#31
Dennis (Dudley Less) wrote:
I have heard a few of the remastered albums now and I am impressed.
The effect of the remastering is actually quite subtle in some ways, but given how badly albums can be fucked up by heavy-handed tweaking, this is actually a welcome surprise.
Posted on Fri, 11 September 2009 at 15:19
#32
Taunty Dan wrote:
Indeed it is sir, indeed it is.
And despite promising myself i’d start please please and work through chronologically, i started with Abbey Road, Sgt Pepper, Magical Mystery Tour, and Revolver. Best laid plans and all that…
Posted on Fri, 11 September 2009 at 18:35
#33
Misanthropologist (d) wrote:
Dennis wrote:
I think the early poppy stuff is deceptive - it seems simple but really it’s not.
Did anyone see the Howard Goodall programme about the Beatles’ songwriting? I was largely indifferent to them before watching it (and I still wouldn’t consider myself a fan, now), but holy fuck you’ve got to give credit where it’s due for the songwriting. Goodall took Penny Lane as an example, and compared how any other band would have played/written it, with how The Beatles did (it has something like 12 different key modulations going through it). He played it through on the piano both with and without the modulations, and it was a subtle but really impressive difference.
Posted on Sun, 13 September 2009 at 08:53 in reply to an earlier post
#34
Misanthropologist (d) wrote:
Posted on Sun, 13 September 2009 at 09:08
