New ZZTOP remasters of old ZZTOP classic records.
Take Tejas, for instance. The sound of the original vinyl is pure sweet 70's blues funk choogle.
The unfortunately remastered version sounds like they hired a 13-year old to cut and paste out of phase hyper-gated kick & snare replacements from an electronic drum kit circa 1987.
This, I remember reading, was done to "update" the sound
I was never quite as happy with ZZTOP as before.
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12Mr. Chimp wrote:New ZZTOP remasters of old ZZTOP classic records.
Take Tejas, for instance. The sound of the original vinyl is pure sweet 70's blues funk choogle.
The unfortunately remastered version sounds like they hired a 13-year old to cut and paste out of phase hyper-gated kick & snare replacements from an electronic drum kit circa 1987.
This, I remember reading, was done to "update" the sound
I was never quite as happy with ZZTOP as before.
No shit!
I always get pissed when I play a ZZ Top song on the bar jukebox only to discover it's the "remastered" version. Infuriating!
**Do we need the other Chemical Bros. records??
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13i'm glad i'm not the only one who noticed that about the new broken social scene lp. what were they going for? they sound roughly like they thought of some good ideas for songs and then threw them into a giant furnace about mid-way through every song.
"you forgot it in people" had some dinosaur jr style noise for sure but at least you could hear the songs.
"you forgot it in people" had some dinosaur jr style noise for sure but at least you could hear the songs.
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14That dude who mixed "Waiting Room" together with Destiny's Child. That shit didn't make ANY sense.
Rick Reuben wrote:You are dumber than week-old donuts.
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15ironyengine wrote:That dude who mixed "Waiting Room" together with Destiny's Child. That shit didn't make ANY sense.
I love this "mash-up."
Add this song to my list, right below Christina Aguilera.
"You get a kink in your neck looking up at people or down at people. But when you look straight across, there's no kinks."
--Mike Watt
--Mike Watt
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16Quesadilla cooked
with slices of green apple
in it... Tastes so good!
with slices of green apple
in it... Tastes so good!
"The bastards have landed"
www.myspace.com/thechromerobes - now has a couple songs from the new album
www.myspace.com/thechromerobes - now has a couple songs from the new album
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17Urge Overkill- Strange, I...
The sound was more than likely due to their budget at the time. (?)
The sound was more than likely due to their budget at the time. (?)
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18rhoda on the slint ep/single. which is strange, because glenn seems dead on.
too much of that horrible guitar tone, not enough bass/drums.
too much of that horrible guitar tone, not enough bass/drums.
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19All the Fugazi records up until In on the Killtaker. They sound limp.
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20MrFood wrote:Is it just me or is Spiderland just generally too quiet?
Could it have been intentional?
Same with everything on Mogwai's Ten Rapid.
Probably intentional.
Turn up your stereo for the quiet parts and the loud parts are much more loud and dramatic. Modern mastering seems to take away this fun, as well as everything gets louder and eveny out by some kind of unspoken modern template.
Ben Adrian