Poll--The Weakest Link: Lightning Bolt Round 1

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  • ledveddermanledvedderman Posts: 7,755
    Sleeping By Myself
    Love it on Ukulele Songs...where it should have stayed. 
  • goldrushgoldrush everybody knows this is nowhere Posts: 7,259
    Future Days is far and away the weakest link on this record
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  • erocshiftyerocshifty Posts: 1,170
    Future Days. 
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  • rgambsrgambs Posts: 13,576
    My Father's Son
    goldrush said:
    Future Days is far and away the weakest link on this record
    Crazy talk, it's far and away better than MFS, which is a bit of a trainwreck on the album, even worse live.
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  • F Me In The BrainF Me In The Brain this knows everybody from other commets Posts: 30,589
    Yellow Poon
    The love he receives is the love that is saved
  • rummyrummy British Columbia, Canada Posts: 4,345
    Sleeping By Myself
    Could have easily voted for Sirens or Future Days but Sleeping By Myself had already been released and had no business being on this album.
  • EchoesOnMarsEchoesOnMars Reading, Pennsylvania Posts: 422
    Pendulum
    So boring 
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  • tbergstbergs Posts: 9,195
    My Father's Son
    rgambs said:
    Everyone wants Stone songs on the next album but nobody likes Stone's song on the last album lol

    Don't understand the dislike, it's got a nice riff and some of Eddie's better lyrical lines from these later days.
    Agreed.
    It's a hopeless situation...
  • tbergstbergs Posts: 9,195
    My Father's Son
    mcgruff10 said:
    Lighting bolt for the win!

    my father s son is bad, really bad. 
    Definitely my least favorite. The lyrics are cringe worthy at times. Don't hate it, but not a high point in their catalog. Not even a fan of it live.
    It's a hopeless situation...
  • HughFreakingDillonHughFreakingDillon Winnipeg Posts: 35,808
    Sleeping By Myself
    followed closely by future days and sirens. 
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  • tbergstbergs Posts: 9,195
    My Father's Son
    Sirens is going to get an unceremonious elimination next round I'm sure. Deserves better.
    It's a hopeless situation...
  • 2-feign-reluctance2-feign-reluctance TigerTown, USA Posts: 23,090
    Mind Your Manners
    Good but wore out hearing it on every bootleg the past 2 yrs
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  • Let The Records Play
    MFS is pretty good.
    His voice reaches an amazing raw tone when he starts to sing "Now father your dead and gone,.....
  • releaseNYreleaseNY In my private universe Posts: 153
    Future Days.
    you paid to get in, you're free to leave.
  • pearljam1809pearljam1809 Posts: 863
    Sleeping By Myself
    I don´t think this is a bad song, but clearly doen´t belong to this album
  • BEnglish017BEnglish017 Posts: 455
    Future Days 
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  • rgambsrgambs Posts: 13,576
    edited May 2017
    My Father's Son
    tbergs said:
    mcgruff10 said:
    Lighting bolt for the win!

    my father s son is bad, really bad. 
    Definitely my least favorite. The lyrics are cringe worthy at times. Don't hate it, but not a high point in their catalog. Not even a fan of it live.
    "I'm volunteer amputee" is pretty good though.  
    Sonically, it's just a jumbly mess though. 
    Agree with pjfanwillneverleave about his voice at that one point though.
    Post edited by rgambs on
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  • rgambsrgambs Posts: 13,576
    My Father's Son
    I use my father as a gauge for music sometimes, he has an entirely open mind and a brilliant musicians ear.  He doesn't care who or what, he only cares for good songwriting and performing.
    He jumped into the alternative "grunge" sound with both feet at 45 years old, after sustaining himself with the classics through the long drought of the 80's.  
    Having no prior expectations on what Pearl Jam should sound like all these years later, he loves the songs from LB that are most trashed here.
    I'm on his side, Future Days for instance, is an excellent song (not a great studio arrangement) that someone like Neil Young would be proud to have in his catalogue.
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  • Weston1283Weston1283 Fredericksburg, VA Posts: 4,618
    Future Days.  Without a doubt.  My least favorite PJ song ever.
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  • tylermooretylermoore St. Joseph, MI Posts: 879
    Future Days
  • tbergstbergs Posts: 9,195
    My Father's Son
    rgambs said:
    tbergs said:
    mcgruff10 said:
    Lighting bolt for the win!

    my father s son is bad, really bad. 
    Definitely my least favorite. The lyrics are cringe worthy at times. Don't hate it, but not a high point in their catalog. Not even a fan of it live.
    "I'm volunteer amputee" is pretty good though.  
    Sonically, it's just a jumbly mess though. 
    Agree with pjfanwillneverleave about his voice at that one point though.
    Definitely, it's all over the place. The last verse is a high point though.
    It's a hopeless situation...
  • bootlegger10bootlegger10 Posts: 15,490
    Sleeping By Myself
    Should have put Future Days in the poll and placed MYM or Getaway as a write in.  
  • Spurs14Spurs14 Buffalo Grove, IL Posts: 226
    Future Days
  • brianluxbrianlux Moving through All Kinds of Terrain. Posts: 40,596
    Sirens
    Sirens is such a weird song for me.  When it first came out I just could not believe how syrupy it sounded.  It's not a BAD song (I don't believe there is such a thing) but I it just bugged me.  And then, for a while I really liked it.  And then tooth decay set in.  So it must be extracted.  Sorry, Sirens fans!
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  • JimmyVJimmyV Boston's MetroWest Posts: 18,810
    My Father's Son
    JimmyV said:
    No idea. Looking forward to giving this one a listen before choosing.
    I forgot that My Father's Son was the Johnny Guitar of this album.

    Agree with everyone who thinks Sleeping By Myself doesn't belong on the record.

    Strongly disagree with anyone voting for Sirens.

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  • 23scidoo23scidoo Thessaloniki,Greece Posts: 18,415
    Future Days
    i don't get the hate for My Father's Son and the Let the Records Play..there are much worst songs on first round..
    Pendulum for winner, or Infallible..
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  • Flying MXZFlying MXZ Posts: 45
    Yellow moon.  I know lots love it, but, ummm, I don't.
  • F Me In The BrainF Me In The Brain this knows everybody from other commets Posts: 30,589
    Yellow moon.  I know lots love it, but, ummm, I don't.
    Just the two of us against the world!  :lol:
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  • northerndragonnortherndragon somewhere, nowhere, anywhere Posts: 9,728
    Sirens
    Fucking detest this one. Can't wait until it's gone!
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  • BrainofBGABrainofBGA Australia Posts: 3,842
    Sleeping By Myself
    Still trying to figure out why they did it!? 
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