The whole world will be different soon... - EV
RED ROCKS 6-19-95
AUGUSTA 9-26-96
MANSFIELD 9-15-98
BOSTON 9-29-04
BOSTON 5-25-06
MANSFIELD 6-30-08
EV SOLO BOSTON 8-01-08
BOSTON 5-17-10
EV SOLO BOSTON 6-16-11
PJ20 9-3-11
PJ20 9-4-11
WRIGLEY 7-19-13
WORCESTER 10-15-13
WORCESTER 10-16-13
HARTFORD 10-25-13
I just realized have no freaking idea what song will win Binaural! Might be a blind spot for me. And I thought Vitalogy was hard!
No one can seriously compare vitalogy to binaural.
No
You know it bud!
Exactly. Binaural is a masterpiece for those with revered musical interests. Beautiful album and best B side of any PJ album and #1 closer. Release was lucky to win Ten, but Parting Ways is perfection.
No one can seriously compare vitalogy to binaural.
Not sure what you're getting at there, but I didn't compare the two. I did express that it was difficult to vote on, and that I think Binaural will be too.
I just realized have no freaking idea what song will win Binaural! Might be a blind spot for me. And I thought Vitalogy was hard!
No one can seriously compare vitalogy to binaural.
No
You know it bud!
Exactly. Binaural is a masterpiece for those with revered musical interests. Beautiful album and best B side of any PJ album and #1 closer. Release was lucky to win Ten, but Parting Ways is perfection.
Revered musical interests? Yeah keep thinking that lol. Best b side? Please stop. Comparing vitalogy (bigger than No code/yield by far) to binaural is again laughable. I absolutely love parting ways but there s a huge reason there were many Million less sales With binaural.
... Other side note: I just realized have no freaking idea what song will win Binaural! Might be a blind spot for me. And I thought Vitalogy was hard!
I haven't the slightest idea which songs will win each of the last five albums. I think most of your picks have a chance (not too sure about Thin Air) but you could name five or six songs from any of those album and I could be convinced they could/should win.
I gotta add that I haven't been overly shocked by the results so far in this series (aside from first round exits by Jeremy and Dissident).
I am voting for OHG next round unless it doesn't survive this one. It is a great song but it is hard to block out that it is a love song written about Uncle Neil. If only this song had no face or name....
I am voting for OHG next round unless it doesn't survive this one. It is a great song but it is hard to block out that it is a love song written about Uncle Neil. If only this song had no face or name....
I thought the song was about Ed himself??? Sort of a self portrait.
I am voting for OHG next round unless it doesn't survive this one. It is a great song but it is hard to block out that it is a love song written about Uncle Neil. If only this song had no face or name....
I thought the song was about Ed himself??? Sort of a self portrait.
I am voting for OHG next round unless it doesn't survive this one. It is a great song but it is hard to block out that it is a love song written about Uncle Neil. If only this song had no face or name....
I thought the song was about Ed himself??? Sort of a self portrait.
That's what I thought as well.
Agree. Thought he said it in a show.
Definitely has a little Neil in it though. I always think of Unknown Legend. Feels like some parallels there.
Toss up between Smile and this one. Was one of the top songs when the album came out, but Who You Are has gotten a little boring for me over the years so I had to go with that. Still like it, just a little too simple to make it to the next round.
Toss up between Smile and this one. Was one of the top songs when the album came out, but Who You Are has gotten a little boring for me over the years so I had to go with that. Still like it, just a little too simple to make it to the next round.
We could also (re)start the debate whether or not it was a good choice to be a lead single...
Toss up between Smile and this one. Was one of the top songs when the album came out, but Who You Are has gotten a little boring for me over the years so I had to go with that. Still like it, just a little too simple to make it to the next round.
We could also (re)start the debate whether or not it was a good choice to be a lead single...
I think it was good for their survival as a band but a terrible choice with respect to sales. Hail hail would have been a great first single imho.
I'll ride the wave where it takes me......
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Toss up between Smile and this one. Was one of the top songs when the album came out, but Who You Are has gotten a little boring for me over the years so I had to go with that. Still like it, just a little too simple to make it to the next round.
We could also (re)start the debate whether or not it was a good choice to be a lead single...
Almost as good as their decision for NAIS as the first single a few years later. What do you mean good for the survival of the band?
Toss up between Smile and this one. Was one of the top songs when the album came out, but Who You Are has gotten a little boring for me over the years so I had to go with that. Still like it, just a little too simple to make it to the next round.
We could also (re)start the debate whether or not it was a good choice to be a lead single...
Almost as good as their decision for NAIS as the first single a few years later. What do you mean good for the survival of the band?
This question isn't directed to me (I hope it's okay that I throw in my two cents) but I guess it has to do with them using a song that might separate them from the "untrue" fans and allow them to step away from the spotlight. Hey, "Who You Are" definitely threw me for a loop and it wasn't until I heard songs like "Hail, Hail" and "In My Tree" that I was back on board.
I agree that "Hail Hail" would have been the best straight forward, rock single to start things off but even if they wanted something different initially, "In My Tree" would have been a better choice than "Who You Are" (in my opinion, of course).
As for the third single, I always thought "Off He Goes" was a peculiar choice. It's a beautiful song, no doubt, but I don't think I once heard it on the radio. "Present Tense" would have been an interesting alternative choice...I think it might have been a pretty big hit, in fact. However, I guess that's what the band didn't want????? However (again), if they really wanted to pull away from the spotlight maybe they should have avoided releasing singles altogether.
The idea of singles seems pointless anyway. I hear as many or more songs that were never singles being played on the radio. And in today's world more pointless than ever, since you can just buy songs a la mode via itunes, why do they still even have singles? I remember Ed saying he wanted to challenge his fans by releasing NAIS as the first single. I didn't get that then, I'm not going to like a song more or less because it was an official single, or judge an album by the singles released and ignore the other tracks.
Toss up between Smile and this one. Was one of the top songs when the album came out, but Who You Are has gotten a little boring for me over the years so I had to go with that. Still like it, just a little too simple to make it to the next round.
We could also (re)start the debate whether or not it was a good choice to be a lead single...
Almost as good as their decision for NAIS as the first single a few years later. What do you mean good for the survival of the band?
They needed to lose some fans to survive. Vitalogy was the band at the height of their popularity. It was such a stressful time that jeff left the no code recording sessions. Leading with who you are turned off a heck of a lot of people but saved the band.
Toss up between Smile and this one. Was one of the top songs when the album came out, but Who You Are has gotten a little boring for me over the years so I had to go with that. Still like it, just a little too simple to make it to the next round.
We could also (re)start the debate whether or not it was a good choice to be a lead single...
Almost as good as their decision for NAIS as the first single a few years later. What do you mean good for the survival of the band?
They needed to lose some fans to survive. Vitalogy was the band at the height of their popularity. It was such a stressful time that jeff left the no code recording sessions. Leading with who you are turned off a heck of a lot of people but saved the band.
They deliberately sabotaged themselves (edit: from being part of the mainstream).
Still over a day to go but it's interesting that THREE songs are currently tied for third place (and all over 10 votes). It'd be crazy if a total of five songs got eliminated this round.
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RED ROCKS 6-19-95
AUGUSTA 9-26-96
MANSFIELD 9-15-98
BOSTON 9-29-04
BOSTON 5-25-06
MANSFIELD 6-30-08
EV SOLO BOSTON 8-01-08
BOSTON 5-17-10
EV SOLO BOSTON 6-16-11
PJ20 9-3-11
PJ20 9-4-11
WRIGLEY 7-19-13
WORCESTER 10-15-13
WORCESTER 10-16-13
HARTFORD 10-25-13
Comparing vitalogy (bigger than No code/yield by far) to binaural is again laughable. I absolutely love parting ways but there s a huge reason there were many Million less sales With binaural.
I gotta add that I haven't been overly shocked by the results so far in this series (aside from first round exits by Jeremy and Dissident).
It is a great song but it is hard to block out that it is a love song written about Uncle Neil.
If only this song had no face or name....
He plays how he feels. Perfectly fits the mood of the song.
And I love the artistic connection to Neil Young.
Definitely has a little Neil in it though. I always think of Unknown Legend. Feels like some parallels there.
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What do you mean good for the survival of the band?
I agree that "Hail Hail" would have been the best straight forward, rock single to start things off but even if they wanted something different initially, "In My Tree" would have been a better choice than "Who You Are" (in my opinion, of course).
As for the third single, I always thought "Off He Goes" was a peculiar choice. It's a beautiful song, no doubt, but I don't think I once heard it on the radio. "Present Tense" would have been an interesting alternative choice...I think it might have been a pretty big hit, in fact. However, I guess that's what the band didn't want????? However (again), if they really wanted to pull away from the spotlight maybe they should have avoided releasing singles altogether.
I remember Ed saying he wanted to challenge his fans by releasing NAIS as the first single. I didn't get that then, I'm not going to like a song more or less because it was an official single, or judge an album by the singles released and ignore the other tracks.