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Re: Lightning Bolt: The Official Album Thread
Posted: Tue October 08, 2013 4:00 am
by malice
IlluminEddie wrote:Wendy Carlos's Twin wrote:Anyone who says that ANYTHING on this album is "best since Yield" or "best since Vitalogy" should have their heads examined immediately. The praise for this album is really getting over the top. I'm starting to think that you guys will accept any pile of feces that is flung at you.
#hipster
please, please, please find a new word
Re: Lightning Bolt: The Official Album Thread
Posted: Tue October 08, 2013 4:00 am
by hlniv
Getaway - Good shit. 4.5 out of 5.
This is what Pearl Jam will always be for me, no matter how far they stray, or how much I like where they go. And it's great here.
MYM - Good shit. 4 out of 5.
Punk PJ at its finest. 2nd best style they have
My Father's Son - Good shit. 4.5 out of 5.
New territory. Unusual tempo, chord progressions, aggressive vocals. Love it. I will rock this one for a long time to come. However, the transition to Sirens is awkward at best, and takes away from Sirens. I don't get this sequence at all.
Sirens - Good shit - 4 out of 5.
Not my favorite style, but they do this one so damn well, it just works. It will have more meaning to me than all of these. I don't think it's the best thing they've ever done, and it will get skipped a lot. A lot. But that doesn't mean i don't dig it.
Lightning Bolt - Pretty good shit - 3.5 out of 5.
Driving tune. Could do without the tamborines and shaker shit, but i dig it. Happy times
Infallible - Good shit - 4.5 out of 5 - More new territory. Once I accept the chorus for what it is, it works well. Dark and light. Heavy and free, all at once.
Pendulum - Good shit - 5 out of 5. This is what I want out of my band. Mixed in perfectly with the tracks around it. Love it. Creates an atmosphere without too much effort. The song creates more than itself.
Swallowed Whole - Good shit- 4.5 out of 5. The bridge is damn near perfect. There's a moment here that makes the song become more than just Ed. Can't wait to hear this one live.
Let the Records Play - Average - 3 out of 5. Should have just really overdone the 50's doo-wop guitar, heavy it up. The intro has so much promise, then just dissapoints all the way. The bridge/solo gets close, bu the chorus just kills it. And fade into...
Sleeping By Myself - Bad shit - 2 out of 5. Should have been a xmas single. Not really a bad tune, just way out of place here. Way, way out of place.
Yellow Moon - Good shit - 4.5 out of 5. This is what a Pearl Jam ballad should sound like. Great move Mike McC! A tinge of cheese, but really gets there. Can't wait for this live in the first encore, sit-down style.
Future Days - Puke - 1.5 out of 5. Would have been good shit 4 out of 5, except for the fucking piano. I'm going to re-cut this and strip the piano. Such a better song without it. I love the message, all about children and the future. Ed does well, I like it from afar, but there's just something about it close up, especially with the bookend pianos. Great message to close the album with, but fuck, that fucking piano just pops up and ruins it just when I think I might have liked it.
Overall -
45.5 / 60 = Good shit. Not great. But good shit nonetheless.
Would have been great, like 54 or 55 out of 60, with the following changes-
1) Put SBM on the 2013 xmas single, keep the album at 11 songs
2) Kill the fucking FD piano
3) Move Sirens between Swallowed Whole and LTRP, everything else the same sequence
4) Re-work the LTRP chorus, keep the 50's vibe and the rough guitar in the foreground.
That's it. 4 small changes, and it's a fucking great record.
Re: Lightning Bolt: The Official Album Thread
Posted: Tue October 08, 2013 4:00 am
by tommymtcom
cutuphalfdead wrote:God damn Sirens is so bad.
The album version is definitely a step down from the video version.
Re: Lightning Bolt: The Official Album Thread
Posted: Tue October 08, 2013 4:00 am
by Norah
malice wrote:IlluminEddie wrote:Wendy Carlos's Twin wrote:Anyone who says that ANYTHING on this album is "best since Yield" or "best since Vitalogy" should have their heads examined immediately. The praise for this album is really getting over the top. I'm starting to think that you guys will accept any pile of feces that is flung at you.
#hipster
please, please, please find a new word
How else do you describe someone who has different tastes than you and is vocal about it on a forum deigned specifically to talk about those tastes?
Re: Lightning Bolt: The Official Album Thread
Posted: Tue October 08, 2013 4:01 am
by Norah
tommymctom wrote:cutuphalfdead wrote:God damn Sirens is so bad.
The album version is definitely a step down from the video version.
No version is saving this piece of crap.
Re: Lightning Bolt: The Official Album Thread
Posted: Tue October 08, 2013 4:01 am
by Thejambi
cutuphalfdead wrote:malice wrote:IlluminEddie wrote:Wendy Carlos's Twin wrote:Anyone who says that ANYTHING on this album is "best since Yield" or "best since Vitalogy" should have their heads examined immediately. The praise for this album is really getting over the top. I'm starting to think that you guys will accept any pile of feces that is flung at you.
#hipster
please, please, please find a new word
How else do you describe someone who has different tastes than you and is vocal about it on a forum deigned specifically to talk about those tastes?
#Stipster
Re: Lightning Bolt: The Official Album Thread
Posted: Tue October 08, 2013 4:01 am
by fishbob
benton netty wrote:This album would've been better if it had come out in 2011 and we were now getting album 11. When you're making something average like this, it's a dick move to make people wait four years for it.
Sums it up perfectly
Re: Lightning Bolt: The Official Album Thread
Posted: Tue October 08, 2013 4:02 am
by spike
tommymctom wrote:Wendy Carlos's Twin wrote:Anyone who says that ANYTHING on this album is "best since Yield" or "best since Vitalogy" should have their heads examined immediately. The praise for this album is really getting over the top. I'm starting to think that you guys will accept any pile of feces that is flung at you.
Pendulum > Pilate.
NAIS>Pendulum>Pila...
Re: Lightning Bolt: The Official Album Thread
Posted: Tue October 08, 2013 4:03 am
by pnjguy
After Backspacer, hearing this album brings a sigh of relief. They're not completely done.
Re: Lightning Bolt: The Official Album Thread
Posted: Tue October 08, 2013 4:03 am
by verb_to_trust
cutuphalfdead wrote:God damn Sirens is so bad.
Re: Lightning Bolt: The Official Album Thread
Posted: Tue October 08, 2013 4:04 am
by wilkins
SBM is fucking terrible on second listen, sticks out like a sore dick in a 20,000 count bag of limp dicks.
BO'B can go fuck himself with all of the aforementioned dicks.
Re: Lightning Bolt: The Official Album Thread
Posted: Tue October 08, 2013 4:04 am
by malice
cutuphalfdead wrote:malice wrote:IlluminEddie wrote:Wendy Carlos's Twin wrote:Anyone who says that ANYTHING on this album is "best since Yield" or "best since Vitalogy" should have their heads examined immediately. The praise for this album is really getting over the top. I'm starting to think that you guys will accept any pile of feces that is flung at you.
#hipster
please, please, please find a new word
How else do you describe someone who has different tastes than you and is vocal about it on a forum deigned specifically to talk about those tastes?
I mean hey, I'm all for labeling people incorrectly an all, but show a little diversity for christssake - a bit of finesse goes a long way in forgiving otherwise stupis posts.
Re: Lightning Bolt: The Official Album Thread
Posted: Tue October 08, 2013 4:05 am
by Thejambi
wilkins wrote:SBM is fucking terrible on second listen, sticks out like a sore dick in a 20,000 count bag of limp dicks.
It's terrible or it doesn't fit?
I think it's actually quite good as a song.
Re: Lightning Bolt: The Official Album Thread
Posted: Tue October 08, 2013 4:05 am
by spike
OMGLTRPSUX
Re: Lightning Bolt: The Official Album Thread
Posted: Tue October 08, 2013 4:05 am
by pnjguy
spike wrote:tommymctom wrote:Wendy Carlos's Twin wrote:Anyone who says that ANYTHING on this album is "best since Yield" or "best since Vitalogy" should have their heads examined immediately. The praise for this album is really getting over the top. I'm starting to think that you guys will accept any pile of feces that is flung at you.
Pendulum > Pilate.
NAIS>Pendulum>Pila...
Sirens>Nais>pendulum>Pi...
Re: Lightning Bolt: The Official Album Thread
Posted: Tue October 08, 2013 4:05 am
by malice
spike wrote:OMGLTRPSUX
hipster
Re: Lightning Bolt: The Official Album Thread
Posted: Tue October 08, 2013 4:06 am
by Thejambi
spike wrote:OMGLTRPSUX
this I agree with!
Re: Lightning Bolt: The Official Album Thread
Posted: Tue October 08, 2013 4:06 am
by Fuzzcharger
malice wrote:cutuphalfdead wrote:malice wrote:IlluminEddie wrote:Wendy Carlos's Twin wrote:Anyone who says that ANYTHING on this album is "best since Yield" or "best since Vitalogy" should have their heads examined immediately. The praise for this album is really getting over the top. I'm starting to think that you guys will accept any pile of feces that is flung at you.
#hipster
please, please, please find a new word
How else do you describe someone who has different tastes than you and is vocal about it on a forum deigned specifically to talk about those tastes?
I mean hey, I'm all for labeling people incorrectly an all, but show a little diversity for christssake - a bit of finesse goes a long way in forgiving otherwise stupis posts.
Hear, hear!
Re: Lightning Bolt: The Official Album Thread
Posted: Tue October 08, 2013 4:06 am
by Norah
Infallible is quite the disappointment.
Re: Lightning Bolt: The Official Album Thread
Posted: Tue October 08, 2013 4:06 am
by spike
malice wrote:spike wrote:OMGLTRPSUX
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