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Noticeable "Mistakes" on Released Albums

Guitarhero27Guitarhero27 Posts: 2,146
edited July 2008 in Musicians and Gearheads
Let me start off saying mistakes is not a bad word by any means in this thread. It's meant to give the notion that these songs are so fresh to the band, and so raw, that things were captured that make the song unique, the energy and adrenaline of something so exciting to the band will overwhelm your ability to completely concentrate and play everything perfectly AS WELL AS not having to do so many takes and keeping everything cookie-cutter and polished.

Not gonna contribute at the current moment - kinda tired, but wanted to throw this out there for you late night people and oversea'ers.

*EDIT* After being away for just a few hours - i find it more fun just to read each reply so let's leave it at that haha...good job guys!
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  • xtremehardy388xtremehardy388 Posts: 2,759
    How do we know if they're mistakes? Ya never know, man....ya never know...and let's not be too critical ;)

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  • PJamGrunge10PJamGrunge10 Posts: 596
    Well there's the very begining of Brain of J :p
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  • mccreadyisgodmccreadyisgod Posts: 6,395
    I'll add, for my own pleasure:

    On Mirrorball, the song "Downtown", someone (I think it's Stone) says, "I think I fucked up, let me just play the groove for a minute."

    And that's how the song starts. Awesome.
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  • stevieraveonstevieraveon Posts: 413
    Maybe not really "mistakes", but a few things I've found odd

    VS - Rearviewmirror - 1:14 - 1:20...what's up with the calluses on the fingers scraping on the strings?

    Pearl Jam - Severed Hand 2:50 - 3:00, what's with the beeping sound coming from the guitar?
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  • PJim87PJim87 Posts: 18
    See i would say a mistake would be something like a dead note, or something that just doesnt go with the overall flow of a song. Like the beeping on severed hand sounds like it belongs, it is not random, its kinda like consistant, Which to me would mean it was planned.
  • xtremehardy388xtremehardy388 Posts: 2,759
    At the end of Rearviewmirror, the drummer throws his sticks against the wall. It's because he hated the ending of it (since he couldn't get it right) so when he did, he threw the sticks against the wall.

    There's tons of stuff we can hear on a lot of the songs..
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  • nothingheadnothinghead Posts: 270
    there's definitely a clunker of a dead note in Release. forget where exactly, but i figure it's a pretty obvious one.
  • tcaporaletcaporale Posts: 1,577
    Gods' Dice. As in, the whole song.
  • xtremehardy388xtremehardy388 Posts: 2,759
    tcaporale wrote:
    Gods' Dice. As in, the whole song.
    hahahha
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  • BinFrogBinFrog Posts: 7,309
    The intro riff to Immortality; the 4th time through, Ed half-mutes the 4th note.
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  • PappasPappas Posts: 809
    xtremehardy388 wrote:
    At the end of Rearviewmirror, the drummer throws his sticks against the wall. It's because he hated the ending of it (since he couldn't get it right) so when he did, he threw the sticks against the wall.

    There's tons of stuff we can hear on a lot of the songs..
    Dave A was pissed off cause they had done shitloads of takes and couldnt get the song right, so at the end of the recording he throws his drumsticks in frustration against the wall. they ended up using that very take/recording and then apparently Dave A threw his drums off a cliff or something lol.
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  • xtremehardy388xtremehardy388 Posts: 2,759
    Pappas wrote:
    Dave A was pissed off cause they had done shitloads of takes and couldnt get the song right, so at the end of the recording he throws his drumsticks in frustration against the wall. they ended up using that very take/recording and then apparently Dave A threw his drums off a cliff or something lol.
    YEAH! That's it, haha...I can see that happening right now.
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  • PJim87PJim87 Posts: 18
    Yah the dead note in release is at 3:14 ish. I posted about that in a seperate thread that started this thread.
  • 2-feign-reluctance2-feign-reluctance Posts: 23,308
    stevieraveon wrote:
    Maybe not really "mistakes", but a few things I've found odd

    VS - Rearviewmirror - 1:14 - 1:20...what's up with the calluses on the fingers scraping on the strings?

    Pearl Jam - Severed Hand 2:50 - 3:00, what's with the beeping sound coming from the guitar?


    i love that bit in rearview! such a cool sound to make on guitar. scratchin' records!!
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  • DeLukinDeLukin Posts: 2,757
    I always thought there was a mistake in Satan's Bed at the end of the second chorus where there is an extra "Already in love..." in the background right before Ed sings "It's torture... follows reward..." Just the way he kind of leads into the torture part with a little laugh makes it seem like he was acknowledging the mistake...

    It fits right in with the rawness of the song, though, so I'm not sure "mistake" is the right word. Of course, I could also be completely nuts...
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  • tcaporaletcaporale Posts: 1,577
    "Hey Foxy...". As in, the whole song.
  • Rhinocerous SurpriseRhinocerous Surprise Posts: 4,423
    It's probably not a "mistake" as such... but what's with the errant whistle in the second verse of Given To Fly?
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  • RearviewreleaseRearviewrelease Posts: 721
    stevieraveon wrote:
    Maybe not really "mistakes", but a few things I've found odd

    VS - Rearviewmirror - 1:14 - 1:20...what's up with the calluses on the fingers scraping on the strings?

    Pearl Jam - Severed Hand 2:50 - 3:00, what's with the beeping sound coming from the guitar?

    That beeping in Severed Hand is definitely supposed to be there. Yeah it's weird but it's a song about acid what do you expect.
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  • wolfreddevwolfreddev Posts: 8
    Rhinocerous Surprise wrote:
    It's probably not a "mistake" as such... but what's with the errant whistle in the second verse of Given To Fly?

    Haha...I'm glad someone else has heard this...I thought I was the only one who noticed...every time I hear the studio version of this song I wait for it...weird...
  • PappasPappas Posts: 809
    at the beginning of release i think you can hear eddie sing some of oceans or somethign from memory. does anyone remember this?
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  • manipulatedlivingmanipulatedliving Posts: 508
    wolfreddev wrote:
    Haha...I'm glad someone else has heard this...I thought I was the only one who noticed...every time I hear the studio version of this song I wait for it...weird...
    Time frame? I guess I don't have the greatest hearing :D
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  • xtremehardy388xtremehardy388 Posts: 2,759
    Pappas wrote:
    at the beginning of release i think you can hear eddie sing some of oceans or somethign from memory. does anyone remember this?
    Yes, I do. It's somewhat of a mystery. There's also speculation as to if he say "Dear Dad" or something like that.
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  • Gossard_Is_GodGossard_Is_God Posts: 1,031
    In Corduroy, Dave hits a rim shot which is pretty obvious
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  • FedericoFederico Posts: 7,916
    Gossard_Is_God wrote:
    In Corduroy, Dave hits a rim shot which is pretty obvious


    I always thought that something like that happened in the middle of reach down...dont know wich exact minute, but its just while mike is on real fire with his solo...
  • pink1969pink1969 Posts: 245
    Bee Girl - Ed laughs about half way through. That song was cut on the fly though, I think.
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  • jessejesse Posts: 170
    xtremehardy388 wrote:
    Yes, I do. It's somewhat of a mystery. There's also speculation as to if he say "Dear Dad" or something like that.

    im pretty sure he says father

    this isnt from an album but ed stuffs the lyrics for a split second in the i am mine video theres also the laughing on life wasted
  • DOSWDOSW Posts: 2,014
    Is this only Pearl Jam? I don't know, but I'm thinking of one from the Black Crowes - in the song Midnight from the Inside Out, the guitar intro gets butchered... he misses a note and it feeds back like hell before they start again. But it fuckin rocks.... probably my favorite intro to a song ever. It gives me a guitar face just listening to it. :D
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  • 12345AGNST112345AGNST1 Posts: 4,906
    Insignificance792 wrote:
    That beeping in Severed Hand is definitely supposed to be there. Yeah it's weird but it's a song about acid what do you expect.

    Severed hand is about acid?
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  • Guitarhero27Guitarhero27 Posts: 2,146
    12345AGNST1 wrote:
    Severed hand is about acid?

    you'll see dragons after 3 or 4
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  • jeffwmartinjeffwmartin Posts: 71
    Federico wrote:
    I always thought that something like that happened in the middle of reach down...dont know wich exact minute, but its just while mike is on real fire with his solo...

    From what I've read, Mike's headphones fell off during the solo but he finished it without the backing track.
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