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Match GA: I Got Shit vs. Hard to Imagine
Posted: Wed April 02, 2014 12:07 am
by stip
GA
Re: Match GA: I Got Shit vs. Hard to Imagine
Posted: Wed April 02, 2014 12:13 am
by stip
Hard to Imagine. I'm just bored with I Got Shit. It's too melodramatic for me, and lacks the in the moment theatrics of a song like Black. Black is about a particular moment of desolation. I Got Shit is just wallowing in a sad bit of unrequited love. It was really moving to me once, but I prefer the subtle things happening in Hard to Imagine, though it isn't a favorite.
Re: Match GA: I Got Shit vs. Hard to Imagine
Posted: Wed April 02, 2014 1:36 am
by CopperTom
Hard To Imagine
Re: Match GA: I Got Shit vs. Hard to Imagine
Posted: Wed April 02, 2014 1:52 am
by Birds in Hell
I Got Shit, easy.
Re: Match GA: I Got Shit vs. Hard to Imagine
Posted: Wed April 02, 2014 2:02 am
by LetMeSleep
I Got Shit. HTI is good but feels half finished.
Re: Match GA: I Got Shit vs. Hard to Imagine
Posted: Wed April 02, 2014 5:01 am
by Norah
Birds in Hell wrote:I Got Shit, easy.
yup
Re: Match GA: I Got Shit vs. Hard to Imagine
Posted: Wed April 02, 2014 3:24 pm
by hlniv
LetMeSleep wrote:I Got Shit. HTI is good but feels half finished.
This.
Of course, if we want to re-surface the whole studio vs. live argument, it might drive some debate. Hard to Imagine when played properly live and with Mike's solo in the end, I think trumps the live I Got Shit. However, when the songs are considered in all possible environments, I think the quality and unqiueness of the Merkinball track towers above the half-finished HTI demo. Edge to I Got Shit
Re: Match GA: I Got Shit vs. Hard to Imagine
Posted: Wed April 02, 2014 3:53 pm
by stip
Hard to Imagine is meant to feel a bit unfinished and incomplete by design, like a thought you can't quite articulate
Having said that, I too prefer the more robust live versions
Re: Match GA: I Got Shit vs. Hard to Imagine
Posted: Wed April 02, 2014 6:18 pm
by javiselerrante
HTI is way better than IGS, though I got shit last PJ concert in BA, exactly one year ago...
Re: Match GA: I Got Shit vs. Hard to Imagine
Posted: Wed April 02, 2014 6:44 pm
by darth_vedder
Birds in Hell wrote:I Got Shit, easy.
Re: Match GA: I Got Shit vs. Hard to Imagine
Posted: Wed April 02, 2014 6:57 pm
by bodysnatcher
I Got Shit. I always thought HTI was a bit overrated.
Re: Match GA: I Got Shit vs. Hard to Imagine
Posted: Wed April 02, 2014 7:00 pm
by Coach
I Got Shit. The best thing they ever did was that collaboration with Neil.
Re: Match GA: I Got Shit vs. Hard to Imagine
Posted: Wed April 02, 2014 10:23 pm
by chewm
Love both, but HTI is special for me.
Re: Match GA: I Got Shit vs. Hard to Imagine
Posted: Thu April 03, 2014 12:34 am
by epilogue
Yep.
Hard to Imagine, for me too.
Re: Match GA: I Got Shit vs. Hard to Imagine
Posted: Thu April 03, 2014 9:32 am
by dimejinky99
Tough one.
Re: Match GA: I Got Shit vs. Hard to Imagine
Posted: Thu April 03, 2014 9:42 am
by William Bloke
Hard to Imagine.
The whole "Things were different then..." section just gets me every time. Love it.
Re: Match GA: I Got Shit vs. Hard to Imagine
Posted: Thu April 03, 2014 10:45 am
by brisjam
Varis wrote:Hard to Imagine.
The whole "Things were different then..." section just gets me every time. Love it.
It is a brilliant two odd minutes at the end of HTI...
But gotta go I got Id
Re: Match GA: I Got Shit vs. Hard to Imagine
Posted: Thu April 03, 2014 1:12 pm
by dimejinky99
To me, Hard to imagine is like the birth of a second secret life for Pearl jam.
The first in a long line of 'discarded' tracks/holy grails, that had they been on albums or even released as singles, would have Pj at a U2 level now. The cast offs and B sides often, very often, being more interesting but also having more potential than those chosen for records.
That's just my take though.
Re: Match GA: I Got Shit vs. Hard to Imagine
Posted: Thu April 03, 2014 2:03 pm
by EJ
dimejinky99 wrote:To me, Hard to imagine is like the birth of a second secret life for Pearl jam.
The first in a long line of 'discarded' tracks/holy grails, that had they been on albums or even released as singles, would have Pj at a U2 level now. The cast offs and B sides often, very often, being more interesting but also having more potential than those chosen for records.
That's just my take though.
Yeah, kinda agree. I think I finally discovered HTI in like 1998. I was pretty blown away. How could they not include this one on an album? Would've really fit on Vs. It comes off much better in a live setting I think. Conversely, the studio version of I Got Id, sounds a million times better than it does in concert.
I picked I Got Id here, but would be just as happy if HTI advanced.