Light Years vs Parachutes

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  • giventofly69
    giventofly69 Vancouver Posts: 868
    Light Years.

    And Light Years, Vancouver 2009, is the highlight of all of (6) my PJ concert experiences.
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  • SPEEDY MCCREADY
    SPEEDY MCCREADY Posts: 27,938
    Parachutes and Light Years should never, ever, EVER be mentioned in the same sentence.

    Light Years is a phenomenal song.
    Parachutes? Not so much.
    Take me piece by piece.....
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  • Spiritual_Chaos
    Spiritual_Chaos Posts: 32,037
    "tough one"

    (hehe)

    Anyways... I think both songs are crippled but have a lot of potential. Light Years is really powerful with the lyrics and all but somehow that doesn't come through completely. Something holds that song back - especially live.

    Parachutes is a personal favorite - but it's crippled by Stone Gossards lack of lyrical punch (as in all his songs). He is somewhere between the focused and clear storytelling-lyrics of Eddie and the poetic thrown-together lyrics of Jeff Ament, and in their in the middle its just turns into nothing if you don't listen closely and focused.

    :)
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  • SPEEDY MCCREADY
    SPEEDY MCCREADY Posts: 27,938
    SPEEDY MCCREADY wrote:
    Parachutes and Light Years should never, ever, EVER be mentioned in the same sentence.

    Light Years is a phenomenal song.
    Parachutes? Not so much.
    Let me be a little more specific.
    Parachutes may possibly be one of the worst songs, written by any band.

    Just my humble opinion.
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    Till there aint nothing left worth taking away from me.....
  • samjam
    samjam New York Posts: 9,283
    Not too tough for me, Light Years by a mile. Man, that Pinkpop 2000 version will always give me chills.
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  • PJForceofNature
    PJForceofNature Posts: 3,087
    Light Years means so much to me personally. I do like Parachutes, but I would have to pick Light Years over Parachutes. I hope to hear Light Years (and Parachutes too!) live one day.
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  • the wolf
    the wolf Posts: 7,027
    This one is not even close for me. Parachutes is not even close to being in the same ballpark as Light Years for me.

    So, Light Years it is.
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  • Froggie
    Froggie Cork Posts: 252
    I think if it was Light Years Vs Sad that might make it a closer contest.

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  • kjw818
    kjw818 Posts: 96
    Light Years

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  • ladydocNYC
    ladydocNYC Posts: 635
    I love both but if I have to pick: PARACHUTES.

    Underappreciated masterpiece.
  • Blood Red Mosquito
    Blood Red Mosquito Posts: 1,611
    Easy one...

    Light Years
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  • DewieCox
    DewieCox Posts: 11,432
    Parachutes is a nice tune, but Light Years is fucking legendary.
  • Big Bank Hank
    Big Bank Hank Seattle, WA Posts: 8,639
    so really not such a tough choice apparently, but I do like Light Years getting so much love
  • PJ_Soul
    PJ_Soul Vancouver, BC Posts: 51,720
    Parachutes by a mile for me. It's so much more interesting than Light Years IMO. Light Years is great and I love it... but Parachutes is my favorite song from Avocado, and one I really badly want to hear live. Clearly I'm in the minority. :P
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  • ldent42
    ldent42 NYC Posts: 7,859
    light years. Parachutes was the only song on that album i actively skipped.
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  • Katyz
    Katyz Posts: 838
    Love both songs but Light Years wins this one.
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  • The Big Cheese
    The Big Cheese Posts: 255
    Can only agree with prev comments 'Lights Years'. In my top 10 and for me personally music and lyrics mean a great deal always reminds me of someone I lost to soon and miss very much.

    Always find it tough watching pinkpop version
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  • Jossie
    Jossie Posts: 505
    I like Parachutes, but I can live without it. This version is nice, but I listen to Light Years every day, and it's one of my most favorite songs.
  • starmap3333
    starmap3333 Posts: 3,925
    Jeremys Spoken wrote:
    Not to be rude but... Light Years by a couple BILLION Light Years =)

    this
  • rearviewross
    rearviewross Posts: 3,055
    Light Years, no question. I like Parachutes but no contest for me.
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