Lightning Bolt: the official album thread

[Monkey_Driven]

Going on a 7 hour drive on Friday. Hope this thing leaks before then.

[ABNorman]

To anyone who would scream "Fuck you" to anyone on this board:

I work part time for an SMS Q&A service, and one of our regular customers (who has changed his phone number several times) SMS's us to ask what would be left behind if various dangerous animals ate little boys in speedos. Another customer flat out asked us to advise him where he could find underaged boys to have sex with in Dublin.

Think about that the next time you judge someone for feeling a little bit passionate/annoyed with one little rock band.

okay, what does SMS stand for?

Short message service. In the UK, we say "texting", but I thought the US was all about "SMSing".

Well, I guess now everybody's about IMing. I'm old.

[stupidmop]

This are a couple of quotes from the Italian RS interview with Stone

regarding songwriting/in response why it took them so much time to resume "spreading their blessing"

Each of us brings in a package of demos. We go in the studio, mostly without Eddie, and we start to improvise together on those demos. We end up with a Cd with 14 to 15 tracks that we give to Eddie. The we go back in the studio and redo everything 2 to 3 times. At the end of all this we play the songs for Brendan. The songs take shape in this way, like a dialogue, then without realising it we're in LA recording the definitive versions. This time it took as longer.

Than he specifies the process does change from song to song :

Sometimes the lyrics come 1st. I like this method because the lyrics can push the arrangements in directions that are completely new, making you do things you wouldn't normally do. Mostly what comes 1st is the music, the melody, that while it takes shape brings the lyrics along.

about touring/family

You miss your family a lot on tour. Being away from a 6 year old daughter seems like forever. When i can i take her with me.

Ours is a spacial case. We can choose, and we do, to do only 3 week per leg long tours. We try not to overdo it: It's only rock and roll, the safety of the universe is not in question here. It's more important to take care of ourselves. This is probably why the band lasts as long, because we're still having fun.

On continuing with the band in the future/about keeping the band together as old men with gray hair like the Rolling Stones and others

I don't see why we should stop touring at 60. Maybe at some point we'll say : "Ok, this was nice, but that's it!" As of now we have no intention to.

Oh the introduction to the interview reads something like this:

What makes Pearl Jam special, as they confirmed to the Italian Rolling Stone, is their public, Italians especially. All those fans that have always followed them as if they were a religion and after 4 years of wait are dying to hear the new record Lightning Bolt

I wonder what song the lyrics came first for.

Does he say anything interesting about any of the new songs?

Is it bad i hope they break up before they turn into the rolling stones? Cause i do.

[Mirella]

Does that review call Eddie a "Douche" or Brendan?

I laughed when I saw that

So did I. I love languages . Never thought so when I was young, since I was good at math and people seemed to be sure one excludes the other.
This also reminds me of one Pearl Jam early entry line here a couple of years ago. A friendly security man was telling everybody where to go, and the Dutch word for compartment, or section, is 'vak'. So, the non Dutch in the crowd started asking us why that man said 'fuck' so much, because it sounds almost the same.

groetjes,
Mirella

[stip]

So how far out from the release date did Backspacer leak? Did it happen during the day, overnight...? How does this stuff tend to go down? (I ask that realizing there aren't really any rules for this per se)

about 10 days. I forget what time. in the afternoon (EST) I think.

[harmless]

To anyone who would scream "Fuck you" to anyone on this board:

I work part time for an SMS Q&A service, and one of our regular customers (who has changed his phone number several times) SMS's us to ask what would be left behind if various dangerous animals ate little boys in speedos. Another customer flat out asked us to advise him where he could find underaged boys to have sex with in Dublin.

Think about that the next time you judge someone for feeling a little bit passionate/annoyed with one little rock band.

okay, what does SMS stand for?

Short message service. In the UK, we say "texting", but I thought the US was all about "SMSing".

Well, I guess now everybody's about IMing. I'm old.

Whenever people speak to me about DMs I still think about shoes.

[Mirella]

To anyone who would scream "Fuck you" to anyone on this board:

I work part time for an SMS Q&A service, and one of our regular customers (who has changed his phone number several times) SMS's us to ask what would be left behind if various dangerous animals ate little boys in speedos. Another customer flat out asked us to advise him where he could find underaged boys to have sex with in Dublin.

Think about that the next time you judge someone for feeling a little bit passionate/annoyed with one little rock band.

okay, what does SMS stand for?

Short message service. In the UK, we say "texting", but I thought the US was all about "SMSing".

Well, I guess now everybody's about IMing. I'm old.

Whenever people speak to me about DMs I still think about shoes.

In this thread, I would first think "what song is DM?". And besides the shoes, what does DM stand for?

groetjes,
Mirella ah, direct message (in before I hit Submit )

[harmless]

To anyone who would scream "Fuck you" to anyone on this board:

I work part time for an SMS Q&A service, and one of our regular customers (who has changed his phone number several times) SMS's us to ask what would be left behind if various dangerous animals ate little boys in speedos. Another customer flat out asked us to advise him where he could find underaged boys to have sex with in Dublin.

Think about that the next time you judge someone for feeling a little bit passionate/annoyed with one little rock band.

okay, what does SMS stand for?

Short message service. In the UK, we say "texting", but I thought the US was all about "SMSing".

Well, I guess now everybody's about IMing. I'm old.

Whenever people speak to me about DMs I still think about shoes.

In this thread, I would first think "what song is DM?". And besides the shoes, what does DM stand for?

groetjes,
Mirella ah, direct message (in before I hit Submit )

[Mike]

So how far out from the release date did Backspacer leak? Did it happen during the day, overnight...? How does this stuff tend to go down? (I ask that realizing there aren't really any rules for this per se)

about 10 days. I forget what time. in the afternoon (EST) I think.

Yup, it was around 9-10pm in germany.

[Mine]

I wonder what song the lyrics came first for.

Does he say anything interesting about any of the new songs?

Is it bad i hope they break up before they turn into the rolling stones? Cause i do.

I think he made a good answer out of a stupid question and made a general description of their/his songwriting not just how they did it this time. At least the last sentence makes me think that. They've been saying they do everything 3 times before deciding what to do with for years now.

That's all i've been able to find.

To be fair that was the question not the answer.

[Dr. Van Nostrand]

So how far out from the release date did Backspacer leak? Did it happen during the day, overnight...? How does this stuff tend to go down? (I ask that realizing there aren't really any rules for this per se)

about 10 days. I forget what time. in the afternoon (EST) I think.

Yup, it was around 9-10pm in germany.

You guys should join up with the no leak club and wait to hear the rest of the album

[stupidmop]

Hah cut off before the song gets shite

Axe tossing near cars doesnt sound like a good idea.

[Thejambi]

So how far out from the release date did Backspacer leak? Did it happen during the day, overnight...? How does this stuff tend to go down? (I ask that realizing there aren't really any rules for this per se)

about 10 days. I forget what time. in the afternoon (EST) I think.

Yup, it was around 9-10pm in germany.

You guys should join up with the no leak club and wait to hear the rest of the album

I will not dance for you!

[Mine]

Hah cut off before the song gets shite

Axe tossing near cars doesnt sound like a good idea.

If that's his way of expressing what he thinks of the song I'm absolutely fine with it.

I realise it's not though, so...what the fuck mr. Vedder?

[Thejambi]

Hah cut off before the song gets shite

Axe tossing near cars doesnt sound like a good idea.

Wanted to see this happen while watching that video.

[mastaflatch]

So how far out from the release date did Backspacer leak? Did it happen during the day, overnight...? How does this stuff tend to go down? (I ask that realizing there aren't really any rules for this per se)

it leaked on sept. 11th - at least that's how i remember it (it could have leaked the night before) and it was officially released on the 20th.

[stupidmop]

Hah cut off before the song gets shite

Axe tossing near cars doesnt sound like a good idea.

Wanted to see this happen while watching that video.

Lmao. I thought the ball disintegrated for a second.

"Honey, i know what we're having for dinner tonight"

[Cleverman]

I wish this thread was my dad.

[Juvenal]

I bet those who haven't heard the prior leak are jizzing themselves over that LTRP verse. Alas, the chorus is going to shit on its fist and punch you in the face.

[harmless]

I bet those who haven't heard the prior leak are jizzing themselves over that LTRP verse. Alas, the chorus is going to shit on its fist and punch you in the face.

That's a very negative comment to make about the band and their songs. I think you owe Ed an apology.