Lightning Bolt: the official album thread

[DaveVedder]

Why has only one reviewer (or two) mentioned the 'overproduction'? I guess that someone who loved Backspacer wouldn't really be listening for that. But I'm still curious about what that means. 'Even more than Backspacer.'

I never wrote overproduced! I just said heavy on production. Overproduced implies something negative which it was not for me. What i wanted to say is that they just seemed to play a lot with effects, lot`s of small experimentations going on so i wouldn`t call it a raw sound but rather polished but as i also wrote it`s in a good way. I think there are a lot of things going on which should make the record interesting even after a lot of listening. It`s not overproduced like Ten in any way!

[broken iris]

This thread has become like an ungrad sociology project where we come up with some ridiculous theory (eclectic concept album with minimalist art!) and try to mold our observations to fit it, instead of the other way around. Are we really gonna judge a record we haven't heard yet by whether or not a bunch of Germans had a gas while listening or whether they needed a shower afterwards? Maybe the room really was to noisy for them to even concentrate on it! We should not put the album on trial until we hear for it ourselves and not just blindly follow the words of others.

This post makes no sense. You're acting as if we're all being negative. We're not. You can't stop mindless speculation from happening; we're just talking about possible scenarios based on song descriptions, nothing more. I don't know what else we could be doing other than to stop talking and close the forum for the next month.

I did not see that response coming.

[stip]

welcome to the board


overall how did you think Eddie sounded on the record?

And can you confirm whether or not that piece of music from the tour montage is on this?

[stip]

that was to Davevedder

[harmless]

Why has only one reviewer (or two) mentioned the 'overproduction'? I guess that someone who loved Backspacer wouldn't really be listening for that. But I'm still curious about what that means. 'Even more than Backspacer.'

I don't know what overproduction means? Slick and glossy? Overdubs and vocal harmonies. MYM has that in a few places and it sounds great. Songs like BRY and and All Night are overproduced to hell. Some extra layered guitars? That would take care of the thinness in Backspacer that many people didn't like. Or is it just lots and lots of keytar?

Yep. More layering and thickness would be nice. Backspacer was very thin, which sometimes took away from the songs even at their best. And I found it slightly inconsistent that something like the Fixer had tons of lovely layers, but FoN had just two or three.

[Mike]

Why has only one reviewer (or two) mentioned the 'overproduction'? I guess that someone who loved Backspacer wouldn't really be listening for that. But I'm still curious about what that means. 'Even more than Backspacer.'

I never wrote overproduced! I just said heavy on production. Overproduced implies something negative which it was not for me. What i wanted to say is that they just seemed to play a lot with effects, lot`s of small experimentations going on so i wouldn`t call it a raw sound but rather polished but as i also wrote it`s in a good way. I think there are a lot of things going on which should make the record interesting even after a lot of listening. It`s not overproduced like Ten in any way!

Thanks for the clarification, that sounds pretty good.

[harmless]

Why has only one reviewer (or two) mentioned the 'overproduction'? I guess that someone who loved Backspacer wouldn't really be listening for that. But I'm still curious about what that means. 'Even more than Backspacer.'

I never wrote overproduced! I just said heavy on production. Overproduced implies something negative which it was not for me. What i wanted to say is that they just seemed to play a lot with effects, lot`s of small experimentations going on so i wouldn`t call it a raw sound but rather polished but as i also wrote it`s in a good way. I think there are a lot of things going on which should make the record interesting even after a lot of listening. It`s not overproduced like Ten in any way!

Ah, OK, brilliant. Thanks very much for the clarification I'm more excited now.

[stupidmop]

Infallible is a Jeff song

Infallible confirmed for best song.

Aw yeah, good man Jeff.

"Ed wants to please everyone and tries to sing on all the music they bring in, he also finishes the songs. He said that to the band it's clear, that they wouldn't do a great album without Ed."

Fuck that noise

Man if I was one of the other guys in the band I'd be pissed with this shit. Makes it sound like theyve all got thier guitars upside down and unplugged till ed walks in and helps everyone. And I love ed.

The way they talk about eachother sometimes also makes it seem like anyone of them is liable to flip out if they read one of the others say anything less than "________ makes me tingle in my happy place when he plays, we all heart him'.


I don't know what to think of sirens anymore, im gonna operate on the assumption that its a cheesefest that I'm not gonna like.

If LtRP is the albums supersonic , then its stones fault again

[harmless]

This thread has become like an ungrad sociology project where we come up with some ridiculous theory (eclectic concept album with minimalist art!) and try to mold our observations to fit it, instead of the other way around. Are we really gonna judge a record we haven't heard yet by whether or not a bunch of Germans had a gas while listening or whether they needed a shower afterwards? Maybe the room really was to noisy for them to even concentrate on it! We should not put the album on trial until we hear for it ourselves and not just blindly follow the words of others.

This post makes no sense. You're acting as if we're all being negative. We're not. You can't stop mindless speculation from happening; we're just talking about possible scenarios based on song descriptions, nothing more. I don't know what else we could be doing other than to stop talking and close the forum for the next month.

I did not see that response coming.

It probably sounded heavier than I meant it to, but yeah, I just think the conversation here might be lengthy and ridiculously detailed about something we know nothing about. But it doesn't mean anything other than that we're sad.

[harmless]

Infallible is a Jeff song

Infallible confirmed for best song.

Aw yeah, good man Jeff.

"Ed wants to please everyone and tries to sing on all the music they bring in, he also finishes the songs. He said that to the band it's clear, that they wouldn't do a great album without Ed."

Fuck that noise

Man if I was one of the other guys in the band I'd be pissed with this shit. Makes it sound like theyve all got thier guitars upside down and unplugged till ed walks in and helps everyone. And I love ed.

The way they talk about eachother sometimes also makes it seem like anyone of them is liable to flip out if they read one of the others say anything less than "________ makes me tingle in my happy place when he plays, we all heart him'.


I don't know what to think of sirens anymore, im gonna operate on the assumption that its a cheesefest that I'm not gonna like.

If LtRP is the albums supersonic , then its stones fault again

If everything about LtRP can't be better than Supersonic, then I really, really, really just want a better chorus. I can't think of another band that would've written that chorus, and I don't mean in a good way.

[harmless]

Reviewers going to Amsterdam, if you can make out any lyrics for LtRP, I will love you forever. I won't shoot the messenger I promise.

[Lounge Lizard]

Why has only one reviewer (or two) mentioned the 'overproduction'? I guess that someone who loved Backspacer wouldn't really be listening for that. But I'm still curious about what that means. 'Even more than Backspacer.'

I never wrote overproduced! I just said heavy on production. Overproduced implies something negative which it was not for me. What i wanted to say is that they just seemed to play a lot with effects, lot`s of small experimentations going on so i wouldn`t call it a raw sound but rather polished but as i also wrote it`s in a good way. I think there are a lot of things going on which should make the record interesting even after a lot of listening. It`s not overproduced like Ten in any way!

Sounds good

And welcome!
This place doesn't charge for posting, my my how far the technology has advanced, don't you think?

[DaveVedder]

welcome to the board


overall how did you think Eddie sounded on the record?

And can you confirm whether or not that piece of music from the tour montage is on this?

Thanks (btw i`m benz on the other forum that guy who wrote the shitty first review of the event )
So i think Eddie sounded awesome on the record but again it`s hard to tell cause the sound was really bad where i stood. Too many uninterested press people who talked the whole time...
What i remember most is that at some song he did some falsetto singing which was pretty cool. Really not sure which one this was i think Fathers Son or Sirens. Then there where songs like the beginning of Fathers Son where i really first thought it`s Stone singing but in fact it was Eddie so i think he also tried some new approaches but most of it is good old Eddie at it`s best. His voice is really in the front of the mix which i really liked as well.
Concerning the piece of music from the tour video. I`m not sure 100% but i would say it`s NOT on the album but again it might have been an intro to one of the songs which i couldn`t hear well.

[WtOB?]

His voice is really in the front of the mix which i really liked as well.

Concerning the piece of music from the tour video. I`m not sure 100% but i would say it`s NOT on the album but again it might have been an intro to one of the songs which i couldn`t hear well.

but there definitely were ambient/cool little intros to a song or two?

[Mike]

welcome to the board


overall how did you think Eddie sounded on the record?

And can you confirm whether or not that piece of music from the tour montage is on this?

Thanks (btw i`m benz on the other forum that guy who wrote the shitty first review of the event )
So i think Eddie sounded awesome on the record but again it`s hard to tell cause the sound was really bad where i stood. Too many uninterested press people who talked the whole time...
What i remember most is that at some song he did some falsetto singing which was pretty cool. Really not sure which one this was i think Fathers Son or Sirens. Then there where songs like the beginning of Fathers Son where i really first thought it`s Stone singing but in fact it was Eddie so i think he also tried some new approaches but most of it is good old Eddie at it`s best. His voice is really in the front of the mix which i really liked as well.
Concerning the piece of music from the tour video. I`m not sure 100% but i would say it`s NOT on the album but again it might have been an intro to one of the songs which i couldn`t hear well.

Someone said it might be the intro to Pendulum. Do you think thats true? And fuck those press people. And greetings from the north of germany.

[stupidmop]

Falsetto eh? Interesting. Let's hope he doesn't sound like a dying cat live. And so far I think every reviewer has mentioned thinking it was stone singing

[stip]

welcome to the board


overall how did you think Eddie sounded on the record?

And can you confirm whether or not that piece of music from the tour montage is on this?

Thanks (btw i`m benz on the other forum that guy who wrote the shitty first review of the event )
So i think Eddie sounded awesome on the record but again it`s hard to tell cause the sound was really bad where i stood. Too many uninterested press people who talked the whole time...
What i remember most is that at some song he did some falsetto singing which was pretty cool. Really not sure which one this was i think Fathers Son or Sirens. Then there where songs like the beginning of Fathers Son where i really first thought it`s Stone singing but in fact it was Eddie so i think he also tried some new approaches but most of it is good old Eddie at it`s best. His voice is really in the front of the mix which i really liked as well.
Concerning the piece of music from the tour video. I`m not sure 100% but i would say it`s NOT on the album but again it might have been an intro to one of the songs which i couldn`t hear well.

For some context which pj albums do you like the most/least?

[Release_Me]

welcome to the board


overall how did you think Eddie sounded on the record?

And can you confirm whether or not that piece of music from the tour montage is on this?

Thanks (btw i`m benz on the other forum that guy who wrote the shitty first review of the event )
So i think Eddie sounded awesome on the record but again it`s hard to tell cause the sound was really bad where i stood. Too many uninterested press people who talked the whole time...
What i remember most is that at some song he did some falsetto singing which was pretty cool. Really not sure which one this was i think Fathers Son or Sirens. Then there where songs like the beginning of Fathers Son where i really first thought it`s Stone singing but in fact it was Eddie so i think he also tried some new approaches but most of it is good old Eddie at it`s best. His voice is really in the front of the mix which i really liked as well.
Concerning the piece of music from the tour video. I`m not sure 100% but i would say it`s NOT on the album but again it might have been an intro to one of the songs which i couldn`t hear well.

I for one am happy that his voice is in front of the mix. That's how I like it. Thanks for your input

[broken iris]

This thread has become like an ungrad sociology project where we come up with some ridiculous theory (eclectic concept album with minimalist art!) and try to mold our observations to fit it, instead of the other way around. Are we really gonna judge a record we haven't heard yet by whether or not a bunch of Germans had a gas while listening or whether they needed a shower afterwards? Maybe the room really was to noisy for them to even concentrate on it! We should not put the album on trial until we hear for it ourselves and not just blindly follow the words of others.

This post makes no sense. You're acting as if we're all being negative. We're not. You can't stop mindless speculation from happening; we're just talking about possible scenarios based on song descriptions, nothing more. I don't know what else we could be doing other than to stop talking and close the forum for the next month.

I did not see that response coming.

It probably sounded heavier than I meant it to, but yeah, I just think the conversation here might be lengthy and ridiculously detailed about something we know nothing about. But it doesn't mean anything other than that we're sad.

I just don't think a German listening party should raise a furor when nine, nine of the twelve songs could be better than Backspacer. Let's not build a wall in our brains that prevents us form fairly evaluating Lightning Bolt.

[harmless]

This thread has become like an ungrad sociology project where we come up with some ridiculous theory (eclectic concept album with minimalist art!) and try to mold our observations to fit it, instead of the other way around. Are we really gonna judge a record we haven't heard yet by whether or not a bunch of Germans had a gas while listening or whether they needed a shower afterwards? Maybe the room really was to noisy for them to even concentrate on it! We should not put the album on trial until we hear for it ourselves and not just blindly follow the words of others.

This post makes no sense. You're acting as if we're all being negative. We're not. You can't stop mindless speculation from happening; we're just talking about possible scenarios based on song descriptions, nothing more. I don't know what else we could be doing other than to stop talking and close the forum for the next month.

I did not see that response coming.

It probably sounded heavier than I meant it to, but yeah, I just think the conversation here might be lengthy and ridiculously detailed about something we know nothing about. But it doesn't mean anything other than that we're sad.

I just don't think a German listening party should raise a furor when nine, nine of the twelve songs could be better than Backspacer. Let's not build a wall in our brains that prevents us form fairly evaluating Lightning Bolt.

But I don't get why you're saying this. Not many of us are evaluating it negatively, and certainly not me. We are wondering what certain things that have been said mean; it could be this, it could be that. Nobody is unfairly writing this album off, or any of its songs. I'm pretty much convinced that nine of the songs could be at least more interesting than Backspacer, possibly eleven. Even if I don't end up loving them all on a long-term basis, I think this album will reward repeated attempts to appreciate it. That's my opinion, and more or less speculation doesn't make it more or less hopeful or positive.