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    shortstackshortstack Posts: 2,339
    TheLuckyOnes wrote:
    It's the sleeper.

    Could potentially kill live.

    It's slightly better then Lightning Bolt too.

    discuss!!

    i hate to be a debbie downer, but the only thing i like about this song is the solo.
    it sounds like it was an into the wild track that didn't make the cut.

    but i have no doubt other fans will think it is EPIC!
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    TJ25487TJ25487 Posts: 1,463
    I like it so much I am going to buy the red Swallowed Whole hoodie! That's how much I like it. 8-)
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    JM16768JM16768 Posts: 79
    LOVE this tune and it totally KILLS live!! One of my fav new ones on the recent leg. Also can't believe the amount of lyrics...how does Ed pull it off?
    Those of you who haven't seen it live, be prepared, its ROCKIN live!
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    TJ25487TJ25487 Posts: 1,463
    JM16768 wrote:
    LOVE this tune and it totally KILLS live!! One of my fav new ones on the recent leg. Also can't believe the amount of lyrics...how does Ed pull it off?
    Those of you who haven't seen it live, be prepared, its ROCKIN live!

    I could see Ed having a hard time remembering all of the lyrics with how fast the verses go by?
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    GirlLovesPJGirlLovesPJ New Jersey Posts: 1,030
    thefixer9 wrote:
    No
    No
    and No.

    Wow! That's an extensive discussion! lol
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    we-were-but-stoneswe-were-but-stones Posts: 676
    thefixer9 wrote:
    No
    No
    and No.

    + 1, swallowed whole & lightning bolt are the albums fillers for me
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    josevolutionjosevolution Posts: 28,312
    we-were-but-stones wrote:
    thefixer9 wrote:
    No
    No
    and No.

    + 1, swallowed whole & lightning bolt are the albums fillers for me

    There you go you killed the thread now you are a true thread cooler :P
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    we-were-but-stoneswe-were-but-stones Posts: 676
    josevolution wrote:
    we-were-but-stones wrote:
    thefixer9 wrote:
    No
    No
    and No.

    + 1, swallowed whole & lightning bolt are the albums fillers for me

    There you go you killed the thread now you are a true thread cooler :P

    yeah mon
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    BarbiMcGillBarbiMcGill Posts: 9
    TheLuckyOnes wrote:
    It's the sleeper.

    Could potentially kill live.

    It's slightly better then Lightning Bolt too.

    discuss!!
    I so agree , its become one of my favs period , I absolutely love love love it . I could bring the healing start it now now now now
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    TJ25487TJ25487 Posts: 1,463
    L-bolt and SW are kissing cousins of awesomeness.
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    BarbiMcGillBarbiMcGill Posts: 9
    I love this song , its going in my favorite of all vault and Im locking it away with the others . Its a build up , graduation or a progression type thing into something more each verse until its in your face like blam and back to a whisper for last words and its so Ed to me its crazy . I find it a song about positive forces and human want and wish but I could be wrong , the great thing is that we all perceive songs like this different and the writer is brilliant enough to know this . Anyway , was so excited to see people digging it like me !!! 8-)
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    TouringFan2000TouringFan2000 Posts: 305
    A great song. An amazing song. A great fucking amazing song. A fucking amazingly great song.
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    Black DiamondBlack Diamond Posts: 25,107
    TJ25487 wrote:
    L-bolt and SW are kissing cousins of awesomeness.
    :lol: Yes!!
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    northerndragonnortherndragon somewhere, nowhere, anywhere Posts: 9,767
    I like the song, I haven't heard it live yet to see where it settles, but I do know that for the last 5 months it has been a life saver everytime I babysit my nieces. This song is the only thing that tames the youngest one and allows me to get her to sleep. She loves it.
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    The Waiting Trophy ManThe Waiting Trophy Man Niagara region, Ontario, Canada Posts: 12,158
    Agreed. It's one of those songs that u like immediately, but somehow keeps getting better with each listen.
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    mcrokmcrok Posts: 628
    Right on! They played it in Charlottesville and it was sick! Ed was so into it and had such a nice groove strumming...fit it in right between I Am Mine and Faithfull...pretty killer. Such an empowering song that builds so much momentum...I love the way it makes me feel:) Definitely one of my favs on new album...tho I love them all. Great Album...I think it is very underrated actually.
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    foodshop65foodshop65 Connecticut Posts: 730
    it's a great song. the louder it's played, the better it sounds
    wish they took to it live a little more
    solo is huge
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    veddertownveddertown Scotland Posts: 5,260
    Lots of good comments about this song here. I'm having writers block tonight but I will add that I fucking love it!! What a vibe on that solo! :x
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    Last-12-ExitLast-12-Exit Charleston, SC Posts: 8,661
    edited April 2014
    It's an ok song at best (except for the solo). It would fit better in an EV solo CD. In no way shape or form is it better than lightning bolt.
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    northerndragonnortherndragon somewhere, nowhere, anywhere Posts: 9,767
    Last-12-Exit said:

    It's an ok song at best (except for the solo). It would fit better in an EV solo CD. In no way shape or form is it better than lightning bolt.

    Studio it's better than Lightning Bolt, but once LB hits the live scene it changes and becomes great.
    Anything you lose from being honest
    You never really had to begin with.


    Sometimes it's not the song that makes you emotional it's the people and things that come to your mind when you hear it.
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    PJ_SoulPJ_Soul Vancouver, BC Posts: 49,608
    I really like this song a lot. Haven't heard it live, and LB is WAY better live than on the album, but I think SW is better on the album.... Wouldn't expect it to out do LB at a show though.
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    october22october22 Posts: 2,533
    I think Swallowed Whole might be the worst song on the record. It's also a momentum killer live.

    Lightning Bolt, however, is amazing live. Probably the most fun I had at every show last year.
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    actonplpactonplp Maine Posts: 173
    I thought Swallowed Whole was just a so-so kind of song when Lightning Bolt was first released, but it has grown on me a lot since then. Now I love it, and like to play it loud, loud, loud, loud
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    PJ_SoulPJ_Soul Vancouver, BC Posts: 49,608
    october22 said:

    I think Swallowed Whole might be the worst song on the record. It's also a momentum killer live.

    Lightning Bolt, however, is amazing live. Probably the most fun I had at every show last year.

    You think Swallowed Whole is worse that Future Days? image
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    october22october22 Posts: 2,533
    PJ_Soul said:

    october22 said:

    I think Swallowed Whole might be the worst song on the record. It's also a momentum killer live.

    Lightning Bolt, however, is amazing live. Probably the most fun I had at every show last year.

    You think Swallowed Whole is worse that Future Days? image
    Hahah, will you hate me if I say "close call?"
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    PJ_SoulPJ_Soul Vancouver, BC Posts: 49,608
    october22 said:

    PJ_Soul said:

    october22 said:

    I think Swallowed Whole might be the worst song on the record. It's also a momentum killer live.

    Lightning Bolt, however, is amazing live. Probably the most fun I had at every show last year.

    You think Swallowed Whole is worse that Future Days? image
    Hahah, will you hate me if I say "close call?"
    Lol, no. But that's crazy! ;)
    With all its sham, drudgery, and broken dreams, it is still a beautiful world. Be careful. Strive to be happy. ~ Desiderata
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    samjamsamjam New York Posts: 9,283
    I really enjoy this song and was a ton of fun to hear live in Brooklyn :)

    LB is still killin it for me 6 months later :-bd
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    narnianarnia Posts: 635
    This wasn't one of my favorite songs on LB, but it's really grown on me. I love the live version on the Buffalo boot.
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    JammalamboJammalambo Posts: 1,321
    I think it's just a decent song, not bad, but not that good if you ask me.. the music is very generic, I remember the first time I heard the intro when I was listening LB for the first time ever.. I thought "Eddie, you've used this D chord riff so many times.. enough with it".. you can hear it in the betterman tag or in the long road outro, in swallowed whole it's just played in a specific rhythm.. I like the chords of the chorus, and the solo is excellent, but that's it..
    plus, live, Ed screws the lyric so bad..
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    shetellsherselfshetellsherself New Jersey Posts: 8,783
    This is such a great running song! Makes me just want to keep going. Great pace setter and inspirational lyric
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