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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Fuck this thing needs to leak, like now.
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Re: Lightning Bolt - October 15

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evenslow wrote:I was hoping for something akin to...

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From a distance Bette, you still look scary as hell to me...
theplatypus wrote:A solo is when the guitar goes twiddly diddly
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Re: Lightning Bolt - October 15

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bluestate wrote:
evenslow wrote:I was hoping for something akin to...

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From a distance Bette, you still look scary as hell to me...
She looks like the type of woman who could punch her weight.
stip wrote:I wanted to punch you in your god's dice loving balls for not loving lightning bolt.
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Re: Lightning Bolt - October 15

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Juvenal wrote:
bluestate wrote:
evenslow wrote:I was hoping for something akin to...

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From a distance Bette, you still look scary as hell to me...
She looks like the type of woman who could punch her weight.
Can someone morph her face into Ed Lion for an avatar?
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Re: Lightning Bolt - October 15

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stip wrote:
harmless wrote:
Lounge Lizard wrote:
wilkins wrote:http://www.clashmusic.com/features/album-preview-pearl-jams-lightning-bolt
it says My Father's Son is a punk song? That's new/
I'm positive that a lot of this band's commercial downfall is attributable to shoddy journalism. Everyone writes terribly about Pearl Jam except for Jorge Farah.
hey, how come none of you assholes came to my defense!
For the record stip, I'm really looking forward to your review of sirens :wave:
Especially considering that I'm still undecided about whether I'm going to listen to it.
theplatypus wrote:A solo is when the guitar goes twiddly diddly
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Re: Lightning Bolt - October 15

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that's nice and all, but any future compliment will be forever tainted because I had to ask for it.
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Re: Lightning Bolt - October 15

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Spoiler: show
although I didn't say stop
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Re: Lightning Bolt - October 15

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:lol:
stip wrote:I wanted to punch you in your god's dice loving balls for not loving lightning bolt.
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Re: Lightning Bolt - October 15

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harmless wrote:
Juvenal wrote:
bluestate wrote:
evenslow wrote:I was hoping for something akin to...

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From a distance Bette, you still look scary as hell to me...
She looks like the type of woman who could punch her weight.
Can someone morph her face into Ed Lion for an avatar?
I heard her nickname with the groupies is Sex on Cellulite Legs.
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Re: Lightning Bolt - October 15

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I bet she could suck a golf ball through a garden hose.
stip wrote:I wanted to punch you in your god's dice loving balls for not loving lightning bolt.
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Re: Lightning Bolt - October 15

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say what you want about Bette Midler but

A: she sang a duet with tom waits
B: she had a good guest spot on the simpsons
C: the rose is a really pretty song
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Re: Lightning Bolt - October 15

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stip wrote:say what you want about Bette Midler but

A: she sang a duet with tom waits
B: she had a good guest spot on the simpsons
C: the rose is a really pretty song
That post might be the first thing I've ever said about Bette Midler.
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Re: Lightning Bolt - October 15

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Oh I like her. I just imagine she's a filthy mare betwixt the sheets!
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Re: Lightning Bolt - October 15

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Juvenal wrote:Oh I like her. I just imagine she's a filthy mare betwixt the sheets!
betwixt
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Re: Lightning Bolt - October 15

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Noaheb wrote:
Juvenal wrote:Oh I like her. I just imagine she's a filthy mare betwixt the sheets!
betwixt
The only other English word to use an 'x' since 1733 is "Xylophone."
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Re: Lightning Bolt - October 15

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Noaheb wrote:
Juvenal wrote:Oh I like her. I just imagine she's a filthy mare betwixt the sheets!
betwixt

That reminds me of this hilarious skit with Cheri Oteri on SNL.

http://www.noob.us/humor/saturday-night ... fice-slut/
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Re: Lightning Bolt - October 15

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Guys, let's be honest: given the album's context so far, 'Future Days' is far more likely to be about Ed's kid than his wife.
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Re: Lightning Bolt - October 15

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There's nowt wrong with betwixt, you fucks!
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Re: Lightning Bolt - October 15

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harmless wrote:Guys, let's be honest: given the album's context so far, 'Future Days' is far more likely to be about Ed's kid than his wife.
I had that Interpretation from the start.
There's the dog. You can't fake that stuff. Confess with your mouth.
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Re: Lightning Bolt - October 15

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Thejambi wrote:
harmless wrote:Guys, let's be honest: given the album's context so far, 'Future Days' is far more likely to be about Ed's kid than his wife.
I had that Interpretation from the start.
I remember now that we were talking about it at one point, but for some reason the theory was lost in hundreds of worn-out pages, and stages when we knew not who to be.
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