Dark Matter: Official Album Thread

[Vindicator]

Really hard to imagine that a song called Waiting for Stevie, literally written about waiting for Stevie, isnt best placed as a b-side.

Yeah, really can't believe the song title. And it has one of the longest run times of the album, and if it's the In Hiding esque song from the leak, it may be one of the best songs.

[stip]

Really hard to imagine that a song called Waiting for Stevie, literally written about waiting for Stevie, isnt best placed as a b-side.

Exhibit B: Love Boat Captain

(but you're not wrong)

[elliseamos]

I for one like that Watt had the song end and not fade out.

Makes me think the album will be tight.

[elliseamos]

Tight like NumbersUp after a soak.

[Gigalogy84]

Really hard to imagine that a song called Waiting for Stevie, literally written about waiting for Stevie, isnt best placed as a b-side.

Exhibit B: Love Boat Captain

(but you're not wrong)

Despite the title, Love Boat Captain is one of my favorites from Riot Act. Same goes with Johnny Guitar being one of my faves from Backspacer. Now I’m really interested in hearing Waiting For Stevie the more I think about it.

[Ms Harmless]

I'm irrationally worried about Waiting for Stevie. Has the potential to be a really dumb Vedder/Watt in-joke that only two rich guys in a recording studio would think is funny.

like Johnny Guitar?

[Ms Harmless]

I for one like that Watt had the song end and not fade out.

Makes me think the album will be tight.

yep, I really don't think he massacred this performance; yes he has a modern style and yes, for me that worked better for solo Ed than for PJ, and yes I think Gigaton sounds more organic (most of the time, those bars of drums before SBWM sound more robotic than anything in this song)

but Watt put these guys in a room, together, said "play, together", and then enhanced certain ideas to give us a few delicious, classically PJ twists and turns; and I for one am grateful for that, and grateful that PJ are out of a creative slump that I became quite depressed about for a while; they're not "back", they are simply being themselves in 2024; but they, and me, are more alligned in 2024 than we were 3 albums ago and that's something I'm celebrating

[Ms Harmless]

and "Waiting for Stevie" sounds like an ode to one of Ed's heroes; again, business as usual, this is what Ed likes to do and that's fine with me

let. them. cook

[Anders]

Really hard to imagine that a song called Waiting for Stevie, literally written about waiting for Stevie, isnt best placed as a b-side.

Exhibit B: Love Boat Captain

(but you're not wrong)

Love Boat Captain is great, and I also think McP is right.

[dimejinky99]

God I just really wanted to love this album with trag so much

Sorry, boo

You can love it with me, though!

Yes but we already love everything together!

Are you both fuckin doing me dirty??


The only two people on here I have your phone numbers!

Bastards

I have both yer numbers. Behave!

Did you see my post to you in the Dublin PJ concert thread??!

I haven’t ventured into said thread yet. I shall

[WaitingForBluey]

Wth is singles era Pearl Jam songs recorded before Release and after Alive

My assumption was Breath and State of Love and Trust?

Prob more like "waiting for somebody".

That's immediately what I thought too. My mind went straight to... na na na na na na na na na na....

[Strat]

If any of you mock Paul westerberg I'll blow this board up. Waiting for somebody and dyslexic heart are awesome.

[warehouse]

If any of you mock Paul westerberg I'll blow this board up. Waiting for somebody and dyslexic heart are awesome.

also, image writing a song with your band while you are waiting to record with stevie wonder. maybe its just me, but just the idea is giving me a boner

[oneway23]

If any of you mock Paul westerberg I'll blow this board up. Waiting for somebody and dyslexic heart are awesome.

Hell yes...take a firm hand here, Strat

[E.H. Ruddock]

I've got a firm hand for strat

[tragabigzanda]

pearl jam sucks now

[Strat]

If any of you mock Paul westerberg I'll blow this board up. Waiting for somebody and dyslexic heart are awesome.

Why are you getting so defensive about the guy from AntMan

You're a condescending punk!

[Monkey_Driven]

Honestly, the thing that excites me most about this record is how little time it took to create it. Just dudes in the same room hammering it out. Even if the production is suspect, there should be some cool ideas and spontaneity in the construction of the songs.

[oneway23]

Honestly, the thing that excites me most about this record is how little time it took to create it. Just dudes in the same room hammering it out. Even if the production is suspect, there should be some cool ideas and spontaneity in the construction of the songs.

Easily the most exciting aspect for me as well. No more home demos, recorded individually and in isolation, getting de-molecularized & re-assembled via Protools

[VinylGuy]

Im not sure if everything comes from those three weeks at Shangri La; Waiting for Stevie main idea at least comes from the Earthling sessions.

And they also did a few encounters at Watt’s studio. I do love they spent time at Shangri La.

Hopefully a good EPK or something comes out with some footage of that