Re: Predict where Lightning Bolt will rank on RM
Posted: Fri September 27, 2013 1:44 pm
dimejinky99 wrote:Without even thinking about it, I know it's gonna rank higher than S/T, Riot Act and possibly Binaural, in this house at least.
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Predict where Lightning Bolt will rank on RM
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Re: Predict where Lightning Bolt will rank on RM
Posted: Fri September 27, 2013 2:24 pm
Rankings are a serious business. Please treat it accordingly. Otherwise you spit in the face of the brave posters who gave their lives so that today we might have the freedom to rank a record we haven't heard.liebzz wrote:Based on what I heard so far, I am expecting something like 5 or 6 on my list. My list, granted, is strikingly different in some ways than some of the more vocal individuals here...but my order so far is (1) No Code, (2) Vitalogy, (3) Ten, (4) Vs., (5) Yield, (6) Pearl Jam, (7) Binaural, (8) Riot Act, (9) Backspacer...and none of this is hard line, since my "rankings" change every few months...really love and enjoy all their albums.
Also, if I were to throw Lost Dogs in there, it would be after Riot Act; if I threw Mirrorball in as a Pearl Jam release, it would be after or just before the s/t, and if I threw in Temple of the Dog, it would be after Yield probably...but since I haven't really thought about that exercise much, I'd have to listen...ultimately, I pretty much live for all this stuff and the rankings are just silly but I do them anyway.
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Re: Predict where Lightning Bolt will rank on RM
Posted: Fri September 27, 2013 2:27 pm
stip wrote:Rankings are a serious business. Please treat it accordingly. Otherwise you spit in the face of the brave posters who gave their lives so that today we might have the freedom to rank a record we haven't heard.liebzz wrote:Based on what I heard so far, I am expecting something like 5 or 6 on my list. My list, granted, is strikingly different in some ways than some of the more vocal individuals here...but my order so far is (1) No Code, (2) Vitalogy, (3) Ten, (4) Vs., (5) Yield, (6) Pearl Jam, (7) Binaural, (8) Riot Act, (9) Backspacer...and none of this is hard line, since my "rankings" change every few months...really love and enjoy all their albums.
Also, if I were to throw Lost Dogs in there, it would be after Riot Act; if I threw Mirrorball in as a Pearl Jam release, it would be after or just before the s/t, and if I threw in Temple of the Dog, it would be after Yield probably...but since I haven't really thought about that exercise much, I'd have to listen...ultimately, I pretty much live for all this stuff and the rankings are just silly but I do them anyway.
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No one seems to appreciate the serious data crunching and math skills that went in to my original post.
Oh well, the let freedom reign
Re: Predict where Lightning Bolt will rank on RM
Posted: Fri September 27, 2013 2:28 pm
Oh I do. Bravohlniv wrote:stip wrote:Rankings are a serious business. Please treat it accordingly. Otherwise you spit in the face of the brave posters who gave their lives so that today we might have the freedom to rank a record we haven't heard.liebzz wrote:Based on what I heard so far, I am expecting something like 5 or 6 on my list. My list, granted, is strikingly different in some ways than some of the more vocal individuals here...but my order so far is (1) No Code, (2) Vitalogy, (3) Ten, (4) Vs., (5) Yield, (6) Pearl Jam, (7) Binaural, (8) Riot Act, (9) Backspacer...and none of this is hard line, since my "rankings" change every few months...really love and enjoy all their albums.
Also, if I were to throw Lost Dogs in there, it would be after Riot Act; if I threw Mirrorball in as a Pearl Jam release, it would be after or just before the s/t, and if I threw in Temple of the Dog, it would be after Yield probably...but since I haven't really thought about that exercise much, I'd have to listen...ultimately, I pretty much live for all this stuff and the rankings are just silly but I do them anyway.
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No one seems to appreciate the serious data crunching and math skills that went in to my original post.
Oh well, the let freedom reign
. That is exactly the kind of stuff I like to readRe: Predict where Lightning Bolt will rank on RM
Posted: Fri September 27, 2013 2:29 pm
However we treat our rankings, we must remember there is an RM legacy to respect and protect.
Re: Predict where Lightning Bolt will rank on RM
Posted: Fri September 27, 2013 2:39 pm
This might be among my favorites from you. Thank you.stip wrote:Rankings are a serious business. Please treat it accordingly. Otherwise you spit in the face of the brave posters who gave their lives so that today we might have the freedom to rank a record we haven't heard.liebzz wrote:Based on what I heard so far, I am expecting something like 5 or 6 on my list. My list, granted, is strikingly different in some ways than some of the more vocal individuals here...but my order so far is (1) No Code, (2) Vitalogy, (3) Ten, (4) Vs., (5) Yield, (6) Pearl Jam, (7) Binaural, (8) Riot Act, (9) Backspacer...and none of this is hard line, since my "rankings" change every few months...really love and enjoy all their albums.
Also, if I were to throw Lost Dogs in there, it would be after Riot Act; if I threw Mirrorball in as a Pearl Jam release, it would be after or just before the s/t, and if I threw in Temple of the Dog, it would be after Yield probably...but since I haven't really thought about that exercise much, I'd have to listen...ultimately, I pretty much live for all this stuff and the rankings are just silly but I do them anyway.
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For that, I'm gonna rank the Guided Tours one day with a Guided Tour of the Guided Tours , in no particular order...of course.
Re: Predict where Lightning Bolt will rank on RM
Posted: Fri September 27, 2013 2:57 pm
harmless wrote:However we treat our rankings, we must remember there is an RM legacy to respect and protect.
RM. where wide eyed innocent Pearl jam fans go to have the love and optimism beaten the shit out of them:)
Re: Predict where Lightning Bolt will rank on RM
Posted: Fri September 27, 2013 3:01 pm
You must stand firm amongst the slings and arrows. They can take your dignity but they cannot take your love and optimism. Pearl Jam can though, and have done a fairly good job it in recent years.
Re: Predict where Lightning Bolt will rank on RM
Posted: Fri September 27, 2013 3:03 pm
Abusive codependency aside, we are all here for the music. Not the motives.
Re: Predict where Lightning Bolt will rank on RM
Posted: Fri September 27, 2013 3:04 pm
Right. I should've said "Pearl Jam's music can though..."
Re: Predict where Lightning Bolt will rank on RM
Posted: Fri September 27, 2013 3:21 pm
A junkie can blame the smack all he wants. It's up to him to man up and walk away from the bag and the works. Mark.
Re: Predict where Lightning Bolt will rank on RM
Posted: Fri September 27, 2013 3:25 pm
Re: Predict where Lightning Bolt will rank on RM
Posted: Fri September 27, 2013 4:01 pm
I'm not a chicken, you're a turkey!!
Re: Predict where Lightning Bolt will rank on RM
Posted: Fri September 27, 2013 4:58 pm
It'll rank above s/t and backspacer but below everything else, then in 4 years it will fall below s/t
Re: Predict where Lightning Bolt will rank on RM
Posted: Fri September 27, 2013 5:15 pm
Now that i'm thinking about it, if even one of these remaining songs is a 5/5 it could possibly knock Yield out of the top 4.
Re: Predict where Lightning Bolt will rank on RM
Posted: Fri September 27, 2013 10:05 pm
Yupnumbers wrote:It'll rank above s/t and backspacer but below everything else, then in 4 years it will fall below s/t
Re: Predict where Lightning Bolt will rank on RM
Posted: Fri September 27, 2013 10:07 pm
It will probably rank slightly above Taylor Swift's last album but well below Justin Timberlake's latest.
Re: Predict where Lightning Bolt will rank on RM
Posted: Fri September 27, 2013 10:19 pm
that is some pretty august company
Re: Predict where Lightning Bolt will rank on RM
Posted: Sat September 28, 2013 1:10 am
Exactly the company you would expect the elder statesmen of rock to keep.stip wrote:that is some pretty august company
Re: Predict where Lightning Bolt will rank on RM
Posted: Sat September 28, 2013 4:54 am
I'd like to think this band still has a "top 5" album in 'em... be that an RM rank or otherwise.
The interesting thing is to note the initial tone here, and then the 3-month or 6-month benchmark. From what I've seen people are pretty excited with the leaked songs here. Let's see how it holds up.
The interesting thing is to note the initial tone here, and then the 3-month or 6-month benchmark. From what I've seen people are pretty excited with the leaked songs here. Let's see how it holds up.