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  • SALLYROO
    SALLYROO Posts: 51
    I love both songs from LB. I was quite moved the first time I heard Sirens. And Yellow Moon is one of the songs off that album I listen to the most. I think the bridge is beautiful, and strong. I love the imagery it conjures. I loved hearing it live. I think the band are real and honest, and if a "cheesy" song is what they felt like writing at the time, then they've done it. Room for all sorts of songs and I do love that they transcend genres now. The only criticism I have from LB songs is they play Mind Your Manners a little too fast, live. As if they're rushing through it. It's got great punky drumming esp towards the end but it feels too rushed live.

    How lucky are we to have such a fab variety of songs going all the way back to the beginning!
  • bootlegger10
    bootlegger10 Posts: 16,251
    SALLYROO wrote: »
    How lucky are we to have such a fab variety of songs going all the way back to the beginning!

    Yep.
  • Abe Froman
    Abe Froman Posts: 5,378
    I like Sirens and I love Yellow Moon. It's all personal taste I guess but overall I think LB is a fucking fantastic record! It's refreshing, cohesive, and takes just enough risks to make me love it. Pendulum has become my favorite song they've done in quite some time. Lighting Bolt is a monster song, especially live. Sirens and YM fit perfectly on the record IMO.
  • foodshop65
    foodshop65 Connecticut Posts: 731
    buck502000 wrote: »
    Yellow moon should open shows.........

    it should, YM is a huge song that gets no love. live it's even better
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  • PorchgirlCO
    PorchgirlCO Colorado Posts: 1,377
    Love Yellow Moon... in top three from LB for me
    I'll ride the wave where it takes me...

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  • smarchee
    smarchee Windsor, Ontario Posts: 14,539
    Sirens sounds like Ed fronting Matchbox 20
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  • TalonTedd
    TalonTedd Toronto Posts: 835
    Both great songs in my book. Hope I hear them both in future days.
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  • oftenreading
    oftenreading Victoria, BC Posts: 12,856
    Agree with PJ_Soul on the soaring vocals thing, but the part I like least is the awkward phrasing. Not just "over...whelmed" but also "always loved you, held you high above, true" (gaack). To me, that rhyme smacks of a teenager writing a sappy poem to their crush. I'll take most of the other songs on the album over Sirens.
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  • Predaking
    Predaking Posts: 282
    Peasant Tents wrote: »
    Yellow Moon is a beautiful song... The middle part is outstanding -- in fact, in a Year where both my parents passed it brings a lump to my throat....

    While not exactly the same scenario, I completely agree.
  • InBetweenIsMne
    InBetweenIsMne Posts: 430
    Good thing art is subjective...

    But while we are at it, put me on the record for thinking:
    -Picasso should have used more circles
    -Beethoven's drummer always played the songs too fast live
    -Van Gogh's worked better with 2 ears than 1

    And I want to be the first to start the OFFICIAL PETITION that PJ should play THE GORGE and post the set list yesterday.

    Sorry that last one was a joke. I get the idea of debate, but how you feel about a song should not matter to anyone other than you.
  • oftenreading
    oftenreading Victoria, BC Posts: 12,856
    InBetweenIsMne wrote: »
    Good thing art is subjective...

    But while we are at it, put me on the record for thinking:
    -Picasso should have used more circles
    -Beethoven's drummer always played the songs too fast live
    -Van Gogh's worked better with 2 ears than 1

    And I want to be the first to start the OFFICIAL PETITION that PJ should play THE GORGE and post the set list yesterday.

    Sorry that last one was a joke. I get the idea of debate, but how you feel about a song should not matter to anyone other than you.

    Sure, but people have been thinking about and talking about art since people first started making art. You can enjoy it completely on your own, but you may also enjoy it more or expand your thinking if you hear another's thoughts.
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  • Brisk.
    Brisk. Posts: 11,578
    Sirens is amazing, Yellow Moon is quite zzz
  • InBetweenIsMne
    InBetweenIsMne Posts: 430
    oftenreading wrote: »

    Sure, but people have been thinking about and talking about art since people first started making art. You can enjoy it completely on your own, but you may also enjoy it more or expand your thinking if you hear another's thoughts.

    No disagreement there. I was speaking more to the detractors. Don't really think they were trying to expand anyone's thinking in a positive way. But I'm not one to censor anyone's thoughts, positive or negative.
  • TJ25487
    TJ25487 Posts: 1,501
    Sirens and YM are great. SBM and LTRP are the filler that could have been left off the album.
    IMO of course.
  • 1ThoughtKnown
    1ThoughtKnown Posts: 6,155
    TJ25487 wrote: »
    Sirens and YM are great. SBM and LTRP are the filler that could have been left off the album.
    IMO of course.

    I agree with this statement. SBM and LTRP are the only songs on the album I do not connect with. In fact, both songs live were not memorable either.
    Yellow Moon was magical. Sirens is another staple live. I have never noticed anyone rushing to the can during this song in the 6 shows they have played it. The sing-a-long added at the end is usually loud. Would I rather hear Hard to Imagine? Of course! But I always think about what Wayne Gretzky's dad said to him as a young NHL star.
    "Wayne, no matter what game it is, someone in that crowd is seeing you for the first time. You owe it to them to put on a great performance."
    Some new fan is in the crowd, and LOVES Sirens because they heard it on pop radio. The need to hear that song.
  • Leezestarr313
    Leezestarr313 Temple of the cat Posts: 14,441
    edited February 2015
    1ThoughtKnown wrote: »
    Some new fan is in the crowd, and LOVES Sirens because they heard it on pop radio. The need to hear that song.
    Yeah, I feel the same about RIVAL!

    Rival needs to be undusted and played again! And Fatal, I'd love to hear Fatal live one day...

    And while it was not perfect live, I love LTRP :D It is indeed very interesting how different all the songs are perceived. Good thing we don't all have to agree, there is something for everyone!

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  • cydonia
    cydonia Denbighshire, North Wales , UK Posts: 456
    Can't believe how people can criticise art, especially deeply personal songs. Sirens is a great song and many people can relate to it, yes it may appeal to other people, but musics not about elitism , it's about touching the ordinary man and woman. My uncle who's not a fan and not really aware of any of the 90's scene , was so moved to tears my the song at mums funeral, he bought the album lightning bolt straight away, he didn't see the the video or hear the song on the radio, it's about connecting. Yellow moon is saved by sirens ?! I say music saves people full stop.
  • juddboz80
    juddboz80 Posts: 2,141
    I like yellow moon way more than sirens!!!!!

    I was ruined on sirens when certain people said " it's the next black" or "compared to black" I like sirens, but I don't ever listen to it anymore on my iPod...

    Prefer yellow moon anyday!
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