I ranked No Code by track...how would you rank it?
I write for a blog, and this week I took advantage of my situation to promote one of my favorite albums, No Code. I hope it is one of your favorites as well! It is refreshing that they still play songs off of No Code live although it isn't one of their well known albums (in Vancouver 2011 they played 6 tracks!)
Here's the full link:
http://www.poweranks.com/blog/ranking-all-the-tracks-on-pearl-jams-no-code
And here's my ranking just incase you don't feel like clicking the link:
13. Mankind
12. I'm Open
11. Habit
10. Lukin
9. Hail Hail
8. Sometimes
7. Around the Bend
6. Red Mosquito
5. Smile
4. In My Tree
3. Who You Are
2. Present Tense
1. Off He Goes
How do you guys rank it? Or what's your favorite track off the album?
Here's the full link:
http://www.poweranks.com/blog/ranking-all-the-tracks-on-pearl-jams-no-code
And here's my ranking just incase you don't feel like clicking the link:
13. Mankind
12. I'm Open
11. Habit
10. Lukin
9. Hail Hail
8. Sometimes
7. Around the Bend
6. Red Mosquito
5. Smile
4. In My Tree
3. Who You Are
2. Present Tense
1. Off He Goes
How do you guys rank it? Or what's your favorite track off the album?
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Pearl Jam:
Key Arena - Seattle, WA - Sep 21, 2009
Pacific Coliseum - Vancouver, BC - Sep 25, 2011
Key Arena - Seattle, WA - Dec 6, 2013
Eddie Vedder Solo:
Benaroya Hall - Seattle, WA - Jul 15, 2011
Pearl Jam:
Key Arena - Seattle, WA - Sep 21, 2009
Pacific Coliseum - Vancouver, BC - Sep 25, 2011
Key Arena - Seattle, WA - Dec 6, 2013
Eddie Vedder Solo:
Benaroya Hall - Seattle, WA - Jul 15, 2011
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All songs are worthy (even Mankind), and I would rank it as follows:
1) Off He Goes
2) Smile
3) Hail Hail
4) In My Tree
5) Present Tense
6) Around The Bend
7) Red Mosquito
8) Sometimes
9) Who You Are
10) Lukin
11) Habit
12) Mankind
13) I'm Open
1. Red Mosquito**
2. Hail Hail
3. Habit
4. Smile
5. Off He Goes*
6. Present Tense
7. In My Tree
8. Who You Are
9. Around The Bend
10. Sometimes
11. I'm Open
12. Lukin
13. Mankind
* This one moves all the way to # 2 played live. Fantastic Live!!!
** This one played live with Ben Harper on the slide guitar is absolutely brilliant (my white whale)
2.present tense
3.smile
4. Off he goes
5. Red mosquito
6.hail hail
7.sometimes
8.around the bend
9.Who you are
10. Habit
11.lukin
12.im open
13. Mankind
Prague Krakow Berlin 2018. Berlin 2022
EV, Taormina 1+2 2017.
I wish i was the souvenir you kept your house key on..
1. Sometimes
2. Present Tense
3. In My Tree
4. Off He Goes
5. Red Mosquito
6. Hail Hail
7. Who You Are
8. Smile
9. Habit
10. Lukin
11. I'm Open
12. Around The Bend
13. Mankind
Dublin 02 Arena - 22/6/10. Belfast Odyssey Arena - 23/6/10. London Hyde Park - 25/6/10. Berlin Wuhlheide - 30/6/10.
Manchester MEN - 20/06/12. Manchester MEN - 21/06/12
But I find myself doing it anyway.
No matter what song I place at the bottom, it just seems wrong.
Especially looking at Off he goes and Habit
01. Present tense
02. Who you are
03. In my tree
04. Red mosquito
05. Smile
06. Hail, hail
07. I'm open
08. Sometimes
09. Habit
10. Off he goes
11. Around the bend
12. Lukin
13. Mankind
2006 Arnhem 2007 Werchter 2009 Rotterdam 2010 Nijmegen 2010 Werchter
2012 Amsterdam 1 2012 Amsterdam 2 2014 Amsterdam 1 2014 Amsterdam 2
2014 Berlijn
1. Who You Are
2. Smile
3. In My Tree
4. Red Mosquito
5. Around The Bend
6. Sometimes
7. Off He Goes
8. Present Tense
9. Hail Hail
10. Lukin
11. Habit
12. Mankind
13. I'm Open
East Troy, WI - 9.3.11
East Troy, WI - 9.4.11
Atlanta, GA - 9.22.12
Las Vegas, NV - 10.31.12 (EV)
Las Vegas, NV - 11.1.12 (EV)
Chicago, IL - 7.19.13
Dallas, TX - 11.15.13
Oklahoma City, OK - 11.16.13
Seattle, WA - 12.6.13
Lincoln, NE - 10.9.14
Moline, IL - 10.17.14
St. Paul, MN - 10.19.14
Milwaukee, WI - 10.20.14
New York, NY - 5.1.16
New York, NY - 5.2.16
Boston, MA - 8.5.16
Boston, MA - 8.7.16
Chicago, IL - 8.20.16
1. Who You Are
1. Smile
1. In My Tree
1. Red Mosquito
1. Around The Bend
1. Sometimes
1. Off He Goes
1. Present Tense
1. Hail Hail
1. Lukin
1. Habit
1. Mankind
2. I'm Open
EV
Toronto 08-12-08 / Toronto 08-13-08 / New York 06-21-11 / New York 06-22-11
Pearl Jam:
Key Arena - Seattle, WA - Sep 21, 2009
Pacific Coliseum - Vancouver, BC - Sep 25, 2011
Key Arena - Seattle, WA - Dec 6, 2013
Eddie Vedder Solo:
Benaroya Hall - Seattle, WA - Jul 15, 2011
2. Hail Hail
3. Off He Goes
4. In My Tree
5. Who You Are
6. Smile
7. Lukin
8. Red Mosquito
9. Sometimes
10. Around The Bend
11. Habit
12. Mankind
13. I'm Open
Great great album!
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2014: Milan, Leeds, Milton Keynes
2017: London II (EV)
2018: Amsterdam I, London I, Prague, London II
2019: London (EV)
2022: London I, London II, Budapest, Krakow, Amsterdam
2 red mosquito
3 off he goes
4 present tense
5 in my tree
6 sometimes
7 habit
8 who you are
9 Lufkin
10 smile
11 around the bend
12 mankind
13 I'm open
That was difficult!
2006 Arnhem 2007 Werchter 2009 Rotterdam 2010 Nijmegen 2010 Werchter
2012 Amsterdam 1 2012 Amsterdam 2 2014 Amsterdam 1 2014 Amsterdam 2
2014 Berlijn
Perhaps you should read the Pearl Jam words and music section.
There is an interesting thread about I'm open.
2006 Arnhem 2007 Werchter 2009 Rotterdam 2010 Nijmegen 2010 Werchter
2012 Amsterdam 1 2012 Amsterdam 2 2014 Amsterdam 1 2014 Amsterdam 2
2014 Berlijn
That one?
I will do that. Thanks for the tip.
If I could choose, I would've had Mankind and I'm Open be B-Sides, while including "I've Got Shit" and "Long Road' onto No Code, as both of those songs would've fit perfectly on No Code.
Pearl Jam:
Key Arena - Seattle, WA - Sep 21, 2009
Pacific Coliseum - Vancouver, BC - Sep 25, 2011
Key Arena - Seattle, WA - Dec 6, 2013
Eddie Vedder Solo:
Benaroya Hall - Seattle, WA - Jul 15, 2011
2. Present Tense
3. Sometimes
4. Lukin
5. Around the bend
6. Hail Hail
7. Smile
8. In my tree
9. RedMosquito
10. Habit
11. Who you are
12. Mankind
13. I'm Open
Awesome album, prob my favorite - but that's just today! It could change later -
13. Mankind
12. I'm Open
11. Around the Bend
10. Who You Are
9. Lukin
8. Habit
7. Hail Hail
6. Red Mosquito
5. Sometimes
4. In My Tree
3. Off He Goes
2. Present Tense
1. Smile
1. Off He Goes
2. Habit
3. Around the Bend
4. Sometimes
5. In My Tree
6. Who you are
7. Lukin
8. Red Mosquito
9. Present Tense
10. I'm Open
11. Hail Hail
12. Smile
13. Mankind
I myself never thought that there were more than one moon.
But as a child I did have the idea that it followed us back home.
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2012 Amsterdam 1 2012 Amsterdam 2 2014 Amsterdam 1 2014 Amsterdam 2
2014 Berlijn
However I'm open fits even better because of the experimental nature of the album.
I understand you comparison to I'm still here, but it also falls somewhat short I feel.
The reason I think so is because I'm open is fully worked out and I'm still here to me is only a sketch.
You're right about calling it unconventional, but there are alot of bands that have little pieces of music like that.
I think I'm open is placed quite nicely in the tracklist. It's a majestic opener for Around the bend.
One is about a the loss of the inner child and the other is a sweet lullabye, it's almost
like he's trying to prevent the lyric's for I'm open from happening to the subject in Around the bend.
I'm open fits very well with Sometimes and Present tense in terms of sound and style.
2006 Arnhem 2007 Werchter 2009 Rotterdam 2010 Nijmegen 2010 Werchter
2012 Amsterdam 1 2012 Amsterdam 2 2014 Amsterdam 1 2014 Amsterdam 2
2014 Berlijn
2. Present Tense
3. Hail, Hail
4. Smile
5. Red Mosquito
6. Who You Are
7. Off He Goes
8. Sometimes
9. Mankind
10. Around the Bend
11. Lukin
12. Habit
13. I'm Open
That really was hard! Not even sure if I'm okay with my rankings and I worked on it for ten minutes, lol.
(I'm 100% sure about I'm Open though. It's the only song on the album that I actually don't really like. I just don't feel it - has an insincere or contrived tone for me.)
13. Mankind
12. I'm Open
11. Around the Bend
10. Habit
9. In My Tree
8. Who You Are
7. Lukin
6. Red Mosquito
5. Off He Goes
4. Sometimes
3. Present Tense
2. Smile
1. Hail Hail
Indy - 08.18.00
Indy - 06.22.03
Indy - 05.07.10
EV StL - 07.01.11
Alpine Valley - 09.03.11, 09.04.11 (PJ20)
ATL - 09.22.12 (Music Midtown Festival)
EV Jax - 11.24.12
Chicago - 07.19.13
Pittsburgh - 10.11.13
Moline - 10.17.14 (The No Code Show)
Milwaukee - 10.20.14 (The Yield Show)
FtL - 04.08.16
Miami - 04.09.16
Tampa - 04.11.16
Lexington - 04.26.16
Chicago - 08.20.16, 08.22.16
Chicago - 08.18.18, 08.20.18
Boston - 09.02.18, 09.04.18
Wow, just wow.
Of course you sort of explain it in the post, but why don't you feel it?
Insincere or contrived tone how so?
Not to jump on you, but I am just very curious because it is so far from how I feel about the song.
2006 Arnhem 2007 Werchter 2009 Rotterdam 2010 Nijmegen 2010 Werchter
2012 Amsterdam 1 2012 Amsterdam 2 2014 Amsterdam 1 2014 Amsterdam 2
2014 Berlijn
The inclusion of Ben Harper really enhances the live version of the track: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FYAZev6otCc
And who could forget the famous Live On Two Legs version: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yd97McRleSE
Pearl Jam:
Key Arena - Seattle, WA - Sep 21, 2009
Pacific Coliseum - Vancouver, BC - Sep 25, 2011
Key Arena - Seattle, WA - Dec 6, 2013
Eddie Vedder Solo:
Benaroya Hall - Seattle, WA - Jul 15, 2011