Re: II-17 Porch vs. Breath
Posted: Sun February 21, 2016 10:40 pm
chewm wrote:I love Breath.
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II-17 Porch vs. Breath
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Re: II-17 Porch vs. Breath
Posted: Sun February 21, 2016 10:55 pm
me too, i just think i like porch a little moreKaius wrote:chewm wrote:I love Breath.
Re: II-17 Porch vs. Breath
Posted: Sun February 21, 2016 11:51 pm
While I do love Porch and agree it's a beast live, I am heartily sick of the slow start with Ed on guitar.
Very ready for them to bring back the "normal" fast intro.
Very ready for them to bring back the "normal" fast intro.
Re: II-17 Porch vs. Breath
Posted: Sun February 21, 2016 11:57 pm
I always thought Breath was a bit over-rated from around the time of the MSG sign campaign. The end is exactly like Alive (or Even Flow, I can't remember...) Porch gets the nod due exclusively to the live history (Atlanta '94 is unbe-fucking-lievable!)
Re: II-17 Porch vs. Breath
Posted: Mon February 22, 2016 2:44 pm
I understand the "vote for the composition" aspect, but the latter half of the above comment is reductio ad absurdum, so I don't know what to say. These two songs in particular are strongly connected to live performances for a lot of fans, though, and that's going to seep into the voting process. The images that immediately popped into my head for these two songs when I opened this poll were 1) the early 90's live versions of Porch with Eddie going manimal, and 2) the Breath sign campaign/it being a rarity at concerts.cutuphalfdead wrote:I can't stand this mode of voting. Vote for the composition, not particular performances.chuck taylor wrote:Porch, simply for its role as a live song. Breath always seems like a really great idea at the start, but Eddie never quite gets to the peak I always expect from listening to the studio version.
"Man, song A is better overall but it really sucked during the 2007 tour so I guess I'll vote for song B because it's always been at least decent live".
Re: II-17 Porch vs. Breath
Posted: Mon February 22, 2016 2:54 pm
Never quite got the love for Breath, so Porch it is - album, live, whatever.
Re: II-17 Porch vs. Breath
Posted: Mon February 22, 2016 3:11 pm
Songs are like children -- they take on a life of their own after inception. Some will have a large live component; others might be tainted by their inclusion in a television show; and any song that's ever been picked as a wedding dance has its own magic. Judging strictly on composition is like judging a person based on one single photograph.chuck taylor wrote:I understand the "vote for the composition" aspect, but the latter half of the above comment is reductio ad absurdum, so I don't know what to say. These two songs in particular are strongly connected to live performances for a lot of fans, though, and that's going to seep into the voting process. The images that immediately popped into my head for these two songs when I opened this poll were 1) the early 90's live versions of Porch with Eddie going manimal, and 2) the Breath sign campaign/it being a rarity at concerts.cutuphalfdead wrote:I can't stand this mode of voting. Vote for the composition, not particular performances.chuck taylor wrote:Porch, simply for its role as a live song. Breath always seems like a really great idea at the start, but Eddie never quite gets to the peak I always expect from listening to the studio version.
"Man, song A is better overall but it really sucked during the 2007 tour so I guess I'll vote for song B because it's always been at least decent live".
Re: II-17 Porch vs. Breath
Posted: Mon February 22, 2016 3:13 pm
tragabigzanda wrote:Songs are like children -- they take on a life of their own after inception. Some will have a large live component; others might be tainted by their inclusion in a television show; and any song that's ever been picked as a wedding dance has its own magic. Judging strictly on composition is like judging a person based on one single photograph.chuck taylor wrote:I understand the "vote for the composition" aspect, but the latter half of the above comment is reductio ad absurdum, so I don't know what to say. These two songs in particular are strongly connected to live performances for a lot of fans, though, and that's going to seep into the voting process. The images that immediately popped into my head for these two songs when I opened this poll were 1) the early 90's live versions of Porch with Eddie going manimal, and 2) the Breath sign campaign/it being a rarity at concerts.cutuphalfdead wrote:I can't stand this mode of voting. Vote for the composition, not particular performances.chuck taylor wrote:Porch, simply for its role as a live song. Breath always seems like a really great idea at the start, but Eddie never quite gets to the peak I always expect from listening to the studio version.
"Man, song A is better overall but it really sucked during the 2007 tour so I guess I'll vote for song B because it's always been at least decent live".
Re: II-17 Porch vs. Breath
Posted: Mon February 22, 2016 3:44 pm
I largely consider the studio takes for this, but for a few songs, I've thought of live version. For this match up, I voted Porch because of the "redux" version and because of the unplugged version.
Re: II-17 Porch vs. Breath
Posted: Mon February 22, 2016 3:59 pm
Yea, the unplugged version puts this song on another level.darth_vedder wrote:I largely consider the studio takes for this, but for a few songs, I've thought of live version. For this match up, I voted Porch because of the "redux" version and because of the unplugged version.