Do you know the village of Pappenheim which made the saying popular? The inhabitants of that village were one of the view who didn’t leave their general behind where others were defecting during the 17th century 30 year war. The saying comes from a quote in a play depicting the war. Strangely enough the positive saying has become ambiguously used in Belgium. Don’t use it in the same way in Germany where is has gotten a distinct negative connotation.
On to the music of today. It’s a stereo remix of the third album by the Doors. It’s a collection of songs that had been lying around by the time they put out this album. For me it is a fantastic preview to all the fantastic rock music that would come in the next 50 years. I came across the album review in the German magazine Audio, which I buy once or twice a year. It really is the only HIFI magazine worth reading. It’s the only one where you can find frequency response graphs next to each tested device. Stats for Nerds heaven. The review in the magazine not only covered the musical qualities, but also the sound quality. And I like that. I can’t be bothered by crazily compressed music without dynamics anymore. This album has been remastered to improve sound and dynamics. BTW, if you want to figure out what streaming service has the best audio quality, watch this:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FURPQI3VW58
Back to the Doors: the new mix sounds modern because of the wider stereo staging and is a must have. Anyway any music lover will instantly recognize several songs on this album, like the opener “Hello, I love you”. Others seem to have lodged themselves in several songwriters’ subconsciousness:
Five to One - raw and catchy, compare that to War Pigs by Black Sabbath released 2 years later.
Or Pear Jam’s Alive (http://www.soundsjustlike.com/1814/pearl-jam-sounds-like-the-doors/
Here is the full album playlist:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vf7m-ogAW5A&list=OLAK5uy_nskW4ZPmTLRHG-a5LkLgzJFB0ovzqEcqI
On to the music of today. It’s a stereo remix of the third album by the Doors. It’s a collection of songs that had been lying around by the time they put out this album. For me it is a fantastic preview to all the fantastic rock music that would come in the next 50 years. I came across the album review in the German magazine Audio, which I buy once or twice a year. It really is the only HIFI magazine worth reading. It’s the only one where you can find frequency response graphs next to each tested device. Stats for Nerds heaven. The review in the magazine not only covered the musical qualities, but also the sound quality. And I like that. I can’t be bothered by crazily compressed music without dynamics anymore. This album has been remastered to improve sound and dynamics. BTW, if you want to figure out what streaming service has the best audio quality, watch this:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FURPQI3VW58
Back to the Doors: the new mix sounds modern because of the wider stereo staging and is a must have. Anyway any music lover will instantly recognize several songs on this album, like the opener “Hello, I love you”. Others seem to have lodged themselves in several songwriters’ subconsciousness:
Love Street - a Jim Morrison poem put on music. It’s about a hippie community in LA at that time. You might recognize it as the closing music for the HBO series Entourage...
My wild love - compare that to the Devil is fine by Zeal and Ardor and suddenly the last isn’t as original as you would think.
Five to One - raw and catchy, compare that to War Pigs by Black Sabbath released 2 years later.
Or Pear Jam’s Alive (http://www.soundsjustlike.com/1814/pearl-jam-sounds-like-the-doors/
Here is the full album playlist:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vf7m-ogAW5A&list=OLAK5uy_nskW4ZPmTLRHG-a5LkLgzJFB0ovzqEcqI
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