> yeah fridmann would've gotten a lot of 'anti' votes if that had been part of the poll
― some dude, Sunday, October 23, 2011 6:17 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark
My off-the-dome 'anti' top 3:
3. Jeff Lynne2. Joe Thomas1. Walter Afanasieff, who repeatedly employs every cliched production frill imagineable in failed attempts to build emotion as a song progresses (thundering snare hits! weepy bowed orchestral strings! raising the key and slowing down just before the last verse!) for the likes of Celion Dion, Michael Bolton, and Mariah Carey.
― Everything else is secondary (Lee626), Monday, 24 October 2011 05:01 (twelve years ago) link
3. Jeff Lynne
waaaaaht dude those ELO records sound amazing
― unorthodox economic revenge (Shakey Mo Collier), Monday, 24 October 2011 15:26 (twelve years ago) link
True, but I hate the ELO sheen he put on other peoples records -- Edmunds, Harrison, Wilburys.
― Martyr McFly (WmC), Monday, 24 October 2011 16:53 (twelve years ago) link
yeah not gonna argue about that
― unorthodox economic revenge (Shakey Mo Collier), Monday, 24 October 2011 17:10 (twelve years ago) link
I like how lush Lynne's production can be, but can we lose that synthetic sheen that drapes everything, all the buzzy synths, etc.? It's like the finished product was processed through a volume compressor before being pressed to disc. Agreed that aesthetic worked for ELO (although even there it was needlessly gimmicky - did "I Can't Get It Out Of My Head" really need the vocals processed through a wah-wah pedal?), but it's all wrong for his '80s-and-beyond production for others.
― Everything else is secondary (Lee626), Monday, 24 October 2011 20:44 (twelve years ago) link
Yeah, Lynne's the only guy whose "overproduction" I've ever complained about
― Race Against Rockism (Myonga Vön Bontee), Monday, 24 October 2011 21:05 (twelve years ago) link
Pretty good Glyn Johns interview on Michael Shelley's show on WFMU this past Saturday: http://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/58051
― Pict in a blanket (WilliamC), Tuesday, 18 November 2014 13:07 (nine years ago) link
Killer Lynne productions playlist here:
http://open.spotify.com/user/kfxmannen/playlist/7hRT2CIT29A3HcwmMkDkNO
― Naive Teen Idol, Wednesday, 19 November 2014 13:18 (nine years ago) link
Thanks for the link to the Glyn interview, WilliamC! I've been meaning to pick up his autobio.
― Montgomery Burns' Jazz (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Wednesday, 19 November 2014 14:50 (nine years ago) link