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Re: Lightning Bolt: The Official Album Thread
Posted: Thu October 16, 2014 4:10 am
by Rangi Guy
I think Unthought Known is head and shoulders above Lightning Bolt.
As for the album itself - I'm still really enjoying it
Re: Lightning Bolt: The Official Album Thread
Posted: Thu October 16, 2014 7:14 am
by Heathen
BurtReynolds wrote:Coach wrote:BurtReynolds wrote:I've listened to this maybe three times this year (including just now), and the best I can say for it is that it has an almost complete lack of impact on me.
My experience:
1.Getaway starts, and I think its nice enough.
2.I get bored by the time MYM starts. I check my email, fight about movies on RM, etc...
3.The awfulness of Future Days jars me back into the chilling reality that I'm actually listening to a Post Riot Act Moneygrab™ era album, and I quickly turn it off.
4.I wonder what happened to my life, particularly the last 45 minutes.
Well, at least you stole the music and didn't have to buy it, right?
Spotify. I wouldn't waste the harddrive space.
You just made Eddie Vedder and the Pearl Jams $0.071 or so richer. Congrats.
Re: Lightning Bolt: The Official Album Thread
Posted: Thu October 16, 2014 7:15 am
by BurtReynolds
Heathen wrote:BurtReynolds wrote:Coach wrote:BurtReynolds wrote:I've listened to this maybe three times this year (including just now), and the best I can say for it is that it has an almost complete lack of impact on me.
My experience:
1.Getaway starts, and I think its nice enough.
2.I get bored by the time MYM starts. I check my email, fight about movies on RM, etc...
3.The awfulness of Future Days jars me back into the chilling reality that I'm actually listening to a Post Riot Act Moneygrab™ era album, and I quickly turn it off.
4.I wonder what happened to my life, particularly the last 45 minutes.
Well, at least you stole the music and didn't have to buy it, right?
Spotify. I wouldn't waste the harddrive space.
You just made Eddie Vedder and the Pearl Jams $0.071 or so richer. Congrats.
too much.
Re: Lightning Bolt: The Official Album Thread
Posted: Thu October 16, 2014 12:45 pm
by Revelator
A year later My Father's Son is still my favorite LB track, by a mile.
Re: Lightning Bolt: The Official Album Thread
Posted: Thu October 16, 2014 2:50 pm
by southp
This album has held up very well for me. I still play it at least 1-2 times per month.
The first three tracks are fun and up-tempo enough to grab my attention each listen, but then I really get into the 2nd half of the album. Everything but LTRP really.
Favourites are still: Yellow Moon, Swallowed Whole and Sirens. Meanwhile, I was iffy on LB at first but I really dig the title track now.
Re: Lightning Bolt: The Official Album Thread
Posted: Thu October 16, 2014 2:51 pm
by Alex
i listened to lightning bolt two or three times all the way through, shortly after it was released. the only song i can distinctly remember is sleeping by myself. not because it's particularly good, but because it was a break from the formless mid-tempo sludge of the songs surrounding it.
Re: Lightning Bolt: The Official Album Thread
Posted: Thu October 16, 2014 2:59 pm
by VinylGuy
The second part is too mid tempo for me. Thats the main drag; songs like SW or Ltrp needed to more rocking.
Re: Lightning Bolt: The Official Album Thread
Posted: Thu October 16, 2014 3:06 pm
by Alex
VinylGuy wrote:The second part is too mid tempo for me. Thats the main drag; songs like SW or Ltrp needed to more rocking.
i think they need to less rocking, in general.
i mean, would it kill them to go acoustic? they have all the energy and rebellion of family men in their 50s. they need to stick to campfire songs like 'drifting.'
Re: Lightning Bolt: The Official Album Thread
Posted: Thu October 16, 2014 3:06 pm
by dimejinky99
Heathen wrote:BurtReynolds wrote:Coach wrote:BurtReynolds wrote:I've listened to this maybe three times this year (including just now), and the best I can say for it is that it has an almost complete lack of impact on me.
My experience:
1.Getaway starts, and I think its nice enough.
2.I get bored by the time MYM starts. I check my email, fight about movies on RM, etc...
3.The awfulness of Future Days jars me back into the chilling reality that I'm actually listening to a Post Riot Act Moneygrab™ era album, and I quickly turn it off.
4.I wonder what happened to my life, particularly the last 45 minutes.
Well, at least you stole the music and didn't have to buy it, right?
Spotify. I wouldn't waste the harddrive space.
You just made Eddie Vedder and the Pearl Jams $0.071 or so richer. Congrats.
"I ordered eggs at a little restaurant in Seattle and it was $9.50."
Re: Lightning Bolt: The Official Album Thread
Posted: Thu October 16, 2014 3:07 pm
by EJ
Ed likes to let the records play.
Re: Lightning Bolt: The Official Album Thread
Posted: Thu October 16, 2014 3:21 pm
by VinylGuy
Alex wrote:VinylGuy wrote:The second part is too mid tempo for me. Thats the main drag; songs like SW or Ltrp needed to more rocking.
i think they need to less rocking, in general.
i mean, would it kill them to go acoustic? they have all the energy and rebellion of family men in their 50s. they need to stick to campfire songs like 'drifting.'
While i get that; the energy from the first 3 songs is something i want to hear in a full album.
Re: Lightning Bolt: The Official Album Thread
Posted: Thu October 16, 2014 3:23 pm
by Alex
VinylGuy wrote:Alex wrote:VinylGuy wrote:The second part is too mid tempo for me. Thats the main drag; songs like SW or Ltrp needed to more rocking.
i think they need to less rocking, in general.
i mean, would it kill them to go acoustic? they have all the energy and rebellion of family men in their 50s. they need to stick to campfire songs like 'drifting.'
While i get that; the energy from the first 3 songs is something i want to hear in a full album.
this isn't about what you want
Re: Lightning Bolt: The Official Album Thread
Posted: Thu October 16, 2014 8:00 pm
by epilogue
Rangi Guy wrote:I think Unthought Known is head and shoulders above Lightning Bolt.
As for the album itself - I'm still really enjoying it
Song to song?
Yeah, I might like Unthought Known better. But it would be close. Neither do much for me in terms of Pearl Jam songs, though.
Re: Lightning Bolt: The Official Album Thread
Posted: Thu October 16, 2014 8:03 pm
by Rangi Guy
durdencommatyler wrote:Rangi Guy wrote:I think Unthought Known is head and shoulders above Lightning Bolt.
As for the album itself - I'm still really enjoying it
Song to song?
Yeah, I might like Unthought Known better. But it would be close. Neither do much for me in terms of Pearl Jam songs, though.
There's something about Unthought Known that I really like - it's lacking in Lightning Bolt.
Re: Lightning Bolt: The Official Album Thread
Posted: Thu October 16, 2014 8:07 pm
by Strat
I hate unthought known.
Re: Lightning Bolt: The Official Album Thread
Posted: Thu October 16, 2014 8:15 pm
by epilogue
Strat wrote:I hate unthought known.
Feel the sky blanket you....
Re: Lightning Bolt: The Official Album Thread
Posted: Thu October 16, 2014 8:21 pm
by Alex
let's rank the albums
Re: Lightning Bolt: The Official Album Thread
Posted: Thu October 16, 2014 8:22 pm
by Leatherhead
Yea, unthought known sucks balls.
Re: Lightning Bolt: The Official Album Thread
Posted: Thu October 16, 2014 9:24 pm
by Alex
sometimes i feel like the pearl jam forum is a creation of my psyche, in which i've created hundreds of strangers--characters who take the opposite position to mine in matters regarding pearl jam, for reasons unthought known.
Re: Lightning Bolt: The Official Album Thread
Posted: Fri October 17, 2014 9:21 pm
by Leatherhead
Listening to Sirens on the LB live comp that Ridleybradout put together, I can confidently say I'm a fan of this song.