Clem Halibut wrote:We need a new song...and quick.
DM is an alright tune. Nothing legendary
Although it seems to be getting some good airplay ( does terrestrial radio even matter nowadays?)
Fact is, the song was a nice way to wet the tongue
However, the wine is a bit weak and the flavor just vanishes.
Time for the band to throw the left hook
Give us another track so we can get a better read on this album
Maybe get a babysitter and head out to one of those talk shows and perform a live version of Dark Matter
Something...anything
just get on with it already
exactly what I'm thinking when someone says "well, it's getting good airplay on radio"
tragabigzanda wrote:He needs a Pearl Jam coloring book so everyone else can have a conversation for just 10 uninterrupted minutes.
he's going through a playlist and "live tweeting", it's something he and I both like doing, and I will once the album is out (jot that down so you can be here to rein me in when it happens)
Strat wrote:Look, im Strat. Ive been an apologist for years. Its what i do. I truly love this band warts and all and they have earned the right in my life to do whatever the fuck they want at this point.
I really got excited about this song at first beacuse there was such an energy there.
However, that excitement has worn off and this song just kind of feels like bland rock at this point. Now, i feel that way because new pearl jam allows me a good opportunity to reach back into their catalogue and my history with them and listen to albums i dont reach for daily anymore.
And i do feel that PJ in 2024 shouldnt really be compared to PJ of 1994, i do feel like comparing them to PJ of 2000 is reasonably.
It really amazes me that around the 96-2003 PJ were writing songs that feel so mature for their age, comapre dto something like Dark Matter. DM, while exciting at times, really, for the first time feels like the band TRYING REALLY HARD TO SOUND YOUNG AND AGGRESSIVE.
Look, RM and PJ fans generally dont care for Binaural PJ but this has come up for me the past few days while cranking Binaural on my TT at home.
This was mentioned in the MM forum as well. Binaural era PJ wrote songs that were natural aggressive and menacing without trying too hard. The songs themselves were just.....mean. They didnt need this huge production to make them sound aggressive. They just were.
DM....while some fun interplay and fine riffage....just feels....inautehtnic in some ways. Im not saying PJ are in authentic so please calm down. Im not even saying they dont love these riffs (fuck, i do!) but theres just something about it that leaves me feeling a little ......unexcited.
Part of it is Eds voice. He's doing good with what he has left. No question. However, my personal tastes wonder what it might sound like with Ed singing a register lower and pushing the vocals out front. The last delivery of "FOR SOMEONE ELSES MISTAKE!!" and the band cuts out.....for me.....porbably more impactful if old Ed Ved stepped up to the mic, stared you in the eyes, low register "FOR SOMEONE ELSES MISTAKE".
What we got? i can picture Ed doing a double jump back kick with his hipster sombrero on and barely getting the words out away from the mic.....
So, i am still excited for new PJ but it is unfortunate that they seemed to write more interesting/naturall ggressive/menacing/more mature music in their youth than what they do now.
I love PJ though.
Where is strat "yelling" at Ms. Harmless here? This was a great post. But because it is not someone fawning all over the fucking song, it just gets brushed aside by the Dark Matter Cream Society
tragabigzanda wrote:It’s such a simple criticism that I feel dumb gif having missed it, but I 100% agree this is the first time PJ has tried to sound young. Good call Strat.
I've literally had a "this is dad rock trying to sound young" moment since Yield; each time I changed my mind (most of the time)
