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Greg the White
Joined: Apr 09 2008
Location: Pennsylvania
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Okay, this might sound weird coming out of me, but I was visiting my mother not too long ago, and was messing around with her iPod, when I came across a song called "Van Lear Rose" by Loretta Lynn. I think I've listened to that song about 40 times since then, and the rest of the album (titled Van Lear Rose) was just as good. I never really liked her style of country before, but I love this album on a completely heart-felt basis. The album was produced by Jack White (who also contributed as a guitar player), and it shows. It goes back to the old days of a heavy country rhythm, with complicated, yet unobtrusive guitar parts. It doesn't hurt that this woman can give modern soul singers a run for their money in putting emotion and power in her vocals.
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JoshWoodzy
Joined: May 22 2008
Location: Goshen, VA
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I liked the album too, definitely not her best, but it's not bad at all. But I am so tired of big-headed "producers" tagging their name onto something. Jack White should have just been on the album cover too, because his presence was extremely invasive I thought. I heard him mention it on two different interviews when it came out, and I'm like "Where the fuck is Loretta Lynn? She's a fucking legend with like 18 albums, and Jack White is getting horny on trying to be a 21st century Marc Bolan.
He probably made more money than she did too. Sad.
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Greg the White
Joined: Apr 09 2008
Location: Pennsylvania
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I think he did a lot of good. If it was any other country producer, it'd sound like your typical Toby Keith/LeAnn Rimes crap. Instead, he actually realized what made the woman famous, and worked with it. Granted, I realize that producers can make a lot of bad . I consider a good producer as someone who can make a good album that meshes the tracks into one coherent whole. I can't stand this crap from the past few years where you have two singles and ten other tracks that are unlistenable (This is what we call a Rick Rubin move).
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JoshWoodzy
Joined: May 22 2008
Location: Goshen, VA
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I agree. Especially with the Rick Rubin status. He produced Metallica's new album and I have a 99.4 percent chance of not liking it.
I didn't like the Chili Peppers Stadium Arcadium, which he produced, as well as Neil Diamonds 12 Songs, which I thought was over hyped, and overrated. Granted I did dig his Johnny Cash stuff, he's also the man responsible for the Run DMC and Aerosmith collaboration, so we cannot forgive.
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Greg the White
Joined: Apr 09 2008
Location: Pennsylvania
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Yeah, it's weird how most people don't notice producers unless they do a terrible job. Chances are that most bands' original versions of songs sound like crap (I'm saying most, not all), then a producer steps in and says "Hey maybe we should, you know, play in the same key. Just a thought." I honestly can't think of another reason that the Killers sound so good on their albums but sound like a train wreck live.
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JoshWoodzy
Joined: May 22 2008
Location: Goshen, VA
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The Killers might as well be The Archies.
Good production and what not, sure. They suck live because they aren't a good band. The role of the producer nowadays is to take a pile of shit and turn it into diamonds.
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Ross Rifle
Title: Rock N Roll God
Joined: Oct 29 2006
Location: Chilliwack, BC
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and in Timbaland's case, add 'hey' throughout and put his name on it.
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Ermac
Title: Thread Killer
Joined: Aug 04 2008
Location: Outworld
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Loretta Lynn has a resturant here in Tennessee near Nashville, its good eats
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