Lightning Bolt: the official album thread

[Thejambi]

who is this?! i want to know!

Stone?

[evenslow]

also we should really be studying that video still-for-still like it's the rosetta stone.

HAND CLAPS

[Strat]

who is this?! i want to know!

Stone?

No, ed is in the back near the keys, stone is to the right of him (our right), then mike, then some dude with a pony tail, then jeff then MC

[Dr. Van Nostrand]

I know it was just supposed to be his girlfriend playing strings, but could it be the incubus guy? No idea what he looks like

[Birds in Hell]

who is this?! i want to know!

Stone?

No, ed is in the back near the keys, stone is to the right of him (our right), then mike, then some dude with a pony tail, then jeff then MC

It's really obviously Stone with the ponytail.

[Iowaska_Experience]

No, that's Stone with his long(ish) hair back in a pony tail. The mystery guy is the dude between Ed and Mike, but I would guess that's BoB.

[Strat]

Well im going back to bed.

[EJ]

No, that's Stone with his long(ish) hair back in a pony tail. The mystery guy is the dude between Ed and Mike, but I would guess that's BoB.

agreed

[Hatfield]

No, that's Stone with his long(ish) hair back in a pony tail. The mystery guy is the dude between Ed and Mike, but I would guess that's BoB.

Yeah, the legs crossed is a dead give away.

[harmless]

First listen and I'm really disappointed in "Mind Your Manners." This is pretty much exactly the sort of thing I was holding out hope that this album wouldn't be. The bridge sounds like the fucking Offspring.

Now that I've given it a few listens I agree with you. Gone are the days of music that was soulful and could breathe and allowed the listener to absorb the space in a song. No more Present Tenses or Faithfuls or Rivals. Even the claustrophobia of Vitalogy had a kind of menacingly evocative ether than balanced it's aggressiveness. Now everything's compressed, delivered with an entirely unwarranted urgency that subordinates nuance to immediacy. Too bad, really.

you may be right in the end, but comparing an under 3 minute punk blast to mid tempo builders like present tense, faithful, or rival doesn't make sense. that's like complaining that STBC didn't have the soulfulness of immortality.

Honest question: Given what we know about the artwork, the album title, the first single, and the entirety of Pearl Jam's post-2003 output, do you expect this album to feature textured, delicate music that values the songwriting/listening journey and creative process over technical proficiency and individual virtuosity?

Post-2003 Pearl Jam seems to be about crafting songs that compartmentalize each member's particular strengths (LISTEN TO MIKE SHRED AND ED WAIL AND MATT....DO WHATEVER IT IS THAT DRUMMERS DO WELL) instead of crafting cohesive and coherent music that is more than the sum of its parts. Given the available information, I don't expect that to change. And that's a bummer for me.

So much this.

I would agree with this except the Matt part. He does not do whatever it is that drummers do well.

[stupidmop]

They should bring all the rugs and shit back onstage with them like the 95 tour (I think?) I never saw them but it looks like the shows had a cool vibe. The open flames too.

[Dr. Van Nostrand]

No, that's Stone with his long(ish) hair back in a pony tail. The mystery guy is the dude between Ed and Mike, but I would guess that's BoB.

agreed

That makes way too much sense

[Oh, Jimmy]

going around the room clockwise starting with the guy by the keys....BO'b(by the keys)>EV(blue shirt pointing)>Mike(hands on head)>Stone(ponytail)>Jeff(white shirt, pink bass)>Cameron

[McParadigm]

who cares there all dreamy lol lulz omfg

[E.H. Ruddock]

[McParadigm]

I can tell you from experience that you never feel more ridiculous about your passion for music or creation than when taking part in a communal handclap overdub session.

Look at the collective shame there, friends. That's true suffering for art's sake...no lie.

[evenslow]

isn't that dude with the bleach-ass hair someone in their org?

[E.H. Ruddock]

isn't that dude with the bleach-ass hair someone in their org?

He's the 10C male model for the clothing.

[darth_vedder]

isn't that dude with the bleach-ass hair someone in their org?

He's the 10C male model for the clothing.

He looks like this guy:

[evenslow]

isn't that dude with the bleach-ass hair someone in their org?

He's the 10C male model for the clothing.

He looks like this guy:

that's the one. i did hear that tim cook stopped by the studio one day.

move along.