Dark Matter (song)

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I think this came up yesterday but Dark Matter is better than God’s Dice, which I think is at the bottom of Pearl Jam’s hard driving rockers - except for big wave and supersonic, which feel like they should be in their own category
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I like it more than Get It Back; I think GIB captured a bare-bones Pearl Jam aesthetic that we were all desperately missing at the time, and that feeling of relief that they can still write that kind of song caused it to become overrated in the longterm
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Dark Matter is not better than Blood but Id probably be more likely to listen to Dark Matter if it came on
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stip wrote:I think this came up yesterday but Dark Matter is better than God’s Dice, which I think is at the bottom of Pearl Jam’s hard driving rockers - except for big wave and supersonic, which feel like they should be in their own category
I've decided I don't hate Big Wave, so it's good now
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Guys, Big Wave is good
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Big Wave is a MUCH better attempt at a "fun" song than Supersonic
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Dark Matter is better than Get Right but Get Right is more fun.

Dark Matter is better thanArmy Reserve but Army Reserve is more emotionally complex
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Ms Harmless wrote:Big Wave is a MUCH better attempt at a "fun" song than Supersonic
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Ole (for the solo/outro)
Supersonic
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Dissident is better than Dark Matter but Dissident is at the top of my list of good pearl jam songs I don’t really need to hear anymore
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stip wrote:
Ms Harmless wrote:Big Wave is a MUCH better attempt at a "fun" song than Supersonic
Get Right
Big Wave
Ole (for the solo/outro)
Supersonic
I actually like Olé a lot, but I agree with that ranking; I think Olé is silly but again, I find it to be a stylish and authentic expression of Ed's Ramones obsession (one that I don't share generally)
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Escape is never the safest path is one of Eddie’s most important lyrics. It unlocks like the next six records
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Ms Harmless wrote:
stip wrote:
Ms Harmless wrote:Big Wave is a MUCH better attempt at a "fun" song than Supersonic
Get Right
Big Wave
Ole (for the solo/outro)
Supersonic
I actually like Olé a lot, but I agree with that ranking; I think Olé is silly but again, I find it to be a stylish and authentic expression of Ed's Ramones obsession (one that I don't share generally)
i dont think i have a bigger gap in a song between how much i dislike the first and kind of love the second half of a song
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pearl jam sucks now
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stip wrote:
Ms Harmless wrote:
stip wrote:
Ms Harmless wrote:Big Wave is a MUCH better attempt at a "fun" song than Supersonic
Get Right
Big Wave
Ole (for the solo/outro)
Supersonic
I actually like Olé a lot, but I agree with that ranking; I think Olé is silly but again, I find it to be a stylish and authentic expression of Ed's Ramones obsession (one that I don't share generally)
i dont think i have a bigger gap in a song between how much i dislike the first and kind of love the second half of a song
I feel that way about quite a bit of late Pearl Jam (Johnny Guitar springs to mind)
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which part are you pro?
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pearl jam sucks now
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stip wrote:which part are you pro?
basically the jam at the end / outro (everything but the lyrics); I just can't get down with the smut and innuendo from Ed
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Ms Harmless wrote:
stip wrote:which part are you pro?
basically the jam at the end / outro (everything but the lyrics); I just can't get down with the smut and innuendo from Ed
The lyrics rub me wrong (stupendously rare with Ed) but a decent portion of the music does too.
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