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samsong · November 26, 2006, 06:24:34 PM

I Love a Magician · November 26, 2006, 06:25:25 PM

So how is that.

cron · November 26, 2006, 07:28:13 PM

mediocre don't even download it.

MacGuffin · November 27, 2006, 02:31:53 PM

Quote from: I Love a Magician on November 26, 2006, 06:25:25 PM
So how is that.

It's okay, but you slowly realize it's really nothing more than the soundtrack to the Cirque De Soleil show, meaning that it has songs that you could get from the regular Beatles albums or the Anthology series and would probably play better watching the show than on the stereo. While it does have some variations on the classic songs, I was hoping it would be more a blend of different songs, like Drive My Car/The Word/What You're Doing or Within You Without You/Tomorrow Never Knows. Instead, overall it's just the straight songs with ambient differences, using the drums from The End leading into Get Back; the strings from Good Night over Octopus's Garden, etc.

modage · November 27, 2006, 03:01:50 PM

i love it. but as mac mentions i only wish there were MORE mashed up bits. most of the songs just arent different enough but i think all of the mashed up bits are awesome. and not one strikes me as being out of place, which is INCREDIBLE considering how many times i've/everyone's heard the original versions. especially love the beginning ramp up on Get Back.

JG · November 27, 2006, 06:02:04 PM

yeah its really awesome and superbly done. even on the ones that aren't mash-ups, they're remixed for maximum quality. A DAY IN THE LIFE has never sounded so gorgeous.

I Love a Magician · November 27, 2006, 06:29:52 PM

Summer Hymns have a new album called Backwards Masks. Pitchfork gave it a 4.4 or something like that, but I stole some of their demo CDs when I stayed at the singer's apartment over the summer and the songs are quite a bit better than the old albums. It seems like Pitchfork gave it such a low score just because it's not as "weird" or whatever as the other albums.

But I suggest giving it a listen. "Start Swimming" is really good as are "Bombay Brown India Ink" and "When the Bombs Fall".

gob · November 27, 2006, 06:57:19 PM

Quote from: JG on November 27, 2006, 06:02:04 PM
yeah its really awesome and superbly done. even on the ones that aren't mash-ups, they're remixed for maximum quality. A DAY IN THE LIFE has never sounded so gorgeous.

I concur. It's splendid stuff. I think a few more mash-ups would've been nice though.

hedwig · November 27, 2006, 11:03:50 PM

squints · November 28, 2006, 01:07:09 PM

Quote from: I Love a Magician on November 27, 2006, 06:29:52 PM
Summer Hymns have a new album called Backwards Masks. Pitchfork gave it a 4.4 or something like that, but I've stole some of their demo CDs when I stayed at the singer's apartment over the summer and the songs are quite a bit better than the old albums. It seems like Pitchfork gave it such a low score just because it's not as "weird" or whatever as the other albums.

But I suggest giving it a listen. "Start Swimming" is really good as are "Bombay Brown India Ink" and "When the Bombs Fall".

I've been a fan of this band for a while now although i wasn't aware they had a new album. I'm gonna have to check it out. BTW Fuck pitchfork

last days of gerry the elephant · November 28, 2006, 07:25:28 PM

so good.

modage · November 30, 2006, 11:46:23 PM

ditto that. ^

also: 'tis the season

The Perineum Falcon · December 01, 2006, 09:49:57 AM

Quote from: cronopio on August 31, 2006, 12:22:40 AM

beaaaaautiful music, awful artwork.

A friend just let me borrow this yesterday. Lovin' it.

cron · December 02, 2006, 09:03:33 AM

Sigur Rós · December 03, 2006, 06:45:19 AM

Mew - Live in Copenhagen (DVD)

Just came out. Really nice production. catch a clip here