album commentaries..

[dust monkey]

while working today i listened to all 4 commentaries back to back to back to back. i love these. it's like the book tour or doc but with yauch recalling his memories of said events/stories/records/songs but in his own voice. the commentaries are almost like a sequel to the doc/book since the majority of that content was around the LTI era and before.

i try to listen to these once a year but they resonated much more today and it's so nice hearing all 3 rift off one another. yauch's giggles when talking about mike chucking shit at serch's head is just timeless.

[balohna]

I listened to these recently as well, plus the AIFST and DVD Anthology commentaries, and it's kind of interesting hearing some inconsistencies compared to the stories Adam and Mike have told more recently. But mostly just getting even more detail and context, and as you mentioned hearing Yauch weigh in.

An example is that Adrock starts to talk about Yauch using a pilot helmet to record A Year and a Day, then MCA tells him he didn't actually do that. He says he bought the helmet but couldn't get the mic working. But then 10+ years later, the pilot helmet story is in the book and movie.

Starting around the time of The Sounds of Science, we actually got quite a lot of info from the boys about their history and process and all that. All directly from the band on their own terms. Pretty cool in retrospect.

The Echo Chamber Hello Nasty retrospective was really cool too, hearing Mario C and MMM give their recollections on that era.

[dave790]

Ultimately (and painfully) you just can’t beat the three of them together. The balance is just perfect.

Agree with all the above. The Anthology booklet arguably details far more behind the inspiration/creative process than the entire book, which is simultaneously great and frustrating (not that I can seriously criticise the latter).

[dust monkey]

i forgot about the AIFST/DVD commentaries.

are these ripped and linked up anywhere? i found the 30 min solid gold hits commentary on youtube but i can't find the others.....?

[balohna]

I busted out my actual DVDs. I forgot Solid Gold Hits had a commentary, I should check that out.

The AIFST commentary is kind of cool because they talk about the message board a little bit. It's mostly just funny hearing them commentate their own performance.

I can look at ripping the DVD stuff, not even sure where to upload without it getting pulled down right away though.

[Extra Cheese]

they all check out individually at different points but its understandable since they're sitting there listening to their own stuff for an hour or so. but I like the parts where they're like what were we thinking? or remembering a cool song they totally forgot about.