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Last Exit vs. Betterman
Posted: Mon March 20, 2017 11:12 pm
by stip
Voting ends 3/21
Winner advances to main tournament
Re: Last Exit vs. Betterman
Posted: Mon March 20, 2017 11:14 pm
by LoathedVermin72
Last Exit. Not even close.
Re: Last Exit vs. Betterman
Posted: Mon March 20, 2017 11:15 pm
by LetMeSleep
Last Exit 2017
Re: Last Exit vs. Betterman
Posted: Mon March 20, 2017 11:17 pm
by stip
I hate voting against betterman, but Last Exit is the second best song in the prelims.
Re: Last Exit vs. Betterman
Posted: Mon March 20, 2017 11:34 pm
by chewm
Betterman, but I won't be mad when Last Exit wins.
Re: Last Exit vs. Betterman
Posted: Mon March 20, 2017 11:42 pm
by darth_vedder
Last Exit. It's probably a top 10 PJ song for me.
Re: Last Exit vs. Betterman
Posted: Mon March 20, 2017 11:43 pm
by PHATJ
Last Exit gets the vote. Better Man is great too.
Re: Last Exit vs. Betterman
Posted: Mon March 20, 2017 11:45 pm
by bodysnatcher
Last Exit. But if it was Betterman (live) then it might be a closer call for me.
Re: Last Exit vs. Betterman
Posted: Mon March 20, 2017 11:45 pm
by darth_vedder
PHATJ wrote:Better Man is great too.
It really is. I think maybe more than any other PJ song, I take this one for granted. It was so popular I discarded it and would preach the deep cuts like In My Tree, Faithfull, or Insignificance but all things considered, Betterman really is one of their best songs.
Re: Last Exit vs. Betterman
Posted: Mon March 20, 2017 11:49 pm
by PHATJ
darth_vedder wrote:PHATJ wrote:Better Man is great too.
It really is. I think maybe more than any other PJ song, I take this one for granted. It was so popular I discarded it and would preach the deep cuts like In My Tree, Faithfull, or Insignificance but all things considered, Betterman really is one of their best songs.
I did the same. Never disliked it, but basically discarded it for years. Once I gave it some credit I really began to appreciate and enjoy it again.
Re: Last Exit vs. Betterman
Posted: Mon March 20, 2017 11:51 pm
by Birds in Hell
LetMeSleep wrote:Last Exit 2017
Re: Last Exit vs. Betterman
Posted: Tue March 21, 2017 12:48 am
by evenslow
LetMeSleep wrote:Last Exit 2017
Re: Last Exit vs. Betterman
Posted: Tue March 21, 2017 1:18 am
by wease
LoathedVermin72 wrote:Last Exit. Not even close.
Re: Last Exit vs. Betterman
Posted: Tue March 21, 2017 1:25 am
by Kaius
My 3 year old wilds out to the first three Vitalogy tracks and that makes me happy.
Re: Last Exit vs. Betterman
Posted: Tue March 21, 2017 1:46 am
by Higgs
PHATJ wrote:Last Exit gets the vote. Better Man is great too.
Re: Last Exit vs. Betterman
Posted: Tue March 21, 2017 2:12 am
by epilogue
Last Exit.
Re: Last Exit vs. Betterman
Posted: Tue March 21, 2017 2:46 am
by evenslow
I love Betterman but this blowout is encouraging.
Re: Last Exit vs. Betterman
Posted: Tue March 21, 2017 4:04 pm
by digster
I love Better Man, and I think it's come to be fairly underrated, in some ways. But it's not Last Exit. In a way, the song sounds like a culmination of everything the band was going for in those early years. It has the brute aggression of their early stuff, is chock full of "rhythmic things that butt up against each other in a cool way," but has that sandpaper rawness that Ed brought to the Vitalogy material.
Re: Last Exit vs. Betterman
Posted: Tue March 21, 2017 4:08 pm
by epilogue
I remember hearing Betterman for the first time. It's a great memory for me and one of the reasons I adore the song so much. It's a great song that I feel is easy to toss aside because of it's "hit" status and the fact that it's been overplayed for 20 years. But it's still a highlight in Pearl Jam's career and I never tire of it.
Last Exit is still the better song, though. And, I think, a far more rewarding listen all these years later.
Re: Last Exit vs. Betterman
Posted: Tue March 21, 2017 5:40 pm
by bodysnatcher
Betterman is one hell of a pop song. Probably the best pop-rock song I know of, whether I'm a big PJ fan or not. But it doesn't touch Last Exit.