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Matt Group: Admins Posts: 1186 Joined: Nov. 2002 Posted: Aug. 27 2010, 05:13 Some bits of music seem to me to *demand* volume. Earth shattering floor shaking tooth loosening volume. Below are some segments that I've always felt needed to be louder. Whatever amp/speaker/HiFi setup I've had hasn't been enough to do them justice, they always seem to need *more* volume. Picked-up-by Icelandic seismometers volume. Subwoofer the size of Kansas volume... From the Chess musical: The Deal (No Deal)  at 3:16 Greg lake: I believe in father xmas at about 2:00 And of course, Mike! Ommadawn Lost Demo when the timps come in at 14:00 (or 4:06 in this extract) While the above bits of music might not all be ones that appeal to you, does anyone else feel this way about any segments of music? If so which bits? -------------- "I say I say I say I say, what's got three bottles and five eyes and no legs and two wheels" Back to top

nightspore Group: Members Posts: 4770 Joined: Mar. 2008 Posted: Aug. 27 2010, 06:50 Quote (Matt @ Aug. 27 2010, 05:13) Greg lake: I believe in father xmas at about 2:00 Did you know that catchy tune comes from Prokofiev's Lieutenant Kijé, Matt? Lieutenant Kijé was an imaginary figure dreamed up by a bureaucracy to disguise an administrative error; you can see Lake's witty parallelism to use the theme in conjunction of a discussion of Christmas. Back to top

Michael Hilton Group: Members Posts: 255 Joined: Oct. 2007 Posted: Aug. 28 2010, 03:10 I tend to crank up Eric Claptons music at parties. Back to top

wiga Group: Members Posts: 2113 Joined: Sep. 2008 Posted: Aug. 28 2010, 04:50 Quote (Matt @ Aug. 27 2010, 05:13) And of course, Mike! Ommadawn Lost Demo when the timps come in at 14:00 (or 4:06 in this extract) Matt - Yes - agreed, that moment needs to be heard much louder and upfront without it distorting. -------------- Barn's burnt down - now I can see the moon. Back to top

Milamber Group: Musicians Posts: 2275 Joined: Feb. 2010 Posted: Aug. 28 2010, 06:28 The guitar solos on TB pt2 Exposed and Pink Floyds High Hopes always make me turn it up to 11. Also OMD's Messages gets the same treatment Back to top

Scatterplot Group: Members Posts: 1981 Joined: Dec. 2007 Posted: Aug. 29 2010, 01:10 Ditto on the above post and Anthony Phillips "Nightmare". -------------- We raise our voices in the night Crying to heaven And will our voices be heard Or will they break Like the wind Back to top

Incantations Group: Members Posts: 157 Joined: May 2010 Posted: Aug. 29 2010, 01:16 Agreed with Jim. -------------- Hmm... Back to top

larstangmark Group: Members Posts: 1767 Joined: Mar. 2005 Posted: Aug. 29 2010, 07:09 In order to fully appreciate the early Gary Numan albums you have to listen to them loud. You don't realize that until you really crank it up. Lars T -------------- "There are twelve people in the world, the rest are paste" Mark E Smith Back to top

Ugo Group: Members Posts: 5495 Joined: April 2000 Posted: Aug. 29 2010, 09:10 There is the intro of a Queen song, "Good Old-Fashioned Lover Boy", which is really nothing at all (thin as air) until you turn it really up. Ditto for the piano intro of APP's "Ammonia Avenue", and one more thumb up to Jim re. Antony Phillips ("The Geese & the Ghost"). As for music that sounds best when played loud, well, to me this is valid for most of PSB's album Behaviour, which is excellent but somehow too quiet. @ Matt: judging by your logic, 1:19, 1:21, 1:27, 1:29 and all the other similar instances in this one should be louder, but I'm really not too sure about this. -------------- Ugo C. - a devoted Amarokian Back to top

Milamber Group: Musicians Posts: 2275 Joined: Feb. 2010 Posted: Aug. 29 2010, 09:17 Quote (Ugo @ Aug. 29 2010, 23:10) There is the intro of a Queen song, "Good Old-Fashioned Lover Boy", which is really nothing at all (thin as air) until you turn it really up. Ditto for the piano intro of APP's "Ammonia Avenue", and one more thumb up to Jim re. Antony Phillips ("The Geese & the Ghost"). As for music that sounds best when played loud, well, to me this is valid for most of PSB's album Behaviour, which is excellent but somehow too quiet. Speaking of Queen , Innuendo is one that I like to play LOUD especially the solo and preceding folksy bit . Back to top

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