Lightning Bolt: the official album thread

[Strat]

recorded live. beautiful

[McParadigm]

Ed sounds great live. I wonder if he has hired a vocal coach...or just started listening to one he already had.

A lot of the bad habits dropping away, the increased control, the subtle signs of a strength that really only comes from proper care.

Either that or the live cut was "cleaned up" afterwards.

[vedder316]

Whoa, just heard it for first time. That was pretty fucking good IMO. Ed kills, loved from about 4:25 onward. Just loved it, call me a fanboi I guess.

[ledvedderman]

Ed sounds great live. I wonder if he has hired a vocal coach...or just started listening to one he already had.

A lot of the bad habits dropping away, the increased control, the subtle signs of a strength that really only comes from proper care.

Either that or the live cut was "cleaned up" afterwards.

I think it was cleaned up. It's definitely the studio version. No matter the case, this is better than the leaked version.

[McParadigm]

Ed sounds great live. I wonder if he has hired a vocal coach...or just started listening to one he already had.

A lot of the bad habits dropping away, the increased control, the subtle signs of a strength that really only comes from proper care.

Either that or the live cut was "cleaned up" afterwards.

I think it was cleaned up. It's definitely the studio version. No matter the case, this is better than the leaked version.

They dropped some of the double tracked vocals, if this is true.

Edit: no way. Matt fucks the drums up at the start.

[Lounge Lizard]

Ed sounds great live. I wonder if he has hired a vocal coach...or just started listening to one he already had.

A lot of the bad habits dropping away, the increased control, the subtle signs of a strength that really only comes from proper care.

Either that or the live cut was "cleaned up" afterwards.

I think it was cleaned up. It's definitely the studio version. No matter the case, this is better than the leaked version.

They dropped some of the double tracked vocals, if this is true.

only Matt backing vocals, nothing else.

[Dr. Van Nostrand]

so the one played on pj radio and the one on the video are different then the one that leaked

[Revelator]

So that video was pretty awesome, my appreciation for the song just catapulted up a few notches. Still having trouble with the music, but you can't help but see the beauty in the words and Ed's execution.

[evenslow]

are we sure this is live?

[dimejinky99]

recorded live. beautiful

Downloading and replacing on this recommendation alone

[Strat]

Thats definitely recorded live The guitar solo is different.

Love that ed picks up the acoustic for the part after the solo...

Great harmony vocals by the band

Im sold.

[Come Back in Black]

so the one played on pj radio and the one on the video are different then the one that leaked

that makes no sense to me since the leak came from from an internet radio station. its gotta be the same. why would they give them an unfinished version

[McParadigm]

If it's not live, there are timing errors in the song I didn't hear before. And there are definitely double-tracked Ed's in the studio version that are left out here.

[Strat]

are we sure this is live?

MIkes solo is different....

So im guessing it is but...

Also feels more stripped down....

And boom hands are all over it...

[evenslow]

this actually sounds way better.

[Jaeti]

It's just really, really fucking good. No way around it.

[cippociappo]

Awesome.

So much better than the leaked one!!
Hoooray!!

[McParadigm]

If it's not live, there are timing errors in the song I didn't hear before. And there are definitely double-tracked Ed's in the studio version that are left out here.

Oh, and Ed is pitchy on his last note going into the solo. That wasn't the case on the studio take (why would it be?).

[EJ]

Isn't it just possible that the video version is just a live version and the leaked version is the one that will appear on the album?

[Jaeti]

It's not the same version we heard yesterday.