Not Afraid (album version)

lulu33 · Post by **lulu33** » 6/17/2004, 12:43 pm

no way...matt good may be good but not better than olp

Random Name · Post by **Random Name** » 6/17/2004, 12:55 pm

I prefer Alert Status Red over Not Afraid....and I don't like Matt Good.

areusad831 · Post by **areusad831** » 6/17/2004, 12:59 pm

i didnt think the song was too bad...not as good as when we first heard it but not that bad. I think it work good in a live set.

Dr. Hobo · Post by **Dr. Hobo** » 6/17/2004, 12:59 pm

Soozy wrote:
don't ask why wrote:
I've been blaring it from the first time I listened.

36 hours its been on Winamp playlist by itself, save for a quick listen of Matt Good's new songs.

Get those new Matt Good songs back on. They're amazing.

And Kruno and Miro aren't fucktards (or maybe they are, I'm not 100% sure what that means!)

i'll make fun of miro and kruno till the day i die :nod:

mainly cuz they'd do the same to me

hell they DO do that to me

areusad831 · Post by **areusad831** » 6/17/2004, 1:05 pm

miro and kruno need to come over here and have some drinks with me damnit. You too Sand get your crack here right now. :jer:

30 pack of keystone light on the house

nikki4982 · Post by **nikki4982** » 6/17/2004, 3:16 pm

*waves to Rob*

Axtech · Post by **Axtech** » 6/17/2004, 3:18 pm

Random Name wrote:I prefer Alert Status Red over Not Afraid....and I don't like Matt Good.

Same here. I don't dislike him, I just don't like him.

Baby Thief · Post by **Baby Thief** » 6/17/2004, 3:21 pm

lulu33 wrote:no way...matt good may be good but not better than olp

Ok, if we were comparing him to OLP 4 years or so ago, then hey, maybe i'd have some slight trouble picking one who is better, but i said he's better than any band and artist NOW... and he's much much better than OLP are now.

Random Name · Post by **Random Name** » 6/17/2004, 4:53 pm

Axtech wrote:
Random Name wrote:I prefer Alert Status Red over Not Afraid....and I don't like Matt Good.

Same here. I don't dislike him, I just don't like him.

Precisely

Hope · Post by **Hope** » 6/17/2004, 5:23 pm

Same with me. i dont really have an opinion of Matt Good. His songs are alright, but when I think of Matt Good i dont think of his music or song tunes, i think automaticallly about his poetrylike lyrics. I found it weird that he dissed OLP cuz he seemed like a decent guy.

Baby Thief · Post by **Baby Thief** » 6/17/2004, 6:12 pm

yeah, i'm not too sure why he would have disliked them until Gravity... but i'm pretty sure he hated them during their happiness/sm period which is kind of odd since both olp and matt seem to have a somewhat similar sound (well, back then atleast). Both Beautiful Midnight and Clumsy tie for my favorite cd of all time. Though, in my opinion, the BEST cd's of my time are probably Happiness and Audio Of Being.

Nimoy · Post by **Nimoy** » 6/17/2004, 6:17 pm

He didn't hate them, he just thought they were overrated. And he also believed that they relied heavily on thier producer (Lanni) for thier creativity. This doesn't seem so unreasonable, now that you think about it.

Axtech · Post by **Axtech** » 6/17/2004, 6:29 pm

heh, seems pretty accurate.

000bsc · Post by **000bsc** » 6/17/2004, 6:31 pm

I don't think that the song will make the album. It just doesn't seem logical to release it on a compilation and then release it on the album shortly after. My guess is that it didn't make the final cut but they wanted to get the studio version out there in some form. Just my opinion...

Random Name · Post by **Random Name** » 6/17/2004, 6:31 pm

I wouldn't mind blaming the producer for some of the newer stuff actually.

He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named · Post by **He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named** » 6/18/2004, 9:42 pm

I don't think the song is bad at all. The only part that really strikes me as "not good" is the guitar bridge from 1:48-2:01. It just doesn't fit in any way. It sounds just bad with the song.

However, I do like the sound a lot, I love the use of different instruments in the background.

But all in all, I think it is pretty average and now that I have a studio version, I wouldn't mind seeing it as a "Whatever" and never making an OLP album but being played sometimes.

AnnieDreams · Post by **AnnieDreams** » 6/19/2004, 7:01 am

I still like the live version better, but I do like it. At first I was all like :freak:

but by the fourth time I listened to it I was attempting to sing along. I look at it in the same way as most of Gravity, I like it a lot even though I think it could definately be better.

Edit: Oh, and I agree that some of the parts don't really seem to fit, like the guitar solo.

Clumsy_Birdman · Post by **Clumsy_Birdman** » 6/19/2004, 11:10 am

Not Afraid = my fav OLP song

i dont like Matt Good's music, LOVE OLP... nuff said

nothing against Matt Good.. im the same with Feeder and RHCP. i just dont like the music

lemonphile4 · Post by **lemonphile4** » 6/19/2004, 11:49 am

Is it just me, or does Raine's voice sound shot?

There are parts in Not Afraid that he would have sounded great on maybe as little as two years ago.

At first I chalked it up the song having much less production, but I've seen OLP a bunch of times since 1998 and only since last year have I thought he sounds different.

Joe Cooler · Post by **Joe Cooler** » 6/19/2004, 12:00 pm

His voice could very well be getting worse. Theres no telling how much strain he's put on his voice over the last few years of touring.