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Post by More Play Time on Oct 1, 2014 7:13:17 GMT -5
I think it doesnt matter which album picks up fans, and because they are (lets face it again) towards the end of their careers, so surely it would be better to cater more for the existing millions of fans. DD were always pushing in a contemporary way; Big thing is very 80's, TWA is very 90's, Medz was ahead of its time, RCM was behind the times, Astro and AYNIN were kinda throwbacks, so were (in a way) timeless (for me) along with Rio and Nororious. So it may be hard for them to separate contemporary from 'popular' music, but they can do it, and have done it before, so rest assured we can only wait with heated baited breath, and wait, and next year we will get a SINGLE! Wooo. And then perhaps the album. (Zzzz) I cant help feeling that the old 'if we cant play it live, we cant have it on the album' is a good philosophy, and might speed up everything concern with layers of overdubs to create a wall of sound. I dont care about walls of sound unless its natural live... <Fade, Dream sequence> I know if I had any say I'd have: . a Single out Nov . the album out April (a buck off for DD web downloads, because DD get the money direct, no middle mens) . an instant world tour (hitting key targets two weeks apart; so Simon can rest the voice) . May, Second Single . the full abum available as a complete instrumental (I adore these, and remixers can go wild without having to get the masters) . a remixer package (containing the lead vocals, the rights and authorisation to remix, and the competition entry to remix any track, and DD will select winners for the... . (fan and enthusiast) remix album, for d/l only perhaps. . a Live version of the whole album (out as soon as Duran find a good version of each track live, which may take a few shows) . Nov, Third Single, even if its only d/l (the spirit of the thing is the 'release') . 2015, the demos and rough mixes, available from their web site for limited d/l . 2015, a live album of all their fan b-sides (as voted for buy fans who bought the album, played at random during the tour) . 2016, farewell album announced. (they have to make it official with an album and not just cut us off completely). . 2020 an album . 2020+ spot dates tours <fade out, the end of Dream sequence>
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Post by coolbarn on Oct 1, 2014 7:47:43 GMT -5
Loved most of those ideas MPT except the farewell album - that's at least 20 years away, with 6 albums and tours in the meantime
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Post by davidbrouwer on Oct 4, 2014 10:33:43 GMT -5
Interesting that John felt this way about AYNIN. Just read this on their website at the D-blast section: ''The whole band agree that Mark re-energized them, and since they were unanimously pleased with the results of ALL YOU NEED IS NOW, they can’t wait to see what they come up with next!''
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Post by coolbarn on Oct 4, 2014 12:07:51 GMT -5
Interesting that John felt this way about AYNIN. Just read this on their website at the D-blast section: ''The whole band agree that Mark re-energized them, and since they were unanimously pleased with the results of ALL YOU NEED IS NOW, they can’t wait to see what they come up with next!'' Yep, that's the exact backflipping we're talking about that makes it almost impossible for me to take any interview they give seriously. It was great working with Ronson / It wasn't as impressive as hoped It was great working with Timbaland / It was a nightmare Their opinions can change, which is cool - hindsight has 20/20 vision and all that. I just want the lads to be honest and succinct in any interview they give, and I think normally they are okay at that. This just means that what we read now, we might read something different in the future when the guys are in a different place and time. Oh well, keeps things interesting and gets some debate going around here from time to time
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Post by Tin on Oct 30, 2014 15:38:55 GMT -5
I believe Trevreg asked this question:
Katy…in a recent Kafe, John made a comment along the lines of not being happy with the “last album.” Was he referring to All You Need Is Now or could he have been referring to “Red Carpet Massacre”? It seems to me that he has expressed disappointment with RCM before but was quite proud of “All You Need is Now” at the time of its release. (For the record, I love them both.) Thanks! TREVOR
“Trevor, It’s part of the process of creation. Making new stuff. Telling myself ‘we can do better this time‘… John”
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Post by blaahh on Oct 30, 2014 17:38:54 GMT -5
Its bloody daft, is what it is!
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Post by trevgreg on Oct 30, 2014 21:55:58 GMT -5
I believe Trevreg asked this question: Katy…in a recent Kafe, John made a comment along the lines of not being happy with the “last album.” Was he referring to All You Need Is Now or could he have been referring to “Red Carpet Massacre”? It seems to me that he has expressed disappointment with RCM before but was quite proud of “All You Need is Now” at the time of its release. (For the record, I love them both.) Thanks! TREVOR “Trevor, It’s part of the process of creation. Making new stuff. Telling myself ‘we can do better this time‘… John” Ha! Actually, that wasn't a question from me, although most of the 'Trevor' ones on Ask Katy tend to be mine. I have seen another question or two from someone of the same name though, so I'm guessing it was that person or someone else. Like I sort of hinted at earlier though, John's statements don't necessarily mean that he hates the material he worked on or that his opinion always changes from album to album. His answer here might seem a bit short or vague, but it actually makes sense to me in many ways. Musicians always tend to work on material that makes them excited to create again and hype it up when released. Once they've had some time to sit on it, they remember the things that went into it and don't necessarily hold it up in the brightest light (especially if they're working on something else that makes them go, "Yeah!", or something similar to that - the shine wears off and the musician moves on). I quoted George Martin in an earlier post on how John Lennon wasn't a fan of some of the most acclaimed recordings that the Beatles made. I actually found another quote or two from one of Lennon's final interviews that sort of makes a bit more sense of the musician's point of a view. Some of this could easily apply to John's thinking at times... PLAYBOY: "Alright, but get back to the music itself. You don't agree that the Beatles created the best rock 'n roll that's been produced?"
LENNON: "I don't. The Beatles, you see... I'm too involved in them artistically. I cannot see them objectively. I cannot listen to them objectively. I'm dissatisfied with every record the Beatles ever f*****g made. There ain't one of them I wouldn't remake... including all the Beatles records and all my individual ones. So I cannot possibly give you an assessment of what the Beatles are. When I was a Beatle, I thought we were the best f*****g group in the god-damned world. And believing that is what made us what we were... whether we call it the best rock 'n roll group or the best pop group or whatever. But you play me those tracks today and I want to remake every damn one of them. There's not a single one... I heard 'Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds' on the radio last night. It's abysmal, you know. The track is just terrible. I mean, it's great, but it wasn't made right, know what I mean? But that's the artistic trip, isn't it? That's why you keep going. But to get back to your original question about the Beatles and their music, the answer is that we did some good stuff and we did some bad stuff."Or this one... PLAYBOY: "The inevitable question, John. Do you listen to your records?"
LENNON: "Least of all my own."
PLAYBOY: "Even your classics?"
LENNON: "Are you kidding? For pleasure, I would never listen to them. When I hear them, I just think of the session. It's like an actor watching himself in an old movie. When I hear a song, I remember the Abbey Road studio, the session, who fought with whom, where I was sitting, banging the tambourine in the corner..."For John, a lot of DD's recordings could invoke very similar thinking. RCM could have been a "nightmare" to record, but maybe some of the songs still hold up for him (hence the tweet where he answered "Who says I hate RCM?"). He might have liked AYNIN as an end result, but maybe the new material is making him think they should have somehow done better last time and motivates him to do so on this one (and hence the 'artistic trip' that Lennon referred to in his interview). Who knows?
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