LogFAQs > #969332032

I'm aware that ideally I should spread the drops out a bit more, but with my schedule it's easiest to get the five songs posted here in the morning & then rest a bit before working on getting final scores for some more songs in the afternoon.

And so it's thus time our final drop for the day, which I'm sure will be the most controversial pick of the five.

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#780: Pearl Jam Porch (7.19):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7_eDMjv0HwU

Nominator: Xtlm [12 Remaining]

Initial Score: 36.41
Revised Score: 30.15
Final Score: 18.83

(First Reaction: I feel like this is a "you had to be there" type of song. I'm sure that, if you're actually in the crowd, then a prolonged instrumental break so the star can go crowdsurf or do whatever nonsense he wishes would be pretty awesome; from a distance, as someone who doesn't particularly have any feelings towards Pearl Jam to begin with, it just feels... long. And theres a lot of extended points of just shouting "hey, hey, hey, hey" or "yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah" that make the song feels like it's so much longer than the 15 or 20 minute long ones that were nominated.)

This definitely feels like the longest nominated song, even though there are numerous examples of longer songs being included. By the time we hit the instrumental break, I really want the song to be over and it's somehow not even the halfway point?? It's just so, so exhausting to listen to. I should try to find more to say, but honestly, I want to just file this song as a sleep aid & move on.

[Final Thoughts: Long and aimless. The guitar work is impressive, but not something I'm super into--or at least not into enough that I want it to be so long. I don't really mind the vague "open to interpretation" lyrics, but there's also no lyrics that I find particularly interesting... it was kinda nice to listen to a masterclass of rockin' guitar playing at first (even if not precisely what I wanted), but by the third listen, I fear I've gotten as much out of the song as I'm ever going to and wish it were a good five minutes shorter than it is. Sorry; I'm not averse to listening to other songs by the band or other rock instrumentals, but this track didn't land for me and has been on a steep decline with each listen.]

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EDIT: Wow, I hadn't intended it or noticed, but that was actually the last elimination of the tier! Tomorrow we'll begin the 20 point tier.