Here's one for a bit of fun - Of the studio albums that Pearl Jam have released - pick a song that wasnt released as a single that you believe would have been the best chance at being a hit had it been released...
Ten - Porch
VS - Small Town
Vitalogy - Last Exit
No Code - Present Tense
Yeild - Faithfull
Binaural - Greivance ('Sad' too if it made it!)
Riot Act - Green Disease
Pearl Jam - Come Back
Here's one for a bit of fun - Of the studio albums that Pearl Jam have released - pick a song that wasnt released as a single that you believe would have been the best chance at being a hit had it been released...
Ten - Porch VS - Small Town Vitalogy - Last Exit No Code - Present Tense Yeild - Faithfull Binaural - Greivance ('Sad' too if it made it!) Riot Act - Green Disease Pearl Jam - Come Back
i can;t argue with that
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Ten - Release
Vs. - W.M.A.
Vitalogy - Last Exit
No Code - Red Mosquito
Yield - All Those Yesterdays
Binaural - Parting Ways
Riot Act - Save You
Avocado - Army Reserve
Lost Dogs - Wash
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Any new realizations would have to wait til he had more time.
Ten - Release Vs. - W.M.A. Vitalogy - Last Exit No Code - Red Mosquito Yield - All Those Yesterdays Binaural - Parting Ways Riot Act - Save You Avocado - Army Reserve Lost Dogs - Wash
I couldn't see Release, WMA, Parting Ways being a hit - and Save You was a single in the US - which baffles me as to how it wasn't a hit - I love that song! Possibly the constant use of the f**k throughout the song perhaps?
Black and Corduroy too. Yeah they weren't singles but since they have become hits I don't think they qualify for this thread.
Yeah fair enough (though small town rarely played in aus') - I suppose betterman definately falls in that category too!! Here is my updated list..
Ten - Porch
VS - Indifference
Vitalogy - Last Exit
No Code - Present Tense
Yeild - Faithfull
Binaural - Greivance ('Sad' too if it made it!)
Riot Act - Green Disease
Pearl Jam - Come Back
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Disqualifying Black, Corduroy, RVM, Small Town, and betterman
1-Porch
2-Indifference (slow, but I don't know anyone who isn't impressed by this one)
3-Nothingman
4-Present Tense
5-In Hiding
6-Grievance
7-You are (they picked the right songs to release from this one)
8-Comatose
Substitute Sad and Down for Grievance and You are if you count b-sides
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I won't comment on past records, I think you've all done well.
As far as "Avacado", MITS would have done far better than Gone. But in my opinion, "Parachutes" would have been a song that would have crossed over to alot of "Pop" stations and gathered alot of air time. Most people that I've had over have heard it during a 5 disk shuffle and said, "whoa...who is this man"? When I state PJ......alot can't believe it/love it and some Non-PJer's quickly act like they don't like it so as not to have to admit it.
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Ten - Porch hands down. It gets a lot of spins here in Philly, but PJ in general does.
Vs. - Kind of tough to pick when considering the two popular non-singles. I'm going to go with Glorified G or Leash, as they are probably closest to PJ's style.
Vitalogy - We'd have to disqualify Nothingman too, folks. Not as popular as Corduroy or Betterman, but in the same vein. Last Exit definitely.
No Code - Smile or Red Mosquito. This album is fairly inaccessible to the casual PJ fan.
Yield - In Hiding easily. Beautiful song. I think Yield could have sold a shitload of records if they made a second video for this song.
Binaural - Grievance or Insignificance. Both have remained concert staples.
Riot Act - I agree with stip that they released the right songs from RA. Man...looking at the tracklist I'm realizing that this is a very inconsistent album. Thumbing My Way might have been nice.
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Present Tense, Faithfull, Smile, Deep, Rats, Sleight of Hand, All those yesterdays, Parting Ways, Army Reserve, Wash, Mankind & Unemployable are ridiculous suggestions, friends. I mean, some of those are amongst my favourite songs. But they're nowhere near hit material imo.
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