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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harmless wrote:
McParadigm wrote:
harmless wrote:
Tj wrote:
harmless wrote:It's a nod to 80s power ballads, Pink Floyd, and commercial radio rock. Are we genuinely devastated that this band might not give a shit that something sounds like Nickelback?
As long as they don't give a shit I am in. Very good point. I forgot I have been trying to make that point about Sirens all week.
Was this apparent "rivalry" between Pearl Jam and NickelCreed ever actually a real thing? Or is it just some fan-made mythology?
Rivalry? They're just shitty music, harm.
Well yeah. I just mean, do PJ actually acknowledge them as a shitty version of Pearl Jam? Or don't they care? If they don't care, it might be quite plausible that they'd actually write a song that sounded similar, because you know, at one point they sounded fairly similar.
u never heard "Creed Disease"? eddie vedder improved these lyrics while singing green disease

Course I know,.. then I don't
There's a stoway with my throat
It's deceiving
This bands called Creed

then at the end he did "C-R-E-E-D" instead of spelling greed.
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Re: Lightning Bolt - October 15

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I still tear up when I hear their collaboration.
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Re: Lightning Bolt - October 15

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harmless wrote:Dave A. never fucked up what is meant to be an official single video, though. From a drummer's perspective it's kind of embarrassing that that will be people's first exposure to the song. I love the song and the rest of the video but wow, the intro...
I actually still don't know where Matt's mistake is.
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Re: Lightning Bolt - October 15

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McParadigm wrote:Image
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Dev wrote:i love listening to the leaked pj song "last word".
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Re: Lightning Bolt - October 15

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jforte20 wrote:They actually had to have Matt go back and mess it up after the first take.
:lol:
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Re: Lightning Bolt - October 15

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stip wrote:
harmless wrote:Dave A. never fucked up what is meant to be an official single video, though. From a drummer's perspective it's kind of embarrassing that that will be people's first exposure to the song. I love the song and the rest of the video but wow, the intro...
I actually still don't know where Matt's mistake is.
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Re: Lightning Bolt - October 15

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warehouse wrote:
harmless wrote:
McParadigm wrote:
harmless wrote:
Tj wrote:
harmless wrote:It's a nod to 80s power ballads, Pink Floyd, and commercial radio rock. Are we genuinely devastated that this band might not give a shit that something sounds like Nickelback?
As long as they don't give a shit I am in. Very good point. I forgot I have been trying to make that point about Sirens all week.
Was this apparent "rivalry" between Pearl Jam and NickelCreed ever actually a real thing? Or is it just some fan-made mythology?
Rivalry? They're just shitty music, harm.
Well yeah. I just mean, do PJ actually acknowledge them as a shitty version of Pearl Jam? Or don't they care? If they don't care, it might be quite plausible that they'd actually write a song that sounded similar, because you know, at one point they sounded fairly similar.
u never heard "Creed Disease"? eddie vedder improved these lyrics while singing green disease

Course I know,.. then I don't
There's a stoway with my throat
It's deceiving
This bands called Creed

then at the end he did "C-R-E-E-D" instead of spelling greed.
This reminds me of Ed trashing Good Charlotte. Little did we know Pearl Jam would release their own album that 'tasted like a popsicle stuck up somebody's ass'
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Re: Lightning Bolt - October 15

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WtOB? wrote:
McParadigm wrote:Image
Image
Look at this photograph

Image

Every time I do it makes me laugh
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Re: Lightning Bolt - October 15

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stip wrote:
harmless wrote:Dave A. never fucked up what is meant to be an official single video, though. From a drummer's perspective it's kind of embarrassing that that will be people's first exposure to the song. I love the song and the rest of the video but wow, the intro...
I actually still don't know where Matt's mistake is.
Its because it doesn't really matter...at all.
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Re: Lightning Bolt - October 15

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verb_to_trust wrote:
Sgt. Crackpot wrote:I'm not trying to enforce the 'Matt fucked up on purpose" rumour. But I seem to remember back in the day (maybe it's in SVT?), EV quoting something about not striving for perfection in studio and film clip performances. His feeling was that those little minor fuck ups are what gives a performance character. If you make it 'perfect' then it feels lifeless and stale.

Maybe he's gone back to his older ways, and is not "fixing" things any more.
Then how do we explain the rest of Sirens? Its about as boring, lifeless and stale as it gets....
they were actually supposed to be playing black, but the little mistakes add up...
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Re: Lightning Bolt - October 15

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verb_to_trust wrote:
warehouse wrote:
harmless wrote:
McParadigm wrote:
harmless wrote:
Tj wrote:
harmless wrote:It's a nod to 80s power ballads, Pink Floyd, and commercial radio rock. Are we genuinely devastated that this band might not give a shit that something sounds like Nickelback?
As long as they don't give a shit I am in. Very good point. I forgot I have been trying to make that point about Sirens all week.
Was this apparent "rivalry" between Pearl Jam and NickelCreed ever actually a real thing? Or is it just some fan-made mythology?
Rivalry? They're just shitty music, harm.
Well yeah. I just mean, do PJ actually acknowledge them as a shitty version of Pearl Jam? Or don't they care? If they don't care, it might be quite plausible that they'd actually write a song that sounded similar, because you know, at one point they sounded fairly similar.
u never heard "Creed Disease"? eddie vedder improved these lyrics while singing green disease

Course I know,.. then I don't
There's a stoway with my throat
It's deceiving
This bands called Creed

then at the end he did "C-R-E-E-D" instead of spelling greed.
This reminds me of Ed trashing Good Charlotte. Little did we know Pearl Jam would release their own album that 'tasted like a popsicle stuck up somebody's ass'
:thumbsup:
some people are into that ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Dev wrote:i love listening to the leaked pj song "last word".
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Re: Lightning Bolt - October 15

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harmless wrote:
Lament wrote:You guys are the faceless fuckers who strip and stab our beloved harmless in the second verse of Given to Fly.

I am just grateful that he still gives his love, even if now he just gives it away.

Image
I'm flying oh

wide oh
sometimes I forget just how crappy the GTF chorus is (lyrically, anyway) because it sounds so good.
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Re: Lightning Bolt - October 15

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For god's sake Sirens Rules!
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Re: Lightning Bolt - October 15

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Tj wrote:For god's sake Sirens Rules!
rules what exactly?
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Re: Lightning Bolt - October 15

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stip wrote:
harmless wrote:
Lament wrote:You guys are the faceless fuckers who strip and stab our beloved harmless in the second verse of Given to Fly.

I am just grateful that he still gives his love, even if now he just gives it away.

Image
I'm flying oh

wide oh
sometimes I forget just how crappy the GTF chorus is (lyrically, anyway) because it sounds so good.
u should do this more often w/ music in general. some of my favorite vocals arent even real words.
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Re: Lightning Bolt - October 15

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harmless wrote:
Tj wrote:
harmless wrote:It's a nod to 80s power ballads, Pink Floyd, and commercial radio rock. Are we genuinely devastated that this band might not give a shit that something sounds like Nickelback?
As long as they don't give a shit I am in. Very good point. I forgot I have been trying to make that point about Sirens all week.
Was this apparent "rivalry" between Pearl Jam and NickelCreed ever actually a real thing? Or is it just some fan-made mythology?

i have some vague recollection of nickleback and creed making comments at some point, and of course there is that terrible creed thing eddie worked into green disease in an 03 performance
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Re: Lightning Bolt - October 15

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McParadigm wrote:
WtOB? wrote:
McParadigm wrote:Image
Image
Look at this photograph

Image

Every time I do it makes me laugh
i prefer this tune, to be honest:

Dev wrote:i love listening to the leaked pj song "last word".
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Re: Lightning Bolt - October 15

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stip wrote:
harmless wrote:
Tj wrote:
harmless wrote:It's a nod to 80s power ballads, Pink Floyd, and commercial radio rock. Are we genuinely devastated that this band might not give a shit that something sounds like Nickelback?
As long as they don't give a shit I am in. Very good point. I forgot I have been trying to make that point about Sirens all week.
Was this apparent "rivalry" between Pearl Jam and NickelCreed ever actually a real thing? Or is it just some fan-made mythology?

i have some vague recollection of nickleback and creed making comments at some point, and of course there is that terrible creed thing eddie worked into green disease in an 03 performance
i think its awesome
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Re: Lightning Bolt - October 15

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stip wrote:
harmless wrote:
Tj wrote:
harmless wrote:It's a nod to 80s power ballads, Pink Floyd, and commercial radio rock. Are we genuinely devastated that this band might not give a shit that something sounds like Nickelback?
As long as they don't give a shit I am in. Very good point. I forgot I have been trying to make that point about Sirens all week.
Was this apparent "rivalry" between Pearl Jam and NickelCreed ever actually a real thing? Or is it just some fan-made mythology?

i have some vague recollection of nickleback and creed making comments at some point, and of course there is that terrible creed thing eddie worked into green disease in an 03 performance
Ed made some awkward comment a while ago about how he didn't feel like he could "sound like himself" for a while, there, and how sometimes friends would call him and say "hey bro, heard your new song on the radio," but it was these other bands or something. Yawn.
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