Comatose x1000. Take the Long Way has a nice solo and those great backing vocals, but the rest of the song feels fairly run of the mill to me.
Comatose is 3 minutes of snarling spitting fury, with an absolutely seething bridge, great solo,that go fuck yourself transition into the second verse, and excellent lyrics that say a lot in a way that is surprisingly deft given the rest of the album. It was the perfect 06 response to the fog of Riot Act, waking up to a world that is finally starting to realize that George Bush is exactly the fuckwit you knew him to be from jump, and how liberating it is to realize you are no longer alone in thinking it. It is a two and a half minute repudiation of 6 years of politics. Just an incredible song
Re: 221. Comatose vs. Take The Long Way
Posted: Tue April 06, 2021 12:23 am
by stip
Re: 221. Comatose vs. Take The Long Way
Posted: Tue April 06, 2021 12:24 am
by Jaeti
Take the Long Way is 3+ stars. Comatose is 4+.
Re: 221. Comatose vs. Take The Long Way
Posted: Tue April 06, 2021 12:30 am
by Leatherhead
Comatose is great, but TTLW is better.
Re: 221. Comatose vs. Take The Long Way
Posted: Tue April 06, 2021 12:44 am
by Norah
Comatose is shit and TTLW is good for modern PJ.
Re: 221. Comatose vs. Take The Long Way
Posted: Tue April 06, 2021 12:48 am
by PHATJ
Comatose ain’t great. It’s pretty grating to listen to. Take the Long Way is really damn good. Crazy easy vote.
Re: 221. Comatose vs. Take The Long Way
Posted: Tue April 06, 2021 1:43 am
by digster
I'm going with Comatose. I don't know if I'd go as far as stip does, but it's a good song; I particularly like that gnarled guitar break Mike and Stone have, and when Ed was able to hit this in 2006 it was a fun song to hear in a set.
Re: 221. Comatose vs. Take The Long Way
Posted: Tue April 06, 2021 2:29 am
by Higgs
I need to listen to these I think.
And Comatose gets this pretty easily.
Re: 221. Comatose vs. Take The Long Way
Posted: Tue April 06, 2021 3:03 am
by The Town
Comatose is a great rocker but the emotional pandemic-times connection I have to Take The Long Way makes it the easy choice here.
Re: 221. Comatose vs. Take The Long Way
Posted: Tue April 06, 2021 3:10 am
by VinylGuy
I love both but Take The Long Way is owing me right now.
Re: 221. Comatose vs. Take The Long Way
Posted: Tue April 06, 2021 3:13 am
by Chris_H_2
Take the Long Way represents everything that I hate about modern-day Pearl Jam.
Re: 221. Comatose vs. Take The Long Way
Posted: Tue April 06, 2021 3:35 am
by epilogue
This is the Blech Bowl.
Re: 221. Comatose vs. Take The Long Way
Posted: Tue April 06, 2021 4:59 am
by Anders
Norris wrote:Comatose is shit and TTLW is good for modern PJ.
This
Re: 221. Comatose vs. Take The Long Way
Posted: Tue April 06, 2021 9:51 am
by Birds in Hell
Chris_H_2 wrote:Take the Long Way represents everything that I hate about modern-day Pearl Jam.
A cerebral, off-kilter Matt Cameron song is emblematic of what you hate about modern-day Pearl Jam?
That's pretty weird.
Re: 221. Comatose vs. Take The Long Way
Posted: Tue April 06, 2021 10:27 am
by JuanHamm
I don't think Ed has ever sounded worse than he does on Comatose (maybe WWS). Easy vote for Take the Long Way.
Re: 221. Comatose vs. Take The Long Way
Posted: Tue April 06, 2021 11:09 am
by stip
this is a travesty
Re: 221. Comatose vs. Take The Long Way
Posted: Tue April 06, 2021 11:10 am
by stip
Birds in Hell wrote:
Chris_H_2 wrote:Take the Long Way represents everything that I hate about modern-day Pearl Jam.
A cerebral, off-kilter Matt Cameron song is emblematic of what you hate about modern-day Pearl Jam?
That's pretty weird.
It doesn't feel particularly cerebral or off kilter to me. There are things that I usually don't like about Matt's writing that I still associate with him, but this doesn't really feel that much like a Matt Cameron song