The Obligatory Fake-Out Lo-Fi Intro, is it Cliche Yet?
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i've sent the drums and vox through the rat pedal, panned it all the way right, bussed that to the left with an automated low pass or ring mod thingy, muted the guitars, then have it all come in huge and everything.. granted it was influenced by the minor threat thing/Refused "shape of punk to come" mixes, but it was fun... and covered up some stuff we didn't have time to retrack.
late finding this thread, but suppose i agree that in a strict sense this has become a cliche (as in lots of people doing it for no apparent reason).
i do still really love the stark contrast of the acoustic (not lo-fi) intro to frank black's 'los angeles'. makes the electric sound positively huge when it comes in.
i do still really love the stark contrast of the acoustic (not lo-fi) intro to frank black's 'los angeles'. makes the electric sound positively huge when it comes in.
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Hey knock that off. We've had that elephant packed very neatly under the bed, and now I'm not going to be able to effectively utilize that storage space again without taking everything out and reorganizing it. Thanks a lot.DGoody wrote:Alternatively, one could argue that an electric guitar with overdrive, playing a bar chord is cliche..............
......... and they'd be right.
to answer my own question, i found one, with some superb entries, but locked, circa 2003 sometime- long before i glommed onto the list (but certainly NOT before getting my subscription...ahem).lg wrote:sorry to keep adding thoughts, but i've been away from the list for awhile.
has there been a thread of greatest intros yet?
anyway, rather than start up a new thread on something so previously well-trod, i thought i'd just put my two cents in here and if there's enough interest i'd follow up with a separate thread.
and thanks for listening.
television- prove it (funny little harmonics)
tortoise- seneca (overblown rock god intro into typical funky 'postrock' instrumental)
lou reed- dorita/what's good (overblown rock god intro into typically groovy lou reed song)
stevie wonder- higher ground (reefer into headphones)
herbie hancock- watermelon man, headhunters version (pseudo-african reefer into headphones)
Re: The Obligatory Fake-Out Lo-Fi Intro, is it Cliche Yet?
At this point, yes...A-Barr wrote:with no artistic merit.
I agree, but if you use it, don't do it like everyone else has in the past. Twist it into something new. Fer instance, start the song hi-fi, make the chorus lo-fi, back to hi-fi in the second verse, back and forth, etc... The brilliance of using cliches as inspiration is the level of expectation that they've established in the listener, which actually gives the artist an awesome opportunity to play with those expectations, and then to dash them unexpectedly against the rocks, creating drama and interest...A-Barr wrote:it seems just as limiting to abolish a technique from the repertoire just because it has been used before.
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Good one...that's close anyway. A classic Can moment.jx wrote:centurymantra wrote:
I think Can did a lo-fi intro (or outro) somewhere...I just know it.
"Mushroom"- the end of the song switches to just the output of the reverb channel (i think) for about ten seconds, and is then cut of by a explosion. very effective...
There's also that point in the middle of Hallejuwah (sp.?) where it drops into that little piano w/ mumbling ditty. That still makes me scratch my head a bit. I suppose that's just a dynamic shift actually.
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love's '7 and 7 is' makes particularly good use of an explosive outro device.jx wrote:centurymantra wrote:
I think Can did a lo-fi intro (or outro) somewhere...I just know it.
"Mushroom"- the end of the song switches to just the output of the reverb channel (i think) for about ten seconds, and is then cut of by a explosion. very effective...
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