Lightning Bolt: the official album thread

[lowlight79]

Man, that video really made me like the direction there taking with this album so far.

I understand Ed sang all his vocals through that cutout glory hole.

I've never seen a goatee on the other side of a glory hole

[stupidmop]

It's like the DTE video but made with Flash animation.

At this point I think the band is purposely trying to undermine my 19 years of loyal fandom.

Or maybe they are purposely creating lame things now in some postmodern/meta commentary?

This might tip you over the edge but the fixer didn't?

[WaitingForBluey]

I haven't listened to MYM in over a month before watching the video.
MYM is equal parts S/T and Backspacer.
Zero parts anything prior to S/T.

[McParadigm]

Man, that video really made me like the direction there taking with this album so far.

I understand Ed sang all his vocals through that cutout glory hole.

I've never seen a goatee on the other side of a glory hole

First rule is NEVER check what's on the other side.

Eddie Vedder Glory Hole soon up in the Ten Club shop. Renew your members!

[EJ]

It's like the DTE video but made with Flash animation.

At this point I think the band is purposely trying to undermine my 19 years of loyal fandom.

Or maybe they are purposely creating lame things now in some postmodern/meta commentary?

This might tip you over the edge but the fixer didn't?

I'm not sure what else they could've done with this song. It fits. And, they have to do it these days. I'm sure they hate doing them.

That being said, I don't care about music videos. I've watched it twice, and that's enough.

[Heathen]

This video is best watched through an Eddie Vedder projector.

[Dr. Van Nostrand]

Watched it with out the sound cuz people have the tv too loud in here, but i liked what i saw

[darthvedder81]

It's like the DTE video but made with Flash animation.

At this point I think the band is purposely trying to undermine my 19 years of loyal fandom.

Or maybe they are purposely creating lame things now in some postmodern/meta commentary?

This might tip you over the edge but the fixer didn't?

To me there wasn't much to hate about that video. It's basically just them playing the song on a stage in a fake live setting. If I hated the Fixer I probably wouldn't like it but I don't hate The Fixer.

The MYM video has cheesy animation and iPod commercial Eddie jumping around. No thanks.

[stupidmop]

It's like the DTE video but made with Flash animation.

At this point I think the band is purposely trying to undermine my 19 years of loyal fandom.

Or maybe they are purposely creating lame things now in some postmodern/meta commentary?

This might tip you over the edge but the fixer didn't?

I'm not sure what else they could've done with this song. It fits. And, they have to do it these days. I'm sure they hate doing them.

That being said, I don't care about music videos. I've watched it twice, and that's enough.

That's basically My thought on it. I really like the Jeremy and dte videos but I don't think they're this bands 'thing' really. It was never gonna be a masterpiece but I'm just glad its not awful.

[LikeLukin]

It's like the DTE video but made with Flash animation.

At this point I think the band is purposely trying to undermine my 19 years of loyal fandom.

Or maybe they are purposely creating lame things now in some postmodern/meta commentary?

This might tip you over the edge but the fixer didn't?

I'm not sure what else they could've done with this song. It fits. And, they have to do it these days. I'm sure they hate doing them.

That being said, I don't care about music videos. I've watched it twice, and that's enough.

That's basically My thought on it. I really like the Jeremy and dte videos but I don't think they're this bands 'thing' really. It was never gonna be a masterpiece but I'm just glad its not awful.

+1

[stip]

I didn't like Bad As Me, stippers, and thats a durn record.

well we'll have that at least. Some great songs on it though.

[Hatfield]

Man, that video really made me like the direction there taking with this album so far.

[McParadigm]

I didn't like Bad As Me, stippers, and thats a durn record.

well we'll have that at least. Some great songs on it though.

Also, Tom Waits is responsible for some of the worst music videos I've ever bothered to try watching.

And a live album that comes with all the between-song dialog removed to its own packaging.

And vast spaces of time in which he does ABSOLUTELY NOTHING

[IlluminEddie]

Couple things:

1) I like the video. It's kinda cool and clearly is trying to say "something". I just don't know wtf it's trying to say.
2) The video actually doesn't go with the song at all. The song is about religion, or seems to be and the video was about war
3) If the video provides anything at all, it's hope that this album is concept-related, kinda apocalyptic.. (although I think the inclusion of Sleeping By Myself may destroy that thought)

At the end of the day, I don't get Ed. He's got this viewpoint of "let's scream about the guy who was in office 8 years ago, and when people get upset, F them"... fair enough. That makes sense, but "8 years later (when said guy is out of office) let's have videos about war, about how everything's f'd up, and play fundraisers for the guy who's in office today." Wtf?

I wish this video made sense. Someone help me please...

[IlluminEddie]

Check out the end date on the final slide. What does that mean? 90-16-5

[McParadigm]

[pnjguy]

its a music video.

[evenslow]

I didn't like Bad As Me, stippers, and thats a durn record.

well we'll have that at least. Some great songs on it though.

Also, Tom Waits is responsible for some of the worst music videos I've ever bothered to try watching.

And a live album that comes with all the between-song dialog removed to its own packaging.

And vast spaces of time in which he does ABSOLUTELY NOTHING

Link please for the Tom Waits message board where you troll people about their modern day enjoyment of Tom Waits thanks.

[McParadigm]

I didn't like Bad As Me, stippers, and thats a durn record.

well we'll have that at least. Some great songs on it though.

Also, Tom Waits is responsible for some of the worst music videos I've ever bothered to try watching.

And a live album that comes with all the between-song dialog removed to its own packaging.

And vast spaces of time in which he does ABSOLUTELY NOTHING

Link please for the Tom Waits message board where you troll people about their modern day enjoyment of Tom Waits thanks.

The people over at the only Tom Waits board I ever check were pretty consistent in considering his last album a huge disappointment when it came out. And that's all it was, just a disappointing record. They like Tom because he's capable of great things, and they by and large didn't get them...so they were frustrated.

[evenslow]

I didn't like Bad As Me, stippers, and thats a durn record.

well we'll have that at least. Some great songs on it though.

Also, Tom Waits is responsible for some of the worst music videos I've ever bothered to try watching.

And a live album that comes with all the between-song dialog removed to its own packaging.

And vast spaces of time in which he does ABSOLUTELY NOTHING

Link please for the Tom Waits message board where you troll people about their modern day enjoyment of Tom Waits thanks.

The people over at the only Tom Waits board I ever check were pretty consistent in considering his last album a huge disappointment when it came out. And that's all it was, just a disappointing record. They like Tom because he's capable of great things, and they by and large didn't get them...so they were frustrated.

Thanks for the update. How did they like his performance in Ironweed?