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Re: 61. Faithful vs. Present Tense vs. Sleight of Hand

Posted: Thu February 24, 2022 11:06 am
by stip
They are.

SOH is also one of those songs (as opposed to Faithfull, in the context of this matchup) where the people who love it REALLY love it, but its bench of support may not be super deep.

But as the composition of the board shifts over the years and Binaural superfans are a larger percentage of the regular posters, that's probably less the case.

Re: 61. Faithful vs. Present Tense vs. Sleight of Hand

Posted: Thu February 24, 2022 11:27 am
by JuanHamm
Society beat Sleight of Hand!?

That's almost enough to get me on team "delete the board"

Re: 61. Faithful vs. Present Tense vs. Sleight of Hand

Posted: Thu February 24, 2022 11:35 am
by epilogue
PHATJ wrote:
epilogue wrote:Faithful is gonna win. But the correct answer is Sleight of Hand
I’m really hoping Sleight of Hand can pull this off.
Me too. It's a perfect song. And while I enjoy all three of these tracks SoH is the best and most powerful to me. Really wouldn't mind SoH winning this whole thing.

Re: 61. Faithful vs. Present Tense vs. Sleight of Hand

Posted: Thu February 24, 2022 1:09 pm
by E.H. Ruddock
SoH for me. All three great songs but SoH just has something more

Re: 61. Faithful vs. Present Tense vs. Sleight of Hand

Posted: Thu February 24, 2022 1:44 pm
by tragabigzanda
PT voters it’s time to accept your song stinks

Re: 61. Faithful vs. Present Tense vs. Sleight of Hand

Posted: Thu February 24, 2022 1:50 pm
by liebzz
I changed from Present Tense to Sleight of Hand in a preferential vote. But Present Tense is the best song here.

Sleight of Hand is great no doubt and so is Faithful. Faithful, though it has that mega bridge, might be too perfect. An overpersonification of a mid tempo Pearl Jam rocker. Present Tense has a build and that jam at the end is like a fine bottle of red wine after it’s been given the chance to breathe. No massive solo, just a band in perfect balance locked in.

Re: 61. Faithful vs. Present Tense vs. Sleight of Hand

Posted: Thu February 24, 2022 2:02 pm
by PHATJ
tragabigzanda wrote:PT voters it’s time to accept your song stinks
Present Tense is phenomenal. Sleight of Hand is just phenomenal-er.

Re: 61. Faithful vs. Present Tense vs. Sleight of Hand

Posted: Thu February 24, 2022 2:03 pm
by evenslow
what a matchup.

Faithful features some of my favorite playing by the band on record.
PT outro is that band at their best.
SoH is unlike anything they ever did - an experiment they 100% pull off.

Re: 61. Faithful vs. Present Tense vs. Sleight of Hand

Posted: Thu February 24, 2022 2:12 pm
by Anders
Insane match, three potential finalists if I was the only one voting here.

Re: 61. Faithful vs. Present Tense vs. Sleight of Hand

Posted: Thu February 24, 2022 2:13 pm
by Anders
Think I'll go with Present Tense.

Re: 61. Faithful vs. Present Tense vs. Sleight of Hand

Posted: Thu February 24, 2022 2:24 pm
by evenslow
faithful

Re: 61. Faithful vs. Present Tense vs. Sleight of Hand

Posted: Thu February 24, 2022 2:44 pm
by Strat
Just re confirmed sleight of hand.

Geezes what a beautiful song. Im so thankful for Binaural and their efforts to stretch their wings.

I love march madness.

Re: 61. Faithful vs. Present Tense vs. Sleight of Hand

Posted: Thu February 24, 2022 3:40 pm
by liebzz
Back to Preeent tense. Jordan approves.

Re: 61. Faithful vs. Present Tense vs. Sleight of Hand

Posted: Thu February 24, 2022 4:02 pm
by Kevin Davis
I picked "Sleight of Hand" too -- the space it stakes out in PJ's catalog is completely singular, and at various times in my life it has been extremely emotionally resonant. The interplay between Mike and Stone after the second chorus gives me chills.

Three great songs, though.

Re: 61. Faithful vs. Present Tense vs. Sleight of Hand

Posted: Thu February 24, 2022 5:54 pm
by Thurman Murman
Damn! I'm going Present Tense but could really go either way depending on the time of day.

Re: 61. Faithful vs. Present Tense vs. Sleight of Hand

Posted: Thu February 24, 2022 6:18 pm
by Anders
Always thought Faithfull was not appreciated enough.

Is the double L a spelling mistake, or on purpose?

We're faithfull, we all believe, we all believe it

Re: 61. Faithful vs. Present Tense vs. Sleight of Hand

Posted: Thu February 24, 2022 8:10 pm
by Norah
tragabigzanda wrote:PT voters it’s time to accept your song stinks
high school poetry