Lightning Bolt: the official album thread

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Rank Lightning Bolt

5 stars
1
1%
4 stars
4
5%
3 stars
29
37%
2 stars
30
38%
1 star
14
18%
 
Total votes: 78

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Re: Lightning Bolt - October 15

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This song ain't emotionally light.
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Re: Lightning Bolt - October 15

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McParadigm wrote:Kaplan'd!
I didn't want this to go unappreciated.
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Re: Lightning Bolt - October 15

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Yeah, this thing catches you off guard. Watched the video a few times. If I didn't know it was them at the start I wouldn't have been sure what the hell I was listening to. Not cheesy but definitely more dramatic than you'd expect. Overall, it's different and seems to work. Good stuff.
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Re: Lightning Bolt - October 15

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I said this in the other thread, but that was a very good video. A much better performance, and since this song is playing against the power ballad template while still being a power ballad the only way to make this video was to have the band playing it by themselves, to themselves, on a dark quiet stage.
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Re: Lightning Bolt - October 15

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I fkn LOVE Sirens...........
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Re: Lightning Bolt - October 15

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There!

I just voted for it
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Re: Lightning Bolt - October 15

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hbk wrote:Despite the lack of Stoney in interviews and those short video clips...he's in this Sirens video almost as much as Eddie.
I think he´s embarrassed that he got a little fat, therefore the hiding.
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Re: Lightning Bolt - October 15

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Well holy fuck Pearl Jam. Video got me the goosebumps and all! The live take of the video is insanely good. Any trepidation about how this would be live is out the window.

Biggest leap I ever made with a song. From first listen being shaky to being amongst my favorite songs from the last ten years at least. Wow,

Edit: I know its early to anoint it so. I get that. I don't care. ;-)
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Re: Lightning Bolt - October 15

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Tuolumne wrote:So, have finally heard this song. Only one listen in, this could be an Adele song. And I fuckin love Adele. Gonna take lots more listens for it to sink in though.
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Re: Lightning Bolt - October 15

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stip wrote:
McParadigm wrote:I cannot fathom how a "let's make a video" live soundstage mix can sound so much better than the carefully crafted album mix.

I don't mean I'm surprised, I just mean....why would you do that?
another reason to be pissed at BoB, i suppose?
Yeah since is compressed more than it should be. I guess B'OB may even do mediocre mixes knowing it doesn't make much of a difference once it hits a brick wall.
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Re: Lightning Bolt - October 15

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I'm feeling a bit down. I think it's the song but I can't stop listening.

Edit: yep, just lost it.
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Re: Lightning Bolt - October 15

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I'm hearing Van Hager era Van Halen here.
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Re: Lightning Bolt - October 15

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harmless wrote:I'm feeling a bit down. I think it's the song but I can't stop listening.

Edit: yep, just lost it.
i like sirens and i like you... so maybe my tastes aren't so bad?
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Re: Lightning Bolt - October 15

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elliseamos wrote:
harmless wrote:I'm feeling a bit down. I think it's the song but I can't stop listening.

Edit: yep, just lost it.
i like sirens and i like you... so maybe my tastes aren't so bad?
I'm being manipulated. It's like I'm having my first gay sexual experience. There are tears and everything. Fucking hell.
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Re: Lightning Bolt - October 15

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harmless wrote:I happen to think The Who is as bad as Robbie Williams so I'm fine about it.
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Re: Lightning Bolt - October 15

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harmless wrote:
elliseamos wrote:
harmless wrote:I'm feeling a bit down. I think it's the song but I can't stop listening.

Edit: yep, just lost it.
i like sirens and i like you... so maybe my tastes aren't so bad?
I'm being manipulated. It's like I'm having my first gay sexual experience. There are tears and everything. Fucking hell.
how you livin'?!!
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Re: Lightning Bolt - October 15

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verb_to_trust wrote:
harmless wrote:I happen to think The Who is as bad as Robbie Williams so I'm fine about it.
:|
"Whoooooo are you? Who who... who who?"

There are two Who songs I like: Baba O'Riley and My Generation. I like PJ doing the Who though.
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Re: Lightning Bolt - October 15

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elliseamos wrote:
harmless wrote:
elliseamos wrote:
harmless wrote:I'm feeling a bit down. I think it's the song but I can't stop listening.

Edit: yep, just lost it.
i like sirens and i like you... so maybe my tastes aren't so bad?
I'm being manipulated. It's like I'm having my first gay sexual experience. There are tears and everything. Fucking hell.
how you livin'?!!
I... I... don't know what that means.
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Re: Lightning Bolt - October 15

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harmless wrote:
verb_to_trust wrote:
harmless wrote:I happen to think The Who is as bad as Robbie Williams so I'm fine about it.
:|
"Whoooooo are you? Who who... who who?"

There are two Who songs I like: Baba O'Riley and My Generation. I like PJ doing the Who though.
Does this mean there are at least two Robbie Williams songs you like?
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Re: Lightning Bolt - October 15

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harmless wrote:
elliseamos wrote:
harmless wrote:
elliseamos wrote:
harmless wrote:I'm feeling a bit down. I think it's the song but I can't stop listening.

Edit: yep, just lost it.
i like sirens and i like you... so maybe my tastes aren't so bad?
I'm being manipulated. It's like I'm having my first gay sexual experience. There are tears and everything. Fucking hell.
how you livin'?!!
I... I... don't know what that means.
I was looking for "Livin' Hell!!"

you are not yourself, Less, you should find your least favorite glass/mug/plate, throw it against a wall, count all the pieces, divide that by 6, and then drink that many shots.

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