Diamond Jigsaw Single Information and Ordering Links
 

You thought it was over, but the promotion continues. Diamond Jigsaw single release scheduled for June 6. Details to follow.

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Do you know the track listing? I've always wanted a longer version of DJ and are there other "B" sides on the release?

Waiting in anticipation.......:cool:

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Least. Surprising. Single. Ever.

but seriously folks...

while it's not necessarily my favorite track off the album (ok - it's my least favorite)
this one - absolutely - makes "the most sense"

if at least from a "commercial standpoint"

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Please let there be UW B-Sides! So tired of singles with multiple remixes that are borderline unlistenable.


You're right joethelion - the only surprise about this track getting a single release is that it's coming out 8 or 9 months after the album's release. But mayyyyybeeee there could be a surprise on that tracklist?

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Even 1 B-Side track would be nice. I was hoping for a Between Stars single - IMHO it's one of the best tracks off the album and totally remixable... :rolleyes:

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PLEASE MAKE IT A 7" SINGLE, PLEASE MAKE IT A 7" SINGLE

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well i hope they release this version ;) lol

i hope someone mixes in some van halen with it

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Maybe this one will be included?:

http://soundcloud.com/jacobplant/und...remix/comments

or this one?

http://inyourspeakers.com/content/ne...looks-04062011

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I WANT cd single!!!!!!

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Make that two of us! That "80's version" trumps all others in my opinion!

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I think you are probably right on both counts. Here also is the Dubstep remix, and the Radio Edit:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n0ePKRhfJEI
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XClYer2cnFs

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I actually thought of D.J. being a single, though i didn't think it was the least surprising, it still has a commercial vibe to it but i just see ALAF and scribble more as singles. but any way i'm super siked for this!!!! Also an Instrumental version maybe??????

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More than remixes or even B-sides, I'd really like an alternate studio version featuring the Van Halen synths from the original live version.

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exactly

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The Van Halen synth sucks ass, nooooo!

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I love DJ - we get to hear Karl really rocking out on his guitar

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Hush. You already got the album version.

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yeeeeeee! :D

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I love DJ. Here's the video

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Me too!! Listening to both versions, they really kind of changed the focus - the live version has these big chord changes in the chorus, but the Barking version really neuters it. I dig the album version a lot though, has a great New Order vibe to it and rocks pretty hard, but I fell in love with that live version.

Hope "Between Stars" is next!!

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Well played, Stimpee, well played.

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Another remix, probably on the single:

Diamond Jigsaw (Wagon Cookin Remix)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tEUneXdoABA

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Can we have the UW bootleg synth version that was played before the release of Barking?

Or a b-side.

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id really like to if they a released all of the instruments separated like Bird 1

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damn... I was thinking the same thing...

I just wasn't fast enough I guess!

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Disclaimer: I don't like the original. Generic beat, generic guitar, generic vocals = generic vocal house (with "vocal house" being the most insulting genre label an electronic-music song may attain).

This is the one titled "Klaxon Handclap Cheapster Mix", right?

As they say, it barely resembles the original. Drones out like an endless buildup. At least it's interesting.

As annoying as Mr. Plant's "normal" remix (cf. above), albeit in an infinitesimally different way.
This one has a big advantage: It's shorter than the original.

Handclap time again. Unbearable on first listen. Now, comparing it to the alternatives, it's comparatively enjoyable as well as more appealing than the original.

Where do I buy the single?

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seriously how many remixes, original or not, are liked by fans of the band or any band, they are there to serve a purpose, but really not worth assessing each one, people like to add their own remixes - and play them out so that the track fits in a set, and in all honesty most dj's rarely play the original, as its usually too radio - hence millions of dodgy mixes.

whatever mixes do officially surface - one or two might please one or two fans, but thats about it. i love remixes, more music and variations, but are they better than the original - almost never... compare and judge away, but don't expect enjoyment from the experience

remixes in the internet age are meaningless megabytes in the system, use them wisely, i say

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I think I see what you're getting at BSS...

There absolutely has (in this day and age) been a glut of too many remixes of tracks, where QUANTITY outweighs QUALITY

having said that - there are some bands that seem to still overtly try to 'seek out' certain producers who can/will remix tracks to a level that are "at least as good" / "better" than the original... Depeche Mode springs to mind for example.

on the flip side - UNKLE (in recent years) seem to just try to get as many remixes as possible out of a single track (and most of them are crap)

what's so disappointing about the remixes off of the "Barking" tracks - is that:

A) We KNOW that there are unreleased tracks from the album, or at least songs from sessions that led up to the album.

B) I always thought the point of "Barking" was that it was supposed to be a 'dialogue' between UW and the other producers, where UW would give a track to someone, they'd give it back, and then UW would do "a version of their version" (which I don't really think happened)

C) Actually decent remixes of the "Barking" singles have been few and far between... Like SBTRKT's "Bird1" Breakage's "Always Loved a Film" ... but beyond that... not so much...

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Evan? Is that you?

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I fell in love with DiaJig (my nickname for it) with this video, i love the vibe of it:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sM3Z2...e_gdata_player
I think the closest thing released so far is the demo.

On other fantasies: I think they should beg Steve Reich to do a remix of DiaJig... I think it would be brilliant to hear a pulsed out version, but don't get me wrong they really should release vanhalenvanhalen version(synth version)

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Amazon has a 3-track digital single with a new mix: James Dean Bradfield / Loz Williams Remix. More rocky, big beat mix.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Diamond-Jigs...68374&sr=301-1

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Wagon Cooking mix starts off good but then when the disco shit starts up its really terrible and my brain recoils in horror.

Jacob Plant version is super duper horrible, made even worse by his Soundcloud comments on every single user's comment in the track along the lines of...."Great bass!" <-- "Glad you like it, more like this on the way! :-) " :rolleyes:

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Longer sample of JDB Loz Williams mix here:
http://www.junodownload.com/products...aw/1751336-02/

I want to like this, because I love Manics, but it just ain't working for me...

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wait? so that thing on amazon is the exact single??? If so, its kinda a crappy in my opinion. I the remixes are a bit mediocre, and i was hoping for that demo or more interesting stuff...

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I bet there are some other remixes, but yes... It's sad.

I hope for there next album, they go all the way opposite, no remixes by others, no collaboration with others... Pure underworld magic.

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I know a lot of people were upset with this barking, but i actually really liked this album, i know it had more a commercial touch but these songs are so uplifting and fun.(besides Grace, only one i dont like from album) Also loved Louisiana...

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I actually like the JDB mix of the song... and I'm not even a Manic Street Preachers fan. I'll admit - I did try to get into them... I bought "Know Your Enemy" and actually really liked it - so I bought that 'greatest hits' album of theirs... and liked basically none of the non-remix tracks (except for one, I forget the title)

although - I do think that guitar solo is a bit out of place...

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I think most people were disappointed because it was basically the album we had all been waiting for (ALAF, Bird 1 aka Strumpet, Scribble etc), but with an extra degree of separation from the originals we loved - I'm sure everyone would have been fine with it if it had been a remix album instead of the big, flashy LP it was. The bonus disc lessened the blow a bit, but still there's songs which we'll never be able to hear our favorite versions of - the 80's version of Diamond Jigsaw for example!

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Moon in Water also springs to mind. The original radio broadcast of that was amazing, really thought they'd expand that into some 10-minute epic closer instead of a pop song.

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Seems the US is getting the single a day earlier on June 5th...

Check it out at Amazon.com