Lightning Bolt: the official album thread

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Re: Lightning Bolt - October 15

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benton netty wrote:Nope. It's literally the same recording. In the "Yield" liner notes, it says "Recorded by Jack Irons at home" or whatever.

The drums are obviously the same. It's an edit piece, and it's been altered a bunch with varispeed and remixed, but it's the same thing. That's why Jack says that it's the same thing.
You're wrong.

For starters the steel drum notes are fucking different.
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Re: Lightning Bolt - October 15

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someone over at the pit made this:

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looks really nice if you ask me...
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Re: Lightning Bolt - October 15

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melonhead4 wrote:
stupidmop wrote:Does the band ever get into fisticuffs while writing/ recording?

I wanna know how many times stone has punched ed in the face.

Ed would murder stone in a fight....i know eds a tiny guy but hes got that look about him..you know he can fight....
Ed doesn't look like he could scrap. I'd take Stone in that fight. He'd fight like a bitch (nut shots, hair pulling, and biting), but Stone would win.
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Re: Lightning Bolt - October 15

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joostone wrote:someone over at the pit made this:

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looks really nice if you ask me...
Looks like that person has to figure out how to add 5 more images if you ask me ;)
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Re: Lightning Bolt - October 15

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southp wrote:
joostone wrote:someone over at the pit made this:

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looks really nice if you ask me...
Looks like that person has to figure out how to add 5 more images if you ask me ;)
Or create their own to fill the rest of the blank squares!
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Re: Lightning Bolt - October 15

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HardTI wrote:
melonhead4 wrote:
stupidmop wrote:Does the band ever get into fisticuffs while writing/ recording?

I wanna know how many times stone has punched ed in the face.

Ed would murder stone in a fight....i know eds a tiny guy but hes got that look about him..you know he can fight....
Ed doesn't look like he could scrap. I'd take Stone in that fight. He'd fight like a bitch (nut shots, hair pulling, and biting), but Stone would win.
I get the feeling stones fighting style would look like this

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As for ed, may i direct you to the video thread wherein i posted a video of ed tossing a dude off stage. Noawadays ed would probably just hug him into submission or something though.
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Re: Lightning Bolt - October 15

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harmless wrote:
southp wrote:
joostone wrote:someone over at the pit made this:

Image

looks really nice if you ask me...
Looks like that person has to figure out how to add 5 more images if you ask me ;)
Or create their own to fill the rest of the blank squares!

Image

Im going to need a photoshopped version of the LB artwork with a picture of Jim J Bollock.
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Re: Lightning Bolt - October 15

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This may have already been discussed, but whatever. Here's my problem with the album art. It feels like an extension of Backspacer. I know it is completely different (and better, imo) art than the Tom Tomorrow stuff, but I guess I prefer the grainy photos, rough sketches, that type of thing on album art. This is another "clean" looking production, just like Backspacer. Maybe I'm not explaining it well enough, but it's just a vibe I guess.
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Re: Lightning Bolt - October 15

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Strat wrote:
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Im going to need a photoshopped version of the LB artwork with a picture of Jim J Bollock.
:D Good post Strat. But, Alf needs to stay too.
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Re: Lightning Bolt - October 15

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Strat wrote:
harmless wrote:
southp wrote:
joostone wrote:someone over at the pit made this:

Image

looks really nice if you ask me...
Looks like that person has to figure out how to add 5 more images if you ask me ;)
Or create their own to fill the rest of the blank squares!

Image

Im going to need a photoshopped version of the LB artwork with a picture of Jim J Bollock.
Or the Vedder art images, including Vedder Lion!
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Re: Lightning Bolt - October 15

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E.H. Ruddock wrote:This may have already been discussed, but whatever. Here's my problem with the album art. It feels like an extension of Backspacer. I know it is completely different (and better, imo) art than the Tom Tomorrow stuff, but I guess I prefer the grainy photos, rough sketches, that type of thing on album art. This is another "clean" looking production, just like Backspacer. Maybe I'm not explaining it well enough, but it's just a vibe I guess.
I thought that (it needs more grunge). It would look cool if the painted it on a wall and then took pictures or something. I guess it comes from hiring an artist as opposed to doing it themselves and that its just quicker and easier to do it with vectors rather than hand do it.

Are the doodles and drawing in binaural and vitalogy ed or jeff? the sharks and pineapples and shit.
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Re: Lightning Bolt - October 15

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E.H. Ruddock wrote:This may have already been discussed, but whatever. Here's my problem with the album art. It feels like an extension of Backspacer. I know it is completely different (and better, imo) art than the Tom Tomorrow stuff, but I guess I prefer the grainy photos, rough sketches, that type of thing on album art. This is another "clean" looking production, just like Backspacer. Maybe I'm not explaining it well enough, but it's just a vibe I guess.
I think it's Backspacer's dark side. I like the artwork. It's dark and interesting enough for me. But yeah, it's also clean and poppy as well. I don't think we'll get a return to the grungy polaroids and sketches unfortunately. I'm OK with an extension of Backspacer, as long as I'm happy with what they did. Longer songs implies more depth, etc. etc. Hopefully.
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Re: Lightning Bolt - October 15

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southp wrote:
joostone wrote:someone over at the pit made this:

Image

looks really nice if you ask me...
Looks like that person has to figure out how to add 5 more images if you ask me ;)
Just have to center the Lightning Bolt main image and make it a bit smaller and then 5 more will fit nicely around the rest of the perimeter..and that to me looks like it would make an awesome album cover actually!
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Re: Lightning Bolt - October 15

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harmless wrote:I think it's Backspacer's dark side.
Yeah this and also it seems to be accomplishing the 'different parts making up a greater whole' that eluded the Backspacer artwork.

But I know what Ruddo means - it's going to be hard to ever top the DIY/found-object majesty of Vitalogy and No Code.
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Re: Lightning Bolt - October 15

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Maybe it is the album cover, or something like it. Maybe all of this will be incorporated. I mean, if they were planning the track reveal they couldn't have given us the rest early.
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Re: Lightning Bolt - October 15

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stupidmop wrote:
HardTI wrote:
melonhead4 wrote:
stupidmop wrote:Does the band ever get into fisticuffs while writing/ recording?

I wanna know how many times stone has punched ed in the face.

Ed would murder stone in a fight....i know eds a tiny guy but hes got that look about him..you know he can fight....
Ed doesn't look like he could scrap. I'd take Stone in that fight. He'd fight like a bitch (nut shots, hair pulling, and biting), but Stone would win.
I get the feeling stones fighting style would look like this

Image

As for ed, may i direct you to the video thread wherein i posted a video of ed tossing a dude off stage. Noawadays ed would probably just hug him into submission or something though.
I do need to see this video, please.
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Re: Lightning Bolt - October 15

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harmless wrote:Maybe it is the album cover, or something like it. Maybe all of this will be incorporated.
It's the logical extension of Backspacer. The Backspacer cover was 3 rows of 3 pictures. Lightning Bolt will be 3 rows of 4 pictures.
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Re: Lightning Bolt - October 15

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LooseGroove927 wrote:
harmless wrote:Maybe it is the album cover, or something like it. Maybe all of this will be incorporated.
It's the logical extension of Backspacer. The Backspacer cover was 3 rows of 3 pictures. Lightning Bolt will be 3 rows of 4 pictures.
It's a real possibility.
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Re: Lightning Bolt - October 15

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HardTI wrote:
stupidmop wrote:
HardTI wrote:
melonhead4 wrote:
stupidmop wrote:Does the band ever get into fisticuffs while writing/ recording?

I wanna know how many times stone has punched ed in the face.

Ed would murder stone in a fight....i know eds a tiny guy but hes got that look about him..you know he can fight....
Ed doesn't look like he could scrap. I'd take Stone in that fight. He'd fight like a bitch (nut shots, hair pulling, and biting), but Stone would win.
I get the feeling stones fighting style would look like this

Image

As for ed, may i direct you to the video thread wherein i posted a video of ed tossing a dude off stage. Noawadays ed would probably just hug him into submission or something though.
I do need to see this video, please.
The thread underneath this one! Current page and everything.
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Re: Lightning Bolt - October 15

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That just summed up BOB in 5 words :haha:
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