Red Mosquito

No Way easily made my list.

of all the band's lesser played songs, why no way is among them is a mystery to me.

AndySlash wrote:of all the band's lesser played songs, why no way is among them is a mystery to me.

I think it's one of the few pearl jam songs that sounds worse live. They never really got it to sound right.

I'm not about to combine No Code and Yield, now or ever

I liked the No Code/Yield combination exercise but Vitalogy/No Code might make a better pairing.

Matters wrote:I liked the No Code/Yield combination exercise but Vitalogy/No Code might make a better pairing.

I agree with this 100%.

No Code/Yield makes sense with Jack Irons being the connective tissue, but sonically, Vitalogy and No Code work better together.

No Cotalogy

Corduroy
In My Tree
Tremor Christ
Red Mosquito
Not For You
Smile
Hail Hail
Off He Goes
Better Man
Nothingman
Immortality
Last Exit
Present Tense

No Way is awesome, im so glad i got it live.

Don’t we get 14 songs?

liebzz wrote:Don’t we get 14 songs?

I believe you are officially allowed 14, yes. But I'm more of a 13-track album kind of guy

Here we go!

Sometimes
Last Exit
Hail, Hail
Spin the Black Circle
Whipping
Habit
Not For You
Corduroy
Red Mosquito
Tremor Christ
In My Tree
Smile
Present Tense
Immortality

No Code and Vitalogy go better together sonically in some respects, but No Code and Yield go better together thematically and vibe-wise. No Code is a more introspective album like Yield than is Vitalogy, plus it has a similar sound to yield in the drums and Eddie’s vocals. No Code really is an in-between sound shift that has elements of Vitalogy and yield. The angrier parts of no code go well with Vitalogy and the more introspective parts of it go well with yield. Yield is the hardest album to pair vibe-wise with anything, but I think the “No Yield” collection I made works well.

Here’s what I would pair between Vitalogy and No Code. I’ll give it a listen later and see if it needs adjustment. I actually didn’t take the angrier songs of no code because they’re not my favorites and Vitalogy has that covered. What I like about this order is it shifts from angry, confused, unsure of identity, to an increasing self awareness and purpose.

1. Sometimes
2. Last Exit
3. STBC
4. In My Tree
5. Smile
6. Nothingman
7. Corduroy
8. Red Mosquito
9. Not For You
10. Hail Hail
11. Who You Are
12. Better Man
13. Present Tense
14. Immortality

tragabigzanda wrote:One thing we don’t talk about enough is the extent to which Dave was able to reign in his busy drumming for Vitalogy. It’s almost like a different drummer at times.

Ironically enough, it was a different drummer at times!

I mean there are many variations we could do, but I venture that the self-titled album actually pairs best with Yield, and in turn, Gigaton as well. I can’t 100% say why, but I feel like those three could make a bangin’ list that flows really well.

liebzz wrote:I mean there are many variations we could do, but I venture that the self-titled album actually pairs best with Yield, and in turn, Gigaton as well. I can’t 100% say why, but I feel like those three could make a bangin’ list that flows really well.

Why not make a career retrospective that flows like an album?

Do you want to make a 14 track album from all 11 plus b-sides!? I need at least 50 tracks for that.