Lightning Bolt: the official album thread

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Re: Lightning Bolt - October 15

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harmless wrote:I'm looking forward to hearing why. I mean, I don't see how bad it can get. But I said that before SoS happened.

Honestly i think the biggest issue people will have with SBM is that it was on eds solo album prior....
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Re: Lightning Bolt - October 15

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stupidmop wrote:
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Postby wolkenlos » Wed Sep 04, 2013 11:12 am

Mirella wrote on facebook that it will take a while til they are home and ready to write something about it, but that nobody of them liked Sleeping By Myself :D
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Fukin BoB
The whole idea was that everyone should like it, right? That was supposed to bring new fans in, blah-blah-blah.
The irony...
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Re: Lightning Bolt - October 15

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I said it several times already and now it's essentially confirmed about SBM - what a waste of precious real estate. Would kill for a song we've never heard before instead. It just makes zero fucking sense.
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Re: Lightning Bolt - October 15

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I'm not really sure why that song gets the acclaim it does. I mean, it's nice, I guess, but it's kind of dull and has nothing on the two songs that precede and follow it on Uke Songs.
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Re: Lightning Bolt - October 15

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harmless wrote:
Chris_H_2 wrote:
stip wrote:
Chris_H_2 wrote:
stip wrote:
Chris_H_2 wrote:
IlluminEddie wrote:Yes, drummers learn music in a different way - via beats. They aren't note or melody inclined.
Wow, this is news to me. Because on the very first day of my 5-year-old's drum lessons, he learned whole notes, half notes, quarter notes, and eighth notes. And his teacher, who drummed for Buddy Guy for 20 years, knows a thing or two about drumming.
if his teacher was any good wouldn't he STILL be drumming for Buddy Guy?
He was a session drummer and got named director of the music school. He's making WAY more money now.
this all seems a little suspicious to me...
You're right. I made the whole thing up.
All of my drum teachers made good money out of session musicianship, for both small-time and professional bands and artists. They taught on the side. It's a difficult job to get into but most of them choose to be session musicians. The impression I got was that you don't stick with one artist if you want to have the best chance at a career.
He teaches at Old Town School of Folk Music here in Chicago, which is pretty famous for some of the artists affiliated with the school. Jeff Tweedy plays an ensemble every year with a bunch of musicians, and Bob Mould usually does a thing or two a year with it. About 10 years ago, he got named head of percussion curriculum for the school, and now does private lessions. http://www.oldtownschool.org/teachers/David-Sims/ My 5-year-old loves him. Will's introduced him to Sigur Ros!
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Re: Lightning Bolt - October 15

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Strat wrote:
harmless wrote:I'm looking forward to hearing why. I mean, I don't see how bad it can get. But I said that before SoS happened.

Honestly i think the biggest issue people will have with SBM is that it was on eds solo album prior....
Not me.. I just don't really dig the song overall :?
I would have picked 8-9 different songs from the uke album over that one
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Re: Lightning Bolt - October 15

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BOB's just trying to make it more accessible...
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Fuckin Bo'B
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Re: Lightning Bolt - October 15

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bodysnatcher wrote:
Strat wrote:
harmless wrote:I'm looking forward to hearing why. I mean, I don't see how bad it can get. But I said that before SoS happened.

Honestly i think the biggest issue people will have with SBM is that it was on eds solo album prior....
Not me.. I just don't really dig the song overall :?
I would have picked 8-9 different songs from the uke album over that one
You're True turned out pretty decent in full band mode
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Re: Lightning Bolt - October 15

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bodysnatcher wrote:
Strat wrote:
harmless wrote:I'm looking forward to hearing why. I mean, I don't see how bad it can get. But I said that before SoS happened.

Honestly i think the biggest issue people will have with SBM is that it was on eds solo album prior....
Not me.. I just don't really dig the song overall :?
I would have picked 8-9 different songs from the uke album over that one
You're True turned out pretty decent in full band mode
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Re: Lightning Bolt - October 15

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Strat wrote:
harmless wrote:I'm looking forward to hearing why. I mean, I don't see how bad it can get. But I said that before SoS happened.

Honestly i think the biggest issue people will have with SBM is that it was on eds solo album prior....
That is a big issue, especially considering this one sounds like its mostly the same, only worse. Its a total waste of space.
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Re: Lightning Bolt - October 15

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bodysnatcher wrote:
Strat wrote:
harmless wrote:I'm looking forward to hearing why. I mean, I don't see how bad it can get. But I said that before SoS happened.

Honestly i think the biggest issue people will have with SBM is that it was on eds solo album prior....
Not me.. I just don't really dig the song overall :?
I would have picked 8-9 different songs from the uke album over that one
I love the song, even if I would've picked another one for PJ. I'm looking forward to it. But damn it, someone needs to tell me whether it has fiddle and slide guitar and maybe even a mandolin. If so, I'm pretty much sold.
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Re: Lightning Bolt - October 15

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Lounge Lizard wrote:
bodysnatcher wrote:
Strat wrote:
harmless wrote:I'm looking forward to hearing why. I mean, I don't see how bad it can get. But I said that before SoS happened.

Honestly i think the biggest issue people will have with SBM is that it was on eds solo album prior....
Not me.. I just don't really dig the song overall :?
I would have picked 8-9 different songs from the uke album over that one
You're True turned out pretty decent in full band mode
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harmless wrote:
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Re: Lightning Bolt - October 15

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The SbM thing has turned more funny than annoying, what with the ( so far ) unanimous disdain.

I'll wait to hear it to be properly annoyed. You just know whatever they bumped for it was the best song from the session or something.
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Re: Lightning Bolt - October 15

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Lounge Lizard wrote:
harmless wrote:
:|
what
There's no band version of that song, right?
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Re: Lightning Bolt - October 15

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harmless wrote: But damn it, someone needs to tell me whether it has fiddle and slide guitar and maybe even a mandolin.
It has all of the above, and some hand claps.
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Re: Lightning Bolt - October 15

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uh oh, if Mirella didn't like SBM, I'm worried...
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Re: Lightning Bolt - October 15

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stupidmop wrote:The SbM thing has turned more funny than annoying, what with the ( so far ) unanimous disdain.

I'll wait to hear it to be properly annoyed. You just know whatever they bumped for it was the best song from the session or something.
It's slightly frustrating that a lot of people hate it but nobody can articulate why so far. "Because it's on Uke Songs and something better could've replaced it" isn't really a great review of what it actually sounds like.
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LooseGroove927 wrote:
harmless wrote: But damn it, someone needs to tell me whether it has fiddle and slide guitar and maybe even a mandolin.
It has all of the above, and some hand claps.
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