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With which album do associate the two Merkin Ball songs with more: Vitalogy or No Code?

rummyrummy Posts: 4,436
edited September 2014 in The Porch
I hope the grammar in my question in correct!

This great EP came out smack dab in the middle of these two great records. Do "I Got Shit" and "Long Road" make you thing one song over the other?

I suppose I could options like "both" or "neither" or one song goes with one album while the other song goes with the other album but I didn't want to go over board here - it's my first poll!

With which album do associate the two Merkin Ball songs with more: Vitalogy or No Code? 92 votes

Vitalogy
33%
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No COde
66%
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  • Kev - Coat and KeysKev - Coat and Keys Posts: 357
    No COde
    Nice question.
    Got to be No Code for me, because of Jack Irons drumming and Off He Goes making me think of Uncle Neil.
  • Dr.Teeth and the Electric MayhDr.Teeth and the Electric Mayh Posts: 1,180
    Mirrorball
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  • rummyrummy Posts: 4,436
    Vitalogy
    Dr.Teeth and the Electric Mayh said:

    Mirrorball

    Nice play...
  • hrd2imgnhrd2imgn Posts: 4,895
    yeah Mirrorball- but that is really not Pearl Jam, so if a PJ record I say more of a Vitalogy feel for I got ID, and YIELD for Long Road. I think Long Road has the reflective, inquisitive feel of No Code, but musically not as much. Yleld has a more wide open feel to it that the Music on Long Road has. All that being said, it really is a Mirrorball thing for me as Uncle Neil's guitar sound brings a new dimension not present in either album
  • mcgruff10mcgruff10 Posts: 28,403
    Vitalogy
    I go vitalogy since they played both songs on the 95 tour in support if that album. By the way, please play both in St. Louis
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  • 23scidoo23scidoo Posts: 19,137
    Dr.Teeth and the Electric Mayh said:

    Mirrorball

    agree..for me those 2 songs are in the same spirit with Mirrorball..
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  • cydoniacydonia Posts: 456
    Vitalogy
    Vitalogy for me, it shows eddie vedders progression as a song writer , and is a pre cursor to no code, which defined pearl jam as 90's survivors.
  • samjamsamjam Posts: 9,283
    No COde
    No Code...can't put my finger on exactly why, but it they just have more of a No Code "feel" to me.
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  • mcgruff10mcgruff10 Posts: 28,403
    edited October 2014
    Vitalogy
    How can you say mirrorball? Ed wasn't even on the album. Hell stone and mike weren't even on merkinball!
    Post edited by mcgruff10 on
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  • NewJPageNewJPage Posts: 3,309
    No COde
    Ed is on a decent amount of mirrorball. Wrote lyrics for peace and love
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  • EnterThanmanEnterThanman Posts: 1,057
    No COde
    I like the question. Obviously Mirrorball, but it line with the poll, both songs would fit on No Code, but would not fit on Vitalogy. No Code has the same loose open chord type feel as these songs, where as Vitalogy is tighter and more deliberate. My 2 cents.
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  • mcgruff10mcgruff10 Posts: 28,403
    Vitalogy
    Allmost positive ed only sang on it. Didn't write any lyrics to it.
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  • PapPap Posts: 28,814
    No COde
    Definitely No Code.
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  • red mosred mos Posts: 4,953
    No COde
    No code
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  • AfghanTwilightAfghanTwilight Posts: 836
    No COde
    For Eddie's Pearl Jam, it'd have to be No Code. The songs are far more introspective than the bulk of material on Vitalogy.
    But this EP is and will always be the companion piece to Mirrorball.
  • SmellymanSmellyman Posts: 4,524
    Vitalogy
    both could fit on Vitalogy more than No code. Especially I Got Shit.
  • tunodamaitunodamai Posts: 74
    No COde
    No code. They fit better into that album by the way they "feel"
    It makes much more sense to live......in the present tense.
  • on2legson2legs Posts: 14,980
    Vitalogy
    Smellyman said:

    both could fit on Vitalogy more than No code. Especially I Got Shit.

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  • HesCalledDyerHesCalledDyer Posts: 16,430
    I Got Shit - Vitalogy
    Long Road - No Code
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  • Abe FromanAbe Froman Posts: 5,253
    No COde
    Jacks drumming and Neil's influence make them feel very No Code to me.
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