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Re: Song of the Moment: Lightning Bolt
Posted: Tue March 04, 2014 8:18 pm
by Strat
If PJ had absolutely no recent singles charting on radio, would they still be able to fill most seats on their stadium tours? I would guess so at this point. So, fuckin, fuck it.
Re: Song of the Moment: Lightning Bolt
Posted: Tue March 04, 2014 8:20 pm
by Strat
The pros are, when they’re ready to do something a little more outgoing, significant – whatever you want to call it, that’s what I call it, I can’t help myself! – they call me again.
Re: Song of the Moment: Lightning Bolt
Posted: Tue March 04, 2014 8:21 pm
by Jorge
Wait, who the hell is that
Re: Song of the Moment: Lightning Bolt
Posted: Tue March 04, 2014 8:21 pm
by bodysnatcher
that face makes me want to punch babies
Re: Song of the Moment: Lightning Bolt
Posted: Tue March 04, 2014 8:21 pm
by Norah
Brendan O'Brien and Eric Stangel.
Re: Song of the Moment: Lightning Bolt
Posted: Tue March 04, 2014 8:23 pm
by Strat
"and then I said....Hey, lets put a fucking laser on it!!!"
Re: Song of the Moment: Lightning Bolt
Posted: Tue March 04, 2014 8:31 pm
by stip
who is eric stangel?
Re: Song of the Moment: Lightning Bolt
Posted: Tue March 04, 2014 8:32 pm
by stip
cutuphalfdead wrote:theplatypus wrote:cutuphalfdead wrote:Remember when they left Sad off Binaural because they were afraid it would be a hit?
Also a stupid move
Sure, but the overall effect of that attitude led to better music than the current attitude they have.
not sure that mattered much. Remember Yield.
Re: Song of the Moment: Lightning Bolt
Posted: Tue March 04, 2014 8:36 pm
by Heathen
bodysnatcher wrote:that face makes me want to punch babies
Re: Song of the Moment: Lightning Bolt
Posted: Tue March 04, 2014 8:40 pm
by Brett
stip wrote:who is eric stangel?
Wiki says he's a TV screenwriter/producer who works on Letterman.
Re: Song of the Moment: Lightning Bolt
Posted: Tue March 04, 2014 8:42 pm
by bodysnatcher
Brett wrote:stip wrote:who is eric stangel?
Wiki says he's a TV screenwriter/producer who works on Letterman.
Tim Bierman's greatest challenger
Re: Song of the Moment: Lightning Bolt
Posted: Tue March 04, 2014 8:43 pm
by stip
Strat, why do you hate him?
Re: Song of the Moment: Lightning Bolt
Posted: Tue March 04, 2014 8:48 pm
by Strat
stip wrote:Strat, why do you hate him?
I truly believe he has sucked the life out of the band in the studio lately. Blame goes around but Lightning Bolt really sounds like arse to me. I dont like his meddling in the group nor do I appreciate his cockiness about it. I think he is a hit maker (tries to be) and not a true artist himself. It feels as though his stamp is all over the music.
Re: Song of the Moment: Lightning Bolt
Posted: Tue March 04, 2014 8:50 pm
by Birds in Hell
"Lightning Bolt" - Brendan O'Brien (feat. Pearl Jam)
Re: Song of the Moment: Lightning Bolt
Posted: Tue March 04, 2014 9:18 pm
by hlniv
McParadigm wrote:Tuolumne wrote:All true. I think SBM is the much bigger single, but to those not familiar with the album and the band's later years, would hurt their "cred" without a little counterbalance. I think I read somewhere there were some changes to Republic's management team, I wonder if that is what may have stalled LB promotion.
It's possible. And I agree about "cred," although they seem to act off a blueprint rather than respond to the changing times. Case in point: they have this weird history of trying to push all these dynamically "epic" songs as third singles, even though nobody ever really wants them. Love Boat Captain was the third off of Riot Act, Gone was the third from S/T, Amongst the Waves from Backspacer. In every single case, the single failed to generate any momentum for the album. Why they keep doing that like it works, I'll never know.
All in all, the most surprising thing for me is that the album is doing about as well as Arcade Fire's, and if you told me that 6 months ago I would have laughed
Never underestimate the influence of business class passengers on the marketability of old white people rock. Middle age buys records like nobody else, and as a general rule they love a known quantity.
But, this is the "title track". So it's better.
Re: Song of the Moment: Lightning Bolt
Posted: Tue March 04, 2014 9:19 pm
by hlniv
cutuphalfdead wrote:theplatypus wrote:cutuphalfdead wrote:Remember when they left Sad off Binaural because they were afraid it would be a hit?
Also a stupid move
Sure, but the overall effect of that attitude led to better music than the current attitude they have.
This.
Re: Song of the Moment: Lightning Bolt
Posted: Tue March 04, 2014 9:22 pm
by hlniv
stip wrote:cutuphalfdead wrote:theplatypus wrote:cutuphalfdead wrote:Remember when they left Sad off Binaural because they were afraid it would be a hit?
Also a stupid move
Sure, but the overall effect of that attitude led to better music than the current attitude they have.
not sure that mattered much. Remember Yield.
Stip, Stip, Stip....
GTF, Wishlist, DTE. How can you even compare those to these? They were still tunes that held on to credibility and passion.
Re: Song of the Moment: Lightning Bolt
Posted: Tue March 04, 2014 9:26 pm
by Mine
cutuphalfdead wrote:Remember when they left Sad off Binaural because they were afraid it would be a hit?
Do you people really believe this? If that was the issue not releasing it as a single would have solved it.
The original tracklist would have had 7 Vedder songs plus a co-writing credit which is 1/2 the album. This would have been the record with the most Vedder songs in their catalogue. Sad and Education were the obvious choice to be left off Binaural in my opinion.
Re: Song of the Moment: Lightning Bolt
Posted: Tue March 04, 2014 9:28 pm
by Mine
Birds in Hell wrote:"Lightning Bolt" - Brendan O'Brien (feat. Pearl Jam)
Brendan O'Brien presents
Pearl Jam ft. Eddie Vedder
Re: Song of the Moment: Lightning Bolt
Posted: Tue March 04, 2014 9:29 pm
by McParadigm
Mine wrote:cutuphalfdead wrote:Remember when they left Sad off Binaural because they were afraid it would be a hit?
Do you people really believe this? If that was the issue not releasing it as a single would have solved it.
The original tracklist would have had 7 Vedder songs plus a co-writing credit which is 1/2 the album. This would have been the record with the most Vedder songs in their catalogue. Sad and Education were the obvious choice to be left off Binaural in my opinion.
The truth is probably somewhere in between. Betterman was never released as a single, either.