Dark Matter (song)

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scrub12 wrote:

A new band photo so they can stop using the Gigaton one. Maybe.
So much better. The Gigaton promo shot looked like a cover band playing the Noon slot at the state fair.
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pearl jam sucks now
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I like the new album aesthetic

it has a sense of humour but in the right way
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evenslow wrote: So much better. The Gigaton promo shot looked like a cover band playing the Noon slot at the state fair.
Right...At least there's some sense of artistry to this...The Gigaton shots looked like my buddy's bar band who play weddings on the weekends
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That breakdown after the first chorus is the fucking tits. :heartbeat:
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tragabigzanda wrote:Stone looks like he caught his kid rifling through his wallet
I feel like when they said "watt's my motivation" to the photographer, that was exactly it for all of them
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spike wrote:
Bi_3 wrote:
tree_ wrote:

This is disturbing
Now I’m concerned Ed’s had a stroke.
the three seconds at the 1:57 mark is bizarre
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Chris_H_2 wrote:
spike wrote:
Bi_3 wrote:
tree_ wrote:

This is disturbing
Now I’m concerned Ed’s had a stroke.
the three seconds at the 1:57 mark is bizarre
i cannot listen to 10 seconds without giggling aloud.. but that is easily the funniest part
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tree_ wrote:i don't understand why ed can't or doesn't care to enunciate any better than this
Then again there was the few years were he did so, so much that every word had 15 syllables and we all begged him to stop. I'll take SNL skit evenflow mumbling over that any day of the week.
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What is he singing here? (second half of first verse)

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Take the breath from my chest
Rip the thoughts from my mind
When (???) dark matter
=================-===

"This is hen?" lol
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Walker Bait wrote:
tree_ wrote:i don't understand why ed can't or doesn't care to enunciate any better than this
Then again there was the few years were he did so, so much that every word had 15 syllables and we all begged him to stop. I'll take SNL skit evenflow mumbling over that any day of the week.
Feeeeaaaahhhrrrr the eiiiiiyyaghty fiiiiyahhhiiiive perceyyyyyyant daaaaawaaahhhhrkkk mahhhhhyaatahhhhhrrrr

Yeah....we're glad that seems to be a thing of the past...Don''t care if he sings with a mouthful of cheez-its, so long as we're done with the 57 vowels per syllable.
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Walker Bait wrote:
tree_ wrote:i don't understand why ed can't or doesn't care to enunciate any better than this
Then again there was the few years were he did so, so much that every word had 15 syllables and we all begged him to stop. I'll take SNL skit evenflow mumbling over that any day of the week.
100% same
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Ms Harmless wrote:Just A Girl

I hate that song but that's this Pearl Jam
I've loved that song since it was in a bootleg way back. I'd said when the clip came out that I got those vibes and I still feel that way.
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Chris_H_2 wrote:
spike wrote:
Bi_3 wrote:
tree_ wrote:

This is disturbing
Now I’m concerned Ed’s had a stroke.
the three seconds at the 1:57 mark is bizarre
man i really like that
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Val wrote:What is he singing here? (second half of first verse)

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Take the breath from my chest
Rip the thoughts from my mind
When (???) dark matter
=================-===

"This is hen?" lol
I think I hear “And they called and I said that I want what I said and then I called out again”
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The isolated vocals are pretty funny…. but it’s a musically interesting song.
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stip wrote:
Chris_H_2 wrote:
spike wrote:
Bi_3 wrote:
tree_ wrote:

This is disturbing
Now I’m concerned Ed’s had a stroke.
the three seconds at the 1:57 mark is bizarre
man i really like that
sounds like an old lady who got mugged on the street screaming "HE'S GOT ALL MY LOOSE CHANGE!"
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stip wrote:
Chris_H_2 wrote:
spike wrote:
Bi_3 wrote:
tree_ wrote:

This is disturbing
Now I’m concerned Ed’s had a stroke.
the three seconds at the 1:57 mark is bizarre
man i really like that
Same.

A lot of this reminds me of that part in Superblood Wolfmoon where he so clearly flubs the “I can see you” line that it comes out sounding like “I’m a dinga,” but the energy is exactly right so fuck it why fix it
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Man. Listened to this song for the 20th time or so tonight, the last 10 on my good headphones. This 52 year old, harried, stressed, struggling human being really fucking needed this.
Free boops today.
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oneway23 wrote: Yeah....we're glad that seems to be a thing of the past...Don''t care if he sings with a mouthful of cheez-its, so long as we're done with the 57 vowels per syllable.
It is said the antique philosopher Demosthenes would go to an isolated beach where he'd put pebbles in his mouth and practice his speeches while trying to drown out the waves with his voice.

Ed is like that.
Except with Cheez-its, but also waves.
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