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thats about what happens any time you cover a songOriginally Posted by Josh
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Pontius is my Co-Pilate
That's fair.
Boo, Hiss.
thats about what happens any time you cover a song
jk
or am I?
Ben Folds - Way To Normal
A little bit disjointed, but there's a lot of really good stuff on it.
Errant Dog and Bitch Went Nuts are my favorites.
I've been listening to Wimpy and the Guts ALL DAY.
You can too if you know what to do!
Creedence Clearwater Revivals first six albums came out today, all remastered and shit, in honor of their 40th anniversary (or something). Sounds damn good. I've been listening to Green River and Cosmo's Factory. Good stuff.
Did they do the loudness thing to 'em? "Remastered" is sort of a flag-word lately.
If they got remastered, yes.
Ew.
my rad is killer
The new(?) Mitch Hedberg. It's amazing how much his sense of humor is like mine. Not trying to say I'm funny but we think alot alike. My favorite bit:
"I chewed a stick of Care-Free gum the other day and I was still worried! IT NEVER KICKED IN!!! I took it back to the store and said BULL-SHIT."
Well. They sound a lot like the recent Zeppelin remasters. So, they're a little louder, with a little more pumped up bass - BUT they are much cleaner sounding. And the highs sound very crisp.
I don't mind it too much on Zeppelin and CCR because, one, I have the vinyls if I ever want to listen to them and, two, they're not a band like Pink Floyd who has a large dynamic sound. I'm not saying Zeppelin and CCR are one-note bands, but if someone remastered a Pink Floyd record so it was constantly at a volume level of 10/10 - it would ruin the album. Pink Floyd has many more moments of quiet on their albums than Zeppelin and CCR do. If Pink Floyd lost the lows that contrasted with the highs, the records would be dramatically different.
But I know what you're saying about the remastering thing. A lot of times "remastered" does mean "louder". But it's really not the guy who remastered the albums' fault. There was a great article in ROlling Stone about this issue. With MP3 popularity so high, producers have to increase the loudness on their songs to punch through the compression issue and to stand out on the radio/itunes/amazon. So if someone comes out with a remastered Zeppelin, and it's half the volume of fucking Miley Cyrus, people are going to say it sucks/not going to buy it/etc, etc. When actually, the Zeppelin remaster is the "correct" volume, and the Miley Cyrus is actually mixed to loud (just like everything is nowadays).
Basically though, it sucks. High fidelity records are nearly dead. Songs sound horrible now compared to in the seventies (arguably the high point for producers/albums). It's like the Spinal Tap joke, everything is cranked to 11. I have a great stereo set up with nice speakers, that sort of stuff isn't popular anymore. People don't sit down and enjoy their music. They put it on while they're driving/jogging/working/etc and in those instances the music needs to be loud to stand out - but it's at the expense of the sound quality.
Anyway, that's my rant on that.
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