My dear coleslaw
Actually it's you who missed the point.
I like the material.
The recording is average.
Let's brush up on those reading comprehension skills. |
My copy of Mojo on vinyl arrived yesterday afternoon.
Played it twice. A solid recording for sure but let's not get carried away folks.
It's good but hardly great.
IMO/YMMV |
It's an average recording.
Nothing more. |
>>07-13-10: Shadorne
but it kicks the proverbial butt of most pop and r'n'roll recordings in SQ.<<
No it doesn't, but you're entitled to your opinion which could be based on a very limited collection. I'm comparing it to 7,000+ pieces of vinyl. Enough said.
It's an averaga recording. |
Well another 2,000+ and you exit the piddling and enter the serious.
Good luck to you. |
My responses to Marty and Shadorne are over the top.
Please ignore idiot me.
To the gallows....... |
I'm saying that based on 50+ years of collecting vinyl which has reached almost 7,000 pieces (rock, classical, blues, folk, motown, country, and most other genres except rap), it is an average recording.
Today's standards/expectations have been lowered and the manufacturers are meeting them to the demise of long time vinyl aficionados.
That's my opinion and I'm sticking to it. |
PS
If anybody else has issue with my opinion on this album (sonics not content), please private email me or call.
There's no sense in mucking up this thread any further.
Thanks
Bill |
Ok, I'll take one more bite of the apple probably to the consternation of most readers but this is it.
To my ears this is simply a good but nothing out of the ordinary recording. As a frame of reference let me use another over-hyped (IMO) album recognized for its' "superior" sonics.
I now have 23 copies (18 vinyl, 5 digital) of Dark Side Of The Moon. In almost every "best recordings" thread, this album inevitably receives accolades one after the other.
To my ears, the album is very similiar to Mojo i.e. a very good recording but nothing spectacular. Yes, the special effects are cool and much of the synthesizer (VCS 3) work is groundbreaking. But sonically the album pales in comparison to Wish You Were Here, The Wall, and even Meddle for that matter.
I'm done now as I've undoubtedly PO'd many Pink Floyd groupies in addition to Tom Petty's.
Oh yeah
IMO
YMMV
Yadda yadda..... |
>>07-20-10: Bongofury
Audiofeil, no rap<<
Correct, no rap. No hip hop.
I'd rather have a root canal. |
>>07-26-10: Rwwear
If Rap didn't have vocals and the dreadful thump, thump, thump it might be tolerable<<
Agreed.
There would be dead silence in that case.
Infinitely more enjoyable than listening to current and future criminals shucking and jiving.
Thump thump. |
>>12-22-10: Shadorne
Mojo is nominated for a Grammy for Best Rock Album<<
So is Le Noise by Neil Young and should win by a landslide if the voters don't muck it up. |
>>12-23-10: Winoguy17
Does anyone really take the Grammy's seriously?<<
Excellent point.
Past grammy winners include Sheryl Crow, Christopher Cross and a myriad of talentless suck ups.
Le Noise is the best rock album of 2010 grammys notwithstanding. |
As an old geezer myself, I am not a big fan of old geezer musicians. I find most of their stuff recycled, boring, and lackadaisical. When you've lost a step, hang up the spikes.
I spend the majority of my music budget on new bands primarily indie stuff.
That being said Neil Young is an exception, at least for me. His willingness to experiment is refreshing.
Kudos as well to the Doobie Brothers. If you're a fan of their music from the first album to "Stampede", you'll love the new album. It expands on that path. |
