Red Mosquito

Brother vs. Johnny Guitar vs. Betterman

Brother is a nothing song for me. Everything it does well something else from the ten sessions does much much better.

Johnny Guitar is a lot of fun. Filthy, dirty riff (the music is great) and while it's somewhat wordy, it is one of Eddie's more agile vocal melodies, and I like the way the song pokes fun of its subject. It reminds me of the inverse of I Got Shit.


But Betterman is one of their greatest songs, full stop. That we're all overly familiar with it doesn't take away from that.

Brother gets a bad rep. Good song. Better Man is classic. I won’t vote it to the top or probably even close, but it’s such an important song for them. And when they play it live it is pretty killer. When the crowd at MSG 2 in 2010 broke into that applause after the first verse, it was quite seriously the loudest sound I have ever heard in my life. That was a moment.

From the opening note to the last, Johnny Guitar is a friggin' BALL

I wish johnny guitar was about 45 seconds longer

Brother seems to get a bad rap around here. Johnny Guitar is cringe although the music is alright. Never been a big fan of Betterman although it is great live.

Johnny Guitar is really cool. Easy vote.

Johnny Guitar is the best song on the album.

wease wrote:Johnny Guitar is the best song on the album.

It's the best song not named [insert 3 or 4 other Backspacer song titles here] for sure.

epilogue wrote:

wease wrote:Johnny Guitar is the best song on the album.

It's the best song not named [insert 3 or 4 other Backspacer song titles here] for sure.

Why you…

backspacer might be the pearl jam album with the least consensus around which tracks are actually the good ones

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it's all of them but supersonic, damn it!

Better Man has never made it past the top 32, averaging only 46 votes per tournament. Johnny Guitar is about on par with 47.

Which goes to show how silly RM is, as a rule.

wease wrote:

epilogue wrote:

wease wrote:Johnny Guitar is the best song on the album.

It's the best song not named [insert 3 or 4 other Backspacer song titles here] for sure.

Why you…

stip wrote:backspacer might be the pearl jam album with the least consensus around which tracks are actually the good ones

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it's all of them but supersonic, damn it!

Actually, yeah, you might be right. Probably unsurprisingly, LB might be #2.

Imagine voting a backspacer song over a Vitalogy song

I love Johnny g but for fucks sake rm


Have You actually listened to better man ?