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  • MrsOakley wrote:
    Love the way you all just accept the assessment that the last two albums were average/good. Clean the shit out of your ears.

    It's the height of conceit, at best, for anyone on this board to think they can tell PJ how to make music -- bet a lot of you think you could pitch in the major leagues because you watch the games.

    Don't forget, Rubin bombed big time working with U2 -- you may not like U2 and think it was their fault, but who can take that seriously when you set up fucking METALLICA like they are some sort of gold standard -- the only thing they ever proved was that in hell, the drummer NEVER stops talking!
    That's what happens when Bono asks someone for input but can't let his ego deflate enough to actually take it. Johnny Cash released Gold with rubin, so has EVERY other artist who worked with him and did it the way he said to. That's the real litmus, have Metallica given up enough control to actually release something decent
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  • PissBottleMan
    PissBottleMan Union City, TN Posts: 4,155
    I've always considered BOB the unofficial 6th member (excluding BOOM).

    Hell...he even knew when he'd created his masterpiece...he simply couldn't top YIELD, so he passed off producing duties to Tchad Blake and Adam Kasper. ;)

    It will be interesting to see how they collaborate again.

    PBM
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  • wma11
    wma11 Posts: 790
    "We paced ourselves and we didn't rush through it and we tried to be as creative as our collective minds would let us be over some course of time instead of just trying to rush through a record"

    I forgot about this quote, BOB was responsible for "arguably" PJ's best album ever...Yield will continue to be a masterpiece, Rubin's sound IMO would not jive w/PJ, I can see him taking the band away from the vibe/sound they are trying to get on this next session...don't get me wrong, I love Wildflowers, Blood Sugar, Licensed to Ill, etc, but BOB is the man for the job, hands down

    thx PBM for reminding me of that qte from SVT
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  • moho
    moho Posts: 541
    Yeah but O Brien produced Significant Other by Limp Bizkit after Rubin told durst to fuck off, thats like taking Rubins sloppy seconds.

    Highlights


    Rubin: Licensed to Ill, Reign in Blood, Blood Sugar Sex Magic, Wildflowers, American Recordings 4 and 5,De Loused in the Comatorium,Toxicity, Slipknot Vol 3, Death Magnetic.

    O Brien: VS, Vitalogy, Evil empire, Purple, A Crow Left of the Murder, Mirrorball.

    I don't know I think Rubin is gold and he does every different type of music , O Brien has sort of pigeonholed himself with grungy rock bands, the only good records he produces are bands you know are going record good records anyways. That being said I'm looking forward to O briens work on the new PJ and the new mastodon but there is a reason bands have to put there records on hold for like 2 years to get Rubin lined up, because everyone wants him


    How can you call Death Magnetic a highlight of Rubin's if it isn't released yet?!?!?!?!? The single i heard has an awful mix with this intolerable snare drum drowning everything out, weak guitars and no real deep punch. The clips from the rest of the album sound exactly the same.

    Anyway sorry i just took issue with that mention the rest are good, but O'Brain did Evil Empire and that is just one of the best sounding record of the nineties without doubt.
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  • PissBottleMan
    PissBottleMan Union City, TN Posts: 4,155
    wma11 wrote:
    "We paced ourselves and we didn't rush through it and we tried to be as creative as our collective minds would let us be over some course of time instead of just trying to rush through a record"

    thx PBM for reminding me of that qte from SVT

    I keep the YIELD light burning around here.

    ;)

    PBM
    "We paced ourselves and we didn't rush through it and we tried to be as creative as our collective minds would let us be over some course of time instead of just trying to rush through a record"

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  • YieldInHiding
    YieldInHiding Posts: 1,841
    I keep the YIELD light burning around here.

    ;)

    PBM

    We.....
    No longer overwhelmed it seems so simple now.
  • PissBottleMan
    PissBottleMan Union City, TN Posts: 4,155
    We.....

    I stand corrected.

    PBM
    "We paced ourselves and we didn't rush through it and we tried to be as creative as our collective minds would let us be over some course of time instead of just trying to rush through a record"

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  • YieldInHiding
    YieldInHiding Posts: 1,841
    I stand corrected.

    PBM

    "We were inverted."
    No longer overwhelmed it seems so simple now.
  • As far as career highlights, I think B O'B doing Springsteen's "The Rising" sorta trumps anything Metallica will ever do in their very lame career.


    A vote for Brendan.

    Cheers
  • LiteTheMatch
    LiteTheMatch Posts: 1,208
    Rick Rubin compresses everything, which generally makes the music sound like shit! There won't be any dynamics (quiet parts, loud parts, etc.), and dynamics are essential to Pearl Jam songs, in my opinion.
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  • YieldInHiding
    YieldInHiding Posts: 1,841
    brain of c wrote:
    i vote no rick.

    What if he's a Padres fan?
    No longer overwhelmed it seems so simple now.
  • cuyler41
    cuyler41 Posts: 388
    I would love to hear a waht a Rick Ruben Produced PJ album would sound like.
  • my_wave
    my_wave clearwater, FL Posts: 354
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  • NewDamage
    NewDamage Posts: 1,913
    my_wave wrote:
    and whatever happened to rick parashar.....?

    last time I heard that name, he was working on some bon jovi album...
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  • UpSideDown
    UpSideDown Posts: 1,966
    I still think that Riot Act came out with the best sound quality overall......i pick whoever produced that album
  • Beav
    Beav Posts: 223
    Oxxys wrote:
    lets not forget how lame metallica is.........they have a song on the new album called unforgiven III.

    WHat a fucken joke.
    please tell me you're joking... please..
    that's just plain.... unforgivable.
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  • Brain Of E
    Brain Of E Posts: 499
    both producers are equally awesome i think, both have had their share of hits and misses. personally, i dont think hiring RR would be a bad idea, i mean why not? change things up a bit, besides everyone knows PJ will never put out a bad record, even if they get timbaland.
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  • NewDamage
    NewDamage Posts: 1,913
    Brain Of E wrote:
    besides everyone knows PJ will never put out a bad record, even if they get timbaland.

    No, I think that would be pretty bad
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  • LiteTheMatch
    LiteTheMatch Posts: 1,208
    Rick Rubin would Ruin the integrity of Pearl Jam's performance
    A child's rhyme stuck in my head...
    It said "Life is nothing but a dream."
    I've spent so many years in question
    To find I'd known this all along.
  • muppet
    muppet Posts: 980
    Have you heard Brendans work on some of the Springsteen albums? Pretty awful.