Dark Matter (song)

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Dark Matter Initial Reactions

5 Stars
33
17%
4 Stars
92
48%
3 Stars
56
29%
2 Stars
8
4%
1 Star
3
2%
 
Total votes: 192

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This thread is good
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We should keep it going
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Jorge wrote:We should keep it going
Relentless pounding.
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I was in meetings all day. the next two weeks are not conducive to my Dark Matter comparisons
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Here's a thought: the song would be better if it was about 15% slower. A lumbering, menacing and heavy sludge track

https://vocaroo.com/1dhoSVmhSSNn
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Jorge wrote:Here's a thought: the song would be better if it was about 15% slower. A lumbering, menacing and heavy sludge track

https://vocaroo.com/1dhoSVmhSSNn
this is kind of the vibe (musically) I wish the verses of infallible had. Eddie sounds unrecognizable at this slower speed.
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that's weird (the vocal thing), since I listen to podcasts at 150% speed usually and everyone still sounds like themselves.
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Because the thing on podcasts only accelerates the tempo without changing the pitch. I just changed the track speed (tempo + pitch) so it tuned the whole thing down, including Ed's voice
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now there's one less mystery in my life. Thank you.
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Why Go is better than Dark Matter. But that Ten era abandon is very very very hard to match
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As established yesterday, Given to Fly is one of the four songs on Yield better than Dark Matter. But the comparison reminds me that I prefer Matt's galloping drums more than Jack's sideways shuffle.
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Dark Matter is better than Breakerfall
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Corduroy is better than Dark Matter
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pearl jam sucks now
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Who Ever Said is better than Dark Matter, but I probably would not have thought so if I was comparing early reactions to both songs, as I think DM is the more immediately engaging of the two
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tragabigzanda wrote:Almost every Pearl Jam song is better than Dark Matter. Breakerfall is ahead by roughly 50 ranking slots.
I can't tell you where they land in relation to each other. I'm using the binary 'Is Dark Matter better than song X' ranking system. We can revisit this when I do a comprehensive ranking on Abnorman's site once DM (album) is released
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This exercise has also confirmed that Pearl Jam has a lot of good songs.
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pearl jam sucks now
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stip wrote:As established yesterday, Given to Fly is one of the four songs on Yield better than Dark Matter. But the comparison reminds me that I prefer Matt's galloping drums more than Jack's sideways shuffle.
Haha very funny, stip.
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Jorge wrote:Here's a thought: the song would be better if it was about 15% slower. A lumbering, menacing and heavy sludge track

https://vocaroo.com/1dhoSVmhSSNn
That’s what I said a while back; to check it out on YouTube at 75% speed! It sounds more like a ‘heavy’ song.

I might actually like this vibe and music better. The vocals are weird AF though
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