tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3388608882830641221.post5972363756117215917..comments2023-10-10T08:20:09.885-07:00Comments on How Much Longer Must We Tolerate Mass Culture?: Gang of Four Content?Matt "Max" Vanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15126126569405496001noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3388608882830641221.post-87377299358292821252011-02-11T21:32:22.515-08:002011-02-11T21:32:22.515-08:00Oh, and I do agree about Auto tune grating pretty ...Oh, and I do agree about Auto tune grating pretty badly on a track or two- but honestly the vocals aren't nearly as over-processed as the vocals are over-processed on a number of recent releases I'm thinking of the new Wire record, but also on the last Killing Joke record- and I could get over it for those records, so maybe I'm softening a bit on Auto tune, I don't know- my bottom line is that I do really like this new Gang of Four record- and I didn't care for Mall or Shrink wrapped, so I'm not quite a brainless fan-boy- I just like the new record, a lot. Maybe it's a lapse in taste, and so be it, but I'm also digging the new Karysun record, but I've just had it for a day, so I'm not yet ready to comment on that- make of that what you will....Matt "Max" Vanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15126126569405496001noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3388608882830641221.post-12095016143788887492011-02-11T21:13:40.066-08:002011-02-11T21:13:40.066-08:00Rusty- Fair enough, you don't like it. I do. A...Rusty- Fair enough, you don't like it. I do. A few things, though- Dave Allen and Hugo Burnham weren't fired- they declined to participate. Burnham was on record against doing any new material, and Allen is over-committed as it stands ( Allen was my favorite member, BTW. I Liked his sensibilities so much that I even own a Low Pop Suicide record or two).<br />As for the licensing to XBox- that was actually done by EMI/Warners who actually own the song.<br />Again, not trying to make you like it, or anything, but while they have probably "sold out" it's not exactly in that fashion. I think the more palpable sell out would be what Gill has done as a producer, but that's me.Matt "Max" Vanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15126126569405496001noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3388608882830641221.post-41194427138652287992011-02-10T06:49:14.999-08:002011-02-10T06:49:14.999-08:00Really? I listened to the stream on their site and...Really? I listened to the stream on their site and I couldn't get through the whole thing. Hell, I couldn't even get through a whole song. This is the shittiest record from a band I used to like that I've heard in a long time. Auto-tune on vocals? WTF?!?! Firing Dave Allen and Hugo Burnham was stupid. To downplay their contribution to the first two (absolutely essential) records is ludicrous. Andy Gill and Jon King have become self-important attention whores, selling their anti-materialist songs to hawk Xbox. Again, WTF?!? I wouldn't care so much about the "sell-out" if the music wasn't so god-awful. Jesus Christ! I get more pissed off, the more I think about it. Fuck. "Solid Gold" is my favorite record of ALL TIME. This record, like all the others post-Songs of the Free (excluding Return The Gift, which was briefly back to the original lineup), is total and utter shite. Makes me sad. Makes me angry. Oh well, they ARE old. Moving on...Russell Emerson Hallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08355796436433802646noreply@blogger.com