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Honestly...Isn't Black Pearl Jam's very best song?

otterotter Posts: 760
edited January 2010 in The Porch
Caught it on DVE last night. It's like perfect.

And I think the best live version is 1998 in Pittsburgh. Ed extended the extended version of "we belong together" with the 'it's ok, it's ok..."

If Black is not Pearl Jam's best song what is? Betterman? Alive? Rearview Mirror? The fixer?

Not your favorite cause that changes but what is their BEST song?
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  • PakaPaka Posts: 471
    "the best"...there's something I don't like about this term.
  • cajunkiwicajunkiwi Posts: 984
    Couldn't possibly name their "best" song... kind of unquantifiable really... though I will say Black is a freakishly good song, one of my five favorite PJ songs of all-time, and one of my favorite songs by any band, ever. I've been listening to it since Ten came out and I'm yet to get sick of it.

    Does that count?
    And I listen for the voice inside my head... nothing. I'll do this one myself.
  • dave grolschdave grolsch Posts: 730
    I dont know about best,maybe :?:

    I do know the version on Benny hall makes the hairs on the back of my neck stand up!
  • dimitrispearljamdimitrispearljam Posts: 139,549
    the BEST song ever written in the HISTORY of MUSIC
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  • BB126827BB126827 Posts: 17
    Porch,then Release....there u go
  • Johnny AbruzzoJohnny Abruzzo Posts: 11,408
    I really couldn't put up much of an argument to say that Black isn't PJ's best song. Ok, maybe the de-doo-doo... at the end is just a bit poppy. But still. All these years later, and I still love it every time I hear it.

    That said, my favorite song (by anyone) is Immortality. I'd also say that the quintessential, sound-defining, Pearl Jam song is either RVM or Corduroy.
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  • MD97728MD97728 Posts: 115
    THEY'RE ALL THE GREATEST!
  • JeanwahJeanwah Posts: 6,363
    "Best" is subjective.
  • FenwayFaithfulFenwayFaithful Posts: 8,626
    I don't like Black
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  • mysticweedmysticweed Posts: 3,710
    I call TEN the best Pearl Jam effort ever. I cannot choose one song from the entire album as a favorite, much less choosing one song from the entire catalog. There has just been so f***ing much good music from PJ that I cannot call one song the best. "Black" is soooooooo good, but there are soooooooooo many others.
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  • dimitrispearljamdimitrispearljam Posts: 139,549
    FenwayFaithful wrote:
    I don't like Black
    i remember u..... 8-)
    "...Dimitri...He talks to me...'.."The Ghost of Greece..".
    "..That's One Happy Fuckin Ghost.."
    “..That came up on the Pillow Case...This is for the Greek, With Our Apologies.....”
  • jonnyrock1975jonnyrock1975 Posts: 127
    Those babies are like my children. And I do have a favourite child. The boy one is much better than the girl one. Picking a favourite child turned out to be pretty easy. But picking the best pj song is much harder. If my house set on fire I'd rescue my pj records before my children.*


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  • FenwayFaithfulFenwayFaithful Posts: 8,626
    dimitrispearljam wrote:
    FenwayFaithful wrote:
    I don't like Black
    i remember u..... 8-)
    Part of me just wrote that to hear your reaction D! :lol::lol::lol:
    Seriously though, Black is horrible. Probably the worst song they ever wrote. :lol::lol::lol:
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  • jamminpearlsjamminpearls Posts: 7,078
    otter wrote:
    Caught it on DVE last night. It's like perfect.

    And I think the best live version is 1998 in Pittsburgh. Ed extended the extended version of "we belong together" with the 'it's ok, it's ok..."

    If Black is not Pearl Jam's best song what is? Betterman? Alive? Rearview Mirror? The fixer?

    Not your favorite cause that changes but what is their BEST song?
    No cause immorality is.
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  • CJMST3KCJMST3K Posts: 9,722
    FenwayFaithful wrote:
    I don't like Black


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  • dimitrispearljamdimitrispearljam Posts: 139,549
    jut put Black from Athens 06
    again,,,the best in history of music....
    "...Dimitri...He talks to me...'.."The Ghost of Greece..".
    "..That's One Happy Fuckin Ghost.."
    “..That came up on the Pillow Case...This is for the Greek, With Our Apologies.....”
  • LloydXmasLloydXmas Posts: 7,539
    BB126827 wrote:
    Porch,then Release....there u go

    I agree with this.... 100000 percent
  • LoveBoatAdmiralLoveBoatAdmiral Posts: 1,191
    There's nothing all that great about release
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  • i_lov_iti_lov_it Posts: 4,007
    Well...It's Definately UP there! :)
  • Gern BlanstenGern Blansten Posts: 19,640
    Johnny Abruzzo wrote:
    I really couldn't put up much of an argument to say that Black isn't PJ's best song. Ok, maybe the de-doo-doo... at the end is just a bit poppy. But still. All these years later, and I still love it every time I hear it.

    That said, my favorite song (by anyone) is Immortality. I'd also say that the quintessential, sound-defining, Pearl Jam song is either RVM or Corduroy.

    I always thought that "I got shit" was a very defining song too....
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  • i_lov_iti_lov_it Posts: 4,007
    Gern Blansten wrote:
    Johnny Abruzzo wrote:
    I really couldn't put up much of an argument to say that Black isn't PJ's best song. Ok, maybe the de-doo-doo... at the end is just a bit poppy. But still. All these years later, and I still love it every time I hear it.

    That said, my favorite song (by anyone) is Immortality. I'd also say that the quintessential, sound-defining, Pearl Jam song is either RVM or Corduroy.

    I always thought that "I got shit" was a very defining song too....

    'Alive' is Kind of "Defining" TOO... :P
  • AtlantaJammerAtlantaJammer Posts: 2,611
    Most popular, maybe. Best ever, probably NO...
  • Jokertt14Jokertt14 Posts: 2,566
    Just Breathe & the End are kicking my ass right now .... i always like Once the best off from Ten !! :mrgreen:
  • Dru_CortezDru_Cortez Posts: 953
    I agree with those that said 'best' is subjective.
    Isn't 'best' just another way of asking favourite?
    'Dissident,' maybe? 'Footsteps'?
    'Bugs'? Ergh...
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  • curmudgeonesscurmudgeoness Posts: 3,987
    "Best" is hard to quantify. Is it one of their best songs? -- Oh, yes, no doubt about that. But how are we defining "best?" Lyrics? Music? Vocal performance? Number of goosebumps experienced by the listener?

    In my own very personal opinion, RVM is their "best" song. It's the song that keeps me going; live it leaves me wrung-out and exhausted, very cathartic. In my opinion, the "best" rock songs are all about catharsis.

    When I listen to PJ's songs and try to be objective (!), I would say that "Corduroy" has the best combination of solid lyrics and music. "Black" -- that's the sound of someone's heart being ripped out. It's a powerful song, one of my favorites, but I have just one absolute favorite. :)
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  • Johnny AbruzzoJohnny Abruzzo Posts: 11,408
    Gern Blansten wrote:
    Johnny Abruzzo wrote:
    I really couldn't put up much of an argument to say that Black isn't PJ's best song. Ok, maybe the de-doo-doo... at the end is just a bit poppy. But still. All these years later, and I still love it every time I hear it.

    That said, my favorite song (by anyone) is Immortality. I'd also say that the quintessential, sound-defining, Pearl Jam song is either RVM or Corduroy.

    I always thought that "I got shit" was a very defining song too....

    Maybe... But with Neil Young playing guitar??? I guess we're kind of off-topic now.
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  • pjtradekingpjtradeking Posts: 4,045
    FenwayFaithful wrote:
    I don't like Black


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  • mfc2006mfc2006 Posts: 37,412
    LoveBoatAdmiral wrote:
    There's nothing all that great about release

    you've gotta be kidding me!!! one of their most beautiful songs, in my opinion. i love Black, i really do....but give me Release over Black any day.
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  • BinauralJamBinauralJam Posts: 14,158
    Not for You, Immortality, Black, three way tie ,in my opinion. :ugeek:
  • MrMerkinballMrMerkinball Posts: 1,978
    I think Black may be their best song.....yet it is not my favorite if that makes any sense.
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