Lightning Bolt vs Unthought Known

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  • PJ_Soul
    PJ_Soul Vancouver, BC Posts: 51,120
    ConorKavanagh said:
    I like both of the songs, but if I had to choose I'd like to hear Lightning Bolt at the show I'm going to because I already heard Unthought Known.
     I would never listen to Lightning Bolt (the album or song) at home (nor Unthough Known or Backspacer), but the song LB is really good live IMO.
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  • ConorKavanagh
    ConorKavanagh Ireland Posts: 1,148
    I listened to Backspacer a couple of times recently when I was driving and it was really good. I hadn't listened to it since it was released properly.
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  • PJ_Soul
    PJ_Soul Vancouver, BC Posts: 51,120
    ConorKavanagh said:
    I listened to Backspacer a couple of times recently when I was driving and it was really good. I hadn't listened to it since it was released properly.
    I give it a digital listen maybe once a year to see if this will happen to me.... No luck yet. :lol:
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  • HesCalledDyer
    HesCalledDyer Maryland Posts: 16,502
    Both great songs.  Don't really see the familiarity that others are claiming.  I'll take both in a setlist any day.
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  • helplessdancer
    helplessdancer Posts: 5,292
    unthought not even close to LB. imo
    unthought is an amazing song. imo
  • pjhawks
    pjhawks Posts: 13,186
    like em both live but had to choose I'd go with Lightning Bolt mostly because they jam the sit out of the ending of the song live. the end live kicks ass.
  • Red Mosquito
    Red Mosquito Charlotte, NC Posts: 77
    I also prefer Unthought Known. It gives me chills when they play it live.
  • facepollution
    facepollution Posts: 6,834
    Aside from the build ups in each song, which I guess are vaguely similar, I don't hear much similarity at all.  I much prefer Unthought Known, it's possibly my favourite latter day PJ song.
  • gettingright
    gettingright Posts: 550
    Unthought known for me. The one song I think just sounds too quintessential and bland is amongst the waves. 
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  • Sarava
    Sarava Naperville, IL Posts: 2,071
    I see the similarities between the 2 songs, but they each feel like their own song to me. Lightning Bolt is by far my favorite song off LB, so I'll always hope they play it.  And Unthought Known - the backspacer version I dont care much for, but it's an awesome live song. To me UK is probably the song in the PJ catalog that improves the most from studio to live.

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