Top 10 Favorite and Disliked Songs
HailHailVitalogy
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I’ve tried to get a few people into PJ recently (always am but recently been dating around 😅), and the most common question I get is “what’s your favorite song?”
I don’t have that answer. I know what songs I want to hear live the most, some whales, some not…yet they are not my “favorite” songs. But to limit it down to just 1 or 2 all time favorites is impossible. And the funny thing is, these are my favorites because of how they’re played live. This list has changed so much over the years but this is how I’m feeling now. The way they’ve played HTI post-Covid has put it way up there for me
Top 10 Favs:
Garden
Release
Hard To Imagine
Hold On
Red Mosquito
Present Tense
Faithful
Grievance
Half Full
Setting Sun
Top 10 Disliked:
Speed of Sound
Yellow Moon
Swallowed Whole
River Cross
Help Help
Evacuation
Sweet Lew
Just Breathe
Ole
Can’t Deny Me
I don’t have that answer. I know what songs I want to hear live the most, some whales, some not…yet they are not my “favorite” songs. But to limit it down to just 1 or 2 all time favorites is impossible. And the funny thing is, these are my favorites because of how they’re played live. This list has changed so much over the years but this is how I’m feeling now. The way they’ve played HTI post-Covid has put it way up there for me
Top 10 Favs:
Garden
Release
Hard To Imagine
Hold On
Red Mosquito
Present Tense
Faithful
Grievance
Half Full
Setting Sun
Top 10 Disliked:
Speed of Sound
Yellow Moon
Swallowed Whole
River Cross
Help Help
Evacuation
Sweet Lew
Just Breathe
Ole
Can’t Deny Me
2003: Uniondale, MSG x2 | 2004: Reading | 2005: Gorge, Vancouver, Philly | 2006: East Rutherford x2, Gorge x2, Camden 1, Hartford | 2008: MSG x2, VA Beach | 2009: Philly x3 | 2010: MSG x2, Bristow | 2011: Alpine Valley x2 | 2012: MIA Philly | 2013: Wrigley, Charlottesville, Brooklyn 2 | 2014: Milan, Amsterdam 1 | 2016: MSG x2, Fenway x2, Wrigley 2 | 2018: Rome, Krakow, Berlin, Wrigley 2 | 2021: Sea Hear Now | 2022: San Diego, LA x2, MSG, Camden, Nashville, St. Louis, Denver | 2023: St. Paul 1, Chicago x2, Fort Worth x2, Austin 2 | 2024: Las Vegas 1, Seattle x2, Indy, MSG x2, Philly x2, Baltimore, Ohana 2 | 2025: Florida x2, Atlanta x2, Pittsburgh x2
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Favourites
Release
Give to Fly
Hard to Imagine
Setting Sun
All Those Yesterdays
Long Road
Unthought Known
In My Tree
Rearviewmirror
Nothingman
Disliked
Daughter
Last Kiss
Speed of Sound
Something Special
Take the Long Way
Sweet Lew
Let the Records Play
Sleeping By Myself
Ole
Footsteps
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Favorites
long road
release
immortality
in hiding
parting ways
rvm
present tense
go
Hti
Porch
Disliked
you are
in the moonlight
evacuation
cropduster
unemployabke
Ghost
Sleight of hand
future days
Parachutes
My father s son
I'll ride the wave where it takes me......0 -
Favorites:
In Hiding
Breath
Last Exit
Dissident
Present Tense
Corduroy
Upper Hand
Release
Hard to Imagine
Red Mosquito
Least favorite:
Sleeping By Myself
Let the Records Play
Ole
Cant Deny Me
Buckle Up
Never Destination
Thumbing My Way
Come Back
Just Breathe
Sirens
8-29-00 Mansfield, 6-29-03 Montreal, 7-2-03 Mansfield, 7-3-03 Mansfield, 7-11-03, Mansfield, 9-28-04 Boston, 9-29-04 Boston, 10-8-04 Kissimmee, 9-15-05 Montreal, 9-16-05 Ottawa, 5-12-06 Albany, 5-13-06 Hartford, 5-24-06 Boston, 5-25-06 Boston, 6-28-08, Mansfield, 6-30-08 Mansfield, 5-15-10 Hartford, 5-17-10 Boston, 7-19-13 Chicago, 10-15-13 Worcester, 5-2-16 New York City, 8-5-16 Boston, 8-7-16 Boston
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Favorites:
Black
Immortality
Present Tense
Courderoy
Insignificance
Leash
In hiding
Life wasted
Light Years
Not for You
Dislikes:
Something specialJust BreatheEvacuation
Speed of Sound
Last Kiss
Running
Leavin Here
Buckle up
Future Days
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@mcgruff10 The third verse of Ghost after the interlude fucking rocks, some heavy ass PJ…try again 🤣
Also…Footsteps is disliked???2003: Uniondale, MSG x2 | 2004: Reading | 2005: Gorge, Vancouver, Philly | 2006: East Rutherford x2, Gorge x2, Camden 1, Hartford | 2008: MSG x2, VA Beach | 2009: Philly x3 | 2010: MSG x2, Bristow | 2011: Alpine Valley x2 | 2012: MIA Philly | 2013: Wrigley, Charlottesville, Brooklyn 2 | 2014: Milan, Amsterdam 1 | 2016: MSG x2, Fenway x2, Wrigley 2 | 2018: Rome, Krakow, Berlin, Wrigley 2 | 2021: Sea Hear Now | 2022: San Diego, LA x2, MSG, Camden, Nashville, St. Louis, Denver | 2023: St. Paul 1, Chicago x2, Fort Worth x2, Austin 2 | 2024: Las Vegas 1, Seattle x2, Indy, MSG x2, Philly x2, Baltimore, Ohana 2 | 2025: Florida x2, Atlanta x2, Pittsburgh x20 -
Favorites:
Hard to Imagine
Alive
Porch
Last Exit
Life Wasted
Setting Sun
Gonna See My Friend
Who Ever Said
Go
Betterman
Dislikes:
Buckle Up
Future Days
Sleeping by Myself
Evacuation
Insignificance
Smile
All or None
Nothing As it Seems
You Are
InfallibleBoston '06
Mansfield '08
Hartford '10
Worcester, Hartford '13
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Favorite:
Of the Earth
Smile
Blood
Present Tense
Upper Hand
Pendulum
No Way
Indifference
I Got Shit
Corduroy
Dislike:
Buckle Up
Sirens
Let the Records Play
Sleeping by Myself
Future Days
Speed of Sound
Something Special
Last Kiss
Take the Long Way
Betterman
Jeremy
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It changes over time, but currently it would be the following:Likes
Smile
Getaway
Release
Whipping
Corduroy
Breakerfall
Come Back
7 O’Clock
Hard to Imagine
Yellow Ledbetter
Dislikes
Wishlist
Nothing As It Seems
Bee Girl
Deep
Garden
Immortality
Something Special
Yellow Moon
Buckle Up
Don’T Gimme No Lip
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Release
small town
present tense
in my tree
hard to imagine
nothingman
dissident
scared of fear
yellow ledbetter
Given to fly
sleeping by myself
last kiss
Infallible
gonna see my friend
buckle up
Ghost
ole
Let the records play
thats all I got
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Alright, I'll bite:
- Glorified G
- Not For You
- Light Years
- Down
- Rats
- Breath
- Small Town
- All Those Yesterdays
- Dance of the Clairvoyants
- Present Tense
annnnd...- Sirens
- Johnny Guitar
- Ole
- Let The Records Play
- Big Wave
- Can't Deny Me
- Swallowed Whole
- Evacuation
- Something Special
- Get Right (which I've seen live!)
Bonus: songs I'm sick of hearing live- Porch
- Wreckage
- Do The Evolution
- Given to Fly (pee break song)
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Song Wishlist: Alone, Let Me Sleep, Brother, full W.M.A., Hold On, Bugs/all of Vitalogy, Mankind, Around The Bend (full band), The Long Road, Don't Gimme No Lip, Pilate, Push Me Pull Me, All Those Yesterdays, Rival, Parting Ways, Ghost, Bu$hleaguer, WWS, Parachutes, Army Reserve, low octave Driftin', Strangest Tribe, Other Side, Undone, Fatal, Hitchhiker, Education, Black Red Yellow, Of the Earth, Love Reign O'er Me, Gonna See My Friend, Santa Cruz, Infallible, Yellow Moon, Alright, Comes Then Goes, and the Mamasan Trilogy.Wanted Posters: WPB '98, Tampa/WPB '00, Tampa '03, EV Batmobile '08ISO: any picks, or setlists from any of my shows!0 -
💖💖💖💖 of the earth 💖💖💖💖Abe Froman said:Favorite:
Of the Earth
Smile
Blood
Present Tense
Upper Hand
Pendulum
No Way
Indifference
I Got Shit
Corduroy
Dislike:
Buckle Up
Sirens
Let the Records Play
Sleeping by Myself
Future Days
Speed of Sound
Something Special
Last Kiss
Take the Long Way
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I was maybe being a bit harsh on Footsteps and Daughter but they are two of the more popular songs I’m really not as keen on. Heard Footsteps live so many times as well - 7 out of 16 shows. I think it’s the harmonica (not a fan of the instrument) as I much much prefer the Temple of the Dog Times of Trouble versionHailHailVitalogy said:@mcgruff10 The third verse of Ghost after the interlude fucking rocks, some heavy ass PJ…try again 🤣
Also…Footsteps is disliked???0 -
Favourites
Hold On
Hard To Imagine
Alive
Yellow Ledbetter
Hail Hail
Faithfull
Not For You
Setting Sun
Save You
Light Years
Dislikes
Wreckage
Do The Evolution
Evacuation
Dance of the Clairvoyants
Got Some
Fixer
Take The Long Way
Never Destination
Retrograde
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Not much to disagree with on the favorites but some of these lists of dislikes leave me shaking my head in disbelief.you couldn't swing if you were hangin' from a palm tree in a hurricane0
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Favourites
Release
Immortality
Corduroy
Present Tense
Indifference
Rearviewmirror
Parting Ways
Hard to Imagine
Wash
Breath
In Hiding
Dislikes ( I am picking songs I hate seeing live)
Wreckage (At the top currently. Not a song needed to be played at every show)
Just Breathe
Sleeping By Myself
Last Kiss
Wishlist
Future Days
River Cross
Can't Deny Me
Sirens
DOTC
Buckle Up
Let the Records Play
Fathers Son
Evacuation
7 o'clock
Low Light (ok song seen way too many times at the start of a show)0 -
Favourites:
1. Present Tense
2. Fatal
3. No Way
4. W.M.A
5 Who You Are
6. Jeremy
7. Corduroy
8. Dance of the Clairvoyants
9. Ghost
10. Speed of Sound
Dislikes:
1. Just Breathe
2. Down
3. Deep
4. Elderly Woman
5. Low Light
6. 1/2 Full
7. Betterman
8. Lightning Bolt
9. Ole
10. Porch2000: Roskilde
2006: Sydney I,II,III
2007: London, Copenhagen
2008: MSG I,II
2009: Manchester, London
2010: London
2011: Toronto I,II, Ottawa, Hamilton
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Favourites:
(constantly changing)
1. Present Tense
2. Black
3. Indifference
4. Alone
5. Inside Job
6. You Are
7. Setting Sun
8. Seven O'Clock
9. Not For You
10. Dance Of The Clairvoyants
Dislikes:
(not changing)
1. Dirty Frank (with a passion)
2. Johnny Guitar
3. My Father's Son
4. Help Help
5. Rival
6. Let The Records Play
7. Ghost
8. No Way
9. Alright
10. Gonna See My Friend
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2005 - Calgary, Winnipeg, Thunder Bay, Kitchener, Hamilton, Montréal, Ottawa
2006 - Verona, Torino, Pistoia
2007 - Munich
2013 - Calgary
2014 - Vienna
2016 - Quebec, Ottawa, Toronto N1, Toronto N2, Pemberton
2018 - Padova
2022 - Frankfurt, Krakow, Quebec, Ottawa, Hamilton, Toronto0 -
Favs:
Setting Sun (right now, #1)
Amongst The Waves (former #1)
Parting Ways
Long Road
Who You Are
Release
In Hiding
RVM
Retrograde
Black
Lightning Bolt
Seven O'Clock
Scared Of Fear
Dislikes/Wouldn't want-need to hear live:
Something Special
Sleeping By Myself
Can't Keep
Supersonic
Speed Of Sound (the demo is infinitely better)
Cropduster
Just Breathe
Future Days
Never Destination
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Favourites:
Immortality
Hail Hail
Alive
RVM
Release
Corduroy
Given To Fly
Go
Animal
Last Exit
*I’ll mention mega hits like Black, Daughter, and Better Man if they’re the right live version with their essential tags.
Least Favourites:
Olé
Big Wave
Johnny Guitar
Evacuation
Unemployable
Soon Forget
Pilate
I’m Open
Sleeping By Myself
My Father’s Son
*I’m sure I should include some Gigaton songs here but I gave up on that album early on and don’t really think of it all that much.
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