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| From | "Michael Bennett" <mrhonorama@hotmail.com> |
| Subject | Re: Dan covers |
| Date | Wed, 01 Sep 2004 12:14:31 -0500 |
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I don't know if I can agree with either of the examples below. The
remastered Hollies catalog, IMO, sounds magnficent. And I'm not sure what
songs on EVOLUTION or BUTTERFLY need more muscle. That being said, the
Hollies trib on Eggbert was excellent. Likewise, I don't think The Shoes
were poorly recorded. Part of the greatness of BLACK VINYL SHOES is how the
band turned their recording limitations into assets, both in terms of the
cool, haunting harmony vocal sounds and the fuzzy guitars. And even in a
big studio, they found a way to translate that vibe into proper recordings
for Elektra.
My theory on the Shoes trib is twofold: 1) Shoes wrote songs that were so
basic that they are easily adaptable to harder or softer approaches, and, 2)
while they had a distinct harmony vocal sound, none of the boys was really a
top drawer lead vocalist, so better singers can have their way with the
songs.
Just my opinion - and SHOE FETISH is also one of the best tribute discs
ever...
Mike Bennett
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>From: "Drew MacDonald" <drewmacdonald@comcast.net>
>Reply-To: audities@smoe.org
>To: <audities@smoe.org>
>Subject: Re: Dan covers
>Date: Wed, 1 Sep 2004 09:41:14 -0700
>
>Dave Seaman:
> > I like power pop tributes that feature the
> > songs of artists that are not power pop, but pop enough to translate
>well.
> > Or by early pop/power pop bands that have a lot of songs that were
>either
> > performed and or recorded a bit on the "weak, wimpy" side, due to poor
> > recording technology or primitive playing. For instance, a lot of the
> > Hollies 60s stuff - truly GREAT tunes, vocals and harmonies, but to my
> > ears the recordings sound too tinny and thin, and the band at times
> > lacks muscle.
>
>I agree, and there is no better example than SHOE FETISH from a while back.
>I prefer at least half of the songs on that trib to the original Shoes
>recordings, for just those reasons.
>
>Drew
>np: TIMEWELLSPENT s/t
>
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