Worst Pearl Jam song ever....

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  • rummy
    rummy British Columbia, Canada Posts: 4,466
    PJNB said:
    rummy said:
    PJNB said:

    Ten - none
    VS - none
    Vitalogy - Bugs plus all of that experimental crap that no one listens to
    No Code - Mankind. Just not a good song and I enjoy Don't Gimme No Lip a lot so its not because it is Stone.
    Yield - none
    Binaural - Evacuation. Parts of this song are just ok while others are unlistenable. 
    Riot Act - Cropduster. Just not a good song imo and a set killer at the shows I have seen with it there.
    Avocado -  Big Wave. One of the worse chorus's they have "Got me a big wave, ride me a big wave, got me a big wave"
    Backspacer - The album with the most duds imo. Gonna See My Friend, The Fixer, Johnny Guitar, Just Breathe, Supersonic,The End
    Lightning Bolt - My Fathers Son, Let the Records Play, Sleeping By Myself, Future Days are all duds. 


    Only picking 15 songs over 10 albums is a pretty good track record if you ask me. The last two albums I picked over half on one and almost half on the other. I am really hoping the next album is more solid. 
    Pretty darn close! 
    Don't forget about I'm Open. I'm not much of a fan of Pilate and still struggle with PMPM. I'd like to soon forget the song Soon..(sorry, I won't finish the bad pun)...Unemployable never did it for me. Did you forget to include Sirens? 
    Totally forgot Sirens somehow. Unemployable is not good but not terrible either imo. I like I'm Open live. It is a pretty cool intro to other songs like MFC. Pilate is an odd song because parts of it are great and other parts are awful. Soon Forget is a song that has not aged well imo and I probably could have listed it as well. Plus about a quarter of Lost Dogs could make this list easy as well. 
    I agree that I'm Open is solid live - it's just not really the same (bad) song without that spoken intro.
  • rummy
    rummy British Columbia, Canada Posts: 4,466
    mcgruff10 said:
    PJNB said:

    Ten - none
    VS - none
    Vitalogy - Bugs plus all of that experimental crap that no one listens to
    No Code - Mankind. Just not a good song and I enjoy Don't Gimme No Lip a lot so its not because it is Stone.
    Yield - none
    Binaural - Evacuation. Parts of this song are just ok while others are unlistenable. 
    Riot Act - Cropduster. Just not a good song imo and a set killer at the shows I have seen with it there.
    Avocado -  Big Wave. One of the worse chorus's they have "Got me a big wave, ride me a big wave, got me a big wave"
    Backspacer - The album with the most duds imo. Gonna See My Friend, The Fixer, Johnny Guitar, Just Breathe, Supersonic,The End
    Lightning Bolt - My Fathers Son, Let the Records Play, Sleeping By Myself, Future Days are all duds. 


    Only picking 15 songs over 10 albums is a pretty good track record if you ask me. The last two albums I picked over half on one and almost half on the other. I am really hoping the next album is more solid. 
    I'll play:
    Ten-none
    vs- none
    vitalogy- stupid mop (bugs was actually good live!!)
    no code- mankind
    yield- I guess pilate
    Binaural- evacuation, sleight of hand
    riot act- crop-duster, ghost, you are
    self-titled- comatose, parachutes, unemployable
    backpacer- surprisingly none
    lb- my father's son, infallible, future days
    honorable mention: in the moonlight


    I'd take In The Moonlight over Hitchhiker.
  • 1ThoughtKnown
    1ThoughtKnown Posts: 6,155
    edited November 2018
    I either threw in my two cents on another thread about this or pondered this heavily in the past but here are the only PJ original songs I will consistently skip:
    Sweet Lew, Dirty Frank, Sleeping By Myself, Johnny Guitar (although if I can just hang in until the 2 min. mark or so it gets better), and Infallible. 
    Gremmie Out of Control .....  yikes that’s bad.

    Side Note: I like the studio version of My Father’s Son but it does not sound great live which probably explains why they have shelved it. 


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  • vaggar99
    vaggar99 San Diego USA Posts: 3,431
    these lists remind me that even the best musicians and songwriters are not Infallible.
  • D-Rod
    D-Rod Hamilton, Ontario Posts: 1,992
    My bottom 5

    education 
    speed of sound 
    Sweet Lew
    you are 
    Unemployable    

    Keep in mind i’ve Never heard any of these songs live.  That’s why “evacuation”isn’t on here. 
    1996.....Toronto
    2005.....Hamilton
    2011.....Toronto N1, Toronto N2, Hamilton
    2013.....London, Buffalo
    2014.....Detroit
    2016.....Toronto N1 Toronto N2, Boston  N1, Boston N2, Chicago N1
    2018.....Seattle N1, Seattle N2
    2022.....San Diego, Los Angeles N1, Los Angeles N2, Phoenix, Oakland N1, Oakland N2, Quebec City, Ottawa, Hamilton, Toronto  
    2023.....Fort Worth N1, Fort Worth N2, Austin N1, Austin N2
    2024.....Las Vegas N1, Las Vegas N2, Los Angeles N1, Los Angeles N2, Boston N1, Boston N2
    2025.....Raleigh N1, Raleigh N2, Pittsburgh N1, Pittsburgh N2
    2026.....????????????????????????????????????????? 
  • ledvedderman
    ledvedderman Posts: 7,762
    Rock Around Barack
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    http://www.reverbnation.com/brianzilm
  • vaggar99
    vaggar99 San Diego USA Posts: 3,431
    something about Lightning Bolt, the song, really bothers me.  not their worst song, but probably the worst on the album.
  • KN219077
    KN219077 Montana Posts: 1,199
    vaggar99 said:
    something about Lightning Bolt, the song, really bothers me.  not their worst song, but probably the worst on the album.
    Man, I always thought it was one of the better aongs on thay album and the best of that bunch live
  • fall by the wayside
    fall by the wayside Jericho, VT Posts: 759
    Ole and it's not close...
    9/13/98, 10/4/00, 4/29/03, 6/29/03, 7/2/03, 9/28/04, 9/29/04, 9/15/05, 9/16/05, 5/12/06, 5/13/06, 6/27/08, 6/28/08, 6/30/08, 10/30/09, 10/31/09, 5/15/10, 9/11/11, 9/12/11, 10/19/13, 10/21/13, 10/22/13, 10/25/13, 10/27/13, 9/26/15, 4/28/16, 4/29/16, 8/5/16, 8/7/16, 8/13/18, 9/2/18, 9/4/18, 9/26/21, 9/1/22, 9/2/22, 9/14/22, 9/18/23, 9/19/23, 9/7/24, 9/9/24, 9/12/24, 9/15/24, 9/17/24, 5/16/25, 5/18/25
  • ledvedderman
    ledvedderman Posts: 7,762
    vaggar99 said:
    something about Lightning Bolt, the song, really bothers me.  not their worst song, but probably the worst on the album.
    It’s a very Ed By Numbers song that every album has had since Riot Act- palm muted intro to a faux anthem with bad lyrics. 
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  • vaggar99
    vaggar99 San Diego USA Posts: 3,431
    ledvedderman said:
    vaggar99 said:
    something about Lightning Bolt, the song, really bothers me.  not their worst song, but probably the worst on the album.
    It’s a very Ed By Numbers song that every album has had since Riot Act- palm muted intro to a faux anthem with bad lyrics. 
    yeah, that pretty much says it.
  • lastexitlondon
    lastexitlondon Posts: 14,891
    vaggar99 said:
    ledvedderman said:
    vaggar99 said:
    something about Lightning Bolt, the song, really bothers me.  not their worst song, but probably the worst on the album.
    It’s a very Ed By Numbers song that every album has had since Riot Act- palm muted intro to a faux anthem with bad lyrics. 
    yeah, that pretty much says it.
    Perfectly  accurate.  


    this song is meant to be called i got shit,itshould be called i got shit tickets-hartford 06 -
  • Spiritual_Chaos
    Spiritual_Chaos Posts: 31,467
    ledvedderman said:
    vaggar99 said:
    something about Lightning Bolt, the song, really bothers me.  not their worst song, but probably the worst on the album.
    It’s a very Ed By Numbers song that every album has had since Riot Act- palm muted intro to a faux anthem with bad lyrics. 
    Yeah, Lightning Bolts Unthought Known.
    "Mostly I think that people react sensitively because they know you’ve got a point"
  • Spiritual_Chaos
    Spiritual_Chaos Posts: 31,467
    ledvedderman said:
    Rock Around Barack
    Is this the only song they actively tried to bury?
    "Mostly I think that people react sensitively because they know you’ve got a point"
  • vaggar99
    vaggar99 San Diego USA Posts: 3,431
    edited November 2018
    oh this one? never heard it till now.  Stone must have gotten smashed on election night and recorded this.
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x6QElmY0lp8
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  • wall232
    wall232 New York Posts: 1,346
    pashapasaman said:
    Leatherman

    NYPJ
  • bootlegger10
    bootlegger10 Posts: 16,255
    edited November 2018
    ledvedderman said:
    vaggar99 said:
    something about Lightning Bolt, the song, really bothers me.  not their worst song, but probably the worst on the album.
    It’s a very Ed By Numbers song that every album has had since Riot Act- palm muted intro to a faux anthem with bad lyrics. 
    Completely agree.  Once I heard it once I felt like I had heard it 1000 times. 

    They stopped trying a long time ago.  Blamed it on having families which is complete b.s.  Everyone just shuts down their career when they have kids?  Right.... 
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  • vaggar99
    vaggar99 San Diego USA Posts: 3,431
    bootlegger10 said:
    ledvedderman said:
    vaggar99 said:
    something about Lightning Bolt, the song, really bothers me.  not their worst song, but probably the worst on the album.
    It’s a very Ed By Numbers song that every album has had since Riot Act- palm muted intro to a faux anthem with bad lyrics. 
    Completely agree.  Once I heard it once I felt like I had heard it 1000 times. 

    They stopped trying a long time ago.  Blamed it on having families which is complete b.s.  Everyone just shuts down their career when they have kids?  Right.... 
    i've felt the same way since probably a couple years after Backspacer.  My feeling is that making albums has gotten to be a real pain in the ass for the guys.  If that's true, that's unfortunate for everyone.
  • KN219077
    KN219077 Montana Posts: 1,199
    vaggar99 said:
    oh this one? never heard it till now.  Stone must have gotten smashed on election night and recorded this.
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x6QElmY0lp8
    Still better than Ole
  • pljam
    pljam Posts: 387
    Black red yellow  
    Sweet law
    Mankind

    Can not listen to at all

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