Poll--The Weakest Link: Backspacer Round 1

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  • mfc2006
    mfc2006 HTOWN Posts: 37,491
    The Fixer
    I always skip The Fixer & Johnny Guitar, so I flipped a coin.
    I LOVE MUSIC.
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  • whoanelly15
    whoanelly15 Posts: 742
    Johnny Guitar
    ledvedderman said:
    mcgruff10 said:
    ledvedderman said:
    mcgruff10 said:
    I still can't believe that inside job won. Terrible song live.  Oh well. 
    Unthought known for the win!
    Not so fast my friend!

    "gems and RHINESTONES!!!"

    Most cringeworthy lyric in the catalog. 
    Absolutely agree that it s a terrible lyric but overall it s a killer song live.  No way it s the weakest link on the album as per your vote. 
    I'll give you that. For me, it's very formulaic of Ed lately. Palm muted intro, big attempt at an anthemic chorus, and some iffy lyrics. Lightning Bolt (the song) is very similar. I believe they even share a chord pattern in the verses. This pattern started with Love Boat Captain and it just feels predictable. 
    It's really not similar from a guitar standpoint. Not the same key. Not the same chords or progression. Really not structured the same either. There really isn't a true chorus in Unthiught Known. No guitar solo. Really, only the build is comparable. and the fact that they're both great songs. ;
  • ledvedderman
    ledvedderman Posts: 7,762
    Unthought Known
    whoanelly15 said:
    ledvedderman said:
    mcgruff10 said:
    ledvedderman said:
    mcgruff10 said:
    I still can't believe that inside job won. Terrible song live.  Oh well. 
    Unthought known for the win!
    Not so fast my friend!

    "gems and RHINESTONES!!!"

    Most cringeworthy lyric in the catalog. 
    Absolutely agree that it s a terrible lyric but overall it s a killer song live.  No way it s the weakest link on the album as per your vote. 
    I'll give you that. For me, it's very formulaic of Ed lately. Palm muted intro, big attempt at an anthemic chorus, and some iffy lyrics. Lightning Bolt (the song) is very similar. I believe they even share a chord pattern in the verses. This pattern started with Love Boat Captain and it just feels predictable. 
    It's really not similar from a guitar standpoint. Not the same key. Not the same chords or progression. Really not structured the same either. There really isn't a true chorus in Unthiught Known. No guitar solo. Really, only the build is comparable. and the fact that they're both great songs. ;
    I'm going from my deteriorating memory on this, but are you sure about the chords? I could have sworn they both start off in a variation of F. 
    The main point of structure is the quick palm mute intro that eventually builds to an anthemic chorus. My problem isn't the structure, because I love a great building song...it's just a little predictable anymore. Even songs like Porch live follow this (to an extent) It's not that it's bad, it's just been done. I guess it's like Inside Job in my mind. The promise is there but something isn't clicking with me. 

    Let the record show though that I would give up my nuts to write a song 1/10th as good as anything on this album. 
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  • Thirty Bills Unpaid
    Thirty Bills Unpaid Posts: 16,881
    Johnny Guitar
    ledvedderman said:
    whoanelly15 said:
    ledvedderman said:
    mcgruff10 said:
    ledvedderman said:
    mcgruff10 said:
    I still can't believe that inside job won. Terrible song live.  Oh well. 
    Unthought known for the win!
    Not so fast my friend!

    "gems and RHINESTONES!!!"

    Most cringeworthy lyric in the catalog. 
    Absolutely agree that it s a terrible lyric but overall it s a killer song live.  No way it s the weakest link on the album as per your vote. 
    I'll give you that. For me, it's very formulaic of Ed lately. Palm muted intro, big attempt at an anthemic chorus, and some iffy lyrics. Lightning Bolt (the song) is very similar. I believe they even share a chord pattern in the verses. This pattern started with Love Boat Captain and it just feels predictable. 
    It's really not similar from a guitar standpoint. Not the same key. Not the same chords or progression. Really not structured the same either. There really isn't a true chorus in Unthiught Known. No guitar solo. Really, only the build is comparable. and the fact that they're both great songs. ;
    I'm going from my deteriorating memory on this, but are you sure about the chords? I could have sworn they both start off in a variation of F. 
    The main point of structure is the quick palm mute intro that eventually builds to an anthemic chorus. My problem isn't the structure, because I love a great building song...it's just a little predictable anymore. Even songs like Porch live follow this (to an extent) It's not that it's bad, it's just been done. I guess it's like Inside Job in my mind. The promise is there but something isn't clicking with me. 

    Let the record show though that I would give up my nuts to write a song 1/10th as good as anything on this album. 
    You'd give up your nuts to write a song 1/10th as good as Johnny Guitar?

    "My brain's a good brain!"
  • ledvedderman
    ledvedderman Posts: 7,762
    Unthought Known
    Ha! Yeah man. I have quite low standards and self esteem about my songwriting, it appears!

    That seriously had me laughing. 
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  • cutz
    cutz Posts: 12,319
    Johnny Guitar
    mfc2006 said:
    I always skip The Fixer & Johnny Guitar, so I flipped a coin.
    I did the same. Either one of these songs could go.
  • erocshifty
    erocshifty Posts: 1,170
    The End 
    "It's best to live in grace before you're forced to." EV- 10/09/2014 
  • MedozK
    MedozK Tennessee Posts: 9,212
    Got Some
    3 Votes for The End thus far.
    @mcgruff10 @104 years and counting @erocshifty
  • Thirty Bills Unpaid
    Thirty Bills Unpaid Posts: 16,881
    Johnny Guitar
    ledvedderman said:
    Ha! Yeah man. I have quite low standards and self esteem about my songwriting, it appears!

    That seriously had me laughing. 
    Lol

    Kind of in between a monkey with cymbals and Will Farrell with the cowbell, eh?
    "My brain's a good brain!"
  • Dr. Delight
    Dr. Delight Posts: 11,210
    Just Breathe
    Oh man, between this album and LB, this contest is now like shooting fish in a barrell. You can hardly go wrong :lol:
    And so you see, I have come to doubt
    All that I once held as true
    I stand alone without beliefs
    The only truth I know is you.
  • tbergs
    tbergs Posts: 10,497
    Johnny Guitar
    MedozK said:
    3 Votes for The End thus far.
    @mcgruff10 @104 years and counting @erocshifty
    Can't believe you voted Got Some!
    It's a hopeless situation...
  • rummy
    rummy British Columbia, Canada Posts: 4,466
    Johnny Guitar
    mcgruff10 said:
    I still can't believe that inside job won. Terrible song live.  Oh well. 
    Unthought known for the win!
    The only choice.

    The rest of this album does very little for me. I can't even decide which song to vote against first. So many options!
  • 104 years and counting
    104 years and counting Posts: 554
    MedozK said:
    3 Votes for The End thus far.
    @mcgruff10 @104 years and counting @erocshifty
    Yeah man... 
  • riley540
    riley540 Denver Colorado Posts: 1,132
    Force Of Nature
    Can't believe the hate their later albums get. LB was fantastic! 
  • Weston1283
    Weston1283 Fredericksburg, VA Posts: 5,024
    Johnny Guitar
    Force of fucking Nature
    2010: Cleveland
    2012: Atlanta
    2013: London ONT / Wrigley Field / Pittsburgh / Buffalo / San Diego / Los Angeles I / Los Angeles II
    2014: Cincinnati / St. Louis / Tulsa / Lincoln / Detroit / Denver
    2015: New York City
    2016: Ft. Lauderdale / Miami / Jacksonville / Greenville / Hampton / Columbia / Lexington / Philly II / New York City II / Toronto II / Bonnaroo / Telluride / Fenway I / Wrigley I / Wrigley - II / TOTD - Philadelphia, San Francisco
    2017: Ohana Fest (EV)
    2018: Amsterdam I / Amsterdam II / Seattle I / Seattle II / Boston I / Boston II
    2021: Asbury Park / Ohana Encore 1 / Ohana Encore 2
    2022: Phoenix / LA I / LA II / Quebec City / Ottawa / New York City / Camden / Nashville / St. Louis / Denver
    2023: St. Paul II
    2024: Las Vegas I / Las Vegas II / New York City I / New York City II / Philly I / Philly II / Baltimore
  • bootlegger10
    bootlegger10 Posts: 16,296
    edited May 2017
    Supersonic
    Ed, let's pick some better Stone tunes for the albums.  I know they are there.
  • seanwon
    seanwon Posts: 642
    Just Breathe
    present tense, light years, i am mine, inside job......
    I just want to apologize to everyone.....I have been playing the wrong game all this time.  I thought we were supposed to be picking the BEST song from each album, not the worst..... 
    1996: 9/29 Randall's Island 2,  10/1 Buffalo                  2000: 8/27 Saratoga Springs
    2003: 4/29 Albany,  5/2 Buffalo,  7/9 MSG 2                   2006: 5/12 Albany,  6/3 East Rutherford 2
    2008: 6/27 Hartford                 2009: 10/27 Philadelphia 1              2010: 5/15 Hartford,   5/21 MSG 2
    2013: 10/15 Worcester 1,  10/25 Hartford                       2014: 10/1 Cincinnati
    2016: 5/2 MSG 2,   8/5 Fenway 1,  11/7 Temple of the Dog MSG
    2018: 9/2 Fenway 1
    2020: 3/30 MSG             2022: 9/11 MSG            2023: 9/10 Noblesville
    2024: 9/3 MSG 1, 9/4 MSG 2 , 9/15 Fenway 1, 9/17 Fenway 2
  • oftenreading
    oftenreading Victoria, BC Posts: 12,856
    The Fixer
    So, there are really people out there who think The Fixer is superior to Unthought Known and Got Some?

    You people baffle me.
    my small self... like a book amongst the many on a shelf
  • brianlux
    brianlux Moving through All Kinds of Terrain. Posts: 43,765
    Supersonic
    Well, I had to vote for something other than Johnny Guitar since that one's a goner! 
    "It's a sad and beautiful world"
    -Roberto Benigni

  • Apone
    Apone Posts: 589
    The end
    2006: Leeds; 2012: Manchester 1; 2014: Leeds; 2017: London 1 (EV); 2018: Amsterdam 1, London 1, London 2; 2019: Amsterdam 1 (EV), Dublin (EV); 2022: Berlin, London 1, London 2, Budapest, Krakow, Amsterdam 1, Amsterdam 2; 2023: Chicago 1, Chicago 2; 2024: Manchester, London
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