Lightning Bolt: the official album thread

[nomorecrackpipes]

We need this album more than ever. Apostrophes all over the place and I only have one dog. This is getting grim.

[McParadigm]

We need this album more than ever. Apostrophes all over the place and I only have one dog. This is getting grim.

They're pack animals, you cruel son of a bitch

[Dr. Van Nostrand]

We need this album more than ever. Apostrophes all over the place and I only have one dog. This is getting grim.

[Thejambi]

We need this album more than ever. Apostrophes all over the place and I only have one dog. This is getting grim.

They're pack animals, you cruel son of a bitch

I know. When we get a house she'll get a friend. I would feel bad but she's treated more like a kid than a dog lol.

[Jaeti]

Aren't kids are pack animals, too?

[sward]

Dogs! Yes!

[Strat]

So have we gotten a rollingstone or spin review of LB yet?

Also, its getting close, im kid of surprised at how little interviews have taken place with the band members....

[warehouse]

So have we gotten a rollingstone or spin review of LB yet?

Also, its getting close, im kid of surprised at how little interviews have taken place with the band members....

dont u mean pitchfork?

[Strat]

True story:

I never read pitchfork.

Though, warehouse, that was a fantstic comedical tie in.

[harmless]

So have we gotten a rollingstone or spin review of LB yet?

Also, its getting close, im kid of surprised at how little interviews have taken place with the band members....

After all those BoB things I expected none at all, so I was pleasantly surprised by the few we have. Have you read everything in the reviews thread?

[Dr. Van Nostrand]

So have we gotten a rollingstone or spin review of LB yet?

Also, its getting close, im kid of surprised at how little interviews have taken place with the band members....

maybe they are keeping people from being able to do reviews ( unless they were at a listening party ) to help cut down on the possibilities of leaks?

[Strat]

So have we gotten a rollingstone or spin review of LB yet?

Also, its getting close, im kid of surprised at how little interviews have taken place with the band members....

After all those BoB things I expected none at all, so I was pleasantly surprised by the few we have. Have you read everything in the reviews thread?

I have. I was/am really hoping for a Gossard or Ament interview of sorts.

[Mine]

So have we gotten a rollingstone or spin review of LB yet?

Also, its getting close, im kid of surprised at how little interviews have taken place with the band members....

I've translated and posted extracts of Stones' interview from the Italian version of RS.
No one gave a shit.

[Strat]

So have we gotten a rollingstone or spin review of LB yet?

Also, its getting close, im kid of surprised at how little interviews have taken place with the band members....

I've translated and posted extracts of Stones' interview from the Italian version of RS.
No one gave a shit.

I dont think I saw that?

[harmless]

So have we gotten a rollingstone or spin review of LB yet?

Also, its getting close, im kid of surprised at how little interviews have taken place with the band members....

After all those BoB things I expected none at all, so I was pleasantly surprised by the few we have. Have you read everything in the reviews thread?

I have. I was/am really hoping for a Gossard or Ament interview of sorts.

Yeah that would be cool. I was surprised how happy they sounded on the EPK. I've been imagining that Stone was properly stifled and unhappy so his big grin surprised me.

[harmless]

So have we gotten a rollingstone or spin review of LB yet?

Also, its getting close, im kid of surprised at how little interviews have taken place with the band members....

I've translated and posted extracts of Stones' interview from the Italian version of RS.
No one gave a shit.

I gave two shits, you probably just didn't notice. Has that been put in the reviews thread?

[Waverider]

So have we gotten a rollingstone or spin review of LB yet?

Also, its getting close, im kid of surprised at how little interviews have taken place with the band members....

I totally agree. I keep waking up each day with the fear I'll read something like...."Due to unforeseen complications, Pearl Jam's LIGHTNING BOLT release date has been slightly delayed. Countdown clock has been adjusted accordingly. 678 days 22 hours 58 seconds.

[Mine]

So have we gotten a rollingstone or spin review of LB yet?

Also, its getting close, im kid of surprised at how little interviews have taken place with the band members....

I've translated and posted extracts of Stones' interview from the Italian version of RS.
No one gave a shit.

I gave two shits, you probably just didn't notice. Has that been put in the reviews thread?

It wasn't a review. Someone replied to it but it got mostly unnoticed. It's ok, I'm not offended or anything I was just wondering how come it got so unnoticed since there aren't many band interviews out yet.

[harmless]

So have we gotten a rollingstone or spin review of LB yet?

Also, its getting close, im kid of surprised at how little interviews have taken place with the band members....

I've translated and posted extracts of Stones' interview from the Italian version of RS.
No one gave a shit.

I gave two shits, you probably just didn't notice. Has that been put in the reviews thread?

It wasn't a review. Someone replied to it but it got mostly unnoticed. It's ok, I'm not offended or anything I was just wondering how come it got so unnoticed since there aren't many band interviews out yet.

I guess maybe because it wasn't the whole thing? Post it again with a photo as proof

[Mine]

So have we gotten a rollingstone or spin review of LB yet?

Also, its getting close, im kid of surprised at how little interviews have taken place with the band members....

I've translated and posted extracts of Stones' interview from the Italian version of RS.
No one gave a shit.

I dont think I saw that?

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