Blur changes focus
BLUR from pages
special.
And this compilation had
the opportunity to present 10
years of growth on one CD. Put
the songs in chronological order
and you get yourself a profound
musical story.
But if you scatter them
about like a random Blur mix
tape, you give us just another
generic compilation album
designed for Wal-Mart endcaps.
And so they have.
This album can't be entirely
discredited because the bril
liance of the individual songs,
but if you really want the best of
Blur, just do the band a favor
and buy the albums.
And listen to them in order.
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nin remix appeals to veteran fans
BY SEAN ZEHTAB
Warning: The review you’re
about to read is of a remix CD. If
you are not familiar with nine
inch nails, please go get a differ
ent nin album instead of buying
their new album “Things Failing
Apart.” If you are nin fan, this
album is a must.
“Things Falling Apart” is
nine inch nails’ remix album of
the double disc masterpiece
"The Fragile.” But remix album
isn’t a good way to describe nin’s
newest release.
Three new songs aren’t even
included on “The Fragile.” In a
recent online chat with his fans,
nin mastermind Trent Reznor
said this was a “companion
piece" to “The Fragile.”
In terms of theme, the title,
“Things Falling Apart,” reflects
the music. The vocals distort
into unrecognizable buzzes, the
instruments sometimes literallv
fall apart, songs lose their com
posure and end abruptly,
unable to go on.
The album shows the
essence of Fragile-era nine inch
nails. The focus isn't on lyrics or
hooks or even songs, but music
as a whole organic process.
That is the irony of this peri
od of work Reznor and his
cronies helped construct. The
music world is filled with over
produced, plastic crap. “Things
Falling Apart” was almost all
reconstructed and redigested by
computers (as was "The
Fragile”) and is 10 times more
overproduced and filtered than
any Britney Spears album. Yet it
transcends the fake inhumanity
of most music these days by
embracing technology and tri
umphing in the struggle to mas
ter the machines we make and,
in turn, make us.
There are three new songs
on the album: “Metal,” "The
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Great Collapse” and "10 Miles
High.”
“Metal” is an outstanding
cover originally done by Gary
Numan. “10 Miles High” is the
slightly altered version of song
that appeared only on the vinyl
release of “The Fragile.” “The
Great Collapse” is mostly instru
mental until the chorus, “Now
you know this is what it feels
like/this is what it feels like,” at
the end of the song.
The work of producer Joshua
Eustis (ofTelefon Tel Aviv) really
stole the show. He teamed up
with Danny Lohner, another nin
producer, to remix “Where is
Everybody.”
The song, like the entire
album, will be interesting for
most nin fans. But for those who
are not seasoned nin listeners
will probably not enjoy this
complex offering.
MyVHI:
A different
award tilt
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
NEW YORK—VHl's sister
channel, MTV holds a successful
awards show each September
that is better known for the flam
boyant antics of music stars than
the meaning of its trophies.
For a decade and a half, VH1
has been content to not even try
competing.
Tonight, however, the net
work is getting into the awards
show business. "MyVHI Music
Awards,” with categories
designed and decided by viewers
voting online, will air live at 9 p.m.
EST from the Shrine Auditorium
in Los Angeles.
“We'd been waiting patiently
to find the right opportunity to
launch an awards show that did
n’t look like anybody else’s," said
John Sykes, VH1 president
Since VHl’s target audience of
25-to-34-year-olds is older than
MTV's demographic, expect a
comparatively sedate affair. But
it’s still rock 'n' roll, with the band
Creed leading with nine nomina
tions and Red Hot Chili Peppers
with seven.
In addition to traditional cat
egories like man, woman, group
and song of the year, VH1 is trying
to have a little fun. Viewers will
give “awards” for the most enter
taining public feud, the sexiest
video and the category, "your
song kicked (butt) but was played
too damn much.”
Sykes said he was intrigued by
the idea of an awards show with
out envelopes, accounting firms
or behind-the-scenes experts
that nobody knows. The growth
of the Internet made it possible
for viewers to do it all
“For us, it was just a fresh
approach to a form that we felt
was getting a little bit tired,” he
said.
Nearly 3 million people have
voted for winners, according to
VH1. The format leaves VH1 vul
nerable to ballot-box stuffing, but
Sykes is confident the results will
give a true picture of how fans
feel. Since voters have to register
separately each time they vote, he
doesn’t think many people will
repeat the process.
"Most of our viewers have
jobs and lives that they re not
going to spend that much time
doing that,” he said
Creed will perform on the
show, along with U2, Red Hot
Chili Peppers, Christina Aguilera
and Bon Jovi. Metallica will test
the online voting process, per
forming whichever song is select
ed by viewers.
John Leguizamo is host
Other nominees for VHl’s
song of the year are Faith Hill’s
“Breathe,” matchbox twenty's
“Bent," Red Hot Chili Peppers’
“Otherside” and Vertical
Horizon’s "Everything You Want”
VHl’s suggestions for most
entertaining public feud include
Diana Ross and her former part
ners in the Supremes; rapper
Eminem against everyone;
Metallica against the Napster
song-sharing system; 'N Sync
against its old promoter, Lou
Pearlman; and Whitney Houston
against Honolulu's airport securi
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