Lightning Bolt: the official album thread

General Pearl Jam discussion.

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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Re: Keep Harmless Company While He Waits for Lightning Bolt

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This thread is giving me a lot of fun.
Today was a good day team.
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Re: Keep Harmless Company While He Waits for Lightning Bolt

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verb_to_trust wrote:how do 57 people like Sirens the best on the poll? Are they deaf?
Its a great song
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Re: Keep Harmless Company While He Waits for Lightning Bolt

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KurtLeon wrote:This thread is giving me a lot of fun.
Today was a good day team.
The thread is just missing some tetas
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Re: Keep Harmless Company While He Waits for Lightning Bolt

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Dr. Van Nostrand wrote:
KurtLeon wrote:This thread is giving me a lot of fun.
Today was a good day team.
The thread is just missing some tetas
Tetas and a leak would be all I need to this day to be perfect... It really was a great day for me, doc.
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Re: Keep Harmless Company While He Waits for Lightning Bolt

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Dr. Van Nostrand wrote:
verb_to_trust wrote:how do 57 people like Sirens the best on the poll? Are they deaf?
Its a great song
No
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KurtLeon wrote:
Dr. Van Nostrand wrote:
KurtLeon wrote:This thread is giving me a lot of fun.
Today was a good day team.
The thread is just missing some tetas
Tetas and a leak would be all I need to this day to be perfect... It really was a great day for me, doc.
That's great :D
I had a good time when i was here, but i got busy at work when all the craziness was happening
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Re: Keep Harmless Company While He Waits for Lightning Bolt

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verb_to_trust wrote:
Dr. Van Nostrand wrote:
verb_to_trust wrote:how do 57 people like Sirens the best on the poll? Are they deaf?
Its a great song
No
not a masterpiece by any means but it's better than what i initially thought of it. a good exercise in style musically and Ed really sings it well.
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verb_to_trust wrote:
Dr. Van Nostrand wrote:
verb_to_trust wrote:how do 57 people like Sirens the best on the poll? Are they deaf?
Its a great song
No
Yes
You will eat the cat poop
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mastaflatch wrote:
verb_to_trust wrote:
Dr. Van Nostrand wrote:
verb_to_trust wrote:how do 57 people like Sirens the best on the poll? Are they deaf?
Its a great song
No
not a masterpiece by any means but it's better than what i initially thought of it. a good exercise in style musically and Ed really sings it well.
I've only heard it 2 and a half times, but i can't get over how ed sounds on it
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Re: Keep Harmless Company While He Waits for Lightning Bolt

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Dr. Van Nostrand wrote:
verb_to_trust wrote:
Dr. Van Nostrand wrote:
verb_to_trust wrote:how do 57 people like Sirens the best on the poll? Are they deaf?
Its a great song
No
Yes
You will eat the cat poop
I'm pretty sure this is the greatest rebuttal by anyone in the history of message boards
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Re: Lightning Bolt - October 15

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IlluminEddie wrote:
IlluminEddie wrote:Take away from video: now we know who "she" in Lightning Bolt is. She was not who I originally thought. Not sure anyone had this right...

This was very correct. Very, very correct. Not only did Ed mention it again, but so did Jeff.

(Pats oneself on the back)
Would someone please care to explain? I'm not on FB. Was this revelation from the video interview with Carrie? I've seen the MR interview. Best one in years. Really enjoyed that. I've somehow missed both Ed and Jeff speaking about who the "she" in lightning bolt is... Is it the same person mentioned in Nothingman - caught a bolt of lightning, cursed the day he let her go...

Thanks very much
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Re: Keep Harmless Company While He Waits for Lightning Bolt

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Dr. Van Nostrand wrote:
verb_to_trust wrote:
Dr. Van Nostrand wrote:
verb_to_trust wrote:how do 57 people like Sirens the best on the poll? Are they deaf?
Its a great song
No
Yes
You will eat the cat poop
What exactly is your definition of a "great" song? Surely there is more to it than 'the singer sounds really good'.
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Re: Lightning Bolt - October 15

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mav22erick wrote:
IlluminEddie wrote:
IlluminEddie wrote:Take away from video: now we know who "she" in Lightning Bolt is. She was not who I originally thought. Not sure anyone had this right...

This was very correct. Very, very correct. Not only did Ed mention it again, but so did Jeff.

(Pats oneself on the back)
Would someone please care to explain? I'm not on FB. Was this revelation from the video interview with Carrie? I've seen the MR interview. Best one in years. Really enjoyed that. I've somehow missed both Ed and Jeff speaking about who the "she" in lightning bolt is... Is it the same person mentioned in Nothingman - caught a bolt of lightning, cursed the day he let her go...

Thanks very much

Not a person, I thought. Inspiration? They've referenced it in the context of songwriting a few times but presumably it's bigger than that.
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Re: Lightning Bolt - October 15

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mav22erick wrote:
IlluminEddie wrote:
IlluminEddie wrote:Take away from video: now we know who "she" in Lightning Bolt is. She was not who I originally thought. Not sure anyone had this right...

This was very correct. Very, very correct. Not only did Ed mention it again, but so did Jeff.

(Pats oneself on the back)
Would someone please care to explain? I'm not on FB. Was this revelation from the video interview with Carrie? I've seen the MR interview. Best one in years. Really enjoyed that. I've somehow missed both Ed and Jeff speaking about who the "she" in lightning bolt is... Is it the same person mentioned in Nothingman - caught a bolt of lightning, cursed the day he let her go...

Thanks very much
The she is that inspires you. That moment that it happens
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Re: Keep Harmless Company While He Waits for Lightning Bolt

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Sirens...wow..what a song
Thanks BOB


It reminds me of Black
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Re: Keep Harmless Company While He Waits for Lightning Bolt

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verb_to_trust wrote:
Dr. Van Nostrand wrote:
verb_to_trust wrote:
Dr. Van Nostrand wrote:
verb_to_trust wrote:how do 57 people like Sirens the best on the poll? Are they deaf?
Its a great song
No
Yes
You will eat the cat poop
What exactly is your definition of a "great" song? Surely there is more to it than 'the singer sounds really good'.
Obviously its all opinion because you will find someone who hates the greatest song in the world. But on my limited listens i am loving everything im hearing from sirens, and the style isn't something im offended by as a lot seem to be. But its also new PJ and i pretty much always love new PJ, so it will take some time to see how i really feel about it.
But as far as defining a great song, i think it just what the listener feels is great.
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Re: Lightning Bolt - October 15

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Tj wrote:
mav22erick wrote:
IlluminEddie wrote:
IlluminEddie wrote:Take away from video: now we know who "she" in Lightning Bolt is. She was not who I originally thought. Not sure anyone had this right...

This was very correct. Very, very correct. Not only did Ed mention it again, but so did Jeff.

(Pats oneself on the back)
Would someone please care to explain? I'm not on FB. Was this revelation from the video interview with Carrie? I've seen the MR interview. Best one in years. Really enjoyed that. I've somehow missed both Ed and Jeff speaking about who the "she" in lightning bolt is... Is it the same person mentioned in Nothingman - caught a bolt of lightning, cursed the day he let her go...

Thanks very much
The she is that inspires you. That moment that it happens
Assuming that's what was said I'm going to go ahead and quote something from my l-bolt leak review:

I think we can also make some sense of the title now, and the larger theme of the album. Lightning Bolt really seems to be shaping up to be an album about inspiration--
and from the actual lightning bolt song part
Like I said earlier, it’s a song about inspiration,
So at least one person got it right!
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Re: Keep Harmless Company While He Waits for Lightning Bolt

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Acidfuel wrote:Sirens...wow..what a song
Thanks BOB


It reminds me of Black
Does it really remind anyone of black? I sure don't get that
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Re: Keep Harmless Company While He Waits for Lightning Bolt

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Dr. Van Nostrand wrote:
verb_to_trust wrote:
Dr. Van Nostrand wrote:
verb_to_trust wrote:
Dr. Van Nostrand wrote:
verb_to_trust wrote:how do 57 people like Sirens the best on the poll? Are they deaf?
Its a great song
No
Yes
You will eat the cat poop
What exactly is your definition of a "great" song? Surely there is more to it than 'the singer sounds really good'.
Obviously its all opinion because you will find someone who hates the greatest song in the world. But on my limited listens i am loving everything im hearing from sirens, and the style isn't something im offended by as a lot seem to be. But its also new PJ and i pretty much always love new PJ, so it will take some time to see how i really feel about it.
But as far as defining a great song, i think it just what the listener feels is great.
For instance, I really dislike the Beatles.
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