Red Mosquito

Choose your favorite. Voting closes 8pm(ish) est 3/19

This one was fairly easy for me.

Green Disease: I REALLY dislike the G-R-E-E-D beginning and outro of this song. Knocks it down at least half a star, if not more. But I like the propulsive verses and kind of love the chorus

Help Help: Doesn't fully work for me. The music is really cool, and I like the outro, but the lyrics don't fully get there for me, and while I get how the unsettled nature of the vocals serve the song, it's not something I particularly want to listen to. The cleaner version we got in the live setting actually improved this one

All or None: I've come around on this a bit in recent years. Great atmosphere, but by the time I get to the end of Riot Act I'm a bit too exhausted to fully appreciate it, and like Help Help the sentiment works a bit better for me than the lyrics. But 'to myself I'll surrender, to the one I'll never please' is pretty great.

Cropduster: What a smart, interesting song. So much going on here. One of pearl jam's most cerebral songs, and is all the better for the fact that it isn't pushing that side of itself too hard.

Vote for Cropduster

Cropduster is Top 10 PJ

Dangit, so my 3 favorite songs in this bracket are matched up in round 1? Cropduster is up there with Johnny Guitar as most underrated song in the catalog.

Both Cropduster and All Or None are truly special songs.

All Or None just.

Cropduster

Help Help. THIS is the most underrated song.

You guys have terrible taste in music production, drums, and not picking the best song from this group.

Damn! 3 of the 4 are my 3 faves off Riot Act. I don’t know what to do.

All or none was a favorite upon first listen 22 years ago. I kind of always took Cropduster for granted, but it's a truly interesting song.

All or none for now.

Four of the best songs on Pearl Jam's best album .. fuck me...

Gotta go Help Help because it's the best song on Riot Act. But I want all of them to win and advance.

All or None easily for me.

It's a hopeless selection (of songs that aren't All Or None)

Cropduster, hell yea

Cropduster is so fucking good...

Help Help doesn't stand a chance so I'm changing my vote in hopes of pushing Cropduster over the line.

epilogue wrote:Cropduster is so fucking good...

Help Help doesn't stand a chance so I'm changing my vote in hopes of pushing Cropduster over the line.

Hmm maybe I should do the same.

Help Help deserved better, though.

Epic battle between two worthy songs... no losers here imo

Even in these trying times, I can’t abandon Help Help.

liebzz wrote:Even in these trying times, I can’t abandon Help Help.

It's such a great fucking song

Cropduster wins in a close match!