Comments on: “Ram Fever 2009″ Simultaneously Strikes Benevolent Sensibility Cells Of East, West Coasts http://www.losanjealous.com/2009/03/12/ram-fever-2009-simultaneously-strikes-benevolent-sensibility-cells-of-east-west-coasts/ Fri, 03 Feb 2012 18:05:12 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: Ryan http://www.losanjealous.com/2009/03/12/ram-fever-2009-simultaneously-strikes-benevolent-sensibility-cells-of-east-west-coasts/comment-page-1/#comment-240575 Ryan Sat, 14 Mar 2009 14:56:10 +0000 http://www.losanjealous.com/?p=15287#comment-240575 I think taken as solo tracks there's definitely some great stuff out there, but I feel you on the cohesiveness. Same thing happens to just about any tribute album, be it from one band or several. I will go on record now and say that 9 out of 10 times, any tribute or cover song I listen to inevitably makes me want to pull out and listen to the original version. One way to look at this, however, is that that the new artists now have me fully re-interested in the original, which was purportedly the goal all along. I think taken as solo tracks there’s definitely some great stuff out there, but I feel you on the cohesiveness. Same thing happens to just about any tribute album, be it from one band or several. I will go on record now and say that 9 out of 10 times, any tribute or cover song I listen to inevitably makes me want to pull out and listen to the original version. One way to look at this, however, is that that the new artists now have me fully re-interested in the original, which was purportedly the goal all along.

]]> By: MFV http://www.losanjealous.com/2009/03/12/ram-fever-2009-simultaneously-strikes-benevolent-sensibility-cells-of-east-west-coasts/comment-page-1/#comment-240567 MFV Fri, 13 Mar 2009 22:47:43 +0000 http://www.losanjealous.com/?p=15287#comment-240567 Sorry to keep blogging this. I don't mean to be unkind to the parties saluting "Ram". I respect their efforts passionately. RE: "Ram on LA", Lawrence Juber, former guitarist for Wings, plays high school auditoriums just for the love of the thing. He's in LA. Probably knows colossal amounts about how MaCartney's early albums were made. I feel he should have been brought in for a consult. Outsourcing production weakened the impact of the final composite; there were too many divergent creative voices to balance. A dedicated studio with dedicated coincident mics on one drum kit, to record there a few days, and ultimately collapse it, would have been truer to the original sound. RE: WFMU, I see what you did there. My bad. I'll listen to the covers again. Maybe they'll grow on me. Sorry to keep blogging this. I don’t mean to be unkind to the parties saluting “Ram”. I respect their efforts passionately.

RE: “Ram on LA”, Lawrence Juber, former guitarist for Wings, plays high school auditoriums just for the love of the thing. He’s in LA. Probably knows colossal amounts about how MaCartney’s early albums were made. I feel he should have been brought in for a consult. Outsourcing production weakened the impact of the final composite; there were too many divergent creative voices to balance. A dedicated studio with dedicated coincident mics on one drum kit, to record there a few days, and ultimately collapse it, would have been truer to the original sound.

RE: WFMU, I see what you did there. My bad.

I’ll listen to the covers again. Maybe they’ll grow on me.

]]> By: MFV http://www.losanjealous.com/2009/03/12/ram-fever-2009-simultaneously-strikes-benevolent-sensibility-cells-of-east-west-coasts/comment-page-1/#comment-240562 MFV Fri, 13 Mar 2009 04:07:08 +0000 http://www.losanjealous.com/?p=15287#comment-240562 THE WFMU version is even further out there. I appreciate the background vocals and barebones production, and I like the Singer's Unlimited as much as anybody, but there's no sung melodic lines, much less a voice to hold onto. It's (unfortunately) muzak to my ears. THE WFMU version is even further out there. I appreciate the background vocals and barebones production, and I like the Singer’s Unlimited as much as anybody, but there’s no sung melodic lines, much less a voice to hold onto. It’s (unfortunately) muzak to my ears.

]]> By: MFV http://www.losanjealous.com/2009/03/12/ram-fever-2009-simultaneously-strikes-benevolent-sensibility-cells-of-east-west-coasts/comment-page-1/#comment-240561 MFV Fri, 13 Mar 2009 03:47:35 +0000 http://www.losanjealous.com/?p=15287#comment-240561 I checked out the land mine edition. It's tough to say this, but I don't like the diversity of styles. The cause is there, the interest, thrilling to no end. RAM is a masterpiece and a personal touchstone. They missed RAM's sonic cohesiveness. In my view, the feeling is off, even as a tribute. There's some kind of condom wrapped around the whole experience. This album was writ in a moment of post-Beatles,"Walden Pond" awareness, just Paul, his music and his mary jane high-tailed away from John's influences. The record needed more of a sense of McCartney's warmth as a songwriter. Maybe they should have produced this on an eight track with tube preamps and ribbon mics. I checked out the land mine edition. It’s tough to say this, but I don’t like the diversity of styles. The cause is there, the interest, thrilling to no end. RAM is a masterpiece and a personal touchstone. They missed RAM’s sonic cohesiveness. In my view, the feeling is off, even as a tribute. There’s some kind of condom wrapped around the whole experience. This album was writ in a moment of post-Beatles,”Walden Pond” awareness, just Paul, his music and his mary jane high-tailed away from John’s influences. The record needed more of a sense of McCartney’s warmth as a songwriter. Maybe they should have produced this on an eight track with tube preamps and ribbon mics.

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