Re: Sum 41 "Don't try this at home"
Posted: Mon Aug 01, 2011 6:45 pm
Yeah, but we have a great album. Stop whining
This is very very true. But we were promised a video about how Sum 41 made the record, and they showed just that. If the rest of the band didn't have much to do with any of it then it certainly showed through this. I enjoyed the video alot.Emil wrote:Not to be like that, but this sucked, if i were a new fan watching this i wouldn't even be sure if Cone, Tom and Steve were in the abnd or just Derycks's touring musicans.
Well its not a Documentary on the Band its just the process the Album went through but I think they could of put some of Deryck's Vocals here. Other than that I thought it was greatEmil wrote:Not to be like that, but this sucked, if i were a new fan watching this i wouldn't even be sure if Cone, Tom and Steve were in the abnd or just Derycks's touring musicans.
people need to realize that for alot of bands whose frontman is the singer/guitarist/pianist/songwriter, it's essentially their band. sum 41 is deryck's band, just as coldplay is chris martin's, the smashing pumpkins are billy corgan's, sublime was brad nowell's, etc. either way, i thought the documentary was ok, although i wished they spent some time explaining specific songs, rather than the album as a whole the entire time.Emil wrote:Not to be like that, but this sucked, if i were a new fan watching this i wouldn't even be sure if Cone, Tom and Steve were in the abnd or just Derycks's touring musicans.
*cough* Bestofme *cough*Emil wrote:BTW, did anyone else chuckled when Deryck said he didn't liked making records that were to perfect? Wasn't that excactly what UH was?
That's because Dave Grohl takes recording seriously.Raku wrote:Meh, Foo Fighters did a much better job at a documentary =/
fenderrocks wrote:disappointed, only like 10 min of good footage, the rest drinking and girls and talking about how much they're a rock band, dumb, just being honest
This exactly!Resident Skumfuk wrote:This is very very true. But we were promised a video about how Sum 41 made the record, and they showed just that. If the rest of the band didn't have much to do with any of it then it certainly showed through this. I enjoyed the video alot.
Less focus on trying to be cool and more focus on the art. Show more footage of recording or jam sessions where they are churning out ideas. Maybe explain the idea behind each song and each member could have given their thoughts on the songs and what was going on in their minds. If they cut out all the party footage and put in more info, I would have enjoyed it. I really enjoyed the doc up till the party bit because it was informative and interesting. Then it fell off the cliff and I was forcing myself through hoping for something else I found interesting.Gregorovich wrote:That's because Dave Grohl takes recording seriously.Raku wrote:Meh, Foo Fighters did a much better job at a documentary =/
Honestly, what did you expect? I expected just this and I loved it!
The point Deryck was trying to make was that he really didn't go through these conventional writing processes while making songs. They all just sorta came. As for the others, apart from C-Sides & 'Panic Attack', they had very little real input into the writing, simply the recording. I think it was a perfectly accurate representation of what was genuinely going on. The only missing piece would of course be Deryck's personal writing, recording & producing sessions, which he kept entirely to himself.Raku wrote:Less focus on trying to be cool and more focus on the art. Show more footage of recording or jam sessions where they are churning out ideas. Maybe explain the idea behind each song and each member could have given their thoughts on the songs and what was going on in their minds. If they cut out all the party footage and put it more info, I would have enjoyed it. I really enjoyed the doc up till the party bit because it was informative and interesting. Then it fell off the cliff and I was forcing myself through hoping for something else I found interesting.Gregorovich wrote:That's because Dave Grohl takes recording seriously.Raku wrote:Meh, Foo Fighters did a much better job at a documentary =/
Honestly, what did you expect? I expected just this and I loved it!
The only tidbit I found interesting during the whole party fiasco was that D likes to be alone while recording vocals. I should be able to learn more than that =/
It would've also been cool to see some early ideas for some of the songs...