# Pearl Jam April Madness 2008 - Round One "Go" **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [April 22, 2008, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pearl-jam-april-madness-2008-round-one-go/446460 "2008-04-22T21:29:48Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 19\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![fusoya](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ecccb3/32.png) [@fusoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fusoya)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2008, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pearl-jam-april-madness-2008-round-one-go/446460/1 "2008-04-22T21:29:48Z")
I’ve never been one to really participate in these Madness threads, but I figure if I start now, I might as well take control of one rather than just play. **Pearl Jam** - they’ve been referred to many times as the best active American rock band. There was a time in the 90s when they were the biggest band in the world, but due to Green Day and Oasis trying to steal the limelight, and the bands’ non-willingness to work on staying mainstream, they were pushed aside for a while…where they kept their loyal fans, kept putting out new albums (one of their problems is they ventured a bit away from their grunge style. Some people liked it, many more didn’t) and kept touring, but it wasn’t until their latest release that they really got big again. They have 8 albums, a B-sides double-album, a greatest hits double-album and more live albums than any other band in history. In 2008, they are still the hardest ticket on earth to get, and rightfully so, because they put on the best music show you’ll ever see. Because they haven’t had a steady stream of singles (because they wouldn’t play the MTV or top-40 radio game), this Madness tournament may be difficult to participate in for casual fans. I’ve broken the conferences down to the four consistent members of the band. They are mostly grouped by the writing credit, but since three of their albums only had the “all songs by Pearl Jam, except…” credit, I had to disperse those songs to make the conferences more even. I have not included any cover songs (those of you who came in here just to vote for Last Kiss can leave NOW) but did include some of the more popular B-sides. Top seeds are the big singles, and lower seeds is a diverse collection of good songs and most of my personal favorites. Remember that you are voting for the one of two songs which you want to ADVANCE to the next round. I’ll let the opening round run through until Saturday night, or until there aren’t any posts for 24 hours, whichever comes first. Enjoy! **Eddie Vedder** conference: 1. Alive vs 16. Off He Goes 2. World Wide Suicide vs 15. Cropduster 3. Daughter vs 14. Green Disease 4. Black vs 13. Mini Fast Car 5. Betterman vs 12. Yellow Ledbetter 6. I Am Mine vs 11. Man of the Hour 7. Corduroy vs 10. Porch 8. Elderly Woman Behind The Counter In A Small Town vs 9. Wishlist **Jeff Ament** conference: 9. Jeremy vs 16. Tremor Christ 10. Life Wasted vs 15. Rats 11. Why Go vs 14. Garden 12. Low Light vs 13. Blood 13. Nothing As It Seems vs 12. Oceans 14. God’s Dice vs 11. Unemployable 15. Smile vs 10. Sleight of Hand 16. Severed Hand vs 9. Nothingman **Stone Gossard** conference: 17. Even Flow vs 16. Mankind 18. Do The Evolution vs 15. All Those Yesterdays 19. Once vs 14. Thin Air 20. State of Love & Trust vs 13. No Way 21. Wash vs 12. Satan’s Bed 22. Of The Girl vs 11. Bushleaguer 23. Who You Are vs 10. In Hiding 24. In My Tree vs 9. Last Exit **Mike McCready** conference: 25. Given To Fly vs 16. Habit 26. Rearviewmirror vs 15. Animal 27. Spin The Black Circle vs 14. Release 28. Hail Hail vs 13. Inside Job 29. Go vs 12. Brain of JFK 30. Marker in the Sand vs 11. Leash 31. Light Years vs 10. Faithful 32. Save You vs 9. Comatose ---
**Author:** ![Justin\_Credible](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a8b319/32.png) [@Justin\_Credible](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Justin_Credible)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2008, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pearl-jam-april-madness-2008-round-one-go/446460/2 "2008-04-22T23:44:37Z")
**Eddie Vedder** conference: 1. Alive 2. World Wide Suicide 3. Daughter 4. Black 5. Yellow Ledbetter 6. I Am Mine **Jeff Ament** conference: 7. Jeremy 8. Oceans **Stone Gossard** conference: 9. Even Flow **Mike McCready** conference: ---
**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2008, 1:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pearl-jam-april-madness-2008-round-one-go/446460/3 "2008-04-23T01:09:03Z")
Wow, I am a huge PJ fan but a first-four-albums fan. I totally suck - I don’t know half of these tunes ☹ ---
**Author:** ![fusoya](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ecccb3/32.png) [@fusoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fusoya)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2008, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pearl-jam-april-madness-2008-round-one-go/446460/4 "2008-04-23T02:04:44Z")
You need to study up! Their fifth album is their best one, and their newest is my second favorite. Besides, do you want Justin Credible to dictate the winners? ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2008, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pearl-jam-april-madness-2008-round-one-go/446460/5 "2008-04-23T02:07:00Z")
Vedder Conference: 1. Alive 2. Cropduster 3. Daughter 4. Black 5. Betterman 6. Man of the Hour 7. Corduroy 8. Elderly Woman Behind The Counter In A Small Town Ament Conference: 9. Jeremy (Absolutely the hardest call to make; I love “Tremor Christ”) 10. Life Wasted 11. Why Go 12. Low Light 13. Nothing As It Seems 14. Unemployable 15. Sleight of Hand 16. Nothingman Gossard Conference: 17. Even Flow 18. Do The Evolution 19. Thin Air 20. State of Love & Trust 21. Satan’s Bed 22. Bushleaguer 23. Who You Are 24. Last Exit McCready Conference: 25. Given To Fly 26. Rearviewmirror 27. Release 28. Hail Hail 29. Go 30. Leash 31. Light Years 32. Save You ---
**Author:** ![HongKongFooey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c4cdca/32.png) [@HongKongFooey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HongKongFooey)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2008, 9:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pearl-jam-april-madness-2008-round-one-go/446460/6 "2008-04-23T09:54:43Z")
**Eddie Vedder** conference: 16. Off He Goes Cropduster 1. Daughter 2. Black 3. Betterman 4. I Am Mine 5. Porch 6. Elderly Woman Behind The Counter In A Small Town **Jeff Ament** conference: 16. Tremor Christ 1. Life Wasted 2. Why Go 3. Blood 4. Nothing As It Seems 5. Unemployable 6. Smile 7. Nothingman **Stone Gossard** conference: 8. Even Flow 9. Do The Evolution 10. Once 11. State of Love & Trust 12. Satan’s Bed 13. Bushleaguer 14. Who You Are 15. Last Exit **Mike McCready** conference: 16. Given To Fly 17. Animal 18. Spin The Black Circle 19. Hail Hail 20. Go 21. Marker in the Sand 22. Light Years 23. Save You ---
**Author:** ![gonzoron](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a6a055/32.png) [@gonzoron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gonzoron)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2008, 2:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pearl-jam-april-madness-2008-round-one-go/446460/7 "2008-04-23T14:11:48Z")
**Eddie Vedder** conference: Alive World Wide Suicide Daughter Black Yellow Ledbetter I Am Mine Corduroy Elderly Woman Behind The Counter In A Small Town (this was an agonizing choice, I love both) **Jeff Ament** conference: Jeremy Life Wasted Why Go Blood Nothing As It Seems Unemployable Sleight of Hand Nothingman **Stone Gossard** conference: Even Flow All Those Yesterdays Once State of Love & Trust Satan’s Bed Of The Girl In Hiding Last Exit **Mike McCready** conference: Given To Fly Rearviewmirror (another agonizer) Release Hail Hail Go Leash Light Years Save You ---
**Author:** ![zolak](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/e79b87/32.png) [@zolak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zolak)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2008, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pearl-jam-april-madness-2008-round-one-go/446460/8 "2008-04-23T15:57:46Z")
**Eddie Vedder** conference: 16. Off He Goes 2. World Wide Suicide 3. Daughter 4. Black 12. Yellow Ledbetter 11. Man of the Hour 10. Porch 8. Elderly Woman Behind The Counter In A Small Town **Jeff Ament** conference: 16. Tremor Christ 2. Life Wasted 14. Garden 4. Low Light 12. Oceans 11. Unemployable 7. Smile 8. Severed Hand **Stone Gossard** conference: 1. Even Flow 2. Do The Evolution 3. Once 4. State of Love & Trust 5. Wash 6. Of The Girl 7. In Hiding 8. In My Tree **Mike McCready** conference: 1. Given To Fly 2. Rearviewmirror 3. Release 4. Hail Hail 5. Go 6. Marker in the Sand 7. Faithful 8. Comatose [/QUOTE] ---
**Author:** ![Pushkin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ee59a6/32.png) [@Pushkin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pushkin)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2008, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pearl-jam-april-madness-2008-round-one-go/446460/9 "2008-04-24T14:17:10Z")
[QUOTE=fusoya] In 2008, they are still the hardest ticket on earth to get, and rightfully so, because they put on the best music show you’ll ever see [/QUOTE] They’re one of three acts I always wanted to see on stage, the others being Jethro Tull and Jeff Wayne’s War of the Worlds (which I didn’t and did see respectively). I caught them down in Dublin last year, it was a real blast. ---
**Author:** ![Pushkin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ee59a6/32.png) [@Pushkin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pushkin)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2008, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pearl-jam-april-madness-2008-round-one-go/446460/10 "2008-04-24T14:20:19Z")
Oh yeah and my choices… Where I can’t remember the song I’ve left the answer blank, is that ok? **Eddie Vedder** conference: 1. Alive 2. World Wide Suicide 3. Daughter 4. Black 5. Betterman 6. I Am Mine 7. Corduroy 8. Wishlist **Jeff Ament** conference: 1. Jeremy 2. Why Go 3. Oceans 4. God’s Dice 5. Sleight of Hand 6. Nothingman **Stone Gossard** conference: 1. Even Flow 2. Do The Evolution 3. Once 4. State of Love & Trust 5. Satan’s Bed 6. Bushleaguer 7. In My Tree **Mike McCready** conference: 1. Given To Fly 2. Rearviewmirror 3. Spin The Black Circle 4. Hail Hail 5. Go 6. Leash ---
**Author:** ![Hellestal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/3ab097/32.png) [@Hellestal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hellestal)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2008, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pearl-jam-april-madness-2008-round-one-go/446460/11 "2008-04-24T16:54:15Z")
**I Got Shit** should be in the running. What kinda PJ fan are you, anyway, **fusoya**? 😛 **Eddie Vedder** conference: 1. Off He Goes 2. World Wide Suicide 3. Daughter 4. Black 5. Yellow Ledbetter 6. I Am Mine 7. Corduroy 8. Elderly Woman Behind The Counter In A Small Town **Jeff Ament** conference: 9. Tremor Christ 10. Life Wasted 11. Why Go 12. Low Light 13. Nothing As It Seems 14. Unemployable 15. Smile 16. Nothingman **Stone Gossard** conference: 17. Even Flow 18. All Those Yesterdays 19. Thin Air 20. No Way 21. Satan’s Bed 22. Of The Girl vs 10. In Hiding 1. In My Tree **Mike McCready** conference: 2. Given To Fly 3. Rearviewmirror 4. Release 5. Hail Hail 6. Brain of JFK 7. Marker in the Sand 8. Faithful 9. Save You ---
**Author:** ![Amazingrace](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8edcca/32.png) [@Amazingrace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amazingrace)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2008, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pearl-jam-april-madness-2008-round-one-go/446460/12 "2008-04-24T22:16:38Z")
Eddie Vedder conference: 1. Alive 2. World Wide Suicide 3. Daughter 4. Black 5. Betterman 6. I Am Mine 7. Porch 8. Elderly Woman Behind The Counter In A Small Town Jeff Ament conference: 1. Jeremy 2. Life Wasted 3. Oceans 4. Unemployable 5. Nothingman Stone Gossard conference: 6. Even Flow 7. Do The Evolution 8. Once 9. State of Love & Trust 10. Bushleaguer Mike McCready conference: 1. Given To Fly 2. Go 3. Light Years 4. Comatose ---
**Author:** ![phungi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/phungi/32/395_2.png) [@phungi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/phungi)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2008, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pearl-jam-april-madness-2008-round-one-go/446460/13 "2008-04-24T23:43:46Z")
Eddie Vedder conference: 1. Alive 2. World Wide Suicide 3. Daughter 4. Black 5. Yellow Ledbetter 6. I Am Mine 7. Porch 8. Elderly Woman Jeff Ament conference: 16. Tremor Christ 2. Life Wasted 14. Garden 4. Low Light 5. Nothing As It Seems 11. Unemployable 10. Sleight of Hand 8. Severed Hand Stone Gossard conference: 1. Even Flow 2. Do The Evolution 3. Once 4. State of Love & Trust 5. Wash 6. Of The Girl 7. In Hiding 8. Last Exit Mike McCready conference: 9. Given To Fly 10. Rearviewmirror 11. Release 12. Hail Hail 13. Brain of JFK 14. Marker in the Sand 15. Light Years 16. Save You ---
**Author:** ![fusoya](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ecccb3/32.png) [@fusoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fusoya)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2008, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pearl-jam-april-madness-2008-round-one-go/446460/14 "2008-04-25T16:36:03Z")
At this point, there is a 16 seed which is only one point behind a #1 seed! It’s been a pretty diverse set of votes so far, as only 6 songs have not received any votes yet! Keep them coming…if you don’t know both songs, you can leave them blank (I’d prefer if you didn’t vote if you only know one of the two, but I’m not going to dictate HOW you decide to vote). ---
**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2008, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pearl-jam-april-madness-2008-round-one-go/446460/15 "2008-04-25T17:11:27Z")
Ok I’ll vote on what I know: **Eddie Vedder** conference: 1. Alive (close!) 2. Black 3. Yellow Ledbetter 4. Porch (incredibly tough bracket - SHAME on you!) 5. Elderly Woman Behind The Counter In A Small Town **Jeff Ament** conference: 6. Jeremy 7. Garden 8. Blood **Stone Gossard** conference: 9. Even Flow 10. All Those Yesterdays 11. State of Love & Trust 12. Satan’s Bed 13. Last Exit **Mike McCready** conference: 14. Given To Fly 15. Rearviewmirror 16. Release ---
**Author:** ![Hellestal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/3ab097/32.png) [@Hellestal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hellestal)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2008, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pearl-jam-april-madness-2008-round-one-go/446460/16 "2008-04-25T18:07:35Z")
[QUOTE=fusoya] At this point, there is a 16 seed which is only one point behind a #1 seed! It’s been a pretty diverse set of votes so far, as only 6 songs have not received any votes yet! Keep them coming…if you don’t know both songs, you can leave them blank (I’d prefer if you didn’t vote if you only know one of the two, but I’m not going to dictate HOW you decide to vote). [/QUOTE] I just realized “Footsteps” isn’t in the running either. Ouch. That’s a painful oversight. ---
**Author:** ![fusoya](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ecccb3/32.png) [@fusoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fusoya)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2008, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pearl-jam-april-madness-2008-round-one-go/446460/17 "2008-04-25T20:21:58Z")
Corners always have to be cut when there’s a limit to the # of songs. I didn’t want to include TOO many B-sides (and tried to keep a balance between albums too), so not everything was able to make it in. Believe me, this was not an easy list to make. I just realized that only one song from Ten was left off of this list (Deep), but since it was by far their best selling album, it seems fitting. ---
**Author:** ![whenvel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c67d28/32.png) [@whenvel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/whenvel)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2008, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pearl-jam-april-madness-2008-round-one-go/446460/18 "2008-04-26T22:52:50Z")
Vedder: Alive Worldwide Suicide Daughter Black Yellow Ledbetter (Tough 5-12 matchup) Porch Elderly Ament: Jeremy Life Wasted Why Go Low Light Oceans God’s Dice Smile Nothingman Gossard: Evenflow All Those Yesterdays Thin Air State of Love & Trust Wash Of the Girl In Hiding Last Exit McCready: Given to Fly Animal Spin the Black Circle Hail Hail Brain of J Marker in the Sand Light Years Save You ---
**Author:** ![fusoya](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ecccb3/32.png) [@fusoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fusoya)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2008, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pearl-jam-april-madness-2008-round-one-go/446460/19 "2008-04-28T00:50:29Z")
Okay, the voting is closed. Discussion is still open, but I will be starting a second round thread after I finish posting this. Very diverse set of votes. A couple upsets, no big SURPRISES (although Tremor Christ nearly dethroned a #1 seed) but almost every song got at least 1 vote. There were a couple of ties, in which case I asked my girl **Moofy** (who was too busy and not enough of a PJ fan to vote in the entire opening round) to cast the deciding vote. Vedder: Alive (8) over Off He Goes (3) Suicide (8) over Cropduster (2) Daughter shuts out Green Disease Black shuts out MFC Yellow Ledbetter (7) upsets Betterman (5) I Am Mine (7) defeats Man of the Hour (2) Corduroy (7) BARELY defeats Porch (6) Elderly (9) over Wishlist (1) Ament: Jeremy (7) over Tremor Christ (4) Life Wasted shuts out Rats Why Go (6) over Garden (3) Low Light (5) over Blood (3) Oceans (6) over Nothing As It Seems (5) Unemployable (7) upsets God’s Dice (2) Nothingman (7) over Severed Hand (2) Gossard: Even Flow shuts out Mankind Do The Evolution (6) over All Those Yesterdays (4) Once (6) over Thin Air (3) State of Love & Trust (9) over No Way (1) Satan’s Bed (6) upsets Wash (3) Of the Girl (5) narrowly defeats Bushleaguer (4) In Hiding (5) defeats Who You Are (2) Last Exit (6) defeats In My Tree (3) McCready: Given To Fly shuts out Habit Rearviewmirror (7) over Animal (2) Release (6) upsets Spin The Black Circle (3) Hail Hail (8) shuts out Inside Job Go (6) over Brain of JFK (3) Marker in the Sand (4) narrowly defeats Leash (3) Light Years (7) defeats Faithful (2) Save You (6) defeats Comatose (2)