Dark Matter (song)

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Dark Matter Initial Reactions

5 Stars
33
17%
4 Stars
92
48%
3 Stars
56
29%
2 Stars
8
4%
1 Star
3
2%
 
Total votes: 192

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Higgs wrote:Not that I'm aware of. Pretty slow few days as far as PJ content goes after such a whirlwind few weeks.
Sweet. Mark all as read and move on.

My anticipation for this album has dulled dramatically.
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LetMeSleep wrote:
Higgs wrote:Not that I'm aware of. Pretty slow few days as far as PJ content goes after such a whirlwind few weeks.
Sweet. Mark all as read and move on.

My anticipation for this album has dulled dramatically.
I'm with you but I suspect that it will build again coming up to release day. I enjoy when I hear DM come on the radio randomly but I don't think I need to hear Running again in any hurry. Some of the reviews sound interesting enough though.
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pearl jam sucks now
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tragabigzanda wrote:It’s been plaguing me for weeks, the descending notes during the “demagogues” part reminded me of something mid-tempo, symphonic or maybe operatic. Couldn’t get it out of my head and it finally clicked that it’s the final movement of November Rain.
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now that Trag is free of that thought, he has space to learn to love the song

let the healing begin
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pearl jam sucks now
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tragabigzanda wrote:
Monkey_Driven wrote:
tragabigzanda wrote:It’s been plaguing me for weeks, the descending notes during the “demagogues” part reminded me of something mid-tempo, symphonic or maybe operatic. Couldn’t get it out of my head and it finally clicked that it’s the final movement of November Rain.
Did this revelation come to you in the middle of the night?
I think your Stevia pun split my whole world open

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hey the drumming in Animal's verses just reminded me of the verses in this; open hi-hat on the 1, etc
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Monkey_Driven wrote:
tragabigzanda wrote:
Monkey_Driven wrote:
tragabigzanda wrote:It’s been plaguing me for weeks, the descending notes during the “demagogues” part reminded me of something mid-tempo, symphonic or maybe operatic. Couldn’t get it out of my head and it finally clicked that it’s the final movement of November Rain.
Did this revelation come to you in the middle of the night?
I think your Stevia pun split my whole world open

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Which RMer did tragothy's house land on in this scenario?
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Went out to the pub last night...shot some pool, played some darts
Dark Matter came on
Got to say...It sounded really great in that context
Nice and loud...a bit muffled
Saw some folks rocking out to it

Nobody who has heard this album has ever mentioned this song a highlight on the album
Yet...it's doing well on the charts (take that for what it's worth)
And seems to have some non PJ fans rocking out to it

If Dark Matter is one of weaker tracks on the album
We could have a real classic album on our hands...who knows
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Nice hearing that it is played in pubs.
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Anders wrote:Nice hearing that it is played in pubs.
Sounded great too.
Nice to hear it somewhere other than my car
Cool to look around see others enjoying it too.
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I have yet to hear this song in public.
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thanks for the update
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McParadigm wrote:thanks for the update
I need to hang out in more pubs, apparently.
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pearl jam sucks now
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Clearly my pubs are better than your pubs
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Top 5 favs right now

1. Mastodon
2. Gojira
3. Opeth
4. Meshuggah
5. Lamb of God

Any other metal heads here!?
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Ditch Opeth + Lamb of God, add High on Fire + Baroness and those are my 5 fav. metal bands.

Hell yeah etc.
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Ello Sailor wrote:Ditch Opeth + Lamb of God, add High on Fire + Baroness and those are my 5 fav. metal bands.

Hell yeah etc.

Nice! I love High on Fire and Baroness too. The new High on Fire single rips, and the new Baroness album was really fantastic
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