Re: Neil Young - Trans (1982)

by **The Call of the Wendigo** Fri Sep 06, 2024 7:04 pm

Vocoder.

by SiberianPrincess’sMidriff Fri Sep 06, 2024 7:04 pm

Vocoder!

by Nightjar Fri Sep 06, 2024 7:04 pm

Vocoder set to 'mild'.

by **The Call of the Wendigo** Fri Sep 06, 2024 7:05 pm

Did Herbie Hancock produce this? Excited

by Butterfield Fri Sep 06, 2024 7:05 pm

This is more promising!

by Nightjar Fri Sep 06, 2024 7:05 pm

Wasn't this album created for his kid(s?) who were disabled and/or deaf?

by Nightjar Fri Sep 06, 2024 7:06 pm

Nightjar wrote:Wasn't this album created for his kid(s?) who were disabled and/or deaf?

Like, so they could sense the vibrational qualities of the Vocoder and all?

by **The Call of the Wendigo** Fri Sep 06, 2024 7:06 pm

Nightjar wrote:Wasn't this album created for his kid(s?) who were disabled and/or dead?

by Butterfield Fri Sep 06, 2024 7:06 pm

Gone very Sparky's Magic Piano.

by Nightjar Fri Sep 06, 2024 7:06 pm

There's something a bit Wendy Carlossy about this as well.

by **The Call of the Wendigo** Fri Sep 06, 2024 7:06 pm

The guitars are very lifeless.

by SiberianPrincess’sMidriff Fri Sep 06, 2024 7:07 pm

Something like that. I forget the details.

by SiberianPrincess’sMidriff Fri Sep 06, 2024 7:08 pm

Guitars sound a bit Dire Straitsish.

The Call of the Wendigo wrote:The guitars are very lifeless.

by Butterfield Fri Sep 06, 2024 7:08 pm

Awful vocals, but the instrumentation is more like what I was expecting.

by **The Call of the Wendigo** Fri Sep 06, 2024 7:08 pm

Track 3 - We R in Control.

by SiberianPrincess’sMidriff Fri Sep 06, 2024 7:08 pm

I've got another 20 seconds of this one.

by Nightjar Fri Sep 06, 2024 7:09 pm

From late 1980 to mid-1982, Young spent much of his waking hours carrying out a therapy program for his young son, Ben, who was born with cerebral palsy and unable to speak.

Young's direction was influenced by the electronic experiments of the German band Kraftwerk, but more importantly he felt that distorting his voice reflected his attempts to communicate with his son.

"At that time he was simply trying to find a way to talk, to communicate with other people. That's what Trans is all about. And that's why, on that record, you know I'm saying something but you can't understand what it is. Well, that's exactly the same feeling I was getting from my son.

by Nightjar Fri Sep 06, 2024 7:09 pm

Going a bit Miami Vice.

by SiberianPrincess’sMidriff Fri Sep 06, 2024 7:09 pm

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