Lightning Bolt -- guess the tracks!

[stip]

I am assuming that the fish in Swallowed Whole is Leviathan. Good cross reference with Hobbes.

if so that would be one of the most literate references to appear yet.

[harmless]

'Metaphysical' implies God, and that's not what he means.

No, it doesn't.

No?

[stip]

Guys, this is all very exciting but I'm trying to think temper my expectations because I have a hunch this artist might be more clever than the band in his interpretations. Just compare the FD artwork with the song. That disparity could happen with any of these.

They should have given the guy a list of titles, had him make artwork for each of them, and then tried to write songs to match the artwork.

that would be a pretty cool way to write a record

[stip]

Remember when the artwork for Backspacer was released on image at a time prior to the launch of the album? There was a flurry of excitement over finding classic images that matched the artwork in some way.

Maybe this is in a similar vein?

http://www.theskyiscrape.com/2009/08/st ... hirst.html

i forgot about that. I like this more because the art feels more closely tied into the songs, as opposed to a being a bunch of pictures created for the album.

[harmless]

It's hard to tell how closely the images relate until we have the songs, though. On the Backspacer pics, we have the woman amongst the waves, we have Johnny Guitar and lots'a women he be havin', etc... The MYM artwork ties in pretty closely to the song, I guess we'll have to wait to see the Lightning Bolt artwork. At the moment I'm not sure how strongly the LB lyrics are tied.

[stip]

'Metaphysical' implies God, and that's not what he means.

No, it doesn't.

No?

it implies something beyond the physical. it doesnt have to be god although that is the easiest/obvious/relevant connection to makr

[Lounge Lizard]

By the way, the fish / leviathan / whale artwork reminded me of this.

This is more like Saturn eating his children

[stip]

It's hard to tell how closely the images relate until we have the songs, though. On the Backspacer pics, we have the woman amongst the waves, we have Johnny Guitar and lots'a women he be havin', etc... The MYM artwork ties in pretty closely to the song, I guess we'll have to wait to see the Lightning Bolt artwork. At the moment I'm not sure how strongly the LB lyrics are tied.

mym is pretty close, and FD seems to be but I don't really know those lyrics.

[Sgt. Crackpot]

The word metaphysics is formed from the Greek meta ta phusika, a title which, about the year A.D. 70, was related by Andronicus of Rhodes to that collection of Aristotelean treatises which since then goes by the name of the "Metaphysics". Aristotle himself had referred to that portion of philosophy as "the theological science", because it culminated in the consideration of the nature of God, and as "first philosophy", both because it considered the first causes of things, and because, in his estimation, it is first in importance.

Metaphysics is the science of being as being

[harmless]

'Metaphysical' implies God, and that's not what he means.

No, it doesn't.

No?

it implies something beyond the physical. it doesnt have to be god although that is the easiest/obvious/relevant connection to makr

OK, so psychologically / spiritually beyond the physical. That's cool. I only used "God" as shorthand for something "other" than the physical / scientific / evolutionary, because I didn't think Ed even believed in anything beyond that. It doesn't destroy the song, obviously, I just was a bit like huh? To include the word "redeemed" alongside "metaphysically", made me think of God. Does he need something beyond the physical to redeem him? Most agnostics / atheists don't.

[harmless]

It certainly doesn't just mean "God" regarding metaphysical poetry, but God usually features.

[Lounge Lizard]

The word metaphysics is formed from the Greek meta ta phusika, a title which, about the year A.D. 70, was related by Andronicus of Rhodes to that collection of Aristotelean treatises which since then goes by the name of the "Metaphysics". Aristotle himself had referred to that portion of philosophy as "the theological science", because it culminated in the consideration of the nature of God, and as "first philosophy", both because it considered the first causes of things, and because, in his estimation, it is first in importance.

Metaphysics is the science of being as being

Metaphysics is a set of views which permits mysticism and transcendence in place of hard evidence and empirical data. It's a sort of a pre-science, that has the same goals - learning about the surrounding world and ourselves - but differs in its methods and instruments.

[McParadigm]

I am assuming that the fish in Swallowed Whole is Leviathan. Good cross reference with Hobbes.

if so that would be one of the most literate references to appear yet.

What you two are missing is that the happy couple in Future Days don't combine to equal to, but rather eleven.

Apollo 11 was, of course, the first manned spacecraft to land on the moon....note the moon up above the happy couple. We later see the moon up close, strongly resembling a snooty Pac-Man (its eye is closed, perhaps a representation of its indifference to our efforts) about to consume the chambers of a revolver. That revolver is empty except for one bullet, which is important. This clearly represents the fact that Apollo 11 was on the moon for six hours before Neil Armstrong stepped out and became the first man to walk on it. For five full hours the crew had remained safe inside their spaceship, and near the end of the sixth they took a very dangerous risk.

You will note that the gray-scaled fish in Swallowed Whole (a term for, among other things, obsession) also seems awfully similar to the actual surface of the moon. The fish imagery is probably a reference to the astronaut's landing on the Sea of Tranquility, while the flaming globe indicates the entire world's fixation on what was about to occur.

Lastly, Mind Your Manners as a title seems a call back (the video even acknowledges this) to the era in which the race to the moon occurred. As a song, Mind Your Manners laments the possibility that we may not find the answers to our greatest questions even as we lift ourselves up higher (the moon, natch).

Based almost entirely on this artwork that the band probably offered negligible input on, and which may have even been made by a person who had not actually heard the songs for which he was making pictures, I'd say you have to be an idiot not to assume that this is a concept album about Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin straight up boning in a teeny little ship while they wait for the video feed to start working better so they can open the door.

Although, of course, I can't comment on just how Lightning Bolt fits into this until we can confirm the rumor that the accompanying picture is going to be just a giant spurting phallus.

[stupidmop]

The sirens pic is kinda phallic tbh. It's transmitting good lovin as evidenced by the hearts.

[harmless]

I am assuming that the fish in Swallowed Whole is Leviathan. Good cross reference with Hobbes.

if so that would be one of the most literate references to appear yet.

What you two are missing is that the happy couple in Future Days don't combine to equal to, but rather eleven.

Apollo 11 was, of course, the first manned spacecraft to land on the moon....note the moon up above the happy couple. We later see the moon up close, strongly resembling a snooty Pac-Man (its eye is closed, perhaps a representation of its indifference to our efforts) about to consume the chambers of a revolver. That revolver is empty except for one bullet, which is important. This clearly represents the fact that Apollo 11 was on the moon for six hours before Neil Armstrong stepped out and became the first man to walk on it. For five full hours the crew had remained safe inside their spaceship, and near the end of the sixth they took a very dangerous risk.

You will note that the gray-scaled fish in Swallowed Whole (a term for, among other things, obsession) also seems awfully similar to the actual surface of the moon. The fish imagery is probably a reference to the astronaut's landing on the Sea of Tranquility, while the flaming globe indicates the entire world's fixation on what was about to occur.

Lastly, Mind Your Manners as a title seems a call back (the video even acknowledges this) to the era in which the race to the moon occurred. As a song, Mind Your Manners laments the possibility that we may not find the answers to our greatest questions even as we lift ourselves up higher (the moon, natch).

Based almost entirely on this artwork that the band probably offered negligible input on, and which may have even been made by a person who had not actually heard the songs for which he was making pictures, I'd say you have to be an idiot not to assume that this is a concept album about Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin straight up boning in a teeny little ship while they wait for the video feed to start working better so they can open the door.

Although, of course, I can't comment on just how Lightning Bolt fits into this until we can confirm the rumor that the accompanying picture is going to be just a giant spurting phallus.

Everything here

[Sgt. Crackpot]

The sirens pic is kinda phallic tbh. It's transmitting good lovin as evidenced by the hearts.

Analogy of the day.

[Mike]

The sirens pic is kinda phallic tbh. It's transmitting good lovin as evidenced by the hearts.

Analogy of the day.

So it's a song about Eddies 'Love Tower'? He's the Love Tower Captain?

[harmless]

By the way, I'm onto day 3 of completely cancelling my life for this track reveal.

[Revelator]

I am assuming that the fish in Swallowed Whole is Leviathan. Good cross reference with Hobbes.

if so that would be one of the most literate references to appear yet.

Leviathan waits in the water, skeletons hide in the trees...

[Dr. Van Nostrand]

I am assuming that the fish in Swallowed Whole is Leviathan. Good cross reference with Hobbes.

if so that would be one of the most literate references to appear yet.

What you two are missing is that the happy couple in Future Days don't combine to equal to, but rather eleven.

Apollo 11 was, of course, the first manned spacecraft to land on the moon....note the moon up above the happy couple. We later see the moon up close, strongly resembling a snooty Pac-Man (its eye is closed, perhaps a representation of its indifference to our efforts) about to consume the chambers of a revolver. That revolver is empty except for one bullet, which is important. This clearly represents the fact that Apollo 11 was on the moon for six hours before Neil Armstrong stepped out and became the first man to walk on it. For five full hours the crew had remained safe inside their spaceship, and near the end of the sixth they took a very dangerous risk.

You will note that the gray-scaled fish in Swallowed Whole (a term for, among other things, obsession) also seems awfully similar to the actual surface of the moon. The fish imagery is probably a reference to the astronaut's landing on the Sea of Tranquility, while the flaming globe indicates the entire world's fixation on what was about to occur.

Lastly, Mind Your Manners as a title seems a call back (the video even acknowledges this) to the era in which the race to the moon occurred. As a song, Mind Your Manners laments the possibility that we may not find the answers to our greatest questions even as we lift ourselves up higher (the moon, natch).

Based almost entirely on this artwork that the band probably offered negligible input on, and which may have even been made by a person who had not actually heard the songs for which he was making pictures, I'd say you have to be an idiot not to assume that this is a concept album about Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin straight up boning in a teeny little ship while they wait for the video feed to start working better so they can open the door.

Although, of course, I can't comment on just how Lightning Bolt fits into this until we can confirm the rumor that the accompanying picture is going to be just a giant spurting phallus.

of course im too lazy to go get one, but for times like this we need a clapping emoticon, or a sarge gif