Song of the Moment: Lightning Bolt

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Rate Lightning Bolt

5 Stars
34
24%
4 Stars
59
42%
3 Stars
22
16%
2 Stars
8
6%
1 Star
12
9%
Betterman (live)
4
3%
 
Total votes: 139

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Re: New Song: Lightning Bolt

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This song is pretty great
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stip wrote:This song is pretty great
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Re: New Song: Lightning Bolt

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stip wrote:This song is pretty great
There's a reason I needed this song in my tourney tracklist . Wasn't the smartest since it was too new but it deserved a spot.

BTW does anyone here know if there was tab for this song posted somewhere in the thread?
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If you add the surf guitar from this song to Supersonic, you get the Saved By the Bell theme tune.
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Re: New Song: Lightning Bolt

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This one is on now. Loving the guitar after the "lightining bolt" chorus. Good stuff Mikey.
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I passed on the crappy earlier leaks so hearing this for the first time since Wrigley.

Not feeling it at all - Swallowed Whole seems to be a MUCH better song...
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I'm not a huge fan of this song and feel it is one of the songs that was impregnated by Brendan O'Brien. I don't need no damn Dr. Who sounds, xylophones or whatever the fuck those are and other shit that's he done here.

I like the build of the song, think the lyrics are a bit crap and I'll probably end up thinking it's a lower-middle-of-the-pack of the PJ catalog when done live.
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Soulfire wrote:I'm not a huge fan of this song and feel it is one of the songs that was impregnated by Brendan O'Brien. I don't need no damn Dr. Who sounds, xylophones or whatever the fuck those are and other shit that's he done here.

I like the build of the song, think the lyrics are a bit crap and I'll probably end up thinking it's a lower-middle-of-the-pack of the PJ catalog when done live.
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Soulfire wrote:I'm not a huge fan of this song and feel it is one of the songs that was impregnated by Brendan O'Brien. I don't need no damn Dr. Who sounds, xylophones or whatever the fuck those are and other shit that's he done here.

I like the build of the song, think the lyrics are a bit crap and I'll probably end up thinking it's a lower-middle-of-the-pack of the PJ catalog when done live.

other than the first few lyrics this one is actually quite strong. Some moments are really great.
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okay, lets see if this thing sounds even better.
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god, I love those two early little solos
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hate this song.
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BurtReynolds wrote:hate this song.
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Shoulda been saved for Spayed Cats or whatever.
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This one's a bit all over the map - it little Frankenstein assembled.

I kinda like it, kinda meh. I do like the outro though.
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Too long, too many different parts, all of which are meh except for that first groovy solo.
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The great thing about this song (maybe the only great thing) is that it's a Frankenstein song. If these parts had fit together in a standard way, it would be a very predictable "anthem". It's that off-kilter structure that lifts it out of boring and obvious, where "Unthought Known" was boring and obvious, IMO.
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Re: New Song: Lightning Bolt

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I really like this tune, but I don't know if it fits with the majority of the album. That's after only one full listen though.
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harmless wrote:The great thing about this song (maybe the only great thing) is that it's a Frankenstein song. If these parts had fit together in a standard way, it would be a very predictable "anthem". It's that off-kilter structure that lifts it out of boring and obvious, where "Unthought Known" was boring and obvious, IMO.
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harmless wrote:The great thing about this song (maybe the only great thing) is that it's a Frankenstein song. If these parts had fit together in a standard way, it would be a very predictable "anthem". It's that off-kilter structure that lifts it out of boring and obvious, where "Unthought Known" was boring and obvious, IMO.
i think if it was more of a frankenstein i would like it more. hearing the band talk about it, it sounds like they were going for a gtf kinda feel. i dunno, but i dont think of gtf when i hear this song.
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