Dark Matter: Official Album Thread

[oftheearth]

Guitar riffs and a monocle?

[Ms Harmless]

did he say "guitar riffs and a monocle"?

[Jorge]

Classic Tom Petty style lyrics

[RockPusher]

I spoke to a record store about the 14th and it sounds like they are getting digital copies of the album the morning of, so my guess is it leaks that morning if it hasn’t before.

[WaitingForBluey]

Well, it does mention "long way" and "freeway"

[WaitingForBluey]

I always thought Long Way was more of an ode to the Beastie Boys.

[WaitingForBluey]

did he say "guitar riffs and a monocle"?

most of the lyrics are about lyrics and the singing is about singing, thank you AI

[Jaeti]

long way was almost a great song. i dont mind a second bite at that apple

Live versions I’ve heard of it get even closer to great.

[oftheearth]

I spoke to a record store about the 14th and it sounds like they are getting digital copies of the album the morning of, so my guess is it leaks that morning if it hasn’t before.

[Jaeti]

This is gonna be great

[Val]

I'm pretty much done with Ed's Petty & Springsteen worship bleeding into Pearl Jam records, at this point. We always knew we were getting at least one Who "tribute" per album, but, I don't need 1/3rd of the total runtime to be homages. Pretty much a guaranteed instant skip from me..

drives me nuts

[Coach]

I always thought Long Way was more of an ode to the Beastie Boys.

Thank you

[McParadigm]

I'm pretty much done with Ed's Petty & Springsteen worship bleeding into Pearl Jam records, at this point. We always knew we were getting at least one Who "tribute" per album, but, I don't need 1/3rd of the total runtime to be homages. Pretty much a guaranteed instant skip from me..

drives me nuts

General agreement; some exceptions

[WaitingForBluey]

I'm pretty much done with Ed's Petty & Springsteen worship bleeding into Pearl Jam records, at this point. We always knew we were getting at least one Who "tribute" per album, but, I don't need 1/3rd of the total runtime to be homages. Pretty much a guaranteed instant skip from me..

drives me nuts

Ed has always been a kiss ass

[Val]

I spoke to a record store about the 14th and it sounds like they are getting digital copies of the album the morning of, so my guess is it leaks that morning if it hasn’t before.

Sounds about right.

Everyone has their calendars queued to hit me up with a PM the moment it happens, right?

[Strat]

I don't hate Long Way, but there's definitely a difference between being inspired by Tom Petty and doing Tom Petty karaoke. It's not even that it's Petty karaoke, it's just that the way of paying homage is trying to write the most rote version of a Tom Petty song, who was typically way more creative than that.

Eddie and the Pearl Jams have been subscribing to this method of music making since 1991; a massive chunk of their catalogue is just musical odes to other artists; granted, they've done a lot better than Long Way, but I'm also not at all surprised that Long Way happened

Definitely, they've been inspired, often overtly, and every song will make its own case. I'm sure there are times when PJ strays from this, but I feel like they usually do something with those influences, even if the songs are heavily evocative of other artists. I think the problem w/ Long Way is less the Petty influence, and more that it sounds like what you'd get if you asked AI for a Tom Petty song. But I should give it another listen; it's been quite a while.

Here's what you actually get when you ask an AI for a Tom Petty song: https://voca.ro/1kecU6wopccA

Geezes fuck this is terrifying. We're all doomed with AI

[Ms Harmless]

I'm pretty much done with Ed's Petty & Springsteen worship bleeding into Pearl Jam records, at this point. We always knew we were getting at least one Who "tribute" per album, but, I don't need 1/3rd of the total runtime to be homages. Pretty much a guaranteed instant skip from me..

drives me nuts

Ed has always been a kiss ass

exactly

[Val]

I'm pretty much done with Ed's Petty & Springsteen worship bleeding into Pearl Jam records, at this point. We always knew we were getting at least one Who "tribute" per album, but, I don't need 1/3rd of the total runtime to be homages. Pretty much a guaranteed instant skip from me..

drives me nuts

Ed has always been a kiss ass

We don't love PJ for anybody's covers, ffs.
We love PJ for being their unique selves! goddammit

[Ms Harmless]

I very rarely enjoy Ed's inspirations, but I've usually (in the grand scheme of things) enjoyed his songs; it's all about the songs

[Ms Harmless]

I'm pretty much done with Ed's Petty & Springsteen worship bleeding into Pearl Jam records, at this point. We always knew we were getting at least one Who "tribute" per album, but, I don't need 1/3rd of the total runtime to be homages. Pretty much a guaranteed instant skip from me..

drives me nuts

Ed has always been a kiss ass

We don't love PJ for anybody's covers, ffs.
We love PJ for being their unique selves! goddammit

I think the feeling of owing a deep, unabashed musical debt to his heroes *is* Ed being his unique self; I've always felt he was more interested in continuing musical traditions than innovating new ones