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Poll--The Weakest Link: The Champions - Semi-Finals

MedozKMedozK Tennessee Posts: 9,209
edited June 2017 in The Porch
Ten (Release)
Vs (Rearviewmirror)
Vitalogy (Corduroy)
No Code (Present Tense) - Eliminated Round 3
Yield (Given To Fly)
Binaural (Light Years) - Eliminated Round 3
Riot Act (I Am Mine) - Eliminated Round 2
Pearl Jam (Inside Job) - Eliminated Round 2
Backspacer (Unthought Known) - Eliminated Round 1
Lightning Bolt (Pendulum) - Eliminated Round 1

Now on to the SEMI-FINALS:
You are going to pick the song that you think is the "Weakest Link" after 2 days I remove the two (2) songs with the most votes.
We will then move on to the Championship round. - Remember you are voting to eliminate songs from contention.

For each round of the "Champions" competition, 2 songs will be eliminated.

The poll will close on Saturday (6/10) at 3:00pm cst.

Poll--The Weakest Link: The Champions - Semi-Finals 150 votes

Release
20%
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Rearviewmirror
28%
CantKeepmedownmcgruff10100 PacerspnooneBEnglish017bootlegger10Force Of Naturepjpitt89tunodamaiNoloadlogan5iveRoelandlolobugghrd2imgnBrainofBGAPA JammerJimmyVScreaming TreeBettrMan21Kev - Coat and Keys 42 votes
Corduroy
20%
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Given To Fly
31%
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    HughFreakingDillonHughFreakingDillon Winnipeg Posts: 35,832
    Given To Fly
    love GTF, but love the other 3 more. 
    Flight Risk out NOW!

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    mcgruff10mcgruff10 New Jersey Posts: 27,877
    Rearviewmirror
    I'm gonna have to think about this one for  a little bit.  all four songs are amazing!
    I'll ride the wave where it takes me......
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    Spiritual_ChaosSpiritual_Chaos Posts: 28,979
    Corduroy
    Corduroy has that weird hamfisted "tincture" line.
    "Mostly I think that people react sensitively because they know you’ve got a point"
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    dimitrispearljamdimitrispearljam NINUNINOPRO Posts: 139,158
    Corduroy
    all 4 great songs,,but all 4 are not my favo songs or i believe i the best from their album..
    only way to vote has to do with the meaning of the lyrics deliver..so..i ll not vote for release and given to fly,whoare away better lyrically than the other 2 songs.........so..vote goes to..
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    bbiggsbbiggs Posts: 6,931
    Given To Fly
    Hard to choose as everyone has noted.  No way I can vote for Release.  Corduroy and RVM are just the slightest bit above GTF for me.  I absolutely love GTF, so it shows what I think of all 4 of these. 
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    Gern BlanstenGern Blansten Your Mom's Posts: 17,961
    Given To Fly
    Corduroy might be the greatest song ever
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    derbydavederbydave Columbus, OH Posts: 11,254
    Given To Fly

    Never thought or GTF as a weak link...

    but of the songs left, it's my least favorite!!

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    washedinblack91washedinblack91 Posts: 3,078
    Release
    Whoever is voting for rearviewmirror cut that shit out it's amazing especially live!! 
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    eV: 8/4/08, 8/5/08, 6/21/11
    SG: 10/4/08<-- MET STONE!!!
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    JimmyVJimmyV Boston's MetroWest Posts: 18,916
    Rearviewmirror
    If I ranked these 1-4 RVM would come up last every time. It's a great song and I love it live but it's #4 on this list.
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    washedinblack91washedinblack91 Posts: 3,078
    Release
    JimmyV said:
    If I ranked these 1-4 RVM would come up last every time. It's a great song and I love it live but it's #4 on this list.
    I thought I said to cut that shit out!! :lol:
    PJ: 9/29/04, 5/12/06, 5/13/06, 6/22/08, 6/24/08, 6/25/08, 6/27/08, 6/30/08, 10/30/09, 10/31/09, 5/18/10, 5/20/10, 5/21/10, 9/3/11, 9/4/11, 10/18/13, 8/7/16
    eV: 8/4/08, 8/5/08, 6/21/11
    SG: 10/4/08<-- MET STONE!!!
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    JimmyVJimmyV Boston's MetroWest Posts: 18,916
    Rearviewmirror
    washedinblack91 said:
    JimmyV said:
    If I ranked these 1-4 RVM would come up last every time. It's a great song and I love it live but it's #4 on this list.
    I thought I said to cut that shit out!! :lol:
    :lol:

    Release is my favorite opener. GTF and Corduroy are staples that could and should get played at every show. Gotta pick something here and RVM is just the slightest of notches below the others for me.

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    F Me In The BrainF Me In The Brain this knows everybody from other commets Posts: 30,621
    Rearviewmirror
    I really love RVM but just not as much as I love the other 3. 
    The love he receives is the love that is saved
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    rgambsrgambs Posts: 13,576
    Given To Fly
    Release can't really hang with these can it?
    Sentimental value is nice, but come on!
    Monkey Driven, Call this Living?
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    lolobugglolobugg BLUE RDGE MTNS Posts: 8,189
    Rearviewmirror
    JimmyV said:
    If I ranked these 1-4 RVM would come up last every time. It's a great song and I love it live but it's #4 on this list.

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    Spiritual_ChaosSpiritual_Chaos Posts: 28,979
    Corduroy
    rgambs said:
    Release can't really hang with these can it?
    Sentimental value is nice, but come on!
    Then why arent you voting for it?
    "Mostly I think that people react sensitively because they know you’ve got a point"
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    rummyrummy British Columbia, Canada Posts: 4,353
    Given To Fly
    mcgruff10 said:
    I'm gonna have to think about this one for  a little bit.  all four songs are amazing!
    Me, too.

    My first instinct is to vote against Given To Fly. It is an absolutely awesome/essential PJ song that I'd probably put into my top 10 but the other three are in my top 5. HOWEVER, my personal rankings are based on live performances (I never listen to studio albums these days) and I have already admitted that Release is a much better song live. Yet, speaking of live performances, I'm really not digging the new live versions of Corduroy (already discussed in previous round) so that hurts it a bit - but not enough to vote against it. As for RVM, I don't think I could vote against such a well-rounded PJ tune but was it truly the Vs. winner? It never had to go head-to-head against Animal in a final round. 
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    tbergstbergs Posts: 9,241
    Release
    This voting is ridiculous. Are people really thinking the studio version of Release is better than the other three? I'm just baffled by how it won Ten and now could win it all. Crazy. Great song, but definitely not their best of all time.
    It's a hopeless situation...
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    HughFreakingDillonHughFreakingDillon Winnipeg Posts: 35,832
    Given To Fly
    tbergs said:
    This voting is ridiculous. Are people really thinking the studio version of Release is better than the other three? I'm just baffled by how it won Ten and now could win it all. Crazy. Great song, but definitely not their best of all time.
    some vote on the merits of the song (writing, performance, if they prefer harder songs vs softer, etc), some vote with emotional significance. With Release, for me, it is undoubtedly the latter. Same with Oceans. Many people don't care for it because it's such a simple, and slow, composition. But the emotions it and Release get out of me are undeniable. 
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    BSullyBSully Indiana Posts: 1,036
    Release
    This was pretty much just a roll of the dice to pick one. Like asking me which limb I want to chop off!
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    AponeApone Posts: 578
    Release
    Gern Blansten said:
    Corduroy might be the greatest song ever
    Tend to agree with you....
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    Weston1283Weston1283 Fredericksburg, VA Posts: 4,631
    edited June 2017
    Given To Fly
    Kind of cool how this has turned out.  If a random friend were to ask me "hey I wanna check out Pearl Jam, what are their strongest 3 songs?"....I would probably answer with Release, RVM, and Corduroy

    Also, PJ thrives at the mid to up tempo songs such as Corduroy, RVM, Unthought Known etc.  I think they're at their best at this tempo.
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    JimmyVJimmyV Boston's MetroWest Posts: 18,916
    Rearviewmirror
    #BlackShouldBeHere
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    RP112579RP112579 Tinley Park, IL Posts: 3,359
    edited June 2017
    Release
    One of these songs doesn't belong with the others.
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    brianluxbrianlux Moving through All Kinds of Terrain. Posts: 40,713
    edited June 2017
    Release
    Sorry to see GTF losing ground.  A bit surprised to see release in it still.  That song always just seemed a little to histrionic to me.  But I assume others see it as passionate and how can you knock that?  Will be interesting to see how this goes.
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    rummyrummy British Columbia, Canada Posts: 4,353
    Given To Fly
    JimmyV said:
    #BlackShouldBeHere
    #SoShouldAlive
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    rgambsrgambs Posts: 13,576
    Given To Fly
    Spiritual_Chaos said:
    rgambs said:
    Release can't really hang with these can it?
    Sentimental value is nice, but come on!
    Then why arent you voting for it?
    I thought it was a lock to survive this round and wanted to take heat off both RVM and Corduroy, which I want to win.
    It was far too early in the voting to make a strategy vote, I got ahead of myself by a long measure lol
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    rgambsrgambs Posts: 13,576
    Given To Fly
    JimmyV said:
    #BlackShouldBeHere

    Monkey Driven, Call this Living?
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    northerndragonnortherndragon somewhere, nowhere, anywhere Posts: 9,734
    Corduroy
    JimmyV said:
    #BlackShouldBeHere
    #noitshouldn't!
    Anything you lose from being honest
    You never really had to begin with.


    Sometimes it's not the song that makes you emotional it's the people and things that come to your mind when you hear it.
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    Spiritual_ChaosSpiritual_Chaos Posts: 28,979
    edited June 2017
    Corduroy
    rummy said:
    JimmyV said:
    #BlackShouldBeHere
    #SoShouldAlive
    #mothafuckinSTATEOFLOVEANDTRUSTshould
    "Mostly I think that people react sensitively because they know you’ve got a point"
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    giventofly69giventofly69 Vancouver Posts: 849
    Release
    Hardest one yet. Thought I wouldn't be able to choose ... but went with this logic: Voted for Release because it shouldn't have been the champion from Ten. 
    "Your light's reflected now, reflected from afar. We were but stones, your light made us stars."
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