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Re: Dark Matter: Official Album Thread
Posted: Wed April 17, 2024 12:59 am
by Tj
brisk wrote:mikejasond wrote:I just saw the listening party and….i actually really liked it???
This is not at all what I expected. The singles give such a different impression. This is way folkier than I thought and I love that Pearl Jam. Im so pleasantly surprised.
My favorite songs were Wreckage, Waiting for Stevie, Something Special, and Got to Give
But um….is eddies marriage ok? I was very taken aback by how many songs seem to be about breaking up with a long love. I expected a political album but it seemed to be a breakup album? It was very strange. Do we not know something ?
Including
- Spoiler: show
- both the opening and closing song
Who cares?
Yeah not interested in his personal life in that way. What were the overtly policies moments. I'm assuming Got to Give and R/R but it's hard to piece together.
Re: Dark Matter: Official Album Thread
Posted: Wed April 17, 2024 1:00 am
by stip
McParadigm wrote:It’s so funny to me that, of these tracks, they shared Running
Potato
Re: Dark Matter: Official Album Thread
Posted: Wed April 17, 2024 1:00 am
by mikejasond
McParadigm wrote:It’s so funny to me that, of these tracks, they shared Running
Both the singles are so unrepresentative of the album lol and also probably two or the worst songs. I personally would have done got to give as the single.
Re: Dark Matter: Official Album Thread
Posted: Wed April 17, 2024 1:02 am
by Tj
stip wrote:Strat wrote:wease wrote:This is the best Pearl Jam album I’ve ever heard
Dont tease me wease.
i dont know where this album’s ceiling is, but WORST case scenario it would just be a notch behind gigaton
My ears are telling me it's the best since Yield off the phone recordings. You are such a LB fan though that makes you a outlier.
Re: Dark Matter: Official Album Thread
Posted: Wed April 17, 2024 1:02 am
by stip
running seems to work much better as a cool down after 3 long anthems then as a stand alone single
Re: Dark Matter: Official Album Thread
Posted: Wed April 17, 2024 1:03 am
by wease
Strat wrote:wease wrote:This is the best Pearl Jam album I’ve ever heard
Dont tease me wease.
I’ve actually still not heard anything other than the title track. I just wanted to get in on the fun
Re: Dark Matter: Official Album Thread
Posted: Wed April 17, 2024 1:03 am
by stip
Tj wrote:stip wrote:Strat wrote:wease wrote:This is the best Pearl Jam album I’ve ever heard
Dont tease me wease.
i dont know where this album’s ceiling is, but WORST case scenario it would just be a notch behind gigaton
My ears are telling me it's the best since Yield off the phone recordings. You are such a LB fan though that makes you a outlier.
i believe, and i believe cause I can see.
Re: Dark Matter: Official Album Thread
Posted: Wed April 17, 2024 1:10 am
by mikejasond
Im not sure if it’s better than gigaton or not yet but for my tastes its comparable for sure
Re: Dark Matter: Official Album Thread
Posted: Wed April 17, 2024 1:12 am
by evenslow
stip wrote:running seems to work much better as a cool down after 3 long anthems then as a stand alone single
It absolutely works way better within the context of the album. I like it a lot more now.
Re: Dark Matter: Official Album Thread
Posted: Wed April 17, 2024 1:18 am
by digster
stip wrote:McParadigm wrote:It’s so funny to me that, of these tracks, they shared Running
Potato
It's become absolutely impossible for me not to hear this.
Re: Dark Matter: Official Album Thread
Posted: Wed April 17, 2024 1:19 am
by Farmer John
digster wrote:stip wrote:McParadigm wrote:It’s so funny to me that, of these tracks, they shared Running
Potato
It's become absolutely impossible for me not to hear this.
Is he not actually saying potato?
Re: Dark Matter: Official Album Thread
Posted: Wed April 17, 2024 1:21 am
by stip
digster wrote:stip wrote:McParadigm wrote:It’s so funny to me that, of these tracks, they shared Running
Potato
It's become absolutely impossible for me not to hear this.
100%
it is absolutely a better song for it as well. no one needs to be precious about Running
Re: Dark Matter: Official Album Thread
Posted: Wed April 17, 2024 1:22 am
by tragabigzanda
Re: Dark Matter: Official Album Thread
Posted: Wed April 17, 2024 1:27 am
by Tj
These lyrics are almost 3 years old at this point
Re: Dark Matter: Official Album Thread
Posted: Wed April 17, 2024 1:30 am
by mikejasond
I still think it’s going to become a necessary discussion topic when this album comes out and people start dissecting it. It seems hard to analyze the song meanings without some speculation. There’s like five songs that made me raise my eyebrow.
Re: Dark Matter: Official Album Thread
Posted: Wed April 17, 2024 1:32 am
by warehouse
all of the songs are about chris cornell
Re: Dark Matter: Official Album Thread
Posted: Wed April 17, 2024 1:33 am
by dad
mikejasond wrote:I still think it’s going to become a necessary discussion topic when this album comes out and people start dissecting it. It seems hard to analyze the song meanings without some speculation. There’s like five songs that made me raise my eyebrow.
which eyebrow?
Re: Dark Matter: Official Album Thread
Posted: Wed April 17, 2024 1:34 am
by Oversize
Hey all. At the theater. 18 mins to go. Had 3 glasses of wine
Owner of the theater told me they got a 10min preview. Total darkness first half.
He confirmed there is no disc of any kind. Some digital file and when you play it it checks against a license of some sort.
He said his son is going to crank it up for us.
Haven't heard the phone "leak".
STOKED!
Re: Dark Matter: Official Album Thread
Posted: Wed April 17, 2024 1:34 am
by zeb
Overall - with only a few exceptions - the lyrics on this record are a total bummer.
Re: Dark Matter: Official Album Thread
Posted: Wed April 17, 2024 1:35 am
by mikejasond
warehouse wrote:all of the songs are about chris cornell
That would be an interesting turn if he framed Chris’s suicide like the loss of a long relationship. Though some of the lyrics (setting sun especially) seem too direct to not be about the fracturing of a long relationship he thought would last forever. Whether he’s writing about his personal experience or just telling a story though who knows ?