I have had it up to here waiting for the Beatles catalogue to be remastered

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Yeah that one blew my mind when I saw it. I think restoration and "cleaning" up old footage that might otherwise be lost to time is one good use case, but not sure it alone counterbalances all the horrifying shit coming our way in the next decade.

― Maxmillion D. Boosted (jon /via/ chi 2.0)

it's always weird to me when people try to erase the horrific consequences of technology by pointing out the good things that have come out of it!

Kate (rushomancy), Tuesday, 13 June 2023 19:43 (one year ago) link

Yeah I was more just noting that frogbs' use case was actually one of the very few that I'd put in the "pro" column, a use I didn't really think about. But on the balance, I'm just fine with nipping AI in the bud right now even if it means grainy Genesis vids lol.

Maxmillion D. Boosted (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Tuesday, 13 June 2023 20:20 (one year ago) link

i deserve to see Game 6 of the 1986 ALCS in 4K dammit

Tracer Hand, Tuesday, 13 June 2023 21:12 (one year ago) link

"Carnival of Light" when

J. Sam, Wednesday, 14 June 2023 05:06 (one year ago) link

More like “Carnival of Shite,” innit?

The land of dreams and endless remorse (hardcore dilettante), Wednesday, 14 June 2023 11:45 (one year ago) link

Being for the Benefit of Mister Shite

pomplamoose and circumstance (Ye Mad Puffin), Wednesday, 14 June 2023 11:47 (one year ago) link

guys it's out already

The 56-year wait is over.
On the 20th May 2023, for the first time ever, the complete Carnival of Light session from The Beatles.
#TheBeatles #CarnivalofLight @johnlennon @PaulMcCartney @GeorgeHarrison @ringostarrmusic pic.twitter.com/wsVu5EClNT

— The Beatles (@TheBeatIesOffic) April 20, 2023

the world is your octopus (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Wednesday, 14 June 2023 12:03 (one year ago) link

waiting for an ai that is capable of covering "carnival of light" based only on the descriptions that exist

ufo, Wednesday, 14 June 2023 12:26 (one year ago) link

Goddamnit you had me for a bit there

octobeard, Wednesday, 14 June 2023 17:20 (one year ago) link

Holy shit me too, what are we like..

piscesx, Wednesday, 14 June 2023 18:33 (one year ago) link

paul's lyrics already sound like they were written by AI, TS: "wonderful christmastime" vs. "The best Christmas present in the world is a blessing"

I honestly cannot think of a song that connects so completely with how I remember christmas as a kid as Wonderful Christmastime. Even the Peter Serafinowicz skit couldn't smear it for me.

I always liked Free As A Bird, the chorus at least (was cooler on the modern verse, and the Wilburies-esque slide guitar). Never felt too strongly about Real Love until the music teacher at my kid's school had the choir sing it at a concert a year or so back and it just makes me blub ugly tears when I hear it now as a result.

serving aunt (stevie), Monday, 26 June 2023 07:36 (one year ago) link

Real Love was always my preferred one of the two; it really does pierce my heart on "seems that all I really was doing was waiting for you". Regina Spektor did a good version that just goes on a bit too long. I don't think anyone notable has ever covered Free As A Bird, have they? They should!

Alba, Monday, 26 June 2023 09:43 (one year ago) link

Mine too.

the dreaded dependent claus (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 26 June 2023 10:12 (one year ago) link

I didn’t think I would, but I think of them as part of the Beatles catalog now. It’s kind of a miracle they threw so much into the Anthology really, I mean George was so done with it all.

assert (matttkkkk), Monday, 26 June 2023 10:48 (one year ago) link

Oh geez that was longer ago now than the project was after their breakup.

assert (matttkkkk), Monday, 26 June 2023 10:50 (one year ago) link

George didn't have much of a choice about participating in the Anthology, as his film company was about to go bankrupt, and his business manager was stealing from him. I'd argue that George enjoyed it by making the new stuff work for him: he chose the producer, he put his slide guitar all over the songs, and stood up to Paul.

Montgomery Burns' Jazz (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Monday, 26 June 2023 14:00 (one year ago) link

"Real Love" isn't bad - like if I pretend it was a Lennon guest spot on, say, the first Traveling Wilburys album, it would be a stand out - but Jesus, they processed the shit out of Lennon's vocal and it sounds awful compared to the recording used in his own Anthology (and also on Wonsaponatime). I think someone said that the cassette they used was a poor quality dub, i.e. far from the best master now known to exist, and to be fair maybe Lynne was trying to hide that in some way. If anything they should remix that track using the better source tape and use A.I. to help clean it up.

birdistheword, Monday, 26 June 2023 16:32 (one year ago) link

lol George already looks fed up with Paul at 2:30:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YQi3UkJbIGM

the dreaded dependent claus (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 26 June 2023 16:34 (one year ago) link

George would've been happy without the cameras there. And Paul would've been unhappy without the cameras there.

Montgomery Burns' Jazz (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Monday, 26 June 2023 16:43 (one year ago) link

George and Paul said often that so long as they talked about their wives, kids, gardening, anything but The Beatles, really, they were best mates.

the dreaded dependent claus (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 26 June 2023 16:46 (one year ago) link

Makes sense.

Johnny Bit Rot (James Redd and the Blecchs), Monday, 26 June 2023 17:03 (one year ago) link

but Jesus, they processed the shit out of Lennon's vocal and it sounds awful compared to the recording used in his own Anthology

this is where the ai-enhanced demixing technology can really work wonders, so I wonder if we'll get remixes of both of these songs.

I? not I! He! He! HIM! (akm), Monday, 26 June 2023 17:48 (one year ago) link

i'm listening to ram this morning and if you don't think this rules you're trying too hard

ivy (BradNelson), Tuesday, 27 June 2023 13:46 (one year ago) link

oh i see this isn't even where the ram discussion was happening

ivy (BradNelson), Tuesday, 27 June 2023 13:46 (one year ago) link

too many people here preaching practices imo

the dreaded dependent claus (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 27 June 2023 13:48 (one year ago) link

Now I want to know where the Ram discussion is happening

Alba, Tuesday, 27 June 2023 14:12 (one year ago) link

I’ll talk about Ram all day. Where’s the kettle on the boil there?

The land of dreams and endless remorse (hardcore dilettante), Tuesday, 27 June 2023 21:06 (one year ago) link

Press to Play, y'all.

the dreaded dependent claus (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 27 June 2023 22:08 (one year ago) link

two weeks pass...

Rumour has it that Giles Martin is using Peter Jackson's AI stuff to remix the Red and Blue albums to coincide the release of the "new" Beatles track.

bookmarkflaglink (Darin), Monday, 17 July 2023 18:38 (one year ago) link

Yes apparently he said the remixes “sound like Imagine Dragons, but it’s The Beatles”.

Also Paul's voice has reportedly been de-aged for Now and Then.

I choose to believe none of this is true.

Alba, Monday, 17 July 2023 18:51 (one year ago) link

I’m here for the Anthology singles with the Lynne dialed down. Probably too awkward if Giles were to do it while Lynne is still around, tho.

assert (matttkkkk), Monday, 17 July 2023 19:25 (one year ago) link

Imagine there are dragons
It's easy if you try

Exit, pursued by a beer (Ye Mad Puffin), Monday, 17 July 2023 19:36 (one year ago) link

Funny how this thread was borne out of the frustration that nothing was being done with the Beatles' records, and now it's gone really far in the wrong direction.

birdistheword, Monday, 17 July 2023 20:20 (one year ago) link

haha

out-of-print LaserDisc edition (sleeve), Monday, 17 July 2023 20:21 (one year ago) link

"I have had it up to here with the endless remasters of the Beatles catalogue"

out-of-print LaserDisc edition (sleeve), Monday, 17 July 2023 20:22 (one year ago) link

three weeks pass...

It's only in the last few years that I've actually started to dive into the Beatles' catalogue. I knew most of these songs already of course. When I was a kid a lot of these songs sounded old but they were still relevant. It still felt like a lot of popular groups had taken cues from them. I mean even The Offspring had a big hit with a song that completely copped a Beatles tune. And all the TV and movies was being written by 60s kids who shoved Beatles references into everything. Well now we're a full generation away from that, with an entire crop of pop stars who might not really know shit about the Beatles, and I'm telling you, right now their music sounds like it was made 500 years ago

frogbs, Friday, 11 August 2023 02:47 (one year ago) link

That’s for sure. It’s crazy how much the Beatles seeped into ‘80s and ‘90s culture (television shows, films), but ever since Guitar Hero, I feel like they’ve definitely become much more of a long bygone era type of thing, like Sinatra probably was towards the end of his career. McCartney can actually take the train now - I doubt that would have been possible 20 years ago.

birdistheword, Friday, 11 August 2023 04:59 (one year ago) link

When this thread was started in 2005, there might have been an expectation that the Beatles albums would get audiophile re-releases on SACD like so many of their peers. Two decades later, it rather surprises me that the Beatles never appeared on that format.

Melomane, Friday, 11 August 2023 12:32 (one year ago) link

We really have to do this every few years don’t we?

bookmarkflaglink (Darin), Friday, 11 August 2023 14:15 (one year ago) link

McCartney can actually take the train now - I doubt that would have been possible 20 years ago.

― birdistheword

kids start looking at mccartney
mccartney starts to internally go "oh shit"
kids: "hey look it's an old lesbian"
mccartney breathes a sigh of relief, this is always what kids say when they look at him these days but every time he still worries

Kate (rushomancy), Friday, 11 August 2023 14:39 (one year ago) link

I thought this mean he was involved somehow in that Sheena Easton song.

The Original Human Breadbox (James Redd and the Blecchs), Friday, 11 August 2023 14:55 (one year ago) link

ironically their very earliest stuff probably sounds the most relevant now to me, probably because the blues will never die

Tracer Hand, Friday, 11 August 2023 15:44 (one year ago) link

The early stuff can definitely blindside you with its energy in a way the later stuff doesn't.

il lavoro mi rovina la giornata (PBKR), Friday, 11 August 2023 15:58 (one year ago) link

twist and shout goes

maf you one two (maffew12), Friday, 11 August 2023 16:02 (one year ago) link

(dickhead comment warning)

the mono mixes of the early records were a real revelation for me, so much more energy

Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Friday, 11 August 2023 16:03 (one year ago) link

"We really have to do this every few years don’t we?"

we don't have to do it much anymore really because they have been remastered and now are being remixed and remastered.

I? not I! He! He! HIM! (akm), Friday, 11 August 2023 16:08 (one year ago) link

I did think this thread was being revived because the red and blue packages had been officially announced along with Now and Then; rumor was that was supposed to happen this week

I? not I! He! He! HIM! (akm), Friday, 11 August 2023 16:09 (one year ago) link

My Macca takes the morning train

Bonobo Vox (Ye Mad Puffin), Friday, 11 August 2023 17:46 (one year ago) link

He works from 9 to 5 and Lennon

Mark G, Sunday, 13 August 2023 15:50 (one year ago) link


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