Gigaton: Official album thread

[Rob]

Never Destination is a top tier Gigaton song for me, but my only gripe is the two names in that verse. I had to look up who these people were, I just don't understand why they ended up here. Maybe I've missed the explanation?

[McParadigm]

those two names are the rare place on this record where it feels like he put placeholder stuff in that fit the meter, and then just left it there.

[McParadigm]

Have we listed all the call outs and influences on this album? A few seem pretty obvious but there are more scattered throughout.

David Byrne/Talking Heads - DotC vocals
Queen/Freddie Mercury - Quick Escape lyrics
Zeppelin - Quick Escape lyrics
Bowie - Quick Escape lyrics, very loose Life On Mars
Petty - Never Destination final lyrical couplet
Cornell - Comes Then Goes tribute

Anyone pick up any others? Is there a Prince/purple one somewhere?

There was a theory in the Superblood Wolfmoon thread that the song was about Dolores O'Riordan (singer of The Cranberries). Supposedly, she died around the time of an actual superblood wolfmoon and some lyrics could fit that narrative.

When the leak happened, I believe some heard the "Thank you Bob Honey" line as "Thank You Mudhoney," which would have been much cooler.

That is definitely what I heard

Despite it being my favourite song on the album which I’ve listened to a bunch of times, my ear is yet to hear/register this line.

Sections of this song honestly sound like Jim Carrey vocal warmups to me, and I am here for it.

[7 Years and Maybe Longer]

those two names are the rare place on this record where it feels like he put placeholder stuff in that fit the meter, and then just left it there.

They do feel like placeholders. Maybe the original placeholder was "Thank you Tom Petty" but that was too obvious and somehow, someway we are left with Bob Honey.

[Rob]

I swear when I posted that I was thinking/hoping these names were interchangeable. Like, fuck these people, we're gonna add our own tribute here.

[epilogue]

Have we listed all the call outs and influences on this album? A few seem pretty obvious but there are more scattered throughout.

David Byrne/Talking Heads - DotC vocals
Queen/Freddie Mercury - Quick Escape lyrics
Zeppelin - Quick Escape lyrics
Bowie - Quick Escape lyrics, very loose Life On Mars
Petty - Never Destination final lyrical couplet
Cornell - Comes Then Goes tribute

Anyone pick up any others? Is there a Prince/purple one somewhere?

There was a theory in the Superblood Wolfmoon thread that the song was about Dolores O'Riordan (singer of The Cranberries). Supposedly, she died around the time of an actual superblood wolfmoon and some lyrics could fit that narrative.

When the leak happened, I believe some heard the "Thank you Bob Honey" line as "Thank You Mudhoney," which would have been much cooler.

That is definitely what I heard

Despite it being my favourite song on the album which I’ve listened to a bunch of times, my ear is yet to hear/register this line.

Yeah, I had to do a Google search to figure out what song that's from.

[McParadigm]

those two names are the rare place on this record where it feels like he put placeholder stuff in that fit the meter, and then just left it there.

They do feel like placeholders. Maybe the original placeholder was "Thank you Tom Petty" but that was too obvious and somehow, someway we are left with Bob Honey.

I immediately believe this happened...but then I also expected it to go “It’s just a DANCE! Of the Clair Voy ANCE!”

[McParadigm]

Honestly still stunned that it didn’t happen

[knee tunes]

he condemned them yesterday

[Ms Harmless]

he condemned them yesterday

condemned who?

[stip]

I am probably the biggest Lbolt defender here and I agree with a lot of that. it is clearly an insecure record

What do you mean? Insecure, how?

It is very much a record about middle aged people worrying they are unable to protect the legacy they leave behind, that whatever that legacy is may not be enough, and that they are not worthy of it

[stip]

to which gigaton is in many ways a direct response. Much in the same way that S/T is in direct conversation with Riot Act and Backspacer with both. It is pearl jam and eddie’s go to themes are going to recur, but Lightning Bolt was also really introducing a new set of themes. Backspacer really marks the end of a particular journey that started with Ten. Lightning Bolt asks what’s next? Gigaton tries to answer that. Pretty successfully, at least for now. But Eddie is an autobiographical writer, and life goes on

[lecherouslittlestump]

Yeah, Gigaton feels like a statement. It's like they're firmly planting the flag in the ground for rock and roll. It's a rallying call for the misfits, punks and outcasts to unite against the commercilization of music and the #YOLO #SWAG shit that pollutes the charts today. Gigaton is attacking so called 'musicians' like Taylor Swift, Kanye West, Justin Bieber and Drake. Rock and roll was reborn on March 27 2020 and its name was Gigaton.

[epilogue]

I am probably the biggest Lbolt defender here and I agree with a lot of that. it is clearly an insecure record

What do you mean? Insecure, how?

It is very much a record about middle aged people worrying they are unable to protect the legacy they leave behind, that whatever that legacy is may not be enough, and that they are not worthy of it

Hmm. That's interesting. I don't think I've heard the album on those terms.

[guitar_davey]

I'm not a Lightning Bolt hater by any stretch, but I haven't listened to it since Gigaton came out. To be honest, it's going to be a while.

[stip]

I am probably the biggest Lbolt defender here and I agree with a lot of that. it is clearly an insecure record

What do you mean? Insecure, how?

It is very much a record about middle aged people worrying they are unable to protect the legacy they leave behind, that whatever that legacy is may not be enough, and that they are not worthy of it

Hmm. That's interesting. I don't think I've heard the album on those terms.

next time you have it on give it a listen from that angle

[Leatherhead]

Now what do we do?

[McParadigm]

fight to get it back again

[Bammer]

fight to get it back again

[elliseamos]

fight to get it back again

AL