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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Well, pretty much. What else were you thinking mattered? Nothing outside of your own opinion, surely?
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Re: Lightning Bolt - October 15

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harmless wrote:Well, pretty much. What else were you thinking mattered? Nothing outside of your own opinion, surely?
In reality, it's our opinions that don't matter a bit
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Re: Lightning Bolt - October 15

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harmless wrote:Well, pretty much. What else were you thinking mattered? Nothing outside of your own opinion, surely?
I'M ADDING THAT TO THE LIST, MISTER
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Re: Lightning Bolt - October 15

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None of this matters, let's be honest.
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Re: Lightning Bolt - October 15

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i think ill try to watch family matters at lunch time
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Re: Lightning Bolt - October 15

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Finally heard the song...wasn't what I was expecting. It didn't seem so much power ballad as an overblown version of the kind of soft-country pop that Ryan Adams does pretty often. It also kind of reminded me of R.E.M.'s Around the Sun record; not so much in the instrumentation, but it's like they're taking these really hackneyed songwriting and instrumentation ideas and digging to find a good song in them.

On the first few times, I liked the song, but it's certainly a confusing listen.
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Re: Lightning Bolt - October 15

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I hope SBM will sound like this.
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Re: Lightning Bolt - October 15

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Looks like too much cheese can cause paranoia.
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Re: Lightning Bolt - October 15

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There is absolutely no amount of cheese in Sirens greater than the cheese spewed by BoB's keyboard on Future Days at Wrigley.
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Re: Lightning Bolt - October 15

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Mike wrote:I hope SBM will sound like this.
you are having fun today it seems :lol:
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Mike wrote:I hope SBM will sound like this.
I love how the keyboard is totally wrong on the last bar.
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Revelator wrote:There is absolutely no amount of cheese in Sirens greater than the cheese spewed by BoB's keyboard on Future Days at Wrigley.
Was that trying to be a compliment?
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Re: Lightning Bolt - October 15

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harmless wrote:
Mike wrote:I hope SBM will sound like this.
I love how the keyboard is totally wrong on the last bar.
Whoops.
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Re: Lightning Bolt - October 15

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harmless wrote:
Mike wrote:I hope SBM will sound like this.
I love how the keyboard is totally wrong on the last bar.

I hope we get a vignette of BO'B playing the keyboard part in this on a casio while being chased down the traintracks.
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Re: Lightning Bolt - October 15

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harmless wrote:
Revelator wrote:There is absolutely no amount of cheese in Sirens greater than the cheese spewed by BoB's keyboard on Future Days at Wrigley.
Was that trying to be a compliment?
Yeah, I tried. Basically I feel Sirens is far more interesting than Future Days, for lack of a better word. That, and I still can't stand the version of FD at Wrigley.
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Mike wrote:
harmless wrote:
Mike wrote:I hope SBM will sound like this.
I love how the keyboard is totally wrong on the last bar.
Whoops.
No I mean I totally love it. Made me laugh my ass off.
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Re: Lightning Bolt - October 15

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harmless wrote:
Mike wrote:
harmless wrote:
Mike wrote:I hope SBM will sound like this.
I love how the keyboard is totally wrong on the last bar.
Whoops.
No I mean I totally love it. Made me laugh my ass off.
It...was totally intended!
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Re: Lightning Bolt - October 15

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Revelator wrote:
harmless wrote:
Revelator wrote:There is absolutely no amount of cheese in Sirens greater than the cheese spewed by BoB's keyboard on Future Days at Wrigley.
Was that trying to be a compliment?
Yeah, I tried. Basically I feel Sirens is far more interesting than Future Days, for lack of a better word. That, and I still can't stand the version of FD at Wrigley.
It's horrible. I think there's a nice song underneath and the studio version will hopefully show it off, but playing it live at Wrigley with BO'B was one of the worst decisions this band has ever made. Except for maybe re-hiring BO'B in the first place.
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Re: Lightning Bolt - October 15

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harmless wrote:
Revelator wrote:
harmless wrote:
Revelator wrote:There is absolutely no amount of cheese in Sirens greater than the cheese spewed by BoB's keyboard on Future Days at Wrigley.
Was that trying to be a compliment?
Yeah, I tried. Basically I feel Sirens is far more interesting than Future Days, for lack of a better word. That, and I still can't stand the version of FD at Wrigley.
It's horrible. I think there's a nice song underneath and the studio version will hopefully show it off, but playing it live at Wrigley with BO'B was one of the worst decisions this band has ever made. Except for maybe re-hiring BO'B in the first place.
:thumbsup: I'm holding out hope for the album version. Trying to remain somewhat optimistic about SBM, too, even though it's inclusion still mystifies me.
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Re: Lightning Bolt - October 15

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Revelator wrote:
harmless wrote:
Revelator wrote:
harmless wrote:
Revelator wrote:There is absolutely no amount of cheese in Sirens greater than the cheese spewed by BoB's keyboard on Future Days at Wrigley.
Was that trying to be a compliment?
Yeah, I tried. Basically I feel Sirens is far more interesting than Future Days, for lack of a better word. That, and I still can't stand the version of FD at Wrigley.
It's horrible. I think there's a nice song underneath and the studio version will hopefully show it off, but playing it live at Wrigley with BO'B was one of the worst decisions this band has ever made. Except for maybe re-hiring BO'B in the first place.
:thumbsup: I'm holding out hope for the album version. Trying to remain somewhat optimistic about SBM, too, even though it's inclusion still mystifies me.
I love folky stuff and I love the song, so I have some hope -- even if it's sanitised folk like Mumford.
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