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Re: Lightning Bolt - October 15
Posted: Tue September 10, 2013 5:48 pm
by stip
harmless wrote:stip wrote:Monkey_Driven wrote:harmless wrote:Let's rank the WTF songs:
Lightning Bolt -- this will be more neutered and 'nice' than the live version, but ultimately the best of the clunkers
SBM -- this will be really weird, even annoyingly so, until sometime down the line it clicks and becomes genius
FD -- this will be meh but a pretty way to end the album
My thoughts as well.
I'm not expecting LB to be anything more than an upbeat straight ahead rock song. That's not a bad thing. The following songs are also easy to play live
Brain of J
Grievance
Save You
Animal
Go
Hail Hail
Everything off of Ten
Again, LB may suck but I don't think 'a song that makes sense live' is a problem in itself
True. But I would question Grievance being on the 'easy to play live' list, at least rhythmically. The band could struggle to keep up with Matt's parts without rehearsal.
basically strat said everything I wanted to say and I didn't read his comment until after I posted this. Grievance is a song that won't necessarily lose much transferring to a live setting (it's not heavily dependent on atmosphere, the right setting, etc), and it isn't a long brooding song. It's basically a song that will sustain the momentum of a show. Lightning Bolt is the same way (assuming it's good). I'm not sure that comment means much more than that.
Re: Lightning Bolt - October 15
Posted: Tue September 10, 2013 5:48 pm
by harmless
To be fair, it wasn't build-up caused by 10C, just idiots starting rumours.
Re: Lightning Bolt - October 15
Posted: Tue September 10, 2013 5:49 pm
by harmless
stip wrote:harmless wrote:stip wrote:Monkey_Driven wrote:harmless wrote:Let's rank the WTF songs:
Lightning Bolt -- this will be more neutered and 'nice' than the live version, but ultimately the best of the clunkers
SBM -- this will be really weird, even annoyingly so, until sometime down the line it clicks and becomes genius
FD -- this will be meh but a pretty way to end the album
My thoughts as well.
I'm not expecting LB to be anything more than an upbeat straight ahead rock song. That's not a bad thing. The following songs are also easy to play live
Brain of J
Grievance
Save You
Animal
Go
Hail Hail
Everything off of Ten
Again, LB may suck but I don't think 'a song that makes sense live' is a problem in itself
True. But I would question Grievance being on the 'easy to play live' list, at least rhythmically. The band could struggle to keep up with Matt's parts without rehearsal.
basically strat said everything I wanted to say and I didn't read his comment until after I posted this. Grievance is a song that won't necessarily lose much transferring to a live setting (it's not heavily dependent on atmosphere, the right setting, etc), and it isn't a long brooding song. It's basically a song that will sustain the momentum of a show. Lightning Bolt is the same way (assuming it's good). I'm not sure that comment means much more than that.
It doesn't need to be more than that if it delivers on the promise of the song itself
Re: Lightning Bolt - October 15
Posted: Tue September 10, 2013 5:50 pm
by LooseGroove927
AllNiteThing wrote:This song is great! It has a real 80's feel to it, without being too cheesy. There's a great Mike solo at the end, kind of Guns 'N Roses-ish, but not very long. Good acoustic driven song, reminiscent of NAIS. Eddie repeats 'hear the sirens...hear the sirens' and then something about a circus. Good stuff.
Did lecherouslittlestump create a second account?
Re: Lightning Bolt - October 15
Posted: Tue September 10, 2013 5:51 pm
by Jorge
"Grievance" is a lot trickier than those other songs you listed, Stip. It has a lot more detail to the arrangement.
Re: Lightning Bolt - October 15
Posted: Tue September 10, 2013 5:51 pm
by bodysnatcher
guys, get your heads out of your asses, stop sitting around waiting to hear Sirens and just listen to the new Janelle Monae
Re: Lightning Bolt - October 15
Posted: Tue September 10, 2013 5:51 pm
by Cleverman
LooseGroove927 wrote:AllNiteThing wrote:This song is great! It has a real 80's feel to it, without being too cheesy. There's a great Mike solo at the end, kind of Guns 'N Roses-ish, but not very long. Good acoustic driven song, reminiscent of NAIS. Eddie repeats 'hear the sirens...hear the sirens' and then something about a circus. Good stuff.
Did lecherouslittlestump create a second account?
pretty sure you could read Mirella's review and say all that.
edit - guess I didn't spell it wrong
Re: Lightning Bolt - October 15
Posted: Tue September 10, 2013 5:51 pm
by liebzz
Yeah, my Stonewall Kitchen newsletter had more revealing news...
Re: Lightning Bolt - October 15
Posted: Tue September 10, 2013 6:06 pm
by Dr. Van Nostrand
bodysnatcher wrote:it's about time Jeff took the reins of the band
Re: Lightning Bolt - October 15
Posted: Tue September 10, 2013 6:13 pm
by guitar_davey
I barely even post here, and my work productivity is shot.
Any of you been fired yet over this Lightning Bolt?
Re: Lightning Bolt - October 15
Posted: Tue September 10, 2013 6:15 pm
by Dr. Van Nostrand
guitar_davey wrote:I barely even post here, and my work productivity is shot.
Any of you been fired yet over this Lightning Bolt?
no, but that is only because a big part of what i currently do every day is state vehicle inspections, and i have to enter each one into the computer after i check the car over, so i just take longer then i should doing that because im checking out RM
Re: Lightning Bolt - October 15
Posted: Tue September 10, 2013 6:15 pm
by Monkey_Driven
Didn't they release Mind Your Manners at about 3 or 4 eastern time?
Re: Lightning Bolt - October 15
Posted: Tue September 10, 2013 6:16 pm
by guitar_davey
I'm psyched for this album. My only slight concern is some of it being too "cock rock" for lack of a better term. I'm not sure how to take these GnR comparisons for Sirens. I grew up with GnR, so I don't hate them, but...worlds colliding a bit. I'm not sure how I feel about this.
Related to that, here's one for you all: most cock rock PJ song? Go...
Re: Lightning Bolt - October 15
Posted: Tue September 10, 2013 6:16 pm
by guitar_davey
Dr. Van Nostrand wrote:guitar_davey wrote:I barely even post here, and my work productivity is shot.
Any of you been fired yet over this Lightning Bolt?
no, but that is only because a big part of what i currently do every day is state vehicle inspections, and i have to enter each one into the computer after i check the car over, so i just take longer then i should doing that because im checking out RM
Well played.
Re: Lightning Bolt - October 15
Posted: Tue September 10, 2013 6:17 pm
by jforte20
There's no way it gets released without a countdown..
Re: Lightning Bolt - October 15
Posted: Tue September 10, 2013 6:17 pm
by AllNiteThing
guitar_davey wrote:I'm psyched for this album. My only slight concern is some of it being too "cock rock" for lack of a better term. I'm not sure how to take these GnR comparisons for Sirens. I grew up with GnR, so I don't hate them, but...worlds colliding a bit. I'm not sure how I feel about this.
Related to that, here's one for you all: most cock rock PJ song? Go...
My Father's Son
Re: Lightning Bolt - October 15
Posted: Tue September 10, 2013 6:17 pm
by Cleverman
Monkey_Driven wrote:Didn't they release Mind Your Manners at about 3 or 4 eastern time?
pretty sure it was late morning
Re: Lightning Bolt - October 15
Posted: Tue September 10, 2013 6:17 pm
by Dr. Van Nostrand
Monkey_Driven wrote:Didn't they release Mind Your Manners at about 3 or 4 eastern time?
i think it was 3, but it also had a countdown and all that stuff, i would kinda be surprised if they just threw a new single out there with no real lead up to it
Re: Lightning Bolt - October 15
Posted: Tue September 10, 2013 6:17 pm
by Revelator
guitar_davey wrote:I barely even post here, and my work productivity is shot.
Any of you been fired yet over this Lightning Bolt?
Not yet but hopefully they won't start closely monitoring my internet activity. "Who the fuck is a red mosquito?"
Re: Lightning Bolt - October 15
Posted: Tue September 10, 2013 6:17 pm
by LooseGroove927
Monkey_Driven wrote:Didn't they release Mind Your Manners at about 3 or 4 eastern time?
MYM was 11 A.M. Pacific, so 2 P.M. Eastern.