Talk:Trans (album)/Archive 1
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Best album
"Neil Young considers Trans to be his best album"
Please provide a source. This is a surprising claim.
---Actually, I found one right here, sort of: http://www.angelfire.com/ny4/heartofgold/trans.htm -- "Trans was released in December 1982 & is one of Neil's two favourite albums." Still it's not quite true. I'll change this page to reflect that.
I note that says "Neil's two favourite albums (Everybody's Rockin' being the other)." which probably means it is a comment from just after the latter album was released. I am sure that his favourite is generally the one he has just released. In 1995 he said about Everybody's Rockin' "Did people really think I put that out thinking it was the greatest fuckin' thing I'd ever recorded? Obviously I'm aware it's not." - http://www.thrasherswheat.org/tfa/mojointerview1295pt2.htm
So I suspect that Trans isn't up there, either. I'll remove "Nonetheless, Trans is one of Neil Young's favorite albums of those he has made." -- Beardo 07:28, 22 May 2006 (UTC)
Other tracks
I have seen a copy of Trans with another track listed on the cover - though it wasn't on the album. Any one else know anything ? -- Beardo 06:01, 19 May 2006 (UTC)
OK - found that. -- Beardo 07:55, 22 May 2006 (UTC)
Creation
"Neil Young found that when using a vocoder when communicating to his autistic son he was able to elicit a better response. The emotional power of this experiment shows in the lyrics, particuarly in the track "Transformer Man" with the lines "So many things still yet to do / But we haven't made it yet.""
Is there a verifiable source for this - or is it just speculation ? His son has cerebral palsy, which I don't think is the same as autism, casting doubts on that whole section.
-- Beardo 07:55, 22 May 2006 (UTC)
DON'T DELETE MY VERIFIED REFERENCE TO THE VOCODER USED!!!
Someone deleted my verifiable reference to the vocoder used on this album. STOP IT! All you have to do is look in a copy of the book 'How to Wreck a Nice Beach' by Dave Tompkins. DON'T BE AN ASS!! Thank you. AnalogVocoder1 (talk) 11:03, 22 January 2012 (UTC)
Deliberate Censorship...
...of the proven fact that the vocoder used on this album was the Sennheiser Vocoder VSM201. The next time it happens (if it's an admin or another employee of Wiki) I demand that he or she should be suspended or fired! LEAVE IT ALONE!!! --VoiceEncoder (talk) 01:16, 9 February 2012 (UTC)
- How about the fact that Wikipedia should not be used for advertising? Your entire edit history (and you've abused multiple accounts to do so) has been nothing but the flogging of not only that model, but also that book. You are at WP:SPA, and the model is NOT important. MikeWazowski (talk) 01:23, 9 February 2012 (UTC)
Some people like me might want to know what vocoder (brand and mode) was used by Neil Young on this album. The only verified reference is the vocoder bible 'How to Wreck a Nice Beach' by Dave Tompkins . Although it is mentioned elsewhere on the web. --VoiceEncoder (talk) 08:41, 10 February 2012 (UTC)
Alright Mike (and other admins, checkers, etc... reading this) if you want to get rid of an entry of mine how about instead of this one you remove the two in the 'Vocoder' article instead? There I have a sentence on Neil Young in "Music applications" under "Music history" "In 1982 Neil Young used a Sennheiser Vocoder VSM201 on six of the nine tracks on Trans". Also in "Television, film and game applications" under "Television" "The Cylons from Battlestar Galactica used an EMS Vocoder 2000 to create their voice-effects". I would much rather have what vocoders were used on the specific article pages of this one Trans (album) and Cylon (1978) than Vocoder. That will reduce it from four (or actually three since on Vocoder it's combined into one reference) to two. Thank you!! — Preceding unsigned comment added by VoiceEncoder (talk • contribs) 09:18, 10 February 2012 (UTC)
Apple Macintosh? Not Possible
If the album was released in 1982, the Apple Macintosh was not released until January 1984 ( plenty of press sources for that). If the album cover was designed on an Apple Computer, it would have to have been the Apple II or Apple III or variants.TellingTheTruthIsARevolutionaryAct (talk) 18:01, 29 November 2012 (UTC)
References
Reference numbers 2 and 7 lead to dead links. O0drogue0o (talk) 15:04, 17 August 2013 (UTC)