Red Mosquito

Coach wrote:Crying baby, metal door leak, 30 second clips, record store listening party, cinema tonight....this has been a fun couple of weeks, fellas.

I think we are all probably overestimating how great these songs are because of the "newness," however, I think most of us were looking to add, say, 4-6 tracks into our regular rotations and it seems like we've achieved that goal.

This is the 12th album....I think they make two more. No way can you have this be the last record, and, it's bad luck to end at 13 records.

McParadigm wrote:

Thurman Murman wrote:

McParadigm wrote:As with gigaton, I receive this album under the expectation that it is probably the last.

And I receive it with surprise. Wouldn’t have thought that I would be getting more Pearl Jam music in the year 2024, nor that any music I did get would reach as far as they still regularly reach.

I dont know if i thought it might be the last, but certainly going into Gigaton my expectations could not have been lower...and those expectations were blown out of the water. If i end up loving Dark Matter as much as most seem to in here, and there's no reason to believe that i wont....why cant we expect another solid 10 years out of these guys? It seems they kind of got over the hump, kids have gotten older, more free time on their hands. Why not another 2-3 solid albums?

You may well get it. But you gotta be honest, too. Bands don’t last this long. What we’ve had is incredible. And I absolutely hope that all five of these guys is around and able to play in 10 years. But that’s no longer a thing to just presume…nor do I presume that they’ll still want to do it. Contentedly riding off into the sunset would be as fine a way for this band to end as any. And it would be well earned.

Val wrote:

Coach wrote:Crying baby, metal door leak, 30 second clips, record store listening party, cinema tonight....this has been a fun couple of weeks, fellas.

I think we are all probably overestimating how great these songs are because of the "newness," however, I think most of us were looking to add, say, 4-6 tracks into our regular rotations and it seems like we've achieved that goal.

This is the 12th album....I think they make two more. No way can you have this be the last record, and, it's bad luck to end at 13 records.

I can’t point out a skipper on DM.
Well, maybe Wreckage. That one just doesn’t scratch my itch at all.
Got To Give is from the same territory, but slightly better.

Coach wrote:

Val wrote:

Coach wrote:Crying baby, metal door leak, 30 second clips, record store listening party, cinema tonight....this has been a fun couple of weeks, fellas.

I think we are all probably overestimating how great these songs are because of the "newness," however, I think most of us were looking to add, say, 4-6 tracks into our regular rotations and it seems like we've achieved that goal.

This is the 12th album....I think they make two more. No way can you have this be the last record, and, it's bad luck to end at 13 records.

I can’t point out a skipper on DM.
Well, maybe Wreckage. That one just doesn’t scratch my itch at all.
Got To Give is from the same territory, but slightly better.

Something Special is a skipper

McParadigm wrote:

Thurman Murman wrote:

McParadigm wrote:As with gigaton, I receive this album under the expectation that it is probably the last.

And I receive it with surprise. Wouldn’t have thought that I would be getting more Pearl Jam music in the year 2024, nor that any music I did get would reach as far as they still regularly reach.

I dont know if i thought it might be the last, but certainly going into Gigaton my expectations could not have been lower...and those expectations were blown out of the water. If i end up loving Dark Matter as much as most seem to in here, and there's no reason to believe that i wont....why cant we expect another solid 10 years out of these guys? It seems they kind of got over the hump, kids have gotten older, more free time on their hands. Why not another 2-3 solid albums?

You may well get it. But you gotta be honest, too. Bands don’t last this long. What we’ve had is incredible. And I absolutely hope that all five of these guys is around and able to play in 10 years. But that’s no longer a thing to just presume…nor do I presume that they’ll still want to do it. Contentedly riding off into the sunset would be as fine a way for this band to end as any. And it would be well earned.

FlatSideofaDog wrote:

McParadigm wrote:

Thurman Murman wrote:

McParadigm wrote:As with gigaton, I receive this album under the expectation that it is probably the last.

And I receive it with surprise. Wouldn’t have thought that I would be getting more Pearl Jam music in the year 2024, nor that any music I did get would reach as far as they still regularly reach.

I dont know if i thought it might be the last, but certainly going into Gigaton my expectations could not have been lower...and those expectations were blown out of the water. If i end up loving Dark Matter as much as most seem to in here, and there's no reason to believe that i wont....why cant we expect another solid 10 years out of these guys? It seems they kind of got over the hump, kids have gotten older, more free time on their hands. Why not another 2-3 solid albums?

You may well get it. But you gotta be honest, too. Bands don’t last this long. What we’ve had is incredible. And I absolutely hope that all five of these guys is around and able to play in 10 years. But that’s no longer a thing to just presume…nor do I presume that they’ll still want to do it. Contentedly riding off into the sunset would be as fine a way for this band to end as any. And it would be well earned.

With Gigaton and DM and hopefully a few more in the next 5-6 years, '20s pj could be put in conversation with Petty's run in the 90s, specifically the unexpected late career uptick in inspiration. I think even Petty was surprised. Ed's comment about 'best pj ever' hints at surprise too. (I realize '90s Petty was only in his 40s).

Coach wrote:

Val wrote:

Coach wrote:Crying baby, metal door leak, 30 second clips, record store listening party, cinema tonight....this has been a fun couple of weeks, fellas.

I think we are all probably overestimating how great these songs are because of the "newness," however, I think most of us were looking to add, say, 4-6 tracks into our regular rotations and it seems like we've achieved that goal.

This is the 12th album....I think they make two more. No way can you have this be the last record, and, it's bad luck to end at 13 records.

I can’t point out a skipper on DM.
Well, maybe Wreckage. That one just doesn’t scratch my itch at all.
Got To Give is from the same territory, but slightly better.

Something Special is a skipper

guitar_davey wrote:

Coach wrote:

Val wrote:

Coach wrote:Crying baby, metal door leak, 30 second clips, record store listening party, cinema tonight....this has been a fun couple of weeks, fellas.

I think we are all probably overestimating how great these songs are because of the "newness," however, I think most of us were looking to add, say, 4-6 tracks into our regular rotations and it seems like we've achieved that goal.

This is the 12th album....I think they make two more. No way can you have this be the last record, and, it's bad luck to end at 13 records.

I can’t point out a skipper on DM.
Well, maybe Wreckage. That one just doesn’t scratch my itch at all.
Got To Give is from the same territory, but slightly better.

Something Special is a skipper

Not a chance. I'll skip Future Days and Sleeping By Myself, but this song has some magic despite its overt sentimentality.

Val wrote:

Coach wrote:Crying baby, metal door leak, 30 second clips, record store listening party, cinema tonight....this has been a fun couple of weeks, fellas.

I think we are all probably overestimating how great these songs are because of the "newness," however, I think most of us were looking to add, say, 4-6 tracks into our regular rotations and it seems like we've achieved that goal.

This is the 12th album....I think they make two more. No way can you have this be the last record, and, it's bad luck to end at 13 records.

I can’t point out a skipper on DM.
Well, maybe Wreckage. That one just doesn’t scratch my itch at all.
Got To Give is from the same territory, but slightly better.

hlniv wrote:You guys are being way to generous with the 5 stars lol. Only 5 star song on here out the gate is Setting Sun. Many 4 star songs though, and a few of these I could see get elevated to 5. But jeez guys, it's like half of the songs are trending 5 stars on the official RM polling.

Is this a recurring phenomenon in RM polling history, or is their actually something special going on?

Val wrote:

Coach wrote:

Val wrote:

Coach wrote:Crying baby, metal door leak, 30 second clips, record store listening party, cinema tonight....this has been a fun couple of weeks, fellas.

I think we are all probably overestimating how great these songs are because of the "newness," however, I think most of us were looking to add, say, 4-6 tracks into our regular rotations and it seems like we've achieved that goal.

This is the 12th album....I think they make two more. No way can you have this be the last record, and, it's bad luck to end at 13 records.

I can’t point out a skipper on DM.
Well, maybe Wreckage. That one just doesn’t scratch my itch at all.
Got To Give is from the same territory, but slightly better.

Something Special is a skipper

Not an option.
The significant other appears to adore it.
The voting system is hopelessly rigged, as you may guess, so…

EBowie wrote:

Val wrote:

Coach wrote:

Val wrote:

Coach wrote:Crying baby, metal door leak, 30 second clips, record store listening party, cinema tonight....this has been a fun couple of weeks, fellas.

I think we are all probably overestimating how great these songs are because of the "newness," however, I think most of us were looking to add, say, 4-6 tracks into our regular rotations and it seems like we've achieved that goal.

This is the 12th album....I think they make two more. No way can you have this be the last record, and, it's bad luck to end at 13 records.

I can’t point out a skipper on DM.
Well, maybe Wreckage. That one just doesn’t scratch my itch at all.
Got To Give is from the same territory, but slightly better.

Something Special is a skipper

Not an option.
The significant other appears to adore it.
The voting system is hopelessly rigged, as you may guess, so…

I bet my girlfriend will like it.

igotworms wrote:I'm going to live yo regret writing this but... there seems to be genuinely high enthusiasm to jump back in the studio with Watt. Bearing in mind this album was recorded 2+ years ago in the main so they could be hungry to record again after the world tour (Watt's schedule permitting). Studio time in 2025??

Ms Harmless wrote:looks like I will be going to a cinema listening tonight after all! good times

Ms Harmless wrote:looks like I will be going to a cinema listening tonight after all! good times