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Markus 04:26 pm UTC 02/12/07 |
| In reply to: | re: NBAMN II - thanks! - Vin 02:56 pm UTC 02/12/07 |
| Agree with your comment on my tracks and agree with your last sentence. ;-) Markus. > Surprisingly light response on NBAMN II on the board so > far, I think. I know personally, I've been trying to > digest it properly before sounding off, but I might be > ready. > > Andrew, I definitely enjoy your LitD. Eerily similar to > Jim's in spots, (like the voice on the whispered line near > the end), and pleasantly switched up in a couple of spots, > as well, like the piano part during the bridge, and the > delivery on a couple of the lines. > > Sean's Heaven Can Wait is awesome, probably the best vocal > on the album, IMO, and dude, whoever said you sounded like > Meat Loaf Prime wasn't lying. I really enjoy this track. > > > I am enjoying the piano instrumentals immensely, > particularly the opening track and BMV's LitD. > > Markus and Ryan are as vocally solid as I'd been lead to > believe, but hadn't heard. Markus, my only suggestion is > take the volume up a notch: I generally have to skip your > tracks on the train ride because, even at full ipod > volume, I can't hear your voice over the train rumbling. > > Ryan is a character and a half. Distinct vocals and > sounds older than his years. A little heavy on the > vibrato to some ears, I'm sure, (an egregious sin of my > own, I know) but I like it. Suitably dramatic style, > certainly. Probably a more enjoyable EiP than Meat's. > "Confessions" is great. > > RnR Dreams - I actually like this arrangement better than > any of Jim's. > > Pig - Very cool. But dude, why drop the "bugger off" > bit? > > Weird thing with PBTDL, Total Eclipse and the non-english > tracks (and pardon me for not recalling who all did what): > these are probably the best tracks on the album from a > production stand-point, but for me, they sound TOO > professional for this record. Especially with the foreign > language tunes, I feel like I'm listening to the Tanz > soundtrack (only in a different language that I don't > understand, instead of the language that I don't > understand that I'm used to hearing them in.) Is it fair > to critique a performance as being "too good?" Its kind > of like the ringer at the karaoke bar: better than > everybody else, but not what you came out to see that > night. > > Kudos to the Smegs for the cool spoken word performances, > and for Mrs. Smeg's lullabye-sweet TFAWIUTB. > > Laurie's WDtW is also very nicely done. > > 'Mouche's MNP is, again, stellar. I can only assume that > a LOT of time and love was put into this track. Outside > of the lyrics, the music, particularly the piano bits, > sound very Stein-like to me, which is obviously a huge > compliment. > I love the singing of the "rodents" line; too funny, so > incongruous. Who are the female vocalists? They are > excellent. Their non-yankee accents are an especially > pleasant flourish. > > Cry to Heaven - He may have the sexiest name on the > planet, but this wanker's submission is out-classed nine > ways to Sunday. He's very likely embarassed to even be > included in the set at all. I know I would be. Sheesh. > > With apologies to anyone I'm leaving out. Top to bottom, > NBAMN II is an exceptional Jim Steinman experience, that > leaves me wondering how many other musical artists have > comparably wacked-out fans. Can there be many more that > take fandom this far, which is of course TOO far, which is > of course just right in the world of Jim Steinman. > > > > Glad many of you liked my version of Left. I think there > > are some real gems on the album with most songs containing > > something really interesting (good music /good vocals / > > good music etc). > > Most certainly Scaramouche's song I think contains that > > special Jim Steinman sound/feeling (which ironically I > > find is lacking on Bat3!). The ending ("all we do is dream > > pollution") was a perfect way to end this great fan album. > > I also love the "Lonely girls" bit. I really hope Jim will > > review the album song by song himself. > > > > I found my own song to sound a bit soft on the album but > > that is entirely my fault I guess. In any case I've put up > > a remixed version on my site if anyone wants to check it > > out. > > > > All the best to all and thanks to Brian to making NBAMN II > > happen!, > > > > Andrew > > ps. Congrats to Pud on Micro-pud! | |
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