Lightning Bolt: the official album thread

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Re: Lightning Bolt - October 15

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Nope I love the LB chorus. The rest of the song is too wordy, the chorus is simple and fun, and followed by a fun solo.
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Re: Lightning Bolt - October 15

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Ain't "fun" just the best thing about this band?
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Re: Lightning Bolt - October 15

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Pearl Jam only did "fun" well when their fun was influenced by Jack Irons.
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Re: Lightning Bolt - October 15

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Screw this Lightning Bolt stuff, I want some Vs. sessions goodies. :P

"Matchless"? "Eastern Beatles?" "Dave's Song?"

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Re: Lightning Bolt - October 15

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The best fun they ever recorded was on Lost Dogs.
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"Dave's Song" is probably Go.
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Dave's Song looks like Go.
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i think "dave's song" is go.
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Re: Lightning Bolt - October 15

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cutuphalfdead wrote:Image
"Don't Go On Me". Right.

Still would be a lot of fun to hear these alternate/early takes.
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looks like dave's song is go.
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WtOB? wrote:looks like dave's song is go.
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Actually, the other redeeming thing about the LB chorus is that Ed doesn't scream it, a la S/T. He just sings it.
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harmless wrote:Actually, the other redeeming thing about the LB chorus is that Ed doesn't scream it, a la S/T. He just sings it.
he strains it.
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Re: Lightning Bolt - October 15

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WtOB? wrote:
harmless wrote:Actually, the other redeeming thing about the LB chorus is that Ed doesn't scream it, a la S/T. He just sings it.
he strains it.
I don't hear straining, everything apart from the "light-" syllable sounds quite clean, and that syllable sounds deliberately screamed. Having said all that, he strained horribly at Wrigley.
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Re: Lightning Bolt - October 15

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gardenparty wrote:
harmless wrote:
Birds in Hell wrote:
cutuphalfdead wrote:The chorus is the worst part of Lightning Bolt. It could have been a much more interesting song if they went in another direction there.
I still like that part the best!

It's those verses I'm fairly unenthused about.

(I haven't heard the leak yet, only the live recording and what's in this video.)
Na, the clip in the video is the studio version :)

Edit: oh I misread.
the first verse really rubs me the wrong way
I understand.
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Re: Lightning Bolt - October 15

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What's "Don't Go On Me"????????!
There's the dog. You can't fake that stuff. Confess with your mouth.
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Thejambi wrote:What's "Don't Go On Me"????????!
Lukin
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Re: Lightning Bolt - October 15

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harmless wrote:
Thejambi wrote:What's "Don't Go On Me"????????!
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Oh. That's dissapointing.
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Re: Lightning Bolt - October 15

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cutuphalfdead wrote:Dave's Song looks like Go.
Dave's song is probably Go
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