Lightning Bolt: the official album thread

[Sgt. Crackpot]

This just in...

[Lament]

This just in...

I'd rather have his wife than his copy of Lightning Bolt, honestly...

[Sgt. Crackpot]

I'd rather have his wife than his copy of Lightning Bolt, honestly...

Warning: Obnoxious meme:

Spoiler: show

[Norah]

stop that

[Sgt. Crackpot]

stop that

Sorry sir.

Edit: Oh shit, isn't there a "no meme" rule here?

Edit 2: Couldn't find it, looks like I'm OK. However, I may have breached the "don't be a tool" rule.

[Jorge]

There's no "no meme" rule anywhere in the Internet, just... don't be obnoxious about it.

[Lament]

I enjoyed it, Sgt.

[Sgt. Crackpot]

I enjoyed it, Sgt.

Thanks man, I've just modified it a little so it's a little less annoying.

[darthvedder81]

Judd Apatow's movies suck....opinion discarded.

Yeah, but he was an Executive Producer on Freaks & Geeks, which was just about the greatest TV show ever. So maybe he's right...

Freaks and Greeks was truly wonderful. Probably the greatest TV show ever so I'll give Apatow a pass even though I've hated just about everything he's done since. His movies are crude and go on way too long. I think it was the combination of himself and Paul Feig that made the show so great. They were the Lennon/McCartney of heartfelt TV dramedy.

[bodysnatcher]

so apparently they haven't released the tracklist bc they haven't finished narrowing it down. there goes that theory?

[Norah]

There's no "no meme" rule anywhere in the Internet, just... don't be obnoxious about it.

To be fair, I'm really the last person who should be telling people to stop being obnoxious on the Internet.

[harmless]

so apparently they haven't released the tracklist bc they haven't finished narrowing it down. there goes that theory?

But Judd Apatow has it

[stupidmop]

I heard it's actually going to be a double album, that's why the tracklist isn't out yet.

Sounds like an unlikelyyyyyyy posiiibiiliiitttyyyyyyyyy I'd love it if they pulled that though

Sounds like they wanted to keep the tracklist for a mid point reveal, to keep us from loosing interest, or they're gonna concoct some kinda game thing maybe. Or they're just assholes.

[Sgt. Crackpot]

they're just assholes.

I vote this.

[harmless]

they're just assholes.

I vote this.

[stip]

it will be the first or second though (which doesn't rule out 3).


I feel more and more confident about my theory. They want the release to coincide with the start of the tour. they want to announce the album to coincide with the start of tickets going on sale. Because there is a 3 month gap they will fill it with lots of random tidbits. I bet we get a new interview or bit of album news (artwork, tracklist, possibly a second song) every week or so from here on out.

[Blenheim Augustine]

If they're giving this out to their celebrity pals already, I'd be surprised if we don't get a leak at some stage.

Are we sure he is referring to the whole album or could the new Pearl Jam be MYM? Seems like a pretty dumb move if they are trying to prevent a leak considering they were watertight on MYM.

[stip]

they were having some non musicians interview them about the albums, right? maybe he was one of the choices

[harmless]

it will be the first or second though (which doesn't rule out 3).


I feel more and more confident about my theory. They want the release to coincide with the start of the tour. they want to announce the album to coincide with the start of tickets going on sale. Because there is a 3 month gap they will fill it with lots of random tidbits. I bet we get a new interview or bit of album news (artwork, tracklist, possibly a second song) every week or so from here on out.

I was wondering about this. There are around 12 weeks, and 12 songs. It would make sense.

[Sgt. Crackpot]

it will be the first or second though (which doesn't rule out 3).


I feel more and more confident about my theory. They want the release to coincide with the start of the tour. they want to announce the album to coincide with the start of tickets going on sale. Because there is a 3 month gap they will fill it with lots of random tidbits. I bet we get a new interview or bit of album news (artwork, tracklist, possibly a second song) every week or so from here on out.

I was wondering about this. There are around 12 weeks, and 12 songs. It would make sense.

You're goddamn right. Maybe instead of having the album leak unintentionally, they will literally leak it themselves on purpose. Since we've had the MYM single and the 2 live tracks. They may be using different methods for all of the tracks.