http://money.cnn.com/2013/10/25/news/companies/metallica-coca-cola-antarctica/index.html?hpt=hp_t3
Wonder if even Paul has ever gone to Antarctica?
― how's life, Friday, 25 October 2013 18:30 (ten years ago) link
lars has his flaws but i can't really imagine those records without him, i'll happily defend his drumming in detail.
― festival culture (Jordan), Wednesday, October 23, 2013 1:35 PM (2 days ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
Im not a drummer or a musician, but i have a hard time listening to his drums. They just sound crappy next to his peers from back then.
― One Way Ticket on the 1277 Express (Bill Magill), Friday, 25 October 2013 18:33 (ten years ago) link
last night i listened to them playing a show in the mid-80s, the day on the green one in oakland, and when they're playing faster and it locks in to straight robotic fours it seems to suit the music better, lars' thing sounds a lot better
― j., Friday, 25 October 2013 18:45 (ten years ago) link
title of this thread really epitomizes the kind of analogy algebra that is the worst thing about ILM haha
― ur literally called somedude btw thanx for the transparency (some dude), Friday, 25 October 2013 19:01 (ten years ago) link
how could analogy algebra be worse than pollification, is there anyone as good at starting polls as dave q was at starting analogy threads?
― j., Friday, 25 October 2013 19:41 (ten years ago) link
is there a special name for the spot near the end of the solo in ktulu where it sounds like guitar is raining from the sky
― j., Thursday, 20 March 2014 23:04 (ten years ago) link
Wouldn't know but here's an analogy to maybe tide you over in the meantime - Sea Change is the Mazzy Star of Beck albums.
― Yarli Simon (rattled), Friday, 21 March 2014 00:56 (ten years ago) link
the soundstage is so weird on this album
― j., Saturday, 29 August 2015 03:26 (eight years ago) link
I still find it weird that For Whom the Bell Tolls is pitched *higher* than standard tuning
― Hammer Smashed Bagels, Saturday, 29 August 2015 03:59 (eight years ago) link
― j., Saturday, August 29, 2015 3:26 AM (6 hours ago) Bookmark
What does this mean?
― the joke should be over once the kid is eaten. (chap), Saturday, 29 August 2015 10:12 (eight years ago) link
"Soundstage" of an acoustic recording
The term soundstage refers to the depth and richness of an audio recording and usually relates to the playback process. According to audiophiles, the quality of the playback is very much dependent upon how one is able to pick out different instruments, voices, vocal parts, and such exactly where they are located on an imaginary 2-dimensional or 3-dimensional field. The quality of this soundstage can enhance not only the listener's involvement in the recording, but also their overall perception of the stage.[1]
― j., Sunday, 30 August 2015 04:20 (eight years ago) link
hey man all i know is this album rools \m/
― Flamenco Drop (VegemiteGrrl), Sunday, 30 August 2015 05:23 (eight years ago) link
"I still find it weird that For Whom the Bell Tolls is pitched *higher* than standard tuning"
My guess is that this was done on the tape. It's an old analog trick to 'speed up' the band only thing is that it will slightly tune the whole recording up a bit in pitch.
― earlnash, Sunday, 30 August 2015 13:21 (eight years ago) link
They do it by altering the speed on the tape reels I believe to do this technique.
― earlnash, Sunday, 30 August 2015 13:22 (eight years ago) link
I think Motown was known for doing this very thing quite a bit in the Detroit years.
― earlnash, Sunday, 30 August 2015 13:23 (eight years ago) link
Would be funny if James played it live with a capo on the first fret
― calstars, Sunday, 30 August 2015 13:30 (eight years ago) link
funnier if Kirk simultaneously didn't
― Hammer Smashed Bagels, Sunday, 30 August 2015 13:32 (eight years ago) link
There's a lyric in Fight Fire With Fire: "Armageddon's here, like said in the past". I had always wondered if this was a reference to the song Blitzkrieg, which was on Kill 'Em All: "The day is coming, Armageddon's near". I just looked it up though and Blitzkrieg was actually just a bonus track on the 1988 reissue of Kill 'Em All. That would've been cool though.
― peace, man, Tuesday, 29 January 2019 13:04 (five years ago) link
Metallica's Blitzkrieg cover was originally a B-side from 1984, and apparently they played it live as far back as 1982 so it's still plausible.
― Siegbran, Tuesday, 29 January 2019 13:34 (five years ago) link
“Fight Fire” is hard to play and sing at the same time , you run out of breath by the first couplet
― calstars, Tuesday, 29 January 2019 15:08 (five years ago) link