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Old 11-13-2014, 11:36 AM   #181
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Just going by the preview I think this album may have been released too fast. I think it needed more time and possibly even a new direction. There are a few good ones in there, but overall they needed more work...more leads and solos for one. Critically put, songs like Run 2 Me should of just been placed in the trash can. The mixing and vocals needed more time. Also length of the album is too short.
My friend, you said a mouthful. I'm just still trying to get around the idea that they worked on this for so many months and the end result is an album that's less than five minutes long. I mean I know Billy's always going on about the short attention span of today's youth but this is ridiculous. More work? More time? Buddy that's the understatement of the year. I'd add that most of these songs could have used stronger beginnings and endings; most of them just seem to kind of cut off. And yeah, I know each song is like 30 seconds long but throw in a one-second solo here and there.

 
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Old 11-13-2014, 12:40 PM   #182
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And what is the problem with that? Lots of Black Sabbath songs have no solo. The same with Metallica, Led Zeppelin, etc...

Plus, please check all classic rock albums released before the 80's/90's out. They are all as short as this one, which helped the bands to release new material more often, every year! Let's not forget they will soon release Day For Night!

 
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Old 11-13-2014, 01:21 PM   #183
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solos kind of become procedural after awhile... its kind of like okay at the end here we need to lay one down just because

that said going into an album with the intent of no solos has always been weird to me. like metallica did with st. anger

 
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Old 11-13-2014, 01:34 PM   #184
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When the song calls for a solo you drop a solo

 
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Old 11-13-2014, 01:34 PM   #185
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Plus playing long epics with multiple guitar solos that still keep you locked in is like Billy's trademark

 
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Old 11-13-2014, 01:47 PM   #186
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The mixing and vocals needed more time.
it doesn't take more time to lower the vocal bus fader. it's an active decision billy's making every time to place his vocals so loud in the mix.

 
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Old 11-13-2014, 01:48 PM   #187
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When the song calls for a solo you drop a solo
pretty much

lookin forward to all the snabby jibes at "herr howard" in eventual liner notes, though, at least

 
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Old 11-13-2014, 06:15 PM   #188
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Although we do know the album has no solos.
God, could you all just get the fuck over guitar solos? Go listen to Queen or something.

 
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Old 11-13-2014, 07:33 PM   #189
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Although you and pumpkinsfan1988 were right, the album has no solos.

 
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Old 11-13-2014, 09:14 PM   #190
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They're in the midst of shooting a video.

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Old 11-13-2014, 09:21 PM   #191
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"#MomumentsToAnElegy"

 
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Old 11-13-2014, 10:12 PM   #192
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billy is aging with a multiplier. 10x super aging

someone could tell me that person was 60 and i wouldn't bat an eyelass


 
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Old 11-13-2014, 11:19 PM   #193
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Does he have make-up on? Ha. I mean, like for the video.

Dude's got that turkey neck.

 
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Old 11-14-2014, 12:24 AM   #194
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billy is aging with a multiplier. 10x super aging

someone could tell me that person was 60 and i wouldn't bat an eyelass

why? he's just kinda fat & sad, give the man a better diet and some prozak perhaps and he'll be lookin 1979-video again or something not that big of a deal

 
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Old 11-14-2014, 12:30 AM   #195
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i dont care if he's overweight, he's just looks a lot older than he is these days.

 
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Old 11-14-2014, 01:20 AM   #196
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Old 11-14-2014, 01:44 AM   #197
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i thought he hadn't aged at all until circa 2010... but i guess having no hair can fool people

i wonder what's what's up with the weight gain though. aging is one thing but he's always had a naturally thin frame. he must be overworked or something

 
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Old 11-14-2014, 01:49 AM   #198
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Y'all are makin' Billy stress eat with all yer negativity!

 
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Old 11-14-2014, 02:06 AM   #199
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He did look fine up until around 2010, then he hit a sharp decline. He hasn't looked well these past couple of years. With all of the projects he has taken on he could very well be overworking himself and taking on more than he can handle. As for his weight gain, it's probably just poor diet coupled with a lack of exercise, but being stressed certainly doesn't help the situation (particularly if he's an emotional eater).

 
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Old 11-14-2014, 07:00 AM   #200
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Howard's hand of deletion. #smashingpumpkins #monumentstoanelegy #dayfornight @howardwilling #studio @jjjschroeder

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The Shredder. #VideoShoot @jjjschroeder #MomumentsToAnElegy

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Video shoot eternity. #monumentstoanelegy

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Old 11-14-2014, 09:55 AM   #201
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Still no word on which song they're shooting for a video in LA, but here's a photo from Kristin Burns

http://photos-g.ak.instagram.com/hph...09352934_n.jpg

 
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Old 11-14-2014, 10:18 AM   #202
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Still no word on which song they're shooting for a video in LA, but here's a photo from Kristin Burns

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Tea in a bar!

 
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Old 11-14-2014, 10:28 AM   #203
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whaddabunch of hipsters


Bolly looks like billy crystal on this.

 
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Old 11-14-2014, 12:14 PM   #204
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Still no word on which song they're shooting for a video in LA, but here's a photo from Kristin Burns

http://photos-g.ak.instagram.com/hph...09352934_n.jpg
Might be a long shot, but is the guy on the left Ty Segall?

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Old 11-14-2014, 12:42 PM   #205
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i dont care if he's overweight, he's just looks a lot older than he is these days.
he looks even older in person, at least he did the last time I met him 2 years ago. You're right, though. Between 2010 and now he seems to have aged a lot. It has to be mostly all the weight he gained. He's just not one of those people that wears it well. He's has a thin frame, narrow shoulders and rather round facial features. None of which helps when packing on pounds.

Also, he seems intent on wearing the same clothing he wore in 2009 when he was thin.


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Old 11-14-2014, 12:50 PM   #206
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this one makes him look like he could be a villain on a DC Comics tv show

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Old 11-14-2014, 02:16 PM   #207
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that link don't work

assets.blabbermouth camp is PISSED

 
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Old 11-14-2014, 03:04 PM   #208
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Is it really that cold in LA right now? He's wearing two shirts, a tweed jacket, a scarf, a knit hat, and he's drinking tea...in a bar.

 
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Old 11-15-2014, 12:49 AM   #209
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Is it really that cold in LA right now? He's wearing two shirts, a tweed jacket, a scarf, a knit hat, and he's drinking tea...in a bar.
It was 48f last night. That is pretty extreme out here. It was in the 90s last few weeks.

 
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Old 11-15-2014, 01:30 AM   #210
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Completely off-topic but I thought it was kind of cool. I was looking through MCAs stream looking for museum events and I noticed they posted a picture of Billy checking out the Bowie exhibit.

https://scontent-a-lga.xx.fbcdn.net/...db&oe=54E76352

https://scontent-a-lga.xx.fbcdn.net/...32&oe=54DA16C1

 
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