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Lee Newman said:
2/10/23
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Lightning Bolt - Wonderful Rainbow



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Wonderful Rainbow by Lightning Bolt released in 2003. Find album reviews, track lists, credits, awards and more at AllMusic.
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HOLY FUCK!

This is WILD!

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avecigrec said:
Checking it out now, before the wife gets home from work and before the 5-year-old goes to bed - I'm very curious what he's gonna think.
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I remember a bunch of folk getting Hypermagic Mountain, which is the main LB album I know, when they ordered TNT by Tortoise for the AoTM a while ago. Slightly different vibe...
 
Lee Newman said:
2/10/23
714ecd2d9aaa3f6a63e465e42b63b327a3b1b9bd

Lightning Bolt - Wonderful Rainbow



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Wonderful Rainbow by Lightning Bolt released in 2003. Find album reviews, track lists, credits, awards and more at AllMusic.
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I was taking acid fairly frequently when I got into Lightning Bolt. Great albums to trip to, and still great with a straight head. Either way this is what good noise rock can be and I still love it. Bit of a mind warp to think this came out 20 years ago!
4.5/5
 
Lightning Bolt - Wonderful Rainbow
I like that the vocals are buried a bit in the mix, they become an instrument in themselves, too far forward, and you start to listen to them and I don't think that is what is intended, they are not words, they are noises.

There really are some beautiful melodies here, buried beneath the fuzz!

Wonderful Rainbow is such a beautifully well-timed respite from all the chaos that came before it, and now we're off again, fully rested.

Well, that was lovely. It did get a little samey towards the end and my ears were glad when it ended, but I liked that a lot.

3 / 5 stars.
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Lee Newman said:
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10. 2/2/2023 Elton John - Goodbye Yellow Brick Road (3.85 stars)
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11. 2/3/2023 Little Richard - Here's Little Richard (3.64 stars)
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13. 2/7/2023 Fiona Apple - Tidal
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14. 2/8/2023 Leftfield - Leftism
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15. 2/9/2023 Love - Forever Changes
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16. 2/10/2023 Lightning Bolt - Wonderful Rainbow
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17. 2/13/2023 Bob Dylan - Highway 61 Revisited
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Everything changed! Some of y'all have been at work rating things!
 
I feel like the Dylan is a starter pack album right. Like it has to be here along with Sgt Peppers and Dark Side and Kind of Blue. It'd be interesting to see what the site came up with if we did a list of albums you have to listen to and it might be something I'm up for when we finish this in 2027
 
Lee Newman said:
I feel like the Dylan is a starter pack album right. Like it has to be here along with Sgt Peppers and Dark Side and Kind of Blue. It'd be interesting to see what the site came up with if we did a list of albums you have to listen to and it might be something I'm up for when we finish this in 2027
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Dylan almost has too many definitive albums. I think Greatest Hits was the Dylan album everybody had in their CD cases in High School.
 
TenderLovingKiller® said:
Dylan almost has too many definitive albums. I think Greatest Hits was the Dylan album everybody had in their CD cases in High School.
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I didn't get into Dylan until college. Went to see him I guess my Junior year in Tenessee. Bought Freewheelin' a couple of weeks before the show so I would know something. That was a useless purchase to the intended endeavor. About the time I realized what song Tangled Up in Blue was that evening, I was a fan forever more.
 
Lee Newman said:
2/13/2023
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Bob Dylan - Highway 61 Revisited



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Discover Highway 61 Revisited by Bob Dylan released in 1965. Find album reviews, track lists, credits, awards and more at AllMusic.
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What can I say about this here that haven't already been said elsewhere before a million times, and way more eloquently than what I can formulate?

I can say that the title track is my favourite Dylan song, and has been ever since I analysed the lyrics for a literature assignment way back in high school.

It's also interesting that I've been redefining and revising Dylans career throughout my entire life thanks to the Bootleg series, a myriad of documentaries and reissues and rediscoveries of his catalog ("hm, Empire Burlesque isn't THAT bad", "Street Legal could be his best 70s album"), but every time I play this, pretty much all the rest just diminishes. It's monumental. And I never seem to grow tired of hearing him spinning his bonkers metaphors and phrases, sending up and ridiculing religious rituals, stale values and the myth of America, to the sound of some of the most raw and brilliant folk- and bluesrock ever etched onto vinyl. It's still his best album, in my humble opinion. Yeah, his run from 63-66 is pretty much flawless, and Blood on the Tracks is what it is, but this is and have always been his crown jewel. And it will probably never feel old or anything less than a masterpiece.

Score 5/5 (duh!)
 
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I always thought I hated the sound of his voice, but DeAgostini did a collection a few years ago, and £16 for a new record now and then seemed like a good deal, even if it was only Dylan! Well, the first three records kinda blew me away, and I was surprised that I actually grew to like his voice. This record was a few more weeks into the series and I couldn't really afford to keep up with it, so I'll have to stream it, but I'm looking forward to it.
 
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As with @Lee Newman , I didn't get into Dylan until college. It was the 2003 RS best album list that really got me motivated to dive into some of the classic albums. I think this was in the top 5 so it was where I started. It was love on first listen. Lucky for me pretty much his whole catalog got released on SACD that same year, so I bought them all up and he quickly flew to the top of my favorite artists.
 
Just have to highlight the bonkers (but brilliant) lyrics. This is a favourite:

"Now, you see this one-eyed midget shouting the word "Now"
And you say, "For what reason?" and he says, "How"
And you say, "What does this mean?" and he screams back, "You're a cow!
Give me some milk or else go home"
And you know something's happening but you don't know what it is
Do you, Mr. Jones?"

Damn right, mr Zimmerman, I have no idea what's going on here. Does anyone? :cool:
 
Whiteout75 said:
Just have to highlight the bonkers (but brilliant) lyrics. This is a favourite:

"Now, you see this one-eyed midget shouting the word "Now"
And you say, "For what reason?" and he says, "How"
And you say, "What does this mean?" and he screams back, "You're a cow!
Give me some milk or else go home"
And you know something's happening but you don't know what it is
Do you, Mr. Jones?"

Damn right, mr Zimmerman, I have no idea what's going on here. Does anyone? :cool:
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Drugs!
 
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