Worst Pearl Jam Song

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  • Gary CarterGary Carter Shea Stadium Posts: 13,940
    whale song
    bugs
    foxymop handle
    all night
    U
    bee girl
    Ron: I just don't feel like going out tonight
    Sammi: Wanna just break up?

  • I wish I could scrape "Stupid Mop" off the CD, roll it up with my fingers, and wipe it onto the underside of the seat of my car.

    Of the songs that actually are songs, I like almost all of them. However if you force me to pick least favorites?

    Education
    Evacuation
    Sweet Lew
    U
    Don't gimme no lip
    Mankind

    For over 100 songs and I had to strain pretty hard to come up with 5-7 that I don't like much... That says a lot about how good Pearl Jam is in my opinion.
    Up here so high I start to shake, Up here so high the sky I scrape, I've no fear but for falling down, So look out below I am falling now, Falling down,...not staying down, Could’ve held me up, rather tear me down, Drown in the river
  • igotid88igotid88 Posts: 27,144
    this is an oxymoron
    I miss igotid88
  • My least fav, Whale Song

    Yes, but the thread is "worst pearl jam song" not "least favourite". There's no room for opinion here, and it's already been determined that it is an objective and unarguable fact that Sweet Lew is the worst.;)

    Whale Song is the 2nd worst.

    :D
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  • Evenflow8112Evenflow8112 Bloomfield, NJ Posts: 28

    Whoever mentioned "Off He Goes" is currently being demoted to Creed fanship (I kid).

    Bill Simmons once called "Spin The Black Circle" the worst Pearl Jam song, and I have to agree - they don't do *really* fast songs all that well imo. "Circle" is definitely their most overrated track - how it won a Grammy still puzzles me. It's arguably the least essential single the band has ever released.

  • Evenflow8112Evenflow8112 Bloomfield, NJ Posts: 28

    Whoever mentioned "Off He Goes" is currently being demoted to Creed fanship (I kid).

    Bill Simmons once called "Spin The Black Circle" the worst Pearl Jam song, and I have to agree - they don't do *really* fast songs all that well imo. "Circle" is definitely their most overrated track - how it won a Grammy still puzzles me. It's arguably the least essential single the band has ever released.

  • lolobugglolobugg BLUE RDGE MTNS Posts: 8,175
    Help Help is the worst song ever to make a PJ album.

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  • Evenflow8112Evenflow8112 Bloomfield, NJ Posts: 28

    Whoever mentioned "Off He Goes" is currently being demoted to Creed fanship (I kid).

    Bill Simmons once called "Spin The Black Circle" the worst Pearl Jam song, and I have to agree - they don't do *really* fast songs all that well imo. "Circle" is definitely their most overrated track - how it won a Grammy still puzzles me. It's arguably the least essential single the band has ever released.

  • TristeluneTristelune Posts: 318
    I love EV sleeping by myself but I hate the musical arrangement made for Lightning bolt. Sounds like a prom night song  :|
  • buck502000buck502000 Birthplace of GIBSON guitar Posts: 8,951
    Whale Song
  • EraserheadEraserhead Stoke-on-Trent Posts: 2,827
    Parachutes and Let the Records Play
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  • northerndragonnortherndragon somewhere, nowhere, anywhere Posts: 9,728
    YELLOW LEDBETTER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :sick:  :sick:
    Followed by SIrens and Just Breathe. :sick:
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    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.
  • mcgruff10mcgruff10 New Jersey Posts: 27,739
    Easy answer: you are. 
    I'll ride the wave where it takes me......
  • PJ_SoulPJ_Soul Vancouver, BC Posts: 49,473
    mcgruff10 said:
    Easy answer: you are. 

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  • RS151862RS151862 Pittsburgh, PA Posts: 2,622
    Sirens hands down 
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  • rw160510rw160510 Posts: 903
    Future days is Pretty much the only song I have a massive dislike of. And Sirens. :anguished:
  • Evenflow8112Evenflow8112 Bloomfield, NJ Posts: 28

    Whoever mentioned "Off He Goes" is currently being demoted to Creed fanship (I kid).

    Bill Simmons once called "Spin The Black Circle" the worst Pearl Jam song, and I have to agree - they don't do *really* fast songs all that well imo. "Circle" is definitely their most overrated track - how it won a Grammy still puzzles me. It's arguably the least essential single the band has ever released.

  • F Me In The BrainF Me In The Brain this knows everybody from other commets Posts: 30,587
    I don't like the thread title...
    but that stated...there are three that make the list for me as the ones I like least
    1.  Bee Girl
    2.  Parachutes
    3.  Yellow Poon
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  • nicknyr15nicknyr15 Posts: 7,638
    I don’t even bother with the obvious ones. (Bugs , hey foxy etc..)
    easily Evacuation, Ole, Can’t Deny Me just to name a few. 
  • PJ_SoulPJ_Soul Vancouver, BC Posts: 49,473
    Ole
    Sirens
    Future Days
    Sweet Lew (I like the basketball, but the voice Jeff, oh god, the voice)

    For the record, I really like FoxyMop and Bugs.
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  • pjhawkspjhawks Posts: 12,171
    lolobugg said:
    Help Help is the worst song ever to make a PJ album.
    Agree as Help Help gets my vote.  

    Others i dislike:
    Evacuation
    Sweet Lew
    Tremor Christ (i know i know but the beginning base line of this song drives me crazy.  like nails on chalk board for me)

  • PJWGIIIPJWGIII Chicago, IL Posts: 806
    Sirens and Sweet Lew for me, but I'll listen to those songs over a ton of other songs by other bands, so I guess that's why PJ is so awesome. They're more my very least favorite than worst.
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  • PJWGIIIPJWGIII Chicago, IL Posts: 806
    PJWGIII said:
    Sirens and Sweet Lew for me, but I'll listen to those songs over a ton of other songs by other bands, so I guess that's why PJ is so awesome. They're more my very least favorite than worst.
    And although I hate the song, the idea of seeing Sweet Lew live sounds like a total blast!
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    2018: CURE Benefit Show (Chicago - Navy Pier) 10/15

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  • StuffnJunkStuffnJunk Posts: 896
    Just a Girl or Hitchhiker. They didnt make it onto albums, so even the band knows they suck.

    Worst song on an album that gets played at every show and I can’t even believe how anyone could enjoy this song: Mind Your Manners. Even the title of the song is horrendous.
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  • JammalamboJammalambo Posts: 1,321
    PJ_Soul said:
    Ole
    Sirens
    Future Days
    Sweet Lew (I like the basketball, but the voice Jeff, oh god, the voice)

    For the record, I really like FoxyMop and Bugs.
    Hey, exactly the same for me.. Let me guess.. Do you like with a passion Binaural and Riot Act too? And love the moody, dark side of PJ? And think they should stop with the punk/garage attempts and experiment more? If so, we have the same mind
  • PJ_SoulPJ_Soul Vancouver, BC Posts: 49,473
    PJ_Soul said:
    Ole
    Sirens
    Future Days
    Sweet Lew (I like the basketball, but the voice Jeff, oh god, the voice)

    For the record, I really like FoxyMop and Bugs.
    Hey, exactly the same for me.. Let me guess.. Do you like with a passion Binaural and Riot Act too? And love the moody, dark side of PJ? And think they should stop with the punk/garage attempts and experiment more? If so, we have the same mind
    Yes to everything you just said!


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  • pashapasamanpashapasaman Posts: 497
    Evacuation.
    PJ 2014: Leeds, Milton Keynes
    PJ 2018: London 1, Padova, Roma, Prague, Krakow, Berlin, Barcelona, Madrid, Lisbon, London 2
    EV 2017: Amsterdam 2&3, London 1&2
  • JammalamboJammalambo Posts: 1,321
    edited July 2018
    PJ_Soul said:
    PJ_Soul said:
    Ole
    Sirens
    Future Days
    Sweet Lew (I like the basketball, but the voice Jeff, oh god, the voice)

    For the record, I really like FoxyMop and Bugs.
    Hey, exactly the same for me.. Let me guess.. Do you like with a passion Binaural and Riot Act too? And love the moody, dark side of PJ? And think they should stop with the punk/garage attempts and experiment more? If so, we have the same mind
    Yes to everything you just said!


    :rock_on:
    Post edited by Jammalambo on
  • MalrothMalroth broken down chevrolet Posts: 2,483
    leatherman- cool story, should have been a spoken word....
    The worst of times..they don't phase me,
    even if I look and act really crazy.
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