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Results of Vs. Song Ranking

Johnny AbruzzoJohnny Abruzzo Philly Posts: 11,960
edited December 2009 in The Porch
Looks like the Avocado rankings aren't quite finished, but let's start another one.

The 2nd album in our exciting series of rankings is the amazingly awesome Vs. To make things a little more interesting, I’m adding the two b-sides of that time that I know of to the contest: Hard to Imagine and Hold On. So, there will be 14 songs to rank.

The 14 songs to rank are:
Go
Animal
Daughter
Glorified G
Dissident
W.M.A.
Blood
Rearviewmirror
Rats
Elderly Woman Behind the Counter in a Small Town
Leash
Indifference
Hard to Imagine
Hold On

My rankings are:
1. RVM
2. Go
3. Leash
4. Indifference
5. Daughter
6. Hard to Imagine
7. Dissident
8. Blood
9. Animal
10. W.M.A.
11. Glorified G
12. Small Town
13. Hold On
14. Rats


The Avocado ranking was fun, but this is a whole 'nother level. Indifference 4th, and I'm not disrespecting that song at all. What an album!

Final Results:
1. RVM 401
2. Go 364.5
3. Indifference 346
4. Animal 338.5
5. Leash 300
6. Hard to Imagine 261
7. Small Town 249
8. Daughter 237
9. WMA 213
10. Dissident 210
11. Glorified G 208
12. Blood 201
13. Rats 181
14. Hold On 128

Congrats Rearviewmirror! Thanks for voting.
Spectrum 10/27/09; New Orleans JazzFest 5/1/10; Made in America 9/2/12; Phila, PA 10/21/13; Phila, PA 10/22/13; Baltimore Arena 10/27/13;
Phila, PA 4/28/16; Phila, PA 4/29/16; Fenway Park 8/7/16; Fenway Park 9/2/18; Asbury Park 9/18/21; Camden 9/14/22;
Las Vegas 5/16/24; Las Vegas 5/18/24; Phila, PA 9/7/24; Phila, PA 9/9/24; Baltimore Arena 9/12/24

Tres Mtns - TLA 3/23/11; EV - Tower Theatre 6/25/11; Temple of the Dog - Tower Theatre 11/5/16
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  • Abe FromanAbe Froman Posts: 5,319
    1.Blood
    2.Leash
    3.Animal
    4.RVM
    5.Go
    6.Indifference
    7.Small Town
    8.Hard To Imagine
    9.Daughter
    10.WMA
    11.Rats
    12.Hold On
    13.Glorified G
    14.Dissident (the only PJ song ever that i really don't like at all)
  • jmuthjmuth Posts: 29
    WMA
    GO
    BLOOD
    ANIMAL
    INDIFFERENCE
    RATS
    SMALL TOWN
    DAUGHTER
    HARD TO IMAGINE
    RVM
    LEASH
    DISSIDENT
    GLORIFIED G
    HOLD ON
  • HeavyHandsHeavyHands Posts: 2,130
    edited December 2009
    Go
    Animal
    Rearviewmirror
    Hard to Imagine
    Hold On
    Indifference
    Leash
    Blood
    W.M.A.
    Daughter
    Dissident
    Glorified G
    Rats
    Elderly Woman Behind the Counter in a Small Town
    Post edited by HeavyHands on
    "A lot more people are capable of being big out there that just don't give themselves a chance." -Stone Gossard
  • DiRtYyELLoWoCeAnDiRtYyELLoWoCeAn Medford, Ma Posts: 1,605
    Johnny another great thread, let me eat lunch then I'll rank them! It's gonna be a hard job I know that!
    BOS 9/28/04, 9/29/04
    MTL 9/15/05
    HRTFD 5/13/06
    BOS 5/24/06, 5/25/06
    VEGAS 7/6/06
    CHI 8/5/07
    NJ 6/19/08
    NYC 6/25/08
    HRTFD 6/27/08
    MANSFLD 6/28/08, 6/30/08
    E.V. BOS 8/1/08
    CHI 8/23/09, 8/24/09
    PHILLY 10/30/09, 10/31/09
    BOS 5/17/10
    CHI 7/19/13
    WOOSTA 10/15/13, 10/16/13
    HRTFD 10/25/13
    BOS 8/5/16, 8/7/16
    BOS 9/2/18, 9/4/18

  • Johnny AbruzzoJohnny Abruzzo Philly Posts: 11,960
    DiRtYyELLoWoCeAn wrote:
    Johnny another great thread, let me eat lunch then I'll rank them! It's gonna be a hard job I know that!

    Good luck! Yea, this is a tough one.
    Spectrum 10/27/09; New Orleans JazzFest 5/1/10; Made in America 9/2/12; Phila, PA 10/21/13; Phila, PA 10/22/13; Baltimore Arena 10/27/13;
    Phila, PA 4/28/16; Phila, PA 4/29/16; Fenway Park 8/7/16; Fenway Park 9/2/18; Asbury Park 9/18/21; Camden 9/14/22;
    Las Vegas 5/16/24; Las Vegas 5/18/24; Phila, PA 9/7/24; Phila, PA 9/9/24; Baltimore Arena 9/12/24

    Tres Mtns - TLA 3/23/11; EV - Tower Theatre 6/25/11; Temple of the Dog - Tower Theatre 11/5/16
  • i_lov_iti_lov_it Perth, Western Australia Posts: 4,007
    This is Really Hard! as it Changes from WEEK to WEEK...

    1.Go
    2.Rearviewmirror
    3.Daughter
    4.Animal
    5.Leash
    6.Dissident
    7.Glorified G
    8.Blood
    9.W.M.A.
    10.Rats
    11.Indifference
    12.Elderly Woman Behind the Counter in a Small Town
    13.Hard to Imagine
    14.Hold On
  • like.echoeslike.echoes Posts: 582
    Hmmmm..... yeah, I think this is right.

    1.Rearviewmirror
    2.Hard to Imagine
    3.Go
    4.Glorified G
    5.Hold On
    6.Leash
    7.Dissident
    8.Indifference
    9.Animal
    10.W.M.A.
    11.Daughter
    12.Rats
    13.Blood
    14.Elderly Woman Behind the Counter in a Small Town
    nothing's changed but the surrounding bullsh1t
  • mrshock13mrshock13 Posts: 472
    I started posting on the Avocado thread, then realized it was too difficult for me to do, and I just said forget it. That being said, it's even more difficult to rank this album, especially for me, since this was the 1st album I heard of the bands, and it really got me into PJ. It's too hard to rank them.
  • Johnny AbruzzoJohnny Abruzzo Philly Posts: 11,960
    mrshock13 wrote:
    I started posting on the Avocado thread, then realized it was too difficult for me to do, and I just said forget it. That being said, it's even more difficult to rank this album, especially for me, since this was the 1st album I heard of the bands, and it really got me into PJ. It's too hard to rank them.

    If you rank some songs as ties, I'll split the difference in the tabulation. Say - these 5 are my favorites, next 5 are really good, last 4 not so good...
    Spectrum 10/27/09; New Orleans JazzFest 5/1/10; Made in America 9/2/12; Phila, PA 10/21/13; Phila, PA 10/22/13; Baltimore Arena 10/27/13;
    Phila, PA 4/28/16; Phila, PA 4/29/16; Fenway Park 8/7/16; Fenway Park 9/2/18; Asbury Park 9/18/21; Camden 9/14/22;
    Las Vegas 5/16/24; Las Vegas 5/18/24; Phila, PA 9/7/24; Phila, PA 9/9/24; Baltimore Arena 9/12/24

    Tres Mtns - TLA 3/23/11; EV - Tower Theatre 6/25/11; Temple of the Dog - Tower Theatre 11/5/16
  • mcginnis2stmcginnis2st Posts: 78
    Yikes this was tough, here goes nothing...

    1. RVM
    2. Leash
    3. Animal
    4. Small Town (people putting this last is crazy to me, but I have soured a little the past few years)
    5. Dissident
    6. Hard to Imagine
    7. Go
    8. Daughter (thought to put it lower)
    9. Rats
    10. Indifference
    ==============
    11. WMA
    12. Glorified G
    13. Blood
    14. Hold On
  • craigbcraigb Posts: 806
    1. Elderly Woman Behind the Counter in a Small Town
    2. Leash
    3. Hard to Imagine
    4. Rearviewmirror
    5. Glorified G
    6. Daughter
    7. WMA
    8. Go
    9. Dissident
    10. Animal
    11. Rats
    12. Hold On
    13. Indifference
    14. Blood
    "Speak clearly if you speak at all; carve every word before you let it fall"

    Los Angeles 10.7.2009
  • AmherstJammerAmherstJammer Amherst, Massachusetts Posts: 1,510
    1. Indifference
    2. Rearviewmirror
    3. Daughter
    4. Hard To Imagine
    5. Animal
    6. Glorified G
    7. Go
    8. Hold On
    9. Rats
    10.Blood
    11.WMA
    12.Leash
    13.Small Town
    14.Dissident
  • GardenpartyGardenparty Posts: 1,910
    1. Blood
    14. Hold On
    “I know this song so well, I can smoke a cigarette, have a drink, brush my teeth, take a shit, and mow the lawn while singing it. But I'll only be doing a couple of those things during this version.”
  • Johnny AbruzzoJohnny Abruzzo Philly Posts: 11,960
    Gardenparty wrote:
    1. Blood
    14. Hold On

    I guess everything else is tied???
    Spectrum 10/27/09; New Orleans JazzFest 5/1/10; Made in America 9/2/12; Phila, PA 10/21/13; Phila, PA 10/22/13; Baltimore Arena 10/27/13;
    Phila, PA 4/28/16; Phila, PA 4/29/16; Fenway Park 8/7/16; Fenway Park 9/2/18; Asbury Park 9/18/21; Camden 9/14/22;
    Las Vegas 5/16/24; Las Vegas 5/18/24; Phila, PA 9/7/24; Phila, PA 9/9/24; Baltimore Arena 9/12/24

    Tres Mtns - TLA 3/23/11; EV - Tower Theatre 6/25/11; Temple of the Dog - Tower Theatre 11/5/16
  • cajunkiwicajunkiwi Posts: 984
    Is there a wrong answer to this question? There's no such thing as a bad song on Vs - the whole album is varying degrees of awesomeness...

    That being said:

    1. RVM
    2. Leash
    3. Indifference
    4. Go
    5. Animal
    6. Daughter
    7. Rats
    8. Glorified G
    9. Dissident
    10. Elderly Woman
    11. Blood
    12. WMA
    13. Hard to Imagine
    14. Hold On

    Though on any given day, WMA or Rats could just as easily be #1...
    And I listen for the voice inside my head... nothing. I'll do this one myself.
  • tinkerbelltinkerbell New Zealand Posts: 2,161
    Oooooooo! This was really hard! Funny when I see my favourites ranked last on someones list I feel offended!

    1. Leash
    2. Indifference
    3. Elderly Woman...
    4. Hold On
    5. Dissident
    6. Rearviewmirror
    7. Animal
    8. Go
    9. W.M.A
    10.Glorified G
    11.Hard To Imagine
    12.Daughter
    13.Blood
    14.Rats (only song on this album that I skip)
    all you need is love, love is all you need
  • BF25394BF25394 Posts: 4,763
    1. RVM
    2. Indiff
    3. Rats
    4 (tie). Go
    4 (tie). Animal
    6. Leash
    7. Hold On
    8. Elderly Woman
    9. W.M.A.
    10. Hard To Imagine
    11. Glorified
    12. Blood
    13. Daughter
    14. Dissident
    I gather speed from you fucking with me.
  • EastiesEasties Posts: 479
    1. Dissident
    2. Leash
    3. Go
    4. Blood
    5. Small Town
    6. Rats
    7. Indifference
    8. Glorified G
    9. Animal
    10. RVM
    11. Hard to Imagine
    12. WMA
    13. Daughter
    14. Hold On
  • BeerBaronBeerBaron Toronto-ish Posts: 4,097
    BF25394 wrote:
    4 (tie). Go
    4 (tie). Animal
    tie? Get off the fence and pick one :mrgreen:

    If only one of these songs was to have been written, which one would you pick?
    1996: Toronto 1998: Barrie 2000: Saratoga Springs 2003: Buffalo, Toronto 2005: Kitchener, London, Hamilton, Montreal, Ottawa, Toronto 2006: Toronto x2, Cleveland, Detroit, Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, Gorge #1 2007: London, Dusseldorf, Vic, Lolla 2008: WPB, Tampa, DC, MSG x2, Hartford, Boston x2, Beacon 2009: Toronto, Chicago x2, Seattle x2, LA #3&4, San Diego, Philly x4 2010: Cleveland, Buffalo, Hartford 2011: Montreal, Toronto x2, Hamilton 2012: Missoula 2013: London, Wrigley, Pittsburgh, Buffalo, Hartford, Dallas, OKC
  • Johnny AbruzzoJohnny Abruzzo Philly Posts: 11,960
    BeerBaron wrote:
    BF25394 wrote:
    4 (tie). Go
    4 (tie). Animal
    tie? Get off the fence and pick one :mrgreen:

    If only one of these songs was to have been written, which one would you pick?

    Speaking of getting off the fence, still no ranking from you Mr. BeerBaron...
    Spectrum 10/27/09; New Orleans JazzFest 5/1/10; Made in America 9/2/12; Phila, PA 10/21/13; Phila, PA 10/22/13; Baltimore Arena 10/27/13;
    Phila, PA 4/28/16; Phila, PA 4/29/16; Fenway Park 8/7/16; Fenway Park 9/2/18; Asbury Park 9/18/21; Camden 9/14/22;
    Las Vegas 5/16/24; Las Vegas 5/18/24; Phila, PA 9/7/24; Phila, PA 9/9/24; Baltimore Arena 9/12/24

    Tres Mtns - TLA 3/23/11; EV - Tower Theatre 6/25/11; Temple of the Dog - Tower Theatre 11/5/16
  • FastrichieFastrichie Sandy Hook, CT Posts: 917
    isn't hold on from the ten era???
    04/06/94 Springfield, 04/17/94 NYC, 10/02/96 Hartford, 11/14/97 Oakland, 09/08/98 NJ, 09/10/98 MSG, 09/11/98 MSG, 09/13/98 Hartford, 08/24/00 Jones Beach, 08/25/00 Jones Beach 04/30/03 Uniondale, 07/08/03 MSG, 07/09/03 MSG, 09/28/04 Boston, 10/01/05 Borgata, 10/03/05 Philly, 05/13/06 Hartford 05/25/06 Boston, 06/01/06 NJ, 06/03/06 NJ, 08/05/07 Chicago, 06/24/08 MSG, 06/25/08 MSG, 06/27/08 Hartford, 06/30/08 Mansfield, 07/01/08 The Beacon, 08/21/09 Toronto, 10/27/09 Philly, 10/28/09 Philly, 10/30/09 Philly, 10/31/09 Philly, 05/15/2010 Hartford, 05/17/2010 Boston, 05/20/2010 MSG, 05/21/2010 MSG, Montreal 09/07/2011, Philly 09/01/2012, Wrigley 07/19-20,2013, Worcester 10/16/13, Brooklyn 10/18, Brooklyn 10/19/13, Hartford 10/25/13, Ed Sullivan 09/23/2015, Central Park 09/26/2015 Philly 04/29/2016. MSG 05/01/2016, MSG 05/02/2016, Fenway 08/05/2016, Fenway 08/07/2016, Brooklyn 04/07/2017, Seattle 08/08/2018, Seattle 08/10/2018, Chicago 08/20/2018, Fenway 09/02/2018, Fenway 09/04/2018, Asbury Park 09/18/2021, Apollo Theater 09/10/2022, MSG 09/11/2022, Camden 09/14/2022


  • Niko80Niko80 Posts: 1,610
    Vs - what a fine girl you are!! PJ's best studio moment!!

    Go
    Rearviewmirror
    Indifference
    Rats
    Blood
    Animal
    Dissident
    Daughter
    Leash
    Glorified G
    Elderly Woman Behind the Counter in a Small Town
    Hard to Imagine
    W.M.A.
    Hold On
    I will swallow poison
  • Johnny AbruzzoJohnny Abruzzo Philly Posts: 11,960
    Fastrichie wrote:
    isn't hold on from the ten era???

    In Lost Dogs liner notes for Hold On, "Album: Vs." and then "Almost made it on the Vs. record? Close but no sitar." Ten already has about 10 b-sides anyway. Those rankings will be cumbersome enough as it is.
    Spectrum 10/27/09; New Orleans JazzFest 5/1/10; Made in America 9/2/12; Phila, PA 10/21/13; Phila, PA 10/22/13; Baltimore Arena 10/27/13;
    Phila, PA 4/28/16; Phila, PA 4/29/16; Fenway Park 8/7/16; Fenway Park 9/2/18; Asbury Park 9/18/21; Camden 9/14/22;
    Las Vegas 5/16/24; Las Vegas 5/18/24; Phila, PA 9/7/24; Phila, PA 9/9/24; Baltimore Arena 9/12/24

    Tres Mtns - TLA 3/23/11; EV - Tower Theatre 6/25/11; Temple of the Dog - Tower Theatre 11/5/16
  • BeerBaronBeerBaron Toronto-ish Posts: 4,097
    Johnny Abruzzo wrote:

    Speaking of getting off the fence, still no ranking from you Mr. BeerBaron...
    Alright, here is my ranking:

    1. Rearviewmirror
    2. Daughter (sick of hearing it live, but I couldn't imagine if it was never written)
    3. Hard To Imagine
    4. Hold On
    5. Glorified G
    6. Animal
    7. Indifference
    8. Small Town
    9. Rats
    10. Blood
    11. Dissident
    12. Leash
    13. Go
    14. WMA

    THAT WAS TOUGH!
    1996: Toronto 1998: Barrie 2000: Saratoga Springs 2003: Buffalo, Toronto 2005: Kitchener, London, Hamilton, Montreal, Ottawa, Toronto 2006: Toronto x2, Cleveland, Detroit, Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, Gorge #1 2007: London, Dusseldorf, Vic, Lolla 2008: WPB, Tampa, DC, MSG x2, Hartford, Boston x2, Beacon 2009: Toronto, Chicago x2, Seattle x2, LA #3&4, San Diego, Philly x4 2010: Cleveland, Buffalo, Hartford 2011: Montreal, Toronto x2, Hamilton 2012: Missoula 2013: London, Wrigley, Pittsburgh, Buffalo, Hartford, Dallas, OKC
  • eeriepadaveeeriepadave West Chester, PA Posts: 42,443
    1. Go
    2. Leash
    3. Rearviewmirror
    4. Animal
    5. Dissident
    6. Blood
    7. Daughter
    8. WMA
    9. Indifference
    10. Hard To Imagine
    11. Glorified G
    12. Elderly Woman Behind The Counter In A Small Town
    13. Hold On
    14. Rats

    one of the tougher ones to pick.
    8/28/98- Camden, NJ
    10/31/09- Philly
    5/21/10- NYC
    9/2/12- Philly, PA
    7/19/13- Wrigley
    10/19/13- Brooklyn, NY
    10/21/13- Philly, PA
    10/22/13- Philly, PA
    10/27/13- Baltimore, MD
    4/28/16- Philly, PA
    4/29/16- Philly, PA
    5/1/16- NYC
    5/2/16- NYC
    9/2/18- Boston, MA
    9/4/18- Boston, MA
    9/14/22- Camden, NJ
    9/7/24- Philly, PA
    9/9/24- Philly, PA
    Tres Mts.- 3/23/11- Philly. PA
    Eddie Vedder- 6/25/11- Philly, PA
    RNDM- 3/9/16- Philly, PA
  • Red_DotRed_Dot Posts: 1,454
    1. Go
    2. Hard to Imagine
    3. Elderly Woman Behind the Counter in a Small Town
    4. Indifference
    5. Hold On
    6. Animal
    7. Glorified G
    8. Rearviewmirror
    9. Dissident
    10. WMA
    11. Daughter
    12. Leash
    13. Blood
    14. Rats
    Take me for a ride before we leave...
  • pledgeagrievancepledgeagrievance Posts: 2,865
    1. Indifference - lyrically, defines early Vedder and the band. Musically simplistic, beautiful
    2. Hard to Imagine - "Things were different then, I tried to explain, somehow"

    3. Daughter
    4. W.M.A. - they need to play the acoustic MSG '08 version more live
    5. Rearviewmirror - Best versions from 2000 bootlegs when Sonic Youth was opening for them and obviously inspiring them on the road
    6. Rats
    7. Animal
    8. Go - wow 8th and I love this song

    9. Blood
    10. Leash
    11. Glorrified G
    12. Dissident
    13. Small Town
    14. Hold On
  • smarcheesmarchee Windsor, Ontario Posts: 14,539
    1 - RVM
    2 - Daughter
    3 - Hold On
    4 - Go
    5 - Elderly Woman
    6 - Dissident
    7 - Indifference
    8 - Animal
    9 - Hard To Imagine
    10 - Blood
    11 - Leash
    12 - Rats
    13 - W.M.A.
    14 - Glorified G
    1998 ~ Barrie
    2003 ~ Toronto
    2005 ~ London, Toronto
    2006 ~ Toronto
    2008 ~ Hartford, Mansfied I,
    2009 ~ Toronto, Chicago I, Chicago II
    2010 ~ Cleveland, Buffalo
    2011 ~ Toronto I, Toronto II, Ottawa, Hamilton
    2013 - London, Pittsburgh, Buffalo
    2014 - Detroit
    2019 - Chicago X 2
  • RiotAct10RiotAct10 Ohio Posts: 1,634
    Indifference
    Elderly Woman Behind The Counter In A Small Town
    Rats
    Rearviewmirror
    Daughter
    Hard To Imigiane
    Hold On
    Glorified G
    WMA
    Dissident
    Blood
    Leash
    Animal

    That was harder than I expected it to be. I love Animal, so its not like it deserves to be in "last place" but some song has to be.
    words seem so out of place.

    8.21.00 Columbus | 6.24.03 Columbus | 7.9.03 NYC | 10.2.04 Toledo | 9.11.05 Kitchener | 5.20.06 Cleveland | 8.5.07 Chicago | 5.6.10 Columbus | 5.7.10 Noblesville | 5.9.10 Cleveland | 9.3.11 East Troy | 9.4.11 East Troy | 7.19.13 Chicago | 10.11.13 Pittsburgh | 10.1.14 Cincinnati | 4.8.16 Ft. Lauderdale | 4.9.16 Miami | 8.8.18 Seattle | 8.10.18 Seattle | 9.26.21 Dana Point | 10.1.21 Dana Point | 10.2.21 Dana Point | 9.16.22 Nashville | 9.17.22 Louisville | 9.18.22 St. Louis | 9.2.23 St. Paul | 9.15.23 Ft. Worth | 6.22.24 Dublin | 8.26.24 Noblesville | 9.27.24 Dana Point | 9.29.24 Dana Point
    6.26.11 Detroit (EdVed) | 9.23.17 Louisville (EdVed) | 9.25.21 Dana Point (EdVed) | 10.01.22 Dana Point (EdVed) | 2.6.22 Newark (EdVed)
  • CopTheRiotActCopTheRiotAct Posts: 953
    Animal
    Rearviewmirror
    Go
    Daughter
    Indifference
    Elderly Woman Behind the Counter in a Small Town
    Dissident
    W.M.A.
    Glorified G
    Hard to Imagine
    Leash
    Blood
    Rats
    Hold On

    Some of them wouldnt be as high If i was only thinking about the studio version.

    That was REALLY hard. Never thought HTI would be so low
    ...The Moon is Rollin' Round....
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