Replying to the previewing article 'Jamie Goes To Hollywood'
Posted: Sat Sep 02, 2006 5:48 pm
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Posted: Sat Sep 02, 2006 7:27 pm
Great, I will have something to read tonight
Posted: Sat Sep 02, 2006 8:14 pm
I can't bother to read all that. 
But my own opinion is they should have stayed clear of synths. For me, instead of sounding like great orchestral versions, it's sounds like cheap cover versions ala Starink. 
But my own opinion is they should have stayed clear of synths. For me, instead of sounding like great orchestral versions, it's sounds like cheap cover versions ala Starink. Posted: Sat Sep 02, 2006 8:57 pm
........AnDrOiD wrote:I can't bother to read all that.
Posted: Sat Sep 02, 2006 10:07 pm
Good review, GeeJee! Just as my opinion (I have that promo too!)...
Greetzzz...
Greetzzz...
Posted: Sat Sep 02, 2006 10:34 pm
Preview that is...
Thanks!
A bit extensive now that I look at it again
Thanks!
A bit extensive now that I look at it again
Posted: Sun Sep 03, 2006 9:33 am
What!?GeeJee wrote:........AnDrOiD wrote:I can't bother to read all that.
Posted: Sun Sep 03, 2006 12:00 pm
How can you be so shortsighted to not even give it a chance and base your opinion on some short snippets...?AnDrOiD wrote:What!?GeeJee wrote:........AnDrOiD wrote:I can't bother to read all that.
These musicians are very skilled and are in no way comparable to cheap cover-artists, I respect them very much.
Up to you of course, but I think you should check it out properly...
Posted: Sun Sep 03, 2006 1:05 pm
I also don't understand your comparison with Starink. What I've heard from the album is very good. Some tracks sounds better than the original!
Posted: Sun Sep 03, 2006 2:17 pm
Sure, where are the album available for download. If I like it, I'll buy it.GeeJee wrote:How can you be so shortsighted to not even give it a chance and base your opinion on some short snippets...?AnDrOiD wrote:What!?GeeJee wrote: ........
These musicians are very skilled and are in no way comparable to cheap cover-artists, I respect them very much.
Up to you of course, but I think you should check it out properly...
Well, when listening to the snippet of Magnetic Fields 1, Starink comes to mind.
Posted: Sun Sep 03, 2006 2:20 pm
Blasphemy!Jarp2600 wrote:Some tracks sounds better than the original!
Surely you can't have been a fan of Jarre for many years.Posted: Sun Sep 03, 2006 2:24 pm
Wow. Opinions.AnDrOiD wrote:Blasphemy!Jarp2600 wrote:Some tracks sounds better than the original!
Posted: Sun Sep 03, 2006 2:26 pm
Indeed, for three years. Before I didn't know him! But I'm a die-hard Jarre-fan! Some tracks are just better when played with an orchestra!
But I'm a die-hard Jarre-fan! Some tracks are just better when played with an orchestra!Posted: Sun Sep 03, 2006 3:23 pm
It must took looots of work
I liked it, they said few interesting things and I found answers for some aspects I was wondering about. Congrats then!
I liked it, they said few interesting things and I found answers for some aspects I was wondering about. Congrats then!
Posted: Sun Sep 03, 2006 3:27 pm
For Gloria, Lonely Boy I might agree with you.Jarp2600 wrote:Indeed, for three years. Before I didn't know him!
But the most of it sounds very good in a different way than the originals. Imo an orchestra creates an awesome powerfull, pompous, grandiose feeling to almost any type of music...specially Jarre's music. Still of course they didn't catch exactly the same atmosphere, same kind of interesting sounds that really screams at you to activate your brain, to really "explore" the music that makes you fly beyond the milky way. You just lie back and let this ocean of acoustic notes and tones wash over you and hit you right in the stomach. Hard to explaine but simply 2 different dimensions of the same melodies. 
@Android: I must agree that MF 1 doesn't seem to be the best track of this album, but I think it's entertaining to hear how they really gives it a serious try to play a (somewhat) acoustic version (I don't wright "cover" because Jarre and Samard obviously had a small part in this project) and there are lots of other tracks on TSJMJ that seems to be a fantastic show of very scilled, highly professional classic musicians giving us a whole new view of Jean Michel Jarre's music. It's an understatement to rule out a project of this scale only because of a few tracks less good...I look at it as a "nice try" and really enjoy the rest of them.
Conserning the article it's well written
and it's interesting to see that this is not a joke. *respect* 