Final Four: Jimmy Eat World vs. Brand New

[Anton Djamoos]

Which band is your favorite?

[hailthewarrior]

No clue who will win this, I love both bands... but I gotta bend in and vote for Brand New.

[XEmoBoyShandorX]

Jew!!!!!

[Anton Djamoos]

No clue who will win this, I love both bands... but I gotta bend in and vote for Brand New.
We voted against each other in both matchups this week.

[TSLROCKS]

Jew

[The Summer Ends]

Both are stellar, but JEW is stellarer.

[CarryOn09]

Brand New, even though i love Jimmy.

[Uwe Blab]

Gotta go with Brand New.

[makeshiftmind]

really tough choice but JEW

[hailthewarrior]

We voted against each other in both matchups this week.

So who's Jacob and who's the dude in the black shirt in this case?

I honestly love all four bands, so I don't care who will win it now that Thrice is out.

[SteveLikesMusic]

JEW. 4 great albums (imo) +EP's and bsides...vs 3 great albums.

[ashiex3]

I love JEW much more than Brand New.

[Takk...Ros]

Oh my god. So fucking hard.

[undonesweater93]

JEW is winning. :-)

[Anton Djamoos]

So who's Jacob and who's the dude in the black shirt in this case?

I honestly love all four bands, so I don't care who will win it now that Thrice is out.
I'll be Black shirt guy. You can take Jacob since he's more like Jesus than the other and that's how many users on this site view Jesse Lacey, haha.

[Takk...Ros]

^ nope tied.
EDIT: directed at undonesweater

[bluecrunchy]

This one is going to be close. I voted JEW.

[b4_dRun]

Jimmy Eat World for me

[Talib Scottie]

Love JEW, like Brand New. Jew gets the vote

[hailthewarrior]

I'll be Black shirt guy. You can take Jacob since he's more like Jesus than the other and that's how many users on this site view Jesse Lacey, haha.

Haha. Good call? I honestly didn't expect to see a match up in the final four where I'd be totally unbiased but had to choose... I say up there I bent, I really just went with which one I last wore their band shirt...

[Heart-A-Tact]

Definitely running with JEW on this one.

[Anton Djamoos]

Haha. Good call? I honestly didn't expect to see a match up in the final four where I'd be totally unbiased but had to choose... I say up there I bent, I really just went with which one I last wore their band shirt...
No big deal, unless Jimmy loses by a vote, in which case I'm going to hunt you down.

[Until The Bombs]

Toss up. Went with JEW.

[WTG]

Sadly, it's gonna be Brand New vs Blink in the finals.

[TheRealMartian]

This one is going to a fun one, it's going to be really close.

[dani1292]

I voted for JEW, and they're now tied to 30 votes each.

[nlo13]

Damn. 30 to 31. I made a difference :D
love Brand New but voted for JEW.
Should be a good one though.

[eman83]

Jimmy Eat World.

[fly_guy]

I hope Brand New wins this brand new poll

[hailthewarrior]

No big deal, unless Jimmy loses by a vote, in which case I'm going to hunt you down.

But then I'd finally get to meet the great Anton... which could be cool. Even if you do severely hurt me in the process.

[SlappedActor]

Brand New

[TheRealMartian]

Sadly, it's gonna be Brand New vs Blink in the finals.

I thought that too but I am not too sure now.

[Helpless]

Jimmy!!!!

[westendriot]

JEW. I hope they win the whole thing.

[tonyC4L]

We'll see how close this is after there are more than 68 votes, but I'm honestly really surprised to see such a JEW so close to Brand New.

[ablueskytragedy]

Shit, this is gonna be close.

[Remote]

Brand New.

[Formatfun]

Voted Brand New, and when it's down to 2 great bands like these it's hard to explain why.

[schmalz]

BN. Flipped a coin

[MyWorldEntire]

Brand New easily.

[chipdip18]

This will be quite the match up.

[popdisaster00]

brand new

[SlappedActor]

And Brand New surges back to take the lead. That didn't take long.

[live.]

Jew is hangin' in there, although it's early.

[Bobby Tucker]

Jimmy Eat World. I think Brand New is very good at what they do, but I just don't enjoy anything since YFW...

[S9Dallasoz]

Come on JEW, Come on.

[nlo13]

BN. Flipped a coin

hahah, honestly that's how close it is. I just went with JEW off of a sheer gut decision.

[Helpless]

Come on JEW, Come on.

The little band that could.

[eman83]

Jimmy Eat World. I think Brand New is very good at what they do, but I just don't enjoy anything since YFW...

Hahaha.

[DejaNew]

I will hate it when BN and blink are against each other.

[schmalz]

I will say JEW is the underdog here. I hope it stays close

[singyoutocoma]

Both great bands, but Jimmy is my love.

[Keagan Ilvonen]

This is so tough for me to choose. Both bands have helped shape my life and both have released albums that have different portions of my life in them. I can't vote yet.

[MyWorldEntire]

Suppose this is somewhat irrelevant, since Blink is going to walk to victory.

[jr0d5]

Jimmy Eat World. I think Brand New is very good at what they do, but I just don't enjoy anything since YFW...
i feel the opposite. I don't really like YFW at all but I love the last two LPs

[Steve Henderson]

JEW...easily.

[cscwell107]

Very close. I went with JEW because I am pissed that Brand New knocked New Found Glory out.

[ghelms88]

I hope it's JEW vs. Blink in the finals. Not that it matters much, I have a feeling Blink is taking this one.

[DejaNew]

I will be checking this quite frequently.

[Helpless]

I hope it's JEW vs. Blink in the finals. Not that it matters much, I have a feeling Blink is taking this one.

Gee...ya think?

[chipdip18]

I hope it's JEW vs. Blink in the finals. Not that it matters much, I have a feeling Blink is taking this one.

I hope it's that as well since JEW is the only band that has a chance against Blink on this site.

[Ryzenfall]

Jimmy Eat World obviously, easily, and on this site, hopefully.

[nlo13]

Suppose this is somewhat irrelevant, since Blink is going to walk to victory.

Not necessarily dude. Even with all the people that love blink, there are also just as many people who will vote for whoever they're up against (probably BN) just cuz they took blink's victory against their band personally. people are getting pissed at blink's popularity on this site.

[DejaNew]

i feel the opposite. I don't really like YFW at all but I love the last two LPs
Most people do.

[abusedcat]

Jimmy Eat World.

[boysandbulletsx]

GO BRAND NEW! GOOOOO!
Hahaha, my heart was seriously pounding as I waited for my vote to go through so I could see the results.

[rickbarrera]

well this one was the hardest voted jew because they deserve it most, love both bands but clarity owns this one

[SlappedActor]

I hope it's that as well since JEW is the only band that has a chance against Blink on this site.

If JEW can't beat BN, they wouldn't stand a chance against the juggernaut that is blink-182 on this site, even accounting for the inevitable blink backlash.

[Heart-A-Tact]

Jimmy Eat World obviously, easily, and on this site, hopefully.

Ha, that's a good way to say it.

[ACA]

JEW has more good songs, but Brand New has better songs?

I don't know, I've never really considered this. Deja is a perfect 10 and, but JEW has some close ones. JEW put on a much better live show, though, so I went with them.

[amysaurus]

Brand New is my favorite band = vote for Brand New

[bobby runs]

Brand New gets my vote since I've listened to them more.

[GuitarR0cker1]

Brand Fucking New. I like Jimmy Eat World but I don't really have much of a connection with their music and Brand New has created TDAG.

[boysandbulletsx]

Brand New is my favorite band = vote for Brand New

Brand Fucking New. I like Jimmy Eat World but I don't really have much of a connection with their music and Brand New has created TDAG.
Yes and Yes (but I must add Deja to this. Aaaaaand YFW because it's a good first album for a band for its time).

[BigAl]

Jimmy.

[crimsonandclovr]

shiiiit how is brand new sinning this??? it's jimmy eat fucking world!!!

[eman83]

shiiiit how is brand new sinning this??? it's jimmy eat fucking world!!!

What website are you on?

[nlo13]

come on JEWWWWW

[MyWorldEntire]

shiiiit how is brand new sinning this??? it's jimmy eat fucking world!!!

The poll is asking which band do you like better, so right now more people like Brand New than Jimmy Eat World on this site.

[oldwirehands]

And here we see the generation gap.

[WhoSaidThat?]

Jimmy Eat World.

[dejadevilgod]

Brand new, They're who i listen to most currently.

[friskycurtain]

Jimmy Jimmy Jimmy

[oldwirehands]

JEW...easily.

No doubt.

[chipdip18]

If JEW can't beat BN, they wouldn't stand a chance against the juggernaut that is blink-182 on this site, even accounting for the inevitable blink backlash.

JEW has had quite a few trumps in this tournament, and obviously you're right, if they can't beat Brand New, then they can't beat blink. I just hope blink loses...... ah

[hiya]

Brand Nizzle, although I won't be upset if JEW ends up taking it.

[googirl8907]

Jimmy Eat World.

[TheRealMartian]

I was really hoping for this to be closer towards the end but it looks like it won't. I love both bands.

[MyWorldEntire]

JEW has had quite a few trumps in this tournament, and obviously you're right, if they can't beat Brand New, then they can't beat blink. I just hope blink loses...... ah

Time to start preparing for the inevitable haha. Do you want to have the YHF piece up on SOTS for Friday? I can't seem to get the words to finish the final few questions.

[ghsNICK!]

Jew!

[boysandbulletsx]

The results of this poll are becoming a bit unpredictable. Sometimes, BN is winning by 10%, sometimes 5%. Ehhh, I don't like how close this race is getting.

[PunkDrums182]

This is hard, but I had to go Jimmy Eat World.

[chipdip18]

Time to start preparing for the inevitable haha. Do you want to have the YHF piece up on SOTS for Friday? I can't seem to get the words to finish the final few questions.

Seriously haha, it's over pretty much. Well if you turn in the questions then it's ready to go for thesite.

[SlappedActor]

JEW has had quite a few trumps in this tournament, and obviously you're right, if they can't beat Brand New, then they can't beat blink. I just hope blink loses...... ah

Agreed wholeheartedly with that last part, but I don't think I'd call any of JEW's previous wins "trumps". I think most people expected them to be in the Final Four from the beginning. I know I did.

Taking Back Sunday is the only one that sticks out like a sore thumb. I can't believe they made it this far. Personally, I would have predicted their slot to be taken by Fall Out Boy or Jack's Mannequin, but there you go.

[tcemoo]

i like brand new far more than jimmy eat world, mainly because i met JEW and they were twats. jesse was nice to me.

[GuitarR0cker1]

I am starting to get really annoyed by the Blink fans.

[Cue the Sun]

This is the toughest decision for me so far... but I'm going to have to go with Brand New.

[lightcollapse]

Wouldn't Brand New vs. TBS be ironic.

[Helpless]

i like brand new far more than jimmy eat world, mainly because i met JEW and they were twats. jesse was nice to me.

I thought they were pretty nice when I met them. You probably just caught them on a bad day.

[timb89]

bn

[nlo13]

Wouldn't Brand New vs. TBS be ironic.

hah have you checked the TBS poll? not gonna happen.

[guiguedz]

Brand New's gonna win, but I'm with Jimmy all the way.

[brenByah]

Love Brand New, but I honestly believe JEW is the best band left in this competition. As big a fan as I am of Brand New, I feel like a musical injustice will occur if JEW loses here.

[Ismael182]

Dude, this was the hardest one to vote on ever.. oh wait no, NEXT week is..i still don't even know who i'm going to vote for.

[chipdip18]

Agreed wholeheartedly with that last part, but I don't think I'd call any of JEW's previous wins "trumps". I think most people expected them to be in the Final Four from the beginning. I know I did.
Yeah, i they were expected to go far, and well are. I think they had a few blow outs though.

Taking Back Sunday is the only one that sticks out like a sore thumb. I can't believe they made it this far. Personally, I would have predicted their slot to be taken by Fall Out Boy or Jack's Mannequin, but there you go.
Yeah, oh man i couldn't agree more than i was expecting Fall Out Boy in the final four. If this was in 2005 I think TBS should be in the final four.

[chcougar1]

This is going to be so close.

Both of these bands are much better than Blink 182 in my opinion.

This should be the final.

[MyWorldEntire]

Wouldn't Brand New vs. TBS be ironic.

That would have been fun.

[nlo13]

Love Brand New, but I honestly believe JEW is the best band left in this competition. As big a fan as I am of Brand New, I feel like a musical injustice will occur if JEW loses here.

this.

[boysandbulletsx]

Wouldn't Brand New vs. TBS be ironic.
Hahaha, I was just saying that wish Blink would lose to TBS (because I just really want Brand New to take it all) and then we'd get to see some of the most ridiculous and ridiculously redundant BN vs TBS arguments.

[Ismael182]

Oh dayum, this is closer then I thought it was going to be.

[Alex DiVincenzo]

Brand New

[roju]

love both bands, but went with jew.. i want them to pull out the win!

[Kevin360]

Brand New. No question.

[AsItFallsApart]

JEW narrowly gets my vote

[artistanonymous]

I love Brand New, but Jimmy Eat World took my vote this week. I've never disliked anything they've put out

[DaTBoiDaN]

I feel like JEW deserves this more, but I voted for Brand New. I love both bands, but Brand New is what got me through high school.

[TEAMRAMROD]

JEW by far.

[Clarity14]

JEW. Pretty easily. But either of these bands over Blink or TBS

[blimpcityhero11]

Close, but I had to go with BN...

[bbqamazing]

I feel like JEW deserves this more, but I voted for Brand New. I love both bands, but Brand New is what got me through high school.

i voted brand new as well. i got mad props for jew, but the question is "which band is your favorite?" and yeah...brand new is one of those got-me-through-high-school bands too.

[WFUJerseyJon]

Bigger catalog, and been doing it for longer. JEW all the way.

[friskycurtain]

I am shocked at how close this is....at least Brand New will get a proper challenger

[walshknilb281]

Lacey & Co. They make great music and have gotten me into many more bands besides themselves, Manchester, Colour Revolt, Neutral Milk, mewithoutYou, just to name a few. JEW is good but I don't feel like they have that perfect album, and yes I've heard Clarity.

[gusta0117]

JEW just deserves this over Brand New. i bet Jesse Lacey would even admit this

[brenByah]

I like every record by each band. BN 3 JEW 5. Gotta pick JEW. I couldn't vote against 16 years of solid, fantastic music. As much as I love Jesse and BN I really want them to lose.

[Esrb99]

I really want JEW to win this whole thing...

c'mon guys, just LISTEN to this song!

aWEu6UTOwCI

oh, and all of Clarity.

[kazuma_ootaro28]

Two best bands left in this tournament. Too bad they're going up against each other. I like Deja Entendu more than any of Jimmy Eat World's material though.

[mikeOKBRK]

Jesse Lacey is my man.

[Volo]

JEW just deserves this over Brand New. i bet Jesse Lacey would even admit thisIf these polls were "which band deserves it more" Taking Back Sunday would have been out of this quiiiiiite some time ago.

Edit: Note that I completely agree with you, jus' sayin'.

[chcougar1]

i voted brand new as well. i got mad props for jew, but the question is "which band is your favorite?" and yeah...brand new is one of those got-me-through-high-school bands too.

This. Brand New just hits me harder than JEW does, but I don't deny that JEW is equally amazing (if not even better).

[Mibabalou]

jew by a lot

[Greg]

the real winner is JEW. but i won't be surprised when BN wins. people have a weird obsession with them for some reason. but Jew has far more better songs and albums. such is life...

[MyWorldEntire]

c'mon guys, just LISTEN to this song!


You seriously think that's going to convince people when Brand New has a song like this:

A9IRHu1F1Vw

[FUCKDIRTYWIPES]

Bn.

[Cheshire_Buddha]

Brand New.

Haven't cared for Jimmy Eat World since Bleed American.

[GuitarR0cker1]

You seriously think that's going to convince people when Brand New has a song like this:

A9IRHu1F1Vw
I couldn't have said it better.

[Merkin]

close one, bnew should take it though

[E.VonDahl]

Go JEW!

[RiCCioLi]

how badly did midtown lose to Brand New?

[Esrb99]

You seriously think that's going to convince people when Brand New has a song like this:

yes, yes I do.

[gusta0117]

Alright, everyone go listen to "23" by JEW.

/end of contest

[DejaNew]

Brandddddddddd Newwwwwwwwww

[tawtaw]

JEW, must be.

I've always found Brand New to be kind of meh with a few great songs.

[brenByah]

Alright, everyone go listen to "23" by JEW.

/end of contest

:clap:

[phil19]

its gonna be a close one.
brand new for me

[kidsrdumb]

this one is easy, JEW.. Favorite band and Static Previals still one of my all time favorite records. I'm sorry but from what i read Brand New just does shitty stuff to their fans over and over like starting to play a song that the fans want to hear and then stopping. Who does that? Did they ever send that stuff they asked for a dollar for? The lyrics or something? I'm actually curious.

[tawtaw]

You seriously think that's going to convince people when Brand New has a song like this:

A9IRHu1F1Vw

No matter how many times I'm told that song is great, it stays terrible.

[Indoor Living]

Closer than I was expecting. Since I've never really gotten around to listening to a lot of JEW, my vote goes to Brand New.

[boomerangslang]

Brand New, but I could live with Jimmy if they end up pulling it out.

[chcougar1]

You seriously think that's going to convince people when Brand New has a song like this:

A9IRHu1F1Vw

holy shit. I had never seen that video before.

I'm so crying right now. (and yes I'm a 26 year old male...anyone who has an issue with that can fuck the hell off)

[TheOtherAndrew]

This is by far the toughest one yet. I chose JEW because I want to see this come out as even as possible. I don't think I could actually choose.

[WhoSaidThat?]

This is by far the toughest one yet. I chose JEW because I want to see this come out as even as possible. I don't think I could actually choose.
Well, you can (and just did) choose. Right choice, imo.

[Esrb99]

seconded.

[jimjam32]

jew was one of the first bands i listened too. BN was the first band i loved. so BN it is. haven't really been into JEW since bleed american/self title

[Burn_Burn_Burn]

How could Brand New not win?
I mean no offense, and I know that AbsolutePunk has a reputation for favoritism toward BN, but they chose to stop making pop punk a while back, while JEW have been using the same format of music, albeit with a few changes, for the past 16 years.
Give me a break guys. Brand New put obvious effort to change as much as possible with each new album they put out, and while Your Favorite Weapon wasn't unique musically, the lyrics has a hell of a huge impact on me.
Jimmy Eat World gets an 11/10 for catchiness. But music that makes you truly think, looking at both the bleakness and the hope, always leads to Brand New.
Jeez.

[chcougar1]

No matter how many times I'm told that song is great, it stays terrible.

Terrible? That is a bit harsh. It is not even close to one of my favorite songs by Brand New, but I can see how people could easily get emotionally connected to it.

[brenByah]

This poll is depressing me.

[MyWorldEntire]

No matter how many times I'm told that song is great, it stays terrible.

You'll get it someday.

[ship of fools]

JEW is great, but Brand New has this easy.

[speakhandsforme]

I voted JEW by an inch.

But Brand New will undoubtedly win, leading to the unevitable matchup of Blink vs. Brand New (which everyone knew would happen).

[color_coded]

Alright, everyone go listen to "23" by JEW.

/end of contest
This.

[brenByah]

How could Brand New not win?
I mean no offense, and I know that AbsolutePunk has a reputation for favoritism toward BN, but they chose to stop making pop punk a while back, while JEW have been using the same format of music, albeit with a few changes, for the past 16 years.
Give me a break guys. Brand New put obvious effort to change as much as possible with each new album they put out, and while Your Favorite Weapon wasn't unique musically, the lyrics has a hell of a huge impact on me.
Jimmy Eat World gets an 11/10 for catchiness. But music that makes you truly think, looking at both the bleakness and the hope, always leads to Brand New.
Jeez.

JEW has been using the same format with few changes???? Have you heard Static Prevails and Clarity? There's a HUGE progression between those two records. As far as music that truly makes you think, that's all a matter of a opinon, though I'd pick JEW in that category by a mile. BN may be more likely to give me chills, but JEW's more likely to pen the lines that stick with me for days and play the chords that pull at my heartstrings.

[Kevin360]

holy shit. I had never seen that video before.

I'm so crying right now. (and yes I'm a 26 year old male...anyone who has an issue with that can fuck the hell off)

Hence... Brand New has a way to pull at your heartstrings like no other band. Period.

[crivor]

I went with Brand New...

[chcougar1]

Hence... Brand New has a way to pull at your heartstrings like no other band. Period.

lol whoa...the word heartstrings was used in the last 2 posts of this thread....crazy...but yes...i'm much more emotionally connected with BN's music....but trust me...JEW has some tuggers too (For Me This Is Heaven, 23, etc)

[Volo]

Hence... Brand New has a way to pull at your heartstrings like no other band. Period.Yeah, it had nothing to do with the imagery of a woman holding her child's severed head, or anything.

All the song. Had nothing to do with the video.

:|

[Esrb99]

yeah... because every time I hear work on my mp3 player on shuffle, I don't remember one of the best relationships of my life, getting my first record, and so much more in my life from that time. BN? good, but It doesn't bring back great memories.

Hence... Brand New has a way to pull at your heartstrings like no other band. Period.

[tawtaw]

Terrible? That is a bit harsh. It is not even close to one of my favorite songs by Brand New, but I can see how people could easily get emotionally connected to it.

I can understand the emotional connection, absolutely, just it's insanely boring. I love me some slow/calm acoustic and all that, but that song just kind of crosses the line for me.

Terrible was a bit harsh though.

[chcougar1]

Yeah, it had nothing to do with the imagery of a woman holding her child's severed head, or anything.

All the song. Had nothing to do with the video.

:|

yeah the video has something to do with it, but it makes the song that much more powerful IMO

[kianacarly]

Jimmy Eat World deserve this, hands down.

[poppunknerd182]

Brand New
Tom would feel betrayed...

[boxingwithstars]

this one was tough, but i voted for JEW. i've been a fan a lot longer, and i can say i'm a fan of their entire discography. they're a band that is timeless for me, i can never see myself outgrowing their music.

[chcougar1]

Jimmy Eat World deserve this, hands down.

yeah they do but it is not "which band deserves to win" it is "who is your favorite band?"

[theguy77]

TDAG > anything JEW has done. if we were comparing deja and futures, then it'd be a lot more fair and a lot tougher decision for me as they are like my top two straight pop-rock records. but while jimmy eat world does a great job toying with atmosphere, the noise and dynamics in TDAG are just too good. brand new wins but JEW definitely deserves the respect as a close runner-up for me.

[brenByah]

I can listen to Goodbye Sky Harbor once and it becomes pretty obvious who should get my vote.

[kianacarly]

yeah they do but it is not "which band deserves to win" it is "who is your favorite band?"

Well all right then. Jimmy Eat World is my favorite band, and I feel like they deserve to take the whole thing. I love Brand New as well, but it's really no contest for me.

[brenByah]

TDAG > anything JEW has done. if we were comparing deja and futures, then it'd be a lot more fair and a lot tougher decision for me as they are like my top two straight pop-rock records. but while jimmy eat world does a great job toying with atmosphere, the noise and dynamics in TDAG are just too good. brand new wins but JEW definitely deserves the respect as a close runner-up for me.

I'd say Clarity>TDAG, but I won't argue it. I'm a huge Brand New fan, but in this pull I'd fight for JEW tooth and nail.

[andhearts12]

Jew

[chcougar1]

Well all right then. Jimmy Eat World is my favorite band, and I feel like they deserve to take the whole thing. I love Brand New as well, but it's really no contest for me.

yeah i get that. JEW should take this if it was who deserves it more. but I think BN is a favorite of more people on this site.

[bailmeout13]

Jimmy.

[KingJohn_654]

i just hope BN beats blink

[kianacarly]

yeah i get that. JEW should take this if it was who deserves it more. but I think BN is a favorite of more people on this site.

I know, and it really sucks. I guess I just have so much more emotional attachment to JEW, and none of Brand New's records have ever hit me that same way. Futures is a great album, and I'm glad that the results are at least close so they're not being brutally dominated or anything.

[lostxmyxmind]

Jimmy Eat World
Why do I have a feeling they aren't going to win this one?

[MyWorldEntire]

I'd say Clarity>TDAG, but I won't argue it. I'm a huge Brand New fan, but in this pull I'd fight for JEW tooth and nail.

It's pointless trying to compare albums that are that different.

[kianacarly]

Jimmy Eat World
Why do I have a feeling they aren't going to win this one?

Because people here are crazy for Brand New

[gusta0117]

"i wont always love these selfish things. i wont always live" JEW "23"

that part of the song alone makes JEW the better band.

[kianacarly]

"i wont always love these selfish things. i wont always live" JEW "23"

that part of the song alone makes JEW the better band.

My favorite song

[davidmest]

i did my part and voted brand new.

[lostxmyxmind]

Because people here are crazy for Brand New
Yeah, I honestly think/wish that Jimmy Eat World should/would go all the way. They have been able to achieve mainstream success without sacrificing meaning which is saying a lot for band in this day.

[dcase06]

hang in there jew! you can do it!

[showyourteeth]

bn

[kianacarly]

Yeah, I honestly think/wish that Jimmy Eat World should/would go all the way. They have been able to achieve mainstream success without sacrificing meaning which is saying a lot for band in this day.

For a second I thought you said they should go away and I was sad. But I agree with this.

[lostxmyxmind]

"i wont always love these selfish things. i wont always live" JEW "23"

that part of the song alone makes JEW the better band.
Amazing song. Also, no one sings a curse word more elegantly than they do with "m***** f*****" in "Half Right" (at least not that I have heard).

[lostxmyxmind]

For a second I thought you said they should go away and I was sad. But I agree with this.
I would never say that.

[brenByah]

It's pointless trying to compare albums that are that different.

Others were comparing albums by each band since they're up against one another. I was just throwing my opinon out there for which I felt was the better album. Plus, both albums were huge releases that reached far outside the norms of what their respective counterparts were creating at the time.

[Kevin360]

Yeah, it had nothing to do with the imagery of a woman holding her child's severed head, or anything.

All the song. Had nothing to do with the video.

:|

That wasn't what I meant... but if you want to take it like that, then so be it.

[kianacarly]

I would never say that.

That's good. But as for people saying they haven't evolved in the past 16 years, this is just crazy.

[MyWorldEntire]

"i wont always love these selfish things. i wont always live" JEW "23"

that part of the song alone makes JEW the better band.

Hahaha ok, this is better than anything Jimmy Eat World wrote:

But can I get myself out from underneath
This guilt that will crush me
and in the choir I saw our sad Messiah.
He was bored and tired of my laments.
Said, "I died for you one time, but never again"

[cOnfidence_Man]

Brand New should definitely not beat JEW but whatever

[lostxmyxmind]

That's good. But as for people saying they haven't evolved in the past 16 years, this is just crazy.
Okay, I haven't had time to read through the entire thread because I have a paper due tomorrow, but that is crazy. Listen to Chase This Light and Static Prevails and don't tell me you don't notice a difference.

[kianacarly]

Okay, I haven't had time to read through the entire thread because I have a paper due tomorrow, but that is crazy. Listen to Chase This Light and Static Prevails and don't tell me you don't notice a difference.

I know. Completely ridiculous. I had to take Static Prevails off my iPod today, along with about half my iTunes library because it wouldn't all fit on my sucky 4 GB iPod :-(

[Greg]

Hahaha ok, this is better than anything Jimmy Eat World wrote:

But can I get myself out from underneath
This guilt that will crush me
and in the choir I saw our sad Messiah.
He was bored and tired of my laments.
Said, "I died for you one time, but never again"
hahahhahahahahahhahahaa

no

[drailskid]

Jew

[Burn That Shit]

Two rather talented bands, no reason to get upset because the choice isn't painfully obvious.

[lostxmyxmind]

I know. Completely ridiculous. I had to take Static Prevails off my iPod today, along with about half my iTunes library because it wouldn't all fit on my sucky 4 GB iPod :-(
I feel for you. I used to have that problem before I upgraded to a 120 a few months ago.

[The Raine]

Jimmy.

[SeanEBoy2686]

This match-up should be the final round. I went with JEW, but if BN wins I'll vote for them over Blink.

[kianacarly]

I feel for you. I used to have that problem before I upgraded to a 120 a few months ago.

It sucks because I once was able to hold over 1,000 songs on it, and now it won't let me have over 830. I had to take off so much stuff because I bought a lot of CDs that I've been meaning to pick up over the weekend, so I'm definitely looking to buy a new one. I don't even care how junky and outdated it looks, as long as it holds all of my stuff.

[MyWorldEntire]

hahahhahahahahahhahahaa

no

Well in truth I haven't listened to everything Jimmy Eat World has made, so they might have wrote something better, but those Brand New lyrics are certainly better than those lyrics from Jimmy Eat World's 23

[Greg]

Well in truth I haven't listened to everything Jimmy Eat World has made, so they might have wrote something better, but those Brand New lyrics are certainly better than those lyrics from Jimmy Eat World's 23
then why didn't you just say that in the first place?

why make an ignorant statement that you know admit to being in ingorance?

[kianacarly]

Well in truth I haven't listened to everything Jimmy Eat World has made, so they might have wrote something better, but those Brand New lyrics are certainly better than those lyrics from Jimmy Eat World's 23

JEW writes great lyrics, and 23 is my favorite song, but whoever posted the 23 lyrics did it kind of awkwardly, so I get where you're coming from.

[The Raine]

Well in truth I haven't listened to everything Jimmy Eat World has made, so they might have wrote something better, but those Brand New lyrics are certainly better than those lyrics from Jimmy Eat World's 23

I agree that the specific lyrics you quoted were better, but 23 is definitely better than Limousine.

[failingwithease]

Hmm. This is a good match up. I think I'm going to go with Brand New, however. I haven't listened to all of Jimmy Eat World's discography. I should probably change that.

[theguy77]

hahahhahahahahahhahahaa

no

im not gonna stand up and say jesse's one of the best lyricists, but in comparison to JEW's simple pop lines that are fairly solid but lack a sense of style, jesse's one liners look pretty good.

"what do you carry the torch for, my young man?
do you believe in anything?
or do you carry it around just to burn things down?"

"is this the way a toy feels when it's batteries run dry?
i am the watch you always wear but you forget to wind."

even barring metaphorical lines like that, sometimes it he way he phrases things that puts his lyrics above JEW's.

"wrote more postcards than hooks, i read more maps than books"

"i used to know the name of every person i kissed
now i've made this bed and i can't fall asleep in it"

"am i correct to defend the fist that holds this pen?
it's ink that lies, the pen, the page, the paper."

and then, the imagery:

"i've never felt so hollow
i'm an old abandoned church
with broken pews and empty aisles"

"when it got cold outside
smoking beneath the playground lights
if you're coming home just let me know
sucking on your breathmints
dissected and stuck with pins
a film in her eyes from the glow"

i could come up with many more examples of where jesse is more stylistically sound than jim. let alone the fact that throughout deja i feel that the rhyme schemes and the way they work with the melodies are just SO consistently smooth.

[brenByah]

Hahaha ok, this is better than anything Jimmy Eat World wrote:

But can I get myself out from underneath
This guilt that will crush me
and in the choir I saw our sad Messiah.
He was bored and tired of my laments.
Said, "I died for you one time, but never again"

JEW has better lyrics than the ones posted, and I honestly think BN has better lines than the ones you're posting here.

[MyWorldEntire]

then why didn't you just say that in the first place?

why make an ignorant statement that you know admit to being in ingorance?

Hmmm should have examined the credibility of the poster who made the original comment, I assumed that by posting those lyrics and saying they were the better band, he was posting some of the band's best lyrics. What would you say are some of the best lyrics JEW has wrote?

[Broden Terry]

Jimmy Eat World gets my vote :nod:

[MyWorldEntire]

I agree that the specific lyrics you quoted were better, but 23 is definitely better than Limousine.

Lyrically? I would strongly disagree.

[Greg]

im not gonna stand up and say jesse's one of the best lyricists, but in comparison to JEW's simple pop lines that are fairly solid but lack a sense of style, jesse's one liners look pretty good.

"what do you carry the torch for, my young man?
do you believe in anything?
or do you carry it around just to burn things down?"

"is this the way a toy feels when it's batteries run dry?
i am the watch you always wear but you forget to wind."

even barring metaphorical lines like that, sometimes it he way he phrases things that puts his lyrics above JEW's.

"wrote more postcards than hooks, i read more maps than books"

"i used to know the name of every person i kissed
now i've made this bed and i can't fall asleep in it"

"am i correct to defend the fist that holds this pen?
it's ink that lies, the pen, the page, the paper."

and then, the imagery:

"i've never felt so hollow
i'm an old abandoned church
with broken pews and empty aisles"

"when it got cold outside
smoking beneath the playground lights
if you're coming home just let me know
sucking on your breathmints
dissected and stuck with pins
a film in her eyes from the glow"

i could come up with many more examples of where jesse is more stylistically sound than jim. let alone the fact that throughout deja i feel that the rhyme schemes and the way they work with the melodies are just SO consistently smooth.
well that is awesome. I mean seriously, this is all really cute. I am glad you enjoy Jesse's lyrics, so do I.

BUT

That was not what we were discussing. the point put out there was that ...

"But can I get myself out from underneath
This guilt that will crush me
and in the choir I saw our sad Messiah.
He was bored and tired of my laments.
Said, "I died for you one time, but never again"

was better than anything Jim ever wrote. which is just an absurd statement. and made out of ignorance by the poster's own admission.

your post is cute but not applicable to the point being made.

[kianacarly]

It pains me to see JEW losing this, even though I expected it to happen.

[katieissweet]

Brand New.

[Greg]

Hmmm should have examined the credibility of the poster who made the original comment, I assumed that by posting those lyrics and saying they were the better band, he was posting some of the band's best lyrics. What would you say are some of the best lyrics JEW has wrote?
haha you were the one who made an ignorant statement. your credibility is lost as well. but i give props to the fact that you admitted it. so there is hope for you yet.

but in all seriousness, without giving it much thought I would put most of their Clarity album above BN.

[Jessamachine.]

Brand New.
Love them both, but I love Brand New waaay more.

[gusta0117]

when i posted the lyrics for 23. i wasnt praising the lyrics themselves, but the way he said it. its just the way he meant it.

[The Raine]

Lyrically? I would strongly disagree.

I meant as complete songs. Sorry, I should've further clarified.

[gusta0117]

mostly anyone 17 and under on here is gonna vote BN

[lostxmyxmind]

Can I just say that there is more to a song than just the lyrics? It is the overall feel of the song, how well each parts works with all of the rest, and even just the delivery can make a difference. You can have the best lyrics in the world, but if they don't work with the music or you don't deliver them properly then it doesn't matter.

[theguy77]

well that is awesome. I mean seriously, this is all really cute. I am glad you enjoy Jesse's lyrics, so do I.

BUT

That was not what we were discussing. the point put out there was that ...

"But can I get myself out from underneath
This guilt that will crush me
and in the choir I saw our sad Messiah.
He was bored and tired of my laments.
Said, "I died for you one time, but never again"

was better than anything Jim ever wrote. which is just an absurd statement. and made out of ignorance by the poster's own admission.

your post is cute but not applicable to the point being made.

sorry man, i misinterpreted the point out of context; i thought you were laughing because you thought JEW's lyrics were better than BN's and i agree that that guy chose a poor example to prove his point, so i wanted to bring up several better examples of where jesse's writing is better. my bad.

[lostxmyxmind]

mostly anyone 17 and under on here is gonna vote BN
hey now

[MyWorldEntire]

haha you were the one who made an ignorant statement. your credibility is lost as well. but i give props to the fact that you admitted it. so there is hope for you yet.

but in all seriousness, without giving it much thought I would put most of their Clarity album above BN.

Clarity happens to be one of the band's albums that I have listened to numerous times, and while it has some great lines, I would seriously disagree with that statement.

[theguy77]

mostly anyone 17 and under on here is gonna vote BN

hey thats cool i turn 19 soon.

liking JEW doesnt make you more "mature". JEW is a pop-rock band who was initially influenced by punk and midwestmo. OH HEY LOOK AT THAT, the exact same influences brand new had. go figure.

[lostxmyxmind]

when i posted the lyrics for 23. i wasnt praising the lyrics themselves, but the way he said it. its just the way he meant it.
That was what I meant when I said delivery (I think that post showed up around the same time yours did). Sometimes the words take on a different meaning just based on how the singer delivers them and/or how the music leads into them.

[Greg]

hey thats cool i turn 19 soon.

liking JEW doesnt make you more "mature". JEW is a pop-rock band who was initially influenced by punk and midwestmo. OH HEY LOOK AT THAT, the exact same influences brand new had. go figure.

it's not about being more mature or immature. but the simple fact that the older you are the more likely it is that you were around when Clarity came out, the more likely it is that you will pick JEW over BN for nostalgia reasons. and if you are younger it is more likely you have been more impacted by TDAG. it is not a perfect world so clearly some older folks will vote BN and younger for JEW, but overall it is probably more true than false.

Clarity happens to be one of the band's albums that I have listened to numerous times, and while it has some great lines, I would seriously disagree with that statement.

well you're wrong. Limousine isn't even that great of a song in the first place.

[kianacarly]

Can I just say that there is more to a song than just the lyrics? It is the overall feel of the song, how well each parts works with all of the rest, and even just the delivery can make a difference. You can have the best lyrics in the world, but if they don't work with the music or you don't deliver them properly then it doesn't matter.

Oh hey, I'm quoting you again :-)

I agree with this. Night Drive is an example of where his delivery of the song is what gets me every time, not necessarily the lyrics.

[ctmk]

Hard as hell. On one hand you have clarity and bleed American. On the other you have déjà entendu and tdagarim. All pretty much perfect records. But the devil and god... is my favorite album of all time. Brand new but barely.

[lostxmyxmind]

Oh hey, I'm quoting you again :-)

I agree with this. Night Drive is an example of where his delivery of the song is what gets me every time, not necessarily the lyrics.
:buddies:
(gotta love ap.net smilies)

[emkvetwin]

come on, Jimmy Eat World.

[MyWorldEntire]

well you're wrong. Limousine isn't even that great of a song in the first place.

Just going to ignore subjectivity completely huh?

[kianacarly]

:buddies:
(gotta love ap.net smilies)

Oh yes. Posting this one because I've never gotten to use it

:fish:

[Greg]

Just going to ignore subjectivity completely huh?
in this instance, yes.

[The Raine]

Night Drive is an example of where his delivery of the song is what gets me every time

Oh fuck yes.

[theguy77]

it's not about being more mature or immature. but the simple fact that the older you are the more likely it is that you were around when Clarity came out, the more likely it is that you will pick JEW over BN for nostalgia reasons. and if you are younger it is more likely you have been more impacted by TDAG. it is not a perfect world so clearly some older folks will vote BN and younger for JEW, but overall it is probably more true than false.

ah yeah that makes sense. i mean still though, there are plenty of people in their early 20s who were impacted by TDAG, i mean the BN fans who are voting based on nostalgia are the kind who wouldnt go for the radical change in sound brand new made in the first place, but more for their earlier material.

well you're wrong. Limousine isn't even that great of a song in the first place.

they do more with that song alone than JEW has done with any of their music. i hate to discredit JEW like that cause i love them but its true.

[Greg]

Nightdrive is the only song on Futures I don't enjoy.

[MyWorldEntire]

in this instance, yes.

When comparing lyrics from bands like JEW and BN, subjectivity is pretty much everything. Neither band is writing lines that will be considered amongst the greatest ever wrote.

[ericsounds41]

Overall I listen to Jimmy Eat World more.

[kianacarly]

Oh fuck yes.

Woo :thumbup:

[kianacarly]

I enjoyed everything off Futures, but then again it's my favorite JEW album, so...

[MyWorldEntire]

they do more with that song alone than JEW has done with any of their music. i hate to discredit JEW like that cause i love them but its true.

Congrats on 20k

[boysandbulletsx]

Clarity came out in 1999, so unless you were born in '86 or earlier, you probably don't remember Clarity. There are a solid ten people on this site that fit that description (okay, maybe there's a few more than ten), so I don't think most of the people here are voting based on nostalgia. And I heard JEW before I'd ever heard of BN, but BN is still my favorite.

[Greg]

ah yeah that makes sense. i mean still though, there are plenty of people in their early 20s who were impacted by TDAG, i mean the BN fans who are voting based on nostalgia are the kind who wouldnt go for the radical change in sound brand new made in the first place, but more for their earlier material.



they do more with that song alone than JEW has done with any of their music. i hate to discredit JEW like that cause i love them but its true.


hahahahahhahahahahahaha no

Goodbye Sky Harbor>Limousine

no contest here folks