Is Dissident the weakest song from Vs?

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  • 63schoefflin
    63schoefflin Posts: 2,581
    KC138045 wrote:
    Indifference152 wrote:
    Blood is awful. Just awful.

    Awful? To each his own I guess. Blood is actually on my bucket list of songs I want to hear live. One of my favorites.

    Definitely all personal pref.....but I could die a happy man if I go to another 50 shows and never hear this again (Blood). I think it pisses me off because they used to have that funky little riff thrown in but never extended it. I think that could have made it a RVM type jam live.

    And Dissident is my ringtone....fantastic live song.
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  • Empty Glass
    Empty Glass In Rob's shed Posts: 12,329
    63schoefflin wrote:
    KC138045 wrote:
    Indifference152 wrote:
    Blood is awful. Just awful.

    Awful? To each his own I guess. Blood is actually on my bucket list of songs I want to hear live. One of my favorites.

    Definitely all personal pref.....but I could die a happy man if I go to another 50 shows and never hear this again (Blood). I think it pisses me off because they used to have that funky little riff thrown in but never extended it. I think that could have made it a RVM type jam live.

    And Dissident is my ringtone....fantastic live song.

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    Dissident is great
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  • Big Bank Hank
    Big Bank Hank Seattle, WA Posts: 8,639
    Pearl Jam - DISSIDENT (Live at Ziggo Dome, Amsterdam, Holland, 27-06-2012) [SBD]
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gfY5nN7Hjgc
    I rest my case
  • jumbojet
    jumbojet Posts: 1,484
    Well, extending songs is not a PJ thing. It is bluesy rock bands thing, playing the same riff for 15 minutes. Rolling Stones, Lynrd Skynrd do that a lot. I am not saying it is bad, but it is not the essential of what PJ does. They do that with a few songs in a show only.
    63schoefflin wrote:

    Definitely all personal pref.....but I could die a happy man if I go to another 50 shows and never hear this again (Blood). I think it pisses me off because they used to have that funky little riff thrown in but never extended it. I think that could have made it a RVM type jam live.

    And Dissident is my ringtone....fantastic live song.
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  • dimitrispearljam
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    Big Bank Hank wrote:
    Pearl Jam - DISSIDENT (Live at Ziggo Dome, Amsterdam, Holland, 27-06-2012) [SBD]
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gfY5nN7Hjgc
    I rest my case
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    Absolutely.
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  • NHiding
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    wow what a crazy thread! people hate Blood and could do without Leash? u b trippin!!

    Dissident was one of my favs back in the day when they only had 2 albums out. Still get a thrill when they play it.
  • iisee
    iisee Charlotte, NC Posts: 485
    Definitely not. I love Dissident...Ed IS the Dissident! Blood? Never felt a lot of love for that one...meh." 8-)
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  • Dr. Delight
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    Indifference152 wrote:
    Blood is awful. Just awful.
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  • pjsyco
    pjsyco Wilmington, NC Posts: 653
    Yes. I have never been able to get into this song. I've tried and tried but no dice.
  • ckravitz
    ckravitz NJ Posts: 1,668
    DewieCox wrote:
    Ya know I was planning on giving you a tongue lashing, but I could definitely see an argument for it being towards the bottom of the pile. It is an amazing tune no doubt, but just about every song on there is a monster.

    Put a gun to my head and I'd probably pick WMA or Rats. For those thinkin I may have something against such groove-laden tunes, not to worry. WMA feels a bit like one of their more experimental abstract pieces and for I've never thought Rats was all that great.

    I'd guess if there was a vote it would be Glorified G, but I love that tune. Very catchy and I love the hoedown feel to the rhythm guitar behind the solo. And I don't necessarily agree with the anti gun sentiment, but I think some of EV's best lyrics are overtly political, and I wish he'd do a bit more of that and less of "riding waves".

    Great post IMO, and it largely expresses my sentiments as well.
  • papa_pearls_jam.pj20
    papa_pearls_jam.pj20 Chicago USA Posts: 2,142
    javis el errante wrote:
    No, it isn't, to me the ones I like the least is Glorified G, pretty current with this gun control issue, and Leash, I could easily skip them...
    Leash starts out great, but I lose interest after the second verse.
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  • aennil
    aennil Posts: 415
    Can't explain why, but Dissident is probably the Vs.-song that i play the least.... it has just never really been my song.
    Luckily Vs. is full of other great songs :P
  • boyo79
    boyo79 Warrington, UK Posts: 6,525
    Small Town is the weakest. ;)

    It is actually seriously difficult to dislike any of Vs.
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  • Abe Froman
    Abe Froman Posts: 5,397
    Indifference152 wrote:
    Blood is awful. Just awful.
    Wow. Blood is probably my favorite PJ song. And Dissident has always been the one song I just flat out don't like. Funny how diverse everyone is on their PJ!
  • jumbojet
    jumbojet Posts: 1,484
    Tell me about it. Guys trashing the wonders in vs left and right. Should be a high-heads convention here.
    NHiding wrote:
    wow what a crazy thread! people hate Blood and could do without Leash? u b trippin!!

    Dissident was one of my favs back in the day when they only had 2 albums out. Still get a thrill when they play it.
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  • dimitrispearljam
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    Dr. Delight wrote:
    Indifference152 wrote:
    Blood is awful. Just awful.
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    :lol:
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  • Last-12-Exit
    Last-12-Exit Charleston, SC Posts: 8,661
    jumbojet wrote:
    Tell me about it. Guys trashing the wonders in vs left and right. Should be a high-heads convention here.
    NHiding wrote:
    wow what a crazy thread! people hate Blood and could do without Leash? u b trippin!!

    Dissident was one of my favs back in the day when they only had 2 albums out. Still get a thrill when they play it.

    I love vs. I just don't love dissident. It's simply ok. I'm not saying its a horrible song. There's not a song on the cd I dislike.
  • thefixer9
    thefixer9 Posts: 9,376
    Yeah, it's probably my least favorite off of Vs.
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  • cydonia
    cydonia Denbighshire, North Wales , UK Posts: 456
    No, I like dissident, I think the whole album is pretty consistent. It was the first pearl jam I bought and was a big inspiration on my life. I think the album represents the band better than ten, production wise and would be strange without one of the songs they all play a part. It's a very underated album and songs from it are played regularly live, such as rearviewmirror, daughter and indifference. So no, I like them all.

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