Binaural vs. Lightning Bolt

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  • 2-feign-reluctance
    2-feign-reluctance TigerTown, USA Posts: 23,471
    Interesting reading how you all access & digest your Pearl Jam.
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  • fortyshades
    fortyshades Posts: 1,835
    Last-12-Exit said:

    no way that pj peaked, lyrically, in 2000. Lightning bolt has some of the BEST lyrics Eddie has ever written.

    Sorry, have to disagree... Lyrics like Light Years, Sleight of Hand, Parting Ways - just to name a few, are not to be found on LB. I think Sirens have good lyrics, I even see where he was heading with My Fathers Son, and I think that Pendulum has some depth. But the same depth and poetry of for example Sleight of Hand or Light Years? No.
  • se7v7en
    se7v7en Philadelphia, PA Posts: 329
    fortyshades said:

    Last-12-Exit said:

    no way that pj peaked, lyrically, in 2000. Lightning bolt has some of the BEST lyrics Eddie has ever written.

    Sorry, have to disagree... Lyrics like Light Years, Sleight of Hand, Parting Ways - just to name a few, are not to be found on LB. I think Sirens have good lyrics, I even see where he was heading with My Fathers Son, and I think that Pendulum has some depth. But the same depth and poetry of for example Sleight of Hand or Light Years? No.

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  • TJ25487
    TJ25487 Posts: 1,511
    se7v7en said:

    fortyshades said:

    Last-12-Exit said:

    no way that pj peaked, lyrically, in 2000. Lightning bolt has some of the BEST lyrics Eddie has ever written.

    Sorry, have to disagree... Lyrics like Light Years, Sleight of Hand, Parting Ways - just to name a few, are not to be found on LB. I think Sirens have good lyrics, I even see where he was heading with My Fathers Son, and I think that Pendulum has some depth. But the same depth and poetry of for example Sleight of Hand or Light Years? No.

    Yellow Moon....
    Or MFS, or LB, or Pendulum.....
  • i_lov_it
    i_lov_it Perth, Western Australia Posts: 4,007
    Uncle Snuffy said:

    Binaural = Best PJ Album

    Well let's not get carried away here

  • djklambake
    djklambake PHX, AZ Posts: 2,524
    My two cents...

    Lightning Bolt > Binaural

    Binaural, while good... In fact better than other bands' best albums... Is my least favorite PJ collection...
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  • shetellsherself
    shetellsherself New Jersey Posts: 8,835
    I'd love to help any of you out who don't love binaural but have an extra copy on vinyl laying around. ;;)
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  • fortyshades
    fortyshades Posts: 1,835
    Even though I like and enjoy LB. Its even in my top 5. I think that still lyrically and poetically Binaural is on a different plane. Even though the lyrics of Sirens are good, I think that second verse (driven to another man) is clunky at best. Pendulum, while good, have some serious cliche's. And Yellow Moon has a nice flow, but the bridge in the end, regarding the bullits, seems lyrically seperate from the rest of the song. I will probably be flamed for this. But I just look at these songs from a lyrical and poetical point of view. The lyrics on Binuaral on a whole had more cohesion.
  • KV4053
    KV4053 Mike's side, crushed up against the stage Posts: 1,528
    Dr. Delight said:

    Are you comparing these two? Because LB does not have the staying power that Binaural had. Not even a close comparison really.

    I am of the completely opposite opinion
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  • fortyshades
    fortyshades Posts: 1,835
    KV4053 said:

    Dr. Delight said:

    Are you comparing these two? Because LB does not have the staying power that Binaural had. Not even a close comparison really.

    I am of the completely opposite opinion
    And that is the reason why we love Pearl Jam; each album has a different flavour also causing a very diverse fanbase - which I welcome btw. In this case only time will tell, I guess.
  • PH20
    PH20 Posts: 466
    pjsteelerfan said:

    I think it is still too early to compare LB to pretty much any earlier album. Binaural still has tracks I skip every time. Same with LB.

    What I have always found funny about Binaural is they had all the B sides that were better than tracks that made the album.

    Great point.
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