Song of the Moment: Lightning Bolt

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Rate Lightning Bolt

5 Stars
34
24%
4 Stars
59
42%
3 Stars
22
16%
2 Stars
8
6%
1 Star
12
9%
Betterman (live)
4
3%
 
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Re: New Song: Lightning Bolt

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So there's actually a gmail account being used for this record too?
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Viller wrote:The Dime recording of this is much better than anything that's on youtube, the guitars sound much better.
Ed does pretty good on it.
Link?
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Yes please....
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:bammer: Gimme some of that sugar, sugar.
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Birds in Hell wrote:I'm not sure good rock music exists that's uplifting by design.
every now and then I'm reminded why we so rarely agree :)
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I like this song more every time I hear it. It just really gets off to a rocky start with a few weak lines from Eddie.
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stip wrote:I like this song more every time I hear it. It just really gets off to a rocky start with a few weak lines from Eddie.
Even with the LB x 4 screaming?
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I still enjoy the chorus and any part of the song where the band get to let loose.

Man, that verse, though. It's just horrific in its gaudy, pseudo-inspirational, calculated lightness. Why they insist on returning to repeatedly plough that furrow (Unthought Known, chorus of Marker, etc), I'll never know.
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Birds in Hell wrote:I still enjoy the chorus and any part of the song where the band get to let loose.

Man, that verse, though. It's just horrific in its gaudy, pseudo-inspirational, calculated lightness. Why they insist on returning to repeatedly plough that furrow (Unthought Known, chorus of Marker, etc), I'll never know.
is it all the verses, or just that first one?
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LetMeSleep wrote:
stip wrote:I like this song more every time I hear it. It just really gets off to a rocky start with a few weak lines from Eddie.
Even with the LB x 4 screaming?

it hasn't jumped out at me as a problem.
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stip wrote:
LetMeSleep wrote:
stip wrote:I like this song more every time I hear it. It just really gets off to a rocky start with a few weak lines from Eddie.
Even with the LB x 4 screaming?

it hasn't jumped out at me as a problem.
That bit sorta reminds me tonally of Life Wasted, which of course is loved by you Stip.
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stip wrote:
Birds in Hell wrote:I still enjoy the chorus and any part of the song where the band get to let loose.

Man, that verse, though. It's just horrific in its gaudy, pseudo-inspirational, calculated lightness. Why they insist on returning to repeatedly plough that furrow (Unthought Known, chorus of Marker, etc), I'll never know.
is it all the verses, or just that first one?
All of them; Ed's vocal melody and the overall musical feel really don't work for me at all.

I'm with you in regards to the chorus, however. I don't see anything wrong with it.
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Birds in Hell wrote:
stip wrote:
Birds in Hell wrote:I still enjoy the chorus and any part of the song where the band get to let loose.

Man, that verse, though. It's just horrific in its gaudy, pseudo-inspirational, calculated lightness. Why they insist on returning to repeatedly plough that furrow (Unthought Known, chorus of Marker, etc), I'll never know.
is it all the verses, or just that first one?
All of them; Ed's vocal melody and the overall musical feel really don't work for me at all.

I'm with you in regards to the chorus, however. I don't see anything wrong with it.
I'm basically the opposite of this.
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evenslow wrote:
Birds in Hell wrote:
stip wrote:
Birds in Hell wrote:I still enjoy the chorus and any part of the song where the band get to let loose.

Man, that verse, though. It's just horrific in its gaudy, pseudo-inspirational, calculated lightness. Why they insist on returning to repeatedly plough that furrow (Unthought Known, chorus of Marker, etc), I'll never know.
is it all the verses, or just that first one?
All of them; Ed's vocal melody and the overall musical feel really don't work for me at all.

I'm with you in regards to the chorus, however. I don't see anything wrong with it.
I'm basically the opposite of this.
You monster.
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Birds in Hell wrote:
evenslow wrote:
Birds in Hell wrote:
stip wrote:
Birds in Hell wrote:I still enjoy the chorus and any part of the song where the band get to let loose.

Man, that verse, though. It's just horrific in its gaudy, pseudo-inspirational, calculated lightness. Why they insist on returning to repeatedly plough that furrow (Unthought Known, chorus of Marker, etc), I'll never know.
is it all the verses, or just that first one?
All of them; Ed's vocal melody and the overall musical feel really don't work for me at all.

I'm with you in regards to the chorus, however. I don't see anything wrong with it.
I'm basically the opposite of this.
You monster.
I think it's bc with the build of the verses it's leading somewhere special and then it's just Lightning Booolt. Anti-climactic but we'll see on record.
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People sure seem to love songs that "build", huh?

In a general sense, I don't think I do. It so often strikes me as kind of...artificial.
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evenslow wrote:I think it's bc with the build of the verses it's leading somewhere special and then it's just Lightning Booolt. Anti-climactic but we'll see on record.
Gentleman's prediction: On record it'll be the exact damn same thing, just in clearer sound quality.
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Kevin Davis wrote:
evenslow wrote:I think it's bc with the build of the verses it's leading somewhere special and then it's just Lightning Booolt. Anti-climactic but we'll see on record.
Gentleman's prediction: On record it'll be the exact damn same thing, just in clearer sound quality.
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Birds in Hell wrote:People sure seem to love songs that "build", huh?

In a general sense, I don't think I do. It so often strikes me as kind of...artificial.
Actually, manipulative is probably a more accurate description of what I'm trying to describe.
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Birds in Hell wrote:
Birds in Hell wrote:People sure seem to love songs that "build", huh?

In a general sense, I don't think I do. It so often strikes me as kind of...artificial.
Actually, manipulative is probably a more accurate description of what I'm trying to describe.
I wish I could be that manipulative. But I hear ya.
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