Poll--The Weakest Link: Backspacer Round 1

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  • Spiritual_Chaos
    Spiritual_Chaos Posts: 31,650
    The Fixer
    Johnny Guitar has some fun lyrics atleast...
    "Mostly I think that people react sensitively because they know you’ve got a point"
  • 23scidoo
    23scidoo Thessaloniki,Greece Posts: 20,183
    The Fixer
    The worst of the worsts..if Fixer not eliminate on the first round, you all need help..
    Athens 2006. Dusseldorf 2007. Berlin 2009. Venice 2010. Amsterdam 1 2012. Amsterdam 1+2 2014. Buenos Aires 2015.
    Prague Krakow Berlin 2018. Berlin 2022
    EV, Taormina 1+2 2017.

    I wish i was the souvenir you kept your house key on..
  • 23scidoo
    23scidoo Thessaloniki,Greece Posts: 20,183
    The Fixer
    What the hell they were thinking when they doing this abomination??..
    Dr. Jack from Lost???..
    come on voters, skip it!!!!!
    Athens 2006. Dusseldorf 2007. Berlin 2009. Venice 2010. Amsterdam 1 2012. Amsterdam 1+2 2014. Buenos Aires 2015.
    Prague Krakow Berlin 2018. Berlin 2022
    EV, Taormina 1+2 2017.

    I wish i was the souvenir you kept your house key on..
  • goldrush
    goldrush everybody knows this is nowhere Posts: 7,851
    Force Of Nature
    I've never liked FON, it just doesn't feel like a PJ song to me
    “Do not postpone happiness”
    (Jeff Tweedy, Sydney 2007)

    “Put yer good money on the sunrise”
    (Tim Rogers)
  • pearljam1809
    pearljam1809 Posts: 863
    Supersonic
    seanwon said:
    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..... 
    Does it mean you´re getting it right now? I mean, you don´t want Just Breathe to win?, if that´s the case, I think you´ll be with the mayority here....
  • rummy
    rummy British Columbia, Canada Posts: 4,466
    Johnny Guitar
    goldrush said:
    I've never liked FON, it just doesn't feel like a PJ song to me
    Neither did I but then I thought I should listen to it before I voted for it (I bet haven't listened to studio Backspacer in at least five years) and it isn't all that bad.
  • mcgruff10
    mcgruff10 New Jersey Posts: 29,183
    The backspacer tours were fun as hell. 
    I'll ride the wave where it takes me......
  • tylermoore
    tylermoore St. Joseph, MI Posts: 1,116
    The End
  • Foriginal Sin
    Foriginal Sin Scottsdale, AZ Posts: 1,877
    Gonna See My Friend
    Johnny Guitar isn't that bad. He's an adult that rides a tricycle, chicks all over him and he used to be a manager in the WWF in the late 80's, only there they referred to him as 'Slick.' 
    Chicago 6/29/98, Alpine Valley(EV) 6/13/99, Alpine Valley 10/08/00, Chicago 10/09/00, Phoenix 10/20/00, Orlando 4/12/03, Tampa 4/13/03, San Diego 6/05/03, Vegas 6/06/03, Phoenix 6/07/03, Chicago 6/18/03, Alpine Valley 6/21/03, Orlando 10/08/04, D.C. 10/11/04, Chicago 5/16/06, Chicago 5/17/06, LA 7/12/08, Chicago 8/23/09, Chicago 8/24/09, LA 10/07/09, San Diego 10/09/09 (Front Row Center, Finally), Phoenix(EV) 11/4/11, Wrigley 7/19/13, Phoenix 11/19/13, Denver 10/22/14, Wrigley 8/20/16, Wrigley 8/22/16
  • tbergs
    tbergs Posts: 10,497
    Johnny Guitar
    Well Speed of Sound has crossed the magic vote threshold for elimination so it is surely gone based on the few voted for any other song besides JG.

    This is a good album. Can't believe it's almost been 10 years and that this was only 3 years after self titled. That seemed like forever to wait at the time.
    It's a hopeless situation...
  • derbydave
    derbydave Columbus, OH Posts: 11,254
    The Fixer
    Sarava said:
    I went with the Fixer, which is one of the worst songs PJ has recorded IMO.
    Right behind Big Wave for me!!
    '96: Seattle: Key Arena
    '98: Seattle: Memorial Stadium 1 & 2
    '00: Columbus: Polaris
    '03: Columbus: Germain
    '10: Columbus: Nationwide Arena
    '11: East Troy: Alpine Valley - PJ20 1 & 2 + EV Detroit
    '12: Missoula + EV Jacksonville 1 & 2
    '13: Chicago / Pittsburgh / Buffalo / Seattle
    '14: Cincinnati / St. Louis / Tulsa / Lincoln / Memphis / Detroit / Moline
    '15: New York City - Global Citizen Festival
    '16: Greenville / Hampton / Raleigh / Columbia / Lexington / Ottawa / Toronto 1 & 2 / Wrigley 1 & 2
    '17: Brooklyn - Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony
    '18: London 1 & 2 / Seattle 1 & 2 / Missoula / Wrigley 1
    '22: Nashville / St. Louis


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  • rgambs
    rgambs Posts: 13,576
    Johnny Guitar
    Will be a sad day if Speed of Sound goes out in the first round.
    Monkey Driven, Call this Living?
  • rgambs
    rgambs Posts: 13,576
    Johnny Guitar
    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. 
    I disagree.  Ed has a serious love affair with the Moon and stars, and as someone who shares that love affair, it isn't cringe worthy or corny, it's genuine and beautiful.  
    I can see how city folk would feel that way, but get out under a true night sky and listen to that song and you will appreciate that it isn't just something he said, it's something he felt and that you can feel too.
    Monkey Driven, Call this Living?
  • ryph raph
    ryph raph Posts: 887

    THE END.


    10-26-91 Cleveland
    4-2-92
    7-29-92
    5-4-95 Hovercraft / Cleveland
    8-26-98
    4-25-03
    5-20-06
    8-21-08 E.V. Chicago
    10-31-09 Philadelphia
    5-09-10 Cleveland
    5-10-10 Buffalo
    6-26-11 E.V. Detroit
    10-11-13 Pittsburgh
    10-12-13 Buffalo
    10-29-13 Charlottesville
    4-18-16 Hampton
    8-22-16 Chicago

  • ryph raph
    ryph raph Posts: 887
    How about the whole Backspacer album.
    10-26-91 Cleveland
    4-2-92
    7-29-92
    5-4-95 Hovercraft / Cleveland
    8-26-98
    4-25-03
    5-20-06
    8-21-08 E.V. Chicago
    10-31-09 Philadelphia
    5-09-10 Cleveland
    5-10-10 Buffalo
    6-26-11 E.V. Detroit
    10-11-13 Pittsburgh
    10-12-13 Buffalo
    10-29-13 Charlottesville
    4-18-16 Hampton
    8-22-16 Chicago

  • ledvedderman
    ledvedderman Posts: 7,762
    Unthought Known
    rgambs 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. 
    I disagree.  Ed has a serious love affair with the Moon and stars, and as someone who shares that love affair, it isn't cringe worthy or corny, it's genuine and beautiful.  
    I can see how city folk would feel that way, but get out under a true night sky and listen to that song and you will appreciate that it isn't just something he said, it's something he felt and that you can feel too.
    No city folk (probably one of the most rural members on here actually) here and I love the connection Ed has to the stars and nature, It connects to me on every level. But I think that lyric is bad. 
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  • JimmyV
    JimmyV Boston's MetroWest Posts: 19,610
    Johnny Guitar
    Backspacer remains my least favorite Pearl Jam release. Two Ed solo songs in Just Breathe and The End, plus Speed of Sound which was better as an Ed solo song than what we got on the record. Johnny Guitar is terrible. The Fixer is forgettable. Unthought Known is one of their most overrated songs, probably because there is so little else to love on this album. Force of Nature, Supersonic, Gonna See My Friends...none of these are songs I hope to see pop up in a setlist.

    On the plus side, Amongst The Waves is good and Got Some has grown on me over time. Also, the Backspacer tour shows I saw (Hartford and Boston, 2010) were both gems.
    ___________________________________________

    "...I changed by not changing at all..."
  • erocshifty
    erocshifty Posts: 1,170
    I've always thought of Unthought Known as Wishlist pt. 2...  People should be chanting "Let Stone Write.." instead of "Let Stone Sing" at shows.. lol.. Backspacer is good for what it is, but I definitely prefer the songs live vs. the album. 
    "It's best to live in grace before you're forced to." EV- 10/09/2014 
  • Spiritual_Chaos
    Spiritual_Chaos Posts: 31,650
    The Fixer
    JimmyV said:
    Backspacer remains my least favorite Pearl Jam release. Two Ed solo songs in Just Breathe and The End, plus Speed of Sound which was better as an Ed solo song than what we got on the record. Johnny Guitar is terrible. The Fixer is forgettable. Unthought Known is one of their most overrated songs, probably because there is so little else to love on this album. Force of Nature, Supersonic, Gonna See My Friends...none of these are songs I hope to see pop up in a setlist.

    On the plus side, Amongst The Waves is good and Got Some has grown on me over time. Also, the Backspacer tour shows I saw (Hartford and Boston, 2010) were both gems.
    Force of Nature is the secret best song on the album.
    "Mostly I think that people react sensitively because they know you’ve got a point"
  • rgambs
    rgambs Posts: 13,576
    Johnny Guitar
    ledvedderman said:
    rgambs 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. 
    I disagree.  Ed has a serious love affair with the Moon and stars, and as someone who shares that love affair, it isn't cringe worthy or corny, it's genuine and beautiful.  
    I can see how city folk would feel that way, but get out under a true night sky and listen to that song and you will appreciate that it isn't just something he said, it's something he felt and that you can feel too.
    No city folk (probably one of the most rural members on here actually) here and I love the connection Ed has to the stars and nature, It connects to me on every level. But I think that lyric is bad. 
    :hang_loose:
    Monkey Driven, Call this Living?
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