Rock&Roll Ninja
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The Good -
*Bass & drums sound great. It is my current belief that studio multi-tack hates bas sguitar and drums and is responsible for both instruments having the dull, lifeless, "wood spoon on mashed potatos" sound. Although this 'unplugged' album is using an electric bass.
*Soundstage good, nobody floating around here.
*Taiko drums!
*Guest singers!
The Bad -
*unwisely Korn decides to sing their own songs. Clapton & Nirvava both aware that much of what they were famous for would sound like ass on acoustic instruments, so their playlists were heavy into other peoples property. After 'Blind' its all downhill for Korn.
*Unskilled guitar playing. Missed notes and improper rythem abound. Years of playing power-chord metal have grossly affected their skillz. Listening to this and Rodrigo Y Gabriela B2B is not recommended.
The Ugly -
*Frontman Davis is not a good singer. Poor range, oftentimes nasaly, and with a minor lisp he has no hope of ever going to Hollywood on American Idol. Doing a live album will give a much more natural sound to singers, and in this day of awful album engineering such can be a good thing (Norah Jones is unlikely to clip when you hear 'I want to see you again' at a live show.) But Davis as a songsinger needs studio polish.
*Poor CD engineering. This album is Hot! (Oops! I owe Paris $.05 for copyright) I didn't bother to put it on the ol' SoundForge® because I won't spend much more of my life listening to it, but suffice to say everything from the audience clapping to the cello to the drummer drumming are all the exact same volume. This is Mtv's worst Unplugged album, sonically, by a long shot.
*Bass & drums sound great. It is my current belief that studio multi-tack hates bas sguitar and drums and is responsible for both instruments having the dull, lifeless, "wood spoon on mashed potatos" sound. Although this 'unplugged' album is using an electric bass.
*Soundstage good, nobody floating around here.
*Taiko drums!
*Guest singers!
The Bad -
*unwisely Korn decides to sing their own songs. Clapton & Nirvava both aware that much of what they were famous for would sound like ass on acoustic instruments, so their playlists were heavy into other peoples property. After 'Blind' its all downhill for Korn.
*Unskilled guitar playing. Missed notes and improper rythem abound. Years of playing power-chord metal have grossly affected their skillz. Listening to this and Rodrigo Y Gabriela B2B is not recommended.
The Ugly -
*Frontman Davis is not a good singer. Poor range, oftentimes nasaly, and with a minor lisp he has no hope of ever going to Hollywood on American Idol. Doing a live album will give a much more natural sound to singers, and in this day of awful album engineering such can be a good thing (Norah Jones is unlikely to clip when you hear 'I want to see you again' at a live show.) But Davis as a songsinger needs studio polish.
*Poor CD engineering. This album is Hot! (Oops! I owe Paris $.05 for copyright) I didn't bother to put it on the ol' SoundForge® because I won't spend much more of my life listening to it, but suffice to say everything from the audience clapping to the cello to the drummer drumming are all the exact same volume. This is Mtv's worst Unplugged album, sonically, by a long shot.