Lightning Bolt: The Official Album Thread

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Getaway
42
13%
Mind Your Manners
8
2%
My Father's Son
38
12%
Sirens
23
7%
Lightning Bolt
21
6%
Infallible
38
12%
Pendulum
88
27%
Swallowed Whole
21
6%
Let the Records Play
7
2%
Sleeping By Myself
7
2%
Yellow Moon
32
10%
Future Days
4
1%
 
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stupidmop wrote:
bada wrote:Uh oh....Eddie pissed off Fox News.
Do you mean the gun thing?
I made the mistake of reading the comment section of whatever news site I was on and....yeah
What did he say?
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LetMeSleep wrote:
Birds in Hell wrote:
melonhead4 wrote:
Birds in Hell wrote:This album's OK, I guess. Like all of the post-Yield records, I'll never listen to the whole thing.

It's an improvement on Backspacer in that it has one legitimately excellent song that I keep wanting to return to (My Father's Son) and a handful of really good ones that I'll probably feel like listening to occasionally and will never mind hearing in a live set (Getaway, Mind Your Manners, Pendulum).

It's very poorly sequenced however and the missteps are arguably worse here than those on any of their previous records. It certainly doesn't inspire any great confidence in the future of the band.
I agree it is a step up from Backspacer and prob even ST....You have to take into account that this is their 10th Studio album...Not many bands have 5 good records let alone 8-10....and now there is only one direction for this band to go in...further into the darkness :twisted: ...............sorry i like dark moody songs, albums....
It's certainly not better than S/T for me.

While that album had some clunkers, the good songs were still really good (and there was quite a few of them).
Truth right there. ST is a very good album.
It's next in line for the revisionist history treatment.

Someday even poor Backspacer will be allowed out of the shadows.
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Yeah, only about a third of S/T is listenable.
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harmless wrote:
stupidmop wrote:
bada wrote:Uh oh....Eddie pissed off Fox News.
Do you mean the gun thing?
I made the mistake of reading the comment section of whatever news site I was on and....yeah
What did he say?
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/10/0 ... 59887.html

Just angered the gun nuts.
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Spenno is trying very hard to not at least call the album "Good"

Its fine, he will get over himself someday...
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harmless wrote:
stupidmop wrote:
bada wrote:Uh oh....Eddie pissed off Fox News.
Do you mean the gun thing?
I made the mistake of reading the comment section of whatever news site I was on and....yeah
What did he say?
He said something like he almost wishes something bad would happen to gun owners. They were just bitching about him on that show The Five. The token liberal guy called him an old acid head loser or something. Pretty goofy.
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Strat wrote:Spenno is trying very hard to not at least call the album "Good"

Its fine, he will get over himself someday...
Hey, I called one of the songs excellent! That's heady praise.
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stupidmop wrote:
harmless wrote:
stupidmop wrote:
bada wrote:Uh oh....Eddie pissed off Fox News.
Do you mean the gun thing?
I made the mistake of reading the comment section of whatever news site I was on and....yeah
What did he say?
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/10/0 ... 59887.html

Just angered the gun nuts.
this might make the Dallas show interesting
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stupidmop wrote:
harmless wrote:
stupidmop wrote:
bada wrote:Uh oh....Eddie pissed off Fox News.
Do you mean the gun thing?
I made the mistake of reading the comment section of whatever news site I was on and....yeah
What did he say?
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/10/0 ... 59887.html

Just angered the gun nuts.
This kind of thing makes me love the guy.
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oh the lawsuit potential

it's got me all tingly
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piratebob wrote:
stupidmop wrote:
harmless wrote:
stupidmop wrote:
bada wrote:Uh oh....Eddie pissed off Fox News.
Do you mean the gun thing?
I made the mistake of reading the comment section of whatever news site I was on and....yeah
What did he say?
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/10/0 ... 59887.html

Just angered the gun nuts.
this might make the Dallas show cancelled
*fixed
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no such thing as bad press. I see sales increasing by the tens.
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The question arises, do you arm the extra security?
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Mine wrote:
piratebob wrote:
stupidmop wrote:
harmless wrote:
stupidmop wrote:
bada wrote:Uh oh....Eddie pissed off Fox News.
Do you mean the gun thing?
I made the mistake of reading the comment section of whatever news site I was on and....yeah
What did he say?
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/10/0 ... 59887.html

Just angered the gun nuts.
this might make the Dallas show cancelled
*fixed
:cry:
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Eddie Vedder On Gun Control Opponents: 'I Almost Wish Bad Things Upon These People'

Opinions, huh.
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stupidmop wrote:The question arises, do you arm the extra security?
Maybe this question is what the yellow moon symbolises.
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BurtReynolds wrote:no such thing as bad press. I see sales increasing by the tens.
It's really too bad the people that hate Pearl Jam already pre-ordered the LB vinyl. They could have made their voice heard at a time like this.
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Birds in Hell wrote:Eddie Vedder On Gun Control Opponents: 'I Almost Wish Bad Things Upon These People'

Opinions, huh.
yeah he's a rock singer he isn't supposed to express his in public
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I love that its 'I almost wish' its not even a proper self righteous rant and yet people are still pissed.
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Birds in Hell wrote:Eddie Vedder On Gun Control Opponents: 'I Almost Wish Bad Things Upon These People'

Opinions, huh.
hoo-boy! I can almost hear the Dallas crowd now. Yikes!
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