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02-06-2011, 09:03 PM | #11 (permalink) |
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I just find Warhol's biography and influence to so many different social aspects that has made such an impact on the modern times of art, music, etc. of today so much more interesting than VU. Velvet Underground may had never existed at all, if it had not been for Andy Warhol. But even still, I do have respect for VU as a band within the history of rock music. I have heard some nice work by the bass player for VU that I liked.
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02-06-2011, 09:06 PM | #12 (permalink) |
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I must admit I don't know much about Warhol. He's interesting to say the least, but I never really took time to read some more about him. I just know the standard works.
I love the Underground for their music alone. It is, in my opinion, good stuff. But that's definitely not thanks to Reed's vocals .
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I`ve never heard of Tool , but it sounds like I should check them out. Thanks. |
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02-06-2011, 09:09 PM | #14 (permalink) |
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I don't know if you should. Tool is technical (and audiophile) perfection in the shape of metal. If you're not into that, you probably shouldn't. It really has nothing to do with Steely Dan. But when it comes to insane perfection, Tool is the first band I think of.
They actually recorded an album using three different microphones in front of one guitar cabinet, just to create a different sound without having to do all sorts of electronic tweaks. It does sound good, though
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02-06-2011, 09:27 PM | #15 (permalink) |
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^ Thanks, s_k, maybe I`ll put them on my " Check out some other day " list !
Most of what I know about Warhol comes from a wonderful movie about his rise to fame called I Shot Andy Warhol, so I`m no expert either, but I think all he really did was give Velvet Underground a chance when no-one else wanted to book them. He put them in his Factory, where all the New York artists were turning up, so they got a lot of very useful exposure, but the music was all down to the band, wasn`t it ? Warhol just let them do their thing, I think. |
02-06-2011, 10:02 PM | #16 (permalink) | |
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I would say that their albums are some of the best studio produced albums to date. Their quality of musicianship is also just as equal. Warhol insisted once while VU was in the studio recording, that they should just do whatever came to them at that moment, using his philosophy of art without any preparation or rehearsal. The studio music producer said he should just turn the recording equipment on and simply leave the studio to Warhol and VU, since none of his advice was taken in the process of the recording, as which he did, and left the studio. |
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Any comments on the Becker and Faygen solo efforts ? I`ve never listened to those albums. |
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They probably used Yamaha NS10 monitors or something like that. I don't think they had NS10's back then so it probably was some early predecessor of the NS10. It has a typical sound, especially in the lower frequencies. Once you know what I mean, you will recognize it. Other Examples are The Eagles' Hotel California and a lot of seventies J. J. Cale stuff. Quote:
There's far worse recordings than those. Probably proves that some producers really **** up badly
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