Red Mosquito

121. All or None vs. Release

Release is a great song but All Or None is a top 10 for me.

A good Mike solo can't beat Eddie at the height of his powers.

Imagine you are at your first show post COVID (hell, I haven't seen them since the Lightning Bolt tour). The lights go down. You are breathlessly awaiting the first notes to fill the room, hoping for that magical moment when they start to play All or None.

That's the fantasy of no more than 25 people tops, on this planet. It is entirely possible they all show up in this thread.

And there's 1. We can start the tally.

I agree that getting a Release opener right now is about the best PJ experience I could ask for in 2022

It’s All or None

I have it on good authority Stone would vote for Release

Well he did write both.

Not complete lyrics:

Release

Oh, dead dad
Can you see me now?
I am myself
Like you somehow
I'll wait up in the dark
For you to speak to me
I'll open up
Release me


All or None

It's a hopeless situation
And I'm starting to believe
That this hopeless situation
Is what I'm trying to achieve

Here's the selfless confession
Leading me back to war
Can we help that our destinations
Are the ones we've been before?

To myself, I surrender
To the one I'll never please
But I still try to run on
No, I still try to run on

Some powerful lyrics in Release, but All or None’s are some of the best Ed ever wrote.

Rodlease exists. Rod or None does not.

Anders wrote:Some powerful lyrics in Release, but All or None’s are some of the best Ed ever wrote.

i think stone wrote all or none, didnt he?

stip wrote:

Anders wrote:Some powerful lyrics in Release, but All or None’s are some of the best Ed ever wrote.

i think stone wrote all or none, didnt he?

It’s listed as music: Gossard, words: Vedder, Gossard

I love love love All or None. But I'm with stip here. Release.

stip wrote:A good Mike solo can't beat Eddie at the height of his powers.

Imagine you are at your first show post COVID (hell, I haven't seen them since the Lightning Bolt tour). The lights go down. You are breathlessly awaiting the first notes to fill the room, hoping for that magical moment when they start to play All or None.

That's the fantasy of no more than 25 people tops, on this planet. It is entirely possible they all show up in this thread.

Okay stip. You win. All or none was a good ride. Valiant effort.

Release it is

All Or None. Easy.

release me

regardless of how this one ends, All or None is this year’s second look song for me. I have a greater appreciation for it coming out than I did going in

Ha. Release is definitely my pick here. But in fact, that happened for me with a little song called Dance of the Clairvoyants at Sea.Hear.Now.

stip wrote:regardless of how this one ends, All or None is this year’s second look song for me. I have a greater appreciation for it coming out than I did going in

completely agreed. i always liked it but i haven't listened in so long and this tourney got me back into it. top shelf song, to be sure. but release might be my all time favorite.