Red Mosquito • View topic - 2023 March Madness Survivor: Backspacer Round 5

stip · **Joined:** Thu December 13, 2012 6:31 pm **Posts:** 39454

Round 5 - choose 1 song to ELIMINATE. Voting open until 8pm EST 3/17

stip · **Joined:** Thu December 13, 2012 6:31 pm **Posts:** 39454

Ohh, this is really hard

Supersonic is the really easy choice. But after that I like pretty much the whole record without stark gradations beyond confidently saying Fixer and Force of Nature are my favorites.

Lets go with Just Breathe and The End, as I'm more likely to skip those if they come on than the others (though The End can hit hard in the right mood)

LetMeSleep · **Posted:** Sat February 11, 2023 2:40 am

Waves
Supersonic
The End

Anders · **Posted:** Sat February 11, 2023 6:48 am

GSMF, Supersonic, Speed Of Sound

GreenMosquito1996 · **Joined:** Fri May 20, 2016 3:10 am **Posts:** 146

Just breathe
Supersonic
Speed of sound

Farmer John · **Joined:** Wed January 02, 2013 9:25 pm **Posts:** 4243

Just Breathe
Supersonic
Force of Nature

JuanHamm · **Joined:** Wed May 30, 2018 6:10 pm **Posts:** 6950

I don't know this album well enough to vote

Stardog Champion · **Joined:** Sun January 06, 2013 6:05 pm **Posts:** 744

The Fixer
Just Breathe
Amongst the Waves

dad · **Joined:** Fri June 24, 2016 2:49 pm **Posts:** 16501

Just Breathe
Supersonic
The End

CopperTom · **Posted:** Sat February 11, 2023 6:13 pm

Johnny Guitar
Just Breathe
The End

bodysnatcher · **Posted:** Sat February 11, 2023 6:15 pm

Only 3?

CopperTom · **Posted:** Sat February 11, 2023 6:17 pm

bodysnatcher wrote:

Only 3?

It's Stip's favorite album. He's throwing it a bone.

bodysnatcher · **Posted:** Sat February 11, 2023 6:19 pm

CopperTom wrote:

bodysnatcher wrote:

Only 3?

It's Stip's favorite album. He's throwing it a bone.

Jesus took the wheel

liebzz · **Joined:** Thu January 03, 2013 7:55 pm **Posts:** 7611

Things I will admit now about Backspacer:

I do actually enjoy Supersonic

I was annoyed when it came out there were songs I thought belonged more with Eddie solo than Pearl Jam proper (Tulumne *ahem* Just Breathe, The End). They get voted off the island with Johnny Guitar, which is Pearl Jam extremely awkwardly trying to do something different.

bodysnatcher · **Posted:** Sat February 11, 2023 8:01 pm

I don’t even know that I could vote for 3 songs to KEEP.

tragabigzanda · **Posted:** Sat February 11, 2023 9:11 pm

I’m not voting in this tourney at all but I’ll take a second to defend every rock song on Backspacer save Amongst the Waves. They’ve aged surprisingly well. The acoustic songs suck ass.

stip · **Joined:** Thu December 13, 2012 6:31 pm **Posts:** 39454

Supersonic, Just Breathe, and The End are eliminated - an ignoble state of affairs for Pearl Jam's biggest hit in twenty years and what felt like a very popular song at the time of Backspacer's release

stip · **Joined:** Thu December 13, 2012 6:31 pm **Posts:** 39454

Backspacer might have become the PJ album have the hardest time ranking. Other than my top two song I like almost all of them equally - a great run of solid songs, but few top shelf.

Given what's here, I'll go with Johnny Guitar, Unthought Known, and Speed of Sound - but again, this is a game of inches

LetMeSleep · **Posted:** Mon February 20, 2023 10:51 am

GSMF
AtW
SoS

Anders · **Posted:** Mon February 20, 2023 10:53 am

LetMeSleep wrote:

GSMF
AtW
SoS

2023 March Madness Survivor: Backspacer Round 5

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