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Topic: ISN'T IT TIME SINGLE VERSION (BBC Radio 2) LISTEN NOW (Read 47826 times)
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Re: ISN'T IT TIME SINGLE VERSION (BBC Radio 2) LISTEN NOW
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September 04, 2012, 12:11:52 AM »
After listening to it several more times...
The album version was perfect. When I first heard it, I was floored at how catchy it was, and thought the production was pretty spiffy. I've mentioned previously that the album version is one of my daughter's favorite songs by anyone, anywhere.
This version? It sounds brittle, like most of the rest of the post-Kokomo pre-reunion Beach Boys material.
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Quote from: over and over on September 03, 2012, 07:55:15 PM
Quote from: runnersdialzero on September 03, 2012, 06:55:52 PM
Someone here said it'd be replacing the original on future copies of the album (once it's released). Really hope that's not the case.
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I was really looking forward to the single version, but after hearing it I have a huge preference for the original album version. While Brian’s intro vocal sounds somewhat gravelly in the original, his first word “After” in the new version is way too rough. Then, inexplicably, the bass line in the intro is much weaker, appearing only in the left channel. After that we get too much reverb, a muddled sounding bridge that is significantly worse than that in the original, and a very irritating clock sound effect.
Whereas the original has punch and a cool groove, the new version is a somewhat too fast in parts. I also prefer the more prominent fat bass guitar in the original.
They still have time to fix some of these issues before 50 Big Ones hits the market, with the presumably corresponding release to radio. If they elect not to, both the album version and the single version should be serviced to radio concurrently.
All that being said, Isn’t It Time is a great song in either version, and the one with the most commercial potential on the album. I’d give the original an A+ and the new single version a significantly lower B+.
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September 04, 2012, 01:32:58 AM »
Really, really, really awful
Weird delays, weird reverb, sound everywhere, too much autotune, terrible new lyrics
'Isn't it time, isn't it time, isn't it time to be lovers?' instead of the original rhyming line WTF? Making the single less catchy?
The album version had so much potential and they ruined it. I hope this will be a hit, but it doesn't deserve it, to be honest
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September 04, 2012, 02:39:34 AM »
Man. While I agree with all the faults being named, it's kind of a bummer to see this mix ending up so poorly received among, of all people, us. I was really welcoming Mike singing the bridge, but it just wasn't handled very well at all and the end result of the whole song just feels rushed and a little careless.
Shame - there was a world of potential in this song. The album version comes pretty close, but this "revised" version really does miss the mark. Indeed, I won't be surprised if this goes down as yet another "If only they'd approached it a little differently" situation to add to an already lengthy list. At least the album (in terms of execution) and tour were a success. ^_^
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Re: ISN'T IT TIME SINGLE VERSION (BBC Radio 2) LISTEN NOW
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September 04, 2012, 03:34:12 AM »
It's as if at one time they've been listening to this 'clapping' tune, also with a little organ mixed in.
Ben Lee - Catch My Disease
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bqQkjGXkmQQ
That's how a production could be:
use weird instruments, in this case a toy piano, not weird sound effects
& make a strong beat, with a wall of sound type of mix
All of this with more clean analog sound!
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Quote from: Quzi on September 03, 2012, 09:37:38 PM
If they wanted a single to make a splash in the current music scene, they should have tried tweaking it in a quirky, Gotye-esque way to appeal to the 'indie' scene. This alternate version sounds like they're trying to hit a market which they'll
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get close to conquering today
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September 04, 2012, 04:52:41 AM »
Three thoughts:
1) It's not as bad as people are making it out to be.
2) I'm glad they sped it up. Said from the beginning that it felt too slow.
3) There's no way in hell this will be a hit.
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September 04, 2012, 05:16:20 AM »
Meh. No Blondie and Ricky.
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Re: ISN'T IT TIME SINGLE VERSION (BBC Radio 2) LISTEN NOW
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September 04, 2012, 07:42:30 AM »
I do miss the high part in the bridge -- it could have been redone as a descant over Mike's new part, for example. Alan's singing is rock-solid.
I agree about Autotune -- I really don't like a lot of current pop chart stuff in the U.S. because of Autotune abuse. I know it's a fad that will pass, but I'd still rather hear natural voices.
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Re: ISN'T IT TIME SINGLE VERSION (BBC Radio 2) LISTEN NOW
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September 04, 2012, 08:14:16 AM »
Hmmmm... The only reason I was going to buy 50 Big Ones was going to be for the new single version of Isn't It Time... I may end up canceling now.
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Re: ISN'T IT TIME SINGLE VERSION (BBC Radio 2) LISTEN NOW
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September 04, 2012, 09:12:29 AM »
I know I'm new here and haven't posted much yet, but I wanna participate toO!
Here's what I think...
I love it!
I think we, as obsessive fans, are exaggerating juuust a bit, as obsessive fans do. They ruined the song?! Ruined it!!! To the layman, to the record buying public, no one will EVER NOTICE the difference between the two versions. The main difference is a 20 second bridge that comes more than 2 minutes into the song. No one will notice minor lyrical differences in the choruses (and not even in the first chorus, that's the same!).
The echo effect is barely noticeable and not detracting, and I only see one instance of egregious autotuning (Brian's "summer in looOove")
Anyhoo. I kinda like all the changes. I like Mike's new bridge, I like adding some future tense to the song (the things we want to do, we'll spend the nighttime together), I like LOOOOVERS, and once I got used to Al saying "want" instead of "used", well, that works just as well.
I think they're both equally great songs. They're still 95% the exact same song, so I have to disagree on anything being RUINED. And I think the new version makes the stronger single. And I think we should support the Boys, who are releasing a single that sounds 95% like a song everyone loves.
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September 04, 2012, 09:26:53 AM »
I think autotune can really add a lot to a performance when used in an appropriate context. For example, Kanye West's Heartless is a really cold, sad song and I find the clinical texture of the autotune perfectly latches on to the song's despondent nature and drives the whole production up a tier.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VXp2aSyrSwQ
For similar reasons, I have little problem with the autotune/filter/whatever on Al's vocal on From There to Back Again, it's complimentary to the song. Isn't it Time, on the other hand, is supposed to be a jovial, uplifting and strong display of the boys' confidence in being a little quirky and fun. All the autotune does here is ruin that atmosphere of the song and make the self-conciousness and doubt about the competency of the vocalists in the group plainly apparent. It's just uncool to the furthest degree imo.
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Re: ISN'T IT TIME SINGLE VERSION (BBC Radio 2) LISTEN NOW
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One fun thing with this new version is that some of our SS board "audio experts" will "Roll their own" between the two versions.
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The auto tune really is disastrous, what the hell were they thinking
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It's got its flaws, but I think there are some things that are better about it. They should have kept at least the melody from the bridge, but I do agree with replacing Foskett. The autotune doesn't really bug me. I think Brian sounds better in the verses this time around, as well. Love the a capella intro, too.
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September 04, 2012, 10:26:44 AM »
Thanks to Slim and Father for their well wishes. I am lingering here today and leaving tomorrow for China, and I wanted to monitor closely this thread, as I sense the rising consternation by our members about this single. Does anyone have a link to a better version? What is the radio playing? Do we know anything about the status of this release? thebeachboys.com says nothing, and I see no news in US or Britain about it--just the radio play? I wish I knew more about what the producers are thinking? Is this a tentative pre-release, a leak? Naturally, I am trying to craft the hope that this is nothing like the version we will get in the US and on 50 big ones, hoping they will retain all the features we like and fix all the errors. Any reaction from the band, from our many insiders?
This is a kind of nightmare for us, knowing so little and working from radio versions. I don't know savetube, but I'll try it, as Rangerover suggests.
Wish we could do more as a community to advise the producers. . . . but if all lthey care about is $, they ought to be alarmed at the reaction here.
sharing your collective frustration,
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Personally I'm more than happy that most producers don't take cues from their audiences. That said, this new version simply doesn't work and the heavy use of delay and autotune really makes me appreciate the tasteful sound of the group's 60s and 70s output. Time to listen to some Wild Honey instead.
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Okay I may have saved the bridge...
Jeff's part totally, harmonizes, lay it over! you'll see..
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Re: ISN'T IT TIME SINGLE VERSION (BBC Radio 2) LISTEN NOW
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Quote from: Billgoodman on September 04, 2012, 01:32:58 AM
Really, really, really awful
Weird delays, weird reverb, sound everywhere, too much autotune, terrible new lyrics
This. And the harmony on Brian's first few lines is completely unnecessary.
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Re: ISN'T IT TIME SINGLE VERSION (BBC Radio 2) LISTEN NOW
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Quote from: FatherOfTheMan on September 04, 2012, 11:24:02 AM
Okay I may have saved the bridge...
Jeff's part totally, harmonizes, lay it over! you'll see..
I sure as heck don't want to save Foskett's part- it's the worst part of the original. I'll just amplify Mike's vocals so I ca actually HEAR him.
To those of you positing that this isn't a final version- it is. It will not be tweaked or changed. It will be on the new greatest hits packages in this exact form. Good news is- you never have to hear it again if you don't want to.
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Oh, I have one more thing to add! I've been singing this song off and on since I got the album, and for the first time today without realizing it I started singing the new bridge. And it still flowed really well, in my brain at least. So there, whatever that means!
Oh and also, if the ruination of this song is making you feel bad, let slowly-aging Brian Wilson singing Surfer Girl soothe your senses:
http://smileysmile.net/board/index.php/topic,13805.msg316685.html#msg316685
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Quote from: Emdeeh on September 04, 2012, 07:42:30 AM
I know it's a fad that will pass,
Lol, no. Autotune will never die because it allows record companies to seek out artists based on
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They wrecked it. They did something similar with the single of Somewhere Near Japan.
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