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Iggy Pop- Wild One
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CP3S said:
You will not. None of us will, except for a very old and dying Ziggy Stardust who will watch it through teary eyes as he remembers us all.
pittrek said:
I seriously hope I will live enough to see the original Star Wars trilogy in this quality
Ziggy Stardust
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David Bowie - Fall Dog Bombs the Moon.
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CP3S said:
You will not. None of us will, except for a very old and dying Ziggy Stardust who will watch it through teary eyes as he remembers us all.
pittrek said:
I seriously hope I will live enough to see the original Star Wars trilogy in this quality
Murry Sparkles
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I Am Ahab - by Mastodon.
asterisk8
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Could've easily been ampersand7
Modest Mouse - "Dark Center of the Universe"
RedFive
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Green Plastic Skywalker
Natural Blues - Moby
Johnny Ringo
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has been intentionally left blank.Getting into Silversun Pickups.
A mate of mine wont listen to them purely because [he says] they sound like a Smashing Pumpkins ripoff.
So far I'm enjoying them more than I ever did Smashing Pumpkins.
pretty much all of the Swoon album.
Anchorhead said:look at Johnny Ringo, man. If I had to go against that guy it would be an Indiana Jones\Dovchenko event - and I'd be hoping like hell for a bunch of ants.
Sluggo
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is automatic for the people.
The Sandpipers - Louie, Louie
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Green Plastic Skywalker
I Missed the Point - Neko Case
TV's Frink
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Ointment FlyZiggy Stardust said:
David Bowie
Who?
TV's Frink
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Ointment FlyRedFive said:
I Missed the Point - Neko Case
I love Neko in The New Pornographers, and somehow I don't think I've heard a single solo song of hers.
Johnny Ringo
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has been intentionally left blank.that new Beastie Boys song.
Anchorhead said:look at Johnny Ringo, man. If I had to go against that guy it would be an Indiana Jones\Dovchenko event - and I'd be hoping like hell for a bunch of ants.
RedFive
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Green Plastic SkywalkerTV's Frink said:
RedFive said:
I Missed the Point - Neko CaseI love Neko in The New Pornographers, and somehow I don't think I've heard a single solo song of hers.
The opposite for me, I've heard of the new pornographers but never listened to them. All of her solo work is amazing, particularly her most recent album Middle Cyclone. Her voice is just haunting.
South Tacoma Way - Neko Case
TV's Frink
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Ointment FlyYour tolerance for New Pornographers depends largely on how you feel about AC Newman, Neko is only a secondary player.
Here's a non-Neko one I love, but it easily could have been her:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RIdRl9bbRJQ&feature=related
RedFive
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Green Plastic SkywalkerSounds good, I'll have to give Mass Romantic a listen soon.
Murry Sparkles
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Strong Arm - by Napalm Death.
Sluggo
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is automatic for the people.Robert Preston - Chicken Fat
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asterisk8
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Could've easily been ampersand7RedFive said:
The opposite for me, I've heard of the new pornographers but never listened to them. All of her solo work is amazing, particularly her most recent album Middle Cyclone. Her voice is just haunting.
My ex-gf is a huge Neko Case fan and got me into her in a big way. (My expanded music collection is probably the best thing I got out of that relationship! lol) "Look for Me (I'll Be Around)" off Blacklisted has got to be one of the most haunting songs I've ever heard.
Lee Moses - "She's a Bad Girl"
captainsolo
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Tauntaun herder-Damn Fool Idealistic CrusaderI randomly came across Blacklisted the other day...really glad I did.
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Green Plastic Skywalkerasterisk8 said:
My ex-gf is a huge Neko Case fan and got me into her in a big way. (My expanded music collection is probably the best thing I got out of that relationship! lol) "Look for Me (I'll Be Around)" off Blacklisted has got to be one of the most haunting songs I've ever heard.
My uncle is a promoter for local venues, and last year he brought Neko to my small college town, and I got VIP seating and everything, it was amazing. She's very good live, and her shows are usually pretty inexpensive.
captainsolo said:
I randomly came across Blacklisted the other day...really glad I did.
Everything she puts out is great, you should check out Furnace Room Lullaby, Canadian Amp, Fox Confessor Brings the Flood and Middle Cyclone if you haven't all ready. And they're all pretty different too, which is nice.
The Pharaohs - Neko Case
asterisk8
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Could've easily been ampersand7RedFive said:
Everything she puts out is great, you should check out Furnace Room Lullaby, Canadian Amp, Fox Confessor Brings the Flood and Middle Cyclone if you haven't all ready. And they're all pretty different too, which is nice.
And except for Middle Cyclone, they're all mastered pretty well too. Great dynamics, plenty of headroom. Unfortunately, Cylcone suffers a bit from the loudness war.
Neko Case "Fox Confessor Brings the Flood"
RedFive
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Green Plastic SkywalkerLoudness war? I'm unfamiliar.
Could it be because of the manner in which it was recorded? She recently bought a farm in Vermont and recorded most of the album in a barn retrofitted as a studio. The result was a very different sound, but I like it a lot, one of the reasons Middle Cyclone is my favorite album of hers. If you have it really loud you can hear certain 'farm noises' in the background.
asterisk8
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Could've easily been ampersand7It's not a result of the recording method. The album was actually recorded really well. Instead, it's the result of mastering, which is a process done after the album has been recording and mixed by the engineers and producer.
The loudness war is the result of a mistaken belief amongst idiot mastering engineers and record executives that the louder an album is, the better it sounds. From a technical standpoint, it's the use of digital tools like dynamic range compression and hard limiting to boost the quietest parts and squash the loudest parts of an audio recording to maximize its overall perceived loudness. 20 years ago, CDs were a lot quieter, but they sounded a lot better because there was no artificial boosting and compression going on after the recording and mixing was finished. You could turn up the volume of a well-mastered CD and it would sound fuller and fuller. Popular music today does not do this. Turn up a CD that's been loudness mastered, and it gets shrill and overblown and can even damage your speakers or headphones.
The problem with an artificially loud recording is what's known as ear fatigue. Modern recordings literally tire out the brain.
Here's a simple explanation of the process: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Gmex_4hreQ
Now compare the title track from Blacklisted on top with "People Got A Lot of Nerve" from Middle Cyclone on bottom.
See how only one peak reaches 0 dB on the top track? On the bottom, practically every peak hits the ceiling. That's the loudness war. The mastering engineer has limited the peaks so he can maximize the album's volume. Means when I crank my stereo, Middle Cyclone craps out a lot sooner than her earlier albums.
RedFive
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Green Plastic SkywalkerWow that's crazy, I've never heard of that but I'm glad I know now. Isn't that the same type of shit they do with commercials to make them seem louder even though they really aren't? I never imagined they would do it with music as well, but I should've known...
Would a lossless (flac) versions of the album correct that issue, or is it there forever because it was mastered that way?
Pyramid Song - Radiohead
Leonardo
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Joliet JakeRedFive said:
Would a lossless (flac) versions of the album correct that issue, or is it there forever because it was mastered that way?
Unfortunately, the album's ruined forever, it's part of the mastering process.
... And they had 'The Empire Strikes Back', the fifth of the four Star Wars films. He is fucking with us numerically, isn't he! "Children, count up to ten." "Four, five, six, one, two, three, ten". No, it goes, four, five, six, one, two, three… No, it goes: four, five, six. One... Two and three have not been made." "Two and three have not been made! What should they be?" "What should they be? We do not know. All we know is that there will be a big floppy character in it that goes, squawk squawk squawk... who needs a punch up the bracket!"
TV's Frink
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Ointment FlyRedFive said:
Loudness war? I'm unfamiliar.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3KHrfiY6Gp8&p=5739751148C92950
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