Di-Rect - Blind For You [videoclip]

Post by **dmmh** » Mon Dec 12, 2005 11:48 pm

This is a Dutch band and tbh I quite love this song to death atm.

The piano play by Wibi Soerjadi is quite astounding in combination with the poprock

Was wondering what you people think of it...

http://www.superclip.nl/link_show.php?id=1363

Post by **bitWISE** » Tue Dec 13, 2005 12:19 am

Decent song but it feels too over-produced. There's no raw emotion in his voice. I really enjoy songs like this but they have to have feeling and this one doesn't seem to. I think what really irks me about the song is that the lyrics seem very depressing but yet the music and his vocals seem to be more upbeat.

Here's a similar song that kinda captures what I'm saying.
http://www.perfunction.com/files/12-Tru ... ersion.mp3

Post by **Eraser** » Tue Dec 13, 2005 7:54 am

lol Di-rect

edit:
admittedly, this song isn't too bad, but bitWISE is right, it feels over produced. Too rounded off.

Post by **Transient** » Tue Dec 13, 2005 7:56 am

I hear what you're saying about the singer's voice not being in it all the way, but I think the piano more than makes up for it. His voice becomes background and I hear the piano talking to me, if that makes any sense.

Good song.

Question though. If it's a Dutch band, why is he singing in english?

Post by **Eraser** » Tue Dec 13, 2005 8:17 am

Transient wrote:Question though. If it's a Dutch band, why is he singing in english?

Should every Dutch band sing in Dutch then? :icon27:

Post by **+JuggerNaut+** » Tue Dec 13, 2005 8:22 am

Transient wrote:
Question though. If it's a Dutch band, why is he singing in english?

oh no...

Post by **+JuggerNaut+** » Tue Dec 13, 2005 8:24 am

Eraser wrote:
Transient wrote:Question though. If it's a Dutch band, why is he singing in english?
Should every Dutch band sing in Dutch then? :icon27:

yeah wtf!! i'm sure i could've figured out the german word for "hurricane" if the Scorpions never sang in english!

Post by **Transient** » Tue Dec 13, 2005 8:34 am

Eraser wrote:
Transient wrote:Question though. If it's a Dutch band, why is he singing in english?
Should every Dutch band sing in Dutch then? :icon27:

He doesn't sound like he's got an accent or anything, more to the point. I was just curious.

Post by **Ryoki** » Tue Dec 13, 2005 8:40 am

Transient wrote:Question though. If it's a Dutch band, why is he singing in english?

You know that sound you make when you clear your throat? Yeah, that's what Dutch sounds like.

Post by **MKJ** » Tue Dec 13, 2005 9:22 am

direct should be shot on site

especially that dork with the rings in his lip. *look at me, im the wacky one!*

idiot

Post by **MKJ** » Tue Dec 13, 2005 10:18 am

Transient wrote:
Eraser wrote:
Transient wrote:Question though. If it's a Dutch band, why is he singing in english?
Should every Dutch band sing in Dutch then? :icon27:
He doesn't sound like he's got an accent or anything, more to the point. I was just curious.

the dutch dont speak english like goldmember sir

Post by **Geebs** » Tue Dec 13, 2005 11:09 am

Sounds like fucking dream theater, with a bit of muse thrown in.

I would like to point out, though, complaining about studio gloss on a very heavily compressed, low bitrate track is retarded

Post by **Eraser** » Tue Dec 13, 2005 12:56 pm

Geebs wrote:Sounds like fucking dream theater, with a bit of muse thrown in.

Dream Theater?! Muse?! WTF

If you hear other Di-rect songs you'll see the severity of your error

Post by **Zyte** » Tue Dec 13, 2005 1:05 pm

MKJ wrote:direct should be shot on site
especially that dork with the rings in his lip. *look at me, im the wacky one!*

idiot

true

Post by **+JuggerNaut+** » Tue Dec 13, 2005 5:58 pm

i don't care for the singer. the song's ok. and lol at the "it's overproduced" comments considering this has absolutely NO dynamics thanks to its medium.

on second thought, alot of you have ONLY .mp3's so you won't know what dynamics are anyway. nevermind.

Post by **saturn** » Tue Dec 13, 2005 9:04 pm

love the piano, very dramatic.

Post by **bitWISE** » Tue Dec 13, 2005 9:08 pm

+JuggerNaut+ wrote:i don't care for the singer. the song's ok. and lol at the "it's overproduced" comments considering this has absolutely NO dynamics thanks to its medium.

on second thought, alot of you have ONLY .mp3's so you won't know what dynamics are anyway. nevermind.

What I'm saying is it sounds like they took the song and glossed it over until there was no longer any meaning left. Like the song was made with the intention of being a hit.

Do you bullshit people in the real world about audio quality as much as you do on here? I'm always glad to learn something new but you typically sound arrogant about it rather than informative.

Post by **saturn** » Tue Dec 13, 2005 9:12 pm

+JuggerNaut+ wrote:i don't care for the singer. the song's ok. and lol at the "it's overproduced" comments considering this has absolutely NO dynamics thanks to its medium.

on second thought, alot of you have ONLY .mp3's so you won't know what dynamics are anyway. nevermind.

agreed with the overproduced part.....it's not like a slick, smooth, RnB song. If it sounds overproduced, it's because of the interplay of the guitars and the piano. The guy playing the piano is classically schooled, part of the charm IMO.

Post by **+JuggerNaut+** » Tue Dec 13, 2005 9:16 pm

bitWISE wrote:
+JuggerNaut+ wrote:i don't care for the singer. the song's ok. and lol at the "it's overproduced" comments considering this has absolutely NO dynamics thanks to its medium.

on second thought, alot of you have ONLY .mp3's so you won't know what dynamics are anyway. nevermind.
What I'm saying is it sounds like they took the song and glossed it over until there was no longer any meaning left. Like the song was made with the intention of being a hit.

Do you bullshit people in the real world about audio quality as much as you do on here? I'm always glad to learn something new but you typically sound arrogant about it rather than informative.

bullsh1t people? you're telling me you cannot tell a difference between compressed music and not? give me a break.

regarding the song, NOW i see where you're coming from. you mentioned OVERproducing which means exactly what it sounds like. you're just talking about another song/band that's the corporate's vision of what good music is. that's marketing, not production.

Post by **+JuggerNaut+** » Tue Dec 13, 2005 9:17 pm

saturn wrote:
+JuggerNaut+ wrote:i don't care for the singer. the song's ok. and lol at the "it's overproduced" comments considering this has absolutely NO dynamics thanks to its medium.

on second thought, alot of you have ONLY .mp3's so you won't know what dynamics are anyway. nevermind.
agreed with the overproduced part.....it's not like a slick, smooth, RnB song. If it sounds overproduced, it's because of the interplay of the guitars and the piano. The guy playing the piano is classically schooled, part of the charm IMO.

i agree. the keys really take hold of the listener and takes away from everything else. in this case, this is the only good part of the song, so that's ok.

Post by **MKJ** » Tue Dec 13, 2005 9:20 pm

whats this, no asterisks to censor the bad words?

Post by **+JuggerNaut+** » Tue Dec 13, 2005 9:25 pm

close enough ;P

Post by **saturn** » Tue Dec 13, 2005 9:28 pm

bitWISE wrote:
+JuggerNaut+ wrote:i don't care for the singer. the song's ok. and lol at the "it's overproduced" comments considering this has absolutely NO dynamics thanks to its medium.

on second thought, alot of you have ONLY .mp3's so you won't know what dynamics are anyway. nevermind.
What I'm saying is it sounds like they took the song and glossed it over until there was no longer any meaning left. Like the song was made with the intention of being a hit.

Good guess Sherlock. It's a commercial rock band with young guys appealing to young girls.

Post by **Eraser** » Wed Dec 14, 2005 8:13 am

Um, to clarify what I mean with overproduced. Maybe I used the wrong term, but what I ment with it is that it sounds like someone wrote the song, up to every single note and how each note should sound. Then they played that in the studio, concentrating more on making it sound the way it was supposed to sound than making it sound natural.

It's not about audio quality, just that the way the music sounds makes me feel all inspiration was sucked right out of them.

Post by **Grudge** » Wed Dec 14, 2005 8:40 am

Sounds like your standard boy-band crap, with some classical piano thrown in to me.

So yes, it's probably written and produced by major label industry writers and producers, that's why it sounds so slick.