Song of the Moment: Fatal

[stip]

old thread archived here

[Anders]

Incredible song. It just came on here, and it was unskippable. Much better than what Ed has released in 2021.

[Got Some]

Still can’t believe they left this one off Binaural but Soon Forgets couldn’t be cut

[Anders]

Yes, poor decision.

[Thurman Murman]

Absolutely gorgeous song. Probably my second favorite outtake from these legendary sessions.

[JuanHamm]

God I miss the days of Fatal and Man of the Hour when it looked like Pearl Jam were going to age gracefully and not desperately cling to their youth.

[Ms Harmless]

this song is as good as it gets

[mkay0]

Still can’t believe they left this one off Binaural but Soon Forgets couldn’t be cut

Binaural is probably the biggest example I've ever seen of a group really not having any clue what they have in their recording sessions.

Sad and Fatal are in my post-Yield top 10, and In the Moonlight is really not far behind.

[Got Some]

I don’t think Tchad Blake loving this song helped it’s case

[rick malone]

I think to see why Gods' Dice and Evacuation made it and not Fatal you have to understand Pearl Jam's history. Of course a producer would say songs like Mankind and Lukin were minor, or substandard. But Eddie, in particular has an affinity with garage rock/punk that he doesn't openly express with a Radiohead or the bands(I'm thinking 90's) that maybe wrote albums full of songs like Fatal. Eddie once slagged Oasis' live show as boring. I took this to mean not enough up tempo songs, no energy.

I wouldn't mind taking out NAIS and putting in Fatal to the original album tracklist.

[tragabigzanda]

Education is a corny Sondheim showtune

[E.H. Ruddock]

Taking NaiS off of binaural would be dumb. Fatal is better than some songs on the album but certainly not NaiS

[JuanHamm]

Education is a corny Sondheim showtune

Hey now, let's not say things we're going to regret

[Norris]

Binaural does not need to be changed. Fatal is a great song that exists as a non album track and that is ok.

[tragabigzanda]

Education is a corny Sondheim showtune

Hey now, let's not say things we're going to regret

Play the song but now picture a bunch of Broadway performers in colorful getups doing goofy choreography about their education. Can't unsee it.

[bodysnatcher]

Binaural does not need to be changed. Fatal is a great song that exists as a non album track and that is ok.

Norris gets it.
Just be happy we have Fatal and heard it. It can just be a song. Doesn’t need to be shoehorned into an album just bc it was written around the same time.

[E.H. Ruddock]

Hey snatch, remember Fatal in Missoula?

[bodysnatcher]

Hey snatch, remember Fatal in Missoula?

Heck yeah I do, it was wonderful

[lowlight79]

Whoever made the decision to leave this off Binaural should of be fired.

[Monkey_Driven]

Hey snatch, remember Fatal in Missoula?

Heck yeah I do, it was wonderful

Just watched a video of it. You guys are right.