Dark Matter (song)

[tragabigzanda]

pearl jam sucks now

[tragabigzanda]

pearl jam sucks now

[evenslow]

“The performance captures the experience of living in a world not designed for living well. This is not presented as a revelation. It plays instead like a confirmation of known grievances that must nevertheless be named. The central ‘dark matter’ image makes sense in this context – the hidden substance that makes up our world is injustice. The source of our profound alienation from each other. Oppositional and totalizing, but only so long as it remains invisible.

Dark Matter is not a youthful song. It’s not trying to recapture that energy. That’s why it’s successful. As we get older we learn that context and compromise define what it means to live in the world. Gray mutes the bright, sharp colors we saw with younger eyes, and life inevitably forces us into choices that are no choice at all. This is both true and terrible, and to pretend the world is otherwise would be dishonest. It’s why mid and late life attempts to capture the energy and worldview of our younger selves so often rings inauthentic and insincere.

Instead, Dark Matter redefines what it means to age, and understands that, fire is not the sole possession of youth. We never stop needing light, heat, and potential. We just burn a different fuel to get it. Dark Matter owns what we’ve learned, and refuses to surrender to the dark, not in spite of the gray but because of it”

God damn Stip that’s beautiful.

thank you

some of us take you for granted too often - hail hail stip!

[96583UP]

i like the lazer sound from ‘you are’

it translates surprisingly well to the live show

this could rawk

[RockPusher]

I’d give it a 3.5 so i rounded up to 4 on the poll. But 5 is reserved for top tier PJ songs that marinate and take time to get there. In my personal record book i probably only have 10-15 five star songs

Well bully for you. BS had none for me. LB had one.

[evenslow]

It's been said before but it continues to strike with me that this song doesn't feel like it was fully written before the guys jammed it out for the first time. That excites me.

also the performance feels fresh like it wasn't slaved over.

this. i understand why, but they fell too far in love with workshopping stuff at home and bringing it in almost fully formed. that's 5 solo players, not a band in a room. that sense of discovery and interconnectedness is what gets me most excited for this record.

[RockPusher]

Yeah I’m genuinely glad if people love this song but no way does it approach something like Animal or Hail Hail.

And yet if it does for someone, then it does.

[96583UP]

Ok who are the Porch castoffs that showed up to rank this at five stars? Reveal yourselves

That's a shit thing to say, man. I gave it a 5 because I fucking love it.

What he wants to know is, do you love it because it’s good or because it’s Pearl Jam?

What the fuck do you think you condescending punk? Because it's good.

Ooh he’s got your number Ruddo

you guys should all just take your shirts off and flex and we find out who is the toughest and i get my camera and some baby oil

[RockPusher]

Ok who are the Porch castoffs that showed up to rank this at five stars? Reveal yourselves

That's a shit thing to say, man. I gave it a 5 because I fucking love it.

What he wants to know is, do you love it because it’s good or because it’s Pearl Jam?

What the fuck do you think you condescending punk? Because it's good.

Ooh he’s got your number Ruddo

you guys should all just take your shirts off and flex and we find out who is the toughest and i get my camera and some baby oil

Don't bothsides this. Telling people their opinions aren't valid is crap. In psychology it's called "gatekeeping." This fandom belongs to all of us. You don't get gold stars for having "better opinions."

[tragabigzanda]

pearl jam sucks now

[E.H. Ruddock]

Ok who are the Porch castoffs that showed up to rank this at five stars? Reveal yourselves

That's a shit thing to say, man. I gave it a 5 because I fucking love it.

What he wants to know is, do you love it because it’s good or because it’s Pearl Jam?

What the fuck do you think you condescending punk? Because it's good. Sorry if that doesn't fit some idiot's narrative. This is why people around here get all pissy at certain posters. Damn.

What? Jesus i was just inferring what Trag was getting at with his post. Yikes dude

[96583UP]

Ok who are the Porch castoffs that showed up to rank this at five stars? Reveal yourselves

That's a shit thing to say, man. I gave it a 5 because I fucking love it.

What he wants to know is, do you love it because it’s good or because it’s Pearl Jam?

What the fuck do you think you condescending punk? Because it's good.

Ooh he’s got your number Ruddo

you guys should all just take your shirts off and flex and we find out who is the toughest and i get my camera and some baby oil

Don't bothsides this. Telling people their opinions aren't valid is crap.

kiss me and let’s find out who is on bothsides

[tragabigzanda]

pearl jam sucks now

[Strat]

Okay everybody let's just turn the compressors and limiters down now!

[E.H. Ruddock]

Way to throw me under the bus Ruddo!

I wasn’t! Was just explaining my post. Trying to figure out why they yelled at me and called me a punk.

[Strat]

Way to throw me under the bus Ruddo!

I wasn’t! Was just explaining my post. Trying to figure out why they yelled at me and called me a punk.

You are a punk

[Leatherhead]

Way to throw me under the bus Ruddo!

I wasn’t! Was just explaining my post. Trying to figure out why they yelled at me and called me a punk.

Yea he took that the wrong way. It was actually more a dig at trag.

[E.H. Ruddock]

Way to throw me under the bus Ruddo!

I wasn’t! Was just explaining my post. Trying to figure out why they yelled at me and called me a punk.

You are a punk

I’m changing my title to “punk moderator”

[McParadigm]

Ok who are the Porch castoffs that showed up to rank this at five stars? Reveal yourselves

That's a shit thing to say, man. I gave it a 5 because I fucking love it.

What he wants to know is, do you love it because it’s good or because it’s Pearl Jam?

“Last night I found myself wanting to know if the people on a message board ranking a song five stars in an online poll were doing so because they like the band.”

For several moments, the only response is my therapist’s pen tapping softly against the side of her coffee cup. “Yikes,” she says.

[tragabigzanda]

pearl jam sucks now