Song of the Moment: Lightning Bolt

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Rate Lightning Bolt

5 Stars
34
24%
4 Stars
59
42%
3 Stars
22
16%
2 Stars
8
6%
1 Star
12
9%
Betterman (live)
4
3%
 
Total votes: 139

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Re: New Song: Lightning Bolt

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I would call it another example of a PJ mid-tempo rocker reliant on production to make up for its inadequacy but in fact I think there's some enjoyment of this one before I tire of it eventually. It falls somewhere between Unthought Known and Got Some which, in the context of Backspacer, is far from the worst it could be.
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stip wrote:who are the 5 people who gave this one star so I can never speak to them again.
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Re: New Song: Lightning Bolt

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dprival78 wrote:god damn that last verse is great
I think that's their best verse in a long long time.
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Re: New Song: Lightning Bolt

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cutuphalfdead wrote:
stip wrote:who are the 5 people who gave this one star so I can never speak to them again.
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well you were a given.
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I had it at 2 after the live version, the studio version managed to turn bland into annoying.
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Heathen wrote:I had it at 2 after the live version, the studio version managed to turn bland into annoying.
I thought the exact same thing.
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stip wrote:who are the 5 people who gave this one star so I can never speak to them again.
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One star votes from some people functionally don't count
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stip wrote:
cutuphalfdead wrote:
stip wrote:who are the 5 people who gave this one star so I can never speak to them again.
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well you were a given.
To be fair, I was the 6th person to vote it 1 star.
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Re: New Song: Lightning Bolt

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cutuphalfdead wrote:
stip wrote:
cutuphalfdead wrote:
stip wrote:who are the 5 people who gave this one star so I can never speak to them again.
:wave:
well you were a given.
To be fair, I was the 6th person to vote it 1 star.
you're one of those who don't count
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Heathen wrote:
cutuphalfdead wrote:
stip wrote:
cutuphalfdead wrote:
stip wrote:who are the 5 people who gave this one star so I can never speak to them again.
:wave:
well you were a given.
To be fair, I was the 6th person to vote it 1 star.
you're one of those who don't count
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Maybe we could have a subforum for people who don't like PJ.
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harmless wrote:Maybe we could have a subforum for people who don't like PJ.
*concentration camps
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cutuphalfdead wrote:
Heathen wrote:
cutuphalfdead wrote:
stip wrote:
cutuphalfdead wrote:
stip wrote:who are the 5 people who gave this one star so I can never speak to them again.
:wave:
well you were a given.
To be fair, I was the 6th person to vote it 1 star.
you're one of those who don't count
:(
so it's me, heathen, chud, stupidmop, plat and his best buddy Adam?
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Heathen wrote:
harmless wrote:Maybe we could have a subforum for people who don't like PJ.
*concentration camps
without the gas.
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Re: New Song: Lightning Bolt

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Where we can concentrate on the good music amirite?
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Jack White's getting the gas even if you don't.
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Re: New Song: Lightning Bolt

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This is great with headphones on.. till im headbanging that hard to it, that they fall of my head.

im really digging this shizz
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Re: New Song: Lightning Bolt

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The over-production is starting to become much less of an issue, and listening to pre-S/T stuff yesterday I realised how much production wizardry was also applied to older stuff. All in all, I wonder how much of my "Shit this is so over-produced" shock reaction was due to the fact that this does sound thick and layered, and Backspacer and S/T really didn't, at least by comparison.
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