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Top 10 Favorite and Disliked Songs

HailHailVitalogyHailHailVitalogy Posts: 5,522
edited February 5 in The Porch
I’ve tried to get a few people into PJ recently (always am but recently been dating around 😅), and the most common question I get is “what’s your favorite song?”
I don’t have that answer. I know what songs I want to hear live the most, some whales, some not…yet they are not my “favorite” songs. But to limit it down to just 1 or 2 all time favorites is impossible. And the funny thing is, these are my favorites because of how they’re played live. This list has changed so much over the years but this is how I’m feeling now. The way they’ve played HTI post-Covid has put it way up there for me

Top 10 Favs:
Garden
Release
Hard To Imagine
Hold On
Red Mosquito
Present Tense
Faithful
Grievance
Half Full
Setting Sun

Top 10 Disliked:
Speed of Sound
Yellow Moon
Swallowed Whole
River Cross
Help Help
Evacuation
Sweet Lew
Just Breathe
Ole
Can’t Deny Me




2003: Uniondale, MSG x2 | 2004: Reading | 2005: Gorge, Vancouver, Philly | 2006: East Rutherford x2, Gorge x2, Camden 1, Hartford | 2008: MSG x2, VA Beach | 2009: Philly x3 | 2010: MSG x2, Bristow | 2011: Alpine Valley x2 | 2012: MIA Philly | 2013: Wrigley, Charlottesville, Brooklyn 2 | 2014: Milan, Amsterdam 1 | 2016: MSG x2, Fenway x2, Wrigley 2 | 2018: Rome, Krakow, Berlin, Wrigley 2 | 2021: Sea Hear Now | 2022: San Diego, LA x2, MSG, Camden, Nashville, St. Louis, Denver | 2023: St. Paul 1, Chicago x2, Fort Worth x2, Austin 2 | 2024: Las Vegas 1, Seattle x2, Indy, MSG x2, Philly x2, Baltimore, Ohana 2
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  • drfoxdrfox Posts: 1,378
    Favourites
    Release
    Give to Fly
    Hard to Imagine
    Setting Sun
    All Those Yesterdays
    Long Road
    Unthought Known
    In My Tree
    Rearviewmirror
    Nothingman 

    Disliked 
    Daughter
    Last Kiss
    Speed of Sound
    Something Special
    Take the Long Way
    Sweet Lew
    Let the Records Play
    Sleeping By Myself
    Ole
    Footsteps

  • mcgruff10mcgruff10 New Jersey Posts: 28,729
    Favorites 

    long road
    release 
    immortality
    in hiding
    parting ways 
    rvm
    present tense 
    go
    Hti
    Porch

    Disliked

    you are
    in the moonlight
    evacuation
    cropduster
    unemployabke
    Ghost
    Sleight of hand
    future days
    Parachutes
    My father s son 

    I'll ride the wave where it takes me......
  • LCLC North Andover, MA Posts: 292
    Favorites:
    In Hiding
    Breath
    Last Exit
    Dissident
    Present Tense
    Corduroy
    Upper Hand
    Release
    Hard to Imagine
    Red Mosquito

    Least favorite:
    Sleeping By Myself
    Let the Records Play
    Ole
    Cant Deny Me
    Buckle Up
    Never Destination
    Thumbing My Way
    Come Back
    Just Breathe
    Sirens

    8-29-00 Mansfield, 6-29-03 Montreal, 7-2-03 Mansfield, 7-3-03 Mansfield, 7-11-03, Mansfield, 9-28-04 Boston, 9-29-04 Boston, 10-8-04 Kissimmee, 9-15-05 Montreal, 9-16-05 Ottawa, 5-12-06 Albany, 5-13-06 Hartford, 5-24-06 Boston, 5-25-06 Boston, 6-28-08, Mansfield, 6-30-08 Mansfield, 5-15-10 Hartford, 5-17-10 Boston, 7-19-13 Chicago, 10-15-13 Worcester, 5-2-16 New York City, 8-5-16 Boston, 8-7-16 Boston
    EV- 2008, 2011 Boston
  • Shaindli1Shaindli1 MA Posts: 799
    Favorites:
    Black
    Immortality 
    Present Tense 
    Courderoy 
    Insignificance 
    Leash 
    In hiding
    Life wasted
    Light Years
    Not for You 

    Dislikes:
    Something special 
    Just Breathe 
    Evacuation
    Speed of Sound 
    Last Kiss
    Running 
    Leavin Here
    Buckle up
    Future Days
    Red bar
  • HailHailVitalogyHailHailVitalogy Posts: 5,522
    @mcgruff10 The third verse of Ghost after the interlude fucking rocks, some heavy ass PJ…try again 🤣 
    Also…Footsteps is disliked???
    2003: Uniondale, MSG x2 | 2004: Reading | 2005: Gorge, Vancouver, Philly | 2006: East Rutherford x2, Gorge x2, Camden 1, Hartford | 2008: MSG x2, VA Beach | 2009: Philly x3 | 2010: MSG x2, Bristow | 2011: Alpine Valley x2 | 2012: MIA Philly | 2013: Wrigley, Charlottesville, Brooklyn 2 | 2014: Milan, Amsterdam 1 | 2016: MSG x2, Fenway x2, Wrigley 2 | 2018: Rome, Krakow, Berlin, Wrigley 2 | 2021: Sea Hear Now | 2022: San Diego, LA x2, MSG, Camden, Nashville, St. Louis, Denver | 2023: St. Paul 1, Chicago x2, Fort Worth x2, Austin 2 | 2024: Las Vegas 1, Seattle x2, Indy, MSG x2, Philly x2, Baltimore, Ohana 2
  • DM282158DM282158 Beverly, MA Posts: 578
    Favorites:
    Hard to Imagine 
    Alive
    Porch
    Last Exit 
    Life Wasted
    Setting Sun
    Gonna See My Friend
    Who Ever Said
    Go
    Betterman

    Dislikes:
    Buckle Up
    Future Days 
    Sleeping by Myself 
    Evacuation
    Insignificance
    Smile
    All or None
    Nothing As it Seems 
    You Are
    Infallible 
    Boston '06
    Mansfield '08
    Hartford '10
    Worcester, Hartford '13
    Global Citizen, NY '15
  • Abe FromanAbe Froman Posts: 5,316
    edited February 7
    Favorite:

    Of the Earth
    Smile
    Blood
    Present Tense
    Upper Hand
    Pendulum
    No Way
    Indifference
    I Got Shit
    Corduroy

    Dislike:

    Buckle Up
    Sirens
    Let the Records Play
    Sleeping by Myself
    Future Days
    Speed of Sound
    Something Special
    Last Kiss
    Take the Long Way
    Betterman
    Jeremy

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  • ST66483ST66483 Posts: 815
    It changes over time, but currently it would be the following:

    Likes
    Smile
    Getaway
    Release
    Whipping
    Corduroy
    Breakerfall
    Come Back 
    7 O’Clock
    Hard to Imagine
    Yellow Ledbetter

    Dislikes
    Wishlist
    Nothing As It Seems
    Bee Girl
    Deep 
    Garden
    Immortality
    Something Special
    Yellow Moon
    Buckle Up
    Don’T Gimme No Lip

  • THEBIBLEISTENTHEBIBLEISTEN Posts: 1,941
    Release
    small town
    present tense
    in my tree
    hard to imagine
    nothingman
    dissident
    scared of fear
    yellow ledbetter
    Given to fly



    sleeping by myself
    last kiss
    Infallible 
    gonna see my friend 
    buckle up
    Ghost
    ole
    Let the records play
    thats all I got 





  • Go AnimalGo Animal Posts: 6,261
    edited February 6
    Alright, I'll bite:
    1. Glorified G
    2. Not For You
    3. Light Years
    4. Down
    5. Rats
    6. Breath 
    7. Small Town
    8. All Those Yesterdays
    9. Dance of the Clairvoyants
    10. Present Tense
    annnnd...
    1. Sirens
    2. Johnny Guitar
    3. Ole
    4. Let The Records Play
    5. Big Wave
    6. Can't Deny Me
    7. Swallowed Whole
    8. Evacuation
    9. Something Special
    10. Get Right (which I've seen live!)
    Bonus: songs I'm sick of hearing live
    • Porch
    • Wreckage
    • Do The Evolution
    • Given to Fly (pee break song)
    Post edited by Go Animal on
    PJ - 09/23/98: West Palm Beach II, 08/12/00: Tampa, 04/12/03: Orlando, 04/13/03: Tampa, 06/12/08: Tampa, 06/27/08: Hartford, 09/22/09: Seattle II, 04/11/16: Tampa, 05/01 & 05/02/16: MSG I & II, 09/18/21: Sea Hear Now, 10/01 & 10/02/21: Ohana Encore I & II, 05/06 & 05/07/22: Los Angeles I & II, 09/11/22: MSG, 09/16/22: Nashville, 09/02/23: St. Paul II, 09/07/23: Chicago II, 09/18 & 09/19/23: Austin I & II, 05/16 & 05/18/24: Las Vegas I & II, 08/29 & 08/31/24: Wrigley Field I & II, 09/03 & 09/04/24: MSG I & II, 09/27 & 09/29/24: Ohana Festival I & II

    EV - 08/04 & 08/05/08: (Eddie solo, w/Liam Finn) NYC I & II, 11/27 & 11/28/12: (Eddie solo, w/Glen Hansard) Orlando I & II, 02/09 & 02/10/22: (Eddie & the Earthlings) Chicago I & II, 09/30/23: (Eddie & the Earthlings) Ohana Festival

    Song Wishlist: Oceans, Brother, Alone, Let Me Sleep, full W.M.A., Hold On, Bugs/all of Vitalogy, Gremmie Out Of Control (BAM!), Mankind, Around The Bend (full band), Whale Song (DOUBLE BAM!), The Long Road, Don't Gimme No Lip, Pilate, Push Me Pull Me, All Those Yesterdays, Rival, Parting Ways, Ghost, Bu$hleaguer, WWS, Parachutes, Army Reserve, low octave Driftin', Strangest Tribe, Other Side, Undone, Fatal, Hitchhiker, Education, Black Red Yellow, Of the Earth, Love Reign O'er Me, Gonna See My Friend, Amongst the Waves, Santa Cruz, Infallible, Yellow Moon, Alright, Comes Then Goes, Got to Give, and the Mamasan Trilogy.

    Wanted Posters: WPB '98, Tampa/WPB '00, Tampa '03, EV Batmobile '08        ISO: any picks, or setlists from any of my shows!
  • Shaindli1Shaindli1 MA Posts: 799
    Abe Froman said:
    Favorite:

    Of the Earth
    Smile
    Blood
    Present Tense
    Upper Hand
    Pendulum
    No Way
    Indifference
    I Got Shit
    Corduroy

    Dislike:

    Buckle Up
    Sirens
    Let the Records Play
    Sleeping by Myself
    Future Days
    Speed of Sound
    Something Special
    Last Kiss
    Take the Long Way
    Betterman

    💖💖💖💖  of the earth 💖💖💖💖
  • Shaindli1Shaindli1 MA Posts: 799
    edited February 6
    Inspired by @Go Animal
    Songs I'm kinda sick of 
    Better man
    Daughter 
    Given to Fly
    Wishlist 
    Jeremy 

  • drfoxdrfox Posts: 1,378
    HailHailVitalogy said:
    @mcgruff10 The third verse of Ghost after the interlude fucking rocks, some heavy ass PJ…try again 🤣 
    Also…Footsteps is disliked???
    I was maybe being a bit harsh on Footsteps and Daughter but they are two of the more popular songs I’m really not as keen on. Heard Footsteps live so many times as well - 7 out of 16 shows. I think it’s the harmonica (not a fan of the instrument) as I much much prefer the Temple of the Dog Times of Trouble version
  • Kearn5yKearn5y Ireland Posts: 2,971
    Favourites
    Hold On
    Hard To Imagine 
    Alive
    Yellow Ledbetter
    Hail Hail
    Faithfull 
    Not For You
    Setting Sun
    Save You
    Light Years

    Dislikes
    Wreckage
    Do The Evolution 
    Evacuation 
    Dance of the Clairvoyants
    Got Some
    Fixer
    Take The Long Way
    Never Destination
    Retrograde
    Ghost
    Kearnsy
  • yosiyosi NYC Posts: 3,074
    Not much to disagree with on the favorites but some of these lists of dislikes leave me shaking my head in disbelief. 
    you couldn't swing if you were hangin' from a palm tree in a hurricane

  • PJNBPJNB Posts: 13,595
    Favourites 

    Release
    Immortality 
    Corduroy
    Present Tense 
    Indifference 
    Rearviewmirror 
    Parting Ways 
    Hard to Imagine 
    Wash
    Breath
    In Hiding 

    Dislikes ( I am picking songs I hate seeing live) 
     
    Wreckage (At the top currently. Not a song needed to be played at every show)
    Just Breathe  
    Sleeping By Myself
    Last Kiss
    Wishlist 
    Future Days
    River Cross
    Can't Deny Me
    Sirens
    DOTC
    Buckle Up
    Let the Records Play
    Fathers Son
    Evacuation
    7 o'clock 
    Low Light (ok song seen way too many times at the start of a show) 
  • jondu003jondu003 Posts: 86
    Favourites:
    1. Present Tense
    2. Fatal
    3. No Way
    4. W.M.A
    5 Who You Are
    6. Jeremy
    7. Corduroy
    8. Dance of the Clairvoyants
    9. Ghost
    10. Speed of Sound

    Dislikes:
    1. Just Breathe
    2. Down
    3. Deep
    4. Elderly Woman
    5. Low Light
    6. 1/2 Full
    7. Betterman
    8. Lightning Bolt
    9. Ole
    10. Porch
    2000: Roskilde
    2006: Sydney I,II,III
    2007: London, Copenhagen
    2008: MSG I,II
    2009: Manchester, London
    2010: London
    2011: Toronto I,II, Ottawa, Hamilton
    2012: Berlin I,II, Stockholm, Oslo, Copenhagen
  • marumarukomarumaruko Posts: 291
    edited February 6
    Favourites:
    (constantly changing)
    1. Present Tense
    2. Black
    3. Indifference
    4. Alone
    5. Inside Job
    6. You Are
    7. Setting Sun
    8. Seven O'Clock
    9. Not For You
    10. Dance Of The Clairvoyants

    Dislikes:
    (not changing)
    1. Dirty Frank (with a passion)
    2. Johnny Guitar
    3. My Father's Son
    4. Help Help
    5. Rival
    6. Let The Records Play
    7. Ghost
    8. No Way
    9. Alright
    10. Gonna See My Friend

    Post edited by marumaruko on
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    2006 - Verona, Torino, Pistoia
    2007 - Munich
    2013 - Calgary
    2014 - Vienna
    2016 - Quebec, Ottawa, Toronto N1, Toronto N2, Pemberton
    2018 - Padova
    2022 - Frankfurt, Krakow, Quebec, Ottawa, Hamilton, Toronto  

  • We All BelieveWe All Believe Eastchester, NY - Proud South Canadian. Posts: 638
    Favs:

    Setting Sun (right now, #1)
    Amongst The Waves (former #1)
    Parting Ways
    Long Road
    Who You Are
    Release
    In Hiding
    RVM
    Retrograde
    Black
    Lightning Bolt
    Seven O'Clock
    Scared Of Fear

    Dislikes/Wouldn't want-need to hear live:

    Something Special
    Sleeping By Myself
    Can't Keep
    Supersonic
    Speed Of Sound (the demo is infinitely better)
    Cropduster
    Just Breathe
    Future Days
    Never Destination
    SBWM
    May your days be long, til kingdom come.

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  • rummyrummy British Columbia, Canada Posts: 4,457
    Favourites:
    Immortality
    Hail Hail
    Alive
    RVM
    Release
    Corduroy
    Given To Fly
    Go
    Animal
    Last Exit

    *I’ll mention mega hits like Black, Daughter, and Better Man if they’re the right live version with their essential tags.

    Least Favourites:
    Olé
    Big Wave
    Johnny Guitar
    Evacuation
    Unemployable
    Soon Forget
    Pilate
    I’m Open
    Sleeping By Myself
    My Father’s Son

    *I’m sure I should include some Gigaton songs here but I gave up on that album early on and don’t really think of it all that much.
  • domjon77domjon77 Posts: 37
    Favorites is just too tough for me to put a list together

    Least favorites is much easier to put together:

    Speed of Sound
    The End
    Sirens
    Cropduster
    Pilate
    My Father's Son
    Force of Nature
    Glorified G
    Leatherman


  • mcgruff10mcgruff10 New Jersey Posts: 28,729
    HailHailVitalogy said:
    @mcgruff10 The third verse of Ghost after the interlude fucking rocks, some heavy ass PJ…try again 🤣 
    Also…Footsteps is disliked???
    Ghost does not rock.  Ghost is a great song to wander about to the various merch stands to see what they have left.  
    I'll ride the wave where it takes me......
  • KN219077KN219077 Montana Posts: 1,164
    mcgruff10 said:
    HailHailVitalogy said:
    @mcgruff10 The third verse of Ghost after the interlude fucking rocks, some heavy ass PJ…try again 🤣 
    Also…Footsteps is disliked???
    Ghost does not rock.  Ghost is a great song to wander about to the various merch stands to see what they have left.  
    I tend to agree, having seen the song live once that was enough. As far as rare pj goes, it’s not very exciting.
  • pjhawkspjhawks Posts: 12,679
    top 10 changes a lot but here is my current in no particular order

    Black
    Alive
    Present Tense
    Given to Fly
    Nothingman
    Hail Hail
    Inside Job
    Wreckage
    Upper Hand
    State of Love and Trust


    Dislikes:
    Help Help
    Tremor Christ
    Buckle Up
    Alright
    Johnny Guitar
    Evacuation
    Oceans
    Let the Records Play
    Big Wave
    Push Me Pull Me

     
  • PoncierPoncier Posts: 17,386
    drfox said:


    Disliked 

    Footsteps

    DM282158 said:

    Dislikes:
     
    Insignificance
     
    Nothing As it Seems 
     
    ST66483 said:

    Dislikes

    Nothing As It Seems
     
    Deep 
    Garden
    Immortality
     

    jondu003 said:

    Dislikes:

    3. Deep

    10. Porch
    pjhawks said:

    Dislikes:

    Tremor Christ
     
    While I realize it's all subjective, the above dislikes are astoundingly perplexing to me.
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  • pjhawkspjhawks Posts: 12,679
    Poncier said:
    drfox said:


    Disliked 

    Footsteps

    DM282158 said:

    Dislikes:
     
    Insignificance
     
    Nothing As it Seems 
     
    ST66483 said:

    Dislikes

    Nothing As It Seems
     
    Deep 
    Garden
    Immortality
     

    jondu003 said:

    Dislikes:

    3. Deep

    10. Porch
    pjhawks said:

    Dislikes:

    Tremor Christ
     
    While I realize it's all subjective, the above dislikes are astoundingly perplexing to me.
    Something about the music and that beat grates on me.  Just never got into the song. And I thought Ocesns would be the one I picked that I would get questioned on
  • DM282158DM282158 Beverly, MA Posts: 578
    Poncier said:
    drfox said:


    Disliked 

    Footsteps

    DM282158 said:

    Dislikes:
     
    Insignificance
     
    Nothing As it Seems 
     
    ST66483 said:

    Dislikes

    Nothing As It Seems
     
    Deep 
    Garden
    Immortality
     

    jondu003 said:

    Dislikes:

    3. Deep

    10. Porch
    pjhawks said:

    Dislikes:

    Tremor Christ
     
    While I realize it's all subjective, the above dislikes are astoundingly perplexing to me.
    They just don’t get the feels going for me. Totally get why a lot of people love Insignificance and NAIS though. What makes music so cool. 
    Boston '06
    Mansfield '08
    Hartford '10
    Worcester, Hartford '13
    Global Citizen, NY '15
  • HughFreakingDillonHughFreakingDillon Winnipeg Posts: 38,134
    Top Ten:

    Hold On
    Hard To Imagine
    Oceans
    I Got Shit
    Footsteps
    Release
    Brain of J
    Habit
    Running
    Light Years

    Bottom Five:

    Sleeping By Myself
    Something Special
    Sirens
    Glorified G
    Better Man
    "Oh Canada...you're beautiful when you're drunk"
    -EV  8/14/93




  • BrainofBGABrainofBGA Australia Posts: 4,433
    edited February 19
    Top 10 Favourites:
    Immortality
    Present Tense
    Even Flow
    Do the Evolution
    In Hiding
    Animal
    Last Exit
    In My Tree
    Grievance
    React Respond (my new fave banger)

    Honourable Mentions:
    Help Help
    Around the Bend
    Yellow Moon
    Quick Escape
    Sleight of Hand

    Dislikes / more like ‘skips’ really when I listen to an album:
    (In no order)

    Pilate
    Get Right
    Dirty Frank
    Sirens
    Sleeping by Myself (never understood why it made it on LB)
    Buckle Up
    Last Kiss
    Olé
    Stupid Mop (is it really a song?)
    Cant Deny Me
    Post edited by BrainofBGA on
    Melbourne #1 '98
    Melbourne #2 '03
    Melbourne #3 '03
    Melbourne #1 '06
    Melbourne #3 '06
    Melbourne '09
    Melbourne '14
  • Get_RightGet_Right Posts: 13,495
    I do not have any real dislikes. Just please stop playing 7-9 Ten songs every show. I have heard them enough and would like to hear songs from other records instead.
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