Lightning Bolt: The Official Album Thread

[bodysnatcher]

LOL. What?

Such a massive difference. Am I in the right thread?

oh my god, why

I was there, man. It was painful.

My favorite part is at 2:25, when Ed sings, "Moved by sleight of haaaaa-AAAAA-aaaaa-AANNnnnd"... then throws his hands up and struts away from the mic, thinking, "Fucking NAILED that."

Then Mike goes into some sort of solo that sounds like a 6 year old playing on a Jaminator

[Sgt. Crackpot]

That Sirens cover was as neccessary as the Donnie Darko sequel.

[McParadigm]

My favorite part is at 2:25, when Ed sings, "Moved by sleight of haaaaa-AAAAA-aaaaa-AANNnnnd"... then throws his hands up and struts away from the mic, thinking, "Fucking NAILED that."

Then Mike goes into some sort of solo that sounds like a 6 year old playing on a Jaminator

Performance art as comedy is really hard to make work, but they perfected it here.

[BurtReynolds]

My favorite part is at 2:25, when Ed sings, "Moved by sleight of haaaaa-AAAAA-aaaaa-AANNnnnd"... then throws his hands up and struts away from the mic, thinking, "Fucking NAILED that."

Then Mike goes into some sort of solo that sounds like a 6 year old playing on a Jaminator

Performance art as comedy is really hard to make work, but they perfected it here.

I like to think of it as a test that the audience failed. At that moment, the band realized nothing they do up there matters.

[hlniv]

LOL. What?

Such a massive difference. Am I in the right thread?

oh my god, why

I was there, man. It was painful.

My favorite part is at 2:25, when Ed sings, "Moved by sleight of haaaaa-AAAAA-aaaaa-AANNnnnd"... then throws his hands up and struts away from the mic, thinking, "Fucking NAILED that."

Then Mike goes into some sort of solo that sounds like a 6 year old playing on a Jaminator

Damnit, you made me listen to it again. Last time I make that mistake.

[bodysnatcher]

[bodysnatcher]

I like it when Ed raises and lowers his hand to mimic the notes he hits within one syllable. Like he's Christina Agorilla or something.

[EJ]

Infallible is like a Rob Thomas/Christina Aguilera mashup.

[McParadigm]

Infallible is like a Rob Thomas/Christina Aguilera mashup.

What gloriously exact summation.

[McParadigm]

I can't get enough of how exactly like those hilarious "shreds" videos this little moment in Pearl Jam history is, only it's absolutely real.

[BurtReynolds]

that video hurts too much to watch, make fun of, or even pity. I don't want to see it anymore. I want it to just go away. Pearl Jam died in a plane crash years ago and this never happened.

[Birds in Hell]

Pearl Jam died in a plane crash years ago and this never happened.

I can get behind this.

[McParadigm]

YOU ARE NOT GONNA RUIN THIS FOR ME

[Jorge]

Here's a transcription of the new lyrics:

Mondays were made to fall
Trapped on a road he fuckin knew by heaeaart
it's like a book he read in his sleep
endlessly

and we dream fffso haha
... tsuoohhh... t'sab... heh
to insure by eh eh...?
hhHOOOOOAAAAAAAAAAER da

to himself, to himself
by the by, on the side,
outside the lines
as urrdurn to SAAAAAAAAAAAAAAND
as if moved by sleight of ... eahhhh

[Birds in Hell]

to insure by eh eh...?
hhHOOOOOAAAAAAAAAAER da

You're killing me over here.

[Kaius]

Here's a transcription of the new lyrics:

Mondays were made to fall
Trapped on a road he fuckin knew by heaeaart
it's like a book he read in his sleep
endlessly

and we dream fffso haha
... tsuoohhh... t'sab... heh
to insure by eh eh...?
hhHOOOOOAAAAAAAAAAER da

to himself, to himself
by the by, on the side,
outside the lines
as urrdurn to SAAAAAAAAAAAAAAND
as if moved by sleight of ... eahhhh

That's hilarious

[bodysnatcher]

I can't get enough of how exactly like those hilarious "shreds" videos this little moment in Pearl Jam history is, only it's absolutely real.

that's exactly what I thought of when I saw that vid

[McParadigm]

I can think of no better combination of videos to arrive simultaneously than Happy Siruhns and Sleight Euuaahhah. It's a wonderful gift we have been given.

[aurynsdad]

sirens either needs more rehearsal or is one of those songs like sleight of hand, that should just be left for the record.

Sleight of Hand is generally performed quite well, though.

I haven't heard a decent live attempt at Sirens yet. Ed's vocals are invariably warbly and pitchy (even moreso than usual), the mid-song guitar changeovers seem complicated (just ask Ricky Ramone) and the song just generally doesn't seem to come together very well.

I can't imagine it will stick around in future live sets.

It did have a huge reaction at my show, though.

Sirens sounded great in Portland. No problems at all. Also, the Sleight of Hand video is painful, but that's cherry-picking. This band still knows how to kill it live, and they do much of the time.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z_ysKmcK ... re&index=5

I recall them nailing the rest of the new stuff at that show as well, which you can verify looking through my playlist that this Sirens vid is a part of. I know they have issues with some songs, and Getaway and MFS have been a challenge it seems, but there's a lot of ridiculous generalizing going on in this thread that is not really borne out by reality.

BTW, how do I post video?

[bodysnatcher]

there's a lot of ridiculous generalizing going on in this thread that is not really borne out by reality.