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the best cd of 2006 was released today, and it was recorded 40 years ago.
how can something so familiar be made to sound so new? so fresh to the ears...im not going to lie, i got a bit emotional listening to The Beatles LOVE , a new cd produced and mashed up by george and giles martin for the cirque de soleil show in vegas.
one of the most depressing things i recognized in listening to LOVE , is that the class of 2006 pales in comparison to the work done by four lads from liverpool oh so long ago. the album opens with an acappalla take on "because" from let it be before quieting out for that unforgettable first struck chord from "a hard days night", with the drums of "the end" crashing in, only to mix paul mccartneys "get back" in before we outro with lennons "glass onion". the effect throughout works wonderfully. youll notice the guitar solo from one song replacing the guitar solo from another song. it really is like a game of name that tune.
now we've all heard beatles mash ups before but, trust me, not like this. the surround mix of "i want to hold your hand" has the studio version in the front speakers and the live hollywood bowl recording in the rear! the wave of nostalgia that washed over me listening to LOVE was overwhelming. and its worth having if for no other reason than this is the only remastered hi fi version of any beatles cd available. the beatles catalog was originally remastered in 1988, when cd technology was in its infancy. you can actually hear fingers scrapping guitar strings and backing vocals as if they were raining down on you from a mountaintop. and the real winner in all of this is ringo starr, with thunderous fills in "strawberry fields" sounding like they came from the chemicals brothers. the remastering shines a light on one of the most underappreciated drummers in rock history.
thank you george martin, songs we've heard so many times, now sound so new.
damien rices new cd "9" is due out in a few weeks and it probably wont disappoint any fans of his first release "O". "9" is full of the kind of songs melancholly 15 year olds with an affectation for scruffy troubadours will lock themselves into their bedrooms and pine over incessently.
the dynamic hasnt changed, soft acoustic/vocal/cello/light percussion. the order in which this takes place varies from song to song but the dynamic remains the same. that is to say, there is not much in the way of dynamics. my problem with damien rice and "9" is the feeling that i have to listen to each song a number of times before i like it...finding the repeating melodies, something to get your hooks into...but when i like it, i REALLY like it. im a sucker for singer/songwriters.
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thanks for the heads up...i was just listening to his 'B Sides" and hoping he had something new on the horizon...i didn't realize 9 was so close to being released!
I am very excited to hear this album-!!! I totally killed "O" when it was released - I actually made myself stop listening to it so I didn't wreck my love for its sound. I think it's time to bring Damien back from the dead. =)
The songs from "O" that I liked I loved so I'm somewhat excited to hear his new one.
Country star () BILLY RAY CYRUS has penned an emotional tribute to the three members of LYNYRD SKYNYRD who died in a 1977 plane crash, after a phone conversation discussing the tragedy with drummer ARTIMUS PYLE . Cyrus was chatting to Pyle about the accident, which cost the lives of singer RONNIE VAN ZANT , guitarist STEVE GAINES , his backing singer sister CASSIE GAINES and road manager DEAN KILPATRICK . Pyle told Cyrus how he clambered out of the wreckage in Louisiana swampland and staggered to find help with several broken ribs, only to be shot in the shoulder by a farmer who was frightened of the long-haired and bearded rocker covered in blood. And Cyrus was so moved he immediately wrote THE FREEBIRD FELL - named after Lynyrd Skynyrd's epic track FREEBIRD - for his new album WANNA BE YOUR JOE ....
this would be much more interesting if we could replace the words BILLY RAY CYRUS in the above article with MY MORNING JACKET or DRIVE -BY TRUCKERS , but i guess the truckers already did their skynyrd tribute.
i remember watching some vh1 doc about how the other surviving members of the band were all hating on artimus pyle for abandoning them in the wreckage to save himself or some such nonsense, and all i could think while watching it was, wow, these guys are really some backward thinking rednecks! they couldnt even properly articulate their beef with him, but seemed to be looking for someone to blame for the tragedy and somehow chose to scapegoat him.
now, i am by no means a skynyrd fan, i chose neil young...but ronnie van zant actually seemed like a cool guy from what i have seen/read and i just cant believe he would be happy with the majority of the surviving members behavior in the past 30 years...and also, wouldnt the skynyrd story make a great hollywood movie! i mean, im surprised it hasnt happened yet, what with the seeming money hungry lust that some of the band members and family members seemed to have based on the doc i saw.
i can add this to the top of the list of rockstar movies that hollywood needs to get made:
1) jimi hendrix-COME ON! i know casting has been an issue, laurence fishborne, lenny kravitz, and will smith have all been rumored...but this needs to get done!
2) syd barrett/pink floyd-who wouldnt pay to see that?
3) lynyrd skynyrd
who else?
im thinking not so much of movies that i WANT to see, but movies that NEED to get made.
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I'd like to see Billy Idol's story, or maybe something along the lines of Def Leppard. That could be interesting.
OH WAIT , isn't there a movie that's just coming out or just came out about Def Leppard? Or maybe it's coming out?
I dunno. Either way it'll be cool.
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Great review. I can't wait to pick up my copy later today!
Good one. I might pick it up - do all the profits go to Michael Jackson? Doesn't he own the rights to all this stuff?
I'll have to wait until I get paid on Friday. Dying to hear this.
Tak: That has scared the hell outta me for ages. I hope Wacko doesn't do anything stupid with the rights.