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thunderDANthunderDAN Posts: 2,094
edited August 2007 in Given To Fly (live)
I was thinking about this the other night when I heard Sonic Reducer on Sirius. What is your favorite and least favorite Pearl Jam cover songs. I'm not talking about the original song, but the songs you love hearing PJ play, and the ones you would consider going and taking a restroom break while they are doing it. Here are mine:

Favorites
-Sonic Reducer
-Crown of Thorns
-RITFW


Least
-Driven to Tears
-Know Your Rights
-Ruby Tuesday
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  • Scratchin a LetterScratchin a Letter Posts: 2,303
    I feel the opposite about Sonic Reducer.
  • ||Release_Me||||Release_Me|| Posts: 1,871
    Favourites:
    Baba O'Riley
    Rockin' in the Free World

    Throw Your Hatred Down is growing on me too.

    Least favourites:
    Driven To Tears
    Gimme Some Truth
    "This town deserves a better class of criminal... and I'm gonna give it to them."

  • FedericoFederico Posts: 7,916
    superfav:

    hide your love away

    fav:

    crown of thorns
    gimme some truth
    harvest moon

    least:

    driven to tears
    forever young
    so you wanna be a rockanroll star
  • thunderDANthunderDAN Posts: 2,094
    Federico wrote:
    superfav:

    hide your love away

    fav:

    crown of thorns
    gimme some truth
    harvest moon

    least:

    driven to tears
    forever young
    so you wanna be a rockanroll star

    Yeah Hide Your Love Away is awesome stuff.
  • ledveddermanledvedderman Posts: 7,761
    Favorites:
    I Got You (they really need to play this more)
    Masters of War
    Love, Reign O'er Me

    Least Favorites:
    Crazy Mary
    Last Kiss
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  • thunderDANthunderDAN Posts: 2,094
    ledvedderman wrote:
    Favorites:
    I Got You (they really need to play this more)
    Masters of War
    Love, Reign O'er Me

    Least Favorites:
    Crazy Mary
    Last Kiss


    You know I never cared for Last Kiss, but I heard a version done on this past tour that sounded pretty damn good. It sounds different with the drums they used. I think it was San Diego, but I could be wrong.
  • Dirty FrankkDirty Frankk Posts: 4,274
    Favorite

    Ritfw
    Love Reign O'er Me
    Crazy Mary


    Least Fav.

    Know Your Rights
    Gimme Some Truth
    CAN'T KEEP CRAZY MARY IN MY TREE NO WAY NOT FOR YOU. ALL THOSE YESTERDAY JEREMY is ALONE, SAD with RATS & BUGS it's HARD TO IMAGINE a JEREMY a BETTER MAN.
    LIFE WASTED, BLOOD on the PORCH, LAST KISS is a WISHLIST DEEP DOWN NOTHING AS IT SEEMS WHY GO COME BACK ALIVE SPIN THE BLACK CIRCLE and SMILE.
  • dannydanny Posts: 2,279
    thunderDAN wrote:
    I was thinking about this the other night when I heard Sonic Reducer on Sirius. What is your favorite and least favorite Pearl Jam cover songs. I'm not talking about the original song, but the songs you love hearing PJ play, and the ones you would consider going and taking a restroom break while they are doing it. Here are mine:

    Favorites
    -Sonic Reducer
    -Crown of Thorns
    -RITFW


    Least
    -Driven to Tears
    -Know Your Rights
    -Ruby Tuesday


    best cover ever keep on rockin in the free world

    least
    know your rights
    danny d
  • jordn6971jordn6971 Posts: 675
    Best cover is Little Wing (full version)
    Edit* Although I would love to see Love Reign O'er Me

    I will gladly take a piss during Last Kiss
    "There was a band playing in my head, and I felt like getting high"
  • LeatherMosquitoManLeatherMosquitoMan Posts: 4,034
    best cover - Rearviewmirror 'Greatest Hits'

    worst cover - Vitalogy

    oh.. wait..
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  • tama_drummer91tama_drummer91 Posts: 205
    Favorite ever I would certainly say Crazy Mary.
    Others would be Harvest Moon, Little Sister, RITFW, Timeless Melody, Love Reign O' er Me, and Crown of Thorns

    Theres only one I severly dislike and thats Know Your Rights. Others Im not crazy over, but still like are Sonic Reducer, Baba O Riley(just heard it too much), and Masters of War.
    My first PJ show to witness was at Bonnaroo. How is that for lucky?
  • cropdustresscropdustress Posts: 4,339
    Dirty Frankk wrote:
    Favorite

    Ritfw
    Love Reign O'er Me
    Crazy Mary


    Least Fav.

    Know Your Rights
    Gimme Some Truth
    Gimme is def one of my favorites :D

    WHats up with no love for Driven to Tears? I like that one too. :D
    Not sure which one is my least favorite, prolly like all their covers, but
    my absolute favorites are: Hide Your Love Away, Trouble, Love Reign O'er Me, Crown of Thorns and the standard ones ;)
    "I surfaced and all of my being was enlightened"
  • audiodaveaudiodave Posts: 1,623
    Whats with all the hate for Know Your Rights? Am I the only person that loves it?
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  • Kevin DavisKevin Davis Posts: 70
    No sir, audiodave, you're talking to a big "Know Your Rights" fan here. It was a powerhouse to witness in person, and tremendously pertinent. I really felt like I was part of a relevant moment when Eddie was belting that out in Champaign.

    "Baba O'Riley" has been one of the weaker covers since the early days, but it was great then, and it's a fantastic song.

    "Gimme Some Truth" is really pretty bad. The band performs it fine, but it's a pretty crap song. Most solo John Lennon was preachy and naively idealistic, and this song is up there with the worst of it. Ed tends to be of the mind that any song with an anti-government message is a good song, and I think sometimes he fails to realize that a song has to meet a handful of other criteria as well.

    I think my personal favorite is "Leaving Here," and my least favorite is "Gimme Some Truth." Their version of "All Along the Watchtower" is pretty lame too.
  • AnonAnon Posts: 11,175
    Least fave = Driven To Tears

    Favourite before the last tour was Rockin In The Free World, but after seeing how intense Masters Of War could be at Newcastle, this one takes it!!!
  • Heineken HelenHeineken Helen Posts: 18,095
    Absolute 'I would drop dead if I heard Ed sing this live' favourite: No surrender :o

    Other favourites... pretty much everything that's been mentioned. Crazy Mary is my favourite live song. Trouble was brilliant... picture in a frame was beautiful... I've yet to hear, but reallly want to, Baba O'Reilly... beast of burden was pretty cool... black diamond was fucking excellent... it's ok and save it for later are beyond words.

    least favourites???? huh... can't think of any but there are some I skip over but just can't think of what they are.
    The Astoria??? Orgazmic!
    Verona??? it's all surmountable
    Dublin 23.08.06 "The beauty of Ireland, right there!"
    Wembley? We all believe!
    Copenhagen?? your light made us stars
    Chicago 07? And love
    What a different life
    Had I not found this love with you
  • soulsingingsoulsinging Posts: 13,202
    tama_drummer91 wrote:
    Theres only one I severly dislike and thats Know Your Rights.

    same here. nothing personal ed, but you can't be doing that one. shit, the song itself just blows and no one can save it.

    my fav:
    ive got a feeling... back form 92. man it was so good.
  • soulsingingsoulsinging Posts: 13,202
    Kevin Davis wrote:
    No sir, audiodave, you're talking to a big "Know Your Rights" fan here. It was a powerhouse to witness in person, and tremendously pertinent. I really felt like I was part of a relevant moment when Eddie was belting that out in Champaign.

    "Baba O'Riley" has been one of the weaker covers since the early days, but it was great then, and it's a fantastic song.

    "Gimme Some Truth" is really pretty bad. The band performs it fine, but it's a pretty crap song. Most solo John Lennon was preachy and naively idealistic, and this song is up there with the worst of it. Ed tends to be of the mind that any song with an anti-government message is a good song, and I think sometimes he fails to realize that a song has to meet a handful of other criteria as well.

    I think my personal favorite is "Leaving Here," and my least favorite is "Gimme Some Truth." Their version of "All Along the Watchtower" is pretty lame too.

    hehe, yes, gimme some truth is a bad song and idealistic, but know your rights is... edgy? original? come on! (in gob bluth voice ;)) ill take gimme some truth over know your rights any day. that crappy "im not singing along with the music at all, just growling/talking nonsense lyrics to my own rhythm" thing is awful. it's a bunch of jaded and cynical ramblings that are no less naive than john lennon singing about not wanting to be lied to anymore.
  • whichwaysignwhichwaysign Posts: 229
    Favorites:

    Kick Out The Jams
    Don't Be Shy
    Blue Red & Grey
    Crown of Thorns
    Masters of War
    Everyday People
    I Won't Back Down



    Dislikes:

    Last Kiss
    I Must Not Think Bad Thoughts
    Timeless Melody


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    Pulled Up (Mum & Dad)
    'I'm like an opening band for the sun'
  • bootlegger10bootlegger10 Posts: 15,949
    LeatherMosquitoMan wrote:
    best cover - Rearviewmirror 'Greatest Hits'

    worst cover - Vitalogy

    oh.. wait..

    What???????????? Vitalogy has the best album cover, and RVM is probably the worst most dull cover.
  • BEnglish017BEnglish017 Posts: 455
    favs: baba, i am a patriots, fuckin' up (wish they played it more, rocked in lexington, ky 03), waiting on a friend, and intersteller overdrive

    i can't really say i have any least favs i am not sure about the harvest moon cover. i love the song but i think it takes neil's voice to pull it off. don't get me wrong i think ed has a great voice but just that song neil's got the edge.
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  • DiRtyFranK38DiRtyFranK38 Posts: 3,131
    favorites:

    love reign o'er me
    masters of war
    baba oriely
    i am a patriot
    fuckin' up
    gimme some truth
    crazy mary
    you've got to hide your love away
    i've got a feeling
    blue red & grey
    rockin in the free world
    don't be shy
    throw your arms around me
    i got you
    crown of thorns
    fortunate son


    least favorites:

    know your rights
    last kiss
    so you want to be a rock n roll star
    leaving here
    driven to tears
    forever young
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  • somebodyelsessky2020somebodyelsessky2020 Posts: 1,173
    best
    crazy mary
    fortunate son
    ritfw

    worst
    driven to tears
    Oh dear dad
    Can you see me now
    I am myself
    Like you somehow
    I'll ride the wave
    Where it takes me
    I'll hold the pain
    Release me
  • thunderDANthunderDAN Posts: 2,094
    So basically everyone has Driven to Tears as one of their least favorites.

    I don't know if I personally dislike the song that much, but they play it at the wrong time. Most of the covers are played towards the climax of the concert towards the end, Driven to Tears if just a downer. RITFW, Fuckin Up, and most of the others get peole out of their seats to enjoy the last couple minutes of the show. Driven to Tears is just one of those songs that you listen to, but you can't do more than that with it. You can just sit there and listen to it.
  • 12345AGNST112345AGNST1 Posts: 4,906
    favs:
    crazy mary
    RITFW
    baba
    love reign o'er me
    masters of war
    you've got to hide your love away
    i believe in miracles (acoustic versions)
    little wing
    crown of thorns
    and of course FUCKIN UP.

    least favs:
    sonic reducer
    i believe in miracles (heavier versions)
    25 minutes to go
    know your rights
    last kiss
    fortunate son.

    although i like listening to all of them regardless.
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  • little_wishlittle_wish England, The North Posts: 532
    love reign o'er me
    baba
    rockin
    last kiss
    know your rights

    those are definitely my faves


    least favourite is probably I Believe in miracles. I love the song, but I love the Ramones version much more than Ed's version
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  • A Patton FanA Patton Fan Posts: 176
    Rockin In the Free World=favorite or I've Got a Feeling
    3=Sonic Reducer (MSG 2003)

    Don't like:
    Last Kiss
  • Prioronfire22Prioronfire22 Posts: 393
    I really don't like any of the extensions on Daughter, yes I can listen to them, but I find them to get old. I love Daughter, but now when you hear them live it's almost like you have to hear another brick in the wall. It was cool at first now it's kind of old.
  • Red mosquitaRed mosquita Posts: 518
    Favorites:
    Crazy Mary
    Love, Reign O'er Me
    Ritfw
    Cinnamon Girl
    Sittin' on the Dock the Bay....

    Least Favorites:
    Blue Red Grey
    Forever Young
    I'll ride the wave where it takes me...
  • satansbedbugssatansbedbugs On Tour Posts: 2,412
    fav- baba o'riley

    least- last kiss, sux
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