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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The difference between this album and the last one is that, while there was quite a huge adjustment to make with BS (PJ has gone pop!), there really isn't this time; they're still with BO'B and he's not going to turn into an Indie producer in the space of four years. So there's very little to be disappointed with by now, even if I understood all the rage last time (and joined in to some extent).
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Re: Lightning Bolt - October 15

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Enjoy your thread fellas. Too crazy in here sometimes.
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Re: Lightning Bolt - October 15

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LetMeSleep wrote:
stip wrote:
LetMeSleep wrote:
Lounge Lizard wrote:
Birds in Hell wrote:
Lounge Lizard wrote:Some people need to stop acting like "This is what I like/dislike, and those who don't are idiots"
But what if they actually are idiots?

Troubling.
To a man driving on the wrong side of the street hundreds of other people are idiots
Ah so we're using that logic.
I tend to find hyperbolic criticism as idiotic as hyperbolic praise. Plus it has the added drawback of being mean spirited so you end up being idiotic and a dick (and usually not half as funny as you think you are)
Sorry Stip but there is no way in any universe that LTRP is 5 stars. We need the occasional reality check around here.
oh i agree. But that's not really what I was responding to, and my comment was not in direct response to anything you said.
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Re: Lightning Bolt - October 15

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stip wrote:
LetMeSleep wrote:
Lounge Lizard wrote:
Birds in Hell wrote:
Lounge Lizard wrote:Some people need to stop acting like "This is what I like/dislike, and those who don't are idiots"
But what if they actually are idiots?

Troubling.
To a man driving on the wrong side of the street hundreds of other people are idiots
Ah so we're using that logic.
I tend to find hyperbolic criticism as idiotic as hyperbolic praise. Plus it has the added drawback of being mean spirited so you end up being idiotic and a dick (and usually not half as funny as you think you are)
Thank you :thumbsup:
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Re: Lightning Bolt - October 15

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LetMeSleep wrote:Enjoy your thread fellas.
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Re: Lightning Bolt - October 15

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SW kind of has a 90s soft-rock vibe in the same way 'Down' does.
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harmless wrote:SW kind of has a 90s soft-rock vibe in the same way 'Down' does.
Ewww don't like the comparison. I'm not a big fan of Down though.
SW is so much better when you get ITW out of your head and just hear it as a PJ song. I've said it before, but it's my clear favorite of the bunch.
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Re: Lightning Bolt - October 15

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HardTI wrote:
harmless wrote:SW kind of has a 90s soft-rock vibe in the same way 'Down' does.
Ewww don't like the comparison. I'm not a big fan of Down though.
SW is so much better when you get ITW out of your head and just hear it as a PJ song. I've said it before, but it's my clear favorite of the bunch.
I like the song. But wait, I meant 'Undone', not 'Down.' But a similar thing; it's the alternative 90s rock that wasn't quite *grunge* but was still cool back then and isn't now.

Yeah, SW is my favourite of these four as well.
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Re: Lightning Bolt - October 15

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stip wrote:
LetMeSleep wrote:
stip wrote:
LetMeSleep wrote:
Lounge Lizard wrote:
Birds in Hell wrote:
Lounge Lizard wrote:Some people need to stop acting like "This is what I like/dislike, and those who don't are idiots"
But what if they actually are idiots?

Troubling.
To a man driving on the wrong side of the street hundreds of other people are idiots
Ah so we're using that logic.
I tend to find hyperbolic criticism as idiotic as hyperbolic praise. Plus it has the added drawback of being mean spirited so you end up being idiotic and a dick (and usually not half as funny as you think you are)
Sorry Stip but there is no way in any universe that LTRP is 5 stars. We need the occasional reality check around here.
oh i agree. But that's not really what I was responding to, and my comment was not in direct response to anything you said.
It seems the waiting has driven us mad.
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Re: Lightning Bolt - October 15

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harmless wrote:
HardTI wrote:
harmless wrote:SW kind of has a 90s soft-rock vibe in the same way 'Down' does.
Ewww don't like the comparison. I'm not a big fan of Down though.
SW is so much better when you get ITW out of your head and just hear it as a PJ song. I've said it before, but it's my clear favorite of the bunch.
I like the song. But wait, I meant 'Undone', not 'Down.' But a similar thing; it's the alternative 90s rock that wasn't quite *grunge* but was still cool back then and isn't now.

Yeah, SW is my favourite of these four as well.
I get what you were going for and you're right on =) I was just taking the opportunity to hate on Down (Although, during the song tournament that song actually grew on me a little).
Man, I'm starting to have a bad feeling about SBM lately. I think it's going to be a super cheesefest.
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BSC wrote:Can someone please provide me with a link for these songs please?
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Re: Lightning Bolt - October 15

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LetMeSleep wrote:
stip wrote:
LetMeSleep wrote:
stip wrote:
LetMeSleep wrote:
Lounge Lizard wrote:
Birds in Hell wrote:
Lounge Lizard wrote:Some people need to stop acting like "This is what I like/dislike, and those who don't are idiots"
But what if they actually are idiots?

Troubling.
To a man driving on the wrong side of the street hundreds of other people are idiots
Ah so we're using that logic.
I tend to find hyperbolic criticism as idiotic as hyperbolic praise. Plus it has the added drawback of being mean spirited so you end up being idiotic and a dick (and usually not half as funny as you think you are)
Sorry Stip but there is no way in any universe that LTRP is 5 stars. We need the occasional reality check around here.
oh i agree. But that's not really what I was responding to, and my comment was not in direct response to anything you said.
It seems the waiting has driven us mad.
Either that, or we were mad for waiting.
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Re: Lightning Bolt - October 15

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HardTI wrote:
BSC wrote:Can someone please provide me with a link for these songs please?
info@tenclub.net
Hmmm... For some reason I don't think that link will work?
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Re: Lightning Bolt - October 15

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HardTI wrote:
harmless wrote:
HardTI wrote:
harmless wrote:SW kind of has a 90s soft-rock vibe in the same way 'Down' does.
Ewww don't like the comparison. I'm not a big fan of Down though.
SW is so much better when you get ITW out of your head and just hear it as a PJ song. I've said it before, but it's my clear favorite of the bunch.
I like the song. But wait, I meant 'Undone', not 'Down.' But a similar thing; it's the alternative 90s rock that wasn't quite *grunge* but was still cool back then and isn't now.

Yeah, SW is my favourite of these four as well.
I get what you were going for and you're right on =) I was just taking the opportunity to hate on Down (Although, during the song tournament that song actually grew on me a little).
Man, I'm starting to have a bad feeling about SBM lately. I think it's going to be a super cheesefest.
So do I. :| It may work, it may not, but the best hope we have is that we already like the song (assuming you do as well...).
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Re: Lightning Bolt - October 15

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HardTI wrote:
harmless wrote:SW kind of has a 90s soft-rock vibe in the same way 'Down' does.
Ewww don't like the comparison. I'm not a big fan of Down though.
SW is so much better when you get ITW out of your head and just hear it as a PJ song. I've said it before, but it's my clear favorite of the bunch.
On the contrary I need to remind myself it came from ITW to keep enjoying it
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Thing is I could always make excuses for PJ tracks I didn't like. I can't this time around. I should say that Getaway and SW are quite enjoyable.
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harmless wrote:
HardTI wrote:
harmless wrote:
HardTI wrote:
harmless wrote:SW kind of has a 90s soft-rock vibe in the same way 'Down' does.
Ewww don't like the comparison. I'm not a big fan of Down though.
SW is so much better when you get ITW out of your head and just hear it as a PJ song. I've said it before, but it's my clear favorite of the bunch.
I like the song. But wait, I meant 'Undone', not 'Down.' But a similar thing; it's the alternative 90s rock that wasn't quite *grunge* but was still cool back then and isn't now.

Yeah, SW is my favourite of these four as well.
I get what you were going for and you're right on =) I was just taking the opportunity to hate on Down (Although, during the song tournament that song actually grew on me a little).
Man, I'm starting to have a bad feeling about SBM lately. I think it's going to be a super cheesefest.
So do I. :| It may work, it may not, but the best hope we have is that we already like the song (assuming you do as well...).
I adore it so if the album version sucks I'll just replace it with the Uke version. Problem solved!
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LetMeSleep wrote:Thing is I could always make excuses for PJ tracks I didn't like. I can't this time around. I should say that Getaway and SW are quite enjoyable.
So SW and LB are the 2 you don't like? In a way I'm glad to hear that since I think those are the 2 biggest growers.
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LetMeSleep wrote:Thing is I could always make excuses for PJ tracks I didn't like. I can't this time around. I should say that Getaway and SW are quite enjoyable.
So SW and LB are the 2 you don't like? In a way I'm glad to hear that since I think those are the 2 biggest growers.
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