Worst Pearl Jam song ever....

PJNB said:

Ten - none
VS - none
Vitalogy - Bugs plus all of that experimental crap that no one listens to
No Code - Mankind. Just not a good song and I enjoy Don't Gimme No Lip a lot so its not because it is Stone.
Yield - none
Binaural - Evacuation. Parts of this song are just ok while others are unlistenable. 
Riot Act - Cropduster. Just not a good song imo and a set killer at the shows I have seen with it there.
Avocado -  Big Wave. One of the worse chorus's they have "Got me a big wave, ride me a big wave, got me a big wave"
Backspacer - The album with the most duds imo. Gonna See My Friend, The Fixer, Johnny Guitar, Just Breathe, Supersonic,The End
Lightning Bolt - My Fathers Son, Let the Records Play, Sleeping By Myself, Future Days are all duds. 


Only picking 15 songs over 10 albums is a pretty good track record if you ask me. The last two albums I picked over half on one and almost half on the other. I am really hoping the next album is more solid. 

I like your format...but My Father's Son is great...the first 20 seconds sound like they needed another take, but after that, it's solid and it's one of their best hooks.  I also really like Big Wave.

But, to use this format...songs on the ten albums up for consideration:
Ten - none
VS - none
Vitalogy - Bugs and Stupid Mop
No Code - none
Yield - none
Binaural - Evacuation. Parts of this song are just ok while others are unlistenable. 
Riot Act - Arc. I know what it represents and means to Eddie/band.  But it's just not palatable to the ears.
Avocado -  Come back.  Sooooo boring.
Backspacer - Johnny Guitar
Lightning Bolt - Sleeping By Myself

Of all the "A-sides" that are actually "songs" (i.e., not the weird stuff from Vitalogy or Arc), I think Johnny Guitar wins.  

Several B-sides are worse than these: Evil Little Goat, Leatherman, etc.  Fun Fact: I don't think I've ever actually heard Ole.

1ThoughtKnown said:

I either threw in my two cents on another thread about this or pondered this heavily in the past but here are the only PJ original songs I will consistently skip:
Sweet Lew, Dirty Frank, Sleeping By Myself, Johnny Guitar (although if I can just hang in until the 2 min. mark or so it gets better), and Infallible. 
Gremmie Out of Control .....  yikes that’s bad.

Side Note: I like the studio version of My Father’s Son but it does not sound great live which probably explains why they have shelved it. 

Gremmie?! Bad?! What?!

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HesCalledDyer said:

rummy said:

HesCalledDyer said:

Yellow Ledbetter
Sirens
The End

These are the only PJ songs in the entire catalog that I don’t like. 

I feel that I've asked this question before but I'm just wondering if you've always disliked YLB or do you feel that it's just been "played out" - especially as a closer - for quite some time now?
Just curious.

I didn't mind it until I heard it live.  What a shit show.  Just 4 minutes of Ed going "Wayside, wayside letter, front side, wayside letter, box or a bag, potato wave" over and over.  It's dumb.  He doesn't know the lyrics and it just makes the whole song seem flubbed.  Even if he did know the lyrics, at this point yes I think it is simply played out as a show closer.  And if the point is for "Mike to melt my face off" (hate that expression, btw) then just let him solo the Banner after whatever song (not Ledbetter) closes the show.

And speaking of things that have run their course concert wise, ending every first and second set of every show with Porch and RVM is played out as well.  Dig the songs, but setlist structure has gotten very predictable.  I realize that's not much to bitch about considering most bands play the same set every single night but I do miss those songs being in random places throughout the set, and I miss other songs closing out the early sets.

If I had to make a complaints about the two Seattle show, it would indeed about how they closed main sets/encores with Porch, RVM, and YLB (and the positioning of Alive). I pretty sure a good number of people were there for both nights so why not sneak in something like Blood, Last Exit, Hail Hail, or Animal instead. At the every least, end with Indifference one of the nights.

Back on topic...I omit b-sides from these kinds of lists (or at least the non-album tracks that weren't officially released). Yes, a song like Sweet Lew is pretty bad but it was somewhat of a "gift" when it was included on Lost Dogs (although I guess you did pay for it if you bought the album).

Olé then? A one-off thing relesead for free.

Jbarker said:

"With Arms Wide Open"

Definitely worst song ever...

that's actually a nice song.

Spiritual_Chaos said:

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rummy said:

HesCalledDyer said:

rummy said:

HesCalledDyer said:

Yellow Ledbetter
Sirens
The End

These are the only PJ songs in the entire catalog that I don’t like. 

I feel that I've asked this question before but I'm just wondering if you've always disliked YLB or do you feel that it's just been "played out" - especially as a closer - for quite some time now?
Just curious.

I didn't mind it until I heard it live.  What a shit show.  Just 4 minutes of Ed going "Wayside, wayside letter, front side, wayside letter, box or a bag, potato wave" over and over.  It's dumb.  He doesn't know the lyrics and it just makes the whole song seem flubbed.  Even if he did know the lyrics, at this point yes I think it is simply played out as a show closer.  And if the point is for "Mike to melt my face off" (hate that expression, btw) then just let him solo the Banner after whatever song (not Ledbetter) closes the show.

And speaking of things that have run their course concert wise, ending every first and second set of every show with Porch and RVM is played out as well.  Dig the songs, but setlist structure has gotten very predictable.  I realize that's not much to bitch about considering most bands play the same set every single night but I do miss those songs being in random places throughout the set, and I miss other songs closing out the early sets.

If I had to make a complaints about the two Seattle show, it would indeed about how they closed main sets/encores with Porch, RVM, and YLB (and the positioning of Alive). I pretty sure a good number of people were there for both nights so why not sneak in something like Blood, Last Exit, Hail Hail, or Animal instead. At the every least, end with Indifference one of the nights.

Back on topic...I omit b-sides from these kinds of lists (or at least the non-album tracks that weren't officially released). Yes, a song like Sweet Lew is pretty bad but it was somewhat of a "gift" when it was included on Lost Dogs (although I guess you did pay for it if you bought the album).

Olé then? A one-off thing relesead for free.

would have been forgivable if LB was a stand out.  it was not.

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Pap said:

http://community.pearljam.com/discussion/133670/worst-pearl-jam-song/p1

Game over, because someone said Leatherman?  

buck502000 said:

Let me sleep, it’s Christmas time.

Especially when it's performed in May (Toronto 2016) or August (Seattle 2018)!

KN219077 said:

I can’t believe it took this many posts....Ole!

Agreed - 100% worst

vaggar99 said:

i kind of remember the band (or maybe just Eddie) being stoked about the song "Gone" back in the day.   me, not so much.  probably worst song on Avocado.

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Go Beavers said:

Where are the votes for Dirty Frank? The song blows. 

Dirty Frank is an example of why I loved the band so much.  This was the band when it loved being a band and playing music.  Even a throaway type of song like this has great funny lyrics that to me make it special.

pashapasaman said:

I think the most recent songs problem is over produced
take Speed of Sound for example
the demo sounds so much better

see i really like SoS.  I know i'm in the minority here.  but, i thought it was something a bit different from Eddie.  has the down, up, down, up kind of thing going and it works.

Sirens,U,Sweet Lew or Last Kiss