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Postby DivaDiana77 » Tue Dec 01, 2009 12:06 am

Mr. Brian wrote:There are good songs on it, I just don't seek it out as much as the first four albums. The other day in fact a song came up on shuffle so I went ahead and played the whole thing and found myself enjoying it. It's been a very long time since I just listened to it all the way through.


I've not heard ALL of the songs I don't think. I never bought the Grey Album. If they still have the tracks, they ought to mix it right. It would be cool. Get rid of the trumpets and crap--though there is that one song where it actually fits and he starts speaking well-pronounced but grammatically poor Spanish. It's sort of a hoot.

From that period, I do enjoy Bedbugs and Ballyhoo and Rollercoaster (b-side) and just heard Lost and Found for the first tie the other day and it's haunting. If the keyboard were a piano or a harpsichord it would sound better. Will's solo is good on it. Lips and the Game are good songs. But yes, they sounded better live--as evidenced by this video--with Mac actually playing his pink tele. (I want one!!! I'm actually bidding on a red one on ebay.)

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Postby black francis » Tue Dec 01, 2009 2:07 am

DivaDiana77 wrote:Ahem...really? I'd hate to call you a liar in front of everyone, so I won't, but the implication is there--is it not?


Would anybody be terribly upset if DivaDiana77 were to call me a liar in front of all you fine people?
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Postby Dr Cheese » Tue Dec 01, 2009 3:16 am

I'd be crushed.
And you know that I'll pick up
Every time you call
Just to thank you one more time
Alcohol
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Postby Voodoo Billy » Tue Dec 01, 2009 3:32 am

It would break my brittle heart.
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Postby Kounelaki » Tue Dec 01, 2009 3:44 am

What they said.
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Postby DivaDiana77 » Tue Dec 01, 2009 3:56 am

black francis wrote:Would anybody be terribly upset if DivaDiana77 were to call me a liar in front of all you fine people?


Apparently I've said worse before.
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Postby Mr. Brian » Tue Dec 01, 2009 7:55 am

DivaDiana77 wrote:Apparently I've said worse before.


No it's just that he is consistently called worse and he IS a liar so it's the modus operandi around here. He also likes to be degraded by women as a hobby.
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Postby black francis » Tue Dec 01, 2009 3:53 pm

Yeah but unlike Mr. Brian I don't have to pay for it.
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Postby Mr. Brian » Tue Dec 01, 2009 3:57 pm

black francis wrote:Yeah but unlike Mr. Brian I don't have to pay for it.


You get what you pay for
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Postby black francis » Tue Dec 01, 2009 4:14 pm

True. But free is still free.
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Postby DivaDiana77 » Tue Dec 01, 2009 8:53 pm

Mr. Brian wrote:No it's just that he is consistently called worse and he IS a liar so it's the modus operandi around here. He also likes to be degraded by women as a hobby.


I've sworn not to swear. Besides, degrading him would give him pleasure. I'd rather deny him that...oh wait, that feeds right back into the part about him enjoying that. Crap.
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Postby black francis » Tue Dec 01, 2009 11:25 pm

It's a vicious circle.
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Postby kook » Thu Dec 03, 2009 5:26 am

black francis wrote:Would anybody be terribly upset if DivaDiana77 were to call me a liar in front of all you fine people?


No.
I wouldn't take any notice. We know you're a stand-up forumite, BF.
Every word is like an unnecessary stain on silence and nothingness.
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Postby DivaDiana77 » Thu Dec 03, 2009 4:37 pm

withahip wrote:It is just Bunnymen luck that they put an overproduced slick album out three years before Nirvana breaks. Not that Nevermind wasn't slick - but it was also loud and compressed with guitar guitar guitar!


Everything was overproduced back then--chiefly because recording technology advanced to the point where they COULD so they DID.
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Postby DivaDiana77 » Wed Dec 16, 2009 3:36 am

I bought the reissue. It was better and worse than I thought. There were some good things about the album:

Bedbugs and Ballyhoo with Ray Manzarek
Lost and Found

Other than that, it doesn't really sound completely like them. The balance is off in the volume of the instruments. They're in there somewhere, but hard to find. Whereas if you listen/watch the video I posted of the Game/Lips that's what they really would have sounded like. Much better, slightly raw and more aggressive.

from the Crystal Days set their real sound from that time I thought was on:
Over Your Shoulder
Rollercoaster (love it!!!)
Lover, I love You
Satisfaction
and the original version of New Direction
And on the reissue:
Jimmy Brown (which is how Dancing Horses would sound if it weren't for all the other stuff added--though I have to admit the slick version is a guilty pleasure)

You can tell these songs were dumped without much production work. Thank God!
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