Lightning Bolt: the official album thread

[harmless]

Judy's Penchant

[Lament]

Judy's Pension.

[dimejinky99]

Judaen prejudice

[bodysnatcher]

Punchin' Judaism

[dimejinky99]

Punchin' Judaism

Good un


God we are bored.

[BurtReynolds]

Punchin' Judaism

Good un


God we are bored.

10 minutes til lunch!

[harmless]

Poxy Justice System

[stupidmop]

My friend and I were talking last night. He's seen about 50 Pj shows or so from 95 onwards and he was saying how he hates that the gigs have become a celebration vibe.
I would agree that the mood/vibe that used to be there in Pj shows is gone somehow, there used to be all this energy and atmosphere created and based on set lists but now it's gone.
We were wondering how the writing in the new songs will reflect that. Are they gonna be writing from the content/peaceful place they seem to be at?
Will they still try to have something to rail against and how successful will this be if they're all blissed out?

All these questions. October is so far away

"We want to write songs that we can easily incorporate into our setlists."
-Ed

It's weird that he ever said this, considering the earlier ones fit a good setlist fine, the latter ones not so much.

I think the minute they realised they had this rarity collecting dead head following thing going on, ed started over thinking the whole setlist thing and shot them in the foot. We get all those interviews with the band saying 'oh ed spends ages on the setlists, he remembers past setlists too and compares them etc' , there never used to be.

That quote is weird though, it implies they write songs but toss them if they can't figure out where in the set it could go.

None of this would matter however, if the next album is good enough that hearing the songs is exciting, rather than just taking the space of whatever your favourite 10+ year old outtake.

[wilkins]

The silent lack of information on LB is deafening.

[harmless]

My friend and I were talking last night. He's seen about 50 Pj shows or so from 95 onwards and he was saying how he hates that the gigs have become a celebration vibe.
I would agree that the mood/vibe that used to be there in Pj shows is gone somehow, there used to be all this energy and atmosphere created and based on set lists but now it's gone.
We were wondering how the writing in the new songs will reflect that. Are they gonna be writing from the content/peaceful place they seem to be at?
Will they still try to have something to rail against and how successful will this be if they're all blissed out?

All these questions. October is so far away

"We want to write songs that we can easily incorporate into our setlists."
-Ed

It's weird that he ever said this, considering the earlier ones fit a good setlist fine, the latter ones not so much.

I think the minute they realised they had this rarity collecting dead head following thing going on, ed started over thinking the whole setlist thing and shot them in the foot. We get all those interviews with the band saying 'oh ed spends ages on the setlists, he remembers past setlists too and compares them etc' , there never used to be.

That quote is weird though, it implies they write songs but toss them if they can't figure out where in the set it could go.

None of this would matter however, if the next album is good enough that hearing the songs is exciting, rather than just taking the space of whatever your favourite 10+ year old outtake.

The concept of writing to 'the set' is even more strange when they're so eclectic already, and they're different every night of a tour. Which 'set' is he writing to, and what songs does it involve? Nothing from Binaural or Riot Act, evidently.

[stupidmop]

Yeah evidently he's not doing anything wacky with em.

[bodysnatcher]

mid-tempo anthems and acoustic ditties!

[Lounge Lizard]

mid-tempo anthems and acoustic ditties!

I enjoyed Into The Wild (the film even more so), but enough is enough. Songs of this category should have a very limited presence in Pearl Jam's studio work. If at all.

[lowlight79]

I just think any normal person is going to get sick of seeing a band so many times, plus setlists have become the same in a way. The band now ignores riot act, no code and binaural mostly and includes alot of there hits every night. Alive in the 2nd encore, close the first set or encore Porch or RVM, throw the one rarity in.

I feel it's a combination of few things for me. My next show in Hartford will be my 30th, I'm 34 now, only doing 1 show, 10 years ago at 24, I did 10 shows, I had the money, the shows were cheaper and the shows were intense. That is the one I feel in my mind that is lacking now. There have been very few intense shows since 2006. We are never gonna get another uniondale 03 or MSG 03, Hartford 98 or Reading 06 in my mind.

Plus, there many elitist pearl jam fans who are just real assholes. I would rather not deal with them at the shows. That being said, I am really looking forward to Hartford 2013 as it will be my only show I will see of them over the next 2-3 years.

[McParadigm]

mid-tempo anthems and acoustic ditties!

The hook brings him back.

[stupidmop]

mid-tempo anthems and acoustic ditties!

I really hope eds got some dark/weird left in him. We've had an acoustic album, and a ukulele album, now I want an album full of deadmen, bugs and other weirdness. Im gonna keep hoping he has a secret album written circa '95. Hell I'd take a secret album circa '95 from the band too.

[EJ]

I feel it's a combination of few things for me. My next show in Hartford will be my 30th, I'm 34 now, only doing 1 show, 10 years ago at 24, I did 10 shows, I had the money, the shows were cheaper and the shows were intense. That is the one I feel in my mind that is lacking now. There have been very few intense shows since 2006. We are never gonna get another uniondale 03 or MSG 03, Hartford 98 or Reading 06 in my mind.

How about that Easy Street show in 2005? They weren't playing in front of their fans. Pretty intense little show there. Something that I don't think they'll ever do again.

[stonefury]

That guy again?

What a tool.

You just don't understand his hilarious brand of humor.

Post a fake tracklist repeatedly. See? The laughs just don't stop.

[Blenheim Augustine]

This is the worst wait for a PJ album ever.

Yeah I swing between 'meh I don't care anymore' to 'this is going to be awful' - I need more than MattCam on a song I've already heard and stopped playing regularly to get me excited about this.

The feeling in the pit of my stomach says that I am going to like this less than Backspacer. At this stage I would be only vaguely surprised if One Direction feature on the next single.

[McParadigm]

That guy again?

What a tool.

You just don't understand his hilarious brand of humor.

Post a fake tracklist repeatedly. See? The laughs just don't stop.

It's actually been most of the best of what's in this thread. And, when the actual tracklist IS revealed, you're going to be really sad it isn't one of his.

Yeah I swing between 'meh I don't care anymore' to 'this is going to be awful'

I suddenly re-realized today that Pearl Jam is about to release an album called Lightning Bolt.

It was not a pleasant experience.

Thank god I didn't remember Future Da.....

shit.