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Post by ol on Oct 11, 2010 4:18:36 GMT -5
Hi there fellow Aussie! I don't have itunes or an ipod or anything, but I do work in IT, and I once had to set up an Apple Tv (amongst other things) for a customer.. I remember thinking it was pretty cool seeing the "Wishing Well" video in the video downloads part once I got the AppleTv configured.. I figure if "Wishing Well" was on there, some others have got to be too P.S. (The setup was in Australia, which made it double cool, as I never heard WW on the radio, nor did I see it on the tv over here!).
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Post by ol on Jun 21, 2010 4:25:24 GMT -5
3 Mobile (An Australian cell phone provider) is using Blind Melons "Three is a Magic Number" in their current tv ad's. They've been using it for around 2 years now! As frequent as they are, they still put a smile on my face
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Post by ol on May 28, 2010 2:47:50 GMT -5
I don't know how this song came to be known as performed by Reel Big Fish. But it's definitely NOT. It is by "Dash Rip Rock"
It was a fairly big indie radio song in the mid 90's. Reel Big Fish didn't come about for a few years later, and sound nothing like this song.
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Post by ol on Apr 7, 2010 2:10:04 GMT -5
There you go!
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Post by ol on Apr 7, 2010 2:09:47 GMT -5
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Post by ol on Mar 28, 2010 1:25:19 GMT -5
That would be awesome! I'd love to see Nico on vinyl too!
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Post by ol on Mar 26, 2010 1:10:06 GMT -5
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Post by ol on Mar 25, 2010 23:39:50 GMT -5
I have absolutely no idea.. As soon as I read that, I checked Myspace, here (forum search) and googled that name... Nothing turned up! I typed in his name on YouTube and it came up. But it was a wedding video with him and the bride dancing around to some dumb song. Dammit! Forgot to turn my volume down before I clicked on that video.. Now everyone in the office probably thinks I was listening to the Grease soundtrack.... (embarrassed!). I'm definitely going to keep coming back to this thread until we find out who this guy is, or if it's a hoax!
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Post by ol on Mar 25, 2010 23:37:58 GMT -5
Also... The UK Vinyl press has a black label, and the Asian (Japan?) press has a blue one!
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Post by ol on Mar 25, 2010 23:36:48 GMT -5
The Australian versions were all black (I've bought two over the years). The USA one I bought was blue, as was the English Digipak..
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Post by ol on Mar 25, 2010 23:21:10 GMT -5
I have absolutely no idea.. As soon as I read that, I checked Myspace, here (forum search) and googled that name... Nothing turned up!
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Post by ol on Mar 25, 2010 22:47:23 GMT -5
Then there's this line on the Blind Melon Wikipedia:
"Tim Beauregard, a native of Detroit, officially joined as lead vocalist on March 24th, 2010"
Who? What? Weird that this isn't anywhere, (forum, myspace...)..
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Post by ol on Nov 15, 2009 2:46:55 GMT -5
I'd love to see Mobile Fidelity Sound Labs (MFSL), Audio Fidelity or even Analogue Productions (though they mainly do Jazz) have a crack at the Blind Melon catalogue.
I'm sure the results would be incredible.
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Post by ol on Nov 15, 2009 2:29:01 GMT -5
Also, thank God for the resurgence in Vinyl! Due to the nature of the format, excessive loudness cannot be carried across to an LP.. So if a new release cd sounds bad, chances are that the Vinyl version of the same album will have a better mastering
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Post by ol on Nov 15, 2009 2:12:15 GMT -5
I HATE, HATE HATE Dynamic Range compression & and the clipping that is often a result... It has RUINED so many new releases, to the point of them being almost unlistenable.. These days, the music has to be really strong, or by an artist I already love to me even give it the time of day (if this horrible mastering technique has been applied)... The new albums by Dinosaur Jr and Alice in Chains, have absolutely butchered sound quality thanks to dynamic range compression... All the songs on the albums have the same volume level... When J Mascis solos kick in on Beyond and Farm, they just have no balls whatsoever (unlike the excellent sound on the original pressing of the "Where you Been?" album. Remember Unified Theory? I love that album! But it too sounds horrible! You can tell the production is top notch, but there is almost nil dynamics on that cd! That sucker is L-O-U-D, with clipping everywhere! The new Alice is also horrendous, almost as bad as Death Magnetic, Vapour Trails and Californication (Which are IMO the 3 most horrible modern mastering jobs, that I've ever had the displeasure to listen to!).. Damn shame! Before BM released "For My Friends" I was on this forum and their myspace regularly, pleading with the band not to master their upcoming release this way (because IMO the first 3 sound quite good!)... Unfortunately FMF has the same horrible, LOUD, wimpy sound (albeit no where near the worst I've heard!), what makes this even worse for us melon heads, is that Chris and Brad really know their shit when it comes to recording... After all the effort they and the band put in, some mastering decision takes a dump on their work! I still play the album to death though, it's a great LP! My favourite track is "Father Time," the second solo gives me chills! If the album had more dynamics, that track could be used to demo hi-fi gear on! If I want to listen to my music loud, I'll use the volume knob on my hi-fi thanks, I don't need some stupid mastering decision turning it up for me, and killing the dynamics of the recording in the process! I'll always dig out the original albums (I'm lucky to have the first two on vinyl, Soup in particular sounds miles better on vinyl), when I want to listen to some Melon I prefer some of the mixes on the "Classic Masters" release, especially "Pull" as someone above mentioned.. (Those ghost like extra hoon overdubs gave me chills when I first played this disc... The disc could have been even better if they went easy with the compression, Classic Masters though, sounds better than the Tones of Home release IMO. A great example of a good modern mastering (that I'm sure many melonheads have heard) is Chinese Democracy, say what you want about the music, but you can't deny that that is one excellent recording . Only thing wrong with that album is the excessive use of Auto Tune..... But I'll save that for another day!
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