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View Poll Results: American Reckoning
1 4 5.41%
2 3 4.05%
3 9 12.16%
4 3 4.05%
5 5 6.76%
6 14 18.92%
7 18 24.32%
8 12 16.22%
9 3 4.05%
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Old 07-21-2020, 01:09 AM
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Yeah this. His vocals are almost always recorded at home, it's the after processing that might be a little different. It literally does not matter where he records his vocals.
You keep saying that but that's not true. He recorded in NYC and Memphis. When he would record at Sanctuary 2, he had a full studio, he was working with a producer, and he had a better voice so it didn't really matter anyway...

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I think that if you think it is boring you do not understand the song
Oh I get it. Boring and flat as in the vocal deliverance. I'm glad you enjoy it. Does nothing for me.
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You keep saying that but that's not true. He recorded in NYC and Memphis. When he would record at Sanctuary 2, he had a full studio, he was working with a producer, and he had a better voice so it didn't really matter anyway...

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My point was more being equipment doesn't = better vocal takes. I'm sure he downgraded his home studio setup but the work on his vocals would be done AFTER the fact and once Shanks gets the raw files then the work would begin. It's not like the vocals are sounding worse because of a janky setup, I wonder if the turnaround was a little quicker due to the subject matter and Shanks didn't have a chance to do his patented wall-of-sound producing. *Shrugs* just my opinion.
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My point was more being equipment doesn't = better vocal takes. I'm sure he downgraded his home studio setup but the work on his vocals would be done AFTER the fact and once Shanks gets the raw files then the work would begin. It's not like the vocals are sounding worse because of a janky setup, I wonder if the turnaround was a little quicker due to the subject matter and Shanks didn't have a chance to do his patented wall-of-sound producing. *Shrugs* just my opinion.
It said that Jon produced it.

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After two listens, I don't like it. There is nothing that makes me want to listen to it again.



Similar to Unbroken, the lyrics are so literal. There are some lines which are well written, but majority of it is either a cliche or a specific sentence like a headline you'd read in a newspaper. I want the romance in the lyrics back. More abstract and poetic lines.



I do like Jon's low voice in the verses, and the music is calming and gentle. But I'm picking at straws trying to find a positive.



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This is exactly how I feel. I've been trying to find a way to write it down but you've done it for me.

The literal lyrics remind me of Randy Newman in Family Guy. Just sing about what you see.

How does everybody interpret the line "I'll never know what it's like, to walk a mile in his shoes?" Is this directly about George Floyd or a more general comment about the problems facing black people in America? If its the former I'd be quite disappointed in Jon given Floyd's criminal past.

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How does everybody interpret the line "I'll never know what it's like, to walk a mile in his shoes?" Is this directly about George Floyd or a more general comment about the problems facing black people in America? If its the former I'd be quite disappointed in Jon given Floyd's criminal past.

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This is exactly how I feel. I've been trying to find a way to write it down but you've done it for me.

The literal lyrics remind me of Randy Newman in Family Guy. Just sing about what you see.

How does everybody interpret the line "I'll never know what it's like, to walk a mile in his shoes?" Is this directly about George Floyd or a more general comment about the problems facing black people in America? If its the former I'd be quite disappointed in Jon given Floyd's criminal past.

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Took it to mean general comment african americans face everyday.

Criminal past or not it doesn't justify the actions by the police, that's more the angle Jon is taking in the song.
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It just doesn't sit easy with me. Is Jon really saying how can I judge this man, a career criminal, because I've never walked a mile in his shoes? I think that's potentially quite dangerous.

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Took it to mean general comment african americans face everyday.



Criminal past or not it doesn't justify the actions by the police, that's more the angle Jon is taking in the song.
This is how I took it too.

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It just doesn't sit easy with me. Is Jon really saying how can I judge this man, a career criminal, because I've never walked a mile in his shoes? I think that's potentially quite dangerous.

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I just don't think most people are seeing it like that though. I hear what you're saying but that isn't what's causing the outrage.
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