OT: Watcha Listenin' To? Part VIIII: Nine lives, cat's eyes

[Captain Dave Poulin]

I saw it in the store the other day and I was thinking about grabbing it, but I'm really not sure how I feel about this Ultra Copacetic remaster. Here's the original mix:



And here's the remaster:



Sure, the drums sound fuller and everything's less compressed, but I find it less charming and the vocals feel completely out of place. Am I crazy or did they mess this up? It's a shame, I would have loved a copy of this one but not if it sounds this off.

I've had that album since it came out, and I know that song like the back of my hand. I totally agree with you - something is off. It's like they removed the fuzziness, and that left it sounding hollow.

 

[mja]

I've had that album since it came out, and I know that song like the back of my hand. I totally agree with you - something is off. It's like they removed the fuzziness, and that left it sounding hollow.

I have both Copacetic and Simpatico on cassette, and the EP on CD. VG was one of the first bands that really sent me off in a different direction from what was going on with the grungy early / mid-90's Alternative scene, so this one would have been nice.

I still have all of my old cassettes but I've been slowly picking up newer remasters on vinyl and then giving my Gen Z daughter - she inherited my taste in music - the old cassettes, because the kids are cosplaying being 80's / 90's kids and own tape decks and shit. I might still do it, I've seen some comments that the vinyl sounds a lot better than the streaming version, or I can just try to grab an original copy shipping from Europe for like $100 or whatever.

 

[trostol]

not bad...tough to replace Chester though

 

[dragonoffrost]

not bad...tough to replace Chester though

Smart first song.... Let Mike sing so you know it's Linkin Park then bring her in to introduce the new sound.

 

[trostol]

well...that's interesting

MSN

 

[GKJ]

Great news everyone

 

[Appleyard]

A song about where I am born... always one to listen to.

 

[BiggE]

Been listening to a lot of Beth Hart lately, love her voice. Her most recent release was an album of Led Zeppelin covers and she did a fabulous job with them. You can find a lot of her live performances for free on YouTube, they’re well worth a listen!

 

[BigToe]

Kendrick starting things up again

 

[Magua]

Kendrick starting things up again

Anna?

 

[BigToe]

Anna?

Perkins

 

[Striiker]

Watching the MTV awards and I’m playing a game where I take a drink for every person I’ve heard of.

I’m so f***in thirsty.

 

[GKJ]

Watching the MTV awards and I’m playing a game where I take a drink for every person I’ve heard of.

I’m so f***in thirsty.

Alcohol dehydrates you

 

[trostol]

just dropped

 

[flyersnorth]

Went to the Leprous show in Toronto on Wednesday. Wow. They are amazing live, and the venue was perfect. 900 capacity, we were dead centre.

If any of you are remotely interested in that style of music, I highly recommend seeing them on this tour. They're in Philly on September 15th at Union Transfer.

Also just picked up tix for Dream Theater at Radio City Music Hall.

 

[GKJ]

 

[Shrike]

Covering Zeppelin in reggae style with an Elvis impersonator lead singer… Dread Zeppelin.

 

[Shrike]

Phish food.

 

[Shrike]

super sweet

 

[GKJ]

Who’s ready? They did this back in 2011 I think

 

[SolidSnakeUS]

 

[LegionOfDoom91]

@Amorgus

 

[trostol]

probably my fave ELO song

 

[Amorgus]

So they just bombed straight through 20 songs, had a tiny break of like two minutes, then did Mr. Blue Sky and that was it. Fantastic production and music but I guess Jeff's too old to take time to speak with the crowd much. Peter Gabriel and Howard Jones would tell little stories and such before many of the songs and I would've liked that intimate engagement.

 

[macleish1974]

Isn't there a song about making the cover of Rolling Stone magazine??

Band-Maid made it, on Rolling Stone Japan. Good for them.

New album out later this month