how is it that when you listen to 80s songs on the radio now they sound 'remixed' and not the...

SethGreene531 · M Best Comment

A lot of remastered audio out there.

Another thing, there's many present day bands blending elements of the 80's style into their arrangements, except with high fidelity synth/drum pads and autotune.
They're reminiscent of the period, easily confused with an 80's remixed hit.

Starcrossed · 41-45, F

Kids these days can't handle the 80s straight untapped.

Kwek00 · 41-45, M

@Starcrossed 🤣🤣🤣

Morvoren · F

Sometimes the quality of modern speakers and sound system’s enhances an element of the tune that was always there but you never noticed before.

ArishMell · 70-79, M

Some may be. Or your are using a different radio that sounds subtly different.

Or of course, I doubt any us really remember songs from 30-40 years ago as accurately as that, and might now pick up the faults, middling singing ability and the like, that we missed first time round!

knightTemplar · M

@ArishMell thanks for your thoughts.

BackyardShaman · 61-69, M

Compression

ElwoodBlues · M

@BackyardShaman That's my theory too: some broadcasters may be doing subtle dynamic range compression to make the quiet passages louder; it sounds better against the background noise of a traveling car. I don't know for sure if they are doing this; just a possibility.

Another possibility is the speakers or headphones are tuned to have brighter highs and boomier lows.

ChipmunkErnie · 70-79, M

Checking out Youtube SO many songs actually say they've been remixed,

Musicman · 61-69, M

Because they are. They think we will like them better. 🤦‍♂️

JuliaTheFirst · 18-21, F

Maybe because they need to be remixed because 80s music sucked

uncalled4 · 56-60, M

Some songs got rerecorded to circumvent the record company, and I guess some of those find their way into the playlist.

knightTemplar · M

@uncalled4 [quote]Some songs got rerecorded to circumvent the record company[/quote]

how come? i never knew that.

uncalled4 · 56-60, M

@knightTemplar It has to do primarily with who owns the rights to the master recording. Usually, it's the record company and they'd have to get paid. Jeff Lynne re-recorded a whole bunch of ELO songs over to keep extra $$ when he licensed them for commercials.