MAYHEM Requiem: Apple Music Live

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5 hours ago, onionring said:

@Ladle Ghoulash,input? 

I'm not aware of the actual technical stuff but what you said resonates with me to an extent from what I've seen of the show.

I'd imagine it would be kind of difficult or inconvenient to sing the same songs 90 times and then switch it up all of sudden, muscle memory and all. I think lovedrug and dct would benefit the most as she kept playing with the melody and phrasing throughout the tour and dct was never performed live. 

This is a good point, it'd be interesting to see some bts or concept. especially in regard to planning/rehearsing the new arrangements bc it's very individualised from MBT but obviously she was on the tour during that time 

[Mother of Puppies 36,587]

At the end of Killah when she’s screaming I hear: „I wanna fuck your asses!“ 

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2 hours ago, Ladle Ghoulash said:

Idk I think the decision to mix a forward nasal sound and a darkened quasi classical voicing worked in songs like Disease, Abra, PC, VIY in particular. I feel like that style is almost like splitting the difference between classical and rock, which is what the aesthetic approach of the show alludes to overall (fits the character of this necromancer almost Satanic nun conducting a black mass fairly well tbh). I also think the fact that it wasn’t full send traditional “goth” was an interesting choice because it allows for the stylistic voicing to feel singular. I definitely see where you’re coming from because I think some warmth could’ve been nice, but I also think the rough, powerful, abrasive vocals, the worn and understated vocals, and the contrast between them (splitting the difference between Disease/Abra vs BOG for example) captures the mood and setting of the show (eerie post-apocalyptic rock operatic industrial fever dream) and a more conventional approach to the songs wouldn’t have reinforced the austerity of the tone and setting as well.

Love this perspective, esp on the characterisation - I see what you mean about retaining singularity and it does achieve that across the set. her range of vocal expressions is really unbelievable, totally idiosyncratic. I love her classic-isms (even as you say here too as a stylistic split difference) because they're always subverted interestingly through unexpected mediums, so I think my gripe lays there in how she has chosen to marry this approach to singing with the productions for Requiem that in themselves feel like a subversion of MAYHEM (which makes me imagine for example where a total goth style would fit). it does make me excited for what she will do next 

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I am so excited to watch the full thing at my friends place tonight  

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1 hour ago, gagacabana said:

Intellectual sistering moment

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Do apple  music concerts eventually turn up on the Apple music Youtube channel? 

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hot take and unpopular opinion: i was really disappointed and underwhelmed by the arrangements overall. I would hardly call these "reimaginings" for most of them, and while there were some very interesting arrangements (like Die With a Smile), the fact it mostly was pretty identical (or close to) the album version for the entire tracklist feels like a big missed opportunity to me.  Especially considering this was a free show intended for a film, I feel like they played it far too safe and could have gone a bit more out there. It would have been fantastic to have a jazz rendition of DWAS or a country version of BOG, or have her do what she used to do in the past with Poker Face and Paparazzi and Bad Romance and sing different melodic paths on the piano. The editing of the film was also really substandard imo, so many crowd shots when no one cares about that, too much strobe lighting, it was really hard to get into it. I only watched the first three songs and gave up after that (but listened to the album in full). For the first six songs she's basically just playing the piano and wearing the same outfit, which is fine for a life gig but for a concert film feels quite underwhelming to me.

EDIT: Seeing her sit down for the piano on every song does feel a bit repetitive after a while. What happened to her choreography??

TLDR: glad she did it but wasn't what I was expecting or hoping for. Please don't murder me monsters. 

Edited 1 hour ago by salty like sodium

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4 hours ago, aprilshack said:

Do apple  music concerts eventually turn up on the Apple music Youtube channel? 

probably not, they need those subscribers. you can double check based on past ones. they will likely upload a couple of performances for buzz/streams/charts but that's it.

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I have returned after my second viewing and I have to say: this may be the second best show she’s put on after the MBT.

I really can’t believe how beautiful and insane these new arrangements were. Abracadabra, GoE, Killah, ZombieBoy, SOAM, and DWAS are all my personal favorite standouts, but this show was truly impeccable. 
 

I am both so moved by this era and so gobsmacked at this newfound drive she has with this record. Honestly, after seeing her craftsmanship in Mayhem Requiem really blows any critics of the album out of the water. The standard record was already bursting at the seams with its production and use of analog and digital tools, but to see them reworked and given more depth with the production reimagining sells Mayhem, to me, as her best record and era. Argue with the wall!!!

There’s so many more feelings I have about this show that I can’t really put into words due to a lack of musical knowledge (plus I’m getting ready for Pride as I type), but Mayhem Requiem really lifts the record, and her artistry, to new heights. There is really only a select few who could do what she does, and I’m over the moon with the poetry of the show.

Mixing DWAS with Nightcall…batshit. Loved every second of it. Oh, Stefani!