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Poll--The Weakest Link: The Champions - Round 1

MedozKMedozK Posts: 9,209
edited June 2017 in The Porch
We will now play to determine the GREATEST song from all 10 champions.
Ten (Release)
Vs (Rearviewmirror)
Vitalogy (Corduroy)
No Code (Present Tense)
Yield (Given To Fly)
Binaural (Light Years)
Riot Act (I Am Mine)
Pearl Jam (Inside Job)
Backspacer (Unthought Known)
Lightning Bolt (Pendulum)

For anyone new to the game:
You are going to pick the song that you think is the "Weakest Link" after 2 days I remove the two (2) songs with the most votes.
We will then move on to Round 2. - Remember you are voting to eliminate songs from contention.

For each round of the "Champions" competition, 2 songs will be eliminated.

The poll will close on Saturday (6/3) at 3:00pm cst.

Poll--The Weakest Link: The Champions - Round 1 135 votes

Release
0%
brianlux 1 vote
Rearviewmirror
2%
tunodamaijunkyardcrookedcross 3 votes
Corduroy
0%
Present Tense
4%
pistol3joberschlakejstu39epiewhypitythedeadlcitriniti 6 votes
Given To Fly
0%
Light Years
10%
RiotAct10Namihrd2imgnBrainofBGAdimitrispearljampjrussF Me In The BrainaurelgugusjoanmarieWeston1283seanwonoftenreadingdrakeheuer14eRock10 14 votes
I Am Mine
8%
SmellymanKC138045RS151862Gern BlanstenBLACK35angry_skullD-Rodpearljam180923scidoojoe159KB656988gotahardhardhead 12 votes
Inside Job
19%
ledveddermanmcgruff10my_waveNewJPagereleaseNYWashedBEnglish017Spiritual_ChaosjnikoPearl JamesIndifference71tbergsFlying MXZJS81606Abe FromanMerkin BallerPaptino_11rummyGarasauras 26 votes
Unthought Known
28%
Katjeffbr2-feign-reluctanceAndySlashbootlegger10ryph raphgoldrushcutzgriz333JimmyVRhinoJamgiventofly69Kev - Coat and Keysewok pantsMRMACPHISTO75ponytdgraham1978YardenCortez the Killer sent meMedozK 39 votes
Pendulum
25%
CantKeepmedownelwayvedderigotid88Dr. Delightpjpitt89on2legsmookieblalockdannynycratsPA JammerScreaming TreeHesCalledDyerJB111896RP112579dot30KP278376BanjoderbydaveALauxjmf5631 34 votes
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Comments

  • brianluxbrianlux Posts: 41,732
    Release
    At this level, I don't see it as voting against anything but more like moving toward something great.  This will be fun!
    “The fear of death follows from the fear of life. A man [or woman] who lives fully is prepared to die at any time.”
    Variously credited to Mark Twain or Edward Abbey.













  • goldrushgoldrush Posts: 7,483
    Unthought Known
    Easily the weakest song in this list for me.

    I Am Mine for the win!
    “Do not postpone happiness”
    (Jeff Tweedy, Sydney 2007)

    “Put yer good money on the sunrise”
    (Tim Rogers)
  • 23scidoo23scidoo Posts: 19,136
    I Am Mine
    RVM FOR WIN!!!!!
    Athens 2006. Dusseldorf 2007. Berlin 2009. Venice 2010. Amsterdam 1 2012. Amsterdam 1+2 2014. Buenos Aires 2015.
    Prague Krakow Berlin 2018. Berlin 2022
    EV, Taormina 1+2 2017.

    I wish i was the souvenir you kept your house key on..
  • rummyrummy Posts: 4,436
    Inside Job
    Cripes, I didn't even know the LB round had ended!
    Fair enough (and I agree with not including Lost Dogs) but I need a moment to think about this.
  • derbydavederbydave Posts: 11,254
    edited June 2017
    Pendulum
    Get off my lawn!!!
    Post edited by derbydave on
    '96: Seattle: Key Arena
    '98: Seattle: Memorial Stadium 1 & 2
    '00: Columbus: Polaris
    '03: Columbus: Germain
    '10: Columbus: Nationwide Arena
    '11: East Troy: Alpine Valley - PJ20 1 & 2 + EV Detroit
    '12: Missoula + EV Jacksonville 1 & 2
    '13: Chicago / Pittsburgh / Buffalo / Seattle
    '14: Cincinnati / St. Louis / Tulsa / Lincoln / Memphis / Detroit / Moline
    '15: New York City - Global Citizen Festival
    '16: Greenville / Hampton / Raleigh / Columbia / Lexington / Ottawa / Toronto 1 & 2 / Wrigley 1 & 2
    '17: Brooklyn - Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony
    '18: London 1 & 2 / Seattle 1 & 2 / Missoula / Wrigley 1
    '22: Nashville / St. Louis


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  • mcgruff10mcgruff10 Posts: 28,403
    Inside Job
    brianlux said:
    At this level, I don't see it as voting against anything but more like moving toward something great.  This will be fun!
    really Bri,  RELEASE?!
    I'll ride the wave where it takes me......
  • graham1978graham1978 Posts: 51
    Unthought Known
    What, no Lost Dogs round?
  • northerndragonnortherndragon Posts: 9,851
    Inside Job
    RVM or Release for the win with Pendulum a close third. 
    Anything you lose from being honest
    You never really had to begin with.


    Sometimes it's not the song that makes you emotional it's the people and things that come to your mind when you hear it.
  • JimmyVJimmyV Posts: 19,128
    Unthought Known
    One of the easiest round 1 decisions I've made.
    ___________________________________________

    "...I changed by not changing at all..."
  • rgambsrgambs Posts: 13,576
    Unthought Known
    It's a great champions list, it would have been interesting to see, if all the runners up had been included, would a champion win the winners poll, or could a 2nd place finisher take it.
    Monkey Driven, Call this Living?
  • PJForceofNaturePJForceofNature Posts: 3,087
    Unthought Known
    Would love to see RVM win!
    "A beacon on dry land"
  • drakeheuer14drakeheuer14 Posts: 4,453
    Light Years
    Time to make a playlist. The set opens with Release and closes with Pendulum, that is pretty cool imo. If they play a set this short again I wouldn't mind it being this
    Pittsburgh 2013
    Cincinnati 2014
    Greenville 2016
    (Raleigh 2016)
    Columbia 2016
  • F Me In The BrainF Me In The Brain Posts: 31,128
    Light Years
    Easy choice #1 for me. 
    The love he receives is the love that is saved
  • dimitrispearljamdimitrispearljam Posts: 139,549
    Light Years
    Easy one
    "...Dimitri...He talks to me...'.."The Ghost of Greece..".
    "..That's One Happy Fuckin Ghost.."
    “..That came up on the Pillow Case...This is for the Greek, With Our Apologies.....”
  • rummyrummy Posts: 4,436
    Inside Job
    As expected, it looks like two songs from the last three albums will be gone first.
  • rummyrummy Posts: 4,436
    edited June 2017
    Inside Job
    Both Release and Present Tense are great, great songs but, imho, much better live than their studio versions. That leaves me with Given To Fly, RVM, and Corduroy as possible winners. 

    In the end, of the songs remaining, I think Corduroy (or maybe RVM) best embodies the PJ sound/attitude and deserves the win.

    (Too bad Alive still isn't around.)
  • rgambsrgambs Posts: 13,576
    Unthought Known
    I agree about Corduroy, it is the "most PJ" PJ song.
    Alive would be, but it doesn't have the seeds of the band to come in the same way Corduroy does.
    Monkey Driven, Call this Living?
  • JimmyVJimmyV Posts: 19,128
    Unthought Known
    Black should be here.
    ___________________________________________

    "...I changed by not changing at all..."
  • JimmyVJimmyV Posts: 19,128
    Unthought Known
    Corduroy my pick to win based on the choices.
    ___________________________________________

    "...I changed by not changing at all..."
  • 2-feign-reluctance2-feign-reluctance Posts: 23,243
    Unthought Known
    EZ-PZ
    www.cluthelee.com
  • rgambsrgambs Posts: 13,576
    Unthought Known
    JimmyV said:
    Black should be here.
    Absolutely.

    Nothing against Release, but Black should have won.
    Monkey Driven, Call this Living?
  • giventofly69giventofly69 Posts: 849
    Unthought Known
    Easy vote for me.  
    "Your light's reflected now, reflected from afar. We were but stones, your light made us stars."
  • whoanelly15whoanelly15 Posts: 740
    Pendulum
    JimmyV said:
    Black should be here.
    100%. Would make a worthy overall winner too. There's a lesson here... radio is garbage. Alive, Black, Evenflow and Small Town I think were all hurt in the vote by "over-exposure". For a 10C voting population, especially 26 years into this band's history, I'm sure that live exposure has also influenced people's love for songs and therefore, their voting. Personally, I left this out of it. But there's some predictive value in our voting tendencies to date. Corduroy might be a front runner, but I think when push comes to shove, it will get the same treatment.

    Said it before and I'll say it again. RVM takes this one. Perfect blend of a trademark, flagship PJ song and being lesser-known. Both studio and live versions are amazing. Curious, 10clubbers - how many times have you heard RVM on the radio in the last 10 years?

    I happen to know I've only heard it twice. Both within two months of the Oct 2014 Milwaukee show on our local, more underground, 88.9.
  • F Me In The BrainF Me In The Brain Posts: 31,128
    Light Years
    ^^ I don't listen to the general radio.  PJ Radio or sports stuff, but not random song playing radio.

    Tough to predict what will win based on how the voting has gone.
    Any from the 'First Five' are worthy, imo.
    The love he receives is the love that is saved
  • JimmyVJimmyV Posts: 19,128
    Unthought Known
    62 votes so far and 45 of them have gone to the winners of the last three albums.
    ___________________________________________

    "...I changed by not changing at all..."
  • HesCalledDyerHesCalledDyer Posts: 16,430
    edited June 2017
    Pendulum
    Only one of the champions is in my PJ Top 10... And it looks like it's a strong candidate to be eliminated right out of the gate. :angry:

    EDIT:  Just realized there are 2 in my Top 10!  I don't imagine either one will come close to winning but at least one of them is safe for now.
    Post edited by HesCalledDyer on
    Star Lake 00 / Pittsburgh 03 / State College 03 / Bristow 03 / Cleveland 06 / Camden II 06 / DC 08 / Pittsburgh 13 / Baltimore 13 / Charlottesville 13 / Cincinnati 14 / St. Paul 14 / Hampton 16 / Wrigley I 16 / Wrigley II 16 / Baltimore 20 (xx) / Camden 22 / Baltimore 24
  • KP278376KP278376 Posts: 42
    Pendulum
    This is going to get good... I'd like to see Given to Fly v Present Tense for the win
  • bbiggsbbiggs Posts: 6,949
    Pendulum
    Something doesn't feel right about voting for any of these as "weakest." All are STRONG! 
  • ledveddermanledvedderman Posts: 7,761
    Inside Job
    I hope Inside Job and Unthought Known go in round one and it's Present Tense squeaking out a win in the finals over Given to Fly. 
    E8toX.gif

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  • oftenreadingoftenreading Posts: 12,845
    Light Years
    To my mind, I've got to agree that if there is a quintessential PJ song, it's Corduroy. RVM is my favourite and I'd love to see it win, but even so I see Corduroy as more emblematic somehow. 
    my small self... like a book amongst the many on a shelf
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