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25-Immortality vs. In My Tree
Posted: Thu March 30, 2017 9:56 pm
by stip
Voting ends 4/2
Re: 25-Immortality vs. In My Tree
Posted: Thu March 30, 2017 9:58 pm
by stip
This is the only easy choice for me this round. In my tree is very good, but Immortality just outclasses it.
Re: 25-Immortality vs. In My Tree
Posted: Thu March 30, 2017 10:11 pm
by evenslow
Newspapers matter not to me.
Re: 25-Immortality vs. In My Tree
Posted: Thu March 30, 2017 10:46 pm
by epilogue
Still reeling from In My Tree's victory over Hail Hail. I feel like I'm playing with house money!
In My Tree gets my vote (duh!). But I also love Immortality. Both worthy winners.
Re: 25-Immortality vs. In My Tree
Posted: Thu March 30, 2017 10:58 pm
by Jorge
I find "Immortality" very uninteresting on every level. Again, "In My Tree" is their best song. I don't find this one hard at all.
Re: 25-Immortality vs. In My Tree
Posted: Thu March 30, 2017 10:59 pm
by LoathedVermin72
IMT takes this easily. Hail Hail deserves to be here, though.
Re: 25-Immortality vs. In My Tree
Posted: Thu March 30, 2017 11:02 pm
by tragabigzanda
Apart from Jack's drumming and the entire bridge, IMT is hugely overrated. The lyrics are silly and the verse riffs are boring. Easy vote for Immortality from me.
Re: 25-Immortality vs. In My Tree
Posted: Thu March 30, 2017 11:04 pm
by LoathedVermin72
IMT is way more interesting than Immortality, which strikes me as a rather straightforward and dull song in most ways.
Re: 25-Immortality vs. In My Tree
Posted: Thu March 30, 2017 11:05 pm
by Jorge
tragabigzanda wrote:Apart from Jack's drumming and the entire bridge, IMT is hugely overrated. The lyrics are silly and the verse riffs are boring. Easy vote for Immortality from me.
Silly lyrics and boring music are exactly what "Immortality" is, though. Aren't the verses just two chords over and over again?
Re: 25-Immortality vs. In My Tree
Posted: Thu March 30, 2017 11:07 pm
by tragabigzanda
theplatypus wrote:tragabigzanda wrote:Apart from Jack's drumming and the entire bridge, IMT is hugely overrated. The lyrics are silly and the verse riffs are boring. Easy vote for Immortality from me.
Silly lyrics and boring music are exactly what "Immortality" is, though. Aren't the verses just two chords over and over again?
I agree the music to Immortality is simple, but I think it works largely because of the guitar tones -- everything sounds ragged and worn out, so those two guitar chords take on some real weight. And then I find the lyrics to be excellent.
Re: 25-Immortality vs. In My Tree
Posted: Thu March 30, 2017 11:07 pm
by digster
In My Tree fairly decisively. Looking at what's made it near the finish line, one thing I'm struck by is how well Vitalogy works for me as an album as opposed to a collection of songs. I love the album immensely, but when I think about I'm not sure any of its songs besides Last Exit would crack my top 10 or anything.
Re: 25-Immortality vs. In My Tree
Posted: Thu March 30, 2017 11:18 pm
by epilogue
digster wrote:In My Tree fairly decisively. Looking at what's made it near the finish line, one thing I'm struck by is how well Vitalogy works for me as an album as opposed to a collection of songs. I love the album immensely, but when I think about I'm not sure any of its songs besides Last Exit would crack my top 10 or anything.
I found this to be more or less true for Riot Act. It's my #2 Pearl Jam album but there are very few individual songs as strong as a lot of the stuff on the other records that came before.
Re: 25-Immortality vs. In My Tree
Posted: Thu March 30, 2017 11:21 pm
by epilogue
tragabigzanda wrote:theplatypus wrote:tragabigzanda wrote:Apart from Jack's drumming and the entire bridge, IMT is hugely overrated. The lyrics are silly and the verse riffs are boring. Easy vote for Immortality from me.
Silly lyrics and boring music are exactly what "Immortality" is, though. Aren't the verses just two chords over and over again?
I agree the music to Immortality is simple, but I think it works largely because of the guitar tones -- everything sounds ragged and worn out, so those two guitar chords take on some real weight. And then I find the lyrics to be excellent.
Immortality has some nice lyrics. But I don't see what's "excellent" about them. Nor do I understand how IMY has "silly" lyrics, though. So, whatever. I think IMT's lyrics are far stronger overall. But I do really love Immortality. I've never found it to be boring. It's moody and evocative in a way that I find attractive. But it just can't touch In My Tree. On any level.
Re: 25-Immortality vs. In My Tree
Posted: Fri March 31, 2017 12:03 am
by Birds in Hell
LoathedVermin72 wrote:IMT takes this easily. Hail Hail deserves to be here, though.
Re: 25-Immortality vs. In My Tree
Posted: Fri March 31, 2017 12:07 am
by stip
I should have voted for hail hail
Re: 25-Immortality vs. In My Tree
Posted: Fri March 31, 2017 12:10 am
by LoathedVermin72
stip wrote:I should have voted for hail hail
correct
Re: 25-Immortality vs. In My Tree
Posted: Fri March 31, 2017 12:10 am
by epilogue
stip wrote:I should have voted for hail hail
I mean, if you like that song more, then yes. You should have.
Re: 25-Immortality vs. In My Tree
Posted: Fri March 31, 2017 12:11 am
by epilogue
But, if it makes you feel better, Stip, Immortality has a much better chance of beating In My Tree than it would have had beating Hail Hail.
Re: 25-Immortality vs. In My Tree
Posted: Fri March 31, 2017 12:17 am
by chewm
durdencommatyler wrote:In My Tree gets my vote. But I also love Immortality. Both worthy winners.
Re: 25-Immortality vs. In My Tree
Posted: Fri March 31, 2017 12:45 am
by bodysnatcher
this will be a close one.
IMT.