Red Mosquito

Thejambi wrote:Spitballing what would be my top 15-20 since 2000 and I can see this and a handful of Gigaton songs making the cut.

lets find out

At this moment in history - top 20 from Binaural -> Gigaton

1. World Wide Suicide
2. Life Wasted
3. Dance of the Clairvoyants
4. Mind Your Manners
5. Force of Nature
6. Lightning Bolt
7. I Am Mine
8. Comes Then Goes
9. Comatose
10. Superblood Wolfmoon
11. Grievance
12. Rival
13. Who Ever Said
14. Seven OClock
15. River Cross
16. Insignificance
17. The Fixer
18. Sleeping By Myself
19. Nothing As It Seems
20. Save You

Gonna See My Friend, Parachutes, Yellow Moon, Buckle Up, and Alright currently round this out

WWS #1??????????????????????????????????????????

I mean, I can see liking it but Jesus, stip.

1-9 are all 5 star songs for the long haul

evenslow wrote:there's now an outside chance this becomes the best song on the record.

becoming more of an inside chance.

i'm not sure what's worse: that top 20 from stip (the fact that parachutes is not on it automatically disqualifies it) or the realization that pearl jam has made so few good songs since 2000.

evenslow wrote:I mean, I can see liking it but Jesus, stip.

it's the song that restored my faith in pearl jam.

stip wrote:

evenslow wrote:I mean, I can see liking it but Jesus, stip.

it's the song that restored my faith in pearl jam.

The fact that you lost it after Binaural and Riot Act is amazing, stip.

Per the simplest version of the song ranker:

1. Insignificance (Binaural)
2. Of The Girl (Binaural)
3. Seven O'Clock (Gigaton)
4. Parting Ways (Binaural)
5. Parachutes (Avocado)
6. Light Years (Binaural)
7. Sleight Of Hand (Binaural)
8. Grievance (Binaural)
9. Nothing As it Seems (Binaural)
10. Quick Escape (Gigaton)
11. I Am Mine (Riot Act)
12. Dance of the Clairvoyants (Gigaton)
13. Buckle Up (Gigaton)
14. Rival (Binaural)
15. Sirens (Lightning Bolt)
16. 1/2 Full (Riot Act)
17. River Cross (Gigaton)
18. The End (Backspacer)
19. Can't Keep (Riot Act)
20. Help Help (Riot Act)

Pretty close to what I thought would be there overall.

i think i'm the only one that likes marker in the sand

Chris_H_2 wrote:i think i'm the only one that likes marker in the sand

Chris_H_2 wrote:i think i'm the only one that likes marker in the sand

Not true. I love it.

stip wrote:At this moment in history - top 20 from Binaural -> Gigaton

I definitely wouldn’t have any songs from Backspacer or Lightning Bolt on that list.

A 5 is the perfect song, so I gave it a 4. It's a 4.25, if i get picky.

Really, really beautiful song. The verses are outstanding, the chorus is average and the end is very good.

DeeDee wrote:A 5 is the perfect song, so I gave it a 4. It's a 4.25, if i get picky.

Really, really beautiful song. The verses are outstanding, the chorus is average and the end is very good.

totally

dad wrote:

Chris_H_2 wrote:i think i'm the only one that likes marker in the sand

Not true. I love it.

yeah I like MITS

Ms Harmless wrote:

dad wrote:

Chris_H_2 wrote:i think i'm the only one that likes marker in the sand

Not true. I love it.

yeah I like MITS

It’s another 21st century highlight.

Strat wrote:

stip wrote:

evenslow wrote:I mean, I can see liking it but Jesus, stip.

it's the song that restored my faith in pearl jam.

The fact that you lost it after Binaural and Riot Act is amazing, stip.

At the time they were two despondent mopey albums, which is not generally what I want from Pearl Jam. It was like watching a slowly extinguishing fire, especially since No Code and Yield were both let downs from the highs of the first 3 albums. Both of those albums got better for me in the aftermath of S/T (and the WWS single - which was a return to the screaming spitfire energy I had been missing), when they became choices to appreciate and enjoy for what they were in the context of the arc of their career.

And to be clear, I still liked those albums. I like every PJ album. But it halted what I saw as a decline.

This one may have to grow, wasn't that taken by it after the first listen. I definitely get the Pink Floyd (music) and Springsteen (vocals) comparisons though