What earworm songs are burrowing through your head today? - Page 39

Undertoad · 08-14-2019, 09:28 PM

Solid. The main riff is just one of those signature riffs. It announces itself.

I would like to hear the song produced with less slickness, what that would be like.

Speaking of snares doing their job, I was walking through the supermarket the other day, yes Wegman's, and this snare was hitting me in the face (forward to 0:30):

They don't let that snare ring at all, in a mix where everything is reverbed out.

Flint · 08-17-2019, 05:36 PM

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Originally Posted by Undertoad

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Speaking of snares doing their job, I was walking through the supermarket the other day, yes Wegman's, and this snare was hitting me in the face (forward to 0:30):

They don't let that snare ring at all, in a mix where everything is reverbed out.

I started getting into that super dry snare sound recently, like Nate Smith here. A folded up piece of fabric is *completely different* from taping up your head. Fabric weighs down the head, de-tuning it. And fabric can also bounce off the head, acting as a kind of gated muffling (it is NOT "choked"). The main thing about Nate Smith though, is the single-handed 16th note technique, which I really woodshedded after watching videos of his playing.

Now, here's another "grunge era" jewel. Check out the bass parts on this blazing-hot track-- really forward in the mix on the turnaround, and takes the perceptual "lead" around 2 minutes. As I've gotten older, I've noticed these type of songs where the bass guitar part is absolutely essential, and absolutely what you "hear" as the "how the song goes."

Flint · 08-30-2019, 03:00 PM

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Originally Posted by Undertoad

Speaking of snares doing their job, ...

Wanna get your dick knocked off by a snare drum, listen to the album version of the Eagles-- I Can't Tell You Why. ( can't find a copy on YouTube )

That snare drum sounds like it will move your woofer cone.

Flint · 08-30-2019, 03:12 PM

A little digging and people seem to think Don Henley was using a Ludwig 402 Supraphonic. That's a 14" x 6.5" in chrome-plated aluminum.

Undertoad · 08-14-2019, 09:34 PM

I had to admit that A) oh no, my age group has finally become the target demographic in the supermarket, and B) oh no, this song may be way better than I've ever given it the credit for being. Earworm inbound

xoxoxoBruce · 08-15-2019, 01:04 AM

I usually hit Wegmans between 3 and 5 AM, I wonder if the soundtrack is different for the night shift?

Gravdigr · 08-16-2019, 02:59 PM

Re: Jefferson Starship & Miracles

I just can't believe I never picked up that that was them.

Also, the Barry White...

That cowbell stands out just like the snare. That is a cowbell I'm hearing, ain't it not?

Undertoad · 08-16-2019, 08:37 PM

Either a cowbell or a woodblock - I think woodblock - and there's another pair of percussive sticks in there clicking away, too.

Undertoad · 08-17-2019, 06:34 PM

I have to feel this is Geddy's legacy, and also Entwhistle's, the idea that the bass actually provides the meat of the song. Geddy's Jazz bass, and Ox's Alembic, are known for their "growl" rather than their "thump". It does mean there is less groove available.

Flint · 08-18-2019, 05:28 PM

I don't know what Chris Squire played, but I'd count him in that. Probably "most likely that if you're whistling the song, you're whistling the bass part"

Undertoad · 08-18-2019, 05:50 PM

Yes... a Rickenbacker 4001, very much its own sound, but again on the growl rather than thump side of things. Geddy also played one on the early albums.

lumberjim · 08-18-2019, 08:32 PM

I don't know that I'd call this a worn, but there is analytical discussion of music happening right now, and I want to know what uberchoad and flintbergers think about this new tool song.

First pass, I was meh... But then after doing some pottery the the next night, I found myself enthralled with the drums. Hypnotic kind of... But then there's these segments that I really don't like where the vocals distract me... The first part where they chant - sing... 3:15....And then another part later around 7:38 there is a kind of chorus that is a little rah rah and I get shook out of my groove.

Only a little while until the rest of the album gets released....

Undertoad · 08-18-2019, 11:27 PM

To do that we'd have to fully absorb it, this could take a few weeks

lumberjim · 08-19-2019, 12:40 AM

We waited 13 years for this album. A few weeks sounds fine.

I'll be here

Gravdigr · 08-20-2019, 04:26 PM

That song is very, very Tool.

I like. Like a lot of Tool's stuff.

I could've ID'd it as Tool right when the drums came in.

08-30-2019, 03:12 PM	#4
Flint Snowflake Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Dystopia Posts: 13,136	A little digging and people seem to think Don Henley was using a Ludwig 402 Supraphonic. That's a 14" x 6.5" in chrome-plated aluminum. __________________ **************** There's a level of facility that everyone needs to accomplish, and from there it's a matter of deciding for yourself how important ultra-facility is to your expression. ... I found, like Joseph Campbell said, if you just follow whatever gives you a little joy or excitement or awe, then you're on the right track. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Terry Bozzio**

08-15-2019, 01:04 AM	#6
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	I usually hit Wegmans between 3 and 5 AM, I wonder if the soundtrack is different for the night shift? __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

08-16-2019, 02:59 PM	#7
Gravdigr The Un-Tuckian Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: South Central...KY that is Posts: 39,517	Re: Jefferson Starship & Miracles I just can't believe I never picked up that that was them. Also, the Barry White... That cowbell stands out just like the snare. That is a cowbell I'm hearing, ain't it not? __________________ These statements have not been evaluated by the FDA, EPA, FBI, DEA, CDC, or FDIC. These statements are not intended to diagnose, cause, treat, cure, or prevent any disease. If you feel you have been harmed/offended by, or, disagree with any of the above statements or images, please feel free to fuck right off.

08-18-2019, 05:28 PM	#10
Flint Snowflake Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Dystopia Posts: 13,136	I don't know what Chris Squire played, but I'd count him in that. Probably "most likely that if you're whistling the song, you're whistling the bass part" __________________ **************** There's a level of facility that everyone needs to accomplish, and from there it's a matter of deciding for yourself how important ultra-facility is to your expression. ... I found, like Joseph Campbell said, if you just follow whatever gives you a little joy or excitement or awe, then you're on the right track. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Terry Bozzio**

08-18-2019, 08:32 PM	#12
lumberjim I can hear my ears Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 25,571	I don't know that I'd call this a worn, but there is analytical discussion of music happening right now, and I want to know what uberchoad and flintbergers think about this new tool song. First pass, I was meh... But then after doing some pottery the the next night, I found myself enthralled with the drums. Hypnotic kind of... But then there's these segments that I really don't like where the vocals distract me... The first part where they chant - sing... 3:15....And then another part later around 7:38 there is a kind of chorus that is a little rah rah and I get shook out of my groove. Only a little while until the rest of the album gets released.... __________________ This body holding me reminds me of my own mortality Embrace this moment, remember We are eternal, all this pain is an illusion ~MJKeenan

08-14-2019, 09:28 PM	#1
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	Solid. The main riff is just one of those signature riffs. It announces itself. I would like to hear the song produced with less slickness, what that would be like. Speaking of snares doing their job, I was walking through the supermarket the other day, yes Wegman's, and this snare was hitting me in the face (forward to 0:30): They don't let that snare ring at all, in a mix where everything is reverbed out.

08-14-2019, 09:34 PM	#5
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	I had to admit that A) oh no, my age group has finally become the target demographic in the supermarket, and B) oh no, this song may be way better than I've ever given it the credit for being. Earworm inbound

08-16-2019, 08:37 PM	#8
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	Either a cowbell or a woodblock - I think woodblock - and there's another pair of percussive sticks in there clicking away, too.

08-17-2019, 06:34 PM	#9
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	I have to feel this is Geddy's legacy, and also Entwhistle's, the idea that the bass actually provides the meat of the song. Geddy's Jazz bass, and Ox's Alembic, are known for their "growl" rather than their "thump". It does mean there is less groove available.

08-18-2019, 05:50 PM	#11
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	Yes... a Rickenbacker 4001, very much its own sound, but again on the growl rather than thump side of things. Geddy also played one on the early albums.

08-18-2019, 11:27 PM	#13
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	To do that we'd have to fully absorb it, this could take a few weeks

08-19-2019, 12:40 AM	#14
lumberjim I can hear my ears Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 25,571	We waited 13 years for this album. A few weeks sounds fine. I'll be here __________________ This body holding me reminds me of my own mortality Embrace this moment, remember We are eternal, all this pain is an illusion ~MJKeenan

08-20-2019, 04:26 PM	#15
Gravdigr The Un-Tuckian Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: South Central...KY that is Posts: 39,517	That song is very, very Tool. I like. Like a lot of Tool's stuff. I could've ID'd it as Tool right when the drums came in. __________________ These statements have not been evaluated by the FDA, EPA, FBI, DEA, CDC, or FDIC. These statements are not intended to diagnose, cause, treat, cure, or prevent any disease. If you feel you have been harmed/offended by, or, disagree with any of the above statements or images, please feel free to fuck right off.

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