Lightning Bolt: the official album thread

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Rank Lightning Bolt

5 stars
1
1%
4 stars
4
5%
3 stars
29
37%
2 stars
30
38%
1 star
14
18%
 
Total votes: 78

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Re: Lightning Bolt - October 15

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Hatfield wrote:So people hate on S/T and Backspacer but like ATW and Big Wave?!

McParadigm doesn't care for GTF?! :shock:

I don't know what to think about this board anymore :lol:
if it's now "hate on", why isn't it "like on" as well?


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Re: Lightning Bolt - October 15

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harmless wrote:
Thejambi wrote:
Hatfield wrote:So people hate on S/T and Backspacer but like ATW and Big Wave?!

McParadigm doesn't care for GTF?! :shock:

I don't know what to think about this board anymore :lol:
I don't hate S/T or Backspacer.
Neither do I. They're my least favourite albums, but Big Wave is the only song ruining S/T (along with production and track ordering issues). The only song I hate on Backspacer is Supersonic, and Backspacer is affected by my hatred of that song simply because it's so short.
I have an issue with Gone. Like, I can't listen to it.
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Re: Lightning Bolt - October 15

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MemoFromTurner wrote:
harmless wrote:
Thejambi wrote:
Hatfield wrote:So people hate on S/T and Backspacer but like ATW and Big Wave?!

McParadigm doesn't care for GTF?! :shock:

I don't know what to think about this board anymore :lol:
I don't hate S/T or Backspacer.
Neither do I. They're my least favourite albums, but Big Wave is the only song ruining S/T (along with production and track ordering issues). The only song I hate on Backspacer is Supersonic, and Backspacer is affected by my hatred of that song simply because it's so short.
I have an issue with Gone. Like, I can't listen to it.
I quite like Gone, but I have a thing about Boom's organ :lol:
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Re: Lightning Bolt - October 15

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MemoFromTurner wrote:
harmless wrote:
Thejambi wrote:
Hatfield wrote:So people hate on S/T and Backspacer but like ATW and Big Wave?!

McParadigm doesn't care for GTF?! :shock:

I don't know what to think about this board anymore :lol:
I don't hate S/T or Backspacer.
Neither do I. They're my least favourite albums, but Big Wave is the only song ruining S/T (along with production and track ordering issues). The only song I hate on Backspacer is Supersonic, and Backspacer is affected by my hatred of that song simply because it's so short.
I have an issue with Gone. Like, I can't listen to it.
I have that issue with everything backspacer that isn't GSMF, got some, johnny guitar, and the speed of sound demo DEMO.

As For s/t I can leave everything other than Wws, severed hand, big wave unemployable, army reserve and parachutes.

And none of these are songs I go to listen to regularly.
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Re: Lightning Bolt - October 15

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stupidmop wrote:Lmao I've never seen that ranking before. Am i unique?

It only lasted 1 post! dang
we built some surprises into this. I particularly like the build up to 10k posts
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Re: Lightning Bolt - October 15

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harmless wrote:
Lounge Lizard wrote:
harmless wrote:In fact, if people are down on religious imagery, why do they like GTF so much? (Incidentally, I don't think ATW sounds like GTF at all except lyrically -- as I said in the Dissident thread, it sounds more like Dissident.)
GTF is about being free when everybody wants to pin you down. Its not the new testament that rhimes.
Yup. Is that not what the silhouetted Ed / surf board symbol was about that we got? The one where his arms are outstretched, like on a cross? I don't know, it's a bit like Bono's 'I am Jesus' but much more stylish. He definitely sees surfing as a spiritual, transcendent experience. He's basically rejected GOP-style Christianity and replaced it with surfing.
google moral mondays North Carolina, harmless--it'll make you feel better
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Re: Lightning Bolt - October 15

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McParadigm wrote:Pretty's not a problem.

Overdone and uninterestingly applied is.

I actually think that AtW has some of the better lyrics on Backspacer....in the verses. It's mostly the choruses and the extremity of the retreading that make it suck hard.
i would not go into suck hard territory--I do like the song--but the verses on ATW are some of the highlights on Backspacer The lyrics are good, the melody and delivery are strong, and the hazy guitar and warm misty feel it gives the song are quite well done. I do fall off in the chorus a bit, but the verses are strong enough to keep me on
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Re: Lightning Bolt - October 15

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stip wrote:
stupidmop wrote:Lmao I've never seen that ranking before. Am i unique?

It only lasted 1 post! dang
we built some surprises into this. I particularly like the build up to 10k posts
I'm a pretty big fan of my current "fake NYC setlist relayer" rank. :thumbsup: :thumbsup:
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Re: Lightning Bolt - October 15

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i think that one was Mecca's. Mecca or B
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Re: Lightning Bolt - October 15

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stip wrote:
harmless wrote:
Lounge Lizard wrote:
harmless wrote:In fact, if people are down on religious imagery, why do they like GTF so much? (Incidentally, I don't think ATW sounds like GTF at all except lyrically -- as I said in the Dissident thread, it sounds more like Dissident.)
GTF is about being free when everybody wants to pin you down. Its not the new testament that rhimes.
Yup. Is that not what the silhouetted Ed / surf board symbol was about that we got? The one where his arms are outstretched, like on a cross? I don't know, it's a bit like Bono's 'I am Jesus' but much more stylish. He definitely sees surfing as a spiritual, transcendent experience. He's basically rejected GOP-style Christianity and replaced it with surfing.
google moral mondays North Carolina, harmless--it'll make you feel better
:hooray:

Great story. Protest makes me happy.
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Re: Lightning Bolt - October 15

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harmless wrote:
stip wrote:
harmless wrote:
Lounge Lizard wrote:
harmless wrote:In fact, if people are down on religious imagery, why do they like GTF so much? (Incidentally, I don't think ATW sounds like GTF at all except lyrically -- as I said in the Dissident thread, it sounds more like Dissident.)
GTF is about being free when everybody wants to pin you down. Its not the new testament that rhimes.
Yup. Is that not what the silhouetted Ed / surf board symbol was about that we got? The one where his arms are outstretched, like on a cross? I don't know, it's a bit like Bono's 'I am Jesus' but much more stylish. He definitely sees surfing as a spiritual, transcendent experience. He's basically rejected GOP-style Christianity and replaced it with surfing.
google moral mondays North Carolina, harmless--it'll make you feel better
:hooray:

Great story. Protest makes me happy.
plus it has a social gospel/social justice/good religion overtone to it
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Re: Lightning Bolt - October 15

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stip wrote:
harmless wrote:
stip wrote:
harmless wrote:
Lounge Lizard wrote:
harmless wrote:In fact, if people are down on religious imagery, why do they like GTF so much? (Incidentally, I don't think ATW sounds like GTF at all except lyrically -- as I said in the Dissident thread, it sounds more like Dissident.)
GTF is about being free when everybody wants to pin you down. Its not the new testament that rhimes.
Yup. Is that not what the silhouetted Ed / surf board symbol was about that we got? The one where his arms are outstretched, like on a cross? I don't know, it's a bit like Bono's 'I am Jesus' but much more stylish. He definitely sees surfing as a spiritual, transcendent experience. He's basically rejected GOP-style Christianity and replaced it with surfing.
google moral mondays North Carolina, harmless--it'll make you feel better
:hooray:

Great story. Protest makes me happy.
plus it has a social gospel/social justice/good religion overtone to it
Yes, definitely. I've often considered the fact that we've totally erased the political and social implications of what Jesus said or did. The whole idea that we can be spiritually and socially effective whilst being politically neutral is silly, but I suppose it gives churches a superficial sense of being 'united' in the 'important things', which is, uh, nice, as far as that goes.
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Re: Lightning Bolt - October 15

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stip wrote:
stupidmop wrote:Lmao I've never seen that ranking before. Am i unique?

It only lasted 1 post! dang
we built some surprises into this. I particularly like the build up to 10k posts
Awesome :thumbsup: gave me a really good laugh.
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Re: Lightning Bolt - October 15

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So, Siren...what do we all think? BOB was right when he said '5 minute pop song' but this wasn't the song I was hoping it to be. It's not...epic enough.
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lecherouslittlestump wrote:So, Siren...what do we all think? BOB was right when he said '5 minute pop song' but this wasn't the song I was hoping it to be. It's not...epic enough.
I'll bite...where did you hear it? :?
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AllNiteThing wrote:
lecherouslittlestump wrote:So, Siren...what do we all think? BOB was right when he said '5 minute pop song' but this wasn't the song I was hoping it to be. It's not...epic enough.
I'll bite...where did you hear it? :?
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BurtReynolds wrote:
AllNiteThing wrote:
lecherouslittlestump wrote:So, Siren...what do we all think? BOB was right when he said '5 minute pop song' but this wasn't the song I was hoping it to be. It's not...epic enough.
I'll bite...where did you hear it? :?
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Re: Lightning Bolt - October 15

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harmless wrote:
BurtReynolds wrote:
AllNiteThing wrote:
lecherouslittlestump wrote:So, Siren...what do we all think? BOB was right when he said '5 minute pop song' but this wasn't the song I was hoping it to be. It's not...epic enough.
I'll bite...where did you hear it? :?
:facepalm:

Helpful. :thumbsup:
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lecherouslittlestump wrote:So, Siren...what do we all think? BOB was right when he said '5 minute pop song' but this wasn't the song I was hoping it to be. It's not...epic enough.
The excessive handclaps are the only things preventing it from achieving epic status.
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Clearly I remember
Picking on the troll.
Seemed a lecherous little stump.

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