Moments that bring down good songs

[sodascouts]

Originally Posted by Phil

I would like to add "Illume" to the list because the finished version frustrates me. I believe this could have benefited from a more melodic arrangement, perhaps featuring piano, and a less monotone vocal from our girl. In other words, Christine should have been present. Such a waste.

The thing that ruins this song for me are the weird echoing of "what I saw on this journey" etc. using a distorted version of Lindsey's voice overemphasizing the words until it sounds almost mocking. One of his most bizarre and destructive production choices, I think, because it takes away from the honest emotion of a natural vocal and makes it something contrived.

If he wanted to make Stevie's tune less monotonous, he could have added a natural and melodic vocal counterpart. He could have added so much if he had just resisted the urge to make it unnatural through studio manipulation... His choice is inexplicable to me.

Another song, Say You Will, was ruined by Stevie adding cutesy kid vocals repeating that chorus ad nauseum at the end.

[louielouie2000]

Some of the worst offenders come from the bands solo albums, such as:

That horrible synthesized solo in the middle of Ask Anybody on Christine's '84 solo album. Embarassingly awful elevator music.

Kenny G's sax solo in the middle of Alice on Stevie's Other Side Of The Mirror. No, just no.

The obnoxious way What Makes You Think You're The One starts with those piercing, sharp drum bangs.

The hugely cheesy intro to In The Back Of My Mind. It's like a Disney haunted house movie or something.

[MikeVielhaber]

Originally Posted by louielouie2000

The obnoxious way What Makes You Think You're The One starts with those piercing, sharp drum bangs. .

How does this bring a good song down when the whole song comes after it?

[mottabam]

Originally Posted by louielouie2000

Some of the worst offenders come from the bands solo albums, such as:

That horrible synthesized solo in the middle of Ask Anybody on Christine's '84 solo album. Embarassingly awful elevator music.

Kenny G's sax solo in the middle of Alice on Stevie's Other Side Of The Mirror. No, just no.

The obnoxious way What Makes You Think You're The One starts with those piercing, sharp drum bangs.

The hugely cheesy intro to In The Back Of My Mind. It's like a Disney haunted house movie or something.

^ I'm probably the only one but that intro is perhaps my favorite part of that album. When it first came out I used to play it full blast in the car. Something about it I just loved. Sure it was unusual but I also thought it made a great intro as the opener on some of the Mask tour dates.

[olive]

Originally Posted by mottabam

^ I'm probably the only one but that intro is perhaps my favorite part of that album. When it first came out I used to play it full blast in the car. Something about it I just loved. Sure it was unusual but I also thought it made a great intro as the opener on some of the Mask tour dates.

I agree and it was a great opener

[michelej1]

Lindsey's vocals on Down Endless Street. It makes the song campy, when actually it had great value as a "straight" song.

The effects he uses on it make it sound like a Halloween special, and you expect to hear ghosts shrieking "booo-booo-booo" through it. I still like the song a great deal. But I would have liked it even more if he'd just gone traditional with the vocals.

Michele

[jbrownsjr]

Originally Posted by michelej1

Lindsey's vocals on Down Endless Street. It makes the song campy, when actually it had great value as a "straight" song.

The effects he uses on it make it sound like a Halloween special, and you expect to hear ghosts shrieking "booo-booo-booo" through it. I still like the song a great deal. But I would have liked it even more if he'd just gone traditional with the vocals.

Michele

Hahaha!! Now you've ruined it for me. I can't not hear the Halloween special in this.