Worst Pearl Jam song ever....

pljam

Sweet Lew (f/n spell check )

vaggar99

Was this the same band?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dbCEOtu3v3Q
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9gemFBFegNQ

Tremorman

: Speed of Sound, last 4 tracks or so of LB (anything after infallible) and Dissident was never a favorite of mine. Riff bores me to tears.

I did like Speed of Sound at an Ed solo show though.  Studio version just sounds off.  And I think Brendan OBrein lost his touch a while ago.  So many recent album songs really cook live where the studio version feels a bit inert.

AndySlash

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

stone was doing a few out of the box things around 2008-09 for some reason.  there were covers of prince's 1999 and motorhead's ace of spades, and a few mostly acoustic things, a couple of which that ended up on moonlander.

i always liked this one:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SFL4AE6Eo0E

Spiritual_Chaos

AndySlash said:

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

stone was doing a few out of the box things around 2008-09 for some reason.  there were covers of prince's 1999 and motorhead's ace of spades, and a few mostly acoustic things, a couple of which that ended up on moonlander.

i always liked this one:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SFL4AE6Eo0E

Peaerl Jam needs songs like this.

Have Stone produce and take reign of the next album, instead of sending around mp3s to eachother and being forced to pick 12 of them to get an album done.

bluesuedeitzrad

ConorKavanagh said:

For years it was Just Breathe for me. I went for a cigarette when they played it in Dublin last time. The sentimentality used to just kill me with it. Nothingman was another one that I couldn't bear to listen to, but I'm not sure if it was the worst or just that it made me too emotional to listen.

My thoughts exactly. Never a fan of either song, but I know they are both well loved by many people.

Just Breathe is better solo or by Willie Nelson.

Nothingman always felt unfinished. It feels like it takes forever to build and then goes nowhere.

LiteTheMatch

Lightning Bolt

23scidoo

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

Better than Fixer..

pledgeagrievance

Let the Records Play
Johnny Guitar
Speed of Sound
Ole
Amongst the Waves

radar

Ole Ole

Gern Blansten

Jammalambo said:

Always, ever, since LB came out, the answer is only one for me: Sirens.

I love PJ with all my heart, and with time I even came to appreciate songs I kind of really hated at first (Supersonic in particular, I love it now, but also Olé). Some songs are also not the best, but I can find positive or good things in them too.. for example, I agree with the person above that said Severed Hand sounds kind of forced (like, yeah, let's rock with a very cheap and average riff), but lyrics are interesting, solo at the end is great, I like the melody of the vocals, so as a whole it's good.

But Sirens.. if a god existed, he/she would know how much I wish they'd never wrote that song. Can't really save anything from it.

I disagree about Severed Hand...that's not forced at all.

Sirens is painful

Gern Blansten

TheLuckyOnes said:

My bottom five:

Evil Goat - wish they hadn't played this live; don't need to acknowledge every song ever, ugh

Bee girl - good with original intention, nowhere near a good enough song to still be playing it. Write something new and quality if you went that vibe in the set...

Let Records Play - lame

Leash - decent, not great when I was 14, immature and crap as an adult. Dump it already.

Last Kiss - same as Bee Girl. Fine with original inspiration. Appreciate it was a success on their terms. But it's the song I never want to hear live.

Besides that, Happy Thanksgiving. I'm off to buy some boots!

agreed on Leash....that one never did much for me and it has always surprised me how some people really want to hear it

faithful2you

Albums 1-6 :    Nothing I hate
Riot Act:   Ghost, Get Right, 1/2 Full, Cropduster
Avocodo:   nothing
Backspacer:   Gonna see my friend, Johnny Guitar, Speed of Sound......Loved Unthought Known when it came out; can't stand it now
Lighting Bolt:   My Fathers Son, Swallowed Whole, Let the records Play, Sleeping By myself, Yellow Moon

10 albums and I only dislike 13 songs is pretty amazing.   

OnWis97

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 like your format...but My Father's Son is great...the first 20 seconds sound like they needed another take, but after that, it's solid and it's one of their best hooks.  I also really like Big Wave.

But, to use this format...songs on the ten albums up for consideration:
Ten - none
VS - none
Vitalogy - Bugs and Stupid Mop
No Code - none
Yield - none
Binaural - Evacuation. Parts of this song are just ok while others are unlistenable. 
Riot Act - Arc. I know what it represents and means to Eddie/band.  But it's just not palatable to the ears.
Avocado -  Come back.  Sooooo boring.
Backspacer - Johnny Guitar
Lightning Bolt - Sleeping By Myself

Of all the "A-sides" that are actually "songs" (i.e., not the weird stuff from Vitalogy or Arc), I think Johnny Guitar wins.  

Several B-sides are worse than these: Evil Little Goat, Leatherman, etc.  Fun Fact: I don't think I've ever actually heard Ole.

HesCalledDyer

rummy said:

HesCalledDyer said:

Yellow Ledbetter
Sirens
The End

These are the only PJ songs in the entire catalog that I don’t like. 

I feel that I've asked this question before but I'm just wondering if you've always disliked YLB or do you feel that it's just been "played out" - especially as a closer - for quite some time now?
Just curious.

I didn't mind it until I heard it live.  What a shit show.  Just 4 minutes of Ed going "Wayside, wayside letter, front side, wayside letter, box or a bag, potato wave" over and over.  It's dumb.  He doesn't know the lyrics and it just makes the whole song seem flubbed.  Even if he did know the lyrics, at this point yes I think it is simply played out as a show closer.  And if the point is for "Mike to melt my face off" (hate that expression, btw) then just let him solo the Banner after whatever song (not Ledbetter) closes the show.

And speaking of things that have run their course concert wise, ending every first and second set of every show with Porch and RVM is played out as well.  Dig the songs, but setlist structure has gotten very predictable.  I realize that's not much to bitch about considering most bands play the same set every single night but I do miss those songs being in random places throughout the set, and I miss other songs closing out the early sets.

angry_skull

1ThoughtKnown said:

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. 

Gremmie?! Bad?! What?!

rummy

HesCalledDyer said:

rummy said:

HesCalledDyer said:

Yellow Ledbetter
Sirens
The End

These are the only PJ songs in the entire catalog that I don’t like. 

I feel that I've asked this question before but I'm just wondering if you've always disliked YLB or do you feel that it's just been "played out" - especially as a closer - for quite some time now?
Just curious.

I didn't mind it until I heard it live.  What a shit show.  Just 4 minutes of Ed going "Wayside, wayside letter, front side, wayside letter, box or a bag, potato wave" over and over.  It's dumb.  He doesn't know the lyrics and it just makes the whole song seem flubbed.  Even if he did know the lyrics, at this point yes I think it is simply played out as a show closer.  And if the point is for "Mike to melt my face off" (hate that expression, btw) then just let him solo the Banner after whatever song (not Ledbetter) closes the show.

And speaking of things that have run their course concert wise, ending every first and second set of every show with Porch and RVM is played out as well.  Dig the songs, but setlist structure has gotten very predictable.  I realize that's not much to bitch about considering most bands play the same set every single night but I do miss those songs being in random places throughout the set, and I miss other songs closing out the early sets.

If I had to make a complaints about the two Seattle show, it would indeed about how they closed main sets/encores with Porch, RVM, and YLB (and the positioning of Alive). I pretty sure a good number of people were there for both nights so why not sneak in something like Blood, Last Exit, Hail Hail, or Animal instead. At the every least, end with Indifference one of the nights.

Back on topic...I omit b-sides from these kinds of lists (or at least the non-album tracks that weren't officially released). Yes, a song like Sweet Lew is pretty bad but it was somewhat of a "gift" when it was included on Lost Dogs (although I guess you did pay for it if you bought the album).

Spiritual_Chaos

rummy said:

HesCalledDyer said:

rummy said:

HesCalledDyer said:

Yellow Ledbetter
Sirens
The End

These are the only PJ songs in the entire catalog that I don’t like. 

I feel that I've asked this question before but I'm just wondering if you've always disliked YLB or do you feel that it's just been "played out" - especially as a closer - for quite some time now?
Just curious.

I didn't mind it until I heard it live.  What a shit show.  Just 4 minutes of Ed going "Wayside, wayside letter, front side, wayside letter, box or a bag, potato wave" over and over.  It's dumb.  He doesn't know the lyrics and it just makes the whole song seem flubbed.  Even if he did know the lyrics, at this point yes I think it is simply played out as a show closer.  And if the point is for "Mike to melt my face off" (hate that expression, btw) then just let him solo the Banner after whatever song (not Ledbetter) closes the show.

And speaking of things that have run their course concert wise, ending every first and second set of every show with Porch and RVM is played out as well.  Dig the songs, but setlist structure has gotten very predictable.  I realize that's not much to bitch about considering most bands play the same set every single night but I do miss those songs being in random places throughout the set, and I miss other songs closing out the early sets.

If I had to make a complaints about the two Seattle show, it would indeed about how they closed main sets/encores with Porch, RVM, and YLB (and the positioning of Alive). I pretty sure a good number of people were there for both nights so why not sneak in something like Blood, Last Exit, Hail Hail, or Animal instead. At the every least, end with Indifference one of the nights.

Back on topic...I omit b-sides from these kinds of lists (or at least the non-album tracks that weren't officially released). Yes, a song like Sweet Lew is pretty bad but it was somewhat of a "gift" when it was included on Lost Dogs (although I guess you did pay for it if you bought the album).

Olé then? A one-off thing relesead for free.

Jbarker

"With Arms Wide Open"

Definitely worst song ever...

vaggar99

Jbarker said:

"With Arms Wide Open"

Definitely worst song ever...

that's actually a nice song.