"The Like In I Love You" Is Streaming
drbeachboy:
Yes, he does sing just fine, but just not as great as needed for this type of material. Brian sings Ok, but he is 68 years old. Nobody's pipes are that great at that age. I have no problem with autotune if used sparingly.
Wirestone:
I haven't written much about my impressions -- mainly because it took some time to grow on me. This is a much different, more thoughtful kind of song from Brian, where you see him wrestling with a past source and tearing some of it down and building on other parts. In a way, I'm glad for the outside set of ears on the remix. I think a sophisticated, just this side of AC mix is probably what a project like this needs.
But nothing would work unless Brian were interested and involved -- and once he is, look out. I increasingly think, like AGD, that we're in for something quite special. Not TLOS. Not Smile. But something combining the big band ethos of Adult Child with production touches from Today (and of course a few surf licks here or there) and a seasoned team of backing musicians who can play must about anything.
Good times.
runnersdialzero:
Quote from: drbeachboy on July 07, 2010, 03:45:38 PM
Yes, he does sing just fine, but just not as great as needed for this type of material. Brian sings Ok, but he is 68 years old. Nobody's pipes are that great at that age. I have no problem with autotune if used sparingly.
It's not used sparingly, and what I'm saying is that if they'd applied a bit of pitch correction to the few notes that needed it, it would sound worlds better than running the entire vocal through an autotune filter. Pitch correction or autotune will not fix sh*t tone - Brian's tone is great here, no computer trickery can create that.
Roger Ryan:
Quote from: runnersdialzero on July 07, 2010, 07:31:06 PM
Quote from: drbeachboy on July 07, 2010, 03:45:38 PM
Yes, he does sing just fine, but just not as great as needed for this type of material. Brian sings Ok, but he is 68 years old. Nobody's pipes are that great at that age. I have no problem with autotune if used sparingly.
It's not used sparingly, and what I'm saying is that if they'd applied a bit of pitch correction to the few notes that needed it, it would sound worlds better than running the entire vocal through an autotune filter. Pitch correction or autotune will not fix merda tone - Brian's tone is great here, no computer trickery can create that.
Check out Michael Bauble's hit single from last year ("Haven't Met You Yet") to hear autotune destroy a decent vocal. That sound is everywhere today and it's especially annoying to hear it in supposedly organic genres like "alternative" rock. As far as I'm concerned, the use of autotune on Brian's vocals has been subtle and has not approached the overkill use that is currently so common.
"The Like In I Love You" is quite charming. It's unmistakably Brian. I'd be weeping if you told me thirty years ago that Brian would release a record this inspired in 2010. Over the past decade, I've kind of gotten use to the man putting out some pretty high quality stuff - it's a nice thing to get used to.
gsmile:
Anyone else hear a snippet of "The Spirit of Rock n' Roll" in the intro to "The Like In I Love You"? Specificially the "as long's there's music we'll all live forever" melody.
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