Moss Posted May 11, 2010 Share Posted May 11, 2010 Looks like an interesting read. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Stewart Posted May 11, 2010 Share Posted May 11, 2010 Well that was inevitable huh? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Moss Posted May 12, 2010 Share Posted May 12, 2010 Well that was inevitable huh? Yeah, kind of seems so. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Stewart Posted June 23, 2010 Share Posted June 23, 2010 Going to see a Beatles tribute show tomorrow: Rain. Certainly looks stimulating. Winston Legthigh saw them and approved mildly. Anyone else? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Analogman Posted June 23, 2010 Share Posted June 23, 2010 They played here at the university this past year, but I did not see them. I have heard they are good. Scorsese eyes 2011 bow for George Harrison film Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Stewart Posted June 23, 2010 Share Posted June 23, 2010 Scorsese eyes 2011 bow for George Harrison film I was wondering recently whatever became of that. Good to hear. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Analogman Posted June 23, 2010 Share Posted June 23, 2010 I think I recently saw photos of Martin and Olivia on one of the Beatles blogs I look at, so I looked it up. I thought it was going to be this year. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
bigideas Posted June 23, 2010 Share Posted June 23, 2010 "This is a deeply personal journey for me, it's been excruciating," she said. "I've been archiving for five years -- 35 years, really. Throwing cassettes and letters in drawers, little things and pieces of paper that you find that say, 'Goats on my roof.' You think, What does that mean?" the Goats on my roof bit was funny to me. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
imsjry Posted June 23, 2010 Share Posted June 23, 2010 So now that the dust has settled on these, what is the overall opinion on the remasters? Yes they are louder, but I think I prefer thr original CD's that came out as far as overall sound quality. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
LouieB Posted June 23, 2010 Share Posted June 23, 2010 I bought a copy of the mono box set (used and cheap....thanks Lauries) for the heck of it and realized recently nearly all my older Beatles LPs (prior to Rubber Soul) are mono anyway. Go figure. LouieB Quote Link to post Share on other sites
cryptique Posted June 23, 2010 Author Share Posted June 23, 2010 So now that the dust has settled on these, what is the overall opinion on the remasters? Yes they are louder, but I think I prefer thr original CD's that came out as far as overall sound quality.Never thought the original CDs were very good. I far prefer the new remasters. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Moss Posted June 23, 2010 Share Posted June 23, 2010 I just read an interview with Ringo where he said he prefers the Stereo mixes over the Mono mixes. Of course he is going by how his drums sound. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Stewart Posted June 24, 2010 Share Posted June 24, 2010 "This is a deeply personal journey for me, it's been excruciating," she said. "I've been archiving for five years -- 35 years, really. Throwing cassettes and letters in drawers, little things and pieces of paper that you find that say, 'Goats on my roof.' You think, What does that mean?" the Goats on my roof bit was funny to me. Funny - reminds me that when we were kids my brother and I used to sing the chorus to "All Those Years Ago" as "although she's a goat". Who'da thunk it - George may have approved. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
MattZ Posted June 24, 2010 Share Posted June 24, 2010 I just read an interview with Ringo where he said he prefers the Stereo mixes over the Mono mixes. Well, he's wrong. Just tell him to ask joss ackland's spunky backpack. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
The High Heat Posted June 25, 2010 Share Posted June 25, 2010 I posted this link in the Michael Jackson thread. There is a $300M loan due by year's end that will determine who will own the publishing company that controls The Beatles catalog. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Stewart Posted June 25, 2010 Share Posted June 25, 2010 Rain puts on a pretty good show. But guys, lose the whole "60s" concept. Flourishing every costume/era change with 'Nam, TV and hippie visuals (inc. the ubiquitous b/w footage of that long-haired blonde in dark pants and jacket twirling around like a fuckhead) only serves to unfairly equate the Beatles music with its contemporary timeframe, making it stale. Screw the 60s, the Beatles are bigger than that now. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
bjorn_skurj Posted June 25, 2010 Share Posted June 25, 2010 Rain puts on a pretty good show. But guys, lose the whole "60s" concept. Flourishing every costume/era change with 'Nam, TV and hippie visuals (inc. the ubiquitous b/w footage of that long-haired blonde in dark pants and jacket twirling around like a fuckhead) only serves to unfairly equate the Beatles music with its contemporary timeframe, making it stale. Screw the 60s, the Beatles are bigger than that now.I like this post. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Synthesizer Patel Posted June 25, 2010 Share Posted June 25, 2010 So now that the dust has settled on these, what is the overall opinion on the remasters? Yes they are louder, but I think I prefer thr original CD's that came out as far as overall sound quality. I had bought a few of the stereo remastered cds, and downloaded a flac version of the mono boxset, at the time. But, I've ended up buying the mono box set - now it's cheaper - and selling the stereo albums (apart from Let It Be, Abbey Road & Yellow Submarine - which I was sent by a mistake and kept! - the beatles gods were shining on me that day, cos i can't imagine any other way i'd have got the album). To me the stereo mixes just got me annoyed that they weren't mono - I'd be listening with clenched teeth! Also, the quality of the cd cases etc... was shit when compared to the mono box set. Just everything about the stereo cds made me want to bully them - flush their heads down the toilet - pinch them in the ribs - give them evils! Simply because they weren't the mono ones! I just read an interview with Ringo where he said he prefers the Stereo mixes over the Mono mixes. Of course he is going by how his drums sound. Ringo, is a twat - let's be honest. A lovable twat, but he's still a twat. Isn't there something about Ringo playing a lot of chess or some such thing during the making of Sgt Pepper - i think that sums up his knowledge of arrangement/production. Well, he's wrong. Just tell him to ask joss ackland's spunky backpack. peace and love! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Moss Posted June 25, 2010 Share Posted June 25, 2010 Rain puts on a pretty good show. But guys, lose the whole "60s" concept. Flourishing every costume/era change with 'Nam, TV and hippie visuals (inc. the ubiquitous b/w footage of that long-haired blonde in dark pants and jacket twirling around like a fuckhead) only serves to unfairly equate the Beatles music with its contemporary timeframe, making it stale. Screw the 60s, the Beatles are bigger than that now. Yes! Thank you! That whole 60's nostalgia fest get's tiresome. The music is beyond that. Save that for playing that crappy "flowers in your hair" song. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Stewart Posted June 25, 2010 Share Posted June 25, 2010 Save that for playing that crappy "flowers in your hair" song. Oh right - and that song playing over the PA as the San Fran dropouts do their thing. And of course: Jimi's Watchtower backing shots of bombs dropping and our boys setting villages aflame. Can't believe they're taking this act to Broadway (especially the opening: a tape of an Ed Sullivan impersonator introducing them). Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Analogman Posted June 25, 2010 Share Posted June 25, 2010 I don't see anything wrong with what they are doing. I actually like that song. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Moss Posted June 25, 2010 Share Posted June 25, 2010 I don't see anything wrong with what they are doing. I actually like that song. Sorry, I was a little abrupt there, my boss walked up as I was finishing so I had to just hurry up and type something. I can see that they are catering to a certain Baby boomer type segment of the population, I just wish they used a bit more imagination, just seems so unoriginal at this point. Obviously the Beatles were a product of the 60's and the soundtrack of a generation and all that but I know when I listen to them I'm not thinking about Vietnam, and flower power and translove airways. It's time to bring something new to the table for a generation that has heard a ton of Beatles and don't automatically connect it to those images. But I'm not going to lie, I have never liked that song. Sweet Jesus I lack eloquence. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Analogman Posted June 25, 2010 Share Posted June 25, 2010 I don't see how it could be any different. (Is that how Beatlemania (play) was presented back in the 1970s? I never seen it either, so I don't know.) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Stewart Posted June 25, 2010 Share Posted June 25, 2010 I had me a real good time, for the record. It's just that since the rise of The Fab Faux, my expectations have been altered, fair or not. Meticulous reproduction of the music is more appealing than a Beatlemania-type affair. And Rain says themselves that they consider the Beatles "the Mozarts of rock" so I guess I expected a little less of that (even though Rain sprang from Beatlemania). I guess Beatles tribute shows could be divided into two camps now, with Beatlejuice and The Fab Faux in one and Rain et al in the other. There's room for everyone. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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