Geoffrey Taucer

I think we just had a facebook chat going the whole time last year

Oh, forgot to say: Much appreciated. I think my timing was noticeable off-rhythm at a few points, but I'm rather proud of the lead solo nonetheless. One thing I do want to point out: the plucked instrument that comes in on the left side at 1:44 is not me; that's Andy's work, done with a samples.

If nobody else wants Julia, I'll take it

Ooooh, this is gorgeous!

More or less. Dronebone, I totally get what you're saying in that it could be improved. The production could have been better. The four live performances could have been better. If the five of us were to get together and make a remix now, we could probably do something that sounds much cleaner, much more professional. But here's how I see it: listening to music doesn't always mean listening to pristine studio recordings; sometimes it means listening to your buddy's band rock out in his garage. Do they sound as pristine as what you hear on the radio? No. But does that at all detract from the fun? Not at all. This wasn't "let's sit down and make the best damn remix ever" sort of thing; it was more like "hey, we got five remixers here in Andy's basement, so let's throw a track together." It was a jam session between five buddies. It is entirely possible that my perception of this remix is biased by the fact that I consider that jam session to be one of my most treasured memories, but when I listen to this track, I wouldn't change a single thing. Not one waver of Jill's voice, not one aspect of Andy's production, not Mike's cheesy lyrics, not Steve's 3AM rapping, not my off-rhythm guitar playing, not one single thing would I change.

This assessment could not possibly be further from the truth. As for the rest of the post, I'm sorry you didn't like the song. It is, looking back on it after ten years, probably not up to the standards that any of the five of us would shoot for if we were to make it today, but if I were to go back and redo the song all over, I wouldn't have wanted to do anything different.

The Eagles were my first favorite band when I was a kid (and remain one of my favorite bands to this day). Frey gets at least part of the credit for the fact that I am into music at all, and definitely gets some credit for my love of guitars. One of my first remix submissions was an arrangement that combined "Gathering Stars in the Night Sky" from Xenogears with the Eagles song "Desperado." So tonight I raise a glass to the memory of Glenn Frey

Love it!

Love it! Awesome piano work, great arrangement, I love everything about this

This is the Willrockiest Willrock mix I've ever heard, and I love every second of it. I went in expecting epic awesome uplifting poptronica + guitars, and holy balls did this track deliver on all of my hopes and then some.

Question: Why were R2D2 and C3PO even in this movie? Like, you could completely remove them and change nothing else and nothing of value would be lost.

SPOILERS INCOMING First, lemme get the good stuff out of the way. 1) Daisy Ridley was fucking brilliant. I really felt like I could see every facet of her character, every thought that ran through her head. Every flick of the eyes, every twitch of the mouth, every crack in the voice, felt completely real. 2) Han and Leia's characters were well written and well-executed. 3) John Williams, while not at his absolute best, was still John Williams. 4) There were no midichlorians. Nothing that does retroactive damage to the original trilogy. ..... and that's about all I liked about it. I could give a very long list of little things I didn't like, but here are some of the big ones: 1) Fin was dopey and annoying, a small step up from Jar Jar. 2) Adam Driver's acting seemed to take its inspiration from Keanu Reeves. The character was clearly written to be tortured by inner conflict, full of barely-contained rage, and yet none of that came through in Driver's performance. 3) There were a lot of smaller details that pulled me out of the experience. For example, the fact that, after escaping Jakku, out of all the mercenaries, New Order troops, resistance, scavengers, thieves, and smugglers in the galaxy, they just happened BY COINCIDENCE to run into Han and Chewie (had they had so much as one line, ONE MEASLY LINE explaining why Han and Chewie happened to be there, it wouldn't have bothered me, but no). Or the fact that the galaxy is apparently so small that people on the surface of a planet in one star system can -- with the naked eye -- witness the destruction of another star system. Or the fact that Han had apparently never tried Chewie's crossbow before in all the time they've been fighting together, but decided to try it randomly in the middle of a battle. 4) "What can we do that seems bigger and badder than a moon-sized weapon that can destroy a planet in a single blast?" "I know! We'll make a PLANET-sized weapon that can destroy SEVERAL PLANETS in a single blast!" 5) Rey kept pulling new skills and abilities out of thin air. Why could she suddenly use mind tricks which, up to this point, have only been used by skilled Jedi? Why could Rey, with zero training in the use of the force, all of a sudden use it more powerfully than Kylo Ren when pulling the lightsaber to herself? Why could she, after meditating for a couple of seconds, go toe-to-toe with Kylo Ren in a lightsaber duel? I might come back and add more as I think of it.

Sure, but if you remember when they dueled in Empire Strikes Back, Vader was basically just toying with him through their entire duel; not until Luke (inexplicably) became a full-fledged Jedi could he go toe to toe with Vader.

Definitely among my favorite mixes on the site. Top-notch.

YES! ANOTHER WBG MIX! Always happy when I see anything by worldsbestgrandpa. And this mix does not disappoint. Live acoustic folk arrangements done right!

To clarify: the tank drum parts were live; the rest of the drums were not

I don't usually like orchestral arrangements, but I love this!

Love it!

THANKS OBAMA

Have I really not left a review for this mix yet? Top notch, one of the best mixes on the site.

Ideally I'd like to display the vinyls themselves as well

Do you have a soundtrack link?

I'd like to frame it on the wall

So I go the Journey soundtrack on vinyl, and I want to display it on my wall. What's the best way to do this? Also, the set came with a plastic sleeve for each disc; is it better to store the records in the sleeves in the jacket, or just put them straight in the jacket?

There's an easter egg in this track that I don't think anybody's found yet