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tobi777 wrote:He already said he liked this kind of stuff back in 1998 when "The Blue Café" was released. He was fascinated seeing his daughter creating some drumloops in the kitchen (something like that he said in a few interviews). So there were experiments,too - before RTH2.
But as much as I admire his bravery of leaving well trodden paths - I just can't get used to the sound of these electronic beats. That's what he sang in '87 on "I Can't Dance To That".
And that's also what I really don't like when I listen to his more recent albums. It's this artificial "cheap" drum sound.
Of course he used drum machines in the 80s, too - like his trusted Linn (LM-1 or LM-2) and I accept these sounds as part of the 80s - but there's nothing like a real drummer playing on a record - or at least samples that sound more organic as the ones he used.
On RTH2 they were at least supposed to sound "modern" (not my cup of tea) - but on "Blue Café" it was really inappropriate in my opinion (e.g. "Since I Found You", "As Long As I Have Your Love") and even more so on the blues records.
Even RTH2 didn't sound modern to my ears - more a wannabe-modern kind - and after listening to it for the first time in five or so years - I think it hasn't aged very well since its release back in '99...