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Posted by HEMISPHERICALHEADS on 06-07-2003 at11:47:

  Darn floor........

Any idea as to when it will be rereleased on disc?

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Posted by dorfsmith on 06-07-2003 at11:50:

 

I don't know but when it is I'm buying ten copies.

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Posted by JR88 on 06-07-2003 at12:31:

 

might buy another copy, already have one on CD

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Posted by Gamgee on 06-07-2003 at12:55:

 

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Originally posted by HEMISPHERICALHEADS Any idea as to when it will be rereleased on disc?

We have another thread that's pretty much all whining about the lack of rerelease for DFBB...

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Posted by dorfsmith on 06-07-2003 at13:07:

 

I want DFBB right now!

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Posted by JR88 on 06-07-2003 at17:27:

 

quote:

Originally posted by dorfsmith I want DFBB right now!

Mines locked up and guarded by Pit Bulls.....try squidzits place

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Posted by Space Ghost on 06-07-2003 at17:28:

 

DFBB is one heavenly album...truly an All-Time Fave for moi...and to think I only discovered its fullness a year or so ago!

SG

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Posted by Gamgee on 06-07-2003 at17:54:

 

quote:

Originally posted by dorfsmith I want DFBB right now!

Ditto

(#@&$ing 30-second rule!)

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Posted by John Foxe on 06-07-2003 at18:29:

  Why

Why do many of us obsess over this one?

The plus side for me:
- a great concept
- one GREAT tune (safety Net)
- some good tunes

The negative side:
- choppy music at times (Beat Menace, title cut)
- dissonant chords
- some tunes I don't care for
- not much variety of instruments

Maybe there are good reasons only 7000+ were sold. That said, it has grown on me over the years after an initial turnoff. I'm one of the privileged few who own the original CD, although it's pretty battered now.

I could use a new copy (with maybe a bonus track or two?)

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Posted by Gamgee on 06-07-2003 at19:02:

 

quote:

Originally posted by John Foxe Why do many of us obsess over this one? The plus side for me: - a great concept - one GREAT tune (safety Net) - some good tunes The negative side: - choppy music at times (Beat Menace, title cut) - dissonant chords - some tunes I don't care for - not much variety of instruments Maybe there are good reasons only 7000+ were sold. That said, it has grown on me over the years after an initial turnoff. I'm one of the privileged few who own the original CD, although it's pretty battered now. I could use a new copy (with maybe a bonus track or two?)

Maybe the reason it's obsessed over so much is that it's so hard to get... most of the other DA albums are much easier (and cheaper) to get...

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Posted by dorfsmith on 06-07-2003 at22:08:

 

It is simply the best of the best. The beat menace rules. Any song that has an Eskimo sending a check to a televangelist has to rock right. DFBB is the best song ever written hands down. The lyrics are so mysterious at first but once you find out what they are about they are profound and jolt your brain no matter how many times you hear it. I have the tape in my truck and have not taken it out in three years. Every day as I drive to work I enjoy the greatness of it. I would never think of taking it out. The awkward songs are even more amazing than the smooth ones because Terry pulls them off in such a way that the songs would not sound right with even the slightest tweak or change. The lack of instrumental variety is actually a pluse for this one because you see exactly how versital DA can be without the help of odd instruments. I remember hearing an interview with Charley Peacock where he said that he liked to limit himself sometimes so he wouldn't be able to hide behind the music. He wanted to be able to create something that was not a sonic blast but rather an artistic experience that brought out the artist and let him shine. This is truely the CD where DA shines. It is the ultimate DA CD because it contains all the raw eliments that are DA. Anyone dare to disagree?

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Posted by BD on 06-07-2003 at22:30:

 

well I'd buy it again

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Posted by audiori on 06-08-2003 at02:39:

 


We'd all love to see this rereleased ASAP.. and we have actually been trying to make it happen for quite a while now. I think it will happen eventually.. when a CD is owned by another company, they're usually not in much of a hurry to help us out.

When we do it, we're hoping to do it correctly. New booklet design with additional photos, liner notes, etc.. maybe a bonus track or two if Terry wants them.

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Posted by John Foxe on 06-08-2003 at08:25:

  I'll bite

Well...

I'll take your dare. DFBB is not so mysterious, because the liner notes say it all without even knowing Koko was the gorilla.

Beat Menace has cool lyrics but I'll say it again: it's choppy music, awkward in places, almost as if it was stitched together from more than one writer. DFBB, same thing.

The pan flute and squeeze box were nice touches by Greg, but I'd still like to see more variety - all the guys have great instrumental talent.

I'm not tearing down DFBB by any means. As I said before, it has grown on me over the years, and its sound is not dated even today. That's cool.

But I stand by my original points.

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Posted by John Foxe on 06-08-2003 at08:38:

  Oh, and

Oh, and Safety Net is one of the best songs Terry has ever penned, IMHO.

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Posted by servantsteve on 06-08-2003 at09:06:

 

Take several shallow breaths!

This almost belongs in the argument dump.

I've never heard DFBB and don't know anyone (besides on thes board) who does. I discover new music by buying it and rely on this message board to figure out what I want to buy.

As far as I know,we don't even have CCM here that I can reliably get in my car (there are some weak repeater stations fro K-LOVE, but they barely are even audible throughout most of the region.)

We used to have a station out here that played great CCM and had a wild side show on Saturday night. I used to tape that show from the radio because I couldn't get to hear anything like it during the week. It was there I heard Daniel Amos (Travelogue) as well as Steve Taylor, Mylon LeFevre and others for the first time. It went off the air or got sold or something around 1989. Since then, music selection has been problematic.

Are some of you out in other parts of the US are actually getting to hear this wonderful off-beat Christian music without buying it first? Just curious.

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Posted by B Diddy on 06-08-2003 at11:17:

 

quote:

Originally posted by servantsteve Are some of you out in other parts of the US are actually getting to hear this wonderful off-beat Christian music without buying it first? Just curious.

in a word.....





NO

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Posted by dorfsmith on 06-08-2003 at13:03:

 

I first heard the song DFBB on 17 Frontline Rock Classics which was a CD sampler. By then the CD was out of print and it was too late. Most everything I buy I have not heard so I do make mistakes but that's why there's ebay

And John, while I do agree that the beat menace is a bit choppy I must admit that I like choppy. DFBB is not choppy as I see it. It seems to build and build until you hear that rocking guitar as terry sings "I can't get it right". I never get tired of that song because I am waiting for that part to come. The anticipation kills me I could think of songs more choppy than the ones on DFBB. They can be found on John Wayne, Zoom Daddy, and Bibleland just to name a few. Actually, as I think about it...besides brittney spears who doesn't write choppy songs?

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Posted by dorfsmith on 06-08-2003 at13:04:

 

I'm not implying that brittney actually writes songs. What I mean is those who write songs for her. Oh nevermind...

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Posted by John Foxe on 06-09-2003 at07:09:

  Disagreeing agreeably

DA fans are generally both highly intelligent and highly opinionated.

This discussion is par for the course, isn't it? Evoking discussions of DFBB and a few others always seem to generate *interesting* discussions.

This is FUN. I don't take anything personally, and I hope no one else does either.

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