thoughts on new cd

Speenis · Post by **Speenis** » Thu May 12, 2005 5:23 pm

Duffman wrote:
BigSpeen3436 wrote:
Nitro1515 wrote:
Duffman wrote:
Nitro1515 wrote:
andyrice_13 wrote:I figure it this way

If this album blows, the next one will be that much better.
Don't count on it, they plan to continue working with Batson so if you don't like this one chances are your not going to like the next one.
WHATT???
Its true, Matt from antsmarching who went to the first listening party in VA was told by Bruce Flohr and others that they plan to continue working with Batson.
That could all change with fan response/sales of the album though.
damn, i shouldn't have bought it; to support the band.

Yeah same here, I just wasted $25 on the warehouse bonus disc.

ericwormann · Post by **ericwormann** » Thu May 12, 2005 5:25 pm

mdel21 wrote:I miss Dave's guitar playing. Hearing the songs and looking at the tab I just feel like there's nothing to play and nothing there. I miss riffs like Billies, Jimi, BOWA. I also don't like the "hooks" in this album. Stand Up and Bring That Beat Back don't need to be repeated like 3,297 times throughout the songs. I know most songs have a verse/chrous/bridge structure, but these just annoy me. I love the riff in Stand Up, but the repetitveness of the song I can't get over. I'm really trying to like this album or make the best of it, but there's something I can't get over about it. Maybe it was overproduced? I don't know. I appreciate them trying new things and branching out but these is almost too much a departure.

if you watch the dvd side, they talk about how he's a hip hop producer, so he's used to taking 4 bars of a song and sampling it over and over. It's just the way that he produces albums, they knew that when they signed him up. They probably also knew he'd use fake drums. This is why I knew I wouldn't like this album.

i am sam2 · Post by **i am sam2** » Thu May 12, 2005 5:27 pm

i dont like this cd at all
its lacking...the songs are uninteresting to listen to and with the exception of Hello Again, i feel that hearing any of these live would be a waste of a slot. id much rather hear the same old version of two stop that kanter mentioned theyve been playing since 98..

its like batson took everything that was fresh and exciting about the dmb sound and eliminated it, replacing it with the most poppy, radio-savy stuff he could find...

that is all my opinion

Nitro1515 · Post by **Nitro1515** » Thu May 12, 2005 7:24 pm

I love how this community of people who actually play music can see this album for what it really is, a half-assed attempt to be inventive and different. Every other messageboard you go to you have people kissing the band and Batson's ass. Talking about how he evolved their sound and how cool and different it is...give me a break.

i-am-me · Post by **i-am-me** » Thu May 12, 2005 7:36 pm

i'm officially listening to it all the way through right now...

i like the sound of dream girl...terrible lyrics, but nice musically.

i'm on old dirt hill now and is it just me or are all the verses and choruses the same? lol.

Nitro1515 · Post by **Nitro1515** » Thu May 12, 2005 7:38 pm

i-am-me wrote: i'm on old dirt hill now and is it just me or are all the verses and choruses the same? lol.

Wait until you get to Stolen Away, Carter doesnt change the tempo for 4 straight minutes and the song never shifts to a chorus.

mdel21 · Post by **mdel21** » Thu May 12, 2005 7:41 pm

real quick, lyrically how does "bring that beat back" fit in with the theme of the ODH?

Coldchillin · Post by **Coldchillin** » Thu May 12, 2005 7:43 pm

Black producer wanting it to be hip-hopish. Yes that was racist and stereotypical, but it was meant in jest.

i-am-me · Post by **i-am-me** » Thu May 12, 2005 7:44 pm

stand up was...wow. the looping job was terrible first of all, then the grumbling at the beginning. what are they doing?

Nitro1515 · Post by **Nitro1515** » Thu May 12, 2005 7:45 pm

mdel21 wrote:real quick, lyrically how does "bring that beat back" fit in with the theme of the ODH?

I think he is talking about wanting to go back to when he was a kid, so the "beat" I guess is a metaphor for childhood or the feelings of childhood.

Beauford33 · Post by **Beauford33** » Thu May 12, 2005 7:46 pm

mdel21 wrote:real quick, lyrically how does "bring that beat back" fit in with the theme of the ODH?

From what I get is "bring that beat back" means "bring that feeling back". I when I here that song I just think of it as a John Mayer 83-type song. Kinda reflective.

Coldchillin · Post by **Coldchillin** » Thu May 12, 2005 7:46 pm

I hate the lyrics "Ride my bike down that old dirt hill. First time without my training wheels." That's awful.

i-am-me · Post by **i-am-me** » Thu May 12, 2005 7:47 pm

how about..."i'd dig a hole all the way to china"

very original. lol.

whatever, i couldn't do anything better.

mdel21 · Post by **mdel21** » Thu May 12, 2005 7:50 pm

I like the 2nd verse of that one song where he's talking about the girl in the park asleep

Nitro1515 · Post by **Nitro1515** » Thu May 12, 2005 7:50 pm

These from Steady As We Go kill me,
"I walk halfway around the world
just to sit down by your side
I would do most anything girl to be the apple of your eye." Come on Dave, your better than this.