Red Mosquito

When all these songs were brand new, it was always the "setlist killer" or "piss break" lulz as if everyone would agree.

Coming from the same folks who would sing along to "Betterman" every night with gusto like they've never heard it before.

And will jump on a new album sight unseen like a puppy on a return-to-form tit.

Excuse me for generalizing. I needed to get it out of my system.

Jorge wrote:

lvc wrote:My kids stumbled on Sweet Lew and I told them it was one of the weirdest/worst things Pearl Jam ever did. So then they'd play it in the car all the time. And it slowly grew on me. It knows what it is and it is fully and wholly 100% that without pretense.

You need to stop letting your kids dictate so much of your artistic preferences

Nah, man. I actually kind of like the weird Moog thing happening with the guitars and the absurdist humor of it all. If Jeff had just a bit sharper wit, I think this would turn into a genuinely great dis track.

And even though Evacuation is on my list of least favorites, my oldest son, when he was like 3, would make me put on the Matt Cam video on the Touring Band DVD and beat on pots and pans and would also request the song in the car a whole lot. So I learned to at least appreciate that song as well, because my kid enjoyed it.

So, there you have it. My kids elevated a song that's cool to hate and a song that's cool to be aghast that other people hate.

i probably posted a list at some point. Lets see - in chronlogical order (and excluding something like Red Dot or Stupid Mop)

Im Open
Evacuation
Bushleaguer
Dead Man
In the Moonlight
Supersonic
Santa Cruz
Get It Back
Cant Deny Me
You


Ive got a few honorable mentions but this is as good a list as any

I am lightly surprised at how few folks put Future Days on their list. For me, outside of say a few really unfortunate b-sides that are buried in a vault somewhere, this is hands-down their worst song. It has from its first moments sounded like the song Eddie Vedder wanted Brendan O’Brien to make into the PJ-rabid fan base wedding song. With Brendan’s keys on this, the words and the music are forced and not at all organic to the band, and yet it still adds absolutely nothing to their canon. It’s so bad to me that it if it were not on the album and the thing ended with Yellow Moon, I’d likely rate the album above Backspacer, but this song drags it to Pearl Jam’s worst album territory.

Could it be that its inclusion on a highly popular video game/TV show raised its estimation in the collective consciousness?

liebzz wrote:I am lightly surprised at how few folks put Future Days on their list. For me, outside of say a few really unfortunate b-sides that are buried in a vault somewhere, this is hands-down their worst song. It has from its first moments sounded like the song Eddie Vedder wanted Brendan O’Brien to make into the PJ-rabid fan base wedding song. With Brendan’s keys on this, the words and the music are forced and not at all organic to the band, and yet it still adds absolutely nothing to their canon. It’s so bad to me that it if it were not on the album and the thing ended with Yellow Moon, I’d likely rate the album above Backspacer, but this song drags it to Pearl Jam’s worst album territory.

Could it be that its inclusion on a highly popular video game/TV show raised its estimation in the collective consciousness?

This person has a right understanding of this corner of the universe. Listen to this person. I would just add that, as someone who likes Yellow Moon, I also blame Future Days for robbing YM of being developed into a true album closer. Sigh.

stip wrote:In the Moonlight

I'm preparing my list of Bottom 10 lists of Bottom 10 songs. A lot of candidates!

Sweet Lew
Turning Mist
Obey the Law of the Heart
Can't deny Me
Let the Records Play
Retrograde
Hitchhiker
Speed of Sound
The End
Ghost

Dishonorable Mentions
The Fixer
Force of Nature
Speed of Sound

liebzz wrote:I am lightly surprised at how few folks put Future Days on their list. For me, outside of say a few really unfortunate b-sides that are buried in a vault somewhere, this is hands-down their worst song. It has from its first moments sounded like the song Eddie Vedder wanted Brendan O’Brien to make into the PJ-rabid fan base wedding song. With Brendan’s keys on this, the words and the music are forced and not at all organic to the band, and yet it still adds absolutely nothing to their canon. It’s so bad to me that it if it were not on the album and the thing ended with Yellow Moon, I’d likely rate the album above Backspacer, but this song drags it to Pearl Jam’s worst album territory.

Could it be that its inclusion on a highly popular video game/TV show raised its estimation in the collective consciousness?

i doubt that would be the case here. Besides, excerable keys aside, it is a sweet and sentimental song about how you win when you have something to love. it borders on 4 stars for me.

Clem Halibut wrote:Sweet Lew
Turning Mist
Obey the Law of the Heart
Can't deny Me
Let the Records Play
Retrograde
Hitchhiker
Speed of Sound
The End
Ghost

Dishonorable Mentions
The Fixer
Force of Nature
Speed of Sound

fuck, forgot hitchhiker. swap it for bushleaguer I guess

man, stip...

epilogue wrote:There's nothing catchy or interesting about it.

Habit has pretty sick instrumentation. Cool drums, cool guitar, bass.

Maybe you should try jamming out with your clam out. Friggin' square.

Ello Sailor wrote:

epilogue wrote:There's nothing catchy or interesting about it.

Habit has pretty sick instrumentation. Cool drums, cool guitar, bass.

Maybe you should try jamming out with your clam out. Friggin' square.

I'll try that next time

Ello Sailor wrote:

epilogue wrote:There's nothing catchy or interesting about it.

Habit has pretty sick instrumentation. Cool drums, cool guitar, bass.

Maybe you should try jamming out with your clam out. Friggin' square.

Yeah I love the music. "You can't dance to it" I think moshing qualifies as dancing

u cant put jack irons jams in the bottom 10

See? It's illegal. Cop says so

I'm not convinced Jack Irons has anything to do with the song. Are we sure he's even playing on it? Do we have real concrete video evidence?

Jorge wrote:I think moshing qualifies as dancing

One hunnit

You can also dance to Habit kind of like this

Also a solid option. But my go-to is that weird thing the guy from Counting Crows does in front of the mic.