Wed January 09, 2013 9:53 pm
pnjguy wrote:cutuphalfdead wrote:VinylGuy wrote:NEED THIS ONE ON VINYL FUCKERS, RELEASE IT.
It's overrated on vinyl. CD sounds exactly the same.
Have you tried on vinyl with headphones?
Wed January 09, 2013 9:59 pm
pnjguy wrote:cutuphalfdead wrote:VinylGuy wrote:NEED THIS ONE ON VINYL FUCKERS, RELEASE IT.
It's overrated on vinyl. CD sounds exactly the same.
Have you tried on vinyl with headphones?
Wed January 09, 2013 10:00 pm
Wed January 09, 2013 10:21 pm
cutuphalfdead wrote:pnjguy wrote:cutuphalfdead wrote:VinylGuy wrote:NEED THIS ONE ON VINYL FUCKERS, RELEASE IT.
It's overrated on vinyl. CD sounds exactly the same.
Have you tried on vinyl with headphones?
yup
Wed January 09, 2013 10:28 pm
Thu January 10, 2013 2:14 am
VinylGuy wrote:NEED THIS ONE ON VINYL FUCKERS, RELEASE IT.
Thu January 10, 2013 5:04 am
Hatfield wrote:This album has always felt sterile to me, like there was something between me and the music. I love the songs live though.
Thu January 10, 2013 8:32 am
Kevin Davis wrote:Hatfield wrote:This album has always felt sterile to me, like there was something between me and the music. I love the songs live though.
I agree with you. I think "Binaural" is one of the band's most inventive albums but to my ears it's almost all compositional. I admire where their hearts were but I don't think the affected sound of the record is especially functional, and I find Eddie's vocal performances on the album almost uniformly weak.
Maybe if I understood the binaural recording process better I'd appreciate it more, I dunno.
Thu January 10, 2013 8:47 am
conoalias wrote:Kevin Davis wrote:Hatfield wrote:This album has always felt sterile to me, like there was something between me and the music. I love the songs live though.
I agree with you. I think "Binaural" is one of the band's most inventive albums but to my ears it's almost all compositional. I admire where their hearts were but I don't think the affected sound of the record is especially functional, and I find Eddie's vocal performances on the album almost uniformly weak.
Maybe if I understood the binaural recording process better I'd appreciate it more, I dunno.
I find it really strange that people feel this way about Binaural as it is, IMO, a record that is way more about feeling than about any sort of intellectualization. Tracks like NAIS, SoH, Of a Girl are good examples as they're not particularly complex or sophisticated but they're all about great atmospheric sounds that envelop you. I think if you start thinking about the recording process when you listen to the music you kinda miss the point.
Thu January 10, 2013 9:11 am
conoalias wrote:Kevin Davis wrote:Hatfield wrote:This album has always felt sterile to me, like there was something between me and the music. I love the songs live though.
I agree with you. I think "Binaural" is one of the band's most inventive albums but to my ears it's almost all compositional. I admire where their hearts were but I don't think the affected sound of the record is especially functional, and I find Eddie's vocal performances on the album almost uniformly weak.
Maybe if I understood the binaural recording process better I'd appreciate it more, I dunno.
I find it really strange that people feel this way about Binaural as it is, IMO, a record that is way more about feeling than about any sort of intellectualization. Tracks like NAIS, SoH, Of a Girl are good examples as they're not particularly complex or sophisticated but they're all about great atmospheric sounds that envelop you. I think if you start thinking about the recording process when you listen to the music you kinda miss the point.
Thu January 10, 2013 11:25 am
bodysnatcher wrote:conoalias wrote:Kevin Davis wrote:Hatfield wrote:This album has always felt sterile to me, like there was something between me and the music. I love the songs live though.
I agree with you. I think "Binaural" is one of the band's most inventive albums but to my ears it's almost all compositional. I admire where their hearts were but I don't think the affected sound of the record is especially functional, and I find Eddie's vocal performances on the album almost uniformly weak.
Maybe if I understood the binaural recording process better I'd appreciate it more, I dunno.
I find it really strange that people feel this way about Binaural as it is, IMO, a record that is way more about feeling than about any sort of intellectualization. Tracks like NAIS, SoH, Of a Girl are good examples as they're not particularly complex or sophisticated but they're all about great atmospheric sounds that envelop you. I think if you start thinking about the recording process when you listen to the music you kinda miss the point.
Agreed. It's always been a mood record to me. A depressing, somber mood record. Which I love.
Thu January 10, 2013 12:21 pm
Kevin Davis wrote:Hatfield wrote:This album has always felt sterile to me, like there was something between me and the music. I love the songs live though.
I agree with you. I think "Binaural" is one of the band's most inventive albums but to my ears it's almost all compositional. I admire where their hearts were but I don't think the affected sound of the record is especially functional, and I find Eddie's vocal performances on the album almost uniformly weak.
Maybe if I understood the binaural recording process better I'd appreciate it more, I dunno.
Thu January 10, 2013 2:58 pm
cutuphalfdead wrote:VinylGuy wrote:NEED THIS ONE ON VINYL FUCKERS, RELEASE IT.
It's overrated on vinyl. CD sounds exactly the same.
Thu January 10, 2013 3:02 pm
Wendy Carlos's Twin wrote:cutuphalfdead wrote:VinylGuy wrote:NEED THIS ONE ON VINYL FUCKERS, RELEASE IT.
It's overrated on vinyl. CD sounds exactly the same.
Finally, someone gets it!
Pearl Jam on vinyl is a scam. And anyone who think they're acheiving some kind of sonic nirvana by listening to the vinyl versions, I've got a bridge in Brooklyn for sale.
Thu January 10, 2013 3:03 pm
Hatfield wrote:Kevin Davis wrote:Hatfield wrote:This album has always felt sterile to me, like there was something between me and the music. I love the songs live though.
I agree with you. I think "Binaural" is one of the band's most inventive albums but to my ears it's almost all compositional. I admire where their hearts were but I don't think the affected sound of the record is especially functional, and I find Eddie's vocal performances on the album almost uniformly weak.
Maybe if I understood the binaural recording process better I'd appreciate it more, I dunno.
I remember reading that Mike was frustrated in the studio because of the many takes Tchad asked for. I sometimes wonder if Tchad's "process", not just recording binauraly but asking for so many takes in so many different situations, led to some of the feeling being taken out of the performance.
Thu January 10, 2013 3:12 pm
EJ wrote:Hatfield wrote:Kevin Davis wrote:Hatfield wrote:This album has always felt sterile to me, like there was something between me and the music. I love the songs live though.
I agree with you. I think "Binaural" is one of the band's most inventive albums but to my ears it's almost all compositional. I admire where their hearts were but I don't think the affected sound of the record is especially functional, and I find Eddie's vocal performances on the album almost uniformly weak.
Maybe if I understood the binaural recording process better I'd appreciate it more, I dunno.
I remember reading that Mike was frustrated in the studio because of the many takes Tchad asked for. I sometimes wonder if Tchad's "process", not just recording binauraly but asking for so many takes in so many different situations, led to some of the feeling being taken out of the performance.
It was an interesting approach and many of the songs sound really cool with headphones. I just don't dig the recording of Breakerfall. That song really needed to be up front to really appreciate/feel the intended aggression of the song. It just sounds too muted, like there's a wall separating you from the band.
Thu January 10, 2013 3:16 pm
Thu January 10, 2013 3:19 pm
Thu January 10, 2013 3:23 pm
Wendy Carlos's Twin wrote:cutuphalfdead wrote:VinylGuy wrote:NEED THIS ONE ON VINYL FUCKERS, RELEASE IT.
It's overrated on vinyl. CD sounds exactly the same.
Finally, someone gets it!
Pearl Jam on vinyl is a scam. And anyone who think they're acheiving some kind of sonic nirvana by listening to the vinyl versions, I've got a bridge in Brooklyn for sale.
Thu January 10, 2013 3:23 pm