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: Keep Harmless Company While He Waits for Lightning Bolt

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harmless wrote:TETAS...
Love me some tetas :heartbeat:
bodysnatcher wrote:Someone ban KurtLeon please
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KurtLeon wrote:
harmless wrote:TETAS...
Love me some tetas :heartbeat:
:heartbeat: :heartbeat: :heartbeat:
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jtr101 wrote:Has Matt spoken in these interviews...haha...
He spoke a bit in the Carrie one, but he didn't sound very comfortable or massively eloquent, so it seems like he prefers to let the others speak.
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ABNorman wrote:
jtr101 wrote:Has Matt spoken in these interviews...haha...
He spoke a bit in the Carrie one, but he didn't sound very comfortable or massively eloquent, so it seems like he prefers to let the others speak.
I think Matt is the dumb one.
There's the dog. You can't fake that stuff. Confess with your mouth.
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Re: Keep Harmless Company While He Waits for Lightning Bolt

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Anything interesting come from the folks that were at the meet and great?
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"Ed would play a song for us twice, and then we'd record it."

So the Tom Waits/Neil Young "don't learn the song too perfectly" approach produced this band's best results as well. But then, that period is also the one they now seem to be most critical of.

Mark threw the guys a lob ball with that second question, and they responded with a bunt.

Pearl Jam :shake:
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Yeah he always seemed really shy to me. But then I watched a SG interview the other day in which he didn't. So I dunno.
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McParadigm wrote:"Ed would play a song for us twice, and then we'd record it."

So the Tom Waits/Neil Young "don't learn the song too perfectly" approach produced this band's best results as well. But then, that period is also the one they now seem to be most critical of.

Mark threw the guys a lob ball with that second question, and they responded with a bunt.

Pearl Jam :shake:
Sorry, which question was that?
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Mirella wrote:I like the deepness of Ed's talking voice. Two other notes: he mentions his drinking problem again. Should we be worried? And he said the word 'overwhelmed' and that made me think of this thread :lol:. And if he would use a computer more, I would guess he would love the multiple tabs in Firefox, just like the 'open' type writers.

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i thought the drinking problem was a joke
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I wonder how ed feels about those albums. If he likes em as they are or wishes he relinquished the control on some of the songs.

At least they didnt say binaural :heartbeat: again :shake:
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McParadigm wrote:"Ed would play a song for us twice, and then we'd record it."

So the Tom Waits/Neil Young "don't learn the song too perfectly" approach produced this band's best results as well. But then, that period is also the one they now seem to be most critical of.

Mark threw the guys a lob ball with that second question, and they responded with a bunt.

Pearl Jam :shake:

i suspect artists are rarely the best judge of their own work
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stip wrote:
Mirella wrote:I like the deepness of Ed's talking voice. Two other notes: he mentions his drinking problem again. Should we be worried? And he said the word 'overwhelmed' and that made me think of this thread :lol:. And if he would use a computer more, I would guess he would love the multiple tabs in Firefox, just like the 'open' type writers.

groetjes,
Mirella :)

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i thought the drinking problem was a joke
Lol if it wasnt it'd be a weird way to inject it into conversation.
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stip wrote:
McParadigm wrote:"Ed would play a song for us twice, and then we'd record it."

So the Tom Waits/Neil Young "don't learn the song too perfectly" approach produced this band's best results as well. But then, that period is also the one they now seem to be most critical of.

Mark threw the guys a lob ball with that second question, and they responded with a bunt.

Pearl Jam :shake:

i suspect artists are rarely the best judge of their own work
This is true. Certainly the editors I speak to are always saying this about poets, and the little editorial I've done would confirm their theory.
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stip wrote:
Dr. Van Nostrand wrote:
theplatypus wrote:YES BUT ARE THERE TETAS
I haven't seen any tonight

Get on the ball here, Chloe
she is in another country :lol:
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stupidmop wrote:
stip wrote:
Mirella wrote:I like the deepness of Ed's talking voice. Two other notes: he mentions his drinking problem again. Should we be worried? And he said the word 'overwhelmed' and that made me think of this thread :lol:. And if he would use a computer more, I would guess he would love the multiple tabs in Firefox, just like the 'open' type writers.

groetjes,
Mirella :)

p.s.: am I the only one who still uses the colourful tabs extension?
i thought the drinking problem was a joke
Lol if it wasnt it'd be a weird way to inject it into conversation.
I think if you're a "functional" alcoholic it can be quite easy to joke about it. I have friends like that.
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KurtLeon wrote:I would really like some tetas today, team.
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KurtLeon wrote:
harmless wrote:TETAS...
Love me some tetas :heartbeat:
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Re: Keep Harmless Company While He Waits for Lightning Bolt

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harmless wrote:
stupidmop wrote:
stip wrote:
Mirella wrote:I like the deepness of Ed's talking voice. Two other notes: he mentions his drinking problem again. Should we be worried? And he said the word 'overwhelmed' and that made me think of this thread :lol:. And if he would use a computer more, I would guess he would love the multiple tabs in Firefox, just like the 'open' type writers.

groetjes,
Mirella :)

p.s.: am I the only one who still uses the colourful tabs extension?
i thought the drinking problem was a joke
Lol if it wasnt it'd be a weird way to inject it into conversation.
I think if you're a "functional" alcoholic it can be quite easy to joke about it. I have friends like that.
So have I. And it worries me.

groetjes,
Mirella :)
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Some more speculation:

I think I have seen this multiple times when the band gets asked about the Ed as a bandleader topic that it is often Stone who answers. And then Stone says something like Ed is the super creative one who could work with anybody but still sticks to Pearl Jam. And while I think that Stone is honest about that I still get the impression that it is a very personal thing for him that probably did hurt him years ago. But in order not to really touch the topic he erases a potential discussion by directly stating that Ed is somehow above them.
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Mirella wrote:
harmless wrote:
stupidmop wrote:
stip wrote:
Mirella wrote:I like the deepness of Ed's talking voice. Two other notes: he mentions his drinking problem again. Should we be worried? And he said the word 'overwhelmed' and that made me think of this thread :lol:. And if he would use a computer more, I would guess he would love the multiple tabs in Firefox, just like the 'open' type writers.

groetjes,
Mirella :)

p.s.: am I the only one who still uses the colourful tabs extension?
i thought the drinking problem was a joke
Lol if it wasnt it'd be a weird way to inject it into conversation.
I think if you're a "functional" alcoholic it can be quite easy to joke about it. I have friends like that.
So have I. And it worries me.

groetjes,
Mirella :)
Yep.
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