Axver said:
Do you think it could be improved more? I feel some tracks still haven't fully reached their potential.
The DVD version is great. I hope you at least got the two disc version with the b-sides, as that's still worth it.
Axver said:
Isn't it HORRIBLE? This former friend of mine from high school tried to proselytise to me by playing a Newsboys CD when we were playing Age Of Empires. I laughed at Breakfast.
Axver said:15 seconds in to the Pete Yorn track, it already sucks.
the tourist said:
Yeah, I got the 2 disc. But without the dvd. I got the 2-disc for $7.99. So that was a pretty fucking good deal. But no, they haven't reached their full potential in the slightest. There should've been a different version where they let someone re-mix AND re-master. Just for a different take on a classic. Like, the standard re-master, the b-sides disc, and then, along with that you have the alternate version of both the album and the b-sides as re-mixed and re-mastered. I may not be fully coherent as I'm nearly asleep.
Axver said:
I think that in particular, Streets, Bullet, and Exit could all be made much better.
the tourist said:
Some of the worst lyrics ever.
the tourist said:
I included that one as I thought it would fit the acousticky sound of the Earth portion. Also why I included The Elms song, and chose Running To Stand Still.
Axver said:
They are proof God does not exist. No deity would allow this chorus:
When the toast has burned
And all the milk has turned
And Captain Crunch is waving farewall
When the big one finds you
May this song remind you
That they don't serve breakfast in Hell!
the tourist said:
Exit is, though, so much better than on the original.
Axver said:
Yeah, I can see it fits the aesthetic you're going for.
All in all, I'm enjoying this part most. The QOTSA track is kinda interesting.
Axver said:
Exit was improved, but I don't think monumentally. Now, I don't think the start is the problem. It's the guitar in the middle. Firstly, in the verses, it doesn't build up properly in the way it does live, and then the really heavy parts still lack punch.
the tourist said:
Well, I can't fully agree with you, because I have my beliefs. However, I think that song (and that band) is an embarassment to christians in general.
the tourist said:
Basically, it needed different mixing. Which they never WOULD do. But it's what they SHOULD do.
Axver said:
Pretty much all of CCM is an embarrassment to both music and religion in general.
Axver said:
They will do it for the 40th anniversary cashgrab edition.
the tourist said:My (so far) favourite PT song (from Deadwing and In Absentia).
the tourist said:
Yes. Which is why I don't listen to it.
Axver said:
From those two, my favourite would be Lazarus.
Axver said:
I've had too much of it inflicted on me. Kate's favourite band is Relient K, for instance. Truly one of those bands who have only one song repeated ad nauseum over multiple albums.
the tourist said:
A couple of the bands in my list are christian artists--but you'd probably never know.
the tourist said:Holy shit. I'm an idiot. I originally intended The Flood and Collapse to switch spots. I never actually did that.