Does Anyone Else Avoid Listening to Songs from Dark Matter until Release Date?

aschuldiner

I always try to wait. Totally understand why some people feel differently, but personally I love the ritual of the first full listen.

Tuta23

Life's too short.  Enjoy them as you have access....

helplessdancer

im old and you know what that means....i aint changing because everyone else is...

the first spin will be in my car with the cd in the player. i think i'll take the long road in.

PJammin'

pleatherman said:

Somehow I cannot believe I made it this far.  Then again, since the first new PJ album I bought- Vitalogy, I vowed not to listen to any tracks prior to owning it.  And for one reason or another, I broke that promise time and time again.  

Is anyone else out there making such an absurd declaration?  If so, I would be curious to hear your reason(s), what you are doing to while away the time, and finally how you plan to implement your debut listening experience once that fateful day in April is upon us?
Or perhaps if others are abstaining from the new songs, this forum could be the last place to visit.

I’m staying away from PJ right now. I want to experience the album as a whole without being familiar with any of the singles. I can’t wait to hear the complete work all at once without any single being pounded into my head. 🤷‍♂️ 

Umbertotamba

I’ve listened to the first song twice. But now I’m waiting until I have the vinyl in hand to listen to the whole thing at once.

mookeywrench

helplessdancer said:

im old and you know what that means....i aint changing because everyone else is...

the first spin will be in my car with the cd in the player. i think i'll take the long road in.

Cars still have CD players?

moozeekfan

Yup.  It’s carried over from the pre-Internet days for me.  I like the experience of hearing the record all at once for the first time.  It’s also partially driven by that we live in an on-demand world, and sometimes it’s nice to just step away from that once in a while.  I know I could listen to both singles right now if I wanted, but…

BF25394

mookeywrench said:

helplessdancer said:

im old and you know what that means....i aint changing because everyone else is...

the first spin will be in my car with the cd in the player. i think i'll take the long road in.

Cars still have CD players?

The average age of a car on the road in the U.S. is 12 years so, yes, tens of millions of people are driving cars with CD players. I am one of them, and they'll pry my car's CD player from my cold, dead hands.

RatherStarved

After hearing Running I’ll have no difficulty waiting for the rest.  

Patrick_Sea3

No, because life is short

Travels With

Sometimes I think about waiting, but then I embrace a quote from Oscar Wilde
"I can resist anything except temptation!" -- so then I listen.  

AA295481

I have only listened to Dark Matter/Running once each, I have listened to a bunch of singles throughout the years and quickly get burned out before the album drops , nothing against either, I just choose to wait until the whole album drops. It's to the point now that if I hear one on the radio, i quickly change the station. 

WildFly

I think its an awesome idea not to listen before release.  Starting now after Dark Matter I am going to do just that!!

Get_Right

I am waiting. Barely listened to anything so far. I prefer to listen to the entire record. Looking forward to it.

pleatherman

The next few weeks can feel like an eternity to wait but I know this time next month, it would have gone by in a blink of an eye.  The excitement now comes from the potential contained in new Pearl Jam music.  It's a safe bet most of us wouldn't be on this forum unless their songs altered us at some point in our life.  

And I am a full believer in the 'beholder's share" which allows the observer or listener to complete a given artwork by imparting their own perceptual experience onto it.  While many will listen to Dark Matter out of nothing more than curiosity, others might not get out unscathed. This could help explain why I tend to associate entire years based on the given album Pearl Jam released at the time.  All thanks to the power of music.
Of course, none of which explains my compulsion to buy those Funko Pops.  

demetrios