Heart's "Magic Man" as a Production and Arrangemen
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Heart's "Magic Man" as a Production and Arrangemen
I know there have been a lot of great songs that you couldn't go wrong with for modeling production, arrangement, use of instruments, vocals, and overall sound, etc. "Magic Man", however, has always struck me as a recording that has everything. Ann, Nancy, the band, and the production/engineering team threw everything but the kitchen sink into this song, in my opinion. "Barracuda" is phenomenal, too. Those chicks and their great band rocked like Zeppelin.
Someone else was recently raving about Katy Perry's (hopefully I spelled her name right?) "I Kissed a Girl". I mean no offense, but IMHO "Magic Man" blows that song away. I have heard it two or three times and it is good, but it doesn't grab me like the Heart chicks did - regardless of the fact that they were recorded about a hundred years apart, give a decade or two..........or maybe a few more. Guess I had better put my helmet on and prepare to be dumped upon by those disagreeing.
Someone else was recently raving about Katy Perry's (hopefully I spelled her name right?) "I Kissed a Girl". I mean no offense, but IMHO "Magic Man" blows that song away. I have heard it two or three times and it is good, but it doesn't grab me like the Heart chicks did - regardless of the fact that they were recorded about a hundred years apart, give a decade or two..........or maybe a few more. Guess I had better put my helmet on and prepare to be dumped upon by those disagreeing.
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You won't get any disagreement from me.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0uvr3dmptvg
And I'll bet Katy Perry's bass player isn't man enough wear anything like that.
It is kind of an odd comparison, though. Something from that era that would be comparable would be like Marie Osmond or something.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0uvr3dmptvg
And I'll bet Katy Perry's bass player isn't man enough wear anything like that.
It is kind of an odd comparison, though. Something from that era that would be comparable would be like Marie Osmond or something.
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Re: Heart's "Magic Man" as a Production and Arrang
Just some guy in a bus stop? Or a meter maid? Homer Simpson? Dick Cheney? Jesus? WHO WAS IT, MAN?!song-writer wrote:
Someone else was recently raving about Katy Perry's (hopefully I spelled her name right?) "I Kissed a Girl".
Prog out with your cog out.
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Is that a cover of the Jill Sobule song?song-writer wrote: Someone else was recently raving about Katy Perry's (hopefully I spelled her name right?) "I Kissed a Girl".
Love that Heart video btw--good performance.
Just as an aside, I love it when a singer overshoots a note and you can tell by her face that she knows she overshot it, and she knows her band knows it. Awesome.
btw: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yRw-uFS1 ... re=related
Love the timp fill! And lots of "this is what a 57 sounds like on vocals" artifacts.
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15 or more years ago i would've felt bad for that singer, but these days i would go "Whoa, a singer with a good sense of pitch!".dwlb wrote:Just as an aside, I love it when a singer overshoots a note and you can tell by her face that she knows she overshot it, and she knows her band knows it. Awesome.
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Re: Heart's "Magic Man" as a Production and Arrang
Againdwlb wrote:Love the timp fill!
... badass.
Thanks for the link. That's killin.'
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