listening to lots of music lately and almost every second song is “remastered”; original is often not even available anymore.

and not one single time i can hear any kind of improvement. so what does it even mean, to remaster a song?

one of the worst cases, imo is atomic by blondie.

friggin classic

b-side abbba song?

and to add: iʼm not some kind of nostalgic puritan, plenty of songs get better after some remixing, covering and whatnot, like

The Clash - Rock The Casbah (12 inch Version)

But the remastered version?

dear god, if i wanted to listen to sting, i would listen to friggin sting.

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    8 months ago

    one more example, where you can hear the difference from the first second.

    help by Beatles

    original

    remastered

    the remastered version does indeed sound cleaner and even fuller, yet somehow still simply more empty. or I’m just Imagining things now 😅