Nora Jones-spurious noises
Posted by: Wiltshireman on 03 November 2004
Has anyone else experienced problems with Norah Jones’s 'come away with me' album? At first I thought the spurious noises I heard were musicians just being noisy but then I realised that the noises were not repeatable. On the front of the cd case a sticker states that the disc has copy control technology and I presume that it is this that is causing the problem but this in its self is strange because my Meridian 508 24 bit has never failed to play any disc that has been thrown at it even fast burned pc discs have never been a problem.
Sad, but fun 
Spock
Spock
Although "popular" usually corresponds with "bad", I don't think it applies in this case. I, for one, enjoy her music (and it's played by me, not by my wife 
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BTW, I prefer her more recent album to her first.
-=> Mike Hanson <=-
).BTW, I prefer her more recent album to her first.
-=> Mike Hanson <=-
Quote "Music for people who don't really like music."
A bit rich from someone who admits to liking the Smiths!!
Steve D
A bit rich from someone who admits to liking the Smiths!!
Steve D
quote:
A bit rich from someone who admits to liking the Smiths!!
I have noticed a slight edge to her voice on some songs. Almost like slight distortion. I though it might be an instrument or cymbals recorded just below her voice.
My copy was borrowed from the library just to get a taster for what all the fuss was about. My wife likes her voice and her songs. I find Norah innoffensive. Light, pleasant, easy listening. Or gentle mood music for late evening?
I really don't believe one can claim the high intellectual ground with any music.
Just because you like the Bartok String Quartets but dislike Suga Babes doesn't make you more interesting, more intelligent or more trendy. And most certainly doesn't mean you have better taste. It just means you have different taste to someone else.
Ask yourself why an artist is popular. It is because they satisfy more people's musical taste than those artists who don't.
Using this as a weapon to beat them with doesn't make you clever. It just shows limited imagination and a fair degree of snobbery. I've been listening to this artist bashing and "holier than thou in my musical tastes" for over 40 years. It's as bad as picking on someone's appearance, height, hairstyle or dress code.
There are even those who sneer at The Planets, New World Symphony, Trumpet Voluntary, Rachmaninov's Paganini Variations, Toccata and Fugue, etc etc. Simply because they are popular! Why for goodness sake? Who are you to judge what is good or bad music? They seem to have survived rather better than those of your vastly superior good taste!
It's all utterly meaningless really. Tastes change with the wind and with a whim. Tastes change endlessly with time. Even in nude models!
Though you may be allowed to say: "I don't think much of yours!" It might be better to bite your lip most of the time. I wish I had in the past when tempted to pick on someone's taste. (or lack of it) Now don't even get me started on......
Nime
My copy was borrowed from the library just to get a taster for what all the fuss was about. My wife likes her voice and her songs. I find Norah innoffensive. Light, pleasant, easy listening. Or gentle mood music for late evening?
I really don't believe one can claim the high intellectual ground with any music.
Just because you like the Bartok String Quartets but dislike Suga Babes doesn't make you more interesting, more intelligent or more trendy. And most certainly doesn't mean you have better taste. It just means you have different taste to someone else.
Ask yourself why an artist is popular. It is because they satisfy more people's musical taste than those artists who don't.
Using this as a weapon to beat them with doesn't make you clever. It just shows limited imagination and a fair degree of snobbery. I've been listening to this artist bashing and "holier than thou in my musical tastes" for over 40 years. It's as bad as picking on someone's appearance, height, hairstyle or dress code.
There are even those who sneer at The Planets, New World Symphony, Trumpet Voluntary, Rachmaninov's Paganini Variations, Toccata and Fugue, etc etc. Simply because they are popular! Why for goodness sake? Who are you to judge what is good or bad music? They seem to have survived rather better than those of your vastly superior good taste!
It's all utterly meaningless really. Tastes change with the wind and with a whim. Tastes change endlessly with time. Even in nude models!
Though you may be allowed to say: "I don't think much of yours!" It might be better to bite your lip most of the time. I wish I had in the past when tempted to pick on someone's taste. (or lack of it) Now don't even get me started on......
Nime
quote:
Originally posted by kevinrt:
Nime
this forum is no place for your type of rationality.
Hmm?
It takes all types.
It takes all types.
It takes all types!#!%!&!
It takes all types.
It takes all types.
It takes all types.
Nime