“Lightning Bolt”…the song

mvw
mvw Posts: 1,700
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I love this song.  I initially didn’t think I would at all, but damn it hooks you.  My opinion is one of the best Pearl Jam songs post 2000’s.  Such a good live one, too.  What’s your take?
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  • darthvedder
    darthvedder Posts: 2,679
    Awesome music. Awful lyrics.
  • mvw
    mvw Posts: 1,700
    darthvedder said:
    Awesome music. Awful lyrics.
    Agree with it is the music that drives this song.  There are bits and pieces of the lyrics I do like though.
  • CarryTheZero
    CarryTheZero Posts: 3,501
    My son was 5 when it came out. This was a song he liked a lot! Not my favorite album, but I do like the song on the album.

    Hearing it live, I really enjoy it actually. Remember hearing Brooklyn N2 and in the pit at Jacksonville’16. It’s a nice early song to keep the momentum going.
  • lastexitlondon
    lastexitlondon Posts: 14,958
    I really do not like it.  The lyrics make little sense to me. Just my opinion i saw that tour and I didn't like it live either. So it's. No thank you from me.


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  • drfox
    drfox Posts: 1,489
    Personally I really like it. One of those songs that has grown on me. Feel it is better live than recorded
  • joseph33
    joseph33 Washington DC Posts: 1,341
    Funny how during the 13 tour,everyone hated Pendulum because that's what they opened with. Now that,and Yellow Moon are my favorites on LB.
  • lastexitlondon
    lastexitlondon Posts: 14,958
    joseph33 said:
    Funny how during the 13 tour,everyone hated Pendulum because that's what they opened with. Now that,and Yellow Moon are my favorites on LB.
    I loved pendulum from the start. First listen. Love it


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  • joseph33
    joseph33 Washington DC Posts: 1,341
    lastexitlondon said:
    joseph33 said:
    Funny how during the 13 tour,everyone hated Pendulum because that's what they opened with. Now that,and Yellow Moon are my favorites on LB.
    I loved pendulum from the start. First listen. Love it
    I'm not gonna lie,it had to grow on me.But now I love it 
  • lastexitlondon
    lastexitlondon Posts: 14,958
    edited May 2023
    I have the lyrics to pendulum tattooed on my torso. They mean a lot
    Post edited by lastexitlondon on


    this song is meant to be called i got shit,itshould be called i got shit tickets-hartford 06 -
  • mcgruff10
    mcgruff10 New Jersey Posts: 29,143
    Love this song.   It’s killer live.  
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  • rival9500
    rival9500 Posts: 594
    Definitely grew on me live.  Shocked they canned it on the 22 tour after only that first San Diego show.
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  • deb1211
    deb1211 Posts: 2,083
    I loved hearing this live in Chicago. Haven't listened to it in awhile though
  • F Me In The Brain
    F Me In The Brain this knows everybody from other commets Posts: 31,876
    As one of the folks here that really loves LB as an album (up to swallowed whole / first 7 songs, I've played over and over and over) I love this tune.
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  • Tim Simmons
    Tim Simmons Posts: 9,931
    It’s a great tune, especially live. 
  • darthvedder
    darthvedder Posts: 2,679
    mvw said:
    darthvedder said:
    Awesome music. Awful lyrics.
    Agree with it is the music that drives this song.  There are bits and pieces of the lyrics I do like though.

    I do like that it's a throwback to Nothingman (Caught a bolt of lightning...).
  • Mathius
    Mathius Posts: 49
    I was listening to the Lexington show (2016) just this afternoon on a drive to the store. The show opener was Lightning Bolt and I'll never forget the light show that accompanied it. The house lights stayed on until the first chorus, then the lights went out and laser beams started firing out from the stage. It's a great live song, but I never listen to the studio version.
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  • evenflow82
    evenflow82 Posts: 3,892
    Cheesy lyrics, great music, could have really been something if it didn't fade out. I wish the band knew there's nothing wrong with ripping an awesome guitar solo on a studio track.
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  • Foriginal Sin
    Foriginal Sin Scottsdale, AZ Posts: 1,876
    Isn’t this like a Nothingman Part 2? Lot of similarities with lyrics, I remember reading a post in 2013 about it 
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  • Ukuleddie Vegger
    Ukuleddie Vegger Posts: 524
    I love this song.
  • mookieblalock
    mookieblalock Posts: 3,585
    darthvedder said:
    Awesome music. Awful lyrics.
    Perfect analysis. Lyrics kill the song for me. Coulda been a classic with better lyrics.

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