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Post by Stove on Dec 11, 2001 13:02:13 GMT -5
Well, as CD's are becoming less and less used in today's age, they still offer a factor in listening value: Transition.
Whether it's the mood changing from sad to upbeat, or its the pace from slow to fast or vice versa, so many transitions just make the listening experience so much better.
Here are a few select transitions I can think of off the top of my head:
1.) From 'The World Has Turned And Left Me Here' to 'Buddy Holly' -- ahhh this transition still satisfies me to this day
2.) From 'Dont Back Down' to ' I Only Drink Bud' --- the end of dbd has those oohs and ahhhs and is real happy and gentle, and then Bud comes in with full force, accompanied with claps, preparing you for the 2 snotty minutes that await.
3.) 'Parabol' to 'Parabola' ... I know there's not that many TOOL fans here except for maybe Night and I, but this is a great transition from a whole lot of softness to a whole lot of rocking, I love every second of it.
Let's hear your selections, cockmouths!
JUSTAMIRAGE
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Post by Steve All-Star on Dec 11, 2001 20:03:16 GMT -5
I don't really fret over the transfer from song-to-song. I'm more into the makeup of a whole album. Like DBD, they got all the slow and fast and medium tempo songs in the right places.
BW said once that he realized that sequencing the third track is important, because that is your potential hit. Looking back at SW and R-dales albums, that's a little odd.
Examples:
S/T- "Society"... yuck
Boogadax3- "Zombie"... blah
MBH- "Guest List"... this one makes sense, but it's not the best
Wiggle- "One Step Beyond"... not great... slows down the album
Anthem- "Leather Jacket"... good, not a hit
Enemies- "I Hate Your Guts On Sunday"... trittle lash
Riverdales S/T- "Wanna Be Alright"... trash
BLAD- "First Day of Summer"... this one makes definite sense, but it wasn't the biggest hit
Storm the Streets- "Don't Let Them Beat My Baby"... good song, no hit
TVCD- "Dummy Up"... in relation to sequencing, the biggest hit was in the best place... second track... "Speed of Mutation"
TPIH- "Too Worked Up"... definitely not the hit, though not bad
Well, that's my daily dose of trash... now that I can finally post on here again. Comin' home tomorrow... see everyone there, sucka!
JOHNWATERSWASNTGAY
-Jizz
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Post by Stove on Dec 18, 2001 14:54:23 GMT -5
Suck This! has some great transitions in it (I know this is a waste of time to post this but I thought of these last night), for instance:
1.) the transition from the last G# in Squid Omelet to the E in Heroin... it sounds so awesome! the feedback sounds nice too
2.) "fuck you . . . . this place sucks! this place sucks!!..." from Heroin to TPS, this transition is great in any Queers live recording or show.
3.) FY to FTW ... this time, C# to G... still sounds cool.
4.) Noodle - Granola - Hi Mom --- the screaming intro to Granola is a great intro coming from the end of Noodlebrain, and while Granola ends, we are greeted with Joe's hilarious falsetto voice; "wooo uhhh helloo00oo" and DP makes joe scream a few seconds longer and then initiates the intro snare hits!! great stuff
well that's E'nuff for now
teenage boner
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Post by GUAPOMEGUSTA on Dec 18, 2001 20:00:46 GMT -5
I like to make mix tapes and do a bit of both. One general feel to them (usually incoherent psychobabble) and good between-song transition. A personal fave is Tahitian Moon by Porno For Pyros to Mr.Grieves (great transition through whole song) by the Pixies. It does this little funny drum over thing and they start up again. I don't really know what I'm talking about, but I heard the 2nd song's supposed to be real important,or at least generally good. It seems like the second ones usually beat out the first. The worst is when a CD blows at the end and has all the good stuff in the beginning. Amnesiac was pretty good, but the last song makes me want to choke Thom Yorke like a whiny bitch and beat up the horn players. He slurs his words and, if done right (Soul Coughing, you know what I mean Stove) can be good or at least funny. But somehow when a Brit does it, irritation abounds.
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Post by Ahmed Johnson on Dec 19, 2001 1:11:18 GMT -5
I've always thought that song number 7 on cds is always like a really great song. There are very few albums that I've heard where the number 7 track is a bad one. Most of the time they are my favorites on the cd, but not always. This message is headed no where.
PTWROCKED!
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Post by Stove on Dec 19, 2001 10:02:46 GMT -5
For me, I would have say track 1 is a big winner on almost every cd... who doesn't like to start off with a bang, ya know? My favorite track 1 is definitely 'No Tit'. uuuuuuhhhhhhhhhhhh
MERRY CHRISTMAS MOTHERFUCKER
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Post by GUAPOMEGUSTA on Dec 19, 2001 15:40:48 GMT -5
The Fragile by NIN had it all the way through,in the sense that it did alot of that thing where you meld two songs together. It can be irritating though cause you don't know how many times ta click when you want to skip tracks.
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Post by Kros on Dec 24, 2001 1:23:07 GMT -5
this is kind of an old topic so i doubt it will get any replies but i like it when a cd starts off pretty hard and the first three or four songs usually kick the most ass, and, to agree with Ahmed Johnson, track 7 always seems to be good too. i also like it when the last song kinda sets an ending tone: maybe a little softer than some of the rest but not necessarily. this is what i try to go for when i listen and make cds.
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Post by Ahmed Johnson on Dec 24, 2001 14:17:33 GMT -5
I think my favorite ending song on an album would have to be Only In Dreams. I love it how it is real mellow long and then has the awesome breakdown part. The end of Teen Punks In Heat is another fav ending song of mine.
EVERYNIGHT
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