Dark Matter (song)

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stip wrote:pretty great song. running has made me appreciate it more
Agreed.

The Running into Dark matter double act really has made this song sound more impressive
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I think this song will sound really good on the album.
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I went from “yeah, cool” to “motherfucking awesome” with Mike’s solo.
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Anders wrote:I think this song will sound really good on the album.
It has the possibility to be a nice palette cleanser between songs. The running time helps in that regard.
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pearl jam sucks now
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tragabigzanda wrote:
Monkey_Driven wrote:
Anders wrote:I think this song will sound really good on the album.
It has the possibility to be a nice palette cleanser between songs. The running time helps in that regard.
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This song hits kind of like Habit for me, in that it’s a short repetitive banger that’s nice enough but in reality every time my nerves are on alert prepping for that scintillating solo.
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yeah, and im loving the guitar tone, sounds very Mike circa 1991 actually.

Dude, cant wait for more.
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I can't wait for the next augmented reality graphic
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Ms Harmless wrote:I can't wait for the next augmented reality graphic
there is a new one, released yesterday
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VinylGuy wrote:
Ms Harmless wrote:I can't wait for the next augmented reality graphic
there is a new one, released yesterday
yesterday's news! I'm ready for the next one
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Strat wrote:
oneway23 wrote:
96583UP wrote:somehow this bothers me little about modern ed

it's the whole approach now, too many words/micro machines delivery, breathiness, strange pronunciations, all the tics and crutches, and his tendency toward random soap-star glam bridges

i guess it was the avocado era where he ruined his voice for good

so now this is what he has left to work with
The VH1 rock honors for the who is my personal demarcation point....that performance is staggering, but, there was a price
Almost worth it !

Love those performances so much but I agree. He will write about that in his book someday
I've always been skeptical when someone says that a particular gig destroyed a singers voice. I remember reading about the same thing years ago, how some people were pointing to a specific gig that ruined Robert Plant's voice (it was a rainy, cold night etc.). And the same has been said about Dylan too.

But is it really so that a single performance can damage someone's voice so bad that the damage is permanent? Like I said I'm skeptical, but at the same time I know nothing about vocal chords or any of that stuff, so maybe I'm wrong.
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contamination wrote:
Strat wrote:
oneway23 wrote:
96583UP wrote:somehow this bothers me little about modern ed

it's the whole approach now, too many words/micro machines delivery, breathiness, strange pronunciations, all the tics and crutches, and his tendency toward random soap-star glam bridges

i guess it was the avocado era where he ruined his voice for good

so now this is what he has left to work with
The VH1 rock honors for the who is my personal demarcation point....that performance is staggering, but, there was a price
Almost worth it !

Love those performances so much but I agree. He will write about that in his book someday
I know nothing about vocal chords or any of that stuff
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Jaeti wrote:
contamination wrote:
Strat wrote:
oneway23 wrote:
96583UP wrote:somehow this bothers me little about modern ed

it's the whole approach now, too many words/micro machines delivery, breathiness, strange pronunciations, all the tics and crutches, and his tendency toward random soap-star glam bridges

i guess it was the avocado era where he ruined his voice for good

so now this is what he has left to work with
The VH1 rock honors for the who is my personal demarcation point....that performance is staggering, but, there was a price
Almost worth it !

Love those performances so much but I agree. He will write about that in his book someday
I know nothing about vocal chords or any of that stuff
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Wait, not so fast. What does he know about drum sounds?
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Farmer John wrote:
Jaeti wrote:
contamination wrote:
Strat wrote:
oneway23 wrote:
96583UP wrote:somehow this bothers me little about modern ed

it's the whole approach now, too many words/micro machines delivery, breathiness, strange pronunciations, all the tics and crutches, and his tendency toward random soap-star glam bridges

i guess it was the avocado era where he ruined his voice for good

so now this is what he has left to work with
The VH1 rock honors for the who is my personal demarcation point....that performance is staggering, but, there was a price
Almost worth it !

Love those performances so much but I agree. He will write about that in his book someday
I know nothing about vocal chords or any of that stuff
Motion to ban.
Wait, not so fast. What does he know about drum sounds?
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contamination wrote:
Strat wrote:
oneway23 wrote:
96583UP wrote:somehow this bothers me little about modern ed

it's the whole approach now, too many words/micro machines delivery, breathiness, strange pronunciations, all the tics and crutches, and his tendency toward random soap-star glam bridges

i guess it was the avocado era where he ruined his voice for good

so now this is what he has left to work with
The VH1 rock honors for the who is my personal demarcation point....that performance is staggering, but, there was a price
Almost worth it !

Love those performances so much but I agree. He will write about that in his book someday
I've always been skeptical when someone says that a particular gig destroyed a singers voice. I remember reading about the same thing years ago, how some people were pointing to a specific gig that ruined Robert Plant's voice (it was a rainy, cold night etc.). And the same has been said about Dylan too.

But is it really so that a single performance can damage someone's voice so bad that the damage is permanent? Like I said I'm skeptical, but at the same time I know nothing about vocal cords or any of that stuff, so maybe I'm wrong.
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Val wrote:
contamination wrote:
Strat wrote:
oneway23 wrote:
96583UP wrote:somehow this bothers me little about modern ed

it's the whole approach now, too many words/micro machines delivery, breathiness, strange pronunciations, all the tics and crutches, and his tendency toward random soap-star glam bridges

i guess it was the avocado era where he ruined his voice for good

so now this is what he has left to work with
The VH1 rock honors for the who is my personal demarcation point....that performance is staggering, but, there was a price
Almost worth it !

Love those performances so much but I agree. He will write about that in his book someday
I've always been skeptical when someone says that a particular gig destroyed a singers voice. I remember reading about the same thing years ago, how some people were pointing to a specific gig that ruined Robert Plant's voice (it was a rainy, cold night etc.). And the same has been said about Dylan too.

But is it really so that a single performance can damage someone's voice so bad that the damage is permanent? Like I said I'm skeptical, but at the same time I know nothing about vocal cords or any of that stuff, so maybe I'm wrong.
They get sore and they get better.
The only way to permanently damage your chords by singing is when you’re a 14 yo boy.
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Just heard this going to commercial during the Blue Jays game on Sportsnet.
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contamination wrote:
Strat wrote:
oneway23 wrote:
96583UP wrote:somehow this bothers me little about modern ed

it's the whole approach now, too many words/micro machines delivery, breathiness, strange pronunciations, all the tics and crutches, and his tendency toward random soap-star glam bridges

i guess it was the avocado era where he ruined his voice for good

so now this is what he has left to work with
The VH1 rock honors for the who is my personal demarcation point....that performance is staggering, but, there was a price
Almost worth it !

Love those performances so much but I agree. He will write about that in his book someday
I've always been skeptical when someone says that a particular gig destroyed a singers voice. I remember reading about the same thing years ago, how some people were pointing to a specific gig that ruined Robert Plant's voice (it was a rainy, cold night etc.). And the same has been said about Dylan too.

But is it really so that a single performance can damage someone's voice so bad that the damage is permanent? Like I said I'm skeptical, but at the same time I know nothing about vocal chords or any of that stuff, so maybe I'm wrong.
Hard to believe there's only a year or so between that VH1 performance and the debut of Got Some on Late Night, which was the first time I heard his voice significantly worsen.

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