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Re: BJ's autotune stunk, and Prince rocked the house [message #79494 is a reply to message #79492] |
Mon, 05 February 2007 09:35 |
Neil
Messages: 1645 Registered: April 2006
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The mix sucked entirely. It was all guitar, and when he'd drop
out (often) there was nothing else going on to cover. He's
pretty fast with a few licks, but he has no sense of melody on
guitar - which amazes me, because he obviously does with
everything else. I just don't like that <fast lick/noise/fast
lick/atonal crap/fast lick/bad note/more noise> style of playing.
Neil
"Gene Lennon" <glennon@NOSPmyrealbox.com> wrote:
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>I think Prince is extremely talented. Naturally, you can’t have a Super
Bowl
>half time without a little of the “Debbie Allen” effect, but he was far
better
>than most.
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>The mix was unfortunate, but with the rain, I wouldn’t be surprised if they
>lost the main mix feed and we were listening to a sage monitor mix. If not,
>I’m certain some technical problems were involved. Anything is possible
>in that environment. All the more reason to give him credit for pulling
>it off in the pouring rain.
>
>Gene
>"Carl Amburn" <carlamburn@hotNOSPAMmail.com> wrote:
>>Oh, I was really looking forward to Billy Joel's singing to be at least
>>decent - but lordy did they make it vocoder weird with autotuning. Please
>>tell me I'm not the only person that heard it.
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>>Prince is the shiz tho' - it was sooo refreshing to see the real deal.
>>
>>rock on,
>>-Carl
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Re: BJ's autotune stunk, and Prince rocked the house [message #79499 is a reply to message #79494] |
Mon, 05 February 2007 09:56 |
John [1]
Messages: 2229 Registered: September 2005
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That's my feeling exactly but I liked his prince shaped guitar. I was hoping
he would give them away to the crowd. ;-)
"Neil" <OIUOIU@OIU.com> wrote:
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>The mix sucked entirely. It was all guitar, and when he'd drop
>out (often) there was nothing else going on to cover. He's
>pretty fast with a few licks, but he has no sense of melody on
>guitar - which amazes me, because he obviously does with
>everything else. I just don't like that <fast lick/noise/fast
>lick/atonal crap/fast lick/bad note/more noise> style of playing.
>
>Neil
>
>"Gene Lennon" <glennon@NOSPmyrealbox.com> wrote:
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>>I think Prince is extremely talented. Naturally, you can’t have a Super
>Bowl
>>half time without a little of the “Debbie Allen” effect, but he was far
>better
>>than most.
>>
>>The mix was unfortunate, but with the rain, I wouldn’t be surprised if
they
>>lost the main mix feed and we were listening to a sage monitor mix. If
not,
>>I’m certain some technical problems were involved. Anything is possible
>>in that environment. All the more reason to give him credit for pulling
>>it off in the pouring rain.
>>
>>Gene
>>"Carl Amburn" <carlamburn@hotNOSPAMmail.com> wrote:
>>>Oh, I was really looking forward to Billy Joel's singing to be at least
>>>decent - but lordy did they make it vocoder weird with autotuning. Please
>>>tell me I'm not the only person that heard it.
>>>
>>>Prince is the shiz tho' - it was sooo refreshing to see the real deal.
>>>
>>>rock on,
>>>-Carl
>>>
>>>
>>
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Re: BJ's autotune stunk, and Prince rocked the house [message #79506 is a reply to message #79487] |
Mon, 05 February 2007 09:41 |
Carl Amburn
Messages: 214 Registered: July 2005
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There's no excuse for that man. It was just ....well, stupid engineering.
You don't have to set the autotune so harsh - Joel is capable of singing it,
and I think most people would rather hear a note or two drift around rather
than listen to a vocoder - for the national anthem, p l e a s e.
And, that is what made me appreciate Prince's performance (guitar mix and
all) more - was the fact that I could tell it was the real deal with no
lame-ass crap a là Mr Joel. Purple Rain - *in* the rain??? C'mon, you gotta
love that.....
-Carl
"TCB" <nobody@ishere.com> wrote in message news:45c75456$1@linux...
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> I too heard the Billy Joel autotune, and felt really bad for those poor US
> soldiers they kept showing. As if it weren't bad enough to send them to
get
> shot at for no reason anyone has yet been able to explain, then we make
them
> listen to Billy Joel.
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> In defense of Mr. Joel and the autotuning, our national anthem was clearly
> written by someone who had never tried to sing. The range is truly
murder--I
> can barely sing it and my voice has a much wider range than most. My guess
> is Mr. Scott Key was planning on the violin section playing the melody or
> something.
>
> TCB
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> "Carl Amburn" <carlamburn@hotNOSPAMmail.com> wrote:
> >Oh, I was really looking forward to Billy Joel's singing to be at least
> >decent - but lordy did they make it vocoder weird with autotuning. Please
> >tell me I'm not the only person that heard it.
> >
> >Prince is the shiz tho' - it was sooo refreshing to see the real deal.
> >
> >rock on,
> >-Carl
> >
> >
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