Lightning Bolt: The Official Album Thread

[harmless]

I wouldn't be 100% happy with the live versions either (and even the rawest PJ records don't actually sound live).

[Tj]

I think guitar tone and mic placement is a little unimagined on most of there stuff. This album improves this a little.

[harmless]

Really? Most people I've spoken to here like the distanced mic placement; they like to be able to hear ambient noise from the room / background sounds etc.

[stip]

My take on the Bolt

Sitting amongst the rubble and ruin of a apocalyptic waste land Lightning Bolt rises up like a castle a fortress of safety and security if you will. Lightning Bolt sits upon a foundation that foundation is the title track. Lightning Bolt is a pure Pearl Jam song in every way. Is it the perfect song? No not really ,but it is damn good, and a great foundation to start laying brick and mortar upon. The brick and mortar of this castle are the songs. Getaway, Mind Your Manners, Swallowed Hole do a great job. What is asked of these songs? Simply to be there stand tall let the world know Pearl Jam is still Pearl Jam. These three songs are good strong walls crafted with pride and respect for what is held with in them.

A castle must have look out towers reaching in to the sky to keep all that is inside safe. On each corner rising up we have Infallible, Yellow Moon, My Father's Son and Pendulum. Pearl Jam's back pages are filled with several dozen great to amazing songs, and these four can stand shoulder to shoulder with any of them.

Every castle needs protection. Lightning Bolt is protected first and foremost by a mote. That mote is the sequencing of the album. The other secret weapon which are still revealing themselves on every listen are the little moments of each song that aspire to greatness like the bridges of My Father's Son and Yellow Moon. This is a castle that won't be sieged.

The greatest strength maybe the greatest weakness. The life contained with in the wall. The human elements. So hear we have Future Days, Sirens, Sleeping By Myself. Three personal songs that if one can relate to the narrator will be loved, but if not they may leave the listener empty. I relate so the the album goes from good to great. There is also a disconnect in the presentation that somewhat is robbing this album from human connection. The art while I love it could have been their best had it had the liner notes on par with there earlier work.
Let The Records Play serves a role in this as well. The moss on the walls

I like reviews as extended metaphors, or Juvenal sex talk.

[harmless]

You mean, they make your metaphor extend.

[ABNorman]

So guys, which song(s) is BoB playing guitar on?

All of them. He keeps Pearl Jam's wives and children in a dungeon and forces them to give him snatches of music, which he then rearranges, records every instrument, fishes Ed out and pokes him with a stick till he sings something, then sends forth his pawns to do publicity.

[ABNorman]

I sometimes wonder if I should totally make this a gimmick avatar and post an extended review in the guise of an 80's Hulk promo.

[harmless]

I sometimes wonder if I should totally make this a gimmick avatar and post an extended review in the guise of an 80's Hulk promo.

Do it.

[super nintendo chalmers]

My take on the Bolt

Sitting amongst the rubble and ruin of a apocalyptic waste land Lightning Bolt rises up like a castle a fortress of safety and security if you will. Lightning Bolt sits upon a foundation that foundation is the title track. Lightning Bolt is a pure Pearl Jam song in every way. Is it the perfect song? No not really ,but it is damn good, and a great foundation to start laying brick and mortar upon. The brick and mortar of this castle are the songs. Getaway, Mind Your Manners, Swallowed Hole do a great job. What is asked of these songs? Simply to be there stand tall let the world know Pearl Jam is still Pearl Jam. These three songs are good strong walls crafted with pride and respect for what is held with in them.

A castle must have look out towers reaching in to the sky to keep all that is inside safe. On each corner rising up we have Infallible, Yellow Moon, My Father's Son and Pendulum. Pearl Jam's back pages are filled with several dozen great to amazing songs, and these four can stand shoulder to shoulder with any of them.

Every castle needs protection. Lightning Bolt is protected first and foremost by a mote. That mote is the sequencing of the album. The other secret weapon which are still revealing themselves on every listen are the little moments of each song that aspire to greatness like the bridges of My Father's Son and Yellow Moon. This is a castle that won't be sieged.

The greatest strength maybe the greatest weakness. The life contained with in the wall. The human elements. So hear we have Future Days, Sirens, Sleeping By Myself. Three personal songs that if one can relate to the narrator will be loved, but if not they may leave the listener empty. I relate so the the album goes from good to great. There is also a disconnect in the presentation that somewhat is robbing this album from human connection. The art while I love it could have been their best had it had the liner notes on par with there earlier work.
Let The Records Play serves a role in this as well. The moss on the walls

C'mon dude, complete a sentence for christ's sake.

[dimejinky99]

I don't find anything inaccurate about that quote, or their review.

Me neither. Except the part about certain fans.

What was wrong with that? PJ play by their own rules, and that's how the fans like it? He's right, no?

This is the part where dime complains about certain fans not liking the new stuff and having the nerve to say it.

According to your best post-2000 list, your "new stuff" is everything post-Binaural, amirite?

No, I like Riot Act very much as a whole but as far individual songs go I prefer almost everything on Binaural. I could have put Can't Keep instead of Light Years on second thought.

Yeah. I'm just sayin', maybe the only thing some fans don't "have the nerve" to say is that they're not a fan anymore and haven't been for ages?

I don't call myself a fan but I don't see why those who still do regardless of whether they liked the last few albums should just"shut up" because dime is offended by negative opinions.

I think he meant certain fans give the band more shit than they deserve but i could be wrong.

Bingo

[Tj]

Really? Most people I've spoken to here like the distanced mic placement; they like to be able to hear ambient noise from the room / background sounds etc.

Lightning Bolt better tone than S/T and Backspacer . Is what I meant

[harmless]

Really? Most people I've spoken to here like the distanced mic placement; they like to be able to hear ambient noise from the room / background sounds etc.

Lightning Bolt better tone than S/T and Backspacer . Is what I meant

Oh. Well yeah, that's true. It's better in almost every way imo.

[Lament]

Isn't Dime the guy who sends Miley Cyrus abusive messages on twitter?

[harmless]

LOL yeah allegedly.

[Lament]

Ok. Just making sure that this is the same guy who has been deemed worthy of deciding what is or isn't too much shit to give a person/band about something.

[Norah]

I haven't checked in here for 30 pages or so. What's happening?

[@SkitchP]

I haven't checked in here for 30 pages or so. What's happening?

Very wordy versions of rankings.

[harmless]

Plates are smashing.

[dimejinky99]

Well, I'm not on the 'Pj are in creative decline and shit since the mammasan demo' bandwagon. If that's what you mean.

[harmless]

I don't think it's what he meant, no.