noisedisciple

I'm so sick of this song.

I heard an opera version of it, translated to Italian, playing in the overhead speakers at Barnes and Noble.

I'm done with all 453875934875 versions of it.

on And No. 2">"Hallelujah" Could Be UK's Christmas No. 1 And No. 2 at December 19, 2008 3:46 AM
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Actually United States (the long 10-minute song) was the most memorable thing about Zeitgeist, particularly the drumming. And "Bring the Light" and "Starz" were both really cool. They definitely picked the wrong songs to be singles for that album.

on Billy Corgan Promises No More Albums, Only Singles That Nickelback Fans Will Like at December 10, 2008 3:31 PM
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People who bitch that the new Pumpkins is "contrived"... you know, so was the old Pumpkins. A band can be "contrived" AND good at the same time. They're not mutually exclusive.

Honestly, I wish there was more contrivance in bands now. Nobody's doing drama or showing signs of thought these days. All this post-indie feel-good bounce stuff is starting to finally get old.

I still laugh that that the people who bitch about the Smashing Pumpkins reunion only has two members are the same people who bitch that "their last good album was Siamese Dream"... which, you know, only had those two members actually playing on it.

on New Smashing Pumpkins Video - "G.L.O.W." at December 3, 2008 6:29 PM
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They already re-released Rumours.... there's a remaster that showed up in stores with a bunch of extra stuff 4 or 5 months ago. Unless this is like "ultra-ultra-remastered edition"....

on Fleetwood Mac To Get Unleashed On 2009 Tour, Re-Release Rumours at December 3, 2008 6:19 PM
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"Oh, apparently it's not cool to like them anymore, so you'd better throw out a snide remark to entertain the kids."

Yeah, it's a little annoying, and happens a lot on this site, usually based on the easy, boring, and predictable "cool/too big, therefore no longer cool" arc as opposed to the actual music. Especially considering that some of the artists that ARE considered cool by the site people are pretty godawful.

on Hives Sued By Remaining Fan at October 29, 2008 3:37 AM
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You know... I used to completely agree with the "if it's not loud enough, you can turn it up" mastering philosophy. Then I tried putting older, quieter songs on mix cds usually comes off pretty lame, even if you get your burning program to bump up the volume by normalizing. The only way to make them sound anywhere close to right with the louder, newer mixes.is to drive them into the clip zone, and there you are again. Sometimes I wish I had crappy, overcompressed, over-bassy versions of old songs. I know, it's silly, but seriously.

While we're at bitching about overcompressed mastering, let's talking about the early Beatles records.

on Death Magnetic Still Has Crappy Dynamic Range at September 27, 2008 1:01 AM
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The band not being in the studio for a mix is completely normal. Actually, I doubt you can find many mix engineers that ALLOW the artist in the studio during mixing.

I don't get why so many people are zeroing in on this particular album (other than because it's Metallica and people for some reason bitch louder about them). I've heard plenty of albums come out that are much worse in this respect. I took the album and played it and it only occasionally lit my peak meters, whereas some particularly overcompressed albums constantly top them out.

I record and mix music. It's what I do. I haven't made any hit albums (yet), but I have seen more faux-audiophilia on message boards about this album than any subject ever. People bitch about this album's dynamics, but the last few Slayer albums' were worse, the SAME people who are now bitching about this Metallica album LOVED that them, and their most recent album won a Grammy.

At least admit it's about hating Metallica and has nothing to do with the sound quality.... I happen to think the Black Album's mix (and well as every other Bob Rock-era mix) is fatiguing because of the snare drum sound, and the one on Death Mag is much better than those.

In reply to yeegads's comment on Death Magnetic Still Has Crappy Dynamic Range at September 27, 2008 12:41 AM
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"the best thing we've heard from the guy since his Velvet landmine."

Not exactly an endorsement.

on New Scott Weiland - "Paralysis" at September 17, 2008 7:45 PM
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