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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BoB in studio: Guys, guys, forget Of The Earth, it's not bringing any new fans in, trust me, I know. SBM is what you need, people will be drooling all over it, it's Black all over again, fact!





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Re: Lightning Bolt - October 15

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harmless wrote:
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.
If you look at it one way, the "Uke" version could technically be the demo that Ed brought to the band
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Re: Lightning Bolt - October 15

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Lounge Lizard wrote:BoB in studio: Guys, guys, forget Of The Earth, it's not bringing any new fans in, trust me, I know. SBM is what you need, people will be drooling all over it, it's Black all over again, fact!





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Re: Lightning Bolt - October 15

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harmless wrote:
Lounge Lizard wrote:
harmless wrote:
:|
what
There's no band version of that song, right?
Wait, didn't I post a Youtube link? I know I mean to.
Sorry, hard day at work.
It's not by PJ, btw, but it sounds good:

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Re: Lightning Bolt - October 15

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bodysnatcher wrote:
harmless wrote:
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.
If you look at it one way, the "Uke" version could technically be the demo that Ed brought to the band
I'm sure it's been mentioned but the full band Setting Forth and Can' Keep versions are superior to the Ed solo versions. I am not sold on this sucking.*


*I like Future Days, so my taste in PJ sucks.
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Re: Lightning Bolt - October 15

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bodysnatcher wrote:
harmless wrote:
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.
If you look at it one way, the "Uke" version could technically be the demo that Ed brought to the band
It's as likely as anything. In my mind, Ed writes plenty of songs on uke. Uke Songs is a bunch of song sketches the fans asked him to release, he wasn't going to initially.
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Re: Lightning Bolt - October 15

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Lounge Lizard wrote:
harmless wrote:
Lounge Lizard wrote:
harmless wrote:
:|
what
There's no band version of that song, right?
Wait, didn't I post a Youtube link? I know I mean to.
Sorry, hard day at work.
It's not by PJ, btw, but it sounds good:

Oh, this. Yeah it's not PJ and I really don't think it works at all from this band. Sorry. :(
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Re: Lightning Bolt - October 15

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broken iris wrote:
bodysnatcher wrote:
harmless wrote:
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.
If you look at it one way, the "Uke" version could technically be the demo that Ed brought to the band
I'm sure it's been mentioned but the full band Setting Forth and Can' Keep versions are superior to the Ed solo versions. I am not sold on this sucking.*


*I like Future Days, so my taste in PJ sucks.
I'm with you.
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Re: Lightning Bolt - October 15

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harmless wrote:Oh, this. Yeah it's not PJ and I really don't think it works at all from this band. Sorry. :(
Once you stop thinking of it as a PJ song, it works
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Lounge Lizard wrote:
harmless wrote:Oh, this. Yeah it's not PJ and I really don't think it works at all from this band. Sorry. :(
Once you stop thinking of it as a PJ song, it works
I need to think of it as a PJ song for it to work on any level, because this band is terrible.
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It would work if PJ played it and it doesn't because PJ isn't.
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SBMGate 2013
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Re: Lightning Bolt - October 15

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Strat wrote:SBMGate 2013

Let's get this trending on Twitter!
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Re: Lightning Bolt - October 15

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Strat wrote:SBMGate 2013
Im still looking forward to hearing it
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Re: Lightning Bolt - October 15

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evenslow wrote: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.
I think the compromise they made here was to make the album 12 songs instead of the 11 we got on BS. I see this as BoB and only BoB overpowering the band on this one. He certainly came out right on Betterman, we'll see here.
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Dr. Van Nostrand wrote:
Strat wrote:SBMGate 2013
Im still looking forward to hearing it
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Re: Lightning Bolt - October 15

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Tuolumne wrote:
evenslow wrote: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.
I think the compromise they made here was to make the album 12 songs instead of the 11 we got on BS. I see this as BoB and only BoB overpowering the band on this one. He certainly came out right on Betterman, we'll see here.
SBM is *far* more likely to be gold than FD.
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Tuolumne wrote:
evenslow wrote: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.
I think the compromise they made here was to make the album 12 songs instead of the 11 we got on BS. I see this as BoB and only BoB overpowering the band on this one. He certainly came out right on Betterman, we'll see here.
Id say that is the most likely case, not kicking another song off and replacing it with sbm, the just added it to what was gonna be an 11 track album
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Re: Lightning Bolt - October 15

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I don't know why, but I can't see the "SBM" abbreviation without it translating in my mind to "suck-a by malls."
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