my bloody valentine disappointments, parts 1 and 2...
first, there was the album...quiet, by modern standards, don't you think?
did someone accidentally knock the treble fader with their elbow when mastering it, giving it a dull, muffled feel?
and what is all this audophillic bullshit about mastering from analogue tape...see all of the above?
an impression of polished demos that needed a bit more work and inspiration...
you have to ask, is this all by design, or just sheer bloody mindedness?
an impression that it would have been fine as an additional disc of 'lost tracks' with another release, perhaps, but as a stand-alone album?
oh, let me tell you, as a huge fan, i've tried and tried, tried to love it...
but my inclinations are to turn up the treble, cut some of the tracks down to loveless-esque interludes between tracks, resequence it, remix it, make it louder, finish it off...
maybe i need to wait for the digital remaster to come out, ha ha ha...
perhaps i was expecting something of a bigger progression, like previous albums, not a treading of water...
some tracks with a 'city girl' feel, perhaps, or something that would give a buzz, similar to hearing the extra tracks on the ep re-release album last year for the first time...
but that disappointment paled into insignificance compared to what was to follow...
second, the gig at the glasgow barrowlands, 9th march 2013...
i can't dress it up in any other way, the sound was fucking shit...
a total absence of treble and bass, just a huge middley BLUUUURRGGGHHHH from start to finish...
the drums were just audible, but the vocals were mixed so low, it was for all intents and purposes an instrumental set...
a total absence of dynamics in the sound, it was all on or all off...
it's not enough to just be loud...actually, has the h&s executive neutered live gigs because, to my ears, it wasn't that loud? not like it was in 1992 anyway...
what was the live sound engineer/mixer up to, couldn't he fucking hear it was shite like the rest of us?
again, you have to ask, is this all by design, or just sheer bloody mindedness?
you know that bit in 'soon' where the guitar kicks in and shudders and you should feel it, it should move you, re-arrange your internal organs some?...forget about it...
'to here knows when' was tragic...
that's when i gave up, stopped cheering at the end of the songs...i was something i never thought i'd be at a mbv gig, i was bored...
'you made me realise'...that's an emperor's new clothes moment, surely...let me say it for you, it's okay...
that's just wanky bollocks, right?
don't get me wrong, i respect their right to do wanky bollocks, and to its credit, it made my jeans, and possibly my genes, literally flap, shook the booze in my plastic glass, and the earplugs finally did come in handy...
once again, you have to ask, is this all by design, or just sheer bloody mindedness?
to end on a more up note, the light show was good, spoiled only by wankers taking photos and videos with their phones...
what is it with people? can't they just remember they were there? describe to people in words what it was like?
HOW AM I DOING?
I WAS THERE, I SAW IT...
sigh...
fin
did someone accidentally knock the treble fader with their elbow when mastering it, giving it a dull, muffled feel?
and what is all this audophillic bullshit about mastering from analogue tape...see all of the above?
an impression of polished demos that needed a bit more work and inspiration...
you have to ask, is this all by design, or just sheer bloody mindedness?
an impression that it would have been fine as an additional disc of 'lost tracks' with another release, perhaps, but as a stand-alone album?
oh, let me tell you, as a huge fan, i've tried and tried, tried to love it...
but my inclinations are to turn up the treble, cut some of the tracks down to loveless-esque interludes between tracks, resequence it, remix it, make it louder, finish it off...
maybe i need to wait for the digital remaster to come out, ha ha ha...
perhaps i was expecting something of a bigger progression, like previous albums, not a treading of water...
some tracks with a 'city girl' feel, perhaps, or something that would give a buzz, similar to hearing the extra tracks on the ep re-release album last year for the first time...
but that disappointment paled into insignificance compared to what was to follow...
second, the gig at the glasgow barrowlands, 9th march 2013...
i can't dress it up in any other way, the sound was fucking shit...
a total absence of treble and bass, just a huge middley BLUUUURRGGGHHHH from start to finish...
the drums were just audible, but the vocals were mixed so low, it was for all intents and purposes an instrumental set...
a total absence of dynamics in the sound, it was all on or all off...
it's not enough to just be loud...actually, has the h&s executive neutered live gigs because, to my ears, it wasn't that loud? not like it was in 1992 anyway...
what was the live sound engineer/mixer up to, couldn't he fucking hear it was shite like the rest of us?
again, you have to ask, is this all by design, or just sheer bloody mindedness?
you know that bit in 'soon' where the guitar kicks in and shudders and you should feel it, it should move you, re-arrange your internal organs some?...forget about it...
'to here knows when' was tragic...
that's when i gave up, stopped cheering at the end of the songs...i was something i never thought i'd be at a mbv gig, i was bored...
'you made me realise'...that's an emperor's new clothes moment, surely...let me say it for you, it's okay...
that's just wanky bollocks, right?
don't get me wrong, i respect their right to do wanky bollocks, and to its credit, it made my jeans, and possibly my genes, literally flap, shook the booze in my plastic glass, and the earplugs finally did come in handy...
once again, you have to ask, is this all by design, or just sheer bloody mindedness?
to end on a more up note, the light show was good, spoiled only by wankers taking photos and videos with their phones...
what is it with people? can't they just remember they were there? describe to people in words what it was like?
HOW AM I DOING?
I WAS THERE, I SAW IT...
sigh...
fin
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