Lightning Bolt: the official album thread
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Re: Lightning Bolt - October 15
The real problem with Mind Your Manners is that Pearl Jam are trying to write something as good as this but they simply can't do it.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B5qcj4ZT30M
Embodying Punk aspects in your music, which is not Punk in style but Alternate Rock in truth, was Idlewild's real forte early on. They then decided to do the same with Folk Rock. They were extremely good at transferring between styles.
Pearl Jam are too - but when they play Punk they seemed to have lost the ability in the past 10 years.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B5qcj4ZT30M
Embodying Punk aspects in your music, which is not Punk in style but Alternate Rock in truth, was Idlewild's real forte early on. They then decided to do the same with Folk Rock. They were extremely good at transferring between styles.
Pearl Jam are too - but when they play Punk they seemed to have lost the ability in the past 10 years.
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Re: Lightning Bolt - October 15
I want the best album since Riot Act... that'll be fine.
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Re: Lightning Bolt - October 15
I'm not sure this makes any sense. PJ aren't as good at aping styles as other bands are?OmegaprimeVKM wrote:The real problem with Mind Your Manners is that Pearl Jam are trying to write something as good as this but they simply can't do it.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B5qcj4ZT30M
Embodying Punk aspects in your music, which is not Punk in style but Alternate Rock in truth, was Idlewild's real forte early on. They then decided to do the same with Folk Rock. They were extremely good at transferring between styles.
Pearl Jam are too - but when they play Punk they seemed to have lost the ability in the past 10 years.
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Re: Lightning Bolt - October 15
Alex wrote:i usually go with "best since binaural"KurtLeon wrote:Have I been wrong for 10 years?evenslow wrote:I thought the official "Best Since..." line of demarcation (as pronounced by Rolling Stone) was Vitalogy. Somebody call David Fricke.KurtLeon wrote:Best since Yield.evenslow wrote:A Return To FormAlex wrote:so how do you guys think lightning bolt will turn out?
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evenslow wrote:Alex wrote:i usually go with "best since binaural"KurtLeon wrote:Have I been wrong for 10 years?evenslow wrote:I thought the official "Best Since..." line of demarcation (as pronounced by Rolling Stone) was Vitalogy. Somebody call David Fricke.KurtLeon wrote:Best since Yield.evenslow wrote:A Return To FormAlex wrote:so how do you guys think lightning bolt will turn out?
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its gonna be great
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I would not have believed you were Idlewild's PR guy if you had let your post count reach the 200's first. You made your play too early.OmegaprimeVKM wrote:The real problem with Mind Your Manners is that Pearl Jam are trying to write something as good as this but they simply can't do it.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B5qcj4ZT30M
Embodying Punk aspects in your music, which is not Punk in style but Alternate Rock in truth, was Idlewild's real forte early on. They then decided to do the same with Folk Rock. They were extremely good at transferring between styles.
Pearl Jam are too - but when they play Punk they seemed to have lost the ability in the past 10 years.
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Re: Lightning Bolt - October 15
I just listened. I like the first riff quite a bit. The lead guitar waffles boringly all the way through (there's literally no letup, he never stops). I find MYM to be more interesting; the only thing Idlewild are better at is copying skate punk's production values.OmegaprimeVKM wrote:The real problem with Mind Your Manners is that Pearl Jam are trying to write something as good as this but they simply can't do it.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B5qcj4ZT30M
Embodying Punk aspects in your music, which is not Punk in style but Alternate Rock in truth, was Idlewild's real forte early on. They then decided to do the same with Folk Rock. They were extremely good at transferring between styles.
Pearl Jam are too - but when they play Punk they seemed to have lost the ability in the past 10 years.
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Re: Lightning Bolt - October 15
I'm pretty confident it will rank among my favorite albums of 2013. Somewhere around the 417th position.Alex wrote:so how do you guys think lightning bolt will turn out?
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that was the last twoharmless wrote:I want the best album since Riot Act... that'll be fine.
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Re: Lightning Bolt - October 15
oh man, mind your manners is such a better song than that thing.OmegaprimeVKM wrote:The real problem with Mind Your Manners is that Pearl Jam are trying to write something as good as this but they simply can't do it.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B5qcj4ZT30M
Embodying Punk aspects in your music, which is not Punk in style but Alternate Rock in truth, was Idlewild's real forte early on. They then decided to do the same with Folk Rock. They were extremely good at transferring between styles.
Pearl Jam are too - but when they play Punk they seemed to have lost the ability in the past 10 years.
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Re: Lightning Bolt - October 15
purple is a fruit!Heathen wrote:I'm pretty confident it will rank among my favorite albums of 2013. Somewhere around the 417th position.Alex wrote:so how do you guys think lightning bolt will turn out?
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Re: Lightning Bolt - October 15
Nooo, those were just the albums after Riot Act. Which is almost the same thing but with a subtle difference.stip wrote:that was the last twoharmless wrote:I want the best album since Riot Act... that'll be fine.
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Re: Lightning Bolt - October 15
VinylGuy wrote:video for mind your manners.sward wrote:Just saw this on the Pearl Jam facebook site:
Tomorrow. 9am PST. #MindYourManners http://bitly.com/PearlJamYouTube
Any idea(s) what it might be? New song?

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Re: Lightning Bolt - October 15
both are about as good asstip wrote:oh man, mind your manners is such a better song than that thing.OmegaprimeVKM wrote:The real problem with Mind Your Manners is that Pearl Jam are trying to write something as good as this but they simply can't do it.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B5qcj4ZT30M
Embodying Punk aspects in your music, which is not Punk in style but Alternate Rock in truth, was Idlewild's real forte early on. They then decided to do the same with Folk Rock. They were extremely good at transferring between styles.
Pearl Jam are too - but when they play Punk they seemed to have lost the ability in the past 10 years.
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Re: Lightning Bolt - October 15
Given that all three of these bands are inspired by the Dead Kennedies, it makes sense that all three songs are kind of similar. Shock of the year, I know, but there we are.
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Re: Lightning Bolt - October 15
Beliebers are gathering--- wrote:both are about as good asstip wrote:oh man, mind your manners is such a better song than that thing.OmegaprimeVKM wrote:The real problem with Mind Your Manners is that Pearl Jam are trying to write something as good as this but they simply can't do it.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B5qcj4ZT30M
Embodying Punk aspects in your music, which is not Punk in style but Alternate Rock in truth, was Idlewild's real forte early on. They then decided to do the same with Folk Rock. They were extremely good at transferring between styles.
Pearl Jam are too - but when they play Punk they seemed to have lost the ability in the past 10 years.
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Re: Lightning Bolt - October 15
OmegaprimeVKM wrote:The real problem with Mind Your Manners is that Pearl Jam are trying to write something as good as this but they simply can't do it.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B5qcj4ZT30M
Embodying Punk aspects in your music, which is not Punk in style but Alternate Rock in truth, was Idlewild's real forte early on. They then decided to do the same with Folk Rock. They were extremely good at transferring between styles.
Pearl Jam are too - but when they play Punk they seemed to have lost the ability in the past 10 years.
Oh my God, that song was ass rotten. Well at least I know not to listen to Idlewild EVER AGAIN! Boy that was a bad song.
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Re: Lightning Bolt - October 15
A better comparison would've been NIN's "Everything" being better than "The Fixer."
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