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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It's all rehashed garbage, like Backspacer.

Forward and onto Lightning Bolt!!!
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Re: Lightning Bolt - October 15

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harmless wrote:It's all rehashed garbage, like Backspacer.

Forward and onto Lightning Bolt!!!
I really want to hear Yellow Moon! It sounds like a late night smoky room kind of ballad.
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Mike wrote:
harmless wrote:It's all rehashed garbage, like Backspacer.

Forward and onto Lightning Bolt!!!
I really want to hear Yellow Moon! It sounds like a late night smoky room kind of ballad.
Do we know who wrote the music? The title is so subtle and unassuming.
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Re: Lightning Bolt - October 15

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harmless wrote:
Mike wrote:
harmless wrote:It's all rehashed garbage, like Backspacer.

Forward and onto Lightning Bolt!!!
I really want to hear Yellow Moon! It sounds like a late night smoky room kind of ballad.
Do we know who wrote the music? The title is so subtle and unassuming.
I don't think we know.
"In the verse it has a odd time signature: 6/8 - 5/8 ... I noted "echo-y vocals" and something like a dark "fairy tale"."
This has me excited.
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Re: Lightning Bolt - October 15

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Mike wrote:
harmless wrote:
Mike wrote:
harmless wrote:It's all rehashed garbage, like Backspacer.

Forward and onto Lightning Bolt!!!
I really want to hear Yellow Moon! It sounds like a late night smoky room kind of ballad.
Do we know who wrote the music? The title is so subtle and unassuming.
I don't think we know.
"In the verse it has a odd time signature: 6/8 - 5/8 ... I noted "echo-y vocals" and something like a dark "fairy tale"."
This has me excited.
Yeah that's cool. A fairytale lyric would match what sounds like trippy pop elsewhere on the album.
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Re: Lightning Bolt - October 15

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Mike wrote:Matt's songwriting gets the band out of their comfort zone in the best way possible. Evacuation, In The Moonlight and Cropduster are just wonderful pieces of music. Eddie always comes up with really interesting vocal melodies in Matts songs.

I would bet heavy money if you went to every PJ fan out there and asked them to rank songs, evacuation AND in the moonlight would appear towards the bottom. I wouldn't be surprised if evacuation was in the bottom five songs. It may be dead last for me. It's terrible.

I get that you disagree and enjoy these song (to each his own), but saying the heavy majority of PJ fans like these songs is hysterical. These songs suck (my take).

So, my point is, in term's of overall PJ fans (not just hipster, "I like this because no one else does" fans), his material is not well received at all. Anyone who says otherwise is lying to themselves.
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Re: Lightning Bolt - October 15

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IlluminEddie wrote:
Mike wrote:Matt's songwriting gets the band out of their comfort zone in the best way possible. Evacuation, In The Moonlight and Cropduster are just wonderful pieces of music. Eddie always comes up with really interesting vocal melodies in Matts songs.

I would bet heavy money if you went to every PJ fan out there and asked them to rank songs, evacuation AND in the moonlight would appear towards the bottom. I wouldn't be surprised if evacuation was in the bottom five songs. It may be dead last for me. It's terrible.

I get that you disagree and enjoy these song (to each his own), but saying the heavy majority of PJ fans like these songs is hysterical. These songs suck (my take).

So, my point is, in term's of overall PJ fans (not just hipster, "I like this because no one else does" fans), his material is not well received at all. Anyone who says otherwise is lying to themselves.

I didnt read past the first point made. Pearl Jam fans are idiots and mostly have hsit taste in music.

Case in point: You.
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Re: Lightning Bolt - October 15

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So

puzzles and games : light years :: cold concession : pendulum ?
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Strat wrote:
IlluminEddie wrote:
Mike wrote:Matt's songwriting gets the band out of their comfort zone in the best way possible. Evacuation, In The Moonlight and Cropduster are just wonderful pieces of music. Eddie always comes up with really interesting vocal melodies in Matts songs.

I would bet heavy money if you went to every PJ fan out there and asked them to rank songs, evacuation AND in the moonlight would appear towards the bottom. I wouldn't be surprised if evacuation was in the bottom five songs. It may be dead last for me. It's terrible.

I get that you disagree and enjoy these song (to each his own), but saying the heavy majority of PJ fans like these songs is hysterical. These songs suck (my take).

So, my point is, in term's of overall PJ fans (not just hipster, "I like this because no one else does" fans), his material is not well received at all. Anyone who says otherwise is lying to themselves.

I didnt read past the first point made. Pearl Jam fans are idiots and mostly have hsit taste in music.

Case in point: You.
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Re: Lightning Bolt - October 15

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broken iris wrote:So
puzzles and games : light years :: cold concession : pendulum ?

Sure sounds like it, no?
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Re: Lightning Bolt - October 15

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Buby wrote:
broken iris wrote:So
puzzles and games : light years :: cold concession : pendulum ?

Sure sounds like it, no?
No
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Strat wrote:
IlluminEddie wrote:
Mike wrote:Matt's songwriting gets the band out of their comfort zone in the best way possible. Evacuation, In The Moonlight and Cropduster are just wonderful pieces of music. Eddie always comes up with really interesting vocal melodies in Matts songs.

I would bet heavy money if you went to every PJ fan out there and asked them to rank songs, evacuation AND in the moonlight would appear towards the bottom. I wouldn't be surprised if evacuation was in the bottom five songs. It may be dead last for me. It's terrible.

I get that you disagree and enjoy these song (to each his own), but saying the heavy majority of PJ fans like these songs is hysterical. These songs suck (my take).

So, my point is, in term's of overall PJ fans (not just hipster, "I like this because no one else does" fans), his material is not well received at all. Anyone who says otherwise is lying to themselves.

I didnt read past the first point made. Pearl Jam fans are idiots and mostly have hsit taste in music.

Case in point: You.
So, in other words, you concede that PJ's own fanbase don't like Matt Cameron songs. Yeh, this pretty much echos my thoughts too. His songs suck.
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Re: Lightning Bolt - October 15

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Buby wrote:
broken iris wrote:So
puzzles and games : light years :: cold concession : pendulum ?

Sure sounds like it, no?
Are we sure Cold Concession became Pendulum? This could be big news, team.
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Re: Lightning Bolt - October 15

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IlluminEddie wrote:
Strat wrote:
IlluminEddie wrote:
Mike wrote:Matt's songwriting gets the band out of their comfort zone in the best way possible. Evacuation, In The Moonlight and Cropduster are just wonderful pieces of music. Eddie always comes up with really interesting vocal melodies in Matts songs.

I would bet heavy money if you went to every PJ fan out there and asked them to rank songs, evacuation AND in the moonlight would appear towards the bottom. I wouldn't be surprised if evacuation was in the bottom five songs. It may be dead last for me. It's terrible.

I get that you disagree and enjoy these song (to each his own), but saying the heavy majority of PJ fans like these songs is hysterical. These songs suck (my take).

So, my point is, in term's of overall PJ fans (not just hipster, "I like this because no one else does" fans), his material is not well received at all. Anyone who says otherwise is lying to themselves.

I didnt read past the first point made. Pearl Jam fans are idiots and mostly have hsit taste in music.

Case in point: You.
So, in other words, you concede that PJ's own fanbase don't like Matt Cameron songs. Yeh, this pretty much echos my thoughts too. His songs suck.

No, my point is I dont care what "Pearl Jam fans" think of what good song writing is or how they feel about MC's songs. They are idiots.
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Re: Lightning Bolt - October 15

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IlluminEddie wrote:
Mike wrote:Matt's songwriting gets the band out of their comfort zone in the best way possible. Evacuation, In The Moonlight and Cropduster are just wonderful pieces of music. Eddie always comes up with really interesting vocal melodies in Matts songs.
I get that you disagree and enjoy these song (to each his own), but saying the heavy majority of PJ fans like these songs is hysterical. These songs suck (my take). .
I would never ever argue that the heavy majority of PJ likes these songs. I'm just speaking from my point of view and I couldn't care less about the majority of Pearl Jam fans. Most of them probably don't think Evacuation and Cropduster are wonderful, I agree. I still think they are.
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Re: Lightning Bolt - October 15

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harmless wrote:
Buby wrote:
broken iris wrote:So
puzzles and games : light years :: cold concession : pendulum ?

Sure sounds like it, no?
Are we sure Cold Concession became Pendulum? This could be big news, team.
It did not. That was a stupid joke by that one guy. At least we have no confirmation of this at all.
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Re: Lightning Bolt - October 15

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harmless wrote:
Buby wrote:
broken iris wrote:So
puzzles and games : light years :: cold concession : pendulum ?

Sure sounds like it, no?
Are we sure Cold Concession became Pendulum? This could be big news, team.
Guys, pay attention. It was lecherouslittlestump who posted that.
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harmless wrote:
Buby wrote:
broken iris wrote:So
puzzles and games : light years :: cold concession : pendulum ?

Sure sounds like it, no?
Are we sure Cold Concession became Pendulum? This could be big news, team.
That was already debunked as tomfoolery by Little Lump.

Answer: FALSE
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Re: Lightning Bolt - October 15

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IlluminEddie wrote:
Strat wrote:
IlluminEddie wrote:
Mike wrote:Matt's songwriting gets the band out of their comfort zone in the best way possible. Evacuation, In The Moonlight and Cropduster are just wonderful pieces of music. Eddie always comes up with really interesting vocal melodies in Matts songs.

I would bet heavy money if you went to every PJ fan out there and asked them to rank songs, evacuation AND in the moonlight would appear towards the bottom. I wouldn't be surprised if evacuation was in the bottom five songs. It may be dead last for me. It's terrible.

I get that you disagree and enjoy these song (to each his own), but saying the heavy majority of PJ fans like these songs is hysterical. These songs suck (my take).

So, my point is, in term's of overall PJ fans (not just hipster, "I like this because no one else does" fans), his material is not well received at all. Anyone who says otherwise is lying to themselves.

I didnt read past the first point made. Pearl Jam fans are idiots and mostly have hsit taste in music.

Case in point: You.
So, in other words, you concede that PJ's own fanbase don't like Matt Cameron songs. Yeh, this pretty much echos my thoughts too. His songs suck.
Most PJ fans think Matt is 'God'. This rather throws a spanner in the works concerning your 'majority rules' theory.
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Re: Lightning Bolt - October 15

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harmless wrote: Are we sure Cold Concession became Pendulum? This could be big news, team.
Didn't one of the listeners from yesterday ask BOB about Cold Concession? If the listener is familiar with the song clearly they would have been able to make the connection if it was actually there, no?
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