Favorite Opening Four Songs

Ledbetterman10
Ledbetterman10 Posts: 16,994
in The Porch
Love the first four songs on Gigaton, and was wondering where people felt they stacked up next to the other albums. Feel free to maybe rank them too after voting, if ya feel like it.

The site only allows for ten poll options so I left off Backspacer. 
2000: Camden 1, 2003: Philly, State College, Camden 1, MSG 2, Hershey, 2004: Reading, 2005: Philly, 2006: Camden 1, 2, East Rutherford 1, 2007: Lollapalooza, 2008: Camden 1, Washington D.C., MSG 1, 2, 2009: Philly 1, 2, 3, 4, 2010: Bristol, MSG 2, 2011: PJ20 1, 2, 2012: Made In America, 2013: Brooklyn 2, Philly 2, 2014: Denver, 2015: Global Citizen Festival, 2016: Philly 2, Fenway 1, 2018: Fenway 1, 2, 2021: Sea. Hear. Now. 2022: Camden, 2024: Philly 2, 2025: Pittsburgh 1

Pearl Jam bootlegs:
http://wegotshit.blogspot.com

Favorite Opening Four Songs 73 votes

Ten: Once, Even Flow, Alive, Why Go
19%
Vedd Heddlastchild11ten-vs-vitalogyjwhjr17pjsteelerfandc07cfKearn5yjpgoegelthevachontino_11tdaweMYMMKSNYCmadhat181 14 votes
Vs: Go, Animal, Daughter, Glorified G
12%
my_wavemaverickpepsigatorsNoloadHawk123KS80184rummy1ThoughtKnownRunIntoTheRain 9 votes
Vitalogy: Last Exit, Spin The Black Circle, Not For You, Tremor Christ
16%
PoncierLedbetterman10GibsonBrainofBGAskyvalleyRW8297Tim SimmonsRS151862ewok pantsSmallestOceansGlorified KClmckenney24 12 votes
No Code: Sometimes, Hail Hail, Who You Are, In My Tree
15%
faithful2youP34RL J4MM3RcurmudgeonessjoberschlakejjflashKICK7071KN219077smithtimrSanders19booboolisciousJPPJ84 11 votes
Yield: Brain Of J, Faithfull, No Way, Given To Fly
15%
PJ1973CH81124pjrussChasing FootstepsSM187650False_BeliefF Me In The BrainPlanet of SoundApone23scidooGroda03 11 votes
Binaural: Breakerfall, Gods' Dice, Evacuation, Light Years
2%
ST66483ConorKavanagh 2 votes
Riot Act: Can't Keep, Save You, Love Boat Captain, Cropduster
2%
HesCalledDyerJojoRice 2 votes
Pearl Jam: Life Wasted, World Wide Suicide, Comatose, Severed Hand
0%
Lightning Bolt: Getaway, Mind Your Manners, My Father's Son, Sirens
0%
Gigaton: Who Ever Said, Superblood Wolfmoon, Dance Of The Clairvoyants, Quick Escape
16%
Lowlightpjpitt89lastexitlondonMakingWavesDLeydeCarryTheZerojbaker67Gern BlanstenMR242791huntersthompsonaurynsdadmschostok 12 votes

Comments

  • Ledbetterman10
    Ledbetterman10 Posts: 16,994
    Vitalogy: Last Exit, Spin The Black Circle, Not For You, Tremor Christ
    For me...

    1. Vitalogy
    2. Ten
    3. Yield
    4. Gigaton
    5. Vs.
    6. Pearl Jam
    7. No Code
    8. Binaural
    9. Riot Act
    10. Lightning Bolt
    11. Backspacer
    2000: Camden 1, 2003: Philly, State College, Camden 1, MSG 2, Hershey, 2004: Reading, 2005: Philly, 2006: Camden 1, 2, East Rutherford 1, 2007: Lollapalooza, 2008: Camden 1, Washington D.C., MSG 1, 2, 2009: Philly 1, 2, 3, 4, 2010: Bristol, MSG 2, 2011: PJ20 1, 2, 2012: Made In America, 2013: Brooklyn 2, Philly 2, 2014: Denver, 2015: Global Citizen Festival, 2016: Philly 2, Fenway 1, 2018: Fenway 1, 2, 2021: Sea. Hear. Now. 2022: Camden, 2024: Philly 2, 2025: Pittsburgh 1

    Pearl Jam bootlegs:
    http://wegotshit.blogspot.com
  • CarryTheZero
    CarryTheZero Posts: 3,473
    Gigaton: Who Ever Said, Superblood Wolfmoon, Dance Of The Clairvoyants, Quick Escape
    Gigaton just because it’s so new and I’m really feeling this album. A great 4 song start, and a start with some variety in style and tempo!
  • Gern Blansten
    Gern Blansten Mar-A-Lago Posts: 22,185
    Gigaton: Who Ever Said, Superblood Wolfmoon, Dance Of The Clairvoyants, Quick Escape
    gotta go with the new guy...
    Remember the Thomas Nine !! (10/02/2018)
    The Golden Age is 2 months away. And guess what….. you’re gonna love it! (teskeinc 11.19.24)

    1998: Noblesville; 2003: Noblesville; 2009: EV Nashville, Chicago, Chicago
    2010: St Louis, Columbus, Noblesville; 2011: EV Chicago, East Troy, East Troy
    2013: London ON, Wrigley; 2014: Cincy, St Louis, Moline (NO CODE)
    2016: Lexington, Wrigley #1; 2018: Wrigley, Wrigley, Boston, Boston
    2020: Oakland, Oakland:  2021: EV Ohana, Ohana, Ohana, Ohana
    2022: Oakland, Oakland, Nashville, Louisville; 2023: Chicago, Chicago, Noblesville
    2024: Noblesville, Wrigley, Wrigley, Ohana, Ohana; 2025: Pitt1, Pitt2
  • jjflash
    jjflash Posts: 5,031
    No Code: Sometimes, Hail Hail, Who You Are, In My Tree
    Fun exercise. Interesting how just one of the four songs skews the order. All of them have at least 2/4 that cut deep, some have 3/4, and several hit on all four cylinders.

    1. No Code
    2. Yield
    3. Ten
    4. Gigaton
    5. Vs.
    6. Vitalogy
    7. S/T
    8. Binaural
    9. LB
    10. Riot Act
    11. Backspacer
  • aurynsdad
    aurynsdad Posts: 863
    Gigaton: Who Ever Said, Superblood Wolfmoon, Dance Of The Clairvoyants, Quick Escape
    Gotta go with the Gig
    10/31/93 Berkeley (Baba!) • 10/1/94 Bridge School • 9/16/96 Seattle (In My Tree!) • 10/19/96 & 10/20/96 B. School (Alt Corduroy & Alt Porch!) • 10/25/03 B. School • 6/1/03 Mtnview (Crazy Mary! You Are!) • 11/29/13 Portland (All Those Yesterdays! Even Flow!) • 10/25/14 Bridge School (Rain! Fuckin Up! TOTD!) • 5/13/22 Oakland (had to leave early, but W.M.A.! Immortality!) • 5/13/24 Sacramento (Light Years! Picture in a Frame!) • 5/25/24 Bottle Rock (Last Kiss! Maybe It’s Time w/Bradley Cooper!)
  • SmallestOceans
    SmallestOceans Posts: 13,542
    Vitalogy: Last Exit, Spin The Black Circle, Not For You, Tremor Christ
    1 Vitalogy
    2 Yield
    3 Vs
    4 No Code
    5 Ten
    6 Avocado
    7 Riot Act
    8 Binaural
    9 Gigaton
    10 Lightning 
    11 Backspacer

    Worcester1 13, Worcester2 13, Hartford 13, San Diego 13, Los Angeles1 13, Los Angeles2 13
    Trieste 14, Vienna 14, Gdynia 14, Leeds 14, Milton Keynes 14, Denver 14
    Central Park 15
    Fort Lauderdale 16, Miami 16, Tampa 16, Jacksonville 16, Greenville 16, Hampton 16, Columbia 16, Lexington 16, Philly1 16, Philly2 16, NYC1 16, NYC2 16, Quebec City 16, Ottawa 16, Toronto1 16, Toronto2 16, Fenway1 16, Fenway2 16, Wrigley1 16, Wrigley2 16


  • PJ1973
    PJ1973 Winston-Salem, NC Posts: 421
    Yield: Brain Of J, Faithfull, No Way, Given To Fly
    I have to show Yield some love!
  • JPPJ84
    JPPJ84 Hamburg, Germany Posts: 3,464
    No Code: Sometimes, Hail Hail, Who You Are, In My Tree
    Would be Vitalogy if it wasn’t for Spin the black Circle 
  • rummy
    rummy British Columbia, Canada Posts: 4,466
    Vs: Go, Animal, Daughter, Glorified G
    1. Vs
    2. No Code
    3. Vitalogy 
    4. Yield
    5. Ten
    6. Self-Titled
    7. Gigaton
    8. Riot Act
    9. Binaural
    10. Lightning Bolt
    11. Backspacer
  • 23scidoo
    23scidoo Thessaloniki,Greece Posts: 19,967
    Yield: Brain Of J, Faithfull, No Way, Given To Fly
    But i love Vitalogy also..
    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..
  • Glorified KC
    Glorified KC KCMO Native Posts: 2,814
    edited August 2020
    Vitalogy: Last Exit, Spin The Black Circle, Not For You, Tremor Christ
    My personal favorite for a long time was Yield.  However, when I take a step back and look at the list for each record, I never thought of Vitalogy as being such a strong opener in the first 4 tracks.  My growing appreciation for Tremor Christ is what makes it #1 for me.
    I wish I was a sacrifice, but somehow still lived on.
  • mschostok
    mschostok Chicago, IL Posts: 858
    Gigaton: Who Ever Said, Superblood Wolfmoon, Dance Of The Clairvoyants, Quick Escape
    Definitely the GIG
    Milwaukee 2014
    MSG 2016 1&2
    Wrigley 2016 1&2
    Eddie Vedder Obama Farewell Address 2017
    Eddie Vedder Louisville, KY 2017
    London 2018 1
    Wrigley 2018 1&2
    St. Louis 2020
  • KICK7071
    KICK7071 In My Tree, ON Posts: 745
    No Code: Sometimes, Hail Hail, Who You Are, In My Tree
    No Code cant be beat, despite poll numbers haha 
    Toronto 10-05-2000 / Toronto 06-28-2003 / Toronto 09-19-2005 / Toronto 05-09-2006 / Buffalo 05-10-2010 / Toronto 09-11-2011 /
    Hamilton 09-15-2011 / London - Canada 07-16-2013 / Buffalo 10-12-2013 / Ottawa 05-08-2016 / Toronto 05-10-2016 / Toronto 05-12-2016
    Amsterdam 06-12-2018 / Amsterdam 06-13-2018 / Chicago 08-18-2018 / Boston 09-02-2018 / Boston 09-04-2018 / Quebec City 09-01-2022 / Ottawa 09-03-2022 / Hamilton 09-06-2022 / Toronto 09-08-2022 / New York City 09-11-2022 / Chicago 09-05-2023 / Chicago 09-07-2023 / Austin 09-18-2023 / Austin 09-19-2023
  • Ledbetterman10
    Ledbetterman10 Posts: 16,994
    Vitalogy: Last Exit, Spin The Black Circle, Not For You, Tremor Christ
    Pretty damn close right now between the first five albums, and Gigaton
    2000: Camden 1, 2003: Philly, State College, Camden 1, MSG 2, Hershey, 2004: Reading, 2005: Philly, 2006: Camden 1, 2, East Rutherford 1, 2007: Lollapalooza, 2008: Camden 1, Washington D.C., MSG 1, 2, 2009: Philly 1, 2, 3, 4, 2010: Bristol, MSG 2, 2011: PJ20 1, 2, 2012: Made In America, 2013: Brooklyn 2, Philly 2, 2014: Denver, 2015: Global Citizen Festival, 2016: Philly 2, Fenway 1, 2018: Fenway 1, 2, 2021: Sea. Hear. Now. 2022: Camden, 2024: Philly 2, 2025: Pittsburgh 1

    Pearl Jam bootlegs:
    http://wegotshit.blogspot.com
  • tdawe
    tdawe Posts: 2,091
    Ten: Once, Even Flow, Alive, Why Go
    Read the above comments before voting, so I was relieved to see that Ten is in fact winning. 
    Camden 2 2006, Newark 2010, Barclays 2 2013, Central Park 2015, MSG 2 2016, Wrigley 1 2016, Rome 2018, Prague 2018, Asbury Park 2021, EV & Earthlings NYC 1 2022, MSG 2022, Louisville 2022, Dublin 2024, MSG 1 2024, MSG 2 2024
  • HesCalledDyer
    HesCalledDyer Maryland Posts: 16,491
    Riot Act: Can't Keep, Save You, Love Boat Captain, Cropduster
    Pretty much all are solid picks.  Tough to choose, just went with what I'm feeling at the moment.  Lightning Bolt would be killer if not for Sirens fucking it all to high hell.
    Star Lake 00 / Pittsburgh 03 / State College 03 / Bristow 03 / Cleveland 06 / Camden II 06 / DC 08 / Pittsburgh 13 / Baltimore 13 / Charlottesville 13 / Cincinnati 14 / St. Paul 14 / Hampton 16 / Wrigley I 16 / Wrigley II 16 / Baltimore 20 / Camden 22 / Baltimore 24 / Raleigh I 25 / Raleigh II 25 / Pittsburgh I 25
  • Vedd Hedd
    Vedd Hedd Posts: 4,631
    Ten: Once, Even Flow, Alive, Why Go
    This one almost isnt fair, though.  If we did this poll without TEN, I wonder what the results would be. 
    Turn this anger into
    Nuclear fission
  • Ledbetterman10
    Ledbetterman10 Posts: 16,994
    Vitalogy: Last Exit, Spin The Black Circle, Not For You, Tremor Christ
    Vedd Hedd said:
    This one almost isnt fair, though.  If we did this poll without TEN, I wonder what the results would be. 
    Yeah those four songs are so iconic that they're hard to beat. Without Ten in the poll, I think Vitalogy wins....but I would say that wouldn't I?
    2000: Camden 1, 2003: Philly, State College, Camden 1, MSG 2, Hershey, 2004: Reading, 2005: Philly, 2006: Camden 1, 2, East Rutherford 1, 2007: Lollapalooza, 2008: Camden 1, Washington D.C., MSG 1, 2, 2009: Philly 1, 2, 3, 4, 2010: Bristol, MSG 2, 2011: PJ20 1, 2, 2012: Made In America, 2013: Brooklyn 2, Philly 2, 2014: Denver, 2015: Global Citizen Festival, 2016: Philly 2, Fenway 1, 2018: Fenway 1, 2, 2021: Sea. Hear. Now. 2022: Camden, 2024: Philly 2, 2025: Pittsburgh 1

    Pearl Jam bootlegs:
    http://wegotshit.blogspot.com

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