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slow, midtempo, or fast songs?

cyndarious1cyndarious1 Posts: 430
edited September 2011 in The Porch
I know it depends mostly on one's mood, but I wanna know what kind of songs you consider Pearl Jam's best.
It's hard for me to choose, but I personally think that they're great at doing the midtempo stuff, like Given to fly.
November 22nd, 2005.
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  • Abe FromanAbe Froman Posts: 5,351
    Fast for me. My absolute favorites...

    Blood
    Spin The Black Circle
    Lukin
    Porch
    Habit
    Comatose
    Grievance
    Save You
    Leash
    Do The Evolution
    Got Some
  • slightofjeffslightofjeff Posts: 7,762
    If you're talking live in 2011, slow and mid-tempo are the answers.

    Come to think of it, that's probably the right answer even in regards to studio tracks. Given to Fly is a good example.
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  • he.who.forgetshe.who.forgets Posts: 4,593
    hard and fast. (although a couple of my favs are Black, Indifference, and Immortality which are on the slower side)
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  • slightofjeffslightofjeff Posts: 7,762
    Ed can't always sing the hard/fast ones anymore. The slow/midtempo ones are right in his wheelhouse.
    everybody wants the most they can possibly get
    for the least they could possibly do
  • Better DanBetter Dan Posts: 5,684
    Their Slow/Midtempo songs are my favorites :)
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  • Jeremys SpokenJeremys Spoken Posts: 7,578
    Mid tempo.
    2008 - MSG 6/24-6/25
    2010 - Newark 5/18 MSG 5/21
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  • thefixer9thefixer9 Posts: 9,376
    Daniel. wrote:
    Their Slow/Midtempo songs are my favorites :)
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  • ten2o3ten2o3 Wausau, WI Posts: 225
    Fast to midtempo for me.
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  • Thief of SilenceThief of Silence Posts: 170
    The fast ones are always the most fun for me to hear live. Some songs that I never mind seeing/hearing live would be: Severed Hand, Lukin, God's Dice, Glorified G, Breakerfall, Leash, Go, Blood.
  • gndcd402gndcd402 Posts: 2,571
    The way they play songs live these days all songs are fast paced
  • vedder89vedder89 Posts: 177
    all songs do it for me
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  • HailRoad24HailRoad24 Posts: 133
    Hard and rocking ones like Hail, Hail and All Night are the best IMO. They don't just pummel you, they speed up, slow down, drop it down a notch, then slam it forward. That's the type of songs I like.
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  • kw237158kw237158 Posts: 6
    Why have they upped the tempo so much when playing live nowadays? I much preferred it when they played most of their songs at the right tempo...some songs really lose their gravitas when they're played fast, like unthought known.

    I wish the Pearl Jam live act pre-2000 would come back....can anyone remember the year they changed the tempo when playing live?

    regarding the question of the thread, it depends on my mood....they have such a rich back catalogue, i would have given my left testicle to have written any of them (excluding bugs)
  • JaneNYJaneNY Posts: 4,438
    I like the hard rockin tunes myself. Leash, Blood, Whipping, Spin the Black Circle, Save You...followed by midtempo. I enjoy pretty much everything they do, but if you're asking, I like fast and loud the best.
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