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What does that say before "Orchestral Version"? DH? What is DH? This could just be an arrangement that the film's composer scored for a scene rather than the backing track for the song.

Go to any article on the story and just briefly scan through the comments and you're guaranteed to come across some jackass spewing anti-Muslim garbage. It's staggering the conclusions that some people allow themselves to draw. 

He was recently diagnosed with Alzheimer's, yes. But you'd be surprised, Sitar. Don't underestimate people's drive and creative spirit. Here's a fascinating and inspiring note about one of my favorite composers, Alfred Schnittke: 

 

 

In 1985, Schnittke suffered a stroke that left him in a coma. He was declared clinically dead on several occasions, but recovered and continued to compose. 

 

 

And, let me tell you, his post-stroke compositions were heavy. Also, in the last year of his life, Beethoven had to press his ear against the piano to feel the sound of what he was playing because his hearing had gotten so poor, he could barely even hear. There's also world-renowned virtuoso percussionist Evelyn Glennie who is deaf. Not saying that Bobby will exhibit the same tenacity, but you never know. He's not dead yet. 

 

 

On a completely unrelated note, i would love to see Maddy mowing the lawn, ha. 

I don’t know, from what i can remember, merchandise at concerts has been grossly overpriced well before the internet. Maybe this Paradise stuff is slightly more (taking into account inflation) than the average prices of tour merch, say, 25 years ago, but i bet not by that much. I remember when i was a kid seeing t-shirts at some concerts for around $40. I just went to an inflation calculator site, and, as an example: $40 in 1988 is the equivalent to $78.50 today. 

 

Also, most recording artists outside of the very top mega sellers, have never made that much profit from records. That’s why touring has always been very important to artists. Live performances are an artist's bread and butter. 

 

I've said this before and i'll say it again: I think where piracy and file sharing have hit the industry the most/hardest is in the budgets for recordings. Labels just don't have big money anymore to allow artists to make big budget records as they were once made (exempting Axl Rose with Chinese Democracy  )

 

This is going pretty far back, but just as an example: In 1966 Brian Wilson racked up a $50,000 bill to Capitol records for the recording of the Beach Boys single Good Vibrations, the most expensive single at that time, spanning around 20 sessions over the course of around half a year at four different studios. That's $358,000 in today's money. For one song. Now, that was more of an exception than the rule, but it still goes to show how much $ record companies had at one point in time. Can you imagine even the biggest major label today spending $358,000 on one song for a pop artist? Sure, 5 Points is a tiny label, but just for some point of reference, what was the budget for AKA, $50,000? For the entire record. With a big producer like Kahne. Anyone have any figures from Interscope for BTD? I've been curious about this. 

"Hmm, i've got an idea. I'm going to rerecord my very best recordings!"

 

–Elizabeth Grant 

I'm surprised by some of the things people haven't mentioned about the shows, like how they're playing the backing vocals from the album (lame--BUT someone should bribe the engineer for a copy of all of those backing vocals only mixes ), and how the Body Electric arrangement is pretty different from last summer's shows and the album version. 

I read the title of this thread as My New Meth Teacher. Oh, the things that this forum does to one. 

I cannot believe that music like this exists. Is this song a comment on people not being "original" while sounding like music for a Doritos commercial made in five minutes on GarageBand by an in-house jingle writer at Disney?   

 

What is SMASH? Why does this exist? 

 

 

 

 

Let me see if the magikarp flops around this time 

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mine says "There was a error in submitting your form!"

 

That's what you're writing to Lana? It's a little ambiguous but i think she'll like it. 

 Knocking  Knocking on Heavens Door (I prefer the Guns version) 

 

Speaking of...it seems Lana had the GNR version in mind for her cover (which, as i write that, i realize now that it's pretty obvious she would have).

 

You're Mark David Chapman, aren't you?

 

Man, your Malcolm McDowell milk sipping gif is making me uneasy, the way it freezes for a bit and looks like a still but then it just comes to life. 

I am here to further uproot this thread and initiate a riot. Smash Beatles/Lennon/McCartney idolatry and burn the temple to the ground (with no offense, of course, to those who do genuinely like them). 

 

 

 

Most overrated music and band in the universe--given the way that they are widely viewed as the be-all and end-all of popular music, they can't possibly not be overrated. The cult-like mentality that deifies both the band and its two principal members has been damaging to the music world for close to fifty years. Not their fault, of course.

 

They have a few good songs though   (though mostly not even the Lennon ones   )

 

 

 

 

Peace, d00d. I <3 NY 

 

 

 

Will you still BE AGGRESSIVE, B-E AGGRESSIVE, love me, B-E-A-G-G-R-E-S-S-I-V-E, when i'm no longer young and beautiful. 

Don't get your hopes up over the new percussionist. Pudge is on maternity leave. Wasn't too fond of Pudge either 

 

Not sure if this is a fat joke or, like, his wife is due soon/recently had a baby, and so he can't tour right now. 

You are right by 50% for me cause I kinda like the feeling not the repetition...that's it the rest is just a very opinion you have there are so many things to get inspired from.

 

Ha, i actually don't dislike the loon (whatever it happens to be--i'd be surprised if Haynie created the sound), i just have a lot of issues with how much/often he uses it, and also how loud it usually is in the mix. Now that i think of it more, i wonder if it's an ego thing. What i mean by that is that it seems like an attempt to put his "producer's stamp" on the stuff he produces, like a calling card of sorts. That was kind of a big thing in the '90s with Timbaland, how one could always recognize a Timbaland single and his signature sound when they heard it. Although, unlike Haynie, Timbaland was pretty adventurous and varied for a while. I don't think he got gimmicky until later. 

I really like what they’ve done with the arrangements. Lots of nuance, variation, and attention to detail. I’m also really glad there’s a new drummer/percussionist. I wasn’t too fond of the previous one and this new guy is great. Anyone happen to know who he is? 

 

EDIT: And those small changes with the full band on Video Games really breathes new life into the song. Really nice 

I know he wants to establish a sound, a similar feeling of haunting and eerie experience BUT he could do it with different samples there are so many things to get samples from but especially a lot of things to get inspired from. I like his style but that loon sample from Born To Die should stay untouched it's Lana iconic.

 

Off topic, but in response to your post: I'm not singling you out here, but i hear that explanation a lot--that he was going for a dark/atmospheric sort of vibe on the record--and i don't understand it. What's so dark or moody about Rick James yelling throughout an entire record? You are right that there are so many things to get samples from. But i would take it a step further and say that there are also so many things to get sound from. One need not look toward prerecorded ones. Everywhere you look, all around us, there are interesting, everyday sounds to be found, in plain view, or hidden and waiting to be discovered, or waiting to be created and crafted. I cannot comprehend the concept of lifting entire elements from someone else's work (every single detail about it: the idea itself, the engineering [microphone selection and placement, etc.], the performance and execution, the production, the mix, etc.) when the world is full of endless sound possibilities. How boring can a person be? People like Haynie are, in my opinion, a threat to the art and magic of record production, contributing to its homogenization and degradation, and they're better suited to filing someone's taxes than shaping the sound of someone's record. Good god, can you tell i don't like the guy's work? Ha. 

 

Anyway, i don't want to derail this thread. Back to the good news of a new Lana recording! 

I'm more excited for back 2 black than Lanas track TBQFH

 

Me too, definitely. That sounded so good and interesting and unexpected. And analog synths and drum machine! Sounded really exciting. Will someone inform me when it's available? I don’t keep up with this shit. The movie looks unwatchable. 

The Y&B melody kind of stinks and her delivery sounds very phoned in. Maybe it’ll be a “grower” though. 

 

 

Only one thing that turned me off a bit and that's not Back To Black covered by Beyonce. I don't know if Emile Haynie created the samples of Born To Die for Lana the time of production or he used them before for other songs, but putting them into Florence's song excited me at first but now that I listen to it I feel it's a characteristic Lana sound I'm talking about that reverbed auto-tuned sample sounding like a bird.

 

The guy is the quintessence of a one-trick pony. It's unreal how limited his scope as a producer is. It borders on self-parody. And i doubt he himself created any of the sonic stamps you hear on everything he touches. I mean, we're talking about a guy who overuses an already overused Rick James sample. 

I'm still laughing at the title of this thread, that it's only one breast. Don't change it though, please. 

I'm three seconds away from revealing your real name, evil. Don't fuck with Mo.

 

 

(OMG, while googling for a picture to use i just randomly came upon photos of an old co-worker's wedding. WTF is the internet?)

Yeah, you're overthinking this, Erik.

 

An online moniker is very different. Most people don’t use their real name for privacy concerns because the internet is insane.  

I also wrote her a letter I plan on giving her. It started off by "Dear Elizabeth" tho. Too risky? 

 

It's funny, i was just thinking about this the other day and i had an epiphany of sorts. When i sent her a message with a link to the Money Hunny cover i recorded, i addressed her as Lizzy. I'm not sure why i did that, but i didn't give it much thought. I guess i thought it was cute and personal (why did i feel like i needed to be cute and personal?) Since then, for unrelated reasons, i've been thinking about stuff like identity and different trangender issues, and in thinking about some of these things, i suddenly realized that it was in very poor taste to call her Lizzy because it disregards or overrides her decision. It's almost like taking away a person's agency and putting a decision that is not yours in your hands. It's presumptuous and even condescending. I don't think it's really any different than a situation where someone is, say, born female and wishes to be referred to as "he" and not respecting that decision just because the person wasn't born male. She chose the name Lana Del Rey, so i think that decision ought to be respected. It's not our call to address her by anything else.   

 

Perhaps some of you will think that i'm overthinking this and taking it too seriously, but i just thought i'd pass along my thoughts on the matter because i think it's worth thinking over. For whatever it's worth, i really regret calling her Lizzy.

What the people want, the people get.

 

https://soundcloud.com/ldrbitch/c-benjamin-mawson-productions

 

OMG, this is so amazing. It's oneiric and surreal, unsettling and simultaneously calming, there’s this odd rubato to it, it’s like sonically swimming backwards through a pool of molasses in the sky. I need a DL of this ASAP. Also, i just caught the mention of LanaBoards! And what actor does evil sound exactly like?! It’s killing me, i need to figure it out. 

Sitar, PM me, i've got some stems and outtakes. Maybe we can work something out. If you know what i mean...