tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6661265833591750206.post2906764349777059891..comments2023-09-24T08:46:14.947-05:00Comments on The Great Vinyl Meltdown: Art for Art’s Sake Vs. Utilitarianismcaithiseachhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13973481580774229302noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6661265833591750206.post-5390361608696592322008-12-01T21:22:00.000-06:002008-12-01T21:22:00.000-06:00Hey, Yah Shure, thanks for the insider insight on ...Hey, Yah Shure, thanks for the insider insight on the matter of pitching. That is a far more accurate term for what is going on; it's what I did to "I Do X5" to get it to sound like 1970s AM.<BR/><BR/>I do promise you, though, that I heard/saw a WLS DJ on Chicago TV, bragging about "compression" and saying that they got in an extra song and two more commercials pper hour. He was probably just a pretty voice with little concern for accurate terminology. I think I know who it was, but I won't knock him here.<BR/><BR/>And to the rest of the commentators, I feel so . . . not alone now. It doesn't surprise me that the authors of such varied and intriguing blogs would be willing to admit that "even this stuff" has merit. What a great row of comments. Thank you.caithiseachhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13973481580774229302noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6661265833591750206.post-78468954525743067502008-12-01T20:58:00.000-06:002008-12-01T20:58:00.000-06:00When music got "serious" in the early '70s, my fel...When music got "serious" in the early '70s, my fellow college radio renegades and I went the other direction, delighting in spinning Raspberries, Big Star, ABBA and the bunch. We couldn't have cared less what the rest of the campus thought; having fun times with some great tunes kept us somewhat sane amidst the chaos.<BR/><BR/>"I Do X5" remains my favorite ABBA record. The quality of the group's production was what set them apart, and helped to create an entire planet of closet ABBA fans. I've long enjoyed segueing "I Do" with Billy and Connie. Another great college segue was to go from "SOS" into "Nineteen Hundred And Eighty-Five" from 'Band On The Run.'<BR/><BR/>The radio term for speeding up a tune is "pitching" a record, whereas compression narrowed the audio's dynamic range. The purpose of pitching the records was to make the competition's music sound like it dragged in comparison to your station's "brighter" sound. Some music was already pitched by the record companies themselves (United Artists even pitched Gerry Rafferty's *entire* City To City' album in the U.S. And when some stations pitched that up by *another* two percent...) I was ordered to pitch the records at one of my stations, and whaddaya know, it made Merle Haggard actually sound happy. The good times really weren't over for good! <BR/><BR/>What?! Eddie Holman *wasn't* a lesbian?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6661265833591750206.post-88835965629757905682008-11-30T13:38:00.000-06:002008-11-30T13:38:00.000-06:00As you know, I have little time for the Taste Poli...As you know, I have little time for the Taste Police. So I'll see your "I Do I Do etc" and raise the stakes with the Spice Girls' "Wannabe". A glorious pop song.<BR/><BR/>The first couple of Abba albums featured a number of schlager type songs which in quality eclipsed most of schlager music, even if they are the Fredos of the Abba canon. Hasta Manana is a good example. Even Ring Ring has a schlager sensibility.<BR/><BR/>For a while I joined the Abba-bashing. They became the music my mother listened to. They were my mother's age (well, Agnetha was a bit younger). They were ubiquitous. And I was into Dexys, German new wave (Neue Deutsche Welle), AC/DC...<BR/><BR/>But secretly I still loved their music. Slowly I acknowledged doing so "ironically". With time, wholeheartedly.<BR/><BR/>The Name Of The Game, IMO, is their most mindboggling song.CTVhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06775874319624381020noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6661265833591750206.post-47950153988536015592008-11-30T09:48:00.000-06:002008-11-30T09:48:00.000-06:00If you ask me, life's too short and there's too ma...If you ask me, life's too short and there's too many headaches to deprive yourself of something that makes you happy (no matter how uncool it might be considered). <BR/><BR/>On our Thanksgiving trek, Paloma and I listened to everything frpm Pet Sounds to Chinese Democracy as well as albums by the db's, Carpenters, Men Without Hats, Burt Bacharach, Beatles, and, yes, ABBA.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6661265833591750206.post-10367068970989374982008-11-30T00:37:00.000-06:002008-11-30T00:37:00.000-06:00The first time I heard an ABBA song was one of the...The first time I heard an ABBA song was one of the defining moments of my life. The first few bars of "Ring Ring" washed over me and it was the greatest thing I'd ever heard. Oh, wow. It made me really uncool, because it was 1995 and I was listening to my <I>parents'</I> music, but oh, were my ears happy.<BR/><BR/>Art for art's sake? Yes, please.Lizzle-ba-Dizzlehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13996392116158381286noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6661265833591750206.post-44023436719672015502008-11-29T17:17:00.000-06:002008-11-29T17:17:00.000-06:00As one who was in college when ABBA came along (an...As one who was in college when ABBA came along (and thus of an age when Vietnam and its rock soundtrack was a vital part of my life and so on), I'll freely admit there are some of the group's singles that I love: "Waterloo," "SOS" and the sheer melodic delight of "Dancing Queen" (greatest glissando ever!) still please me, especially when heard adjacent to Big Mama Thornton, Bob Dylan, Steely Dan, U2, Coolio, Madonna, Joss Stone, Neil Young (utterly timeless) or anyone else!whiterayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06024257784522729303noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6661265833591750206.post-21571257131981217372008-11-29T02:50:00.000-06:002008-11-29T02:50:00.000-06:00I am for the art.I am for the art.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com