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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I hope your explanation makes sense
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Re: Lightning Bolt - October 15

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Ole was fine. It's still not Supersonic. If you didn't give up when they wrote that...
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Re: Lightning Bolt - October 15

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stip wrote:i think confirmed just means that they can confirm that they recorded it during these sessions
Yeah i don't think Ole has been confirmed anywhere to be on LB. And i agree that it would be a huge disappointment if it did end up on the album.
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Re: Lightning Bolt - October 15

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harmless wrote:Ole was fine. It's still not Supersonic. If you didn't give up when they wrote that...
It's pretty much as bad.
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Re: Lightning Bolt - October 15

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in light of the new poll, I've chosen : 1, but it is HUGE - with the understanding that it encompasses his face
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Re: Lightning Bolt - October 15

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Thurman Murman wrote:
harmless wrote:Ole was fine. It's still not Supersonic. If you didn't give up when they wrote that...
It's pretty much as bad.
I don't think so. It would be a waste of my time to argue at length why it's likeable, but take my word for it; I think the lyrics to Ole are more witty, clearly understandable and forceful than Supersonic. The Supersonic lyrics are literally nonsense.
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Re: Lightning Bolt - October 15

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It's a little better than supersonic, but its still not that good, and the studio versions been out for two years, so it'd be annoying if it appeared on the album.
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I agree with that. I would be a bit disgruntled. But I don't think you have any idea how much I want to fill those numbers with half-decent songs. I dread stumbling upon a Supersonic so much that any old fluff is fine, as long as I don't hate it. (Disclaimer: I think MYM and its video are much more than that.)
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Re: Lightning Bolt - October 15

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harmless wrote:Ole was fine. It's still not Supersonic. If you didn't give up when they wrote that...
Personally I'd take a Supersonic over an Ole any day of the week...
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Re: Lightning Bolt - October 15

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However unlikely it may be I'd still be annoyed that it was potentially taking the place of something awesome that we'll otherwise only get to hear when it leaks in the next 3-5 years.
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Re: Lightning Bolt - October 15

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For sure.
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Re: Lightning Bolt - October 15

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It's not on the album guys.
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Re: Lightning Bolt - October 15

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We were actually getting the new Pj record two weeks after Olé premiered on Fallon. But then certain cranky internet bastards shat on it from on high and the band then buried that session and didn't speak or meet again for a year.
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Re: Lightning Bolt - October 15

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malice wrote:in light of the new poll, I've chosen : 1, but it is HUGE - with the understanding that it encompasses his face
well i would think that would be self-evident
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Re: Lightning Bolt - October 15

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dimejinky99 wrote:We were actually getting the new Pj record two weeks after Olé premiered on Fallon. But then certain cranky internet bastards shat on it from on high and the band then buried that session and didn't speak or meet again for a year.
that's a good theory. Have kurt leon check it out with his source
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dimejinky99 wrote:We were actually getting the new Pj record two weeks after Olé premiered on Fallon. But then certain cranky internet bastards shat on it from on high and the band then buried that session and didn't speak or meet again for a year.
It's almost certainly better now having been run through that critical mill.
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Re: Lightning Bolt - October 15

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harmless wrote:
dimejinky99 wrote:We were actually getting the new Pj record two weeks after Olé premiered on Fallon. But then certain cranky internet bastards shat on it from on high and the band then buried that session and didn't speak or meet again for a year.
It's almost certainly better now having been run through that critical mill.

Eh? Could have been the fixin' mill....
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Re: Lightning Bolt - October 15

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Strat wrote:
harmless wrote:
dimejinky99 wrote:We were actually getting the new Pj record two weeks after Olé premiered on Fallon. But then certain cranky internet bastards shat on it from on high and the band then buried that session and didn't speak or meet again for a year.
It's almost certainly better now having been run through that critical mill.

Eh? Could have been the fixin' mill....
Not if it's in direct response to Internet criticism. We make the band what it is, obviously.
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Re: Lightning Bolt - October 15

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Come on guys. Ole is not on the album. It was just part of the early recording sessions. That Italian site always lists all the recording session details, album songs or not.
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I know it's not on the album.
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