Song of the Moment: Lightning Bolt

[Heathen]

well you can draw any kind of conclusion from youtube views or album sales or anything else if you really want to convince yourself of something, but at the end of the day they'd be pretty much worthless

[Lounge Lizard]

well you can draw any kind of conclusion from youtube views or album sales or anything else if you really want to convince yourself of something, but at the end of the day they'd be pretty much worthless

everything is, if you want to put it that way

[Heathen]

indeed, but I'm not sure how that makes your trying to backup bullshit claims with random figures any more valid

[Jorge]

However, you can go by objective data and look at examples. I chose "The Fixer" as an example because it's very illustrative. The majority of people who said they liked it are now feeling a sort of embarassement about it, myself included.

There is absolutely no way you can measure or demonstrate this.

Maybe not exactly the way I phrased it, but let's look at Youtube views numbers:
- The Fixer: 1.3 million in 4 years.
- MYM: 1.2 million in 1.5 weeks.
If the trend continues, this should be enough to draw at least some conclusion, no?

This is a terrible, terrible way to gauge public interest, let alone anything related to the quality of the song, for a number of reasons. But let's tackle this one: "MYM" has more steam on Youtube because "MYM" debuted on Youtube-- it was the first-ever official source for streaming the track. Remember when "The Fixer" debuted? It debuted on the MySpace page, and then shortly afterwards on a 10C audio player in the official Pearl Jam site. Of course public interest is going to be at its peak during the first week of release. As Noonie pointed out, something like 80% of the "MYM" plays are from its first week of availability. In fact, it looks like you're comparing the "MYM" stream to the official, Cameron Crowe-directed video of "The Fixer", which debuted a whole month after the song was already out. The public's curiosity was appeased by that point, as it seems to be happening with "MYM" right now.

Regardless, none of this has anything to do with the level of "embarrassment" that Fixer supporters are supposed to feel, nor the quality of the song. The only thing it proves is that Pearl Jam fans shouldn't try to be statisticians.

[Blenheim Augustine]

This is a terrible, terrible way to gauge public interest, let alone anything related to the quality of the song, for a number of reasons.

[nightmareblack0206]

That song str8 up fkn rocks!

WOW. ...CANT WAIT TO HEAR THE STUDIO VERSION

[wolkenlos]

Wow...first post in a long time, even my user account was deleted

So, Lightning Bolt. First minute I heard it I thought: "Nooo...not another Unthought Known, please! Nononono!" It's the way Ed uses his voice in the beginning, I can't stand it, can't even describe it, there's just something about it I find so weird ..then this super annoying chorus set in... Lightning Booooolt....Lightning Booowlt....Lightning Bolt... Hated it from the first listen, haven't had that in a long time (never?!), at least not with a PJ song. Actually, after that went by I quite like the ending when it gets rougher. It's better than the Fixer at least, I guess.
But yeah, can't understand all the praise it got. But I see, I'm not alone with my opinion on this board

Maybe they could just cut the first half for the album version ;D
But it's a good song to make fun of by annoying the shit out of people... Liiiiiggghtning Booooooooooooooooooooooooaaaawwwwlt....Lightning Booooooolt...[...]

[Birds in Hell]

Wow...first post in a long time, even my user account was deleted

FYI: they restarted the entire board in January, everyone had to re-register.

[Lounge Lizard]

However, you can go by objective data and look at examples. I chose "The Fixer" as an example because it's very illustrative. The majority of people who said they liked it are now feeling a sort of embarassement about it, myself included.

There is absolutely no way you can measure or demonstrate this.

Maybe not exactly the way I phrased it, but let's look at Youtube views numbers:
- The Fixer: 1.3 million in 4 years.
- MYM: 1.2 million in 1.5 weeks.
If the trend continues, this should be enough to draw at least some conclusion, no?

This is a terrible, terrible way to gauge public interest, let alone anything related to the quality of the song, for a number of reasons. But let's tackle this one: "MYM" has more steam on Youtube because "MYM" debuted on Youtube-- it was the first-ever official source for streaming the track. Remember when "The Fixer" debuted? It debuted on the MySpace page, and then shortly afterwards on a 10C audio player in the official Pearl Jam site. Of course public interest is going to be at its peak during the first week of release. As Noonie pointed out, something like 80% of the "MYM" plays are from its first week of availability. In fact, it looks like you're comparing the "MYM" stream to the official, Cameron Crowe-directed video of "The Fixer", which debuted a whole month after the song was already out. The public's curiosity was appeased by that point, as it seems to be happening with "MYM" right now.

Regardless, none of this has anything to do with the level of "embarrassment" that Fixer supporters are supposed to feel, nor the quality of the song. The only thing it proves is that Pearl Jam fans shouldn't try to be statisticians.

Too bad all this reasoning is overshadowed by the simple fact that LB sucks

[elliseamos]

However, you can go by objective data and look at examples. I chose "The Fixer" as an example because it's very illustrative. The majority of people who said they liked it are now feeling a sort of embarassement about it, myself included.

There is absolutely no way you can measure or demonstrate this.

Maybe not exactly the way I phrased it, but let's look at Youtube views numbers:
- The Fixer: 1.3 million in 4 years.
- MYM: 1.2 million in 1.5 weeks.
If the trend continues, this should be enough to draw at least some conclusion, no?

This is a terrible, terrible way to gauge public interest, let alone anything related to the quality of the song, for a number of reasons. But let's tackle this one: "MYM" has more steam on Youtube because "MYM" debuted on Youtube-- it was the first-ever official source for streaming the track. Remember when "The Fixer" debuted? It debuted on the MySpace page, and then shortly afterwards on a 10C audio player in the official Pearl Jam site. Of course public interest is going to be at its peak during the first week of release. As Noonie pointed out, something like 80% of the "MYM" plays are from its first week of availability. In fact, it looks like you're comparing the "MYM" stream to the official, Cameron Crowe-directed video of "The Fixer", which debuted a whole month after the song was already out. The public's curiosity was appeased by that point, as it seems to be happening with "MYM" right now.

Regardless, none of this has anything to do with the level of "embarrassment" that Fixer supporters are supposed to feel, nor the quality of the song. The only thing it proves is that Pearl Jam fans shouldn't try to be statisticians.

Too bad all this reasoning is overshadowed by the simple fact that LB sucks

i like the song. so the reasoning above has found a very nice place in the sun.

[WtOB?]

Wow...first post in a long time, even my user account was deleted

FYI: they restarted the entire board in January, everyone had to re-register.

I wonder if they have this same confusion back in 2004?

[stip]

However, you can go by objective data and look at examples. I chose "The Fixer" as an example because it's very illustrative. The majority of people who said they liked it are now feeling a sort of embarassement about it, myself included.

There is absolutely no way you can measure or demonstrate this.

Maybe not exactly the way I phrased it, but let's look at Youtube views numbers:
- The Fixer: 1.3 million in 4 years.
- MYM: 1.2 million in 1.5 weeks.
If the trend continues, this should be enough to draw at least some conclusion, no?

this rock can keep away tigers

[stip]

i just assumed I lost my log in information.

[Thejambi]

However, you can go by objective data and look at examples. I chose "The Fixer" as an example because it's very illustrative. The majority of people who said they liked it are now feeling a sort of embarassement about it, myself included.

There is absolutely no way you can measure or demonstrate this.

Maybe not exactly the way I phrased it, but let's look at Youtube views numbers:
- The Fixer: 1.3 million in 4 years.
- MYM: 1.2 million in 1.5 weeks.
If the trend continues, this should be enough to draw at least some conclusion, no?

This is a terrible, terrible way to gauge public interest, let alone anything related to the quality of the song, for a number of reasons. But let's tackle this one: "MYM" has more steam on Youtube because "MYM" debuted on Youtube-- it was the first-ever official source for streaming the track. Remember when "The Fixer" debuted? It debuted on the MySpace page, and then shortly afterwards on a 10C audio player in the official Pearl Jam site. Of course public interest is going to be at its peak during the first week of release. As Noonie pointed out, something like 80% of the "MYM" plays are from its first week of availability. In fact, it looks like you're comparing the "MYM" stream to the official, Cameron Crowe-directed video of "The Fixer", which debuted a whole month after the song was already out. The public's curiosity was appeased by that point, as it seems to be happening with "MYM" right now.

Regardless, none of this has anything to do with the level of "embarrassment" that Fixer supporters are supposed to feel, nor the quality of the song. The only thing it proves is that Pearl Jam fans shouldn't try to be statisticians.

Too bad all this reasoning is overshadowed by the simple fact that LB sucks

i like the song. so the reasoning above has found a very nice place in the sun.

LB doesn't suck. It is a fine PJ song. What's left on the album is key.

[Thejambi]

i just assumed I lost my log in information.

Username: Stip
Password: backspacer4eva8====D

not rocket science

[Jorge]

Too bad all this reasoning is overshadowed by the simple fact that LB sucks

Listen, I'm with you on that. I dislike "Lightning Bolt" and I dislike "The Fixer". But your reasoning was fallacious and weird.

[Lounge Lizard]

Too bad all this reasoning is overshadowed by the simple fact that LB sucks

Listen, I'm with you on that. I dislike "Lightning Bolt" and I dislike "The Fixer". But your reasoning was fallacious and weird.

On the contrary it was quite simple. Being good (for a song) is a shared opinion of a majority of people. The less people are of the opinion that a song is good, the more chance there is that it's actually not good. Amiwrong?

[VinylGuy]

The Fixer rules.

[Heathen]

best songs ever
http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL ... d3x1sZh8hC

[Lounge Lizard]

best songs ever
http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL ... d3x1sZh8hC

Now do a search within the "pearl jam fans" segment