the best songs on Binaural you fucking rubes.

*in the PJ catalog

cutuphalfdead wrote:Rival is one of the best songs on Binaural you fucking rubes.

it's weaker than Soon Forget, apparently

bodysnatcher wrote:

cutuphalfdead wrote:Rival is one of the best songs on Binaural you fucking rubes.

it's weaker than Soon Forget, apparently

Only in a mirror universe.

No.

tragabigzanda wrote:It’s the worst one in this matchup by a long mile

what? no.

It's overrated for sure but it's better than Comes Then Goes.