Dark Matter (song)

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5 Stars
33
17%
4 Stars
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48%
3 Stars
56
29%
2 Stars
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1 Star
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2%
 
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whats on LA?
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VinylGuy wrote:whats on LA?
Kimmel? Fallon?
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NVM, I see Fallon is in NYC.
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One of best bridges on an album with awesome bridges
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yep, I still think this song is very Riot Act in its twists and turns
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Ms Harmless wrote:yep, I still think this song is very Riot Act in its twists and turns
I could see this on Riot Act or Binaural
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Clem Halibut wrote:
Ms Harmless wrote:yep, I still think this song is very Riot Act in its twists and turns
I could see this on Riot Act or Binaural
yep!
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pearl jam sucks now
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I didn't listen to this before the record came out and it's definitely my favorite on the record. It has all the ingredients for why I listen to Pearl Jam.
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It's one of my favorites on the record too -- "Upper Hand" and "Scared of Fear" are my five-stars, but this one is right below in the next tier. I love the back-and-forth interplay between the vocal line and the guitars in (what I guess is) the chorus ("renounce the demigods, king diamond to discard" -- da-NAAAHHH, da-NAHHHH). A vintage PJ songwriting device that just takes me straight away to a happy place.
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Kevin Davis wrote:It's one of my favorites on the record too -- "Upper Hand" and "Scared of Fear" are my five-stars, but this one is right below in the next tier. I love the back-and-forth interplay between the vocal line and the guitars in (what I guess is) the chorus ("renounce the demigods, king diamond to discard" -- da-NAAAHHH, da-NAHHHH). A vintage PJ songwriting device that just takes me straight away to a happy place.
Those descending prechorus chords are superduper hummable.
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Back in this one's early days as a single, I'd be singing the bridge to myself and then humming the little wind-up into Mike's solo, only instead of actually having a handle on the Dark Matter music, it was the breakdown from 311's "Down" that I was actually hearing in my head.
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This song is still great
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the video they just shared in the newsletter is pretty powerful
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whattt

a live video? or the shelved one they hinted it when the single came out?
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did they do any fallons or SNLs for this record?
Calibrate your enthusiasm
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VinylGuy wrote:whattt

a live video? or the shelved one they hinted it when the single came out?
its something a third party did - environmental in focus. well done, though. no band at all
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This is my favorite song from the album. Pretty sure.
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its great
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yeah, listened to it yesterday, what a monster of a song i loooove the guitars
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