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Printabledatdude said: wow surprised to hear about all the international chart success of a-ha. i stand corrected. never got into them tho. i even hated take on me, best thing was the vid. don't feel i'm missing out on anything.
but about D double. i like them, and the last album. the comparison of Timberland/Timberlake to Jam & Lewis is not one I made. i think several tracks on the album don't SOUND like Timbaland at all. only 2 of the 12 actually have that FEEL, two others have a remote detectable influence but if i DIDN'T know he had anything to do with the album, i wouldn't make the connection. Hateration is all it is. Well you should experiment with a-Ha because unlike others, they have "let go" of the 80's but not compromised their band by doing so. "We went where our music was appreciated, and that was everywhere but the USA, we knew we had fans, but there is only so much of the world you can play at once" Magne F | |
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datdude said: piepie1976 said: Loved a lot of tracks on this record. Probably more than Astronaut. Nite Runner is one of their best to me.
i like Nite Runner, but for it to have received the hype it did, it wasn't as good as The Valley, RCM or Skin Divers even. but it fits in well. I'll bet no one in Mexico is checkin' for a-Ha either, so its not an "American" thing Actually a-Ha's biggest following is Latin American based and in South America they are like Kylie is to England, go to brazil or rio or chile and talk a-Ha and you'll get responses as if you were talking about Lil Wayne in the USA "We went where our music was appreciated, and that was everywhere but the USA, we knew we had fans, but there is only so much of the world you can play at once" Magne F | |
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shorttrini said: paisleypark4 said: Well Human I Need Your Loving and Love Is All That Matters were done with keyboards and drum machines...and Timbaland does play drums and keyboards too. He may not be as musically elighted as Jimmy and Terry in respect he has not been around since the 70's however I admit the man has talent and created his own unique sound everytime he comes out; They way Jimmy & Terry used to be. Now I can't tell if a song is theirs or not. You still cannot compare Jimmy Jam and Terry to Timberland, simply because Jimmy and Terry play real instruments, while Timberland, doesn't. He cannot play a note. He does however know how to use a music program to make beats and that's all he knows. I've seen him on acoustic piano and drums....he may not be trained on bass or guitar, but you don't have to be to make decent music. I have a love hate relationship for that man. Hate him personally, musically and physically attracted to him though. Straight Jacket Funk Affair
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paisleypark4 said: shorttrini said: You still cannot compare Jimmy Jam and Terry to Timberland, simply because Jimmy and Terry play real instruments, while Timberland, doesn't. He cannot play a note. He does however know how to use a music program to make beats and that's all he knows. I've seen him on acoustic piano and drums....he may not be trained on bass or guitar, but you don't have to be to make decent music. I have a love hate relationship for that man. Hate him personally, musically and physically attracted to him though. Timberland might be able to play the piano, but he plays them like he programs them in the computer whereas, Jam and Lewis, play them like they are meant to be played, like instruments. "Love is like peeing in your pants, everyone sees it but only you feel its warmth" |
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lastdecember said: datdude said: i like Nite Runner, but for it to have received the hype it did, it wasn't as good as The Valley, RCM or Skin Divers even. but it fits in well. I'll bet no one in Mexico is checkin' for a-Ha either, so its not an "American" thing Actually a-Ha's biggest following is Latin American based and in South America they are like Kylie is to England, go to brazil or rio or chile and talk a-Ha and you'll get responses as if you were talking about Lil Wayne in the USA They are huge in germany too.! "My God it's full of Stars"
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Back to Duran Duran please! | |
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Nick715 said: Back to Duran Duran please!
As i said before its not a terrible record. its basically half a record and the other half the band is not even heard or a presence on it. This kind of production is cool for Britney or Asley Tisdale but not Duran Duran. Good beats, ok, but Duran Duran is more than beats arent they, at least i thought they were. But as a full album, and many longtime felt this way, it was about average. "We went where our music was appreciated, and that was everywhere but the USA, we knew we had fans, but there is only so much of the world you can play at once" Magne F | |
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I love Red Carpet Massacre! Maybe I came at a different place from some people, as I'm not a super hard core fan of DD's other stuff. I just know their songs on the radio; I don't own a lot of their previous records.
But from what I know about their older music, I don't think the sound of this record was so different for them. It still sounds like DD to me, but with modern beats. I'm a huge fan of Madonna, but the work Timbaland did on this record was a million times better than anything on Hard Candy. It still sounded like DD whereas to me HC didn't sound like a Madonna record for the most part. Red Carpet didn't sell that well, but none of DD"s recent records have done all that great. I think they are so talented, but the fact is they are older and seen by radio and some people as an 80's act so I think it's unrealistic to expect they are going to have huge hits and sell millions again. | |
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