Joseph Maynor Posted May 3 Share Posted May 3 (edited) This is funny and good at the same time. Their version of 'Anesthesia' is really cool and I like 'Phantom Lord' too just as standouts for me. Edited May 3 by Joseph Maynor Quote Mention Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joseph Maynor Posted May 3 Share Posted May 3 This is a great remaster. This album needed a good remaster. Quote Mention Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joseph Maynor Posted May 4 Share Posted May 4 (edited) Ride the Lightning in C. Wow! It's cool to hear the grooves without the vocals there. Interesting how the riffs, guitar harmonies, and solos can sound entirely different with a change of key. The music on this album is very different than on "Kill 'Em All" when you hear them instrumentally. You can hear the keyboards in 'Fade to Black' cool. I never really paid attention to the keyboards before. I like the guitar harmonies in the chorus of 'Escape', I never paid that much attention to notice those distinctly before. The bass sounds amazing in 'Creeping Death'. 'The Call of Ktulu' sounds better in C in my opinion, darker and more soulful. Edited May 4 by Joseph Maynor Quote Mention Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joseph Maynor Posted May 4 Share Posted May 4 (edited) Where has this been all my life? 'Battery' sounds almost better as an instrumental. I still find "Kill 'Em All" most interesting out of the first three albums when listened to as instrumentals. 'The Thing That Should Not Be" sounds almost better as an instrumental. If the last album "Ride the Lightning" featured dual guitar harmonies, this album features dynamics. I like how guitar is used almost like a string section or horn section in 'Disposable Heroes'. 'Damage Inc.' sounds amazing in C. Edited May 4 by Joseph Maynor Quote Mention Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joseph Maynor Posted May 4 Share Posted May 4 (edited) This sounds like a remaster even if it isn't one. I love this album. Edited May 4 by Joseph Maynor Quote Mention Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Joseph Maynor Posted May 5 Share Posted May 5 (edited) This is good! I never noticed the keyboards in 'Sad But True' before. 'The Unforgiven' sounds totally different in C, wow. The way they got that complexly (rich) thick sound on this album is producer Bob Rock recorded through a few different amps and then blended them all together. I like the chord progression in the chorus of 'Don't Tread on Me' and Kirk's (I presume) lead guitar accompaniment there. Newsted's bass sounds amazing on 'Nothing Else Matters' and James plays the lead guitar solo in this song instead of Kirk. 'My Friend of Misery' is almost better as an instrumental, I love it in C-- one thing I notice about Metallica is they like to do a one-step modulation (chord change) from the root, in this song from C to D. 'The Struggle Within' almost sounds better as an instrumental too. Edited May 5 by Joseph Maynor Quote Mention Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joseph Maynor Posted May 7 Share Posted May 7 (edited) Wow this is really good too. I gotta include this one for completeness as one of Metallica's best albums. This is an instrumental in C like the other 4 albums I posted. I like the precision of Jason's bass lines. He plays with a pick. 'One' reminds me of the slow part of 'Master of Puppets' for some reason. I think I like 'Harvester of Sorrow' more as an instrumental. Wow 'To Live is To Die' sounds better in C in my opinion. A lot of chord changes in 'Dyers Eve' I never really noticed that before -- I like how the simplicity of the progression in the chorus offsets and counterbalances this. It's a good song. Much more complex than I realized listening to it instrumentally and in a different key. I almost like it better as an instrumental. Kirk is doing different things with his lead guitar solos on this album too. I'm still trying to figure out what he's doing differently. I notice he's playing a lot more sort of accompanying "outlines" in the tunes than in prior albums, although he did this before too. These outlines function almost like strings or keyboards. If there's anything that is characteristic of album it is this outlining or highlighting with the lead guitar and Lars' cool sounding drumming. Edited May 7 by Joseph Maynor Quote Mention Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joseph Maynor Posted May 8 Share Posted May 8 (edited) Donald Byrd – trumpet Hank Mobley – tenor saxophone Horace Silver – piano Doug Watkins – double bass Art Blakey - drums Edited May 8 by Joseph Maynor Quote Mention Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joseph Maynor Posted May 10 Share Posted May 10 (edited) This is great too. Instrumental "1984" by Van Halen. The vocals are filtered out (somewhat lol). I don't think DLR could ever be completely filtered out of anything. 'Top Jimmy' sounds better as an instrumental -- I can hear a possible Steve Howe (Yes guitarist) influence in those fast and accurate guitar embellishments (runs) in this song. You hear that Howe embellishment thing at points in 'Girl Gone Bad' too. I can tell this album was influenced by the first "Asia (1981)" album which Howe played on. EVH is highly integrous and also highly original. I can hear a Hendrix influence in his style too. 'House of Pain' sounds better as an instrumental and is amazing! 'Hot for Teacher' sounds so much better as an instrumental. 'Girl Gone Bad' too. Eddie Van Halen -- guitar, keyboards Michael Anthony - bass Alex Van Halen - drums Edited May 10 by Joseph Maynor Quote Mention Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dima Posted May 10 Share Posted May 10 https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=nxvoQKKcLP0&si=ie6SoVcwhtumdYS2 I ain't got nothing but you I ain't got nothing but you I ain't got nothing but- I don't need to find another 'Cause nobody knows me like you do Oh, can we take it to another level? I know you spend your nights thinking 'bout it to Yeah, you know we grew up together Broken in this small town Tryna make our way out And I know you're feeling the pressure So let's call this thing out You know the truth I ain't got nothing but you, you I ain't got nothing but you, you I ain't got nothing but- Look I know You fear we'll mess this up You've been like family since the day I met you You can trust this Just let your body talk It's only natural for us to want to Yeah, you know we grew up together Broken in this small town Tryna make our way out And I know you're feeling the pressure So let's call this thing out You know the truth I ain't got nothing but you, you I ain't got nothing but you, you I ain't got nothing but- There's nobody else, there's nobody else There's nobody else but you And I'll always be there, I'll always be there I'll always be there for you I ain't got nothing but you I ain't got nothing but you I ain't got nothing but you I ain't got nothing but you I ain't got nothing but you There's nobody else, there's nobody else (you) There's nobody else but you (you) And I'll always be there, I'll always be there (you) I'll always be there for you You Quote Mention Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joseph Maynor Posted May 12 Share Posted May 12 (edited) I think this is Van Halen's best album and to hear this as an instrumental is way cool. 'Hear About It Later' sounds amazing as an instrumental. Eddie's rhythm guitar on this album is phenomenal - you almost can't make a brite-line distinction between lead and rhythm guitar with Eddie. Notice that he often plays in a middle-zone between rhythm and lead too. There's 3-parts with Eddie's guitar playing I can discern -- rhythm, middle-zone (listen for this), and lead (solos). A comment I read from someone said EVH has an unusual sense of melody and harmony, which I think gets at what I'm trying to point out with the "middle-zone" word I used. He can bridge rhythm and lead guitar is another way of saying it -- he's often kinda playing rhythm and lead guitar at the same time. "Push Comes to Shove" sounds better as an instrumental and is a good example of this. All those little figures he plays that sound like little riffs but point to/reinforce the harmony (chord progression) and also have a lead quality to them too. "One Foot Out the Door" reminds me a little bit of Metallica's "Orion". EVH - guitar, synthesizer Michael Anthony - bass Al Van Halen - drums Edited Sunday at 11:56 PM by Joseph Maynor Quote Mention Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joseph Maynor Posted Monday at 03:11 PM Share Posted Monday at 03:11 PM (edited) Oh man! This one is a little louder too. This is one of my favorite albums. So nice to hear this as an instrumental. Michael Anthony shines on this album on bass. I can actually hear Eddie's guitar playing evolve from this album, "Women and Children First", to "Fair Warning" to "1984." Then there's two albums before this one which are excellent too! It's clear to me he was always working on his chops as a guitarist, and every album you can notice something different about his playing up to "1984". I don't really like the Sammy albums, but I've never heard them as instrumentals either though. I haven't resonated with "Diver Down" thus far either, but I gotta listen to that one as an instrumental. It's out there. It's the album that came out between "Fair Warning" and "1984". Al really shines on this album on drums too, he's an excellent drummer. EVH - guitar, synthesizer Michael Anthony - bass Al Van Halen - drums Edited Monday at 03:32 PM by Joseph Maynor Quote Mention Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joseph Maynor Posted Thursday at 02:13 AM Share Posted Thursday at 02:13 AM (edited) Instrumental only version of Van Halen II. Eddie's guitar playing on this album is so good: brilliant and emotional, a nice balance there. He has a different rhythm guitar style on this album with more chug chug heavy metal style riffing. He plays a little differently on each album trying out new things (at least on the albums I like which are every thing up to "1984" minus the album "Diver Down"). This was released in 1979. EVH - guitar Michael Anthony - bass Al Van Halen - drums Edited Thursday at 02:51 AM by Joseph Maynor Quote Mention Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mandy Posted Thursday at 07:23 PM Share Posted Thursday at 07:23 PM "My God is a jealous God. " Source to you... Quote Mention Youtube Channel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joseph Maynor Posted yesterday at 04:00 AM Share Posted yesterday at 04:00 AM (edited) This doesn't embed but it's excellent! Nice and loud https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yDBkT0x5Gxs Edited yesterday at 04:43 AM by Joseph Maynor Quote Mention Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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