Dark Matter: Official Album Thread

[RockPusher]

Hard to believe there was no one at the UK event taking notes.

Everyone takes notes on the notes app now. Paper and pen obsolete…except in this circumstance.

I would have blown thru ten pages of a yellow legal pad lol

[tragabigzanda]

pearl jam sucks now

[Lmdmusic]

Entered the venue around 5.30pm and were immediately asked to lock our phones in a security bag. Next, a welcome drink

Headed downstairs to the coolest tiny venue where the animated Dark Matter logo was on display with ambient background music.
Finished beer so went to the bar. Discovered it was an open bar!
Matt Everitt from 6 Music walks out and gives a brief introduction to the history of PJ. Then he introduces... Mr Eddie Vedder!
Eddie spoke for about 20 minutes, played side A of the album whilst sitting on the side of the stage handing out shots of tequila.
Whilst the tracks were playing all the lyrics were on display.
He then spoke again before starting side B and more tequila!
From memory there were 4 heavy songs (Scared of Fear, React/Respond, Dark Matter and Running), a track called Wreckage which reminded me slightly of Sirens. Side 2 included a song called Something Special which was about his daughter Olivia who was also in attendance, great lyrics.
In conclusion I preferred side 1 to side 2 and as a whole preferred it to Gigaton.

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[Got Some]

Ed talked a lot in his speech beforehand about how music is the best form of art and it has something that the other forms of art (painting, film etc) don’t have – which is volume. He patently said you don’t stand in front of a painting like the Mona Lisa and jump up and down and rock out (which he then hilariously pretended to demonstrate doing).

He also talked about coming to London for the first time and skateboarding in Hyde Park and ending up in front of the Royal Albert Hall (where he had been again the night before performing with The Who). He said several times how grateful he was to have had his life in music and to have the audience they have and he became emotional on this topic and had to step away from the mic to compose himself.

Ed also talked at the very start about the why he was in London and about about creation of the Teenage Cancer Trust and how it has evolved over 24 years. And he mentioned seeing a photo of a young women recently at a protest who had placard which said something along the line of ‘There are more laws governing what I can do with my own body than there are about gun control‘.

After one listen my favorite song is React, Respond which has the essence of Joe Strummer in it with lines like:

‘If you get something you don’t want
Don’t react, respond’

The drums and bass on the record sounded immense over the venue PA.

Ed made particular comments before a few songs including Something Special which he said was written about his daughters. His eldest daughter Olivia was in the house and he pointed her out in the crowd and karaoke-sang along to first part of the lyrics which was sweet. Ed was in good form and kept re-iterating how grateful he and the band were for the life they had in music.

It was, in short, a pretty surreal event for those in lucky enough to be in attendance.

[Fattie_Vedder]

Ed talked a lot in his speech beforehand about how music is the best form of art and it has something that the other forms of art (painting, film etc) don’t have – which is volume. He patently said you don’t stand in front of a painting like the Mona Lisa and jump up and down and rock out (which he then hilariously pretended to demonstrate doing).

He also talked about coming to London for the first time and skateboarding in Hyde Park and ending up in front of the Royal Albert Hall (where he had been again the night before performing with The Who). He said several times how grateful he was to have had his life in music and to have the audience they have and he became emotional on this topic and had to step away from the mic to compose himself.

Ed also talked at the very start about the why he was in London and about about creation of the Teenage Cancer Trust and how it has evolved over 24 years. And he mentioned seeing a photo of a young women recently at a protest who had placard which said something along the line of ‘There are more laws governing what I can do with my own body than there are about gun control‘.

After one listen my favorite song is React, Respond which has the essence of Joe Strummer in it with lines like:

‘If you get something you don’t want
Don’t react, respond’

The drums and bass on the record sounded immense over the venue PA.

Ed made particular comments before a few songs including Something Special which he said was written about his daughters. His eldest daughter Olivia was in the house and he pointed her out in the crowd and karaoke-sang along to first part of the lyrics which was sweet. Ed was in good form and kept re-iterating how grateful he and the band were for the life they had in music.

It was, in short, a pretty surreal event for those in lucky enough to be in attendance.

Thank you for sharing. Sounds like it was an incredible experience.

[Fattie_Vedder]

Welp, I did it. I got tickets to the dark matter imax showing. Feels like a silly thing but also fun.

[Homeboyd]

I've read a number of reviews from the London event and they are all pretty much the same...first of all, everyone agrees it was a cool event and that makes sense as it does seem like it would be fun whether you gave a shit about the music or not. Second, everyone is very vague regarding any details on the songs, but especially for songs in the second half of the album. Pretty sure everyone was getting heavily lubed up on free booze and couldn't remember all that much lol. It is weird though that nobody really has any detailed opinions on really any of the songs (other than useless generic stuff like, fast, slower, Tom Petty, Devo, etc.). I figure it's a hard thing to digest a record on a first listen in a crowded, semi-hectic environment where the booze is flowing.

[Birds in Hell]

I figure it's a hard thing to digest a record on a first listen in a crowded, semi-hectic environment where the booze is flowing.

Exactly, I'd be useless at accurately describing the songs beyond the vaguest terms ("uh, this one was loud and Ed shouted a lot") under those circumstances.

[Monkey_Driven]

I have a difficult time describing Pearl Jam songs in general.

[Got Some]

Ed talked a lot in his speech beforehand about how music is the best form of art and it has something that the other forms of art (painting, film etc) don’t have – which is volume. He patently said you don’t stand in front of a painting like the Mona Lisa and jump up and down and rock out (which he then hilariously pretended to demonstrate doing).

He also talked about coming to London for the first time and skateboarding in Hyde Park and ending up in front of the Royal Albert Hall (where he had been again the night before performing with The Who). He said several times how grateful he was to have had his life in music and to have the audience they have and he became emotional on this topic and had to step away from the mic to compose himself.

Ed also talked at the very start about the why he was in London and about about creation of the Teenage Cancer Trust and how it has evolved over 24 years. And he mentioned seeing a photo of a young women recently at a protest who had placard which said something along the line of ‘There are more laws governing what I can do with my own body than there are about gun control‘.

After one listen my favorite song is React, Respond which has the essence of Joe Strummer in it with lines like:

‘If you get something you don’t want
Don’t react, respond’

The drums and bass on the record sounded immense over the venue PA.

Ed made particular comments before a few songs including Something Special which he said was written about his daughters. His eldest daughter Olivia was in the house and he pointed her out in the crowd and karaoke-sang along to first part of the lyrics which was sweet. Ed was in good form and kept re-iterating how grateful he and the band were for the life they had in music.

It was, in short, a pretty surreal event for those in lucky enough to be in attendance.

Thank you for sharing. Sounds like it was an incredible experience.

This is from pearljamonline.com

[Jorge]

Wait... film has volume

[McParadigm]

Video games are the best art form, because they have volume.

[Fattie_Vedder]

Ed talked a lot in his speech beforehand about how music is the best form of art and it has something that the other forms of art (painting, film etc) don’t have – which is volume. He patently said you don’t stand in front of a painting like the Mona Lisa and jump up and down and rock out (which he then hilariously pretended to demonstrate doing).

He also talked about coming to London for the first time and skateboarding in Hyde Park and ending up in front of the Royal Albert Hall (where he had been again the night before performing with The Who). He said several times how grateful he was to have had his life in music and to have the audience they have and he became emotional on this topic and had to step away from the mic to compose himself.

Ed also talked at the very start about the why he was in London and about about creation of the Teenage Cancer Trust and how it has evolved over 24 years. And he mentioned seeing a photo of a young women recently at a protest who had placard which said something along the line of ‘There are more laws governing what I can do with my own body than there are about gun control‘.

After one listen my favorite song is React, Respond which has the essence of Joe Strummer in it with lines like:

‘If you get something you don’t want
Don’t react, respond’

The drums and bass on the record sounded immense over the venue PA.

Ed made particular comments before a few songs including Something Special which he said was written about his daughters. His eldest daughter Olivia was in the house and he pointed her out in the crowd and karaoke-sang along to first part of the lyrics which was sweet. Ed was in good form and kept re-iterating how grateful he and the band were for the life they had in music.

It was, in short, a pretty surreal event for those in lucky enough to be in attendance.

Thank you for sharing. Sounds like it was an incredible experience.

This is from pearljamonline.com

I take it back. THANKS FOR NOTHING.

[Fattie_Vedder]

Video games are the best art form, because they have volume.

In Ed’s defense, his horrendously trite reasoning for why music is the best art form was probably because he was already shitfaced.

Cooking is the best art form because it has flavor. Have you ever tried to lick the Mona Lisa?I don’t recommend.

[tragabigzanda]

pearl jam sucks now

[spike]

A Big Mac is better than Running.

[basically_infirmed]

A Big Mac is better than Running.

something special sauce

[mvw]

I wish McDonalds would do a Dark Matter Happy Meal.

[Anders]

Is Running the second single?

[WtOB?]

I wish McDonalds would do a Dark Matter Happy Meal.