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Poll Question: How do you feel about all the sound effects they use???
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Points: 1485 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: March 26 2006 at 23:49
Originally posted by Majestic_Mayhem Majestic_Mayhem wrote:

Originally posted by Drew Drew wrote:

"I don't like them"
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Exactly...


Scab Dates is my first and last TMV album



And a very bad introduction to the band at that.
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Points: 1485 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: March 26 2006 at 23:49
Originally posted by Matt Dickens Matt Dickens wrote:

Who cares what we want?


The day The Mars Volta starts caring about what anybody else thinks, is
the day I stop listening to them.
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Points: 10063 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: March 26 2006 at 23:44

Originally posted by Drew Drew wrote:

"I don't like them"

Exactly...

Scab Dates is my first and last TMV album

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Points: 1494 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: March 26 2006 at 21:31

I would like it if they cut down the noise, but I would like it even more if the lyrics weren't such rubbish and actually made sense. "17 wives in the lake tonight, raw bark in the water of the marble shrine" WTF? I would vastly prefer no lyrics to ones that don't make any sense. Unless it's a Syd Barrett song, then it's ok, because I like his lyrics more, and it's obvious that they aren't supposed to be take seriously. With FTM (and Close to the Edge, but we're not talking about that), it feels like the lyricist is trying to communicate something, but he can't quite do it.

Oh yeah, it would also be great if they didn't repeat so much (see La'Via Via'quez), and had less extended freeform crap (see the end of Miranda That Ghost Just Isn't Holy Anymore).
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Points: 1455 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: March 26 2006 at 21:09
i think the "noise" level is fine. it sets the moods of the album very well, and the albums would feel a little shallow without them.
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Points: 825 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: March 26 2006 at 19:55

I'm tired of that

Noise? What Noise?
The Mars Volta don't use noises

This is noise:
http://mp3.alien8recordings.com/MP3/frequency13.mp3

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Points: 9226 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: March 26 2006 at 16:26

some sounds 'lower' the overall level of the album's quality

still good but they need to cut down some useless, IMO, effects
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Points: 9008 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: March 26 2006 at 00:44
Originally posted by Matt Dickens Matt Dickens wrote:

Who cares what we want?

The day The Mars Volta starts caring about what anybody else thinks, is the day I stop listening to them.


well said

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Points: 296 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: March 25 2006 at 23:43
I think that its not my Favourite aspect about The Volta but I DEFINITELY would not ask them to get rid of, change, or cut down on it....or anything for that matter.
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Points: 1864 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: March 25 2006 at 23:31
I wouldn't change a single thing about FTM. I think it's absolutely brilliant. 
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Points: 185 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: March 25 2006 at 22:53

Who cares what we want?

The day The Mars Volta starts caring about what anybody else thinks, is the day I stop listening to them.
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Points: 28427 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: March 25 2006 at 21:26
Just right!

ead my review of FTM: http://www.progarchives.com/Review.asp?id=72505     
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Originally posted by The Ryan The Ryan wrote:

There's no option for those who believe the Mars Volta should use noise inbetween sections and songs BUT want noises that fit instead of random crap. If you don't already know what 'random crap' is, listen to the last 1-2 minutes of The Widow off Frances The Mute. What a waste of time.

New sounds!!


I feel the same way!!! Thouse noise...are right down awful...
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Points: 881 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: March 25 2006 at 17:27
I'm really hoping for something drenched in salsa. They could make it work well.
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Originally posted by eugene eugene wrote:

Originally posted by goose goose wrote:

The noises are where they should be and in the quantity they should be. Otherwise they wouldn't be there 

I agree. generally I do not like noises, but in both albums they are just in the right places, and, moreover, these noises seem to be essential to put the listener in the right mood - they are adding to the general atmosphere of the album, IMO.

I agree with that, though some of the time on Frances I think the noise segments went on too long without much of a change.

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Points: 559 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: March 25 2006 at 16:38

There's no option for those who believe the Mars Volta should use noise inbetween sections and songs BUT want noises that fit instead of random crap. If you don't already know what 'random crap' is, listen to the last 1-2 minutes of The Widow off Frances The Mute. What a waste of time.

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Points: 2703 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: March 25 2006 at 16:11

Originally posted by goose goose wrote:

The noises are where they should be and in the quantity they should be. Otherwise they wouldn't be there 

I agree. generally I do not like noises, but in both albums they are just in the right places, and, moreover, these noises seem to be essential to put the listener in the right mood - they are adding to the general atmosphere of the album, IMO.
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Points: 4097 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: March 25 2006 at 16:00
The noises are where they should be and in the quantity they should be. Otherwise they wouldn't be there 
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Points: 12600 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: March 25 2006 at 15:54
"I don't like them"



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Points: 9008 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: March 25 2006 at 15:45
Originally posted by Rashikal Rashikal wrote:

cut down so it isn't excessive, everything in moderation


exactly

I didn't mind much the noise in Frances The Mute but I would like it if in the next album they cut on some of the noise.

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