Re: Round 1B: Let It Ride vs. Off He Goes vs. Jeremy
Posted: Wed February 03, 2016 3:10 am
I want to vote Jeremy so bad but I gotta go with Off He Goes here.
Red Mosquito
Round 1B: Let It Ride vs. Off He Goes vs. Jeremy
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Re: Round 1B: Let It Ride vs. Off He Goes vs. Jeremy
Posted: Wed February 03, 2016 3:10 am
"Off He Goes," easily. I realize that the lyrical premise of Eddie singing a third person cautionary tale to himself is overly precious, but somehow that still strikes me as less objectionable to the three minutes of hoots and grunts and other assorted vocalized pauses that comprise the final three minutes of "Jeremy." Plus Mike's guitar tones on the studio recording are off the chain.
Re: Round 1B: Let It Ride vs. Off He Goes vs. Jeremy
Posted: Wed February 03, 2016 3:11 am
totally off the chain.Kevin Davis wrote:Mike's guitar tones on the studio recording are off the chain.
Re: Round 1B: Let It Ride vs. Off He Goes vs. Jeremy
Posted: Wed February 03, 2016 3:13 am
Kevin Davis wrote:"Off He Goes," easily.
Re: Round 1B: Let It Ride vs. Off He Goes vs. Jeremy
Posted: Wed February 03, 2016 3:33 am
Look at it go!BurtReynolds wrote:not if my second accounts have anything to say about it.Kaius wrote:It's going to lose, Burt.
Re: Round 1B: Let It Ride vs. Off He Goes vs. Jeremy
Posted: Wed February 03, 2016 4:44 am
This was a tough choice. I've written elsewhere about older songs--especially "anthems" and sing-alongs--losing their power over the years; Even Flow and Alive definitely fall into the former category, and Small Town and (sometimes) Betterman into the second. Jeremy is a weird song that had sort of become a "Not this shit again" song for a while, but I feel like I went so long without actively listening to it that it's regained some of its raw power, which is still there, especially in good live performances. It's tough to vote over Off He Goes, but I'm gonna do it.
Re: Round 1B: Let It Ride vs. Off He Goes vs. Jeremy
Posted: Wed February 03, 2016 4:53 am
Jeremy wins this one, still one of the band's finest songs for me.
They don't make 'em like that anymore.
They don't make 'em like that anymore.
Re: Round 1B: Let It Ride vs. Off He Goes vs. Jeremy
Posted: Wed February 03, 2016 12:13 pm
This would be a tough one, if only Matt didn't play way too hard on Off He Goes...
But he does. He kills the fragility of that song. So Jeremy it is.
But he does. He kills the fragility of that song. So Jeremy it is.
Re: Round 1B: Let It Ride vs. Off He Goes vs. Jeremy
Posted: Wed February 03, 2016 1:37 pm
that's the chain in the aforementioned posttragabigzanda wrote:This would be a tough one, if only Matt didn't play way too hard on Off He Goes...
But he does. He kills the fragility of that song. So Jeremy it is.
Re: Round 1B: Let It Ride vs. Off He Goes vs. Jeremy
Posted: Wed February 03, 2016 3:35 pm
Jeremy is one of the few Ten songs that I'm not sick of hearing for some reason. Maybe it's because they don't play it to death live. But still, whenever I hear Off He Goes.... anywhere, on the shitter, at work, on the couch dreaming of asking my wife to have sex with me... it immediately conjures up beautiful images of No Code polaroids. Anything that reminds me of No Code polaroids is a winner.
Re: Round 1B: Let It Ride vs. Off He Goes vs. Jeremy
Posted: Wed February 03, 2016 3:38 pm
...and then Matt Cameron SMASHES those Polaroids with heavy drumsticks!bluestate wrote:Jeremy is one of the few Ten songs that I'm not sick of hearing for some reason. Maybe it's because they don't play it to death live. But still, whenever I hear Off He Goes.... anywhere, on the shitter, at work, on the couch dreaming of asking my wife to have sex with me... it immediately conjures up beautiful images of No Code polaroids. Anything that reminds me of No Code polaroids is a winner.
Re: Round 1B: Let It Ride vs. Off He Goes vs. Jeremy
Posted: Wed February 03, 2016 3:47 pm
So don't listen to his butchering of it. Go listen to how it was meant to be played.tragabigzanda wrote:...and then Matt Cameron SMASHES those Polaroids with heavy drumsticks!bluestate wrote:Jeremy is one of the few Ten songs that I'm not sick of hearing for some reason. Maybe it's because they don't play it to death live. But still, whenever I hear Off He Goes.... anywhere, on the shitter, at work, on the couch dreaming of asking my wife to have sex with me... it immediately conjures up beautiful images of No Code polaroids. Anything that reminds me of No Code polaroids is a winner.
Re: Round 1B: Let It Ride vs. Off He Goes vs. Jeremy
Posted: Wed February 03, 2016 3:50 pm
Don't tell me how to live!EJ wrote:So don't listen to his butchering of it. Go listen to how it was meant to be played.tragabigzanda wrote:...and then Matt Cameron SMASHES those Polaroids with heavy drumsticks!bluestate wrote:Jeremy is one of the few Ten songs that I'm not sick of hearing for some reason. Maybe it's because they don't play it to death live. But still, whenever I hear Off He Goes.... anywhere, on the shitter, at work, on the couch dreaming of asking my wife to have sex with me... it immediately conjures up beautiful images of No Code polaroids. Anything that reminds me of No Code polaroids is a winner.
Re: Round 1B: Let It Ride vs. Off He Goes vs. Jeremy
Posted: Wed February 03, 2016 3:51 pm
I like all 3 of these. Wish one or two of them could face off in one of the other shitty 1B matches.
Anyway, Jeremy is a tour de fucking force, so it gets my vote.
Anyway, Jeremy is a tour de fucking force, so it gets my vote.
Re: Round 1B: Let It Ride vs. Off He Goes vs. Jeremy
Posted: Wed February 03, 2016 3:51 pm
Matt's really scarred you, huh?tragabigzanda wrote:Don't tell me how to live!EJ wrote:So don't listen to his butchering of it. Go listen to how it was meant to be played.tragabigzanda wrote:...and then Matt Cameron SMASHES those Polaroids with heavy drumsticks!bluestate wrote:Jeremy is one of the few Ten songs that I'm not sick of hearing for some reason. Maybe it's because they don't play it to death live. But still, whenever I hear Off He Goes.... anywhere, on the shitter, at work, on the couch dreaming of asking my wife to have sex with me... it immediately conjures up beautiful images of No Code polaroids. Anything that reminds me of No Code polaroids is a winner.
Re: Round 1B: Let It Ride vs. Off He Goes vs. Jeremy
Posted: Wed February 03, 2016 3:52 pm
EJ wrote:Matt's really scarred you, huh?tragabigzanda wrote:Don't tell me how to live!EJ wrote:So don't listen to his butchering of it. Go listen to how it was meant to be played.tragabigzanda wrote:...and then Matt Cameron SMASHES those Polaroids with heavy drumsticks!bluestate wrote:Jeremy is one of the few Ten songs that I'm not sick of hearing for some reason. Maybe it's because they don't play it to death live. But still, whenever I hear Off He Goes.... anywhere, on the shitter, at work, on the couch dreaming of asking my wife to have sex with me... it immediately conjures up beautiful images of No Code polaroids. Anything that reminds me of No Code polaroids is a winner.
Re: Round 1B: Let It Ride vs. Off He Goes vs. Jeremy
Posted: Thu February 04, 2016 1:45 pm
This wasn't an easy one, but yeah.
Jeremy in a canter.
Jeremy in a canter.
Re: Round 1B: Let It Ride vs. Off He Goes vs. Jeremy
Posted: Thu February 04, 2016 1:54 pm
These results are appalling
Re: Round 1B: Let It Ride vs. Off He Goes vs. Jeremy
Posted: Thu February 04, 2016 11:50 pm
I have to agree.stip wrote:These results are appalling
Re: Round 1B: Let It Ride vs. Off He Goes vs. Jeremy
Posted: Thu February 04, 2016 11:53 pm
This really shouldn't even be that close. Off He Goes is widely considered a top 5 Pearl Jam song by almost everyone.