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Post by bil on Sept 20, 2015 12:19:09 GMT
"New" generation of BOC fans Tom...it ain't all black and white now like it was back in the day..
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Post by markus on Sept 20, 2015 17:20:14 GMT
The terms acoustic/unplugged seem mis-placed these days, hearkening back to the time when the whole concept of a rock band doing true acoustic versions of their song was presented as ground-breaking, which it really wasn't, IMHO; it was just that an audience raised on grinding guitars heard their heroes play their favorite songs at a reduced volume on instruments that they had only previously heard on their parents' James Taylor records. In a concert setting, the song didn't really change, the vibe of the band did.
Typical rock songs tend to be composed/demo'ed/presented to the band with it's 'rock' clothes on, so when these songs are performed acoustically you hear the same power/no-3rd chords but played on an acoustic; is there a gain sonically or are you hearing something previously unheard? Probably not.
Personally, when it comes to artists/composers that I enjoy, I'd rather hear the history (if there is one) of different versions how the song morphed (if it did) with its original melody/hook/riff in its original compositional state to what the band decided on (or, how the writer was brow-beaten into producer/band vote compliance). Simply hearing a song with the same arrangement stripped down of volume doesn't do much for me.
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Post by mary on Sept 20, 2015 20:10:26 GMT
Personally, when it comes to artists/composers that I enjoy, I'd rather hear the history (if there is one) of different versions how the song morphed (if it did) with its original melody/hook/riff in its original compositional state I agree, I think it's always interesting to compare and contrast the songwriter's original version of their song compared to the version that was eventually released either by them or someone else. My favorite example of that is comparing Philly musician Robert Hazard's early version of "Girls Just Wanna Have Fun" to the version that Cindy Lauper eventually recorded. Of course it was her version that gave him the big paycheck.
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Post by duckbarman on Sept 21, 2015 19:32:31 GMT
I really like this:
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