Sum 41 "Don't try this at home"

Post by **Dylan** » Mon Aug 01, 2011 8:55 pm

182sins wrote:Still haven't watched it, but I'm pretty disappointed by the quality... :( And as I read there aren't a lot of footage concerning the recording process...

watch it and make your own conclusion.

Post by **Mitchell** » Mon Aug 01, 2011 9:00 pm

Gregorovich wrote:
Raku wrote:
Gregorovich wrote:
Raku wrote:Meh, Foo Fighters did a much better job at a documentary =/
That's because Dave Grohl takes recording seriously.

Honestly, what did you expect? I expected just this and I loved it!
Less focus on trying to be cool and more focus on the art. Show more footage of recording or jam sessions where they are churning out ideas. Maybe explain the idea behind each song and each member could have given their thoughts on the songs and what was going on in their minds. If they cut out all the party footage and put it more info, I would have enjoyed it. I really enjoyed the doc up till the party bit because it was informative and interesting. Then it fell off the cliff and I was forcing myself through hoping for something else I found interesting.

The only tidbit I found interesting during the whole party fiasco was that D likes to be alone while recording vocals. I should be able to learn more than that =/

It would've also been cool to see some early ideas for some of the songs...
The point Deryck was trying to make was that he really didn't go through these conventional writing processes while making songs. They all just sorta came. As for the others, apart from C-Sides & 'Panic Attack', they had very little real input into the writing, simply the recording. I think it was a perfectly accurate representation of what was genuinely going on. The only missing piece would of course be Deryck's personal writing, recording & producing sessions, which he kept entirely to himself.

He wrote the general idea of those songs, not full songs.. so they definitely jammed to work out parts of the songs

Post by **TomiT14** » Mon Aug 01, 2011 9:00 pm

Resident Skumfuk wrote:
Emil wrote:Not to be like that, but this sucked, if i were a new fan watching this i wouldn't even be sure if Cone, Tom and Steve were in the abnd or just Derycks's touring musicans.
This is very very true. But we were promised a video about how Sum 41 made the record, and they showed just that. If the rest of the band didn't have much to do with any of it then it certainly showed through this. I enjoyed the video alot.

dbauer91 wrote:
Emil wrote:Not to be like that, but this sucked, if i were a new fan watching this i wouldn't even be sure if Cone, Tom and Steve were in the abnd or just Derycks's touring musicans.
people need to realize that for alot of bands whose frontman is the singer/guitarist/pianist/songwriter, it's essentially their band. sum 41 is deryck's band, just as coldplay is chris martin's, the smashing pumpkins are billy corgan's, sublime was brad nowell's, etc. either way, i thought the documentary was ok, although i wished they spent some time explaining specific songs, rather than the album as a whole the entire time.

2712 wrote:who thought this would be some great oscar nominee best rock documentary feature? i sure as hell didn't, especially with a title like "don't try this at home". it was great for what it was.

Sorry for multi-quoting, but these are exactly what I was thinking.
I really enjoyed the video from start to end. This gave me a very detailed look how the recording process went. Of course there should've been more footage of the actual recordings, but I wouldn't call this a disappointment.
And it was really nice to hear about Matt's role in the studio.

Winton89 · Post by **Winton89** » Mon Aug 01, 2011 9:02 pm

What did you guys honestly expect from this?
It's Sum 41.
First you guys were complaining that in the trailer, all you saw were clips that you've already seen, now when you actually get the video, WITH ENTIRELY NEW FOOTAGE, you complain cause it's not what you expected.
Boo hoo, cry me a river.
I for one, liked the video? Why? Cause it was Sum 41, I don't care how they recorded a record, I just like watching them trash shit and act like rock stars, cause I'm a fan.

FuckT41182 · Post by **FuckT41182** » Mon Aug 01, 2011 9:04 pm

Winton89 wrote:What did you guys honestly expect from this?
It's Sum 41.
First you guys were complaining that in the trailer, all you saw were clips that you've already seen, now when you actually get the video, WITH ENTIRELY NEW FOOTAGE, you complain cause it's not what you expected.
Boo hoo, cry me a river.
I for one, liked the video? Why? Cause it was Sum 41, I don't care how they recorded a record, I just like watching them trash shit and act like rock stars, cause I'm a fan.

I bet you would like shitting them in your mouth, cause you're a fan

Hentaiman · Post by **Hentaiman** » Mon Aug 01, 2011 9:06 pm

It was pretty cool. Yeah, I was disappointed about the very little recording footage and all, but just from seeing the trailer I knew what to expect, and I knew it would have a lot of partying footage so it's not strictly an album recording documentary. Of course, I would've love to see more footage from the studio, more stuff with Cone and Steve, and the vocal recordings but it is what it is, and that's how SBM was recorded. Of course, the UH making of was better in terms of actual album documentary about the whole recording and some info about songs.

Btw, It looks like Tom recorded guitars for TFYTG and Baby cuz he was there in these last minute sessions to record them and it looks like they recorded them in a raw live rock'n'roll fashion, with everyone live in the room and all.. so looks like Tom was there too.

Post by **TomiT14** » Mon Aug 01, 2011 9:19 pm

Hentaiman wrote:Btw, It looks like Tom recorded guitars for TFYTG and Baby cuz he was there in these last minute sessions to record them and it looks like they recorded them in a raw live rock'n'roll fashion, with everyone live in the room and all.. so looks like Tom was there too.

Could be. But I believe that was the first time they played those songs, so they tried to work out the song to be recordable. So even if Tom was there, it doesn't mean he recorded the guitars on the album. But at least he was there to pre-produce those songs.

Tyler41 · Post by **Tyler41** » Mon Aug 01, 2011 9:52 pm

I really liked it. Then again, I went in without any expectations really.

Lars · Post by **Lars** » Mon Aug 01, 2011 10:09 pm

I don't feel like I've seen something new.

I thought I would, but I kinda knew how this album got written/recorded/drunk.

usmari_41 · Post by **usmari_41** » Mon Aug 01, 2011 10:20 pm

Well, I don't understand much English, but I could not understand most things, but that's not the case.

I really liked the documentary, shows that Sum 41 is VERY different from many bands in the studio. I do not care if they drink too much or had many parties, they're just showing how it was for real.
They made a great album and are happy with it and I'm also very pleased with the outcome.
I liked the comments from Todd, Matt, John and others ..
It was a very real documentary.

182sins · Post by **182sins** » Mon Aug 01, 2011 10:24 pm

Just saw the 10 first minutes cause I got a bug after that... I'll watch the rest tomorrow., but is there a way to download it ? I really would like to watch it on my TV!

peacock41 · Post by **peacock41** » Mon Aug 01, 2011 10:26 pm

i was gutted

making of UH was better with them jamming and taking about the songs and cone gettin shit for his parts

i wish it showed them disscussing parts with gill ... or D explaining and showing the new tracks and letting us see the jams and live raw early versions of the songs~

the rockstar drinking thing has been done to death .. in "the first online show evvverrrr" lol and ITD and the updates

yeh we get it they love to party .. we know this ... seems more of a gimmic now

i was soooo hoping for the real making of the album .... wanted to see vocals getting done ... more tracking footage and experimenting with tones ect

Post by **TomiT14** » Mon Aug 01, 2011 10:27 pm

Also, do I need to sign up every time I watch it? Can't I just log in somehow instead of getting a "welcome to our mailing list" email every time?

Post by **Mitchell** » Mon Aug 01, 2011 10:33 pm

TomiT14 wrote:Also, do I need to sign up every time I watch it? Can't I just log in somehow instead of getting a "welcome to our mailing list" email every time?

Sum41.com/dttah

Post by **TomiT14** » Mon Aug 01, 2011 10:43 pm

blackhawk1105 wrote:
TomiT14 wrote:Also, do I need to sign up every time I watch it? Can't I just log in somehow instead of getting a "welcome to our mailing list" email every time?
Sum41.com/dttah

Damn. Feeling stupid.

I just hope they don't send me those messages as a double now!

gejmik · Post by **gejmik** » Mon Aug 01, 2011 11:28 pm

It's great imo. Fun to watch, a few interesting facts.. I'm satisfied.

Filespit · Post by **Filespit** » Mon Aug 01, 2011 11:29 pm

3 minutes in... Deryck smokes!?

Post by **Shelley41** » Mon Aug 01, 2011 11:43 pm

Filespit wrote:3 minutes in... Deryck smokes!?

It kind of looked like he was being photographed for some photoshoot I think. Wasn't that clear, though.

Winton89 · Post by **Winton89** » Tue Aug 02, 2011 12:06 am

FuckT41182 wrote:
Winton89 wrote:What did you guys honestly expect from this?
It's Sum 41.
First you guys were complaining that in the trailer, all you saw were clips that you've already seen, now when you actually get the video, WITH ENTIRELY NEW FOOTAGE, you complain cause it's not what you expected.
Boo hoo, cry me a river.
I for one, liked the video? Why? Cause it was Sum 41, I don't care how they recorded a record, I just like watching them trash shit and act like rock stars, cause I'm a fan.
I bet you would like shitting them in your mouth, cause you're a fan

Yes, cause that's what every fan wants, to eat shit. Good one.

Post by **Heather** » Tue Aug 02, 2011 12:10 am

TomiT14 wrote:
blackhawk1105 wrote:
TomiT14 wrote:Also, do I need to sign up every time I watch it? Can't I just log in somehow instead of getting a "welcome to our mailing list" email every time?
Sum41.com/dttah
Damn. Feeling stupid.
I just hope they don't send me those messages as a double now!

I wondered the same thing, don't feel bad

TheresNoSolution.com

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