Dark Matter (song)

[Fattie_Vedder]

if I have one complaint about this song it's that I'll be on my death bed before Matt decides to crank up his snare drum

Is that a Matt or Watt problem? I genuinely don’t know.

Can Matt crank it up live?

[Birds in Hell]

if I have one complaint about this song it's that I'll be on my death bed before Matt decides to crank up his snare drum

Is that a Matt or Watt problem? I genuinely don’t know.

Can Matt crank it up live?

Do you mean the tuning?

Matt likes a pretty thumpy snare.

[Ello Sailor]

That YouTube video sounds bad because of the sound quality, it's very low bitrate like a bad mp3 so it sounds all watery. Is the official version available anywhere to stream?

Spotify? Unless it's region locked for some reason.

[Ms Harmless]

it's definitely a Matt problem, his live snares have always sounded terrible to me; I've seen people so far blame the snare sound here on Watt and I'd guess they're (mostly) wrong, and Matt had an influence on it

[Ms Harmless]

but then, I do have a particular penchant for a tightly cranked Dave A. or II from Sleep Token snare, and I know that's not to everyone's taste

[Birds in Hell]

That YouTube video sounds bad because of the sound quality, it's very low bitrate like a bad mp3 so it sounds all watery. Is the official version available anywhere to stream?

Spotify? Unless it's region locked for some reason.

I haven't seen the instrumental version on streaming.

[Ello Sailor]

Oh my god Jorge is still going on about the instrumental version. My bad.

[RockPusher]

It's my fault this time actually. I mentioned it as a way to appreciate the depth of the music.

[Ms Harmless]

anyway, EVERYONE is going to love this song once Jorge's vocal cover is out there

[Jorge]

Oh my god Jorge is still going on about the instrumental version. My bad.

That's what we're talking about in this page. Keep up

[Jorge]

... The previous page.

[dimejinky99]

The downfall of this song is going to be how too fast the play it live.

It won’t be Lukin fast but it might be even flow or given to fly too fast.

[Fattie_Vedder]

I love me a tight snare that sounds like an actual snare and not a moist pancake.

Jorge, please please add your vocals to the instrumental. I think that will be the ultimate version that will win over the doubters.

[tragabigzanda]

pearl jam sucks now

[Jorge]

Not my cover: https://vocaroo.com/1f4u9w4KeuCS

[Ello Sailor]

Jorge's Homer covers will never get old. Amazing.

[Noaheb]

Not my cover: https://vocaroo.com/1f4u9w4KeuCS

thats fucking gold!

[Ms Harmless]

laughed so hard I had to catch my breath to breathe, especially when the AI went up an octave

[stip]

Biggest difference with the instrumental version is that you can really hear what the guitars are doing during the chorus. Tasty tasty funka chunk

a few moments jeff’s bas work really comes through too

[DDWJMUVW]

If DTE came out today, there'd be people on this board bemoaning its "basic" riff

You could argue that many of the riffs on yield are basic. What makes the songs special is that there are many simple riffs layered over each other, sometimes distinctly different from each other that push and pull different emotions while adding tons of depth that makes the songs more than the sum of their parts. DTE has a simple but catchy, dancey riff that takes the spotlight only briefly before concluding with a powerful chord that’s given space to echo out, then in comes Jeff with the bass line to add a layer and bolster Ed’s sad, pleading tone, before finally finishing off with a harsh chord progression that descends into he’ll met with rage in Ed’s voice. There is nothing simple about how DTE is arranged.

Not basic:

Faithful bridge
In Hiding (all but chorus) - this song is one of their most intricate to date.
GTF
ATY bridge/outro

Having played all of these for 20 + years - they’re some of my favorite parts/whole songs.