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 Post subject: Original 'Telescope Eyes'Posted: Tue Mar 16, 2004 11:19 am 
So, I heard the original version of 'telescope eyes.' It's an order of magnitude better than the Laughing City version. The extra verses, how the hook comes farther into the song, the simpler production. Especially the extra verses, that give the song a whole lot more meaning. Why was it changed so much? It's hard to listen to the final version, now that I know what I'm missing. _________________ We are not afraid of ruins. The powerful may destroy everything with it's last gasping attempt to hold onto it's power, but we, the working people, built this world once with our own hands, and we can build it again. - www.autonome.org - |
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Joined: 11 Mar 2004 | Posts: 31 | Location: Chicago
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Post subject: Posted: Tue Mar 16, 2004 12:08 pm
Yeah....I liked the old tempo, too. |
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Post subject: Posted: Tue Mar 16, 2004 12:43 pm
where can you here that and other eisley songs that aren't on the EP's? |
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Joined: 28 Feb 2004 | Posts: 1345 | Location: sitting with my back facing the orchards
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Post subject: Posted: Tue Mar 16, 2004 12:50 pm
iampam wrote: where can you here that and other eisley songs that aren't on the EP's? Just go to the main page and the 'songs' section. You can hear a few of them there. 
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Post subject: Posted: Tue Mar 16, 2004 12:51 pm
i have thought on this often the only thing they did wrong was take out "dear mathew, why cant you see" simply because i love how she sings "your just not near enough like me" but it is still to die for _________________ "Let's play chickenball!" http://www.myspace.com/near_harad |
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Joined: 21 Jan 2004 | Posts: 230 | Location: Ankeny, Iowa
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Post subject: Posted: Tue Mar 16, 2004 1:04 pm
For now, they're all on the website under songs. You can download healthy mp3's. Why were they changed? Thank John Goodmanson - producer for the random deletion to make it radioworthy. It was the band's first ep. Eisley was a little more timid than they are now. And Rob is a different producer. He's an advocate of the band. boyd _________________ EisleyWebGuy "The industrialists never saw the fruit of their own labor - Post Moderism, which I now proclaim as dead. Their forefathers digital revolutionists, have accelerated the final resolve by punctuating an end to our chaotic journey with a new manifesto and a new era: The Age of Meaning." (manifesto's sold separate) Welcome: Illuminists |
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Post subject: Posted: Tue Mar 16, 2004 1:51 pm
i did like the original better, but all in all i loved the lc ep. _________________ - stevie |
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Post subject: Posted: Tue Mar 16, 2004 3:26 pm
Yeah boyd, don't get us wrong, we still love the WB EP's. Good to know Rob is working with the band. |
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Post subject: Posted: Tue Mar 16, 2004 3:55 pm
the radio version was the best in the situation they put it in... the old version would never have gotten as far publiclly as the radio friendly version.....which brough much rock to the adv. club commmmunity..... |
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Post subject: Posted: Tue Mar 16, 2004 7:50 pm
I liked the older version cuz it was longer, darker, and had some cool melodies. It just sounded so much more eerie to me than the EP version. I like that. You can tell how those instrumental parts morphed and developed though to the EP version. The original's sounded a little underdeveloped compared to the new. I like the original more. Its the more bettererest of the 2(yes that was intentional  ). _________________ Its all in the making. Its all yet to be. Its all leading up to your true destiny. |
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Post subject: Posted: Tue Mar 16, 2004 7:55 pm
they are both amazing,, but i did like the original better. _________________ Music died with Kurt Cobain <<>><<>><<>><<>><< If the sky falls can I count on your vote? |
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Post subject: Posted: Wed Mar 17, 2004 3:09 am
me too, especially the twangy guitar bits, I think they played the orginigal live  _________________ 
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Post subject: Posted: Wed Mar 17, 2004 7:35 am
Ugh. I really hate the idea of changing things to be 'radio-friendly.' It's one thing to add polish, but removing lyrics is just wrong. Not that the final version's bad. Yeah, I'll probably never get to see Eisley live, but I'd definitely recommend at least performing the extra verses. _________________ We are not afraid of ruins. The powerful may destroy everything with it's last gasping attempt to hold onto it's power, but we, the working people, built this world once with our own hands, and we can build it again. - www.autonome.org - |
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Post subject: Posted: Wed Mar 17, 2004 8:24 am
There are a lot of radio stations that will play something if it's good. "Bohemian Rhapsody" was a single. I'm afraid I don't really understand the term "radio friendly". It seems like an arbitrary way for the execs to hedge their bets. There should be a focus on making the song good. If that means making the song shorter, so be it. But if the song is great at-length, leave it be. _________________ Scriptozoology, a screenwriting blog .. Facebook |
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Post subject: Posted: Wed Mar 17, 2004 10:41 am
agree with all. so does the band. and, yes....very often, they played the old version in rebellion. They don't like the new version really. Don't worry about radio play pressure any more. _________________ EisleyWebGuy "The industrialists never saw the fruit of their own labor - Post Moderism, which I now proclaim as dead. Their forefathers digital revolutionists, have accelerated the final resolve by punctuating an end to our chaotic journey with a new manifesto and a new era: The Age of Meaning." (manifesto's sold separate) Welcome: Illuminists |
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