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Re: Lightning Bolt: The Official Album Thread

Posted: Wed October 16, 2013 5:47 pm
by LostDog1079
darth_vedder wrote:
LostDog1079 wrote:So after a week of listening to this (and a few times on headphones after the legit release yesterday)...

Getaway - 10/10
MYM - 8/10
MFS - 8/10
Sirens - 9/10 (one I find myself singing most often)
LB - 9/10
Infallible - 10/10 (most improved upon first listen)
Pendulum - 10/10 (favorite track)
Swallowed Whole - 10/10 (2nd favorite track)
LTRP - 7/10
SBM - 7/10
Yellow Moon - 8/10
Future Days - 6/10
http://forums.theskyiscrape.com/viewtop ... &start=160
Whoops... thanks Darth. :thumbsup:

Re: Lightning Bolt: The Official Album Thread

Posted: Wed October 16, 2013 5:48 pm
by super nintendo chalmers
The vinyl actually sounds good, beter than BS. I'm surprised.

Re: Lightning Bolt: The Official Album Thread

Posted: Wed October 16, 2013 5:49 pm
by Hypnos
It would be nice if they release some b-sides with this. Doubtful.

Re: Lightning Bolt: The Official Album Thread

Posted: Wed October 16, 2013 5:49 pm
by Heathen
malice wrote:
Heathen wrote:I think you nailed it
i appreciate this post
I bet you didn't envision that this is what it would come down to, back then when it all started

Re: Lightning Bolt: The Official Album Thread

Posted: Wed October 16, 2013 5:50 pm
by southp
BootsToAsses wrote:Quick question:

Which 10c version of the album should I download? FLAC, Lossless, or WAV?
That's actually a valid question. Has anyone compared these to the initial CDRip FLACs that were out there?

Re: Lightning Bolt: The Official Album Thread

Posted: Wed October 16, 2013 5:51 pm
by darth_vedder
Hypnosomnia wrote:It would be nice if they release some b-sides with this. Doubtful.
I want to hear a studio take of Of The Earth so bad. Really wish it would have been on this album. They could have easily dropped LTRP for it.

Re: Lightning Bolt: The Official Album Thread

Posted: Wed October 16, 2013 5:52 pm
by LostDog1079
darth_vedder wrote:
Hypnosomnia wrote:It would be nice if they release some b-sides with this. Doubtful.
I want to hear a studio take of Of The Earth so bad. Really wish it would have been on this album. They could have easily dropped LTRP for it.
Or drop Future Days.

Re: Lightning Bolt: The Official Album Thread

Posted: Wed October 16, 2013 5:53 pm
by darth_vedder
LostDog1079 wrote:
darth_vedder wrote:
Hypnosomnia wrote:It would be nice if they release some b-sides with this. Doubtful.
I want to hear a studio take of Of The Earth so bad. Really wish it would have been on this album. They could have easily dropped LTRP for it.
Or drop Future Days.
Or that. At this point, and I'm still really taking it all in, I think I like FD more so than LTRP.

Re: Lightning Bolt: The Official Album Thread

Posted: Wed October 16, 2013 5:54 pm
by McParadigm
darth_vedder wrote:They could have easily dropped LTRP for it.
This might be the only circumstance under which I'd remotely care to have Of the Earth.

Re: Lightning Bolt: The Official Album Thread

Posted: Wed October 16, 2013 5:54 pm
by Hypnos
darth_vedder wrote:
Hypnosomnia wrote:It would be nice if they release some b-sides with this. Doubtful.
I want to hear a studio take of Of The Earth so bad. Really wish it would have been on this album. They could have easily dropped LTRP for it.
This is really something to be frustrated about.

Re: Lightning Bolt: The Official Album Thread

Posted: Wed October 16, 2013 5:55 pm
by LostDog1079
darth_vedder wrote:
LostDog1079 wrote:
darth_vedder wrote:
Hypnosomnia wrote:It would be nice if they release some b-sides with this. Doubtful.
I want to hear a studio take of Of The Earth so bad. Really wish it would have been on this album. They could have easily dropped LTRP for it.
Or drop Future Days.
Or that. At this point, and I'm still really taking it all in, I think I like FD more so than LTRP.
FD is the only song off the album I can't fully get into yet.

Re: Lightning Bolt: The Official Album Thread

Posted: Wed October 16, 2013 5:57 pm
by harmless
McParadigm wrote:
darth_vedder wrote:They could have easily dropped LTRP for it.
This might be the only circumstance under which I'd remotely care to have Of the Earth.
It might've made this a significantly better album.

Re: Lightning Bolt: The Official Album Thread

Posted: Wed October 16, 2013 6:00 pm
by chinofstone
Dr. Van Nostrand wrote:
Tj wrote:I read a Huffington Post interview yesterday. Eddie seemed to be teasing this as a concept album. So I started trying to look at in that way and find the story if there is one. So would it be typical of Ed to write a concept album, then not tell anyone outright? Would Ed write it as a riddle? I think the answers to both these may be yes. So in looking at each song , and the booklet I came up with this. First look at the last page of the booklet five images to me this became a key. It has to be there for a reason. What is it? Is it the proper order?. Lightningbolt, Siren/Future days, Let the Record Play, Swallowed Whole, and Yellow Moon as the frame work with the others adding color to the land scape. What if Lightning Bolt was love, being in love/falling in love? I think Lightning Bolt could be about anything that strikes. So being about love is not a stretch. Then we have two love letters. The lovers are not together. There seperated with one of them being in a war torn shit whole. Let The Records Play"when the kindom come" think of the saying bombed to kingdom come. How would one keep ones sanity at night while your town is being shelled? Swallowed Whole he is dead, free from the physical. Yellow moon the conclusion.
So the songs Getaway, MYM, Infallable paint the image of the war torn city , battlefield, or town. Sleeping By Myself work on accident , They are appart so it doesn't need to be much more than that but it works really well. Pendilums themes fit as a well. My Fathers Son well the gene pool that left this person in bad place. Like being born in to a religion or military service.
pretty cool
a lot of us wanted a concept album, and it would be hilarious if ed really did make it one with out telling anyone
There's something to this.

Re: Lightning Bolt: The Official Album Thread

Posted: Wed October 16, 2013 6:02 pm
by Mike
The thing that excites me about Of The Earth is the style of the song rather than the song itself. I'd like Pearl Jam to sound like that but the song is only nice.

Re: Lightning Bolt: The Official Album Thread

Posted: Wed October 16, 2013 6:04 pm
by southp
harmless wrote:
McParadigm wrote:
darth_vedder wrote:They could have easily dropped LTRP for it.
This might be the only circumstance under which I'd remotely care to have Of the Earth.
It might've made this a significantly better album.
That is possibly the only change that would improve upon an otherwise great record.
OTE could've been an even better transition song between the middle section of the album and the final 3.

Re: Lightning Bolt: The Official Album Thread

Posted: Wed October 16, 2013 6:05 pm
by darth_vedder
Mike wrote:The thing that excites me about Of The Earth is the style of the song rather than the song itself. I'd like Pearl Jam to sound like that but the song is only nice.
I get that...OTE and Pendulum is the direction I would like to steer this band towards. If only I could quantum leap into BOB's body and put some fixin' on things.

Re: Lightning Bolt: The Official Album Thread

Posted: Wed October 16, 2013 6:05 pm
by Jorge
Mike wrote:The thing that excites me about Of The Earth is the style of the song rather than the song itself. I'd like Pearl Jam to sound like that but the song is only nice.
The Song is Only Nice: A Pearl Jam Anthology (2006-2013)

Re: Lightning Bolt: The Official Album Thread

Posted: Wed October 16, 2013 6:05 pm
by harmless
Mike wrote:The thing that excites me about Of The Earth is the style of the song rather than the song itself. I'd like Pearl Jam to sound like that but the song is only nice.
Agreed.

Re: Lightning Bolt: The Official Album Thread

Posted: Wed October 16, 2013 6:06 pm
by southp
darth_vedder wrote:
Mike wrote:The thing that excites me about Of The Earth is the style of the song rather than the song itself. I'd like Pearl Jam to sound like that but the song is only nice.
I get that...OTE and Pendulum is the direction I would like to steer this band towards. If only I could quantum leap into BOB's body and put some fixin' on things.
However I think BoB has a lot to do with how Pendulum sounds.
It's more about the band coming in with a plan.

Re: Lightning Bolt: The Official Album Thread

Posted: Wed October 16, 2013 6:08 pm
by JDonaldD
For me:

Great:
Getaway
Sirens
Pendulum

Good:
Mind Your Manners
My Father's Son
Infallible
Yellow Moon

Aigh't:
Swallowed Whole
Sleeping by Myself

Meh:
Let the Records Play
Future Days