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Ranking of best slow songs!

FeiracoFeiraco Amsterdam Posts: 255
edited March 2011 in The Porch
I've composed a Best Ballads cd of Pearl Jam for a friend of mine. He's not into rock music, but wants to try it. I'm building it up slowly, and one day he'll be going crazy with Spin the Black Circle and Rearviewmirror! :D

Anyway, this is my list. I'm still thinking of a preferred order: Arc, Black, Come Back, Daughter, Small Town, Fatal, Footsteps, Hard to Imagine, Immortality, Just Breathe, Last Kiss, Let me Sleep, Long Road, Low Light, Nothingman, Off he Goes, Soon Forget, Strangest Tribe, The End, Thin Air, Thumbing my Way, Wasted Reprise, Wishlist, Yellow Ledbetter. I've also added Vedder's songs Guaranteed, Rise and Society.

Do you have additions and what would be your list?
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  • pdalowskypdalowsky Doncaster,UK Posts: 15,107
    parting ways?
  • ChazzChazz Posts: 1,141
    Start with the best............. Release :)

    edit: Low Light would be a good one to add too
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  • bry321f11bry321f11 Posts: 329
    Feiraco wrote:
    I've composed a Best Ballads cd of Pearl Jam for a friend of mine. He's not into rock music, but wants to try it. I'm building it up slowly, and one day he'll be going crazy with Spin the Black Circle and Rearviewmirror! :D

    Anyway, this is my list. I'm still thinking of a preferred order: Arc, Black, Come Back, Daughter, Small Town, Fatal, Footsteps, Hard to Imagine, Immortality, Just Breathe, Last Kiss, Let me Sleep, Long Road, Low Light, Nothingman, Off he Goes, Soon Forget, Strangest Tribe, The End, Thin Air, Thumbing my Way, Wasted Reprise, Wishlist, Yellow Ledbetter. I've also added Vedder's songs Guaranteed, Rise and Society.

    Do you have additions and what would be your list?

    I just did this for a friend......Remember to use studio versions as often they are more tame. Here would be my list:

    Betterman
    Nothingman
    Daughter
    Immortality
    Small Town
    Just Breath
    The End
    Yellow
    Come Back
    Parachutes
    Long Road
    Low Light
    Black
    Off He Goes

    Start with this, then get into more rare songs like Strangest Tribe and so forth. Just a thought. It worked on this person. She also loved the studiot version of Given to Fly.
  • Luiz de MarcoLuiz de Marco Posts: 39
    TREMOR CHRIST 8-)
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  • dimitrispearljamdimitrispearljam Posts: 139,721
    edited March 2010
    Black
    NAIS
    Sleight of Hand
    Immortality,
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  • Mr RockoMr Rocko Posts: 647
    I would suggest All Those Yesterdays and Parachutes. Let me think in the order of the songs and I'll update my post.
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  • pdalowskypdalowsky Doncaster,UK Posts: 15,107
    man of the hour would be good too
  • bry321f11bry321f11 Posts: 329
    pdalowsky wrote:
    man of the hour would be good too


    Definitely......Totally forgot to include it on my list!!
  • FeiracoFeiraco Amsterdam Posts: 255
    Me too! :o
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  • pjamaholicpjamaholic Posts: 1,225
    Arc? A ballad?
  • Newch91Newch91 Posts: 17,560
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  • FeiracoFeiraco Amsterdam Posts: 255
    I changed the header a bit. I''d like to see your ranking and maybe a song which hasn't been mentioned yet.

    My list would definitely contain Black, Small Town, Immortality, Just Breathe, The End and the impressive Thumbing my Way.
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  • PJamGrungeFanPJamGrungeFan Posts: 289
    Black and Immortality reign supreme.
  • pandorapandora Posts: 21,855
    I think you should add Driftin and Undone
    and EV's Long Nights
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    In Hiding
  • GibsonGibson Toronto Posts: 2,661
    Arc, Black, Come Back, Daughter, Small Town, Fatal, Footsteps, Hard to Imagine, Immortality, Just Breathe, Last Kiss, Let me Sleep, Long Road, Low Light, Nothingman, Off he Goes, Soon Forget, Strangest Tribe, The End, Thin Air, Thumbing my Way, Wasted Reprise, Wishlist, Yellow Ledbetter.

    Top 10
    For a non PJ fan?

    Black
    Last Kiss
    Footsteps
    Just Breathe
    Ledbetter
    Wishlist
    Small Town
    Off He Goes
    Nothingman
    Come Back


    For me?
    Off He Goes
    Come Back
    Nothingman
    Thumbing my Way
    Immortality
    Hard To Imagine
    Long Road
    Low Light
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  • Dark StarDark Star Posts: 496
    edited March 2010
    This is my third or fourth time giving a list of this sort. OK, here is another list, of what a female non-rock fan, top 40 radio loving, know-nothing-about-PJ person should enjoy:

    DISC 1
    1. Last Kiss
    2. Betterman
    3. Small Town
    4. Black
    5. Wishlist
    6. Daughter
    7. Oceans
    8. Just Breathe
    9. Thin Air
    10. Nothingman
    11. Crazy Mary
    12. Indifference
    13. Release
    14. The End

    DISC 2
    1. Jeremy
    2. You Are
    3. Given to Fly
    4. In Hiding
    5. Present Tense
    6. The Fixer
    7. Light Years
    8. Low Light
    9. Speed of Sound
    10. Society
    11. Soon Forget
    12. Parachutes
    13. All Those Yesterdays
    14. Yellow Ledbetter
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  • badbrainsbadbrains Posts: 10,255
    I just want to thank you guys for making lists so I dnt have to look the up. My lazy stoned ass appreciates it very much and I thank u all :thumbup: :thumbup: :thumbup: :thumbup:
  • JL19851JL19851 Posts: 209
    I am not sure the term ballad works too well for pearl jam (thankfully). I was recently looking for wedding songs that I could convince my non-pearl jam fan fiance (who has seen them twice, at MSG and Philly on Halloween last year thanks to me) and nothing really fit. I mean, they've never hit "Every Rose Has It's Thorn" territory. They have some good slower songs, but I think they would fit in the context of a greater album or mix than a CD dedicated solely to slow songs. That would almost be boring cause you'd be waiting for them to kick into high gear the whole time.
  • KravenKraven Posts: 829
    Uhhh what the fuck?? Where is the love for All or None!?

    Black, Oceans, Release

    Daughter, Small Town, Indifference

    Nothingman, Betterman, immortality

    Who You Are, Off He Goes, Around the Bend

    Given to Fly, Low Light, All Those Yesterdays, Wishlist

    Light Years, Nothing As it Seems, Soon Forget, Of the Girl, Parting Ways

    Can't Keep, I Am Mine, Thumbing My Way, Arc, All Or None

    Parachutes, Wasted Reprise, Come Back

    Just Breathe, Speed of Sound, The End

    Last Kiss, Yellow Ledbetter, Wash, Footsteps, Long Road, Man of the Hour, Hold On, Hard to Imagine
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  • May 30thMay 30th Posts: 1,835
    To quote the last post:
    Uhhh what the fuck?? Where is the love for All or None!?

    I was just about to name this great song that many people ignored. Riot act has many gems and this closes out a great disc. The recent thread about Pj's closers made me think about how ridiculously good the final songs on each disc actually are. What a special band.
  • badbrainsbadbrains Posts: 10,255
    May 30th wrote:
    To quote the last post:
    Uhhh what the fuck?? Where is the love for All or None!?

    I was just about to name this great song that many people ignored. Riot act has many gems and this closes out a great disc. The recent thread about Pj's closers made me think about how ridiculously good the final songs on each disc actually are. What a special band.

    I agree they definitelly know how to close a fucken album that's forsure. And lyricl wise and basically song wise dude just breathe is pretty powerful. Whenever you hear that song by yourself it SHOULD hit a nerve in you in a deep tightning in the throat sappy way. It does for me....maybe that's just my sappy side getting the best of me........
  • Dark StarDark Star Posts: 496
    May 30th wrote:
    To quote the last post:
    Uhhh what the fuck?? Where is the love for All or None!?

    I was just about to name this great song that many people ignored. Riot act has many gems and this closes out a great disc. The recent thread about Pj's closers made me think about how ridiculously good the final songs on each disc actually are. What a special band.

    I love All or None, it's my favorite song on that record, but the poster thread title is different than his post where he asks for help making a mixed tape of down tempo stuff for some chick (he secretly wants to bone). I just think All or None is more challenging of a listen, if she likes PJ, then put it on the next tape. ;)
  • starmap3333starmap3333 Posts: 3,925
    1 nothingman
    2 parting ways
    3 come back
  • DewieCoxDewieCox Posts: 11,431
    I'd keep Daughter out of it. Not really that slow or ballad-y.
  • pj.uw.laurapj.uw.laura Posts: 553
    I'm glad some of you added Indifference. I was definitely surprised to not see that one in the original list!
  • leddeadleddead Posts: 158
    So many great slow songs. I can't believe this one hasn't been mentioned yet though...Around the Bend.
  • leddeadleddead Posts: 158
    ^^^My bad. I accidentally only read the first page.
  • JP33JP33 Posts: 1,348
    Best slow song.....LONG ROAD
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