Results of Vs. Song Ranking

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  • Johnny Abruzzo
    Johnny Abruzzo Philly Posts: 12,540
    Updated Standings

    1- RVM 294
    2- Go 257.5
    3- Indifference 235
    4- Animal 224.5
    5- Hard to Imagine 204
    6- Leash 201
    7- Daughter 174
    8- Small Town 161
    9- Blood 146
    10- Dissident 145
    11- Glorified G 140
    12- WMA 135
    13- Rats 120
    14- Hold On (actually a Ten song- oh well) 111

    Everyone who's done this probably realizes how hard it is, because this album is just stacked. I have a feeling Vs. is somewhat underrated in Pearl Jam lure. It's not the legendary first album, and it's not the fan favorite - Yield. It's not called the Vs. Club.

    RVM has a pretty solid lead. It's fairly competitive after that. Hold On looks like it's gonna finish last. It's a good song, but probably a little out of its league here.
    Spectrum 10/27/09; New Orleans JazzFest 5/1/10; Made in America 9/2/12; Phila, PA 10/21/13; Phila,  PA 10/22/13; Baltimore Arena 10/27/13; Phila, PA 4/28/16; Phila, PA 4/29/16; Fenway Park 8/7/16; Fenway Park 9/2/18; Asbury Park 9/18/21; Camden 9/14/22; Las Vegas 5/16/24; Las Vegas 5/18/24; Phila, PA 9/7/24; Phila, PA 9/9/24; Baltimore Arena 9/12/24; Pittsburgh 5/16/25; Pittsburgh 5/18/25

    Tres Mtns - TLA 3/23/11; EV - Tower Theatre 6/25/11; Temple of the Dog - Tower Theatre 11/5/16
  • Black73
    Black73 Posts: 1,018
    I went through this exercise not long ago, ranking my favorite songs (and favorite albums) - it was very tough.

    1. RVM
    2. Indifference
    3. Leash
    4. Small Town
    5. Daughter
    6. Go
    7. Animal
    8. Dissident
    9. Glorified G
    10. Blood
    11. Rats
    12. W.M.A.
    13. Hard to Imagine
    14. Hold On

    1-8 there's not a lot of differentiation. Plenty of bands don't have 8 songs this solid in their entire library, let alone on their 2nd release. Gotta say this about Rats: not one of my favorites, but having seen it live recently, it's elevated as one of my favorite live performances.
  • BrainofBGA
    BrainofBGA Australia Posts: 4,562
    1. Animal
    2. Leash
    3. Indifference
    4. WMA
    5. Small town
    6. Go
    7. Dissident
    8. Rats
    9. glorified G
    10. Daughter
    11. Rearviewmirror
    12. Blood
    13. Hard to imagine
    14. Hold on
    Melbourne #1 '98
    Melbourne #2 '03
    Melbourne #3 '03
    Melbourne #1 '06
    Melbourne #3 '06
    Melbourne '09
    Melbourne '14
  • DiRtYyELLoWoCeAn
    DiRtYyELLoWoCeAn Medford, Ma Posts: 1,605
    1- Go
    2- Animal
    3- Indifference
    4- RVM
    5- Leash
    6- BLOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOD!
    7- Dissident
    8- WMA
    9- RATS
    10- Glorified G
    11- HTI
    12- Small Town
    13- Hold On
    14- Daughter




    HARD AS HELL! I like the rockers a bit more then the slower songs... PJ really do have a song or album for EVERY emotion your feeling at any certain moment!
    BOS 9/28/04, 9/29/04
    MTL 9/15/05
    HRTFD 5/13/06
    BOS 5/24/06, 5/25/06
    VEGAS 7/6/06
    CHI 8/5/07
    NJ 6/19/08
    NYC 6/25/08
    HRTFD 6/27/08
    MANSFLD 6/28/08, 6/30/08
    E.V. BOS 8/1/08
    CHI 8/23/09, 8/24/09
    PHILLY 10/30/09, 10/31/09
    BOS 5/17/10
    CHI 7/19/13
    WOOSTA 10/15/13, 10/16/13
    HRTFD 10/25/13
    BOS 8/5/16, 8/7/16
    BOS 9/2/18, 9/4/18

  • Thorns2010
    Thorns2010 Posts: 2,201
    I'll post my rankings a little bit later, I have to head to class, but I have to assume most people haven't really given Hold On a listen for it to be ranked last.
  • C-Word
    C-Word Posts: 30
    Indifference
    Hard To Imagine
    Animal
    Small Town
    Blood
    W.M.A
    Go
    Rearviewmirror
    Rats
    Glorified G
    Leash
    Hold On
    Dissident
    (Credit to Gerrycan70 for the Avatar)
  • Thorns2010
    Thorns2010 Posts: 2,201
    Ok, and here we go.

    Indifference
    W.M.A.
    Hard To Imagine
    Rearviewmirror
    Hold On
    Daughter
    Small Town
    Go
    Animal
    Blood
    Leash
    Dissident
    Rats
    Glorified G
  • glorified_j
    glorified_j Posts: 183
    Rearviewmirror
    animal
    go
    blood
    wma
    leash
    glorified g
    dissident
    rats
    daughter
    indifference
    elderly woman
    hold on
    hard to imagine
  • Johnny Abruzzo
    Johnny Abruzzo Philly Posts: 12,540
    Friday Morning 5 Against 1 Update

    Still no 1st place votes for Daughter, one of PJ's most popular songs. RVM is winning pretty easily. 12 of 34 1st place votes. This is the quintessential Pearl Jam song. Go is perhaps a mild surprise at #2.

    1. RVM 349
    2. Go 310.5
    3. Indifference 298
    4. Animal 284.5
    5. Leash 247
    6. HTI 232
    7. EWBTCIASM 201
    8. Daughter 199
    9. Blood 183
    10. WMA 182
    11. Dissident 174
    12. Glorified g 165
    13. Rats 145
    14. Holdon 124

    Will finalize Monday morning, then start a new album.
    Spectrum 10/27/09; New Orleans JazzFest 5/1/10; Made in America 9/2/12; Phila, PA 10/21/13; Phila,  PA 10/22/13; Baltimore Arena 10/27/13; Phila, PA 4/28/16; Phila, PA 4/29/16; Fenway Park 8/7/16; Fenway Park 9/2/18; Asbury Park 9/18/21; Camden 9/14/22; Las Vegas 5/16/24; Las Vegas 5/18/24; Phila, PA 9/7/24; Phila, PA 9/9/24; Baltimore Arena 9/12/24; Pittsburgh 5/16/25; Pittsburgh 5/18/25

    Tres Mtns - TLA 3/23/11; EV - Tower Theatre 6/25/11; Temple of the Dog - Tower Theatre 11/5/16
  • Johnny Abruzzo
    Johnny Abruzzo Philly Posts: 12,540
    Bottom of Page 3! Come on people - get to work. 7 more albums to go after this!
    Spectrum 10/27/09; New Orleans JazzFest 5/1/10; Made in America 9/2/12; Phila, PA 10/21/13; Phila,  PA 10/22/13; Baltimore Arena 10/27/13; Phila, PA 4/28/16; Phila, PA 4/29/16; Fenway Park 8/7/16; Fenway Park 9/2/18; Asbury Park 9/18/21; Camden 9/14/22; Las Vegas 5/16/24; Las Vegas 5/18/24; Phila, PA 9/7/24; Phila, PA 9/9/24; Baltimore Arena 9/12/24; Pittsburgh 5/16/25; Pittsburgh 5/18/25

    Tres Mtns - TLA 3/23/11; EV - Tower Theatre 6/25/11; Temple of the Dog - Tower Theatre 11/5/16
  • sachtriv
    sachtriv Posts: 27
    1. Go
    2. Animal
    3. Indifference
    4. Rearviewmirror
    5. Daughter
    6. Elderly Woman
    7. Leash
    8. Blood
    9. Dissident
    10. Rats
    11. Hard to Imagine
    12. WMA
    13. Glorified G
    14. Hold On
  • Johnny Abruzzo
    Johnny Abruzzo Philly Posts: 12,540
    One more bump. Will crown a winner tomorrow morning, and start a new album.
    Spectrum 10/27/09; New Orleans JazzFest 5/1/10; Made in America 9/2/12; Phila, PA 10/21/13; Phila,  PA 10/22/13; Baltimore Arena 10/27/13; Phila, PA 4/28/16; Phila, PA 4/29/16; Fenway Park 8/7/16; Fenway Park 9/2/18; Asbury Park 9/18/21; Camden 9/14/22; Las Vegas 5/16/24; Las Vegas 5/18/24; Phila, PA 9/7/24; Phila, PA 9/9/24; Baltimore Arena 9/12/24; Pittsburgh 5/16/25; Pittsburgh 5/18/25

    Tres Mtns - TLA 3/23/11; EV - Tower Theatre 6/25/11; Temple of the Dog - Tower Theatre 11/5/16
  • dbodner
    dbodner Posts: 60
    Yeah, this isn't fair. But here goes.

    Leash
    Glorified G
    Daughter
    Rearviewmirror
    Elderly Woman Behind the Counter in a Small Town
    Go
    Dissident
    Animal
    Indifference
    Hard to Imagine
    Rats
    Blood
    W.M.A.
    Hold On
  • pearljamtrojans
    pearljamtrojans Posts: 101
    1. Small Town
    2. W.M.A.
    3. Rearviewmirror
    4. Rats
    5. Hard to Imagine
    6. Go
    7. Leash (early live versions would be higher, basing this on studio)
    8. Animal
    9. Inidfference
    10. Glorified G
    11. Dissident
    12. Blood (although digging this live lately)
    13. Daughter
    14. Hold On
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    2009: LA I, LA III, SD
  • MrMerkinball
    MrMerkinball Posts: 1,978
    1. Go
    2. WMA
    3. RVM
    4. Indifference
    5. Animal
    6. Small Town
    7. Hard to Imagine
    8. Blood
    9. Rats
    10. Leash
    11. Dissident
    12. Daughter
    13. hold On
    14. Glorified G
  • FenwayFaithful
    FenwayFaithful Posts: 8,626
    Glorified G
    Leash
    Indifference
    Dissident
    Animal
    Daughter
    Go
    Elderly Woman
    Rats
    WMA
    Hard to Imagine
    Hold On
    RVM
    Blood
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  • PJamGrungeFan
    PJamGrungeFan Posts: 289
    1. Glorified G
    2. Animal
    3. RVM
    4. Leash
    5. Rats
    6. Dissident
    7. Daughter
    8. Indifference
    9. Go
    10. Small Town
    11. Hard To Imagine
    12. Blood
    13. Hold On
  • Johnny Abruzzo
    Johnny Abruzzo Philly Posts: 12,540
    Results bump: See page 1 for results.
    Spectrum 10/27/09; New Orleans JazzFest 5/1/10; Made in America 9/2/12; Phila, PA 10/21/13; Phila,  PA 10/22/13; Baltimore Arena 10/27/13; Phila, PA 4/28/16; Phila, PA 4/29/16; Fenway Park 8/7/16; Fenway Park 9/2/18; Asbury Park 9/18/21; Camden 9/14/22; Las Vegas 5/16/24; Las Vegas 5/18/24; Phila, PA 9/7/24; Phila, PA 9/9/24; Baltimore Arena 9/12/24; Pittsburgh 5/16/25; Pittsburgh 5/18/25

    Tres Mtns - TLA 3/23/11; EV - Tower Theatre 6/25/11; Temple of the Dog - Tower Theatre 11/5/16
  • RGarabed21
    RGarabed21 Posts: 467
    Hold On in LAST PLACE?!?!?!?! Im at a loss for words!
    MSG - 6/25/08 EV Solo Tower Theatre - 06/11/09
    Philly 2 - 10/28/09 Philly 3 - 10/30/09
    Philly 4 - 10/31/09
    Boston 1 - 05/17/10
    PruCenter - 05/18/10
    MSG 1 - 05/20/10
    MSG 2 - 05/21/10
    Alpine1 - 09/03/11 Alpine2 - 09/04/11
  • Johnny Abruzzo
    Johnny Abruzzo Philly Posts: 12,540
    RGarabed21 wrote:
    Hold On in LAST PLACE?!?!?!?! Im at a loss for words!

    Rats was 13th, but honestly, it wasn't close. I guess the people have spoken, right.
    Spectrum 10/27/09; New Orleans JazzFest 5/1/10; Made in America 9/2/12; Phila, PA 10/21/13; Phila,  PA 10/22/13; Baltimore Arena 10/27/13; Phila, PA 4/28/16; Phila, PA 4/29/16; Fenway Park 8/7/16; Fenway Park 9/2/18; Asbury Park 9/18/21; Camden 9/14/22; Las Vegas 5/16/24; Las Vegas 5/18/24; Phila, PA 9/7/24; Phila, PA 9/9/24; Baltimore Arena 9/12/24; Pittsburgh 5/16/25; Pittsburgh 5/18/25

    Tres Mtns - TLA 3/23/11; EV - Tower Theatre 6/25/11; Temple of the Dog - Tower Theatre 11/5/16

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