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Post by ClamsCasino on Feb 10, 2004 17:33:19 GMT -5
I thought the production of "heaven" was pretty good, though I'm no audiophile. My ears had it pegged between the recent stuff and 90s material, though slightly closer to the recent stuff. The production on "Heaven" is more worked on, but that's definitely him playing the drums. If "Lookin' Up in Heaven" is any indication, then I predict that with Folker we'll be getting basement songs that have actually been arranged and played with a little more time and care than some of the stuff on CFMT. More like an album full of "Crackle And Drag Alt. Version" than an album full of "Making Me Go."
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Post by ClamsCasino on Feb 10, 2004 17:28:18 GMT -5
didnt paul say that "yes there were some parts i wasnt able to play" so im thinking he probably did have some help on the past few albums... I think that for the parts he couldn't play, he just used his trusty drum machine. For instance "Knockin' Em Back" is all drum machine.
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Post by ClamsCasino on Feb 9, 2004 22:13:56 GMT -5
I think maybe the happy medium could be achieved if he just started playing with other musicians. I'd love for him to stick with the same raw recording style, but invite two or three more guys into the basement with him. To paraphrase Peter Jesperson, four albums of Paul's terrible drumming does get a little tiresome.
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Post by ClamsCasino on Feb 8, 2004 22:37:47 GMT -5
paul westerbegs voice isnt the same now as it was on 14 songs etc...because that was many years ago! peopls voices change, hes getting older etc ... I know. All I'm saying is that I'm not happy about it. "Hear my engines whiiiiine..." the underproduced, or whatever you want to call it....sounds much better than overproduced. 14 songs, eventually suicaine...all had some great songs on there but as albusm they dont hold up...come feel me trembnle, mono stereo...are great songs all the way through, and are great albums... I wouldn't call any of Paul's albums overproduced. Most of Don't Tell A Soul was overproduced. Thankfully his solo albums haven't even approached that level of gloss.
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Post by ClamsCasino on Jan 27, 2004 22:07:46 GMT -5
Yeah, I've brought the voice issue up a lot, Scooterboy. My guess is that it's a band vs. solo thing, but his voice definitely has changed, and I don't really think it's for the better. That trademark Westerberg scream is gone. I said before that he used to sing to the back rows, but now it sounds like he's singing to the back of his teeth. I don't know where that ragged roar went, but I really miss it. Maybe he just needs a band behind him to push him. His voice has been really thin and reedy since Mono/Stereo. Just listen to something like "Knock it Right Out" compared to "Waiting For Somebody." It sounds like two totally different singers. There's a strength and heft to his voice on the full band recordings that's definitely missing in recent years. I'd like to think that he can get it back.
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Post by ClamsCasino on Jan 27, 2004 0:23:39 GMT -5
Do people really think that Paul's other solo albums are over-produced? A few tunes here and there are, but overall they're much rawer than, say, Don't Tell A Soul. I've said it here before, but the choice isn't solo basement recordings vs. overproduced million dollar studio recordings. There's something in between, and I think that's where Paul really shines.
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Post by ClamsCasino on Jan 26, 2004 18:21:11 GMT -5
for some reason i also always heard it in political terms, but that was prolly just reading into it It definitely can be read that way. The line about the newspaper ("we're fighting again, in some f*ckin' land" ) puts it in a political context. As for the giving up the reigns of leadership thing, "I'll Be You" definitely expresses the same sentiment. I agree though that it was probably less about giving up the reigns than it was a passive-aggressive way to dissolve the band.
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Post by ClamsCasino on Feb 2, 2004 20:08:36 GMT -5
That's exactly what I mean - Chris was definitely someplace waiting - why would they have hauled him into a space to show that no one else showed up? I guess the Squeeze one just bothers me because no one seemed too upset about the idea of getting back together... I don't know. I thought it was pretty obvious that Jools Holland had zero interest in getting back together.
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Post by ClamsCasino on Jan 31, 2004 22:08:08 GMT -5
We all must have had little to do last night. I was suprised by the abrupt ending to the Squeeze show - making me think something happened at the last minute. Well, something did happen at the last minute. They decided they didn't want to the show after all. That's one of the cool things about the show. Not every reunion is successful. I was sure that Frankie Goes To Hollywood were going to pull it together and do the show, but they backed out at the last minute too.
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Post by ClamsCasino on Jan 28, 2004 18:39:04 GMT -5
I wanna see the Flock Of Seaguls and Frankie Goes To Hollywood shows. Both of those already aired, but I'm sure they'll be rerunning them endlessly.
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Post by ClamsCasino on Jan 19, 2004 16:29:50 GMT -5
I heard the muzak Skyway in a Chinese restaurant about five years ago.
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Post by ClamsCasino on Mar 11, 2004 1:27:31 GMT -5
I doubt there's a connection. "Chef's choice" just means that Paul asked that those tunes be included on the compilation. I remember an interview around the time of the album's release where he said that that was pretty much the extent of his involvement.
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Post by ClamsCasino on Mar 9, 2004 1:35:46 GMT -5
I hate it and I always skip it, but I don't hate because it's unfinished. I hate it because it's an awful song with a cheesy piano part, predictable melody and throwaway performance.
Paul on piano? I love "Self Defense", "The Last" and "Androgynous", and like "Good Day" despite the cheesy piano part.
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Post by ClamsCasino on Mar 22, 2004 15:27:55 GMT -5
I felt the same way not too long ago, but figuring out the whole bit torrent thing really isn't that difficult. Just read the FAQ at the link provided and you'll get it. There's not much to it really.
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Post by ClamsCasino on Mar 9, 2004 1:31:03 GMT -5
I posted about the objection that the noodlings guitar solo tracks are not the Mats playing. Here is a response: I read somewhere that(PTMM producer) Jim Dickinson's son played those guitar noodlings .He played some guitar on the album. They were recorded during the Ptmm sessions,so they were included in the collection. That's one theory, but when you listen to those noodlings it's pretty clear that whomever is playing can't play guitar at all. It's also pretty clear that they weren't recorded in a studio. It really does sound like a 15-watt Peavey amp. I really think this is a case of some overzealous fan throwing some junk of his own on an existing boot. It's happened before. I just got a Ryan Adams boot that has some piece of crap fan song masquerading as an Adams demo. I've seen the same thing on a few Wilco boots as well.
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Post by ClamsCasino on Mar 6, 2004 23:45:03 GMT -5
Could it be that this is Paul trying to work out a Van Halen like solo for Shooting Dirty Pool? He previously said that's what he was going for but could never get it quite right so they went with Jim Dickinson's son to do the solo. There's no way. You'll know when you hear it. It sounds like some kid who couldn't have been playing guitar for more than a week trying to be Eddie Van Halen.
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Post by ClamsCasino on Mar 6, 2004 22:10:15 GMT -5
I have known that most of these tracks have been available for years, but this is the first time that I have seen them all in one place (meaning one easy download to get it all at once). I posted this because it would be a lot easier to get this than spending a lot of time trying to get it from other avenues. I figured that some people here (including myself) don't have all of this and I'd pass the information along to anyone who'd be interested. Thanks for pointing out that those tracks are fake. Yeah, I wasn't criticizing you for posting it. It's cool to have them all in one giant download, especially for those who haven't heard this stuff before. I'm still keeping my fingers crossed for Jesperson's long-promised set. I'm dying to hear the original masters for some of these. Glitch-free recordings of stuff like "Street Girl" and "Don't Get Married" might have people revising their list of favorites. A little anal-retentive footnote: The disc sleeve lists two versions of "Learn How To Fall", but the title is actually "Learn How To Fail".
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Post by ClamsCasino on Mar 6, 2004 18:37:51 GMT -5
As for the guitar noodling tracks, it sure sounded like someone had been listening to Eddie Van Halen. Not to mention that it sounds like they're playing through a 15 watt Peavey amp.
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Post by ClamsCasino on Mar 6, 2004 17:46:38 GMT -5
This may possibly be the "Holy Grail" of Replacements bootlegs. 4 discs that span their entire career. I thought that these tapes were at the bottom of Lake Minnetonka? Eh, there's nothing here that already hasn't been available for years. Somebody just compiled existing bootlegs into one 4-disc set. Jesperson is surely sitting on a mountain of stuff that none of us have ever heard. And it probably needs to be pointed out again that tracks 19 through 21 on disc 3 are not the Replacements. I can't believe that these "guitar fill" tracks are still circulating as Mats material. This is yet another case of some joker putting his own feeble noodlings onto a boot and trying to pass it off as genuine.
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Post by ClamsCasino on Nov 29, 2003 19:32:24 GMT -5
His comments in interviews about not being afraid to reveal himself in songs like "Knockin' Em Back" imply that we should be taking the lyrics literally. I thought he made it pretty clear that those lyrics are based on truth.
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