The Vinyl Thread

The Batlord · 01-10-2019, 04:37 PM

Track deez 8 nuts.

**Frownland** · 01-10-2019, 04:41 PM

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Originally Posted by Dharma & Greg

Nah, by far the worst thing about St. Anger was James Hetfield's vocal performance, and while him trying to do something different from his 90s work laid bare just how clueless he had become about his job he would have been just as clueless regardless of the album they made, you just might have had to look at his performance a bit harder to realize it. It would have been clear he wasn't firing on all cylinders but exactly how far he had fallen would have still been a niggling thing in your mind for a couple listens at most or something.

Nah Mike is right. You should only experiment if you know that it's going to be successful.

~~MicShazam~~ · 01-10-2019, 05:54 PM

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Originally Posted by Frownland

Nah Mike is right. You should only experiment if you know that it's going to be successful.

I'm not saying you shouldn't try. But you'll of course have to accept a misfire here and there.

The Batlord · 01-10-2019, 05:58 PM

And yeah St. Anger was definitely a misfire, but there's an album in there that's legit unique and could have been cool if quality control had done its job and someone had punched James in the face and told him to either sing like a smart person or get another singer.

I doubt I'd ever be able to say anything so generous about the album you wish they'd made. The best I could have said was, "Well it had some catchy songs". TBH I'd rather listen to St. Anger over anything Megadeth has done since Risk. At least St. Anger has some kind of vitality to it. It sounds like the people involved care about something.

~~MicShazam~~ · 01-10-2019, 06:08 PM

I like the title track of St. Anger and a few segments of songs here and there, but oh man is there a lot of bloat. I could cut 3 minutes off most of those songs and lose nothing of value. I had a re-cut of one of the tracks that I did myself, but I don't know where it is now. I cut Sweet Amber or some other song down by 3 minutes or so and I liked the result way better.

~~BarneyHasAnOctagonHead~~ · 01-12-2019, 12:44 AM

You guys need to stay far away from the "Come To Me" album. The artist who sings it is OK overall, but this song is ear rape, especially towards the end of the song where she sounded like a choo-choo train. Just hearing the full version of the song for ten minutes sounds like torture.

Oriphiel · 01-12-2019, 02:34 AM

This is starting to get weird, Barney.

The Batlord · 01-12-2019, 04:06 AM

Is this reverse psychology spamming? Sounds like a new frontier for Frown.

**Frownland** · 01-12-2019, 08:06 PM

Rinksy-Korsakov - Sheherazade
Dvorak - New World Symphony
McCoy Tyner - Inner Voices
Dan Hicks & His Hot Licks - Original Recordings
Firesign Theatre Predicts: In the Next World You're On Your Own - Chapter One
Peter Sprague - Na Pali Coast
Brand X - Do They Hurt?
Various Artists - That's the Way I Feel Now (Thelonious Monk Tribute)
The Musicians Guide Volume 1 (got it for the Freddie Hubbard, Material, Charlie Parker, and John McLaughlin Tracks)
ECM Sampler 7
ECM Sampler 10
Paul Horn - Inside
Bill Evans & Jim Hall - Undercurrent
The World of Scott Joplin
Weather Report - Domino Theory
John McLaughlin, Al Di Meola, Paco de Lucia - Passion Grace & Fire
John Cage - Music for Keyboard 1935-1948
Fred Frith - Gravity
Out Hud / !!! - Lab Series Vol. 2

**Frownland** · 01-12-2019, 08:25 PM

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Originally Posted by Frownland

Out Hud / !!! - Lab Series Vol. 2

Took a chance on this and it's pretty ****ing fire.

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~~MicShazam~~ Account Disabled Join Date: Aug 2015 Location: Aalborg Posts: 7,634	I like the title track of St. Anger and a few segments of songs here and there, but oh man is there a lot of bloat. I could cut 3 minutes off most of those songs and lose nothing of value. I had a re-cut of one of the tracks that I did myself, but I don't know where it is now. I cut Sweet Amber or some other song down by 3 minutes or so and I liked the result way better.

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~~BarneyHasAnOctagonHead~~ Account Disabled Join Date: Dec 2018 Posts: 47	You guys need to stay far away from the "Come To Me" album. The artist who sings it is OK overall, but this song is ear rape, especially towards the end of the song where she sounded like a choo-choo train. Just hearing the full version of the song for ten minutes sounds like torture.