Hahaha, I thought that it was pretty funny. 8/10
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eQysCmu1djM
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Hahaha, I thought that it was pretty funny. 8/10
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eQysCmu1djM
Love the Pixies 9/10
I'm starting to like this song, just because of how terrible it is.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eSMeUPFjQHc
Seek professional help, I beg you.Quote:
Originally Posted by OrphanPip
0/10. And that's generous.
Instant allure.
Like Julie London: 8/10.
Another London song: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wT-ARHa3Yr8
I find the song's premise a bit wierd. 5/10Quote:
Originally Posted by Scheherazade
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AQWZl21Ox5Y
I missed this the first time around.
It's 'daddy' in the jazz-slang sense of 'wealthy boyfriend' - which never really caught on in Europe but which crops up a lot in this genre. Not that the jazz-slang sense of the word is particularly commendable in feminist terms, but one of the joys of slang is that it doesn't give a flying one about etiquette. I still cannot imagine how they got away with that 'Finnan haddy' line.Quote:
Originally Posted by Paulclem, who said of 'My Heart Belongs to Daddy'
On the 'daddy' theme, for a wonderfully inexcusable song which, even at the time, pretty much kicked feminism in the shins, check this out.
But to get back to A-Ha - I hated them when they were in the charts, because they were sold as popstar pretty boys. But every time I hear them now, I think, "That's unexpectedly good stuff." 7/10
At the other end of a writing career, here's a proper grown-up composition with a proper grown-up theme - a song that addresses something other than being twenty-three and horny. (Not that there's anything wrong with that, George.)
I give it a "meh." 6/10
Here's something cool:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N090STPx-2M
Classic
9/10
Mother Earth
There are many appalling consequences of The Lord of the Rings for which Tolkien must be held entirely and eternally responsible, but this strain of wizard-sleeved, magic-dusty, potion-poxed, vapid mystic-metal is amongst the most irredeemable. I'll give it 2/10 - just because, if I really try, I can imagine worse.
Whaddaya say? I say, Woof!
Mark, you are the H.L. Mencken of this thread. 10/10 for the barb, 7/10 for the Beatles.Quote:
Originally Posted by MarkBastable
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9-WE8...eature=related
7/10 - Not my cup of tea but still all right.
One of my favorite songs (be gentle, Mark, if you turn up... again :p):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vtntDoDoEbQ
4/10Quote:
Originally Posted by Scheherazade
My feeling about the Velvet Underground is that it was a kindergarten that encouraged finger-painting, the results of which should never have been seen by anyone but Lou's mum - but that all that messiness nurtured the moderate talent that eventually produced Berlin, and the much more significant talent that created, amongst other things, this.
That was awful: 3/10 (especially towards the end).
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wTKa946fwVc&feature=fvw
Hi Mark - I see what you mean. Perhaps I shouldn't jump to snap judgements. I am pretty much jazz ignorent. :DQuote:
Originally Posted by MarkBastable
I agree with you about Ah-ha too. I didn't like them at the time as being pretty boy and lightweight.
She's got a good voice. 8/10Quote:
Originally Posted by Scheherazade
Another good vocal.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ebKZ9J3AsTs
Quote:
Originally Posted by Paulclem
NO NO NO , a thousand times NO. 0/10.
Here's a good vocal: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1nLv6_Xhehs
It's not bad I'm just not in the mood. so 6.89/10Quote:
Originally Posted by sixsmith
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l9eUWI_d0QE
7/10. Don't mind The Be Good Tanyas . They call to mind similar (and in my opinion superior) folk/traditional acts such as this lass: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lo-xd...eature=relatedQuote:
Originally Posted by Shalot
I like it. 8/10. I also liked the Be Good Tanyas song.
This is the only song Jeff Mangum is known to have written after the Neutral Milk Hotel landmark album, In the Aeroplane Over the Sea. Apparently, this is the only time he performed it in public. Be aware that this song is rather bleak and sad.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HIavGD36vtg
If you want to read the lyrics:
http://www.songmeanings.net/songs/view/108041/
Well, that was pretty and sad. 8/10.
One time I was driving to Grande Prairie with my dad, brother and friend. This song came on the radio. After it was over, we looked around and noticed that each of us was actually crying. Like, tears literally streaming down our faces. Seriously.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ZMEXlHUQ0w
Awww...
Not something I would listen past the first line if I hadn't read your description though :redface:
4/10
Something happy :)
Cover band
Nurse - the screens. I appear to have split my sides. 10/10
Ah, that was about the Christmas cat, but Sapphire's already got in there.
As long as there are cruise liners taking toothless old people around the islands, The Baseballs will make a living. 4/10
Meanwhile - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XnU0z...eature=related
I've a copy of Mott stored away somewhere. After hearing this track I'm tempted to pull it out. 8/10.Quote:
Originally Posted by MarkBastable
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fUgMbKJu9ws
I saw them reform for a farewell last October. It was a weird and rather sobering experience.Quote:
Originally Posted by sixsmith
I'm not sure what it is I find so unengaging about Radiohead. I really ought to like them. Maybe it's his voice - he always sounds like he's only doing the vocals until they get a real singer. 5/10
From the same era as Mott, but with a very different agenda.
erm, 6/10.
Check out how young they are:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8PaoLy7PHwk
10/10 Faaantastic.
This song changed my life:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JUpidCc7wwY
They had their moments, but I'm not sure this is one of them. 5.5/10.Quote:
Originally Posted by JuniperWoolf
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RCqxq6xqoXI
Left to my own devices, I usually seek out a little less twang in my music, but I can certainly appreciate their craftsmanship. 7/10
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=elgXiZ3w_wg
Great chorus (such as it is). 7.5/10.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d9yjOy9PqNY&feature=fvst
The National, huh? I might have to give them a closer look. 8.5/10
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QQNAr7LB-qA
Hmmm. I might need a bit of time with this one. 6.8/10.Quote:
Originally Posted by Basil
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TF8fnoA1VNM
So sad... Almost like it: 7/10.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E0PiQCKrvCI
8.5/10 - I haven't heard a Pat Boone song in years. :D
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=INgXzChwipY
Now I know which song they were talking about on 500 Days of Summer. 6/10
I dig Ashley MacIssac.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E7Q8V...eature=related
Holy crap. That's legit, 8.7/10.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y4OLQB7ON9w
5/10. I really liked the lyrics but the melody was lacking.
This song is fantastic in Irish... but seeing as it wouldnt mean anything to you guys... here it is in English.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y1h4ELzk_-I
In Irish if you are interested. Beautiful
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l969H...eature=related
Pretty. 7/10.
How about this from Leonard Cohen.
http://www.youtube.com/user/virgil01.../6/1hiEXwyto4k
9/10 totally weird but not bad (I didn't turn it off so it has potential)Quote:
Originally Posted by Virgil
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NAbZz...eature=related
7/10 but I like their Istanbul song better!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eOwt83O0Sk0
Quote:
Originally Posted by Jackiemaggio
The phrase 'completely devoid of any artistic merit whatsoever' gets thrown around a lot these days....
0/10.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=huOaYkn2Vhs
Same here (and I am listening to it as I type! :D)Quote:
Originally Posted by Jackiemaggio
5/10 - Love the music and love the voice but somehow I could not like the song as much as I should. Maybe I should listen to it again (and again).Quote:
Originally Posted by sixsmith
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6aO4n1fLEVQ