Lightning Bolt -- guess the tracks!
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Other than the cornball 50's birth of rock/Chuck Berry riffs in Supersonic (same as STBC, btw), I think the music is fine.
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So let's get this straight... a good song with bad lyrics can still be a good song, but a good song with bad lyrics can also be a bad song if it's the lyrics that make it bad... and a bad song with good lyrics is still a bad song...Lounge Lizard wrote:Yellow Ledbetter has horrible lyrics. Noone's been able to decipher them in 20+ years!harmless wrote:Um, not if it's the lyrics that spoil it... I thought that was the point I'd made?verb_to_trust wrote:A bad song with good lyrics is still a bad song.harmless wrote:The good thing about listening to shitty quality leaks is that it won't do anything for my expectations if I can't hear the lyrics. It's the lyrics / vocals I'm most worried about. Supersonic would've been totally great if the lyrical shit was hot fire. Same with The Fixer.
Is everyone clear now? Where the fuck is a new #PJTrackReveal when you really need one?
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It is weird to me that weakest title is the album title. Lightning bolt the song could have been called Obsene and Overgrown, and I would be going nuts for that song title.
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Hey, I say good things too.harmless wrote:IT'S THE LYRICS THAT SPOIL THE SONG THE MUSIC IS FINEwarehouse wrote:ur point was bad lyrics can ruin a good song.harmless wrote:Um, not if it's the lyrics that spoil it... I thought that was the point I'd made?verb_to_trust wrote:A bad song with good lyrics is still a bad song.harmless wrote:The good thing about listening to shitty quality leaks is that it won't do anything for my expectations if I can't hear the lyrics. It's the lyrics / vocals I'm most worried about. Supersonic would've been totally great if the lyrical shit was hot fire. Same with The Fixer.
vtt's point is a bad song cant be fixed by good lyrics.
Is that clear enough? Look, if Verb, or anyone else, thinks that PJ are just blanketly shit and any compliment towards them is insufferable, they can keep it to themselves, is that OK?
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Yellow Ledbetter isn't a great song. But regardless, if its lyrics are indecipherable the song is saved. The lyrics to Supersonic (and most of Backspacer) are crystal-clear, which is a problem when they're terrible.Lounge Lizard wrote:Yellow Ledbetter has horrible lyrics. Noone's been able to decipher them in 20+ years!harmless wrote:Um, not if it's the lyrics that spoil it... I thought that was the point I'd made?verb_to_trust wrote:A bad song with good lyrics is still a bad song.harmless wrote:The good thing about listening to shitty quality leaks is that it won't do anything for my expectations if I can't hear the lyrics. It's the lyrics / vocals I'm most worried about. Supersonic would've been totally great if the lyrical shit was hot fire. Same with The Fixer.
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r u lookin at the same art we all are? its the exact same style. MYM artwork may be a little less detailed than the rest, but its clearly the same exact style.evenslow wrote:there's no way they don't have new art for MYM. the one before is "similar" as far as it goes but this is clearly a different style and all of a piece.
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Why do people think we already have LB artwork?
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I've been as clear as I can be. If people need a linguist to decipher what I've written it's not my problem.bluestate wrote:So let's get this straight... a good song with bad lyrics can still be a good song, but a good song with bad lyrics can also be a bad song if it's the lyrics that make it bad... and a bad song with good lyrics is still a bad song...Lounge Lizard wrote:Yellow Ledbetter has horrible lyrics. Noone's been able to decipher them in 20+ years!harmless wrote:Um, not if it's the lyrics that spoil it... I thought that was the point I'd made?verb_to_trust wrote:A bad song with good lyrics is still a bad song.harmless wrote:The good thing about listening to shitty quality leaks is that it won't do anything for my expectations if I can't hear the lyrics. It's the lyrics / vocals I'm most worried about. Supersonic would've been totally great if the lyrical shit was hot fire. Same with The Fixer.
Is everyone clear now? Where the fuck is a new #PJTrackReveal when you really need one?
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The album coverstip wrote:Why do people think we already have LB artwork?
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stip wrote:Why do people think we already have LB artwork?

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Cause we do. Where have you been.
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Yeah, I don't understand that one either. Unless, they assume that the album cover is the art for the title track too.stip wrote:Why do people think we already have LB artwork?
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'Cause people do WAY too many drugs around here . . . . .stip wrote:Why do people think we already have LB artwork?
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I am going to pretend you didn't just say thatharmless wrote:Yellow Ledbetter isn't a great song.Lounge Lizard wrote:Yellow Ledbetter has horrible lyrics. Noone's been able to decipher them in 20+ years!harmless wrote:Um, not if it's the lyrics that spoil it... I thought that was the point I'd made?verb_to_trust wrote:A bad song with good lyrics is still a bad song.harmless wrote:The good thing about listening to shitty quality leaks is that it won't do anything for my expectations if I can't hear the lyrics. It's the lyrics / vocals I'm most worried about. Supersonic would've been totally great if the lyrical shit was hot fire. Same with The Fixer.
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Hopefully one day Supersonic will get the lyric rewrite it deservesharmless wrote:I've been as clear as I can be. If people need a linguist to decipher what I've written it's not my problem.bluestate wrote:So let's get this straight... a good song with bad lyrics can still be a good song, but a good song with bad lyrics can also be a bad song if it's the lyrics that make it bad... and a bad song with good lyrics is still a bad song...Lounge Lizard wrote:Yellow Ledbetter has horrible lyrics. Noone's been able to decipher them in 20+ years!harmless wrote:Um, not if it's the lyrics that spoil it... I thought that was the point I'd made?verb_to_trust wrote:A bad song with good lyrics is still a bad song.harmless wrote:The good thing about listening to shitty quality leaks is that it won't do anything for my expectations if I can't hear the lyrics. It's the lyrics / vocals I'm most worried about. Supersonic would've been totally great if the lyrical shit was hot fire. Same with The Fixer.
Is everyone clear now? Where the fuck is a new #PJTrackReveal when you really need one?
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Musically, YL is a great song. Mike's take on Little Wing...harmless wrote:Yellow Ledbetter isn't a great song. But regardless, if its lyrics are indecipherable the song is saved. The lyrics to Supersonic (and most of Backspacer) are crystal-clear, which is a problem when they're terrible.Lounge Lizard wrote:Yellow Ledbetter has horrible lyrics. Noone's been able to decipher them in 20+ years!harmless wrote:Um, not if it's the lyrics that spoil it... I thought that was the point I'd made?verb_to_trust wrote:A bad song with good lyrics is still a bad song.harmless wrote:The good thing about listening to shitty quality leaks is that it won't do anything for my expectations if I can't hear the lyrics. It's the lyrics / vocals I'm most worried about. Supersonic would've been totally great if the lyrical shit was hot fire. Same with The Fixer.
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It's the same style, and it's no less detailed than the "Getaway" or LTRP artwork. It's more detailed actually.warehouse wrote:r u lookin at the same art we all are? its the exact same style. MYM artwork may be a little less detailed than the rest, but its clearly the same exact style.evenslow wrote:there's no way they don't have new art for MYM. the one before is "similar" as far as it goes but this is clearly a different style and all of a piece.
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Well, the general consensus here stippy is that the LB artwork is the red on black version of the cover artwork.stip wrote:Why do people think we already have LB artwork?
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That's what makes it not a great song. It's a good one though, and I enjoy it. But it's effectively an instrumental that I hum to live.ccanad wrote:Musically, YL is a great song. Mike's take on Little Wing...harmless wrote:Yellow Ledbetter isn't a great song. But regardless, if its lyrics are indecipherable the song is saved. The lyrics to Supersonic (and most of Backspacer) are crystal-clear, which is a problem when they're terrible.Lounge Lizard wrote:Yellow Ledbetter has horrible lyrics. Noone's been able to decipher them in 20+ years!harmless wrote:Um, not if it's the lyrics that spoil it... I thought that was the point I'd made?verb_to_trust wrote:A bad song with good lyrics is still a bad song.harmless wrote:The good thing about listening to shitty quality leaks is that it won't do anything for my expectations if I can't hear the lyrics. It's the lyrics / vocals I'm most worried about. Supersonic would've been totally great if the lyrical shit was hot fire. Same with The Fixer.
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I think it is, but I maybe wrong because we need more images with yellow to balance it all out.EJ wrote:Yeah, I don't understand that one either. Unless, they assume that the album cover is the art for the title track too.stip wrote:Why do people think we already have LB artwork?