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Re: Dark Matter Reviews
Posted: Fri April 12, 2024 10:20 am
by tragabigzanda
Re: Dark Matter Reviews
Posted: Fri April 12, 2024 10:29 am
by Val
I refuse to call that a riff
Re: Dark Matter Reviews
Posted: Fri April 12, 2024 10:30 am
by Mike
That riff is really really dumb. Sounds like something soccer fans would chant in a stadium. DU DUDU DUDU DUDU DU DUU DUDU DUDU
Re: Dark Matter Reviews
Posted: Fri April 12, 2024 10:41 am
by stip
i love earthlings but power of right is not one of the songs Im drawn to
Re: Dark Matter Reviews
Posted: Fri April 12, 2024 10:54 am
by Release_Me
Release_Me wrote:This is what Stone said in the Spin interview when talking about WFS:
Even though it didn’t start with the other band members in the room, ‘Waiting for Stevie’ sounds more like early or Singles-era Pearl Jam than just about anything I’ve heard from the band in a long time.
Yes, and I think Andrew had more to do with that song than any song on the record because in a sense, it’s almost a tribute to Soundgarden. It has a riff that gives Matt Cameron the opportunity to be as great as we know him to be. I think that drum fill coming out of the bridge is probably one of the greatest drum fills of all time. There’s just no way you can’t make the Mötley Crüe sign. I love that song. It’s the way the bass line and the guitar line play against each other melodically. To me, it feels kind of like a hit, you know what I mean? I’ll be curious if it where it ends up sitting in the pantheon of favorites among Pearl Jam fans.
Stone didn't explicitly say that Watt wrote the riff for WFS. The quote does suggest he contributed in a major way, though.
Re: Dark Matter Reviews
Posted: Fri April 12, 2024 11:00 am
by Release_Me
Based on reviews and song descriptions, I'm expecting to really like:
Scared of Fear
React, Respond
Waiting For Stevie
Setting Sun
I don't have enough of a clear description of these songs in my head yet, but I'm hoping I will really like:
Won't Tell
Upper Hand
Got To Give
The song I am almost certain I will not like, but simply tolerate:
Something Special
The song that I'm unsure whether I will really like or feel lukewarm about:
Wreckage
The clip didn't hit me the way it did most of you guys. We'll see when the full song is available.
Dark Matter, I really like now after initially just feeling like it was OK. Running is fine, I enjoy it well enough, but not likely to rank above any other song except Something Special.
Re: Dark Matter Reviews
Posted: Fri April 12, 2024 11:03 am
by Mike
stip wrote:i love earthlings but power of right is not one of the songs Im drawn to
Everything we've heard from Dark Matter so far is better than that song
Re: Dark Matter Reviews
Posted: Fri April 12, 2024 11:37 am
by DeeDee
Power of Right rules.
Way better than Dark Matter and Running TOGETHER.
Re: Dark Matter Reviews
Posted: Fri April 12, 2024 11:40 am
by Ms Harmless
I think I agree with DeeDee, even though I like both
Re: Dark Matter Reviews
Posted: Fri April 12, 2024 11:59 am
by WaitingForBluey
Yuck, Power of Right sucks so hard. It's embarrassing
Re: Dark Matter Reviews
Posted: Fri April 12, 2024 12:01 pm
by WaitingForBluey
Good and Evil takes that song behind the woodshed any day of the week.
Re: Dark Matter Reviews
Posted: Fri April 12, 2024 12:02 pm
by stip
this is why singles matter. running has grown on me quite a bit (still 3 stars but a fun 3 stars). but i am sure inhave spent far more time with that song befause it was a single then it would have gotten if my exposure was only through the album.
Once Earthlings came out (with some questionable singles decisions) I mostly only ever listened to power of right in the context of a full album listen. If i was seeking out songs it was more likely to be your in the darks, invincibles, and trys - my standout tracks
Re: Dark Matter Reviews
Posted: Fri April 12, 2024 12:48 pm
by Thejambi
Power of Right is pretty good. I like Ed’s delivery and melody quite a bit. The music is just ok though. I think it would have been stronger as a PJ song. I don’t think it’s better than DM though.
Re: Dark Matter Reviews
Posted: Fri April 12, 2024 12:56 pm
by digster
Power of Right always felt like a rewrite of Eddie's cover of Watch Outside, and I always felt like it paled in comparison to that one (Watch Outside's one of my favorite covers of his). I actually think Ed's really good in those 1999 shows with C Average as a power trio; it could have been fun seeing a solo album come out of that.
Re: Dark Matter Reviews
Posted: Fri April 12, 2024 2:05 pm
by stip
I used to have some of those C Average shows. I think I lost them over time. They were great. Was that also a super group situation?
Re: Dark Matter Reviews
Posted: Fri April 12, 2024 2:37 pm
by Clem Halibut
Absolutely love those C-Average shows from 1999 - love the one where the opened for The WHO
C-Average first album was killer too
Wish Ed would've done some writing with those guys
They probably could've made a banger of an album
Re: Dark Matter Reviews
Posted: Fri April 12, 2024 2:52 pm
by Aunt_Claire_Foy
DeeDee wrote:Power of Right rules.
Way better than Dark Matter and Running TOGETHER.
Buddy, you can't be serious.
Re: Dark Matter Reviews
Posted: Fri April 12, 2024 6:19 pm
by sweeper
Have to navigate the ads in this one. It also mentions that Wreckage could/should be a huge radio hit.
https://rockcellarmagazine.com/pearl-ja ... ie-vedder/
Re: Dark Matter Reviews
Posted: Fri April 12, 2024 6:29 pm
by Val
Now the waiting drives me even madder
Re: Dark Matter Reviews
Posted: Fri April 12, 2024 6:32 pm
by oneway23
Wish to have heard more about Got to Give.
Thanks for posting