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I mostly chalk it up to a kind of benign naivety. What I posted above reads like I thought it was cynical, and I don't think that was the case. I mean, I donate a fair amount to different charities each year and feel good when I do it. I doubt I make much of a difference, though. It's a 1st World ego-boost and I imagine that's how most of the performers felt when they made this record.
Good thing Tim's part of the band nowIn regard to Kashmir, I like Dave Matthews better with Tim Reynolds than I do with his DMB. I've seen him three times perform with Tim Reynolds at Farm Aids, and I like their acoustic music together.
Buddy Holly puts his signature sound on this Rave On cover with the Crickets. I'd never heard the original, so I listened to it, and favor Buddy's version. This song reminds me of doing welcome parties at a resort in Florida, and when we did the 50s theme, people loved the Buddy Holly tunes. I hated having to wear a poodle skirt. I liked doing The Stroll.
Still digging the second helping of Der Kommisar in town. wa-uh-oh
This version of Rebel Yell rocks as much as the original.This song brings back great memories.
He is, in fact, a member of DMB now.
Sorry, I can see where the X is confusing. I meant it as Tim joining the band isn't a good thing to me. I like it just Dave and Tim.
Headlights coming towards me at night look like headlights coming right at me in my lane. I don't know if it is my dry eyes that make that happen, or the way my eyes dilate when light hits them, or both. It is bothersome and can be scary.
I want to see it. Maybe I'll watch it tonight.
I felt the same way the only time I saw the DMB - it was a pretty dull concert. The only good part was when Carlos Santana (Santana was opening act at Giants Stadium) came out and jammed on "All Along the Watchtower" - that was amazing, but mostly due to Carlos.
Sorry, I can see where the X is confusing. I meant it as Tim joining the band isn't a good thing to me. I like it just Dave and Tim.
The worst concert I ever saw was DMB. The band members were not getting along, and unfortunately it played out on stage. Some people walked out during the show. They had no energy, and between songs there were long pauses, and it seemed there were conflicts on what to play next. It seemed they didn't want to play at all. It was weird and disappointing. You'd think they could have faked harmony for a couple hours since people paid to see them play. I don't want to bad mouth DMB, and I do know that they have a reputation for being very good live, but that one time was really bad. I also like Dave and Tim acoustic together better in general.
One time when I saw CS&N, they also seemed to not want to be in each other's company, but they didn't let it interfere with their performance. They just didn't want to look at each other or smile.
If you enjoy their music, you should really revisit them live. The last few tours have been pretty great, very similar to earlier DMB in terms of energy. They really are having a lot of fun on stage and it shows.
Well the first 2/3rds of my drive is on the 15 with four lanes in both directions. It's heading straight to the most statistically dangerous section of road in Cali, but I take a west before that. The 395 after that can be dicey with oncoming lights, but not so much as late as I traveled. It was pretty much me and the playlist and the darkness. I had less than 40 minutes of rain, but it was just so dark I think it's my eyes.
It’s stunning that Neil was involved, but not really when you remember how adrift he was in the 80s.
Farm Aid is much more than just a fundraising concert for farmers. Their help for farmers and agriculture doesn't stop when the music does.Regarding things like Farm/Live Aid, etc...
Their hearts are in the right place but it's like signing up to toss bread into the crowd at a Roman circus.
It is temporary - and does make all involved look and feel good - yet does nothing to solve the root problems.
So ultimately they're pretty self serving events.
The sincerity just oozes from every note.
That's good to know. Guess that's a bad example. Mea culpa.Farm Aid is much more than just a fundraising concert for farmers. Their help for farmers and agriculture doesn't stop when the music does.Regarding things like Farm/Live Aid, etc...
Their hearts are in the right place but it's like signing up to toss bread into the crowd at a Roman circus.
It is temporary - and does make all involved look and feel good - yet does nothing to solve the root problems.
So ultimately they're pretty self serving events.
Organizer and he wrote the song.
Yeah and not sure what's worse,the song or the video.
Geddy at the 2:16 mark. JFC
Remixing/remastering—especially with the aid of new tech—is a thing that should be approached real cautiously. There always exists the temptation to impose what are actually artifacts of current trends into the source material for the sake of “improvement”. This is how you get a gated snare and digi-drum triggers instead of the sound of the greatest boogie drummer of all time playing actual drums on the first 4 ZZ Top albums to be released on CD.
@Oliver Humanzee would probably have thoughts - perhaps more thoughts than you'd like - on this.
On an adjacent note, another special guest recently at my current Beatles class was engineer/producer Ken Scott, and there was a lot of fascinating (to me) discussion of re-releases (not just Beatles but generally) and how and to what extent to use modern technology on these older recordings. He's insistent that the old mono recordings should only be released in mono, which I know you and I touched on before.
Never saw that back then. Just checked it out - good stuff when SNL still had a quality cast and was still actually funny. Rich Hall (I think that's who it was) did a great Mark Goodman.
Dailymotion
www.dailymotion.com
That is a big issue with the remastering of movies now too. Most people like some film grain on their films but some companies and even creators like James Cameron are able to use modern tech to remove all the grain and make it look like it was filmed digitally which to me is off-putting. I get the great resolution and cleanliness of the of the image is great but it should still have the somewhat tactile feel of a film. Then there are people changing the color grading saying this is what they had originally intended many years ago. Maybe it was but also maybe the way it turned out was a happy accident?Remixing/remastering—especially with the aid of new tech—is a thing that should be approached real cautiously. There always exists the temptation to impose what are actually artifacts of current trends into the source material for the sake of “improvement”. This is how you get a gated snare and digi-drum triggers instead of the sound of the greatest boogie drummer of all time playing actual drums on the first 4 ZZ Top albums to be released on CD.
@Oliver Humanzee would probably have thoughts - perhaps more thoughts than you'd like - on this.
On an adjacent note, another special guest recently at my current Beatles class was engineer/producer Ken Scott, and there was a lot of fascinating (to me) discussion of re-releases (not just Beatles but generally) and how and to what extent to use modern technology on these older recordings. He's insistent that the old mono recordings should only be released in mono, which I know you and I touched on before.
The Beatles Mono Box clearly sounds better than the stereo versions, and if there exists a recording that needs absolutely no remixing it’s Marquee Moon.
That is a big issue with the remastering of movies now too. Most people like some film grain on their films but some companies and even creators like James Cameron are able to use modern tech to remove all the grain and make it look like it was filmed digitally which to me is off-putting. I get the great resolution and cleanliness if the of the image is great but it should still have the somewhat tactile feel of a film. Then there are people changing the color grading saying this is what they had originally intended many years ago. Maybe it was but also maybe the way it turned out was a happy accident?Remixing/remastering—especially with the aid of new tech—is a thing that should be approached real cautiously. There always exists the temptation to impose what are actually artifacts of current trends into the source material for the sake of “improvement”. This is how you get a gated snare and digi-drum triggers instead of the sound of the greatest boogie drummer of all time playing actual drums on the first 4 ZZ Top albums to be released on CD.
@Oliver Humanzee would probably have thoughts - perhaps more thoughts than you'd like - on this.
On an adjacent note, another special guest recently at my current Beatles class was engineer/producer Ken Scott, and there was a lot of fascinating (to me) discussion of re-releases (not just Beatles but generally) and how and to what extent to use modern technology on these older recordings. He's insistent that the old mono recordings should only be released in mono, which I know you and I touched on before.
The Beatles Mono Box clearly sounds better than the stereo versions, and if there exists a recording that needs absolutely no remixing it’s Marquee Moon.
It was good. Worth a watch. It was pretty amazing how they were able to pull it all together in the manner they did.
Here is The Kinks version (if you haven't heard it)
www.youtube.com
I'm putting together tomorrow's list, and I see that someone picked a song with a particular original artist listed. I looked to see who others had, and there are no fewer than three different "original artists" listed. Research will be required.
If you have your song's original artist changed tomorrow, this is you.
OH's selection will be on the playlist for the first time!
Mmmm, i wonder if there s a twist to this clue?
Are you kidding? What asshat tampers with ZZ?
I'm pretty sure this lets me out. Of course, I thought that about the Simpsons theme, so what do I know?A little preview of tomorrow's selections! I don't have a ton of time for it today, but never fear...one of these days I'm going to do another math problem with these. I know you can't wait.
- @Uruk-Hai breaks into the "T"s!
- One participant does his/her own "Who Wore It Best?" with a song they previously selected by a different cover artist.
- Two artists who had previously been selected for their cover performances now get the honor of having another artist cover their songs. One of the covering artists won three Grammys last night!
- One of my selections in the three prior M-aD countdowns gets its time in the spotlight. I love the song, but my understanding was that we wouldn't double up on these, and I'm at peace with this.
- Two selections start with the same ten-letter word. This word is hot.
- One selection is a mash-up of songs by two original artists that were otherwise also selected in this round, but for different songs.
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Mine is in a genre where the provenance of songs is often unknown or disputed, so if this is me, sorry for being lazy.I'm putting together tomorrow's list, and I see that someone picked a song with a particular original artist listed. I looked to see who others had, and there are no fewer than three different "original artists" listed. Research will be required.
If you have your song's original artist changed tomorrow, this is you.
Mine is in a genre where the provenance of songs is often unknown or disputed, so if this is me, sorry for being lazy.I'm putting together tomorrow's list, and I see that someone picked a song with a particular original artist listed. I looked to see who others had, and there are no fewer than three different "original artists" listed. Research will be required.
If you have your song's original artist changed tomorrow, this is you.
