I totally agree on this one. I hate to wait for the music to appear for
five-ten-fifteen minutes. That's why when I CDr such albums - I just cut
that shit out. Unfortunately on new F-ung it is not a complete silence - if
you turn the volume up you could hear a humming noise during the pause.
Alien
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Rjyan Kidwell [mailto:cex@tigerbeat6.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, May 23, 2000 9:07 PM
> To: idm@hyperreal.org
> Subject: Re: [idm] new funkstorung.
>
>
> > I *loved* additional productions but the new album just doesn't work
> > IMHO. The vox were a nice idea, unfortunately they are buried under so
> > much noise it's difficult to make them out. The DR video is
> still cool as
> > hell though. =)
>
> someone needs to tell funkstorung to cut that "hidden track" shit out.
>
> it was surprising when we first heard it on a nirvana album in
> 1992, or that
> tool abum or that cracker album, etc, etc, etc... but god, it's
> been done SO
> many times by now that it's NOT SURPRISING AT ALL anymore. it's just like
> "oh crap, the last track is 16 minutes long, guess what cd i can
> never play
> on shuffle..."
> and i could see it still being justified, if maybe the "hidden track" was
> like the best track on the album, or in a completely different style or
> something... but no. the "secret track" on Disctruction is
> totally mediocre.
> not in any way surprising or worth that damn 9 minute wait or the
> annoyance
> of having to get up and hold down the "search" button.
> it's over. it's tired. "secret tracks" = yawn.
> putting a secret track on your album in the year 2000 is the equivalent of
> saying "did i do that?" in your best urkel voice to impress people in the
> year 2000.
>
>
> -rk
>
>
>
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