Re: 2013 song tournament: Oasisfan round 10
Posted: Mon August 05, 2013 2:22 am
Me too.cutuphalfdead wrote:Evacuation was a consideration for me.
Me too.cutuphalfdead wrote:Evacuation was a consideration for me.
Lament wrote:Evacuation was the song I referenced earlier that I wanted but didn't think it fit. I actually really like the bridge in that song.
I was hoping someone would pick Ed's song from PJ20. That would've guaranteed a victory.
I remember standing in the middle of the lawn when he started playing it, and watching the people around me build themselves into a frenzy of "THIS IS SO GOOD AND SO SIGNIFICANT AND WE REALLY DID MAKE IT TO WHEN IT ALL GOT GOOD!" and all I could think was "What? This is literally the worst thing I've ever seen at a Pearl Jam concert. This sounds like it was written by an 8 year old. How did Ed think this was good enough to play for people?"Strat wrote:good lord. Ok, sure, i understand the "in the moment" bullshit about it but good lord. This is maybe what is wrong with PJ these days. This is absolutely horrible. yet people cheer because "oh hey its a new song and its eddie and heres a cheesy one liner!" and he is so blinded by it he feels he can get away with it.
Just brutal. Rather have had Bee Girl....
I like your playlist Kurt. Lots of solid songs on there without anything super obvious aside from Given to Fly.KurtLeon wrote:Nice work team!
Im surprised that Spenno actually didn't pick Big Wave! Me myself was very tempted to pick it instead of Of The Earth
I played this when it was time for my last pick and up until the chorus thought "This is way better than I remember, this is gonna be such a steal!" and then when they got to the chorus I thought "Ahh, yes. Now I remember why you guys let this sit in the vaults for twenty years."Dr. Van Nostrand wrote:Just a girl
That broke strats heartLament wrote:I remember standing in the middle of the lawn when he started playing it, and watching the people around me build themselves into a frenzy of "THIS IS SO GOOD AND SO SIGNIFICANT AND WE REALLY DID MAKE IT TO WHEN IT ALL GOT GOOD!" and all I could think was "What? This is literally the worst thing I've ever seen at a Pearl Jam concert. This sounds like it was written by an 8 year old. How did Ed think this was good enough to play for people?"Strat wrote:good lord. Ok, sure, i understand the "in the moment" bullshit about it but good lord. This is maybe what is wrong with PJ these days. This is absolutely horrible. yet people cheer because "oh hey its a new song and its eddie and heres a cheesy one liner!" and he is so blinded by it he feels he can get away with it.
Just brutal. Rather have had Bee Girl....
I realized then that the Pearl Jam fanbase had more or less passed me by, and I was ok with that.

Watching the picks come in for this made me go back and listen to a lot of stuff from the catalog as stand alone songs for the first time in years and it really hammered home just how deep and flat out great their output from 1991-2003 really was. For some reason it made me remember when my copy of the Man of the Hour single came in the mail in like December of 2003. They had just finished another killer tour that year, released Lost Dogs and floored me with how great some of the stuff in the vault was, and still had time to slip out an absolute gem like Man of the Hour. I remember thinking "As great as they've been, there's no reason to think they can't keep this up!" As unfair as it was to expect it to happen, it really did seem like they'd always be on that other plane you mentioned.Strat wrote:Now, what they did between the years of 91-200.....(1/2/3 depending on your own tastes) is other worldly.... They were working on another plane maybe.... But since?
Average artists at best.
REALLY surprised none of these were picked...Dr. Van Nostrand wrote: Just breathe
Im still here
Outta my mind
Evacuation
Inside job
Dirty frank
Amongst the waves
Big wave
Bushleaguer
REALLY wanted Inside Job... I just couldn't find the right spot as my list got more rounded out and I started planning out a playlist. I may be in the minority, but I think that's my favorite song off of S/T.KurtLeon wrote:REALLY surprised none of these were picked...Dr. Van Nostrand wrote: Just breathe
Im still here
Outta my mind
Evacuation
Inside job
Dirty frank
Amongst the waves
Big wave
Bushleaguer
It's always been a song I sort of forget about, until it comes on and I enjoy the shit out of it.Kevin Davis wrote:"Evacuation" is one of those songs I'd have picked for myself really early on, but would have been wary of using it in a tournament for fear of its reputation.
That fear had altered a lot of playlists (IMHO)Kevin Davis wrote:"Evacuation" is one of those songs I'd have picked for myself really early on, but would have been wary of using it in a tournament for fear of its reputation.
Bee Girl would have easily gone in the first round, if this wasn't the case.LetMeSleep wrote:That fear had altered a lot of playlists (IMHO)Kevin Davis wrote:"Evacuation" is one of those songs I'd have picked for myself really early on, but would have been wary of using it in a tournament for fear of its reputation.