Rate That Song

[toni]

10/10 for the Velvets!!!


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-tRdBsnX4N4

[sixsmith]

9/10.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2S8yLu-wer8

[Shalot]

8/10 love this

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UOg_8hCC4u4

[Sapphire]

I get that - Especially every time he sings "across 110th street".
9/10

While we're into soundtracks...
RocknRolla - I'm a man by Black strobe (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YNBOIASRPm0)

[Scheherazade]

While we're into soundtracks...
RocknRolla - I'm a man by Black strobe (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YNBOIASRPm0)Like it: 6/10.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NanaVb77plI&feature=related

[Lokasenna]

I'm sorry Scher, but that's horrible. Is it supposed to sound like that, or is the video a bit duff? 2/10

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jTp810Ycqj8&feature=related

[Sapphire]

Dylan with a twist... I like it
7/10

Oasis - Stop crying your heart out (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pwS39r771hE)

[Scheherazade]

Oasis - Stop crying your heart out (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pwS39r771hE)Eh: 4/10.

To honour return of the rain:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EwDh-xea40s

[Sapphire]

I wish it would... I wish it would. That's a sweet song, a bit too sweet for my taste (right now).
3/10

The next song had a wonderful live-version on youtube, but I can't find it now. So here's the album version.
Life is a lemon and I want my Money Back (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_tRqf1oLX4w)

[toni]

5.5 /10 Meatloaf is alright..

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H-QdY2BJ0Xo !

[JuniperWoolf]

When I saw the album cover I didn't think that I would like it. I was pleasantly surprised. 7/10

This song has been stuck in my head on and off for about eighteen years:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vyl5Mwr84MA

[OrphanPip]

When I saw the album cover I didn't think that I would like it. I was pleasantly surprised. 7/10

This song has been stuck in my head on and off for about eighteen years:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vyl5Mwr84MA

I always thought the government thought we were retarded or something. This one is better than the house hippo ad at least. I'm not sure if it's a good or bad thing that there isn't a Canadian between the ages of 20-30 that doesn't have that horrible song memorized. 10/10

The extended version is hilarious too, they explicitly state poison could make you sick, in case you didn't know.

The Knife - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s6EFLk1O0Yo

[Lokasenna]

The stuff of nightmares! If someone had shown that to me as a child, I'd never have put anything in my mouth ever again, including food. As music, it cannot deserve any form of rating - n/10

This, on the other hand, is wonderful. It isn't my favourite version, but it's the best I could find:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w90jpyjsaLs

[JuniperWoolf]

@Pip: Holy crap. I'm blown away. That was fantastic, the video and the song were really up there with the best I've ever seen. Thanks for that. 10/10


This one is better than the house hippo ad at least.

Haha, It's not my song, but I've got to put this up for the non-Canadians to see. That house hippo was on tv every like, ten or fifteen minutes in the 90's:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NBfi8OEz0rA

@Loka: Opera isn't my stylebut I can appreciate her voice. 7/10 from me, but I'm sure I'd rate it higher if I were more familiar with the medium.

Do yourself a favour and this video if you havn't already:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_0v07InoFiU

[OrphanPip]

Do yourself a favour and this video if you havn't already:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_0v07InoFiU

I think that's going to give me nightmares, 8/10.

Here's some more Canadian TV nostalgia, oh NFB where would we be without you using tax payer dollars to produce mediocre cartoons.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ekqsHP9Sck&feature=related

[Scheherazade]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ekqsHP9Sck&feature=relatedAnother thing I will have to do before I die: "Waltz with a log driver!" 3/10.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U6tV11acSRk

[The Comedian]

I like. 5/10

This guy never disappointments me.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hc7ZR4DpPlg

[papayahed]

Not my favorite by him 6.5/10

Now this is another story:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oN86d0CdgHQ&feature=related

[Basil]

One of my first "favorite songs," used to listen to it on 8-track. 8/10

It's not going to stop 'till you wise up (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xTI8ZiopycQ).

[MarkBastable]

Tuneful but tiresome. 4/10


Not quite the deity she's made out to be, but pretty good (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WM3vKiaKe_w)nevertheless.

[OrphanPip]

I love Joni, at least I can rely on her being the only famous Canadian singer that isn't a national embarrassment. 9/10

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VHFUXH4PP5c

[Scheherazade]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VHFUXH4PP5cDon't know what to make of that really: 3/10.

I need to cheer up: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=za05HBtGsgU&feature=related

[Lokasenna]

Love it! I've always had a soft spot for ABBA. 9/10

Well, everyone knows Jeff Buckley's cover of Hallelujah, but I actually think this is at least as good, if not actually better...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tfpVq4rPfQg

[MarkBastable]

Love it! I've always had a soft spot for ABBA. 9/10

Seek professional help, I implore you.


Well, everyone knows Jeff Buckley's cover of Hallelujah, but I actually think this is at least as good, if not actually better...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tfpVq4rPfQg


I think she lacks the necessary weary gravitas. She makes it anguished when it ought to be resigned. 5/10


I'm fond of Cale's version (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ckbdLVX736U) - though even he says the 'yous' as 'you' most of the time, and half the trick of this song is to get away with 'yer' without sounding mannered.

[Scheherazade]

Seek professional help, I implore you.Why would anyone seek professional help for having great taste in music???

They should only offer help for those who cannot appreciate ABBA!
I'm fond of Cale's version (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ckbdLVX736U) - though even he says the 'yous' as 'you' most of the time, and half the trick of this song is to get away with 'yer' without sounding mannered.You know when I clicked on the link, I went off to another page without watching the video and I thought, "Hey, this is good..." Then, I went back to the youtube page and saw the haircut.

He looks like Gary Oldman in "Fifth Element":

http://www.vgvisionary.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/20080729wolfenstein3.jpg

5/10


Next: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-0skjm-uJSs

[MarkBastable]

Blondie had their moments, and this is not one of them. There are few musical genres more limp than white kids poppifying bad reggae. 2/10

This (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fx0929oUcNU)is rather better.

[Scheherazade]

This (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fx0929oUcNU)is rather better.That sounds like out of a bad musical: 1/10!

Next: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MWu-QOVekeU&feature=avmsc2

[MarkBastable]

Po-faced, self-regarding, melodramatic tossers whose every breath is a waste of oxygen that could be better used lighting a cigarette. Not that I've given it much thought. 1/10


Uncharacteristically poppy song (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=phIicfOd_cQ&feature=fvst)from under the Westway.

[Scheherazade]

Uncharacteristically poppy song (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=phIicfOd_cQ&feature=fvst)from under the Westway.Well, they should keep away from poppy songs. They sound like highschool bands: 2/10.

Next: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z7OSz4uK7yQ&feature=fvst

[MarkBastable]

Can't deny the guy's influence, but my feeling is that he didn't do anything worthwhile after 1958. The whole Vegas period, quite apart from being the antithesis of everything rock'n'roll was about, would have been an embarrassment except for the fact that it revealed him for what he really was: a corporate entertainer whose natural consistuency was trade conventions and tupperware parties. 2/10

Who can watch this (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=05ZgyoZvhgI)without dying a little inside?

[Scheherazade]

Who can watch this (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=05ZgyoZvhgI)without dying a little inside?Unlike you, I was not around till much later so cannot compare his work before and after 1958 but I love his voice; would be happy to listen to him if he sang out the MacDonald's menu: 6/10!

Next: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NGXYAJoDWCk&feature=avmsc2

[MarkBastable]

Unlike you, I was not around till much later so cannot compare his work before and after 1958...

I shall take that into account next time we discuss a book published before 1980.



but I love his voice; would be happy to listen to him if he sang out the MacDonald's menu: 6/10!


I think he'd be more likely to order it than sing it.


Lavigne: not sufficiently significant to merit a lot of thought. Perfectly good teen pop. 5/10


One for boysenberry jam fans (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Pf1zYwpSWQ)....

[Scheherazade]

I shall take that into account next time we discuss a book published before 1980.Not sure to be flattered or offended but I will go with the realistic option: I am offended!!!

One for boysenberry jam fans (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Pf1zYwpSWQ)....Like it... I think: 7/10.

Next: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sJdgSRzv8wE

[Lokasenna]

Sigh... there is a definite tendency among some modern musicians to think that wittering into a microphone in a bored fashion is somehow more 'significant' than actually singing. I love voices: be they big, sorrowful, energetic, or whatever... this just lacks anything. 2/10.

Something a little out of my usual comfort zone, but that I rather like:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x-64CaD8GXw

[Emil Miller]

Sigh... there is a definite tendency among some modern musicians to think that wittering into a microphone in a bored fashion is somehow more 'significant' than actually singing. I love voices: be they big, sorrowful, energetic, or whatever... this just lacks anything. 2/10.

Something a little out of my usual comfort zone, but that I rather like:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x-64CaD8GXw

All sound and fury signifying nothing whatsoever.

Why doesn't somebody post a song with great lyrics and a melodious voice to go with it? Take this one for example.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dnYA0w4cWiE

[Lokasenna]

All sound and fury signifying nothing whatsoever.

Why doesn't somebody post a song with great lyrics and a melodious voice to go with it? Take this one for example.

I sort of did with Schubert's Gretchen am Spinnrade earlier on - variety is the spice of life, my friend!

Excuse the double-post, but what the hell is that, Brian? It sounds like an elderly stroke victim clinging desperately onto his death-bed! I'm all for the spiritual dimension, but that just sounds embarassing... 0/10.

The first thing I clicked on to get away from THAT thing:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JMcAt7Ojd_o

[Emil Miller]

Excuse the double-post, but what the hell is that, Brian? It sounds like an elderly stroke victim clinging desperately onto his death-bed! I'm all for the spiritual dimension, but that just sounds embarassing... 0/10.

The first thing I clicked on to get away from THAT thing:

I thought you'd like it. Some of the comments on the video defy belief. Here's what I mean:
Being an atheist it is still hard to listen to this record without tears in my eyes......
AndrasKeri 1 month ago.

[OrphanPip]

Song doesn't do much for me, 5/10

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PMbUQAlOjPc

[papayahed]

Cute 8/10

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D9WH8AfakFs

[Emil Miller]

Song doesn't do much for me, 5/10

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PMbUQAlOjPc

Now if I were an infant child sitting in my pram, I would probably identify with your choice of song. But as I am not, it must be zero out of ten. However, here is a song on a similar subject, which is juvenile as opposed to your infantile choice.

[Scheherazade]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D9WH8AfakFsIt was all right: 6/10.
Now if I were an infant child sitting in my pram, I would probably identify with your choice of song. But as I am not, it must be zero out of ten. However, here is a song on a similar subject, which is juvenile as opposed to your infantile choice.Where is the song, Brian?

Next: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tth-8wA3PdY

Oh, how I danced and sang along to this song tonight! :party:

[Gilliatt Gurgle]

Now if I were an infant child sitting in my pram, I would probably identify with your choice of song. But as I am not, it must be zero out of ten. However, here is a song on a similar subject, which is juvenile as opposed to your infantile choice.

That was brilliant! I had to find the lyrics. Here's and excerpt:

“Oh, what a wonderful thing to be,
A healthy grown up busy busy bee.
Toying with the tulips, tasting every type,
Building up the honey-comb that looks like tripe.
I'd like to be a busy little bee,
Being just as busy as a bee can be,
Flying all around in the wild hedgerows,
Stinging all the cows upon the parson's nose!”



It was all right: 6/10.Where is the song, Brian?

Next: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tth-8wA3PdY

Oh, how I danced and sang along to this song tonight! :party:

Brian's song was there. I just listened to it.

Anyhow, to yours Schehe
4/10. Great voice, but that smells a lot like disco.

How about this one. Now give it a chance, especially if you are a Peter Lorre fan:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Is8ZtFGTHmo
.
.

[papayahed]

oh goodness, it seems like something Bean would enjoy, however I'm not Bean - 3/10


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YIAnkrPgTvY

[Basil]

Sounds like something someone not named Basil might enjoy. 4/10

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RJcCzWcgPsY

[The Comedian]

It's pretty groovy. That is, if one enjoys a good groove from time to time.

5/10

EDIT

Basil beat me to it. Basil -- The Replacements, on a 10-scale, ALWAYS rate a 10/10 for this Comedian. Always. Great choice.

Here's one that I remember my parents listening to all the time when I was a wee lad.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hgI8bta-7aw

[papayahed]

I remember it, 8/10


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TGDQ85Dg-ss

[Scheherazade]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TGDQ85Dg-ss6/10.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=64QkD5pBWWE&feature=related

[Paulclem]

6/10.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=64QkD5pBWWE&feature=related

A superb song 9/10. it reminds me of pubs and parties i went to.

So this reminds me of a few parties I went to.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q9hLcRU5wE4

[Scheherazade]

So this reminds me of a few parties I went to.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q9hLcRU5wE4Well, I don't think I have ever attended one of those parties, Paul! 4/10. (It's awfully long).


Next: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lyl5DlrsU90

[papayahed]

Love it! 9/10


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dYlAwvz8uwc

[Scheherazade]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dYlAwvz8uwcYou're killing me! 11/10!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6aO4n1fLEVQ&feature=fvw

[Sapphire]

Papayahed 9/10 I really like that song, but I never saw the clip - so thank you!

Edit too late :p ok, Scheherazade - I do like Johnny Cash, but only for a minute :blush:
4/10

Some more rain (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pgs2oiWiYV4)

[Emil Miller]

Love it! 9/10


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dYlAwvz8uwc

Nothing for the usual long-haired loonies but 3/10 for the fat girl in the bee costume.
Now for something completely different:


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qcKGrCrVFxw

[Lokasenna]

That was... different. Mind-bendingly awful, but... different. I'll give it 4/10... for its difference...

I'll go out on a limb with a non-vocal piece:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IRx9gnY0Mp0

[Emil Miller]

That was... different. Mind-bendingly awful, but... different. I'll give it 4/10... for its difference...

I'll go out on a limb with a non-vocal piece:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IRx9gnY0Mp0

Quite pleasant and Japanese too. 6/10

Now here's another Japanese performance of a different type. It's not to my taste musically, but Oh! Those Japanese girls

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VYpZT96PXS0

[Scheherazade]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VYpZT96PXS0Brian! I do not know how to respond to this one. I mean, I love some bubble gum pop and all but this... They make Sugababes look like the Beatles! 0/20.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZBNyAvT2lRM&feature=related

[Paulclem]

Brian! I do not know how to respond to this one. I mean, I love some bubble gum pop and all but this... They make Sugababes look like the Beatles! 0/20.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZBNyAvT2lRM&feature=related

Perhaps the video impressed Brian.

Catchy, but not my cup of tea. 5/5

How about:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wmin5WkOuPw

I like the song, but like it even more because the Daily - we know what's best for you - Mail wanted to ban it. I wonder if he had a headache after making the video? Think of all the stuff thet didn't use.

[MarkBastable]

Dear ol' Keith. He'th a firethtarter, a twithted firethtarter. The only way Keith could start a fire would be if static sparks from his nylon slacks caught his man-made-fibre feather-effect boa.

I have never before agreed with the Daily Mail, but I feel that song should have been banned on the basis of preventing the fathomless embarrassment of all concerned. 2/10


Here's a classic (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GYXBzE-Cpec&feature=related)that carries ten times the menace of lisping Keith's claims to pyromania.

[The Comedian]

Nice! That song brings back many fond memories. . . .

8/10

Here's one that I like from time to time:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=no6-vsHgHJg&feature=avmsc2

[Gilliatt Gurgle]

Something Gilliatt can appreciate! - 7/10

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YRXRHZboVzM&feature=related

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[Emil Miller]

Perhaps the video impressed Brian. .

Only the girls Paul. Only the girls.

[papayahed]

Something Gilliatt can appreciate! - 7/10

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YRXRHZboVzM&feature=related

.

If that ain't country..... 7/10


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sfpNESdK7qA&feature=related

[Scheherazade]

Only the girls Paul. Only the girls.I met this other guy who thought very highly of Eastern looking girls some time ago...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sfpNESdK7qA&feature=relatedMy brother used to listen to them in 1970s: 6/10!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EC76b0VZQog&NR=1

[Emil Miller]

I met this other guy who thought very highly of Eastern looking girls some time ago...

Obviously a man of good taste.:biggrin5:

[adityasam]

A beautiful song this one!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=idvnG3_PIYg (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=idvnG3_PIYg)

[MarkBastable]

A beautiful song this one!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=idvnG3_PIYg (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=idvnG3_PIYg)

No it's not. It's self-indulgent crap. However, in the spirit of the game, I'll point out that you need to rate the previous song before posting one to be rated by the next correspondent. You might have been understandably misled by Brian sticking in an ad hoc comment. The rest of us usually are.

No big deal. If you'd like to rate Scheherezade's contribution (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EC76b0VZQog&NR=1 and then post Mr Potato Head again, I'll make the 'self-indulgent crap' assessment official by expressing it in terms of a score out of ten.

[papayahed]

Scher: Not Bad 8/10

adityasam: Not bad either 7.5/10

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oNgSeJzLJFc

[Scheherazade]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oNgSeJzLJFc4/10 at the moment but would have given it a 7 or 8 had I had some Margarita in my system! :smilewinkgrin:

Another song that might get better after Margarita consumption:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Ahe_hTXgBY&feature=related

[Sapphire]

No Margerita in my system, but I've liked this song from the start ;) It can get a bit "nagging" though...
5/10

Some quick guitar playing Shelbie County Jail (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a73rWqTbpAU)

[toni]

No Margerita in my system, but I've liked this song from the start ;) It can get a bit "nagging" though...
5/10

Some quick guitar playing Shelbie County Jail (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a73rWqTbpAU)

7/10 I enjoyed the guitars

Weather Report - Birdland
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pqashW66D7o

[Emil Miller]

No Margerita in my system, but I've liked this song from the start ;) It can get a bit "nagging" though...
5/10

Some quick guitar playing Shelbie County Jail (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a73rWqTbpAU)

Quite clever variations on the tune and the guitar isn't electric so 5/10.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YDAJxazhZvM

[MarkBastable]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YDAJxazhZvM


Terrific, of course. 8/10


Some wonderfully constructed rhymes in this (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fhG9hKiplfQ)too.

[Lokasenna]

Ha! Wonderful! 9/10

If we're in a Disney mood, this next one is my favourite. Probably the darkest song in the darkest Disney movie; bonus points if you speak Latin:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fRO-M4XyAbM&feature=related

[MarkBastable]

I think it stops a bit short of where it should go - but, yeah, an uncharacteristically dark bit of Disney. 7/10

I've never been a fan of Walt's work, I have to say. I find it glutinous. However, having been forced to watch Cinderella eight times a day when my daughters were toddlers, I have seen a subtextual subversion in the tale of the downtrodden stepdaughter.

When Cinderella wakes up and readies herself for a day of servitude, all the animals and birds - comedy mice and what appear to be psychedelic sparrows - lay out her clothes and make her bed and hand her a towel when she steps out of the shower. And I've noticed that, although these anthropomorphic sprites prepare a shabby dress and a patched-up blouse and a tired apron for our put-upon heroine, there's no sign of underwear. None at all. Which raises the slightly disturbing (though cheerful) possibility that right the way through the movie Cinderella's going commando.

I've always thought it a little implausible that the Prince - who has resisted romantic commitment so long and so successfully - should become so utterly obsessed with Cinderella on so brief an acquaintance. However, one is now intrigued to know what he may have seen reflected in those glass slippers.

Anyway, here's a change of pace. I really don't know why I like this. It's not my kinda music at all. I think it's that there's an emotional honesty about it that's impossible to dismiss....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KRzMtlZjXpU&feature=avmsc2

[Sapphire]

:D Definitely one of their best 7/10

That reminds me of this cover:
Alanis Morissette (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Np-AE8gQ3EA)

[MarkBastable]

:D [color=blue]Alanis Morissette (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Np-AE8gQ3EA)

3/10

I think there are two problems with that.

The first is that after the opening two lines, nothing new happens. Once you've clocked that its BPE's song done to a pretty piano, you're not going to get any more out of it.

Second, it's very difficult to satirise something that was tongue-in-cheek to begin with. It rather implies that you missed the joke and took it seriously, and the resulting spoof makes the spoofer look sillier than the originator.

However - it is possible to make this kind of thing work, if you add a dimension to the original that makes it a new thing.

I think that Ben Folds manages exactly that here...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O7LzUSWg8uE&feature=related


(er....includes a lot of swearing and adult themes.... Just in case you're not a grown-up.)

[Sapphire]

:crazy: I don't think I hear (in that song), what you say you hear... It is all in the ears of the receiver!
3/10

Here's a translation of a wonderful song by Jaques Brel (Voir un ami pleurer). Doesn't work half as well as the original, but it is in English... Is it allowed to post a French song?!?
To see a friend in tears (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WgkauxjxD-w)

[Basil]

I kinda liked that. 7.5/10

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_FhVbyeWFvo&feature=related

[OrphanPip]

I haven't really ever gotten too into Neko Case, but I like them whenever I hear them 7/10

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jtCGODjuRq0&feature=channel

[Basil]

I haven't really ever gotten too into Neko Case, but I like them whenever I hear them

"Them" is a "her (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neko_Case)." :)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jtCGODjuRq0&feature=channel

[OrphanPip]

Ha, well she's not playing all those instruments herself.

On another related note, the recent New Pornographers album was kinda disappointing.

[Basil]

Rating your song from the last page: okay, kind of repetitive. 6/10


On another related note, the recent New Pornographers album was kinda disappointing.
Let us reflect then on happier times:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y8Ro7rraIlo

[Lokasenna]

Eeh... not to my tastes I'm afraid - too noisy. 3/10

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q3Kvu6Kgp88

[OrphanPip]

Edith is classic of course, 9/10.

Here's some more French music, rather different from Edith.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Wc3yDETocs

[Emil Miller]

Edith is classic of course, 9/10.

Here's some more French music, rather different from Edith.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Wc3yDETocs

It achieves level of the grotesque which is surely worth 2/10.

Now I simply couldn't resist this one.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UIOEqYckMbE

[Sapphire]

Not my kind of music... Way too sweet. But I guess he can sing...
4/10

From blessing to Bliss (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=himYtuXrLC4)

And now I find that all creation is undone...

[Lokasenna]

It's not actually bad, it's just not really my sort of thing... 5/10

I found this the other day, and it made me smile:

Dracula: The Musical - Within My World (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xj2rm5bTrQQ)

[papayahed]

Kinda generic 6/10

Now this is a musical:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dr-zTldPiVE&feature=related

[OrphanPip]

One of my favourite movies, whether that's a good or a bad thing is another matter, 10/10.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rdLUV0hhYZY

[Sapphire]

:lol: Wonderful :D "Cela n'est rien" :lol:
8/10

Somehow I got it into my mind that Madame la Marquise is making a cruize... which reminded me of the theme of the Love Boat, but I changed my mind to this song.
Downeaster Alexa (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ipzh0gnzJT8)

[Lokasenna]

Hey, that's not half bad! I'll give that an 8/10.

Something else (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=47fsbKC6qas) from Loki's random Youtube jukebox...

[Shalot]

7/10 - only a 7 just b/c that's not my style. It's not bad though. Very energetic

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lrdYczRLXkE

[papayahed]

Too crunchy granola for me. 7.5/10


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zZI0zO2TS1Y&feature=related

[Scheherazade]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zZI0zO2TS1Y&feature=relatedLike it: 7/10!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lDK9QqIzhwk&feature=avmsc2

[OrphanPip]

I saw Bon Jovi live once, and they're tolerable, but I'm not a big fan. 5/10

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1-RI8-eSQoQ&feature=channel

[Shalot]

Too crunchy granola for me. 7.5/10




bahahaha - funniness. Crunchy granola is what I've become.

4/10 on the noise song. Just not my thing

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_-XeHmrNSoc

[Sapphire]

They sure got skills :nod: Not my style though :nonod:
5/10

Novastar - Wrong (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6QUke8-6B9c)

[adityasam]

5/10.....The video was crap and the song was below average. My ears didn't like it.

Nothing in my way - Keane (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dw4uG3ZMW1s-)

[Sapphire]

I did not like it at first, but it kinda grow along the way
For a lonely soul, you're having such a nice time

6/10

Classic in my book:
INXS (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VFUEgFdP5zE)

[Paulclem]

Dear ol' Keith. He'th a firethtarter, a twithted firethtarter. The only way Keith could start a fire would be if static sparks from his nylon slacks caught his man-made-fibre feather-effect boa.

I have never before agreed with the Daily Mail, but I feel that song should have been banned on the basis of preventing the fathomless embarrassment of all concerned. 2/10


Here's a classic (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GYXBzE-Cpec&feature=related)that carries ten times the menace of lisping Keith's claims to pyromania.

:lol:

I just caught your comment.


I did not like it at first, but it kinda grow along the way
For a lonely soul, you're having such a nice time

6/10

Classic in my book:
INXS (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VFUEgFdP5zE)

I liked it - it grew on me. 6/10

Do you remember when you could have a 12 inch on the dancefloor? This was one half of..

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NOvVSCkCPwo&feature=fvst

[papayahed]

Nice! 8.5/10


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CR2T1fXP9NI&feature=related

[Paulclem]

Nice! 8.5/10


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CR2T1fXP9NI&feature=related

That was excellent - 9/10

I thought the rubber band dance at the end was pretty good, though the audience dancer was the best mover.

When you put the spinners i thought you meant this folk group.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=moGQ2MCVlA0

[Basil]

I very much enjoyed the shots of scenic splendor that comprised the video. And I didn't hate the music, although folk isn't really my thing. 7/10

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KUP5rwVNJko

[JuniperWoolf]

First reaction: this video is creepy.

Second reaction: Wow, this song is fantastic (they do sound like the B-52s).

9/10

Je suis Canadien!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=14i6z6qkmzI

[Paulclem]

First reaction: this video is creepy.

Second reaction: Wow, this song is fantastic (they do sound like the B-52s).

9/10

Je suis Canadien!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=14i6z6qkmzI

It was ok 5/10

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t_-QAq8k0C8

Some pose-punks

[OrphanPip]

Je suis Canadien!


You're missing an extra "ne" at the end of that, unless you've had a sex change ;).

At least it's better than Separatist folk songs about how **** the English are.


It was ok 5/10

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t_-QAq8k0C8

Some pose-punks

If I were in the right mood, 6/10.

So, here's a separatist folk-rock song about how **** the English are.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nWy1WzGI0wo

[MarkBastable]

I'm not sure Bauhaus were ever classifiable as punk, or even posey-punk. They were more sort of glam-goth-pop-rock-new-wave-indie. Er. Which was a very identifiable movement. But I'm not crazy about the song. 5/10



The best band in that vein, if you want my opinion, which of course you do, you know you do, yes you do, is this one (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gbk8dBl39io&feature=related)....


Oh, crap. Some Canadian thing got in there. I can't face it. Pip, review the Furs and take yours up to the next slot. I beg you.

[OrphanPip]

Oh, crap. Some Canadian thing got in there. I can't face it. Pip, review the Furs and take yours up to the next slot. I beg you.

Haha, OK fine, 7.5/10, at least the sound is much better than the last one.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nWy1WzGI0wo

[Scheherazade]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nWy1WzGI0woLiked some of the images and the music without the lyrics (not that I understand them). It would be all right on a movie soundtrack probably: 2/10.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DSlSaGcc0QM&feature=avmsc2

[Paulclem]

I'm not sure Bauhaus were ever classifiable as punk, or even posey-punk. They were more sort of glam-goth-pop-rock-new-wave-indie. Er. Which was a very identifiable movement. But I'm not crazy about the song. 5/10



The best band in that vein, if you want my opinion, which of course you do, you know you do, yes you do, is this one (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gbk8dBl39io&feature=related)....


Oh, crap. Some Canadian thing got in there. I can't face it. Pip, review the Furs and take yours up to the next slot. I beg you.

Seeing as you're so unsure I'll go with my definition. I know them through my mate. I remember it well...posey they were. Have you seen the Maxell Ad?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IBem3x7G6bc

Punk - maybe aspiring to that. We can agree to differ seeing as we're both socialist. (I'm more a cup of tea socialist). :biggrinjester:


Liked some of the images and the music without the lyrics (not that I understand them). It would be all right on a movie soundtrack probably: 2/10.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DSlSaGcc0QM&feature=avmsc2

I listen to this frequently as it's on my Spotify playlist. 9/10

To carry on the rock:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kksa86TzwsY&feature=fvst

[OrphanPip]

To carry on the rock:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kksa86TzwsY&feature=fvst

We're back to Canadian music, lol. That video made no sense, but 8/10 for the song.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dVC2cszdTao&a=GxdCwVVULXfKZ1iHpq3V2pm36ln39NCl

[Scheherazade]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dVC2cszdTao&a=GxdCwVVULXfKZ1iHpq3V2pm36ln39NClEh: 3/10.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0fcRa5Z6LmU

[MarkBastable]

Just when you think there might be some future for mankind, some focus on higher concerns, some elevated aspiration or inspired mutual satori, some significance to our species - just when you are within a blink of believing that human beings might achieve something together, you remember that the Red Hot Chili Peppers sell lots of records, and in that moment all hope for humanity is whisked away like Marlboro smoke on a gust of chilly wind.


0/10


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VAhyiGp-huk

[sixsmith]

Just when you think there might be some future for mankind, some focus on higher concerns, some elevated aspiration or inspired mutual satori, some significance to our species - just when you are within a blink of believing that human beings might achieve something together, you remember that the Red Hot Chili Peppers sell lots of records, and in that moment all hope for humanity is whisked away like Marlboro smoke on a gust of chilly wind.

:cheers2:



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VAhyiGp-huk

7/10


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NYRI2Re5dmo

[Paulclem]

:cheers2:




7/10


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NYRI2Re5dmo

Good. I discovered warren Zevon on Spotify - just entering keywords.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5JU_sh-UQMw

[JuniperWoolf]

You're missing an extra "ne" at the end of that, unless you've had a sex change ;).


Ahh! I'll never learn stupid French, I should just give up.

[OrphanPip]

Ahh! I'll never learn stupid French, I should just give up.

Well you just started, I've had 13 years of formal education and living in a Francophone city to help me learn it, and I still speak broken French.

[Basil]

Good. I discovered warren Zevon on Spotify - just entering keywords.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5JU_sh-UQMw

I liked that quite a bit. 8.5/10

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7yVBMUXr4xo&feature=related

[Sapphire]

:) 6/10

Another McLean (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dipFMJckZOM)

[MarkBastable]

Another McLean (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dipFMJckZOM)

The perfect excuse to trot out this little essay...

It’s a fair bet that more people know the refrain from Don McClean’s song about the man than could name five Van Gogh paintings. This is indicative of the problem with Vince.

Ate paint, became obsessed with a whore, self-mutilated, went mad, committed suicide unappreciated and in poverty. Pretty much the template for contemporary requirements of an artist. With a résumé like that, how could he not be a genius?

Well, look at the pictures. Heartfelt daubs, unarguably. Vibrant with colour straight out of the pot and bearing the frantic strokes of a man in a hurry to get along to the brothel. But twenty-five million dollars for a still life of flowers in a vase? If cost were a measure of talent, that would make Van Gogh a better painter than Michelangelo, Picasso, Raphael – which, let’s be honest, he ain’t.

He is, though, a more famously tortured soul than any of them. He’s the fine art equivalent of Marilyn Monroe – a lost and misunderstood spirit that everyone feels they could have saved, given a chance meeting over a glass of absinthe. People adore the man – and his art by association - because he’s the personification of the romantic view of the artist. Mad, sad and unrecognised in his lifetime, he has taken on a dually-vital role in our view of art.

Firstly, he lets us off liking anything contemporary, because he’s the proof that, despite our philistine laziness, the good stuff will eventually rise to the top. We have no idea what’s going on in art these days but – hey – we’re not supposed to. Posterity will sort it out for us.

Secondly – and complementarily - he allows us to be retrospectively insightful about genius. We are the posterity that rescued Vincent’s work. We are more perceptive than any of his blinkered and cloddish contemporaries. We don’t know what we like, but we know lots about art.

Our fondness for Van Gogh amounts to self-gratifying necrophilia – and it’s a pity, because the work is really not bad at all. Unfortunately we don’t stop to listen to the clarified silence of the starry night. We’re too busy amplifying the echoed whines of a nutcase with earache.


And I don't like the song much either. 3/10


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=akiBVlrRvEQ

[Sapphire]

Noted.
I read in the paper the other day that more people know Vincent van Gogh because he got rid of his ear, than because of his work. :nod: I think it is a shame - I like the vibrant colours in his (later) work.

As for the Tom Petty song, I myself would not consider that one of his best.
4/10

Tom Petty made me think of Refugee and thus Prayer of the Refugee - Rise Against (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ltWrSrVUBU)

[Scheherazade]

Tom Petty made me think of Refugee and thus Prayer of the Refugee - Rise Against (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ltWrSrVUBU)I could blame the global warming or hungry children in Africa on this song, of course, but I will simply say it was not my cup of tea exactly: 2/10!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wy97lOwvECs&feature=related

[Lokasenna]

**shiver** I've always disliked this song. I know he was dying at the time, and it's supposed to be all sad and meaningful, but it just makes me feel uncomfortable. 2/10

This (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JfKGoP6KEpw), on the other hand, has no meaning...

[Paulclem]

**shiver** I've always disliked this song. I know he was dying at the time, and it's supposed to be all sad and meaningful, but it just makes me feel uncomfortable. 2/10

This (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JfKGoP6KEpw), on the other hand, has no meaning...

How could he have been wasted on those rubbish carry on films. 8/10

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-6S7agOnOTE

I couldn't find Mike Harding's version.

[MarkBastable]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-6S7agOnOTE



Oh dear. Oh dear oh dear oh dear. 0/10



Meanwhile, in a forgotten corner of the nineteen-seventies...a baby's arm holding an apple (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fgjfi1DU1mQ).

[Paulclem]

Oh dear. Oh dear oh dear oh dear. 0/10



Meanwhile, in a forgotten corner of the nineteen-seventies...a baby's arm holding an apple (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fgjfi1DU1mQ).

:lol: This thread is great.

Well forgotten in my opinion. 4/10. It's one of the reasons punk happened.

Along a similar vein, but a bit folkier:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yl1DQxdd5Ew

[Scheherazade]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yl1DQxdd5EwI had to turn it off somewhere halfway: 0/20.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GEb1pvizMcM&feature=channel

[Sapphire]

I have always liked that one
9/10

More dreams by Prefab Sprout (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=akv1xOqNZHI)

[Paulclem]

I had to turn it off somewhere halfway: 0/20.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GEb1pvizMcM&feature=channel

:lol:


I have always liked that one
9/10

More dreams by Prefab Sprout (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=akv1xOqNZHI)

I liked this - it was one I liked at the time but passed me by without me knowing who it was by. 8/10

Here's another 80s offering that I've jigged - couldn't be called dancing really - to in nightclubs - after having had a few of course...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gt7mtdLha-c

[Scheherazade]

Here's another 80s offering that I've jigged - couldn't be called dancing really - to in nightclubs - after having had a few of course...A few... A few cheeseburgers? A few ice lollies???
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gt7mtdLha-cLove this! Still makes me dance: 9/10!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dOt6zVvs1qI&feature=av2e

[OrphanPip]

That guy looks likes Prince and Lenny Kravitz's b*stard lovechild, not sure if that's good or bad. The dancing was sufficiently camp to make me like it, song was kinda catchy too. 7/10

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SFI9s6INJPQ

[Sapphire]

I really like that :)
9/10

I bought a CD of Jeff Buckley today, thinking this song was on it. Turned out, it wasn't :brickwall. So I'll still have to relay on youtube for this one :)
cover Nina Simone (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8K6BSqi9F5A)

[Emil Miller]

I feel an obligation to punish those who insist on propagating drivel across the Internet. Therefore, the following is well deserved in my opinion.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rghZAeUJN7k

[Paulclem]

A few... A few cheeseburgers? A few ice lollies???Love this! Still makes me dance: 9/10!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dOt6zVvs1qI&feature=av2e

Yes that's it. A few lollies...:)


I feel an obligation to punish those who insist on propagating drivel across the Internet. Therefore, the following is well deserved in my opinion.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rghZAeUJN7k

It has a certain crackly elegance - but it's not my G&T old chap. 3/10

I'm going to have to ramp up a guitar for the next one.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rpoEmlxUPeQ

[Lokasenna]

All the musical quality of a bowel movement, I'm afraid: it gets 1/10 for having noise, if nothing else.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iTif4koVr7M

[Paulclem]

All the musical quality of a bowel movement, I'm afraid: it gets 1/10 for having noise, if nothing else.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iTif4koVr7M

:lol:

[Sapphire]

:nonod: Nightwish songs always have to grow on me (except Nemo, that one was a winner from the start), but this one doesn't invite me to listen to it again. Too polished...
3/10

Here's a great combination: Apocalyptica AND Sandra Nasic (Guano Apes) (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NP0X6InxePQ) :hurray:

[Paulclem]

:nonod: Nightwish songs always have to grow on me (except Nemo, that one was a winner from the start), but this one doesn't invite me to listen to it again. Too polished...
3/10

Here's a great combination: Apocalyptica AND Sandra Nasic (Guano Apes) (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NP0X6InxePQ) :hurray:

I liked the beginning, but it seemed too familiar afterwards. 4/10

I used to listen to my landlord's tape - I'm going back a bit - of Ram by Wings. I thought it was really good.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XsWufNDJl4M

[MarkBastable]

I used to listen to my landlord's tape - I'm going back a bit - of Ram by Wings. I thought it was really good.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XsWufNDJl4M


10/10

My favourite McCartney solo album. In fact, I like it more than a couple of Beatles albums.

Here's (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MT3ez3mkXFk)more...

[Paulclem]

10/10

My favourite McCartney solo album. In fact, I like it more than a couple of Beatles albums.

Here's (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MT3ez3mkXFk)more...

I'll go for 10/10 too. After remembering the album just now, I've been listening again to it on Youtube. It's very good. I'll have to buy it again.

It takes me right back to the living room of my first house with the brown carpet and the kitchen extension and the low settee that was fashionable at the time that caused you to bang your head when you sat down uncautiously......but I digress.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5PaxNmDCvL4

Some late 70s funky disco thingy...

[Lokasenna]

It's alright - quite catchy, but also quite forgetable. 6/10.

Now, I love this (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WkS169P_Eeo).

[Sapphire]

Agreed 8/10

some Chris Isaak :) (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6TzA0hBinyg)

[MarkBastable]

[color=blue]some Chris Isaak :) (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6TzA0hBinyg)

Totally inoffensive. 4/10. Except for the clothes. 0/10



A love song... (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cm2YyVZBL8U)

[Paulclem]

Totally inoffensive. 4/10. Except for the clothes. 0/10



A love song... (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cm2YyVZBL8U)

Another good one. 9/10

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=00cEQHhbiVI

I like this version.

[The Comedian]

Not too bad. . . just not my mood right now. 4/10

I'm in for somthin' more like this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1LRtjVt0LUc

[Emil Miller]

Not too bad. . . just not my mood right now. 4/10

I'm in for somthin' more like this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1LRtjVt0LUc

Sorry, unable to rate it because it isn't copyrighted in the UK.
I'm sure this one will make up for it.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZhGFyewtZ-s

[MarkBastable]

Sorry, unable to rate it because it isn't copyrighted in the real world.

I'm sure this one will make up for it.

River (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ii578-Z9m5o&feature=related)

[Paulclem]

Sorry, unable to rate it because it isn't copyrighted in the real world.

I'm sure this one will make up for it.

River (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ii578-Z9m5o&feature=related)

Good song. 8/10
He's a bloke that should have had more recognition than he has too.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Robeson

Some late 70's fluff representative of the transitional period in data recording.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iwuy4hHO3YQ

[Lokasenna]

Vomit inducing. For some reason, these two have always gotten my heckles up. 1/10

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J0y2dDlFmLg

{edit} - whoops, that comment was for Mark's stuff. The next one, I'm kinda fond of in a cheesy way. 7/10.

[Emil Miller]

Good song. 8/10
He's a bloke that should have had more recognition than he has too.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Robeson

Some late 70's fluff representative of the transitional period in data recording.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iwuy4hHO3YQ




When are they going to stop clowning around and start singing something? Its got to be 0/10
I last heard this one when I was sitting outside a cafe in Shanghai and it was being played over the sound system. I couldn't hear it properly because of the traffic but I wasn't complaining too much.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iEshQf-tCJE

[Scheherazade]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J0y2dDlFmLgLove the movie: 7/10!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iEshQf-tCJEI love (most) old songs: 8/10!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r8hjtFq3vE0&feature=related

[sixsmith]

5/10. And and extra point for the hitherto undiscovered Satanic message.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hMguAdUpJ7I&feature=related

[Emil Miller]

[QUOTE=Scheherazade;936121![/B]I love (most) old songs: 8/10! QuOTE]

Meine liebe junge Dame, here is an 'old song' that happens to be a favourite of mine:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vL0KniirXHM

[Scheherazade]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hMguAdUpJ7I&feature=relatedHis voice is really growing on me: 7/10.
My dear young lady, here is an 'old song' that happens to be a favourite of mine:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vL0KniirXHMYou know, Brian, I remember listening to that song when I was barely 5 probably. It was a favorite of my mother's (she had watched the movie as a teenager and could never forget it) so it brings back so many pleasant memories: 10/10!

Next (something old, something new):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ztq-pfZjza0

[Sapphire]

Eliza Doolittle... I read about her and wanted to check her out :) You were just ahead of me ;) It is a happy little diddy - it definitely improves with the guy singing in it. There should be some more of that...
6/10

I really like the BBC radio lounge - live music to check out how artists really sing :D
Poker Face (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7CUYvWTd6oA)

[Emil Miller]

Eliza Doolittle... I read about her and wanted to check her out :) You were just ahead of me ;) It is a happy little diddy - it definitely improves with the guy singing in it. There should be some more of that...
6/10

I really like the BBC radio lounge - live music to check out how artists really sing :D
Poker Face (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7CUYvWTd6oA)

I'm afraid I really don't know what to say except 0/10
Now this one's much noisier and although repetitive (nothing new there eh?)
it's hilarious. Love the brothel creepers and dayglo sox.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LVvJLe0VJL0

[sixsmith]

Like something out of a really bad acid trip. 0/10.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gEPX1CMPiTA

[Scheherazade]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gEPX1CMPiTAQuite enjoyed that: 7/10.

Does anyone else think that Tom Waits looks like Will Ferrell?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HiqmZLOaD8o

[Emil Miller]

Quite enjoyed that: 7/10.

Does anyone else think that Tom Waits looks like Will Ferrell?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HiqmZLOaD8o

Never heard of Tom Waits, but if Will Ferrell (?) is anything like him I'm very happy to leave it like that. Now Mulan is definitely a girl worth fighting for.
Nice to hear some sensible lyrics and a recognisable tune with clever animation. 7/10.

Talking of Eastern songs:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I4My1jlhTVE

[Scheherazade]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I4My1jlhTVEBrian, now I kind of wish I had not reminded you to post a song! 1/10.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V0CG4eN8SUQ&feature=related

[MarkBastable]

I think that there's a unnecessary H and an unnecessary T in that song title. 2/10

Here's a thing (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nQv0v0Ykc14)- a song about being in happily in love that's completely free of any sideways irony....

[Sapphire]

I know that one :hurray: No irony at all... :p
7/10

I'm not an addict (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cklb7L0OA1c)

[Scheherazade]

I'm not an addict (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cklb7L0OA1c)I like her voice but not so much the song: 3/10.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pdPA2sEfBdo

[MarkBastable]

Were it not for a combination of British good manners and the UK's stringent gun control laws, Tina Charles would have been taken out to the woods and made to dig her own grave before being summarily executed by right-thinking citizens. 0/10



Jesus died... (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JL2I1krvhIE&feature=related)

[Sapphire]

Gloria ...
6/10

I like the drums in this one
30/30-150 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xJzE1m9aELk)

[Scheherazade]

30/30-150 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xJzE1m9aELk)Not my cup of tea (not advocating an execution, though): 1/10.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AO43p2Wqc08

[Emil Miller]

Not my cup of tea (not advocating an execution, though): 1/10.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AO43p2Wqc08

Grotesque 0/10, but in keeping with the limp-wristed theme:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V42AP21SMA4

[Scheherazade]

in keeping with the limp-wristed theme:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V42AP21SMA41/10 because I have just found what "limp-wristed" means.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y5fBdpreJiU&feature=channel

[Emil Miller]

1/10 because I have just found what "limp-wristed" means.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y5fBdpreJiU&feature=channel

Once more with feeling: 0/10

You appear to have led a sheltered life. Gone are the days when my friends and I would gather in the local hostelry to toast ourselves with: "Cheers Queers!"
However, I digress, let me take you back to a time when neanderthals didn't walk the musical scene and exquisite females like this decorated the British screen.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HERXtol3098

[Paulclem]

Once more with feeling: 0/10

You appear to have led a sheltered life. Gone are the days when my friends and I would gather in the local hostelry to toast ourselves with: "Cheers Queers!"
However, I digress, let me take you back to a time when neanderthals didn't walk the musical scene and exquisite females like this decorated the British screen.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HERXtol3098

I wonder why people sang and talked a semi-tone higher in those days. Anyway the song was ..... a 2/10.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z98lumIOHnA

Something with the normal tonal range.

[Gilliatt Gurgle]

Great choice Paul 10/10.
One of my favorites.

You beat me to Brian's. i was going to suggest that Brian's dame must have been a mentor to Tiny Tim:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c71RCAyLS1M


.

[Emil Miller]

I wonder why people sang and talked a semi-tone higher in those days. Anyway the song was ..... a 2/10.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z98lumIOHnA

Something with the normal tonal range.

That's an interesting point you raise about a semi-tone higher. It may be that the recording techniques of the time required singers to raise their voices to achieve the desired effect. However, I maintain that it is much more acceptable to the sub-humanoid world of the present 'music' scenario.

I forgot to rate the song, I'll give it 5/10 for the video of Turkey.

[MarkBastable]

That's an interesting point you raise about a semi-tone higher. It may be that the recording techniques of the time required singers to raise their voices to achieve the desired effect. However, I maintain that it is much more acceptable to the sub-humanoid world of the present 'music' scenario.

Thank you, Captain Mainwaring. And that would be 'more acceptable than'. You higher primates are expected to have mastered syntax.

In the meantime, I find Tiny Tim slightly disturbing, I have to say. 2/10

If pushed, I'd have to express a preference for those whom Uncle Eugenics over there describes as sub-human. For instance (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5auyeiK7eN8&feature=related)....

[Emil Miller]

Thank you, Captain Mainwaring. And that would be 'more acceptable than'. You higher primates are expected to have mastered syntax.

In the meantime, I find Tiny Tim slightly disturbing, I have to say. 2/10

If pushed, I'd have to express a preference for those whom Uncle Eugenics over there describes as sub-human. For instance (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5auyeiK7eN8&feature=related)....

Thank you for proving my point.

[MarkBastable]

Thank you for proving my point.

We've all become accustomed to making allowances for you, bless your heart.

[Emil Miller]

We've all become accustomed to making allowances for you, bless your heart.

Glad to see that you require 'all' to bolster your own self-centered lack of musical understanding. Now who was it that said, inter alia, "You can fool some of the people all of the time?"

[Gilliatt Gurgle]

If pushed, I'd have to express a preference for those whom Uncle Eugenics over there describes as sub-human. For instance (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5auyeiK7eN8&feature=related)....

Looks like eugenics took a turn for the worse especially with the hair. I realize the video attributes have nothing to do with the song, but I find myself turned on by white patent leather boots, therefore 4/10.

Here’s a ditty that I believe both MarkBastable and Brian can find common ground in:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1fAPEUWowEc

.

[papayahed]

Yeah, a common ground of mutual dislike.

I however think it's pretty good, 7.5/10


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wf4YYOc72wQ&feature=av2n

[The Comedian]

I like that one 7/10:

Here's one that I loved when I was a youngster.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dNZ2A2URVSY

[OrphanPip]

7/10, I don't mind Jane's Addiction.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l36eO6BwPq8&feature=related

[Sapphire]

OK
6/10

summer ditty (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=trByUZSwlZ8)

[Scheherazade]

summer ditty (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=trByUZSwlZ8)Quite all right: 6/10.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5CImrIKNmBo

[papayahed]

love it! 9.75/10


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KXewIR7Y7cc

[The Comedian]

It's alright. 5/10.

Here's one:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fl9KQ1Mub6Q

[Paulclem]

It's alright. 5/10.

Here's one:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fl9KQ1Mub6Q

Good 7/10

How about the Beautiful South

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GGDZB6Dlj0M

[qimissung]

Quite a pretty song. 8/10


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sx4PsxUvMqY&playnext=1&videos=NBOg6jE-WQk

[Sapphire]

A song which envites to listen to the lyrics. I can not say I really understand what he's getting at though :blush:
5/10

A classic song - explained :rofl:
Mack the Knife (2nd English version) (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LaxBVUOkyLs)

[Emil Miller]

A song which envites to listen to the lyrics. I can not say I really understand what he's getting at though :blush:
5/10

A classic song - explained :rofl:
Mack the Knife (2nd English version) (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LaxBVUOkyLs)

Interesting to see some real singers for a change. 7/10

Here's another one:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3sibx2v-FFM

[Sapphire]

A bit too sweet for me, but that woman can sing!
6/10

I rather have a bit of comedy in it :wink5:
Betty Hutton (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ClGNm89GZBE)
As for voices, I like Tori Amos her version better - but Betty Hutton does know how to bring it :)

[Emil Miller]

A bit too sweet for me, but that woman can sing!
6/10

I rather have a bit of comedy in it :wink5:
Betty Hutton (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ClGNm89GZBE)
As for voices, I like Tori Amos her version better - but Betty Hutton does know how to bring it :)

I prefer them sweet. Betty Hutton was one of those blonde bombshell types like the Andrews Sisters that were all over the place in WWII, so i'll give it 6/10.
Now here's a combination of both the sweet and the loud.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yGOzN1ZcMns

[Scheherazade]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yGOzN1ZcMnsThat was too sweet for my liking (even though I liked the voice): 4/10.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jdYKC9Y6G9w&feature=av2n

[sixsmith]

That was too sweet for my liking (even though I liked the voice): 4/10.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jdYKC9Y6G9w&feature=av2n

Egregious. 0/10.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XrfybIX1Ook

[Emil Miller]

Egregious. 0/10.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XrfybIX1Ook

Oh dear, some scruffy youths strumming electric guitars and shouting indecipherable words to the great unwashed. It's got to be deja vu and 0/10.
Thanks to this thread I discovered that the film 'A Certain Smile' was available in its entirety. Here's the theme song. Sorry there's no drugs or infantilism involved but things have obviously improved since then.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0dHFdOo5zT4

[The Comedian]

WOW! My dad would SO love this song. I give it 2/10 only because I have such a high opinion of my dad. :lol:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=och6K-Qk6OM&feature=av2e

[papayahed]

Not bad but kinda slow for me 7/10

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z_XFmc7JjS4&feature=related

[Shalot]

If I were in a better mood I could possibly do this but for today I'm giving it a 3. It's just too upbeat.

Here's a late 80's Dial MTV Video


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sxBNgo5BCNw&feature=related

[Sapphire]

She's got a hypnotizing voice
4/10

Maybe it is a sign of weakness, when I do not know what to say (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=euMQ0RBfCEM)

[Shalot]

oh yeah, I remember that song 6/10

another 80's lady


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hdhonK8NMm8

[sixsmith]

Like it. 7/10.


This one goes out to Brian.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=21OH0wlkfbc&feature=related

[Emil Miller]

Like it. 7/10.


This one goes out to Brian.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=21OH0wlkfbc&feature=related

Thanks sixsmith,

Just what I needed. I think you know the rating.

Now this one is marginally less childish and the cat looks very much like my own.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RZ-CQEF5Or4

[papayahed]

I'm not sure the reason for it. 2/10.


Let's at least learn something:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h4QEzJe6_ok

[Shalot]

Fabulous

And another one:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ODJ-AAmCM-A&feature=related

(this is going to be in my head all day now)

[Basil]

9/10

I love that Tom Lehrer came out of his retirement from "show biz" to contribute songs to The Electric Company:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EVC9TayQIh8

[Paulclem]

9/10

I love that Tom Lehrer came out of his retirement from "show biz" to contribute songs to The Electric Company:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EVC9TayQIh8

I prefer the grammar rock but 6/10 for effort.

Let's crank up the standard.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a0FbfSSdxhI

[Paulclem]

I prefer the grammar rock but 6/10 for effort.

Let's crank up the standard.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a0FbfSSdxhI

Rubbish 1/10

One from when Elton was good.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZxeBccvWDRQ

[Delta40]

don't go breaking my heart

7/10

Jethro Tull minstrel in the Gallery

[Paulclem]

Hi Delta - are you going to post the song link?

[Scheherazade]

To jump-start the thread:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SjJwqDa1QVI&feature=related

[OrphanPip]

To jump-start the thread:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SjJwqDa1QVI&feature=related

Oh God, reminds me of when I was a kid and used to listen to crappy 90s dance music on my Sony Walkman. I think I'd like to forget that I ever owned those cassettes.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GeEuFWLt3WU

Edit: oopsies, 6/10, for the nostalgia.

[Scheherazade]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GeEuFWLt3WUOh, this song still makes me want to dance! 6/10!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sZTpLvsYYHw&feature=channel

[Paulclem]

Oh, this song still makes me want to dance! 6/10!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sZTpLvsYYHw&feature=channel

Not bad 7/10

How about a bit of Weller.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A9_ffgwLVCs&feature=av2e

[Scheherazade]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A9_ffgwLVCs&feature=av2eI like the song all right but that haircut... That is unforgivable. Did he not have a publicist to guide him in the right direction (ie away from that haircut)??? 4/10.

Another song with a scary hair-do:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lB6a-iD6ZOY&playnext=1&videos=KpdhprExAtA&feature=artistob

[adityasam]

Wow, I liked the song.....7.75/10

Keane - Crystal Ball (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E6vaCjdPVsA)

I Haven't given the official video. Thought this one would be better!)

[Paulclem]

Wow, I liked the song.....7.75/10

Keane - Crystal Ball (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E6vaCjdPVsA)

I Haven't given the official video. Thought this one would be better!)

I like it 7.54323454

Some early 80's rock.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nCBASt507WA&feature=av2e

[Shalot]

no thanks. not today.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KIzCfLnPeJ4

[Basil]

Have to say I prefer their earlier stuff, like Lonesome Crowded West. 6/10

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l-g8J3pcmGY&feature=search

[sixsmith]

Have to say I prefer their earlier stuff, like Lonesome Crowded West. 6/10

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l-g8J3pcmGY&feature=search

Never really dug these guys. 5/10.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f2JnV7Vx4Hk

[Sapphire]

No... :nonod: I do not like his voice. Not my style :nonod: I kinda like the music though.
2/10

Go chase your dragons and I'll chase mine (http://www.youtube.com/watch?hl=en&v=GtDQveoGo_4&gl=US)

[Paulclem]

No... :nonod: I do not like his voice. Not my style :nonod: I kinda like the music though.
2/10

Go chase your dragons and I'll chase mine (http://www.youtube.com/watch?hl=en&v=GtDQveoGo_4&gl=US)

Ver good - 7/10

Some 90's stuff.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k4bHMVAKDao

[Basil]

I liked that more than I remember liking the Stone Roses when they were current. 7/10.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aeE82XyNkyM&feature=search

[Paulclem]

I liked that more than I remember liking the Stone Roses when they were current. 7/10.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aeE82XyNkyM&feature=search

I like it. 7/10

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iirNwgdZbjM

The Move

[Scheherazade]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iirNwgdZbjMThis is not my usual cup of tea (nor am I familiar with the band) but I liked it: 6/10.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Smge23DCE8&feature=related

[The Comedian]

Meh. Not my thing right now. 3/10

I'm in the mood for some 80 kick. .

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WM8bTdBs-cw

[papayahed]

Love it. 9.5/10


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ziGoJBLnRA&feature=search

[OrphanPip]

Not a favourite, but hey it's OK when you're in the right mood 7.5/10

Anyway, I went to see AFI and Green Day yesterday, nothing like an outdoor concert in the rain for a Saturday night.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m-vjIs4SQcI

[Paulclem]

Not a favourite, but hey it's OK when you're in the right mood 7.5/10

Anyway, I went to see AFI and Green Day yesterday, nothing like an outdoor concert in the rain for a Saturday night.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m-vjIs4SQcI

It was ok - 6/10

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=No2ukc5V4EM

Some 80s fluff that reminds me of being a young chappie.

[Scheherazade]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=No2ukc5V4EMMe likey: 7/10!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_X_1o3Qw4KM

[Taliesin]

Me likey: 7/10!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_X_1o3Qw4KM

5/10 - okay, but I don't feel as if it's anything special.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e1IxOS4VzKM&has_verified=1

(NSFW)

[Scheherazade]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e1IxOS4VzKM&has_verified=1

(NSFW)Won't let us view it but I am not sure I like the title... I can tell that the song will offend my sensible ears.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wRayKxgePQI

[Paulclem]

Won't let us view it but I am not sure I like the title... I can tell that the song will offend my sensible ears.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wRayKxgePQI

I like that one 7/10

From 1986.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mXsmyLtpxlA&feature=av2e

[Scheherazade]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mXsmyLtpxlA&feature=av2eThat sounded like a nondescript tune from a nondescript movie: 2/10.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8StG4fFWHqg

[The Comedian]

Nice one! 9/10. I'm in the mood for somethin' pumpin'

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n3gtHKlBCOc

[Paulclem]

Nice one! 9/10. I'm in the mood for somethin' pumpin'

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n3gtHKlBCOc

I never got into Metallica.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wlq0lYB3iSM

Recently watched The Wrestler and it reminded me of Van Halen and this one.

[OrphanPip]

Van Halen doesn't do much for me 4/10.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZuxBMPtP4Mk

[Paulclem]

Van Halen doesn't do much for me 4/10.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZuxBMPtP4Mk

Not keen on Bollywood stuff.

This van halen's a bit different.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-mIP7ySBXBg

[Sapphire]

I do like the guitar... He needn't have start singing...
4/10

Utopia (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oEIvlihb2Ms)

[Paulclem]

I do like the guitar... He needn't have start singing...
4/10

Utopia (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oEIvlihb2Ms)

It was ok 6/10


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_CxgT1jKvWU

[Scheherazade]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_CxgT1jKvWUNot something I'd listen to usually but it wasn't too bad either: 3/10.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ye2MHKA9uNs&feature=related

[Sapphire]

That does not sound like Gilbert O'Sullivan... oh wait - soundtrack :D I do like this song, but some other versions are better.
6/10

Arid - Why do you run (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2o6ZRGvjwMA)

[Paulclem]

That does not sound like Gilbert O'Sullivan... oh wait - soundtrack :D I do like this song, but some other versions are better.
6/10

Arid - Why do you run (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2o6ZRGvjwMA)

I like it 7/10

Something from Hawkwind

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r6gdoM5cHdA

[Sapphire]

A bit too psychedelic for me... I was waiting for a space ship to land all through the song :).
3/10

How about this one:
Airborne Toxic Event - Gasoline (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jsiQiBmq-qw)
I myself especially like how the music video starts :)

[Shalot]

[color=blue]How about this one:
Airborne Toxic Event - Gasoline (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jsiQiBmq-qw)
I myself especially like how the music video starts :)

Not bad. 9/10 I like it.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0wNSHPQj0W8

[Paulclem]

Not bad. 9/10 I like it.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0wNSHPQj0W8

I remember this from an 80's band. 6/10 for the nostalgia.

How about some beach chillin' music.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JHVhbquoEvo&feature=fvst

[Scheherazade]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JHVhbquoEvo&feature=fvstThis used to be my best friend's favorite song so had to listen to it *a lot* at one point so I like it by force of habit, I think: 8/10.

And does it bring back many, many memories!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NwhxSV8dLdA

[Sapphire]

That's so cute!
7/10

Talking about memories:
Disarray (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TFgrJVju3IM)
I've faced my demons, wrestling these angels to the ground

[David Lurie]

very far from the stuff I like 4/10

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YNozTHSQH_o

[Paulclem]

very far from the stuff I like 4/10

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YNozTHSQH_o

Very good. 8/10

This is from an eighties band. A bit different.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XRGXEqQkCaI&feature=fvst

[Pendragon]

5/10 The high pitched falsedo singing is a bit much...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iMlzfpwJZuc

[Sapphire]

CLASSIC!
8/10

A music video which always brings the TV series Sharpe (yes, I know it's also a book series) into my mind:
Empire (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lCIVF3GSu-4)

[Scheherazade]

A music video which always brings the TV series Sharpe (yes, I know it's also a book series) into my mind:
Empire (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lCIVF3GSu-4)Haven't watched "Sharpe" but I like the video and the song is all right, too: 6/10.

Moving onto a different war:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OLkABxWn8wU