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.The slightestchange permanently alters the dynamic and therefore affectsthe overall sound.The impact of member turnover isn’t aseasily detected in lesser bands, which lack the rapport, talent, patience, vision, and experience of their superior peers.Suchcharacteristics are a large part of what makes a group great.And the Whigs had them in spades.75“Working with the Whigs in different studios in different time periods and with different gear, they always sounded like theAfghan Whigs to me,” explains Powell, who was involvedwith all of the band’s post-Gentlemen output.“Most great bands, they sound like that band in two notes when they puttheir fingers on the strings.I think there is more emphasis on that—their touch and style of playing.A lot of that is thecombination of Greg and Rick’s guitar playing.Together, ithas this roaring sound.One thing that I tend to do is hard-pan stuff.Greg’s guitar is all over in one speaker, Rick is all over on the other side.It makes it a much more stereo experience.You can really separate a lot of the things out, to see whatGreg is doing and what Rick is doing and see how itcombines to make that sound that’s them.”It’s a sound that’s totally idiosyncratic.While Dulli ownsmost of the songwriting credits, Gentlemen is the masterwork of a four-headed hydra.Its songs are strangely arranged, often tuck-pointed with irregular tempos, bizarre fills, difficultsolos, and jazzy harmonics.They exist in a vacuum removedfrom contemporary tastes and trends, past or present.Theycouldn’t have been made by anybody else.Recalling theirdemo form, Dulli is quick to declare that none of the songswould exist in their current iterations without the ideas andcontributions of Curley, McCollum, and Earle.“The great thing about the Whigs is that the three stringguys are rarely playing the same thing.We are playing threeinterlocking parts.While I may have made suggestions, theywere very intuitive guys.I would make suggestions but theirideas came intact and they are their own.It’s really hard toimpose your will on playing personalities as strong as Johnand Rick’s.That’s why we were very much a band.While I76would make suggestions, and a lot of times they would be used, they were reacting to my songs.”In recording studios, this partnership was nearly exclusive.Up until Gentlemen, the Whigs played every instrumental note on their records save for the piano (as well as a few odds and ends on Big Top Halloween).But for Gentlemen, Dulli recognized the possibilities afforded by the major-label dealand Ardent’s top-notch room.Still, the guest list wasextremely limited.Ohioan and Royal Crescent Mob memberHarold “Happy” Chichester sat in on piano and mellotron.Barb Hunter played cello.And most memorably, Scrawlvocalist and Ohio resident Marcy Mays sang “My Curse.”“Marcy was one of my favorite singers,” Dulli explains.“Iloved Scrawl and I loved her as a person.I felt she had theworldweary quality, but the simultaneous defiance andresignation to bring that song to life.”Mays was also brought in because Dulli couldn’t bringhimself to sing “My Curse” after rewriting it.He nonethelessattempted to impose his will on Mays, who had none of it.“She started doing it and I started interrupting her, saying,‘No, don’t do it like that, do it like this.’ Then she tried it like that and I’m like, ‘No don’t do it like that, do it like this.’ And finally she told me to please leave and come back in an hourand I could say stuff then.I came back and listened to it andI’m like, ‘Nice job, I’m sorry.’”Dulli wasn’t demanding perfectionism; he was after rawemotion.Conflicted, lacerated, claustrophobic, naked, real,out of control—exactly the sensations Dulli was feeling—ishow Gentlemen sounds.There isn’t a fake or false move on 77the album.And one particularly productive evening guaranteed that an honest, on-edge vibe would be foreverpreserved for all to hear.Even for the most focused bands, twelve-hour days in thestudio tend to stifle creativity.To loosen up, the Whigs took a trip to a Mississippi casino and paid multiple visits to areabars [ Pobierz całość w formacie PDF ]
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.The slightestchange permanently alters the dynamic and therefore affectsthe overall sound.The impact of member turnover isn’t aseasily detected in lesser bands, which lack the rapport, talent, patience, vision, and experience of their superior peers.Suchcharacteristics are a large part of what makes a group great.And the Whigs had them in spades.75“Working with the Whigs in different studios in different time periods and with different gear, they always sounded like theAfghan Whigs to me,” explains Powell, who was involvedwith all of the band’s post-Gentlemen output.“Most great bands, they sound like that band in two notes when they puttheir fingers on the strings.I think there is more emphasis on that—their touch and style of playing.A lot of that is thecombination of Greg and Rick’s guitar playing.Together, ithas this roaring sound.One thing that I tend to do is hard-pan stuff.Greg’s guitar is all over in one speaker, Rick is all over on the other side.It makes it a much more stereo experience.You can really separate a lot of the things out, to see whatGreg is doing and what Rick is doing and see how itcombines to make that sound that’s them.”It’s a sound that’s totally idiosyncratic.While Dulli ownsmost of the songwriting credits, Gentlemen is the masterwork of a four-headed hydra.Its songs are strangely arranged, often tuck-pointed with irregular tempos, bizarre fills, difficultsolos, and jazzy harmonics.They exist in a vacuum removedfrom contemporary tastes and trends, past or present.Theycouldn’t have been made by anybody else.Recalling theirdemo form, Dulli is quick to declare that none of the songswould exist in their current iterations without the ideas andcontributions of Curley, McCollum, and Earle.“The great thing about the Whigs is that the three stringguys are rarely playing the same thing.We are playing threeinterlocking parts.While I may have made suggestions, theywere very intuitive guys.I would make suggestions but theirideas came intact and they are their own.It’s really hard toimpose your will on playing personalities as strong as Johnand Rick’s.That’s why we were very much a band.While I76would make suggestions, and a lot of times they would be used, they were reacting to my songs.”In recording studios, this partnership was nearly exclusive.Up until Gentlemen, the Whigs played every instrumental note on their records save for the piano (as well as a few odds and ends on Big Top Halloween).But for Gentlemen, Dulli recognized the possibilities afforded by the major-label dealand Ardent’s top-notch room.Still, the guest list wasextremely limited.Ohioan and Royal Crescent Mob memberHarold “Happy” Chichester sat in on piano and mellotron.Barb Hunter played cello.And most memorably, Scrawlvocalist and Ohio resident Marcy Mays sang “My Curse.”“Marcy was one of my favorite singers,” Dulli explains.“Iloved Scrawl and I loved her as a person.I felt she had theworldweary quality, but the simultaneous defiance andresignation to bring that song to life.”Mays was also brought in because Dulli couldn’t bringhimself to sing “My Curse” after rewriting it.He nonethelessattempted to impose his will on Mays, who had none of it.“She started doing it and I started interrupting her, saying,‘No, don’t do it like that, do it like this.’ Then she tried it like that and I’m like, ‘No don’t do it like that, do it like this.’ And finally she told me to please leave and come back in an hourand I could say stuff then.I came back and listened to it andI’m like, ‘Nice job, I’m sorry.’”Dulli wasn’t demanding perfectionism; he was after rawemotion.Conflicted, lacerated, claustrophobic, naked, real,out of control—exactly the sensations Dulli was feeling—ishow Gentlemen sounds.There isn’t a fake or false move on 77the album.And one particularly productive evening guaranteed that an honest, on-edge vibe would be foreverpreserved for all to hear.Even for the most focused bands, twelve-hour days in thestudio tend to stifle creativity.To loosen up, the Whigs took a trip to a Mississippi casino and paid multiple visits to areabars [ Pobierz całość w formacie PDF ]