Originally Posted by
soulster
That is correct! But, even in the 70s, you could double an instrument, say, a trumpet and trombone and double it with delay, just as you can do with vocals. Not only can you get the same effect, but you save money.Precisely! But, they use the technology anyway, and in this case, it affects the sound of these latter-day efforts by these veteran bands.
On the other hand, I accept the new sounds produced by the younger artists today. It's not what we knew, and I would not say it's inferior, just different. My preference is your preference, which is why I can just listen to the old stuff. But, in the case of this band and this album, they stated they were going to do one thing, yet they wind up in the same groove they have been in for the last two or so decades. Remember the story of Jr. Walker playing that solo for the band Foreigner? Same thing. The great sax player had gotten so deep into the disco sound during the 70s that he literally could not play how producer Mick Jones wanted, so they wound up comping the many takes of his playing and artificially turning into what they wanted. Walker had to learn how to play soulful again from that recording!
No, it's neither of those. It's about objectivity,
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