for a classy version on 'sun is shining', check
out the krush/kondo remake from the 1998 album
ki-oku on apollo.
np;jake mandell:parallel processes. the more i listen to this, the better
it gets.
On Wed, 8 Dec 1999, Andrew Duke wrote:
quoted 89 lines What I don't understand is how the label could
> What I don't understand is how the label could
> have missed the boat on this Bob Marley "Sun
> Is Shining" travesty. Like, duh, Bob Marley's music
> is top quality *as it was released*, and it doesn't
> get any worse with time, and thus doesn't need
> a "fresh new update". His best stuff is classic
> material, no doubt about it. To remix Marley
> with *filter house-y* BS as has been done,
> makes it seem like the label is trying to make
> Marley "of the moment" (ie. current dance craze
> to be forgotten when the next one hits),
> which is a huge dis-service to his legacy. What
> the label also seems to have missed is that the
> people who get into and dance to and enjoy this
> Bob Marley "Sun Is Shining" filter-house remix
> BS are, in all liklihood, definitely not going to say
> to themselves "hey, i'm digging this filter house remix
> of Marley; though I assume his original material doesn't
> sound like this, I'm going to investigate his back
> catalog." Heavy on the sarcasm here, of course.
> Plain and simple, Marley should be marketed in
> a classy way, to remix him as has been done with
> "Sun Is Shining" is the opposite of class--it's plain
> *crass*. I'm hearing this mix mixed in with stuff
> like Celine Dion and Shania Twain and Jennifer
> Lopez and pinnacle pop stuff like that.
> And I haven't heard anybody get turned on to
> checking out the "real Marley" because of this
> "Sun Is Shining" BS. Reissues of Marley would
> be a much smarter move; with new tracks, perhaps,
> extensive liner notes, nice packaging, etc; that would appeal to
> those who respect his vision and don't dig dance
> remixes, plus, if marketed and promoted properly,
> might draw in some new people to marley's music
> who aren't familiar with it. While it's the capitalist
> way to aim for the lowest common denominator, it's
> truly condescending to aim low "just in case people
> might not get it". Heck, progress only comes from
> those who aim higher! Columbia did a great
> job with the Panthalassa reworks of Miles Davis,
> showing that if you really want to do this, it *can*
> be done tastefully. L. Hill and some others have
> covered Marley material tastefully too. But to
> slap a Marley vocal onto a made-in-a-minute
> filterhouse loop just for the sake of sales/exposure/
> whatever, is not doing Marley or the label any
> favors in the longterm. Seems like there was a huge
> absence of thought behind that remix. Hope it
> isn't a harbinger of things to come. As I said before,
> leave Bob Marley alone. Island and Palm Pictures
> and Rykodisc really need to *think harder* on this
> one. My .02
> Andrew Duke
>
> thomas m weibrecht wrote:
>
> > On Tue, 07 Dec 1999 10:31:47 -0400 cognition@ns.sympatico.ca (Andrew
> > Duke) writes:
> > > Yesterday, I was assuming Phil was alluding to the blasphemous
> > > "filter house-y" remixes of Bob Marley's "Sun Is Shining"
> > > that are currently doing the rounds on that label. Geez,
> > > leave poor Bob alone. Andrew Duke
> > >
> >
> > im listening to this abomination right now and ur right on the
> > money...but it still isnt worse than the cleopatra marley remixes
> > abortion...
> >
> > tom w
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