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| From | "bryan" <munki100@pacbell.net> |
| Subject | Re: Cobain |
| Date | Tue, 6 Apr 2004 11:20:07 -0700 |
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Rick wrote:
> The word overrated comes to mind.
As for Nirvana, I think producer Butch Vig and
especially the great mixing of engineer Andy Wallace
at Sound City Studios in Van Nuys that had a lot to
do with Nirvana's big success and the sound of
'Nevermind,' and Cobain *realized* this, as he had
stated many times that he didn't like the way
'Nevermind' sounded.
"I don't listen to records like [Nevermind] at home,"
Cobain told Jon Savage in 1993. I can't listen to that
record. I like a lot of the songs. I really like playing
some of them live. In a commercial sense I think it's
a really good record, I have to admit that, but that's
in a Cheap Trick sort of a way. But for my listening
pleasure, you know, it's too slick."
To me, it's that combination of recording technique
-- things like microphone placement, for instance,
and the piecemeal editing, and stuff I don't understand
but guys like Rick and Kerry do -- that makes
'Nevermind' a success, as *much* as the songwriting
or performance by the band.
Just one guy's opinion,
Bryan
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