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%
 
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Re: Lightning Bolt - October 15

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harmless wrote:
Dugg wrote:
Thejambi wrote:
harmless wrote:I can't prove that it's happening but it certainly sounds like it. It's probably not the first time though, so whatever.
I don't have he energy for speculation but I'd be suprised if his vocals haven't been cleaned up since 1992.
No doubt, but isn't autotuned a different beast from cleaning up in post processing?
I think they autotune on software after something's recorded, so it's post-recording at least. It's part of that cleaning-up.
Yeah, it just has a bad connotation because of the awful 100% autotune songs out there. Probably is used to a degree on most shit nowadays.
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Re: Lightning Bolt - October 15

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Dugg wrote:
harmless wrote:
Dugg wrote:
Thejambi wrote:
harmless wrote:I can't prove that it's happening but it certainly sounds like it. It's probably not the first time though, so whatever.
I don't have he energy for speculation but I'd be suprised if his vocals haven't been cleaned up since 1992.
No doubt, but isn't autotuned a different beast from cleaning up in post processing?
I think they autotune on software after something's recorded, so it's post-recording at least. It's part of that cleaning-up.
Yeah, it just has a bad connotation because of the awful 100% autotune songs out there. Probably is used to a degree on most shit nowadays.
Yup. It's only a dance / RnB / hiphop convention to overuse it, really.
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Re: Lightning Bolt - October 15

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Jaeti wrote:Disclaimer: I have nothing invested in reviews of this song, be they positive or negative. Just putting this here for the heck of it. Guess I found it a bit surprising that a piece this long was written about just this one song.

http://www.antiquiet.com/news/2013/09/p ... th-sirens/
So you think this guys a Pearl Jam fan or not? ;)
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Re: Lightning Bolt - October 15

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bluestate wrote:
Jaeti wrote:Disclaimer: I have nothing invested in reviews of this song, be they positive or negative. Just putting this here for the heck of it. Guess I found it a bit surprising that a piece this long was written about just this one song.

http://www.antiquiet.com/news/2013/09/p ... th-sirens/
So you think this guys a Pearl Jam fan or not? ;)
This guy has Binaural as #2 best album of the decade so he's probably a hipster
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Re: Lightning Bolt - October 15

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harmless wrote:
Dugg wrote:
harmless wrote:
Dugg wrote:
Thejambi wrote:
harmless wrote:I can't prove that it's happening but it certainly sounds like it. It's probably not the first time though, so whatever.
I don't have he energy for speculation but I'd be suprised if his vocals haven't been cleaned up since 1992.
No doubt, but isn't autotuned a different beast from cleaning up in post processing?
I think they autotune on software after something's recorded, so it's post-recording at least. It's part of that cleaning-up.
Yeah, it just has a bad connotation because of the awful 100% autotune songs out there. Probably is used to a degree on most shit nowadays.
Yup. It's only a dance / RnB / hiphop convention to overuse it, really.
Also, Cher.
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Re: Lightning Bolt - October 15

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Heathen wrote:
bluestate wrote:
Jaeti wrote:Disclaimer: I have nothing invested in reviews of this song, be they positive or negative. Just putting this here for the heck of it. Guess I found it a bit surprising that a piece this long was written about just this one song.

http://www.antiquiet.com/news/2013/09/p ... th-sirens/
So you think this guys a Pearl Jam fan or not? ;)
This guy has Binaural as #2 best album of the decade so he's probably a hipster
Hmmm, well I'm not sure a hipster would love Sirens that much.... Which makes me wonder, what's the over/under on how many times Pitchfork will use the word "cheesy" in their review for Lightning Bolt?
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Re: Lightning Bolt - October 15

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Heathen wrote:
bluestate wrote:
Jaeti wrote:Disclaimer: I have nothing invested in reviews of this song, be they positive or negative. Just putting this here for the heck of it. Guess I found it a bit surprising that a piece this long was written about just this one song.

http://www.antiquiet.com/news/2013/09/p ... th-sirens/
So you think this guys a Pearl Jam fan or not? ;)
This guy has Binaural as #2 best album of the decade so he's probably a hipster
He posts here, or at least on the old board. Great writer and big PJ fan.
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Re: Lightning Bolt - October 15

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bluestate wrote:
Heathen wrote:
bluestate wrote:
Jaeti wrote:Disclaimer: I have nothing invested in reviews of this song, be they positive or negative. Just putting this here for the heck of it. Guess I found it a bit surprising that a piece this long was written about just this one song.

http://www.antiquiet.com/news/2013/09/p ... th-sirens/
So you think this guys a Pearl Jam fan or not? ;)
This guy has Binaural as #2 best album of the decade so he's probably a hipster
Hmmm, well I'm not sure a hipster would love Sirens that much.... Which makes me wonder, what's the over/under on how many times Pitchfork will use the word "cheesy" in their review for Lightning Bolt?
Do they even use single words?
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Re: Lightning Bolt - October 15

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Heathen wrote:
bluestate wrote:
Heathen wrote:
bluestate wrote:
Jaeti wrote:Disclaimer: I have nothing invested in reviews of this song, be they positive or negative. Just putting this here for the heck of it. Guess I found it a bit surprising that a piece this long was written about just this one song.

http://www.antiquiet.com/news/2013/09/p ... th-sirens/
So you think this guys a Pearl Jam fan or not? ;)
This guy has Binaural as #2 best album of the decade so he's probably a hipster
Hmmm, well I'm not sure a hipster would love Sirens that much.... Which makes me wonder, what's the over/under on how many times Pitchfork will use the word "cheesy" in their review for Lightning Bolt?
Do they even use single words?
I think "Not Radiohead" is the term they use most often when reviewing most music.
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Re: Lightning Bolt - October 15

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Heathen wrote:
bluestate wrote:
Heathen wrote:
bluestate wrote:
Jaeti wrote:Disclaimer: I have nothing invested in reviews of this song, be they positive or negative. Just putting this here for the heck of it. Guess I found it a bit surprising that a piece this long was written about just this one song.

http://www.antiquiet.com/news/2013/09/p ... th-sirens/
So you think this guys a Pearl Jam fan or not? ;)
This guy has Binaural as #2 best album of the decade so he's probably a hipster
Hmmm, well I'm not sure a hipster would love Sirens that much.... Which makes me wonder, what's the over/under on how many times Pitchfork will use the word "cheesy" in their review for Lightning Bolt?
Do they even use single words?
True true, instead of the word "cheesy" they'll replace it with some long whimsical run-on sentence that makes no sense whatsoever but sounds really cool
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Re: Lightning Bolt - October 15

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Here's a little feedback from a normal person:

Got to talking about Pearl Jam with my supervisor the other day when Given to Fly came on pandora. She's pretty much a "casual" fan but owns all the albums through Riot Act... Says she doesn't really listen to much since Yield.

Anyways last night, I played the six songs without telling her what it was or anything. Her immediate reaction after the vocals came in on Getaway was "I'm glad Pearl Jam has managed to write new music and still sound like the same band after all these years."

After Sirens and lightning bolt - "when's this coming out I'm gonna definitely gonna pick it up"

Swallowed Whole - "can you burn me a copy of this!?!"

Her comments made me realize we're all way to boxed up in Pearl Jam fan land to really appreciate how fucking good they are.
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bluestate wrote:
Heathen wrote:
bluestate wrote:
Heathen wrote:
bluestate wrote:
Jaeti wrote:Disclaimer: I have nothing invested in reviews of this song, be they positive or negative. Just putting this here for the heck of it. Guess I found it a bit surprising that a piece this long was written about just this one song.

http://www.antiquiet.com/news/2013/09/p ... th-sirens/
So you think this guys a Pearl Jam fan or not? ;)
This guy has Binaural as #2 best album of the decade so he's probably a hipster
Hmmm, well I'm not sure a hipster would love Sirens that much.... Which makes me wonder, what's the over/under on how many times Pitchfork will use the word "cheesy" in their review for Lightning Bolt?
Do they even use single words?
True true, instead of the word "cheesy" they'll replace it with some long whimsical run-on sentence that makes no sense whatsoever but sounds really cool
Yeah, they'd never stoop so low as "cheesy." But I'd still really love to read their review. Just because.
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Re: Lightning Bolt - October 15

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SomethingCreative wrote:Here's a little feedback from a normal person:

Got to talking about Pearl Jam with my supervisor the other day when Given to Fly came on pandora. She's pretty much a "casual" fan but owns all the albums through Riot Act... Says she doesn't really listen to much since Yield.

Anyways last night, I played the six songs without telling her what it was or anything. Her immediate reaction after the vocals came in on Getaway was "I'm glad Pearl Jam has managed to write new music and still sound like the same band after all these years."

After Sirens and lightning bolt - "when's this coming out I'm gonna definitely gonna pick it up"

Swallowed Whole - "can you burn me a copy of this!?!"

Her comments made me realize we're all way to boxed up in Pearl Jam fan land to really appreciate how fucking good they are.
I like this.
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Re: Lightning Bolt - October 15

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SomethingCreative wrote:Here's a little feedback from a normal person:

Got to talking about Pearl Jam with my supervisor the other day when Given to Fly came on pandora. She's pretty much a "casual" fan but owns all the albums through Riot Act... Says she doesn't really listen to much since Yield.

Anyways last night, I played the six songs without telling her what it was or anything. Her immediate reaction after the vocals came in on Getaway was "I'm glad Pearl Jam has managed to write new music and still sound like the same band after all these years."

After Sirens and lightning bolt - "when's this coming out I'm gonna definitely gonna pick it up"

Swallowed Whole - "can you burn me a copy of this!?!"

Her comments made me realize we're all way to boxed up in Pearl Jam fan land to really appreciate how fucking good they are.
Yeah but she's a girl and girls are icky. :)
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Re: Lightning Bolt - October 15

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harmless wrote:
SomethingCreative wrote:Here's a little feedback from a normal person:

Got to talking about Pearl Jam with my supervisor the other day when Given to Fly came on pandora. She's pretty much a "casual" fan but owns all the albums through Riot Act... Says she doesn't really listen to much since Yield.

Anyways last night, I played the six songs without telling her what it was or anything. Her immediate reaction after the vocals came in on Getaway was "I'm glad Pearl Jam has managed to write new music and still sound like the same band after all these years."

After Sirens and lightning bolt - "when's this coming out I'm gonna definitely gonna pick it up"

Swallowed Whole - "can you burn me a copy of this!?!"

Her comments made me realize we're all way to boxed up in Pearl Jam fan land to really appreciate how fucking good they are.
Yeah but she's a girl and girls are icky. :)
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harmless wrote:
SomethingCreative wrote:Here's a little feedback from a normal person:

Got to talking about Pearl Jam with my supervisor the other day when Given to Fly came on pandora. She's pretty much a "casual" fan but owns all the albums through Riot Act... Says she doesn't really listen to much since Yield.

Anyways last night, I played the six songs without telling her what it was or anything. Her immediate reaction after the vocals came in on Getaway was "I'm glad Pearl Jam has managed to write new music and still sound like the same band after all these years."

After Sirens and lightning bolt - "when's this coming out I'm gonna definitely gonna pick it up"

Swallowed Whole - "can you burn me a copy of this!?!"

Her comments made me realize we're all way to boxed up in Pearl Jam fan land to really appreciate how fucking good they are.
Yeah but she's a girl and girls are icky. :)
Not if they're models. ;)
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We really need to pick this up if we are making our 1,000 quota today.
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Who pissed off harmless?
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Re: Lightning Bolt - October 15

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Thejambi wrote:
harmless wrote:
SomethingCreative wrote:Here's a little feedback from a normal person:

Got to talking about Pearl Jam with my supervisor the other day when Given to Fly came on pandora. She's pretty much a "casual" fan but owns all the albums through Riot Act... Says she doesn't really listen to much since Yield.

Anyways last night, I played the six songs without telling her what it was or anything. Her immediate reaction after the vocals came in on Getaway was "I'm glad Pearl Jam has managed to write new music and still sound like the same band after all these years."

After Sirens and lightning bolt - "when's this coming out I'm gonna definitely gonna pick it up"

Swallowed Whole - "can you burn me a copy of this!?!"

Her comments made me realize we're all way to boxed up in Pearl Jam fan land to really appreciate how fucking good they are.
Yeah but she's a girl and girls are icky. :)
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Re: Lightning Bolt - October 15

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durdencommatyler wrote:Who pissed off harmless?
Everyone.
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