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Post by Jules on Sept 12, 2024 7:09:51 GMT
Supposedly the art was made by "surrealistly", a "digital creator" who uses AI to generate "uncanny valley" type of stuff.
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Post by Jules on Sept 14, 2024 10:26:09 GMT
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Post by Jules on Sept 14, 2024 12:03:43 GMT
Something else that bothers me. In the press release, Curt says this:
“I think a lot of people don’t know that we are a good live band, actually! They see a duo, and they think it’s going to be two people with a couple of keyboards and a bunch of backing tapes, and that’ll be it. Over the years, we’ve vastly improved since our heyday back in the Eighties.”
So why would you put an image on the cover that has nothing to do with live performances? Nobody's going to see them holding their guitars when they see the album sold somewhere. Using AI seems diametrically opposed to that objective - as does releasing a single that sounds nothing like a live band.
I don't know, but to me this whole project seems odd. It's starting to feel like they really should've kept the new songs separate from the live album. When I put a live album in the player, I'd like it to just play the show from beginning to end. Then, perhaps, bonus tracks if you like (as on Secret World Live in Paris).
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Post by iveivan on Sept 21, 2024 7:06:10 GMT
Something else that bothers me. In the press release, Curt says this: “I think a lot of people don’t know that we are a good live band, actually! They see a duo, and they think it’s going to be two people with a couple of keyboards and a bunch of backing tapes, and that’ll be it. Over the years, we’ve vastly improved since our heyday back in the Eighties.” So why would you put an image on the cover that has nothing to do with live performances? Nobody's going to see them holding their guitars when they see the album sold somewhere. Using AI seems diametrically opposed to that objective - as does releasing a single that sounds nothing like a live band. I don't know, but to me this whole project seems odd. It's starting to feel like they really should've kept the new songs separate from the live album. When I put a live album in the player, I'd like it to just play the show from beginning to end. Then, perhaps, bonus tracks if you like (as on Secret World Live in Paris). I also think the project is bizarre. Fundamentally, the new album is lacking in identity. It’s like they had plans for a live album and a rerelease of TTP, decided against the latter and just put the new songs on the live album. Why this project is called Songs for a Nervous Planet is also beyond me. At least they used a different word to World. Maybe AI generated the title as well.
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Post by iveivan on Sept 21, 2024 11:04:34 GMT
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Post by Jules on Sept 23, 2024 21:49:59 GMT
At least they're aware of what's going on...somewhat. (I don't really see what's mixed media about the cover.)
I just found this and it sums up this whole bizarre story:
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Post by Jules on Sept 23, 2024 21:51:46 GMT
Something else that bothers me. In the press release, Curt says this: “I think a lot of people don’t know that we are a good live band, actually! They see a duo, and they think it’s going to be two people with a couple of keyboards and a bunch of backing tapes, and that’ll be it. Over the years, we’ve vastly improved since our heyday back in the Eighties.” So why would you put an image on the cover that has nothing to do with live performances? Nobody's going to see them holding their guitars when they see the album sold somewhere. Using AI seems diametrically opposed to that objective - as does releasing a single that sounds nothing like a live band. I don't know, but to me this whole project seems odd. It's starting to feel like they really should've kept the new songs separate from the live album. When I put a live album in the player, I'd like it to just play the show from beginning to end. Then, perhaps, bonus tracks if you like (as on Secret World Live in Paris). I also think the project is bizarre. Fundamentally, the new album is lacking in identity. It’s like they had plans for a live album and a rerelease of TTP, decided against the latter and just put the new songs on the live album. Why this project is called Songs for a Nervous Planet is also beyond me. At least they used a different word to World. Maybe AI generated the title as well. What I heard was that the record label requested a new song to add to the live album, and they came out with four (or maybe five) songs instead. To me, it would make more sense to put those songs out as a separate EP along with the TTP bonus tracks that are still not on streaming sites.
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Post by iveivan on Sept 24, 2024 17:38:19 GMT
I also think the project is bizarre. Fundamentally, the new album is lacking in identity. It’s like they had plans for a live album and a rerelease of TTP, decided against the latter and just put the new songs on the live album. Why this project is called Songs for a Nervous Planet is also beyond me. At least they used a different word to World. Maybe AI generated the title as well. What I heard was that the record label requested a new song to add to the live album, and they came out with four (or maybe five) songs instead. To me, it would make more sense to put those songs out as a separate EP along with the TTP bonus tracks that are still not on streaming sites. Yes, they could have put them together and almost have an album’s worth of songs.
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