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: Keep Harmless Company While He Waits for Lightning Bolt

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I really enjoy 4 of the songs released or leaked so far. I imagine they'll bounce between 3 and 4 stars for me.

I hate SW and LB, though. Remember in Seinfeld how Jerry dated all of those beautiful women, but there was always something he couldn't get past? Same deal.

In SW, I cannot get past duh, duh, drown, drown, drown.
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Ch, ch, christ.

In LB, it's, "Have you got yourself some sand?" This is right up there with, "I never knew soap made you taller."

At some point, there should be a tourney for shittiest Pearl Jam. Categories could be lyrics, name drops or famous associations, career gaffes, live show, opening band, official merchandise, song, etc. Most posters on this board have been hate fucking this band for a decade. It could be fun.
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daft twat wrote:I really enjoy 4 of the songs released or leaked so far. I imagine they'll bounce between 3 and 4 stars for me.

I hate SW and LB, though. Remember in Seinfeld how Jerry dated all of those beautiful women, but there was always something he couldn't get past? Same deal.

In SW, I cannot get past duh, duh, drown, drown, drown.
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Ch, ch, christ.

In LB, it's, "Have you got yourself some sand?" This is right up there with, "I never knew soap made you taller."

At some point, there should be a tourney for shittiest Pearl Jam. Categories could be lyrics, name drops or famous associations, career gaffes, live show, opening band, official merchandise, song, etc. Most posters on this board have been hate fucking this band for a decade. It could be fun.
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"Swallowed Whole" is, by far, the best song of the bunch for me. Yesterday I actually sought it out because I wanted to listen to it... a first for me with this album, most of which I've listened to for the sole purpose of RM discussion.
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theplatypus wrote:"Swallowed Whole" is, by far, the best song of the bunch for me. Yesterday I actually sought it out because I wanted to listen to it... a first for me with this album, most of which I've listened to for the sole purpose of RM discussion.
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:lol:

Quite.
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Re: Keep Harmless Company While He Waits for Lightning Bolt

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Leaked. Yellow moon really reminds me of dion and the belmonts meets Donovan meets opeth.
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SaturdayNightSeizure wrote:Leaked. Yellow moon really reminds me of dion and the belmonts meets Donovan meets opeth.
Fantastic
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SaturdayNightSeizure wrote:Leaked. Yellow moon really reminds me of dion and the belmonts meets Donovan meets opeth.
I love Dion and the Belmonts and Donovan...Runaround Sue/Atlantis..FTW
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evenslow wrote:Mark Richards Interviews Pearl Jam

http://www.theherald.com.au/story/18193 ... tos-video/
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I like Ed's comparison of songwriting and stem cell research (?!?)
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Re: Keep Harmless Company While He Waits for Lightning Bolt

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theplatypus wrote:I like Ed's comparison between songwriting and stem cell research (?!?)
He's graduated from waves maybe? Or the interviewer was a surfer so he thought he'd zig?
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Re: Keep Harmless Company While He Waits for Lightning Bolt

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theplatypus wrote:I like Ed's comparison of songwriting and stem cell research (?!?)

He's a narcissist.
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I thought it was great how Jeff took at shot at Ed while answering one of Ed's heroes questions. :haha:
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daft twat wrote:I really enjoy 4 of the songs released or leaked so far. I imagine they'll bounce between 3 and 4 stars for me.

I hate SW and LB, though. Remember in Seinfeld how Jerry dated all of those beautiful women, but there was always something he couldn't get past? Same deal.

In SW, I cannot get past duh, duh, drown, drown, drown.
Image
Ch, ch, christ.

In LB, it's, "Have you got yourself some sand?" This is right up there with, "I never knew soap made you taller."

At some point, there should be a tourney for shittiest Pearl Jam. Categories could be lyrics, name drops or famous associations, career gaffes, live show, opening band, official merchandise, song, etc. Most posters on this board have been hate fucking this band for a decade. It could be fun.

For me, SW sucks for different reasons. It's the constant mispronunciations in that horrible chorus that bother me.
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Re: Keep Harmless Company While He Waits for Lightning Bolt

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And the leak? Tetas?
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Re: Keep Harmless Company While He Waits for Lightning Bolt

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Lostdog wrote:And the leak? Tetas?
Im pretty sure there is still no leak
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YES BUT ARE THERE TETAS
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theplatypus wrote:YES BUT ARE THERE TETAS
I haven't seen any tonight
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