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| Author: | Jorge [ Mon December 30, 2013 2:42 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Lightning Bolt: The Official Album Thread |
hlniv wrote: How'd you like those headphones, anyway? |
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| Author: | hotdog [ Mon December 30, 2013 2:45 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Lightning Bolt: The Official Album Thread |
hlniv wrote: I noticed my compact disc player starting to swell after I played Better Man 4 times. Can you just tell me the lyrics ? |
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| Author: | 96583UP [ Mon December 30, 2013 3:20 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Lightning Bolt: The Official Album Thread |
warehouse wrote: harmless wrote: Can't know what's high Till you've been down so low. Not good lyrics. the delivery and music make up for any questionable lyrics in this song "My shadow left me long ago" > "I can feel the dawn, I can feel the earth, I can feel the living, All around, round, round, round, All around, round, round, round" However, another 42 instances of "round", and we might have to tip the scale in favor of Swallowed Hole |
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| Author: | hlniv [ Mon December 30, 2013 5:49 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Lightning Bolt: The Official Album Thread |
theplatypus wrote: hlniv wrote: How'd you like those headphones, anyway? Very nice. I've been listening with them non-stop |
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| Author: | meditron [ Fri January 03, 2014 5:17 pm ] |
| Post subject: | LB has limited mass appeal |
Fan since the beginning, seen them 20 or so times live over the years, read this forum everyday, post never. I think the real message is that this album has very limited mass appeal. 380k in sales is what, about double the size of the 10 club membership, less than double? For all the hype and promotion, the non-jamily public is definitely not finding this album interesting. |
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| Author: | stip [ Fri January 03, 2014 5:19 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: LB has limited mass appeal |
this has been pretty extensively documented in other threads (primarily by McParadigm) but those numbers reflect the decline of the industry as a whole. When you control for that (which is to say, look at how it does compared to the other releases this year, since the numbers are less useful in absolute terms) L-bolt is, I believe, about as successful as Yield. Also, welcome to the board 
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| Author: | worldwithyourheart [ Fri January 03, 2014 6:24 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Lightning Bolt: The Official Album Thread |
Its back to #40 on the Billboard 200. I think it'll reach 500k, Sirens is doing well still, and maybe a 3rd single will help. |
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| Author: | digster [ Fri January 03, 2014 7:19 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: LB has limited mass appeal |
stip wrote: this has been pretty extensively documented in other threads (primarily by McParadigm) but those numbers reflect the decline of the industry as a whole. When you control for that (which is to say, look at how it does compared to the other releases this year, since the numbers are less useful in absolute terms) L-bolt is, I believe, about as successful as Yield. Also, welcome to the board I think you could also speculate that PJ would be hurt by piracy far less than other, younger acts. Maybe someone has the facts to disprove this, but I think the hardcore PJ fanbase would be more likely to buy a physical copy then the fanbases for many other bands, fan bases that have always known digital piracy as a reality. |
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| Author: | stip [ Fri January 03, 2014 7:23 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Lightning Bolt: The Official Album Thread |
McP has argued as much. Well established (which is to say older) bands tend to be hit less hard by this. |
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| Author: | digster [ Fri January 03, 2014 7:25 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Lightning Bolt: The Official Album Thread |
It makes sense. Whether out of nostalgia or habit, I'd think older fans would more likely want the physical copy than younger fans who never really had that type of experience. |
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| Author: | stip [ Fri January 03, 2014 7:26 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Lightning Bolt: The Official Album Thread |
i wonder if older fans are more album driven as well? |
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| Author: | Norris [ Fri January 03, 2014 7:26 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Lightning Bolt: The Official Album Thread |
But a lot of the bands hit hardest by piracy, the bands that came up in an era when it was most prevalent, have found ways to thrive despite it. Piracy became so rampant because of its convenience. The success of itunes proves it. It wasn't just you were downloading for free from napster, but you could literally just type the name of a song and then you could listen to it. Everyone jumped on itunes because it's practically the same thing, and people didn't care that the mp3 now cost 99 cents. Services like bandcamp where you can quickly access the music you're looking for, and get it at a reasonable price (often one you name yourself) in a format you want are working for new bands. |
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| Author: | stip [ Fri January 03, 2014 7:27 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Lightning Bolt: The Official Album Thread |
no doubt. It just means we need newer metrics for figuring out how widespread/successful a release is. I nominate metacritic! |
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| Author: | daft twat [ Sat January 04, 2014 1:27 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Lightning Bolt: The Official Album Thread |
I like this album, but aside from Infallible, I don't really care if I ever hear it again. |
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| Author: | harmless [ Sat January 04, 2014 9:26 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Lightning Bolt: The Official Album Thread |
I still like 10 out of the 12 songs. I tried really hard to like the other two but in the end they're half-baked failures. Most of the songs on the album succeed in spite of their sanitised and safe production / instrumentation treatment. |
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| Author: | Got Some [ Sat January 04, 2014 1:15 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Lightning Bolt: The Official Album Thread |
3rd single hello ???????? |
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| Author: | dimejinky99 [ Sat January 04, 2014 5:42 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Lightning Bolt: The Official Album Thread |
Matts playing on this record overall is pretty great. He's found his place at last. |
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| Author: | McParadigm [ Sat January 04, 2014 6:30 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Lightning Bolt: The Official Album Thread |
72 - 363,000 - YOURS TRULY - Ariana Grande 73 - 359,000 - GREATEST HITS: CHAPTER 1 - Kelly Clarkson 74 - 349,000 - LIGHTNING BOLT - Pearl Jam 75 - 349,000 - 13 - Black Sabbath 76 - 345,000 - STARS DANCE - Selena Gomez 77 - 343,000 - SET YOU FREE - Gary Allan Welp, that's about as high as I figured it might get, so I guess that shows what I know. |
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| Author: | McParadigm [ Sun January 05, 2014 1:28 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Lightning Bolt: The Official Album Thread |
And while we're on the subject of pop music's changing/splintering/compartmentalizing position in the 21st century digital age, I saw this quote in an article today and was amused. "Hating Nickelback is the last form of pop music monoculture." |
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| Author: | Jorge [ Sun January 05, 2014 3:38 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Lightning Bolt: The Official Album Thread |
If only. |
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