Re: Lightning Bolt - October 15
Posted: Mon September 16, 2013 8:11 pm
It's a mid-tempo rock song with an acoustic guitar, so yeah in that sense it sounds like Oasis. But we have no idea what kind of cake-decorating it'll be covered with.
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Re: Lightning Bolt - October 15
Posted: Mon September 16, 2013 8:20 pm
There are some moments in the strum pattern, and a few chord choices or hammer-ons that I could imagine someone connecting with Oasis.
Re: Lightning Bolt - October 15
Posted: Mon September 16, 2013 8:24 pm
Yup. Sorry for my freak-out by the way, McP. I don't think you were trying to say anything negative in retrospect.
Re: Lightning Bolt - October 15
Posted: Mon September 16, 2013 8:25 pm
harmless wrote:RisingTides wrote:
There is more kindness on the internet than we would care to admit to ourselves. Sometimes we are so afraid of falling victim to a ruse, we miss out on actual opportunities.
Re: Lightning Bolt - October 15
Posted: Mon September 16, 2013 8:26 pm
Iowaska_Experience wrote:harmless wrote:RisingTides wrote:
There is more kindness on the internet than we would care to admit to ourselves. Sometimes we are so afraid of falling victim to a ruse, we miss out on actual opportunities.
Re: Lightning Bolt - October 15
Posted: Mon September 16, 2013 8:26 pm
I like the sound of what I have heard - usually means I probably won't like the record version.
Re: Lightning Bolt - October 15
Posted: Mon September 16, 2013 8:26 pm
I'd feel much better if 
Mirella came back on and reassured me that Sirens sounds nothing like Oasis 
Mirella came back on and reassured me that Sirens sounds nothing like Oasis Re: Lightning Bolt - October 15
Posted: Mon September 16, 2013 8:27 pm
True. Interesting how this is unthinkable to some people.Release_Me wrote: Doesn't sound good to you, that's fine. To me, he sounds good. A lot of people hated PJ for the very reason that they didn't like the way he sounded on Ten. So there you go.
Re: Lightning Bolt - October 15
Posted: Mon September 16, 2013 8:30 pm
In the 90s I asked one of my dad's friends (guitarist) about what he thought of PJ, and he said he thought Ed sounded like shit and couldn't sing a note.Mine wrote:True. Interesting how this is unthinkable to some people.Release_Me wrote: Doesn't sound good to you, that's fine. To me, he sounds good. A lot of people hated PJ for the very reason that they didn't like the way he sounded on Ten. So there you go.
Re: Lightning Bolt - October 15
Posted: Mon September 16, 2013 8:30 pm
It won't - it only does at the moment due to being a single guitar being played 'live'.bluestate wrote:I'd feel much better if
Re: Lightning Bolt - October 15
Posted: Mon September 16, 2013 8:31 pm
HardTI wrote:We have to wait to see if it's political enough. Pretty sure it's safe to hate though.Juvenal wrote:Sorry I missed this earlier - is it cool to hate Sirens yet?
Re: Lightning Bolt - October 15
Posted: Mon September 16, 2013 8:32 pm
I don't know it's unthinkable; it's just kind of a conversation non-starter. I mean, it's pretty much another way of saying, "that's your opinion, man." There's no doubt Ed's singing back then (and his singing in general) is a turnoff for people.Mine wrote:True. Interesting how this is unthinkable to some people.Release_Me wrote: Doesn't sound good to you, that's fine. To me, he sounds good. A lot of people hated PJ for the very reason that they didn't like the way he sounded on Ten. So there you go.
I'd certainly never say that either of those examples (now and Ten-era) are Ed at his best on record.
Re: Lightning Bolt - October 15
Posted: Mon September 16, 2013 8:34 pm
OmegaprimeVKM wrote:It won't - it only does at the moment due to being a single guitar being played 'live'.bluestate wrote:I'd feel much better if
yea, for sure... just trying to get the only person logged in right now who has heard this song to come back and tell us all how awesome Sirens is so that we can boost our expectations way too high... 
Re: Lightning Bolt - October 15
Posted: Mon September 16, 2013 8:35 pm
How has this not leaked yet?
Re: Lightning Bolt - October 15
Posted: Mon September 16, 2013 8:36 pm
bluestate wrote:OmegaprimeVKM wrote:It won't - it only does at the moment due to being a single guitar being played 'live'.bluestate wrote:I'd feel much better if
It could be worse. Everyone else's description of it made me think we have another "Come Back" / "Just Breathe" dross-fest on our hands.
Re: Lightning Bolt - October 15
Posted: Mon September 16, 2013 8:37 pm
Not Mirella but i was at the listening party and i can assure you it sounds nothing like Oasis!bluestate wrote:I'd feel much better if
That said i did not really liked the song on first (and only) listen. But that means nothing. Usually those turn out to be the good songs!
But yeah my first impression was 80 power rock ballad
Re: Lightning Bolt - October 15
Posted: Mon September 16, 2013 8:38 pm
No, I already heard it and can wait until it leaks or until Thursday when it is released. And I hope to bridge the days with more 'vignettes'harmless wrote:So is anyone looking for 'Sirens' early? If not, why not?
groetjes,
Mirella
p.s.: I also still need my avatar and my old signature is not here either...
Re: Lightning Bolt - October 15
Posted: Mon September 16, 2013 8:39 pm
Was it a total cheesefest?DaveVedder wrote:Not Mirella but i was at the listening party and i can assure you it sounds nothing like Oasis!bluestate wrote:I'd feel much better if
That said i did not really liked the song on first (and only) listen. But that means nothing. Usually those turn out to be the good songs!
But yeah my first impression was 80 power rock ballad
Also how much will it cost to get you to do a Doug rendition of this entire album?
Re: Lightning Bolt - October 15
Posted: Mon September 16, 2013 8:42 pm
Trust me, it does not sound like Oasis at all. And I have seen Oasis live too. In fact, I have gotten to dislike Oasis recently. I was always more a Blur girlbluestate wrote:I'd feel much better if
. It does not sound like Blur either.
groetjes,
Mirella
(and I am not typing what evil enimmi next to me just said)Re: Lightning Bolt - October 15
Posted: Mon September 16, 2013 8:42 pm
First Review of LB is in.......
http://www.clashmusic.com/features/albu ... tning-bolt
Track four, ‘Sirens’, is the first step into Pearl Jam’s refined acoustic territory. At its beginning there’s just Vedder with a single guitar, before McCready ups the track’s intensity and the vocals rise in unison. It’s an all-out affair.
And then, something completely different, as ‘Pendulum’ sounds unlike anything these men have recorded previously. It’s a bleak piece, reverbed guitar bringing a real sense of desolation to proceedings. A tambourine comes in, and an adagio bassline furthers the song’s atmospheric, experimental sound.
http://www.clashmusic.com/features/albu ... tning-bolt
Track four, ‘Sirens’, is the first step into Pearl Jam’s refined acoustic territory. At its beginning there’s just Vedder with a single guitar, before McCready ups the track’s intensity and the vocals rise in unison. It’s an all-out affair.
And then, something completely different, as ‘Pendulum’ sounds unlike anything these men have recorded previously. It’s a bleak piece, reverbed guitar bringing a real sense of desolation to proceedings. A tambourine comes in, and an adagio bassline furthers the song’s atmospheric, experimental sound.