Least Favorite 5 Pearl Jam Songs

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  • givenfliers
    givenfliers Posts: 144
    nothingman come on really
  • Oceans 98
    Oceans 98 Posts: 232
    edited April 2010
    There are only two songs that come to mind when I think of least favorite Pearl Jam songs:

    Rival - Cant really find anything I like with this one except a good Stone riff; slow, boring.
    Who You Are - Great lyrics but probably the dreariest song Pearl Jam has done, I was very surprized it was No Code's first single.
    Post edited by Oceans 98 on
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  • CrookedTom
    CrookedTom Posts: 252
    Ok, not including covers and the werid experimental songs (which I acutally like apart from Hey Foxy)

    1) Deep - Worst song on Ten, and now sounds one of their most dated. Don't like the riff, and although the verse is cool, the chrous just doesn't do it for me.

    2) Spin The Black Circle - Probably their first bash at a full on punk song. Pretty poor. Rarely played live now so the band obviously agrees.

    3) Help Help - There's alot of pretty uninspired stuff on Riot Act, but this is surely one of the worst songs they ever recorded.

    4) Half Full - Now this one seems to be rated as one of the highlights on Riot Act. For me its a crappy blues dirge with sloppy Vedder lyrics about cimbing out mountains, and looking at the sea. The jam at the end live is pretty good, but the studio version is horrible.

    5) Parachutes - This one kind of grew on me after a few listens of Pear Jam back in 2006, but now I can't listen to it. Its a nice little Gossard melody but Vedder ruins it with poor vocals,sounds like he's stretching all the time for the high notes. Pretty painful. The verses are too long as well, should of shaved it down to a little 2 minute song
  • LukinFan
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  • emf28
    emf28 Posts: 89
    1.Sweet Lew
    2.Last kiss
    3.Yellow Ledbetter
    4.Supersonic
    5.Hitchhiker
  • gregkitefan
    gregkitefan Posts: 1,122
    Sweet Lew
    Dirty Frank
    In The Moonlight
    Evacuation
    Whale Song
    38
  • reedrothchild
    reedrothchild Posts: 635
    Brain of JFK wrote:
    Sticking to the main albums:

    Big Wave
    Get Right
    Help Help
    Parachutes
    Evacuation
    "What can you expect when you're on top? You know? It's like Napoleon. When he was the king, you know, people were just constantly trying to conquer him, you know, in the Roman Empire. So, it's history repeating itself all over again."
  • Hawk123
    Hawk123 Posts: 2,369
    gregkitefan wrote:
    Sweet Lew
    Dirty Frank
    In The Moonlight
    Evacuation
    Whale Song

    I like this list. Changing mine:

    Sweet Lew
    Dirty Frank
    Evacuation
    Im Open
    In the moonlight
  • Evacuation Rules
    Evacuation Rules Posts: 2,162
    Come Back
    Gone
    Life Wasted
    World Wide Suicide
    Speed Of Sound
  • BettrMan21
    BettrMan21 Chattanooga,Tn Posts: 291
    Evacuation
    Thumbing My Way
    Gone
    Cropduster
    Get Right
  • LikeAnOpeningBandForTheSun
    LikeAnOpeningBandForTheSun Posts: 6,097
    maybe not worst, but the ones i hate most

    1. Amongst the Waves
    2. Speed of Sound
    3. Big Wave
    4. Evacuation
    5. Cropduster

    and stick Glorified G in there somewhere too.
  • gregkitefan
    gregkitefan Posts: 1,122
    Hawk123 wrote:
    gregkitefan wrote:
    Sweet Lew
    Dirty Frank
    In The Moonlight
    Evacuation
    Whale Song

    I like this list. Changing mine:

    Sweet Lew
    Dirty Frank
    Evacuation
    Im Open
    In the moonlight

    Alright I can go with I'm Open instead of the Whale Song.
    38
  • Evacuation Rules
    Evacuation Rules Posts: 2,162
    Why would anybody in their right mind pick "In The Moonlight" or "Cropduster"?

    "Get Right" rocks.

    "Big Wave" rocks.

    "Parachutes" is gorgeous.

    You people have no taste for interesting music. Am I on the Bon Jovi forum?
  • LikeAnOpeningBandForTheSun
    LikeAnOpeningBandForTheSun Posts: 6,097
    Evacuation Rules wrote:
    Why would anybody in their right mind pick "In The Moonlight" or "Cropduster"?

    "Get Right" rocks.

    "Big Wave" rocks.

    "Parachutes" is gorgeous.

    You people have no taste for interesting music. Am I on the Bon Jovi forum?
    i heard Bon Jovi is a big fan of Evacuation. they cover it i think.

    speaking of bland, vanilla rock, it doesnt get any more bland and vanilla than Cropduster.
  • Gmoney
    Gmoney Posts: 1,618
    U R A Crazy Breed wrote:
    parachutes
    last kiss
    big wave
    come back
    speed of sound (Backspacer version)


    So close, Crazy, yet so far...

    last kiss
    big wave
    gone
    speed of sound
    got some

    favs
    parachutes
    down
    yankees
    faithfull
    light years
    can't keep
    Further back and forth a wave will break on me, today...
  • DPrival78
    DPrival78 CT Posts: 2,263
    sweet lew - one dog that should have been euthanized

    hold on - a dog that should have stayed lost

    gone - better when ed does it alone, but the full band version goes no where

    deep - my least fave of ten.. but not terrible. early live versions are good, but as some one said, sounds dated these days.

    half full - not bad live, but i'd rather just hear red mosquito
    i'm more a fan of popular bands.. like the bee-gees, pearl jam
  • Evacuation Rules
    Evacuation Rules Posts: 2,162
    MrSmith wrote:
    speaking of bland, vanilla rock, it doesnt get any more bland and vanilla than Cropduster.

    Are you kidding?
  • jubilairesjl
    jubilairesjl Posts: 498
    1. Sweet Lew
    2. Whale Song
    3. Cropduster
    4. Ghost
    5. Help Help
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  • made us stars
    made us stars Posts: 166
    No order...

    Oceans
    Last Kiss (don't like studio, but acutally enjoy bootleg...never seen it live)
    MFC (not sure why, I just always skip it)
    God's Dice/Evacuation (I can't tell some of them on Binaural apart)
    Bee Girl
    Do you see the way that tree bends? Does it inspire?

    I'll not lose my faith, it's an inside job today

    St. Louis 5/4/10 Hope for many more!
  • eeriepadave
    eeriepadave West Chester, PA Posts: 43,398
    1. Sweet Lew (Pretty cool to hear it live though)
    2. Speed Of Sound
    3. Help Help
    4. Aye Davanita
    5. Strangest Tribe
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    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

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