a remix cd with 8 dif remixes of Gave up seems as pointless as Things Falling Apart where half the cd was remixes of Starfukers
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a remix cd with 8 dif remixes of Gave up seems as pointless as Things Falling Apart where half the cd was remixes of Starfukers
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Some fans were cool enough to get these remixes to us (relatively) free of charge, and you STILL want to complain? You, sir, are an ignoramus. All of the Gave Up remixes are there for the sake of completion.Originally Posted by billpulsipher
Also, 3 out of 10 is not half.
Last edited by BRoswell; 12-23-2013 at 12:06 PM.
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Hey Bill, it's been a while since I've directly responded to one of your sourpuss "everything is stupid" posts.
As one of the primary people involved in chasing down the music that would come to be released as Uncoiled, I'd be happy to explain not only why I included so many of the Gave Up takes, but also why that's nothing at all like Starfuckers and Things Falling Apart.
One of the remixes of Gave Up was completely unreleased, and unlike any of the other Gave Up remixes that had been put out. Putting that in the compilation is self-explanatory.
The remix of Gave Up used in Young Americans had previously only been available as recorded from the movie itself, with foley and dialogue heard on top of audio that was clearly different from what was on Fixed. Danny had found several iterations of that particular remix, which documented the process of its creation.
Uncoiled is like the deluxe edition, behind the scenes audio extras for FDTS & Closer to God. If you're interested enough to seek out Uncoiled, you shouldn't be surprised by what's on there - it's clearly stated in the description released with the album that it's early versions of the remixes you already have. If you haven't already heard the remixes on Further Down the Spiral and Closer to God (or Fixed) then you've been misled to seek out a release like that.
Things Falling Apart did have a lot of Starfuckers remixes... each by different people, each being completely different from the other. The Gave Up remixes that appear on Uncoiled are iterative and evolutionary, and offer insight into the remix process itself.
Recoiled, as released by Cold Spring, will feature a subset of what was put out on Uncoiled, plus an Eraser remix you haven't heard yet. It's brief for the very reasons pointed out here - several iterative versions of a single remix does not make for a release with (relatively) wide appeal, particularly on an already niche release. Had you paid money for Recoiled and found out half the album is the same remix, changing a little bit each time, by all means, call it pointless. But you didn't. 47 other ETSers and myself did, some much more than others.
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