The Minimal remixers didn't work in a good way. So I hope that who'll remix Numb make a better work. For me the German duo Blank & Jones, Trouser Enthusiasts but Rauhofer too could make a good work for Numb. Unfortunately, Spoon is dead, he with Jam made the best remixes of PSB: Young Offender & Yesterday When I Was Mad. But, I think that PSB themselves could make a wonderful remix of Numb like they made for Here, Paninaro '95, I'm with stupid and Discoteca.
Andrea
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I tell them that it's true
I would like the PSB themselves to do an alternate version.
maybe strip the song down a little and bring it more down to earth.
I thinking about the sort of light but effective arrangement on a song like say, "only the wind'. simple but effective.
I can be mistaken but I think that there will be few remixes but the lives ones (at least on the commercial cds) because their double Cd "concert" will have left a few front days.
glennjridge wrote:I would like the PSB themselves to do an alternate version.
maybe strip the song down a little and bring it more down to earth.
I thinking about the sort of light but effective arrangement on a song like say, "only the wind'. simple but effective.
That's pretty close to what I'd suggest actually. Personally I loved the ambient version the boys did of Home and Dry - I think they could do something similar with Numb. No other remixes, though - at least, not on the CD/DVD singles. I'd like to see three proper B-sides (one on the two-track, the other two on the Maxi CD).
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Numb is difficult to remix into a dance track, since it's not a 4/4 time song. Out of the remixers you mentioned, the only one I would trust to remix Numb in a good way is Jam El Mar. He's now back in business, performing and remixing on his own.
A Jam & Spoon best of album is due for release soon, compiling all their singles AND best remixes, including a completely revamped version of "Be.Angeled", recently played live at the Love Parade, as a tribute to Mark Spoon.
Mark my words. IF Numb gets released, note the IF, there will NO Numb remixes 1 CD will have the studio version (+ "new" tracks), The other the Live version (2 track CD so 1 added live track) . DVD will have the live version and a remix of a Fundamental track + 1 of the "new" tracks.
Yeah yeah just saw a Missing episode and had this vision.
THE FUTURE THAT YOU ANTICIPATED HAS BEEN CANCELLED
Still want the Fundamental Orchestral Overture (a la ABC) that is mentioned in Literally - and Numb sung in English (Neil tried it, but I still think it would sound better) rather than American...
(not that I'm anti American - I live here for god sakes - but I wish we could get rid of religion in this world and then all the fighting would go away...)
df118junkie wrote:(not that I'm anti American - I live here for god sakes - but I wish we could get rid of religion in this world and then all the fighting would go away...)
don't forget all the crazy testosterone-y men who wanna fight each other to the death...
I wouldn't want a dancey remix either. urgh. it'd be laughable methinks. I'd love a grand orchestral one though. aka the BBC concert one. it'd be very different from anything else PSB's put out.
gomorrah wrote:I'd love a grand orchestral one though. aka the BBC concert one.
But that will be on CD next month anyway, so why waste the space? I'd prefer they loaded a Numb single with b sides. Just give us two EPs basically. I'm sure we all listen to the B sides a lot more than we listen to the orchestral mixes of Somewhere or No Time for Tears...