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Artist:Snow Patrol [ more ]
Song:The Lightning Strike
Album:A Hundred Million Suns [ info ]
Released:2008
Last Played:May 10, 2013 - 00:32
Avg. Rating:7.4  (Total Ratings: 1112)
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1 votes: 16 (1.4%)2 votes: 17 (1.5%)3 votes: 26 (2.3%)4 votes: 22 (2%)5 votes: 41 (3.7%)6 votes: 90 (8.1%)7 votes: 291 (26%)8 votes: 343 (31%)9 votes: 191 (17%)10 votes: 75 (6.7%)
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gekkosan
(Ithaca, NY)
Posted: Mar 03, 2009 - 08:47 

 rdo wrote:


Calypus, no offense, but sometimes your posts are impossible to understand. It is not a matter of intelligence.  I figured you were a native Spanish speaker.  I speak Spanish as a second language.  Many, many things simply do not translate in a literal way, like you would expect them to.
 
Dunno... Calypsus writes weird Spanish, too. 
Anyhow, it's something different, I suppose, trying to figure out what someone's trying to communicate after their text has been mangled by Babelfish (in my opinion a terrible, terrible disservice to the cute idea invented by Douglas Adams for his Hitchhikers books...)

ThePoose
Posted: Mar 03, 2009 - 08:47 

 Mandible wrote:


yes, my man, it's a storm that gets lighter by the minute. too bad you've never witnessed one. I'm sorry.
 

In that case, could you distinguish this from a ''lightning'' storm?

Use your mandible to chew on that one.
Mandible
Posted: Mar 03, 2009 - 08:45 

 ThePoose wrote:


What is a ''lightening'' storm—-one that gets brighter by the minute?
 

yes, my man, it's a storm that gets lighter by the minute. too bad you've never witnessed one. I'm sorry.
ThePoose
Posted: Mar 03, 2009 - 08:44 

 Mandible wrote:

DUDE if lightening had a "sound", it would sound like this! Reminds me of a rain and lightening storm for sure.


 

What is a ''lightening'' storm—-one that gets brighter by the minute?

This is the problem with spell-checkers: both ''lightening'' and ''lightning'' are valid words; however, the programs do not contextualize word usage.
Pyro
Posted: Mar 03, 2009 - 08:43 

The beginning has a Philip Glass feel to it.  Minimalism with vocals.

Oooh, a previous post nailed it....Steve Reich (not Glass).

Mandible
Posted: Mar 03, 2009 - 08:42 

DUDE if lightening had a "sound", it would sound like this! Reminds me of a rain and lightening storm for sure.


element1
(boulder, co)
Posted: Mar 03, 2009 - 08:40 

 brians201 wrote:
Is this still the same song playing ... if its not then theyr'e equally bad ....  a patchy selection today >>
 

Funny, I think part 3 is hands down the best.

element1
(boulder, co)
Posted: Mar 03, 2009 - 08:39 


If only there were a 9.5 rating.  This is right up there for me... I've been playing it a lot on my mp3 player.  Thanks Bill for turning me on to this one.
jagdriver
(Tunin' in from the aptly-named Grass Valley, CA)
Posted: Mar 03, 2009 - 08:39 

 louiswins wrote:
I liked it for the first 10 minutes, but it's just too long in my opinion.
 
And I suppose it has too many notes?

(Homer: "Marge and I are going to slip into the backseat of the car and take a whole 5 minutes!")

rhw
(Chicago, IL)
Posted: Feb 23, 2009 - 10:41 

 calypsus_1 wrote:


and more: while this song, of fact, very  medium and very badly conceived,  anytime this playing here in the RP Station, and as the time in radio is not limitless, is to take place, at least, 3 very good songs, of the many available here.....


Dude,

Babel Fish is not a toy.

rdo
(Washington, DC)
Posted: Feb 21, 2009 - 10:02 

 calypsus_1 wrote:


vit;

finally somebody intelligent and intent perceived my commentary before.....and became light!    Hallelujah!



 

Calypus, no offense, but sometimes your posts are impossible to understand. It is not a matter of intelligence.  I figured you were a native Spanish speaker.  I speak Spanish as a second language.  Many, many things simply do not translate in a literal way, like you would expect them to.
lattalo
(Beartooths)
Posted: Feb 21, 2009 - 09:36 

Best thing I have heard from them so far, nice to see them leave the pop world
and try their hand at some REAL music.
calypsus_1
Posted: Feb 17, 2009 - 12:50 



and more: while this song, of fact, very  medium and very badly conceived,  anytime this playing here in the RP Station, and as the time in radio is not limitless, is to take place, at least, 3 very good songs, of the many available here.....

brians201
Posted: Feb 15, 2009 - 06:46 

Is this still the same song playing ... if its not then theyr'e equally bad ....  a patchy selection today >>
louiswins
(Tempe, AZ)
Posted: Feb 13, 2009 - 21:45 

I liked it for the first 10 minutes, but it's just too long in my opinion.
twalker
(my favorite mass of incandescent gas)
Posted: Feb 12, 2009 - 09:33 

I keep trying not to like them, but alas, I hear a tune I like and look to see who it is......
albertgf
(BARCELONA)
Posted: Feb 12, 2009 - 09:33 

Hola Calypsus , a mi esta canción me parece sin duda muy interesante , parecen varias canciones enlazadas en una , y  para mi no es nada aburrida . Snow Patrol tienen la virtud de que cada vez que vas oyendo más sus canciones , más te entran , y eso solo está al alcance de bandas realmente buenas . Desde luego es muy arriesgado componer una canción de más de 16 min . , pero el resultado es muy bueno , buena música , buena voz .

El nuevo disco en general lo puntuaría muy bien , 8/10 . 

Bueno , por fin acabó la puta canción ( es broma , realmente me gusta)

   
calypsus_1 wrote:


version for the Hispanic community:

sinceramente ... 3 / 4 de la duracion de la canción están aburridos y molestos es como uno "fait-diver".....
esto prueba de que ni todas las bandas,  y si hay riesgo!!,  se atreven a hacer canciones de largo aliento con la extrema duración, si no tienen el devido apoyo artístico; Por lo tanto, es un lamentable error de hacer canciones tan aburrido largo .... 16 minutos ?.... ¿para qué? A pleno el disco compacto? Para ellos más valor para componer canciones y más corto a su alcance; Conviene recordar aquí que en la historia de la música de la zona pop-rock de los últimos años, sólo un puñado de bandas han logrado hacer esta empresa sin caer en el ridículo;

esto no es un comentario destructivo, es sólo una opinión, salvo alguna mejor ; me gustam algunos de los trabajos anteriores de "Snow Patrol", pero el presente de embarque que ellos han decidido hacer, talvez para impresionar a la audiencia o para ellos mismos se afirmarem mas en la escena musical, tuvo la efecto contrario, es la causa de la digo con pena - sin evolución.

** 4 / 5 **

 


jeepstir
(on the Potomac)
Posted: Feb 12, 2009 - 09:28 

 jjbix wrote:
I really like this entire album.
 
Ditto. Beautiful album.


shutter
(You can't get here from there)
Posted: Feb 12, 2009 - 09:27 

Huh???????
renegade_X
(My House)
Posted: Feb 12, 2009 - 09:26 

LOL I thought this was 3 different songs.
jjbix
(san diego)
Posted: Feb 12, 2009 - 09:24 

I really like this entire album.
1wolfy
(Mission Viejo California)
Posted: Feb 12, 2009 - 09:22 

somewhere in the middle, an old Vanilla Fudge track comes to mind..'you keep me hangin on'...wierd huh ? {#Meditate} a whole lot of tunes rolling around in my head.   NICE SONG

Leslie
(Antioch, CA)
Posted: Feb 12, 2009 - 09:18 

I think I'm getting Snow Patrolled out.
Arcee
(Across the Pond, Gothenburg, Sweden)
Posted: Feb 10, 2009 - 03:36 

Found it! 16:20 minutes not-your-regular-radio-friendly-format-long! {#Yes}
Arcee
(Across the Pond, Gothenburg, Sweden)
Posted: Feb 10, 2009 - 03:33 

Anthem music and long nice format. Clock in at..., anyone? {#High-five}
WhiteWater
(right where you are sitting now)
Posted: Feb 10, 2009 - 03:33 

Very nice. Sounds like a Steve Reich composition.
westslope
(BC coast)
Posted: Feb 07, 2009 - 15:39 

calypsus_1,

Spanish, English, you are writing connected sentence fragments that read like run-on sentences.   Both English and Spanish share enough grammatical elements....  choice of language is not the problem per se.

 

Sorry you find this tan aburrido.   A mi me gusto mucho.   Bastante original.


PurplePrincess
(the mountains)
Posted: Feb 07, 2009 - 15:37 

Wow, I LOVE this song!!!! Has an "anthem" sound....
dedawson
(You never know where you're going til you get there (TOaks, CA))
Posted: Feb 07, 2009 - 15:30 

Anyone else hear the start of Teenage Breakdown in this?
rubenbeagle
(Deep in the heart of Illinois)
Posted: Jan 30, 2009 - 19:30 

I have only heard a few of this group's songs, but I really like what I am hearing so far......
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