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Last night I was properly introduced to Wreckage by Pearl Jam;
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hUmJfxinKHM
IMHO it's a masterpiece, among their finest work. To be able to sing about such deep sadness, with so much joy and optimism, speaks to a strength of character I can only aspire to.
I'm so gutted I missed the chance to see them on this tour. But that's all part of the wreckage I'm combing through.
I feel like I owe Eddie Vedder and PJ a public apology. I'm sure they'd understand, if they knew, but when I listened through their discography recently, I posted some fairly dismissive comments about their more recent albums. At the time I was frustrated and angry with the world, and I wanted music that spoke to that, like Ten, and Vs, and Riot Act.
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I listened to the more contemplative, almost psychedelic songs, but I didn't really hear them. Couldn't hear them. I was so busy being righteously furious that I couldn't hear the soul and the beauty.
In the last few days and weeks I've had reason to feel torn, and heartbroken, and lost in the dark. Listening to Dark Matter today was like a map of the way into the darkness, and back out into the light. Like Pink Floyd's The Wall.
Words fail me. Thanks PJ for lighting the way.
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