If Lightning Bolt was their last album,would you be satisfied?

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  • cp3iverson
    cp3iverson Posts: 8,702
    During the 2000s PJ's departures have been my favorite songs.

    Sleight of Hand, the Fixer, Sirens, You Are, etc. the ones where you're like wow thats PJ?? Thats very weird/poppy/etc
  • reesdog
    reesdog Auckland, NZ. Posts: 1,981
    My two cents worth: A new record would be welcome, would be great if they changed things up a bit, last two records were dreadful. New producer, rawer sound, maybe just live in the studio takes like Neil Young has done in the past. Get angry, get political, love it when they do that, but seriously no more ballads please, they're an utter snoozefest..
    A wop bop a loo bop a lop bam boom.
  • danny
    danny Posts: 2,283
    it wont be
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  • HesCalledDyer
    HesCalledDyer Maryland Posts: 16,501
    reesdog said:

    My two cents worth: A new record would be welcome, would be great if they changed things up a bit, last two records were dreadful. New producer, rawer sound, maybe just live in the studio takes like Neil Young has done in the past. Get angry, get political, love it when they do that, but seriously no more ballads please, they're an utter snoozefest..

    Lol @ "dreadful." Really?
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  • iwasatpj20
    iwasatpj20 Rockford, IL Posts: 3,474
    Not a chance Lightning Bolt is their last album. One more, then I think they're done making albums. If the band stopped touring, it would suck, but I'd move on with my life.
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  • drakeheuer14
    drakeheuer14 Posts: 4,627
    I would not be satisfied that tons of lightning bolts and red and black apparel would be the last style of tour merch though ha
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  • 2-feign-reluctance
    2-feign-reluctance TigerTown, USA Posts: 23,462
    I'd be sad for a bit but would be ok with it all being done. They would leave behind the best body of work ever. Love music too much to be completely devastated
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  • HughFreakingDillon
    HughFreakingDillon Winnipeg Posts: 40,117
    Gern Blansten said:

    They seem to be too spread out now. Eddie is all over the place. Jeff lives in Montana. Matt is touring with Soundgarden.

    The mix just doesn't seem to gel anymore. I'm guessing that getting together to do an album is a real chore where they try to get shit done ASAP so they can do their own thing.

    no. I want more. But, i get it. I get how life expands and pushes some of even your favourite things into smaller boxes in deeper closets. But man, when you bring that box out, its a ripping good time.

    I dont think this band will ever break up in the traditional sense. Theyll tour less, theyll make less music, but the magic will always be there when they do get together.

    Id love an EP of punk covers or something, though.

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  • rummy
    rummy British Columbia, Canada Posts: 4,466
    HughFreakingDillon said:

    Gern Blansten said:

    They seem to be too spread out now. Eddie is all over the place. Jeff lives in Montana. Matt is touring with Soundgarden.

    The mix just doesn't seem to gel anymore. I'm guessing that getting together to do an album is a real chore where they try to get shit done ASAP so they can do their own thing.

    no. I want more. But, i get it. I get how life expands and pushes some of even your favourite things into smaller boxes in deeper closets. But man, when you bring that box out, its a ripping good time.

    I dont think this band will ever break up in the traditional sense. Theyll tour less, theyll make less music, but the magic will always be there when they do get together.

    Id love an EP of punk covers or something, though.

    Sort of like The Spaghetti Incident?
  • Foriginal Sin
    Foriginal Sin Scottsdale, AZ Posts: 1,881
    edited April 2017
    yep. I loved Lightning Bolt actually. They have the potential to still make incredible albums but if that's the last, I'm totally fine. If they stop touring that's completely different.
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  • brianwilson
    brianwilson Posts: 406
    Nope/yep. Great discography, but LB is my least favorite album.
  • reesdog
    reesdog Auckland, NZ. Posts: 1,981
    HesCalledDyer said:

    reesdog said:

    My two cents worth: A new record would be welcome, would be great if they changed things up a bit, last two records were dreadful. New producer, rawer sound, maybe just live in the studio takes like Neil Young has done in the past. Get angry, get political, love it when they do that, but seriously no more ballads please, they're an utter snoozefest..

    Lol @ "dreadful." Really?
    Yep, really..

    A wop bop a loo bop a lop bam boom.
  • Spiritual_Chaos
    Spiritual_Chaos Posts: 31,674
    reesdog said:

    HesCalledDyer said:

    reesdog said:

    My two cents worth: A new record would be welcome, would be great if they changed things up a bit, last two records were dreadful. New producer, rawer sound, maybe just live in the studio takes like Neil Young has done in the past. Get angry, get political, love it when they do that, but seriously no more ballads please, they're an utter snoozefest..

    Lol @ "dreadful." Really?
    Yep, really..

    Not even 1-5% hyperbole here?
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  • 23scidoo
    23scidoo Thessaloniki,Greece Posts: 20,226
    So and so..but the LB is not the end..
    the band has lot of things to give us yet..
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  • HesCalledDyer
    HesCalledDyer Maryland Posts: 16,501
    reesdog said:

    HesCalledDyer said:

    reesdog said:

    My two cents worth: A new record would be welcome, would be great if they changed things up a bit, last two records were dreadful. New producer, rawer sound, maybe just live in the studio takes like Neil Young has done in the past. Get angry, get political, love it when they do that, but seriously no more ballads please, they're an utter snoozefest..

    Lol @ "dreadful." Really?
    Yep, really..

    So the last 2 albums have caused you great fear and suffering?
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  • reesdog
    reesdog Auckland, NZ. Posts: 1,981
    HesCalledDyer said:

    reesdog said:

    HesCalledDyer said:

    reesdog said:

    My two cents worth: A new record would be welcome, would be great if they changed things up a bit, last two records were dreadful. New producer, rawer sound, maybe just live in the studio takes like Neil Young has done in the past. Get angry, get political, love it when they do that, but seriously no more ballads please, they're an utter snoozefest..

    Lol @ "dreadful." Really?
    Yep, really..

    So the last 2 albums have caused you great fear and suffering?
    Yeah, I won't leave the house anymore out of fear and a deep depression has come over me from the sheer suffering of knowing these albums are in existence. Don't be a dick, it's just what people say in my part of the world when they aren't a fan of something. Personally I think a song like 'Sirens' is rock bottom for PJ, dreadful music..
    A wop bop a loo bop a lop bam boom.
  • HesCalledDyer
    HesCalledDyer Maryland Posts: 16,501
    reesdog said:

    HesCalledDyer said:

    reesdog said:

    HesCalledDyer said:

    reesdog said:

    My two cents worth: A new record would be welcome, would be great if they changed things up a bit, last two records were dreadful. New producer, rawer sound, maybe just live in the studio takes like Neil Young has done in the past. Get angry, get political, love it when they do that, but seriously no more ballads please, they're an utter snoozefest..

    Lol @ "dreadful." Really?
    Yep, really..

    So the last 2 albums have caused you great fear and suffering?
    Yeah, I won't leave the house anymore out of fear and a deep depression has come over me from the sheer suffering of knowing these albums are in existence. Don't be a dick, it's just what people say in my part of the world when they aren't a fan of something. Personally I think a song like 'Sirens' is rock bottom for PJ, dreadful music..
    Dreadful and not a fan are miles apart. But we can certainly agree on one thing - Sirens is awful. It's the only PJ song in the entire catalog that I always skip, album or bootleg.
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  • mcgruff10
    mcgruff10 New Jersey Posts: 29,234
    ledvedderman said:

    I don't think I'd be satisfied to an extent if they quit releasing new albums. The last three albums in particular show slight signs that greatness is still in them in regards to new music. Slight. As albums, the last three have been kind of weak. So it's frustrating as a fan to see the signs of light breakthrough only to give way to a meh album. I think the band has it in them to put out another 12 song album that is amazing beginning to end.
    As a recording artist, I know it's harder than it sounds. When I put out my first album I was in love with every second of every song. A couple of years later now and I think "what if I'd replaced this song with another" or "this is bad". Of the 12 songs on it, 7 or 8 are still strong to me. I was just trying to please myself with this record, not thousands of fans. So I totally feel for the band.

    From your perspective, what songs were signs of greatness of the last three albums?
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  • josevolution
    josevolution Posts: 32,211
    I'm satisfied with what they've given I like to see them tour but even that seems to be a chore for them it's not like they tour every yr , i never go back and listen to their catalog at all I'd rather catch a show !
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  • ledvedderman
    ledvedderman Posts: 7,762
    mcgruff10 said:

    ledvedderman said:

    I don't think I'd be satisfied to an extent if they quit releasing new albums. The last three albums in particular show slight signs that greatness is still in them in regards to new music. Slight. As albums, the last three have been kind of weak. So it's frustrating as a fan to see the signs of light breakthrough only to give way to a meh album. I think the band has it in them to put out another 12 song album that is amazing beginning to end.
    As a recording artist, I know it's harder than it sounds. When I put out my first album I was in love with every second of every song. A couple of years later now and I think "what if I'd replaced this song with another" or "this is bad". Of the 12 songs on it, 7 or 8 are still strong to me. I was just trying to please myself with this record, not thousands of fans. So I totally feel for the band.

    From your perspective, what songs were signs of greatness of the last three albums?
    Oh damn! Being put on the spot. Life Wasted, Marker in the Sand, Army Reserve, Got Some, Speed of Sound (lyrically), Force of Nature, Getaway, Infallible, and Pendulum.

    That's off the top of my head without much thought...so be kind, man. Lol


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