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%
 
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Re: Lightning Bolt - October 15

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Lament wrote:
harmless wrote:
Lament wrote:Is Go "Dave's Song"?
I don't know. Why don't we ask the rest of RM.
So Dave's Song is Animal?
Dave wrote the riff for Go as well as the music for Angel.
No, Dave listened to Animal and wrote Go after being inspired. Angel was written by their drum tech after listening to Dave strum out the pattern to Go.
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Re: Lightning Bolt - October 15

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Fact he had two.
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Re: Lightning Bolt - October 15

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harmless wrote:
gardenparty wrote:
harmless wrote:
gardenparty wrote:So Dave's Song is Go? i see

Wasn't eastern Beatles mentioned in an interview a while back? I'd like to hear that one
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Re: Lightning Bolt - October 15

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Re: Lightning Bolt - October 15

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Daves song is actually ed singing ' fuck off daaaavveee suucckk myyy diiicckkk don't go ooooonnnnnnn and ooooonnnnn you whiney ass biitttcchhhh' over jack irons on the drums.
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i wish the songs on the danny clinch film were jammed out in the rehearsal space and not studio cuts, like on previous epk's.
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Me too.
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Has this leaked yet?
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Re: Lightning Bolt - October 15

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WtOB? wrote:i wish the songs on the danny clinch film were jammed out in the rehearsal space and not studio cuts, like on previous epk's.
What bothers me more is that it seems as though they're pretending that what we're hearing in that video is live. I assume (but hope I'm wrong) that it must have something to do with the quality of Eddie's live performance. I hope Lightning Bolt won't always sound as horribly as it did at Wrigley.

On a separate note, Eddie seems more positive and articulate in that video than I've ever seen him. He seems like he's in a good place, whether or not he can sing these songs outside of the studio.
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harmless wrote:Has this leaked yet?
Dave's Song? Yes.
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harmless wrote:Has this leaked yet?
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PJMosquito wrote:On a separate note, Eddie seems more positive and articulate in that video than I've ever seen him. He seems like he's in a good place, whether or not he can sing these songs outside of the studio.
i noticed this too. at least, a lot more articulate than the backspacer-era. it's all that a.m. sobriety he's been practicing.
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PJMosquito wrote:
WtOB? wrote:i wish the songs on the danny clinch film were jammed out in the rehearsal space and not studio cuts, like on previous epk's.
What bothers me more is that it seems as though they're pretending that what we're hearing in that video is live. I assume (but hope I'm wrong) that it must have something to do with the quality of Eddie's live performance. I hope Lightning Bolt won't always sound as horribly as it did at Wrigley.

On a separate note, Eddie seems more positive and articulate in that video than I've ever seen him. He seems like he's in a good place, whether or not he can sing these songs outside of the studio.
I would say Lightning Bolt will need some practise but other than that, the performances have been fine. He's not having to down-tune the songs like he did during Backspacer, because they're writing them in the right key for his voice this time. And he's singing mostly comfortably within his range. I think the biggest problem with LB live was the band. Ed didn't do it very well either but the band and singer has to feed off one another; if any of them drops the ball, so do the others.
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Iowaska_Experience wrote:
harmless wrote:Has this leaked yet?
Dave's Song? Yes.
Dave Abruzzese wrote:The song that leaked looks like Go. My song.
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Having said that, we've only heard him perform two or three songs. The worst thing about FD was BoB's piano and Ed's lack of guitar skills, again not the voice. I think Ed's biggest voice challenge on this record will be Sirens.
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Re: Lightning Bolt - October 15

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the lack of Boom in that EPK gave me a 6-foot boner
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bodysnatcher wrote:the lack of Boom in that EPK gave me a 6-foot boner
He was in it. Carrie Brownstein was sitting on him.
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bodysnatcher wrote:the lack of Brendan in that EPK gave me a 6-foot boner
FTFY
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Re: Lightning Bolt - October 15

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Getaway sounds exactly like the decentish type of song people should want from Pearl Jam (Modern). I was pretty depressed until I heard that at the end there. I'm so sick of Sirens already. Hearing Mike gush about it and mention Brendan before the rest of the band when talking about writing it isn't helping...
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Re: Lightning Bolt - October 15

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harmless wrote:
bodysnatcher wrote:the lack of Brendan in that EPK gave me a 6-foot boner
FTFY
Mike mentioned BO'B when he was talking about Sirens. I felt dirty.

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