Otis Big Guitar Mix EP!

[WhiteTim]

I hope he releases the rest of the remixed/re-recorded Trilogy songs (I hate odd numbers so I added Fell For You as the last track to the iTunes EP) 

[Jimmy Strummer]

First impressions:

• Lazy Bones: I can't really make out Mike's bassline, which is a shame because that was one of the few positive things about the original mix. Also, it just sounds a bit too muddy overall, but maybe they just dropped the ball on this one and the rest are fine.
• Wild One: Ohh... ohh, this entire thing is gonna sound muddy, isn't it? ... Ohh no. The added guitar parts and feedback are nice, though.
• Oh Love: still too muddy, but out of the three songs here, this one definitely benefits the most from a bit more low-end.

Yeah, I think overall they're fine, but they're seriously lacking in the top-end. I had to go back and listen to the Fell For You remix just to be sure I wasn't crazy, and no, that one sounds a lot better than any of these other three. I'll admit the Trilogy had serious mixing problems and any/all improvements on it are very much welcomed, but I dunno, if they had just given this EP a little more clarity by boosting some of the highs, I think it'd be infinitely better.

[BilIie Joe Armstrong]

I wonder if there three are new or from the same session as Fell For You since they sound different

[That Dude]

19 hours ago, Little Boy Named Booze said:

Tomorrow!! So finally we'll have the Otis remix!

Forever Now video next week? 😂

It's going to be shot at Mike Dirnt's house.   

He's going to be dressed up as Billie and Tre and even the backing band.    And all the characters that show up.   Think the Holiday video, but EVERYONE is Mike.  

There may even be other versions with each band member doing this .  

 

So........they sound exactly the sound to me.   

 

[killjoywhatsername]

I’m still in utter love with the Wild One remix. 
 

Now for the Nightlife remix. 

[Ritz]

4 minutes ago, killjoywhatsername said:

I’m still in utter love with the Wild One remix. 
 

Now for the Nightlife remix. 

 Nightlife should be bass only. xD

[papa]

while this is a nice surprise, i think it's time for billie to move on and accept the failure of the trilogy. no need to re-release 8 year old songs anymore.

 

love, p.

[DookieLukie]

11 minutes ago, papa said:

while this is a nice surprise, i think it's time for billie to move on and accept the failure of the trilogy. no need to re-release 8 year old songs anymore.

 

love, p.

He's been trying to nail that sound for almost a decade now.

[BilIie Joe Armstrong]

I admire his relentlessness but I think he’s perfected it with FOAM so now he could move on, but I don’t think he will because it seems to be the kind of music he wants to make.

[¡Nunes!]

"Oh Love" is the one that got an special treatment, I liked this version.

"Wild One" felt heavier, liked this one too, thought he added a piano but at the very last second I understood it was a guitar. 

"Lazy Bones" is just too perfect to be touched, didn't like the drums on this new version.

 

[Joe.]

57 minutes ago, Beerjeezus said:

I admire his relentlessness but I think he’s perfected it with FOAM so now he could move on, but I don’t think he will because it seems to be the kind of music he wants to make.

I think he's took at as far as he can. Its a sound that didn't really need to be touched anyway, and I think FOAM is the final nail in the coffin for it on a Green Day album. 

[BilIie Joe Armstrong]

2 minutes ago, Joe. said:

I think he's took at as far as he can. Its a sound that didn't really need to be touched anyway, and I think FOAM is the final nail in the coffin for it on a Green Day album. 

I agree. It’s a good sound but I can’t really see a way to take it further from Foam.

[Jankowski576]

The guitars are heavier on these but the mix is still pretty poor - which probably isn’t something Billie can easily fix. The guitars are SO low

[Bakabanas]

And this, ladies and gentlemen, is what FOAM sounded to me when I was on psychoactive substances. 

Now it is like Lazy Bones, Wild One and Oh Love took the same substance. You get the idea - awesomeness ×10.

[Little Boy Named Booze]

Maybe I don't have the ears for these kind of remix but I don't find a lot of difference between the original and the mix.

[Grinch]

Not sure why people keep insisting that Lazy Bones was unnecessary or hardly sounds different. The song sounds HUGE now. Imagine if they released this mix as a single back in 2012. It probably would've been at least somewhat successful.

[Squashie]

It sounds so good. That little ear candy after verse 2 in wild one 😍. Wild One is one of my favorites from the triology.

Guitars definitely sound bigger in these new mixes.

[pacejunkie punk]

I set up each original and its remix to play back to back in a queue and you really can hear the differences that way. 

[Bronni]

These new mixes got me wishing for an Amanda (Otis Mix) with the original guitar intro... 😥

[Lenny]

I got to listen to each briefly. I think he did some stuff with the vocals too. 

I'm at work can't fully take it in. I keep getting pulled into meetings so I've only heard bits and pieces so far. 

I will say I think we can expect a remastered and remixed Trilogy some day in the future. The guitars do bring some life to the songs and they don't seem as flat. Seems like my opinion about the weak guitar sounds on these albums playing a huge part in it's reception has more validity as more of these remixes come out. 

 

[DookieLukie]

He should just re-record these songs. The vocals don't match the Longshot/Revrad style guitars and drums. They sound out of place.

[Lenny]

1 hour ago, DadBod said:

It sounds so good. That little ear candy after verse 2 in wild one 😍. Wild One is one of my favorites from the triology.

Guitars definitely sound bigger in these new mixes.

There's a lot of extra guitar stuff on these songs that are so far back in the original mixes or are practically muted and not included in the songs. It's a shame cause I thought those little parts are what differentiated the songs from this era when finally hearing them in the demo versions and remixed versions. 

1 hour ago, Grinch said:

Not sure why people keep insisting that Lazy Bones was unnecessary or hardly sounds different. The song sounds HUGE now. Imagine if they released this mix as a single back in 2012. It probably would've been at least somewhat successful.

I thought the driving guitars added a lot more energy making it feel more like a classic Green Day track. 

4 hours ago, ¡Nunes! said:

"Oh Love" is the one that got an special treatment, I liked this version.

"Wild One" felt heavier, liked this one too, thought he added a piano but at the very last second I understood it was a guitar. 

"Lazy Bones" is just too perfect to be touched, didn't like the drums on this new version.

 

Oh Love was probably the one with the least impact from the remix. It's still the same song mostly just the guitar sound has more gain. If any song was meant for the lighter guitar sound on the trilogy it's Oh Love. 

Wild One definitely becomes more interesting with all those little parts moving up in the mix and of course with the guitar driving the way it is. I liked this. I didn't think Wild One was a terrible song in 2012 I just thought it just needed better guitars. It needed a bit more of a dirty mix.

Lazy Bones is the song that really comes to life with the guitar remix. It adds a ton of energy to it. 

 

[trambopoline]

18 hours ago, Digoco said:

I like the new mixes. The three of them. It sounds like a polished Demolitions.

And I think it's worth pointing at that  Reprise Records is still showing as their label.

I'm pretty sure any back catalogue stuff would be released on Reprise regardless, and the only way to settle the is GD going indie thing is looking towards new stuff being released

[Clockwise]

I'm going to put together a playlist consisting of the 4 Otis remixes and the higher quality Demolicious tracks.

[monkeyupinspace]

just listened with some studio monitoring headphones (beyerdynamics 770 pro's).

oh love / wild one are better than the original versions but lazy bones sounds a bit messy to me. 

hopefully they'll remix some more songs. 

btw. the cover looks like stop, drop and roll!!!