Setting Sun is incredible - love the bittersweet wistfulness in the first half of the song, and the raw unburdened honesty of the climax. Just a phenomenal song.
Fatal has never been more than fine. Atmosphere papered over nothing.
Re: 2-15 Fatal vs Setting Sun
Posted: Fri March 21, 2025 10:37 am
by Anders
Fatal, but two good songs.
Re: 2-15 Fatal vs Setting Sun
Posted: Fri March 21, 2025 10:39 am
by Anders
Re: 2-15 Fatal vs Setting Sun
Posted: Fri March 21, 2025 10:40 am
by Anders
Re: 2-15 Fatal vs Setting Sun
Posted: Fri March 21, 2025 10:41 am
by Anders
Ed is a million times better on Fatal.
Re: 2-15 Fatal vs Setting Sun
Posted: Fri March 21, 2025 11:47 am
by blueviper
Setting Sun all the way, even though I like Fatal.
Re: 2-15 Fatal vs Setting Sun
Posted: Fri March 21, 2025 1:18 pm
by digster
Easily Fatal. Setting Sun is fine, but it's never really resonated with me beyond that, and it definitely doesn't hit the 5-star classic level for me in the way it seems to for others.
Re: 2-15 Fatal vs Setting Sun
Posted: Fri March 21, 2025 3:06 pm
by Kevin Davis
"Fatal" is one of the best melodies in the Pearl Jam catalog IMO.
The melody of "Setting Sun" really feels Springsteen-y to me, like something from The Ghost of Tom Joad, which is not my favorite PJ mode. I enjoy the song but I'm with Digster in not quite finding it the masterpiece that some others do.
Re: 2-15 Fatal vs Setting Sun
Posted: Fri March 21, 2025 6:53 pm
by epilogue
blueviper wrote:Setting Sun all the way, even though I like Fatal.
Re: 2-15 Fatal vs Setting Sun
Posted: Fri March 21, 2025 9:29 pm
by Matters
Tough to see Fatal, R/R, Act of Love and Angel go down while 7 O’clock and NAIS move on.
Re: 2-15 Fatal vs Setting Sun
Posted: Fri March 21, 2025 9:39 pm
by Birds in Hell
Outrageous result so far.
Setting Sun is fine but irreparably tainted by being part of the Wotman experiment era.
Did Andy write this one too? Who knows, probably.
Anyway, Fatal is an all-time great.
Re: 2-15 Fatal vs Setting Sun
Posted: Fri March 21, 2025 9:51 pm
by epilogue
Every time someone mentions "Wotman" the Dark Matter songs get an extra vote.
Re: 2-15 Fatal vs Setting Sun
Posted: Sat March 22, 2025 12:45 am
by wease
epilogue wrote:Every time someone mentions "Wotman" the Dark Matter songs get an extra vote.
The John Lennon song?
Re: 2-15 Fatal vs Setting Sun
Posted: Sat March 22, 2025 5:03 am
by Anders
Birds in Hell wrote:Outrageous result so far.
Setting Sun is fine but irreparably tainted by being part of the Wotman experiment era.
Did Andy write this one too? Who knows, probably.
Anyway, Fatal is an all-time great.
Fatal is easily the better song. Anyone listening to them one after the other, should be able to hear that.