That was sort of something else cool yeah man 6/10
This is something else too
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=teUoL...eature=related
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That was sort of something else cool yeah man 6/10
This is something else too
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=teUoL...eature=related
I liked it. 7/10.
Something in the same vain.
MOVEMENT OF JAH PEOPLE 9/10
not my favourite but a great Bob Marley song
http://youtu.be/rqMwsiLcmEY
Not bad, if not exactly my sort of thing. 5/10
And now for something completely different...
Ugh. Everything I hate about indie. Repetitive, bland, pompous, and simplistic. 2/10.
I love watching the crowd.
I remember watching Woodstock 99 on TV.
I'm sorta meh about Korn, reminds me of high school, 4/10.
I spent yesterday listening to the most recent PSB greatest hits album.
Not one of my favourite of their songs, but it's from '99 so I guess it's appropriate. Plus the video is pretty hilariously over the top.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4SWYZ...eature=related
I'm not exactly a PSB fan but this one is not so bad and the funny video helps 6/10
http://youtu.be/9dyUzUxE_2w
I'm curious what you mean by repetitive -- I once listened to a song that you posted where the words to the entire song were: "WAKE UP!" repeated over and over with almost no variance in tone, volume, or pacing.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mutatis-Mutandi
I don't mean or want this to be a justification of belief or a "metal vs the world" sort of discussion. I'm just confused about what's repetitive and what isn't.
Well, first, repitition goes beyond lyrics. And, you are being a bit hyperbolic--the lyrics to "Wake Up" do not entirely consist of him only saying "wake up." And, even though the vocals do not contain much variance (though, it is there as he switches between high screams and low growls), there is plenty for the rest of the song. Even if the lyrics are a bit repetitive, the song isn't. It's continuously changing.Quote:
Originally Posted by The Comedian
Your song, on the other hand, is just the same notes over, and over, and over, with barely any variation. If you go to one minute in thsi song, it sounds nearly identical when you jump to minute two, and then to minute three. In "Wake Up," whether you like it or hate it, this isn't the case. The tempo changes, there's a guitar solo, etc.
Like most indie, The National's song just builds on the bland note combination. I hate this minimilist approach to music. It's like a bunch of hipsters all listened to Philip Glass and said, "Hey, let's do this with rock 'n' roll." I'm fed up with it.
This is just my opinion. Plenty of people love indie music (unfortunately for me), so good for them.
As for David's song ... I really liked it, even if it is pretty damn cheesy. Interesting lyrics, good melody, a near-progressive feel. Not bad at all. 7.5/10
This song is quite repetitive, but I'm a Tool fanboy, so I love it. :nod:
That's a great explanation, MM. I honestly didn't know what excessive repetition really meant. And music is not really my thing much anymore. I used to really get into it, but now I'd rather just listen to an old CD on the way into work and that's pretty much the extent of my music exposure these days.
Tool. Not awful. 5/10
Ah, being sixteen. Unfinished geography homework, the NME, John William Waterhouse prints, Paula's Dad's Bentley, the bloody awful Archers theme tune, Denim aftershave ('for the man who doesn't have to try too hard'). And Alice.
It's funny that I'm a metal head and I've never gotten into Alice Cooper. I love most of what I hear from him (I do not enjoy the "school out for summer" song at all--kind of a turn off, really), but I just never got around to his music. There's just too much to listen to get to everything, but maybe someday. 8.5.
You can blame Alice Cooper for this, Mark. :nod:
Great stuff M-M 8/10
Wake up America!!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SxJAHSX-PBM
I'm aware that I don't like Hendrix as much as I ought. There's some terrific stuff (Fire, Stone Free), but this piece I'm less keen on. Great bit of political theatre, given the context, but not so wonderful as a piece of music. 6/10
Here's something I hated as kid, but have grown to like, simply for the melody.
Yeeks! Granted I can see the melody is okayish in the particular realm of his meandering tinkley embellishments (were I to be brutally honest - 5/10) but the naff arrangement! Gagh... 1/10 (only because 0/10 wouldn't be fair on all those musicians, and those more deserving of 0/10
So the average is 2.5/10, or more fractionally correct 5/20, or 1/4, whichever serves your underhanded game better
This is a classic from the a strange period known as the 'swingin' sixties'. It exmplifies the style known as 'deadbeat'
Warning: watch out for the blipvert advertisements (and the frequent hair flicking, dodgy eyeliner, growling guitarist, smiling drummer, sing-a-long bassist, and of course monkeys in cages - what were they thinking agreeing to appear in this tosh?)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U2DBcbZc3ck
(okay you got me that was just a bit of 'deadbeat' fun)
THIS!!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Awzai...eature=related
Actually, I'd take the eyeliner pop-monkeys' tie-dyed bubblegum ahead of the self-absorbed adolescent drone-poetry of the Velvets any day. 8/10 for the former and 3/10 for the latter - and two-and-a-half of that is in anticipation of John Cale's subsequent career.
Oh, okay. Lou had his solo moments too, of which this is one of my favourites.
Love all his moments: 10/10Quote:
Originally Posted by MarkBastable
Just because I keep hearing this one on the radio 12 times a day on average:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dl6yilkU1LI
(Not to say that it does not bring memories!)
I have a soft spot for that. 8/10
Also, for this.
Really enjoyed that song. 9/10 (I'll probably download it later on).
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ZiXA...eature=related
Not horrible, but about 2 minutes in I was pretty bored. Still, I'm feeling generous.Quote:
Originally Posted by The Comedian
That's enough of this soft-*** ****!
is this what they call death metal? anyway really I don't care what they call it 0/10 sorry
after that horrible experience I really needed some good stuff like this one http://youtu.be/CKs2rbUMX5g
Not in the least offensive. A sort of cucumber-and-cream-cheese sandwich of a song. 5/10
I think that this piece is so familiar that it's difficult to look again and see how good a song it is. It's also worth bearing in mind that the four of them were short of 19 at the time - which is pretty astonishing.
It was okay. One of those songs I've heard a million times, and not once in any of those million really grabbed me. Still, it isn't a bad song. 5/10.
I'm not impressed that they were so young, though. Maybe it was pretty good for back then, but they aren't really doing anything particularly special.
Writer, vocalist, and guitarist (the only one on this track) was only 17 when this song was recorded. At least listen to the ending guitar solo to realize his talent.
Love whistle for the choir!! 9/10 for me.
What was different about 'back then'?Quote:
Originally Posted by Mutatis-Mutandi
I'll post this for Iankropp.
Gil Scott heron who died today.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_b2F-XX0Ol0
Well, as time has gone on, people have become more proficient with instruments, at least within the realms of rock'n'roll. Example: Jimi Hendrix did things no one ever did on a guitar--now thousands of kids can do the same. Grade schoolers could play "All Right Now."Quote:
Originally Posted by MarkBastable
And, did my song get skipped, or are you all just sick of my songs? :P
Notwithstanding the fact that scared the hell out my cat, Lily who was sitting quietly next to me, I will give it an 8/10 because it is Saturday night.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mutatis-Mutandi
Here's a quick one that lasts 7 min plus.
http://video.google.com/videoplay?do...6434105125496#
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Nice and twangy, I like it - 8.5/10
A classic:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RTWSS...eature=related
Classic indeed - 9/10
For those who may have missed it (were you on the Moon?):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t5Sd5c4o9UM
Hold on, now I'm guilty of skipping over some else's submission. Sorry Paul.Quote:
Originally Posted by Paulclem
I'll offer another 8/10 for a timeless message and in part because you have introduced me to someone I was not familar with - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gil_Scott-Heron.
I believe that resets the clocks.
Someone please rate Mystery's submission.
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I'm still on the moon, who is Kate Perry? 6/10
http://youtu.be/tFenIIR47VU
Be thankful you don't know who Katy Perry is, and endeavor to keep it that way.
As to your song, it was okay. 4.5/10.
Maybe we can find some common ground with this one, Mark. (Aside from falling back on The Beatles, that is :))
No worries Gilliatt.Quote:
Originally Posted by Gilliatt Gurgle
I think this is one of their better tracks - 8/10. I recently bought a Best of Album by Rush with Tom Sawyer on. On some of their songs the lyrics let them down, but generally speaking I like them a lot.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mutatis-Mutandi
I recently rediscovered this - I love the line
"Mummy alright, Daddy's alright. They just seem a little weird."
Applies to most people I think.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LqB9lhHqmsE
Quote:
Originally Posted by Mutatis-Mutandi
To me it's a very weird criticism of All Right Now to say that grade schoolers could play it, because the implication is that the fewer people are capable of playing a piece of music, the better piece of music it is. And, conversely, the more people who can play it, the worse it is. The corollary - which you make quite plain - is that as more people get to be able to play a song, it gets worse. So All Right Now was a better song then than it is now. And, presumably, Jimi Hendrix's music is becoming more and more crap each day.
In my view of music, that measure of quality is not just mistaken, it's irrelevant. It's like saying that the quality of a pasta can be measured by how difficult or easy it is to eat with a toothpick.
You really dont want to hear my opinon of Rush, by the way. It would involve a lot of words beginning with p - pretentious and pompous being the first that spring to mind. 2/10
Oh hang on - Paul's got in there with Cheap Trick. Not bad pop-rock, but a bit too tra-la for me. Preferable to Rush though. 5/10
This may not have been the happiest period of Tina Turner's life, but it was when she made her best music. Her subsequent self-reinvention as the professional footballers' favourite in-car entertainer might have been good for her personally, but the recordings she made then rarely command space on my iPod.
I agree with you about Tina's earlier and later music. I like Delilah's power. It's got raw quality that her later stuff hasn't got. Pity Ike was such a git.
How about a combo- santana and John Lee Hooker.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0aFKgi5D6eU
I waver somewhat in my affection for Santana, perhaps because there's not an ounce of natural Latin American rhythm in my entire body. Then again, I'm not exactly crammed to the gills with black American DNA either, but I seem to understand what's going on with John Lee Hooker. 7/10
I should say, though, that that bass line could have been played by a grade-schooler, so it can't be much good.
I don't know why I have such a soft-spot for Budgie. It's not as if I was into them as a kid - I only started downloading their stuff about six months ago, and I don't even listen to it much. I think I like them because Burke was just so unlikely a heavy metal front man, and they all worked incredibly hard despite such little acclaim.
:lol: You crack me up, Mark.Quote:
Originally Posted by MarkBastable