Dark Matter (song)

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I don't think Stone necessarily said it was a Matt song.

It was sort of unclear the way he said it, but I thought he meant "(We) wrote this amazing song called Dark Matter. It started out with a Matt Cameron drum beat"
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smallest_oceans wrote:Stone just leap frogged everyone in the age appearance stakes for this album cycle.
They look so serious. Way to serious.
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DDWJMUVW wrote:The pre chorus is absolutely the best part of this track. It's one of my favorite segments of any song going back quite a ways - ed's vocalization over this riff is slam dunk spot on and perfect for his register these days.
Team Pre-Chorus.
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Yes the pre chorus is great
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Wife Raz agrees with me and thinks the band sounds great. And sadly, Ed should retire. Just imagine say, Jack White in his place here. Could be quite great. I won't start saying "fire".
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tree_ wrote:Wife Raz agrees with me and thinks the band sounds great. And sadly, Ed should retire. Just imagine say, Jack White in his place here. Could be quite great. I won't start saying "fire".
He doesn't need to retire. He's 60 and he still sounds pretty good.
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tree_ wrote:Wife Raz agrees with me and thinks the band sounds great. And sadly, Ed should retire. Just imagine say, Jack White in his place here. Could be quite great. I won't start saying "fire".
Wow, nearly 24 hours between posts in this thread. Congrats
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I'm glad tree said he's step away from this thread but then recruited his wife to beef up his argument about Ed needing to retire
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I played her No Code and Vitalogy in their entireties immediately after the new song, explaining my history of adoration for these albums, and she felt just as bad as, if not worse than me about it. There comes a time.
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tree_ wrote:I played her No Code and Vitalogy in their entireties immediately after the new song, explaining my history of adoration for these albums, and she felt just as bad as, if not worse than me about it. There comes a time.
I can't even imagine my wife's reaction if I played her 2 albums plus a new song just to have a conversation about a grunge singer.
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LetMeSleep wrote:
tree_ wrote:I played her No Code and Vitalogy in their entireties immediately after the new song, explaining my history of adoration for these albums, and she felt just as bad as, if not worse than me about it. There comes a time.
I can't even imagine my wife's reaction if I played her 2 albums plus a new song just to have a conversation about a grunge singer.
It's not like you say. We always listen to music and talk while cooking dinner together. This was on my mind so we went in this direction with her permission.
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tree_ wrote:I played her No Code and Vitalogy in their entireties immediately after the new song, explaining my history of adoration for these albums, and she felt just as bad as, if not worse than me about it. There comes a time.
yes. Youve done this multiple times over the years.
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tree_ wrote:I played her No Code and Vitalogy in their entireties immediately after the new song, explaining my history of adoration for these albums, and she felt just as bad as, if not worse than me about it. There comes a time.
Not surprising that Ed sounds quite different at 59 than he did at 29.
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LetMeSleep wrote:
tree_ wrote:I played her No Code and Vitalogy in their entireties immediately after the new song, explaining my history of adoration for these albums, and she felt just as bad as, if not worse than me about it. There comes a time.
I can't even imagine my wife's reaction if I played her 2 albums plus a new song just to have a conversation about a grunge singer.
I can imagine...I tried to play the new song for my wife and she lasted all of 10 seconds before leaving the room lol. She is not a fan but to her credit I've dragged her to 3-4 shows and she thinks they are amazing live...just would never listen to them otherwise.
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Birds in Hell wrote:
tree_ wrote:I played her No Code and Vitalogy in their entireties immediately after the new song, explaining my history of adoration for these albums, and she felt just as bad as, if not worse than me about it. There comes a time.
Not surprising that Ed sounds quite different at 59 than he did at 29.

hmmmm I wonder if any other factors could also be at play here.....?

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tree_ wrote:Wife Raz agrees with me and thinks the band sounds great. And sadly, Ed should retire. Just imagine say, Jack White in his place here. Could be quite great. I won't start saying "fire".
All cards on the table...Do you love your wife because of who she is now or for who she was then?
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God I hope she doesn't change over 30 years.
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Happy Valentine’s Day
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tree_ wrote:I played her No Code and Vitalogy in their entireties immediately after the new song, explaining my history of adoration for these albums,
On Valentines Day? JFC tree.
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He definitely didn’t
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