Lightning Bolt -- guess the tracks!

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which song artwork is your favorite?

Mind Your Manners
5
7%
Future Days
6
9%
Sirens
5
7%
Yellow Moon
12
18%
Swallowed Whole
7
10%
Getaway
4
6%
Let The Records Play
2
3%
My Father's Son
10
15%
Sleeping By Myself
0
No votes
Lightning Bolt
2
3%
Infallible
9
13%
Pendulum
6
9%
 
Total votes: 68

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broken iris wrote:
EJ wrote:
keeponjammin89 wrote:Anyone think that Of The Earth will appear on the album?
Nah. They already have a song about the moon on it. That's enough celestial beings for one album.

Well, they already have a song about vinyl albums as well, but that didn't stop them. Hell, I am pretty sure that all the titles revealed so far are lyric snippets from other PJ songs (except Future Days), so the whole thing could be self referential.
Other than swallowed whole, which ones match up to lyrics?
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stupidmop wrote:
broken iris wrote:
EJ wrote:
keeponjammin89 wrote:Anyone think that Of The Earth will appear on the album?
Nah. They already have a song about the moon on it. That's enough celestial beings for one album.

Well, they already have a song about vinyl albums as well, but that didn't stop them. Hell, I am pretty sure that all the titles revealed so far are lyric snippets from other PJ songs (except Future Days), so the whole thing could be self referential.
Other than swallowed whole, which ones match up to lyrics?
Lightning Bolt is a reference to Nothingman.
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Would it kill them to make Of The Earth a MYM b-side?
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Yes.
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B wrote:Would it kill them to make Of The Earth a MYM b-side?
With our luck, they'll release Of the Earth (live), as the b-side.
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B wrote:Would it kill them to make Of The Earth a MYM b-side?
or the next singles b side, but get it out there
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Or the third one?
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So have I actually found a bunch of pearl jam freaks like me? Lol
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Is there a legal / judicial phrase like "Let the records show that...?"
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harmless wrote:
stupidmop wrote:
broken iris wrote:
EJ wrote:
keeponjammin89 wrote:Anyone think that Of The Earth will appear on the album?
Nah. They already have a song about the moon on it. That's enough celestial beings for one album.

Well, they already have a song about vinyl albums as well, but that didn't stop them. Hell, I am pretty sure that all the titles revealed so far are lyric snippets from other PJ songs (except Future Days), so the whole thing could be self referential.
Other than swallowed whole, which ones match up to lyrics?
Lightning Bolt is a reference to Nothingman.

"Getaway" - used in Of The Girl, escaping the imaged fufilling relationship with a women, vs. God in the new song
"Sirens" - used in Force of Nature, to represent destructive longing, with the image of the tower for the new song implying a more sinister end
etc.
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keeponjammin89 wrote:So have I actually found a bunch of pearl jam freaks like me? Lol
I'm afraid of what I'll do to myself or loved ones if Betterman (live) isn't on Lightning Bolt, so yea, I'd say you have :luv:
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This track reveal is really pulling the Jamily together.
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harmless wrote:This track reveal is really pulling the Jamily together.
and again, i thought we were the faithful now, we've gotta figure this out, future tattoos might depend on it
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harmless wrote:This track reveal is really pulling the Jamily together.
Except for the complaining, entitled losers following this on twitter.
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EJ wrote:
harmless wrote:This track reveal is really pulling the Jamily together.
Except for the complaining, entitled losers following this on twitter.
Yes but they don't count; they will not be taken up into the sky. The new Faithfull is being formed right here on RM. The future days really are upon us.

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harmless wrote:
EJ wrote:
harmless wrote:This track reveal is really pulling the Jamily together.
Except for the complaining, entitled losers following this on twitter.
Yes but they don't count; they will not be taken up into the sky. The new Faithfull is being formed right here on RM. The future days really are upon us.

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:hooray:
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Dr. Van Nostrand wrote:
harmless wrote:
EJ wrote:
harmless wrote:This track reveal is really pulling the Jamily together.
Except for the complaining, entitled losers following this on twitter.
Yes but they don't count; they will not be taken up into the sky. The new Faithfull is being formed right here on RM. The future days really are upon us.

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:hooray:

Clearly a reference to Given To Fly. This band is all about the nostalgia now.
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For the record: I'm totally fine with self-referencing. I don't get people's issue with it. The band / Ed has certain obsessions that run through all of their / his stuff. He's not the only one. I guess as long as they don't keep rehashing their worst ideas, at least it keeps the music entertaining.
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harmless wrote:For the record: I'm totally fine with self-referencing. I don't get people's issue with it. The band / Ed has certain obsessions that run through all of their / his stuff. He's not the only one. I guess as long as they don't keep rehashing their worst ideas, at least it keeps the music entertaining.
Are you trying to wave off criticism of the band's recent production?
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