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[MarkBastable]

Why? It seemed to me just annoying.

Dresden Dolls? Well, I like their tunes, and I like their image, and I like their attitude, musically and attitudinally. But what really endears them to me is their wit. I don't mean just humour, although they have plenty of that, but the inventive application of their intelligence. Also I'd do Amanda Palmer like a shot. And then again, a bit later, less like a shot.

As to Melissa - I've never really connected with that Southern thing of which the Allmans are probably the best known example. The chord sequences and tunes always seem mundane to me, and the whole sound smacks of a place and a life that has nothing I can share. Talking about Eat a Peach, Greil Marcus is quoted on Wikipedia as saying that it's front-porch music stolen from the utopia of shared southern memory, which he intends as a compliment, but it's pretty much what I think too - and I don't feel invited up on to the stoop. Out of sheer respect for their rep and influence, I'll give it 4/10.


(See, you once complained that people rated songs low without any reason given. That'll teach ya...)

Can't see the Brecht here in the UK. Someone else take it.

[OrphanPip]

It's Macky Messer/Mack the Knife from Brecht's 3-Penny Opera.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mpMh5auMaVQ

Maybe the Lotte Lenya link will work for you.

[MarkBastable]

Mack the Knife has been irreparably ruined for me by a thousand Vegas rib-room versions ("....yeah, old Mackie, he's just, he's just bloooooown into towwwwwwn..."). Have I ever mentioned how much I despise Frank Sinatra? For Kurt and Bertold's sake, 6/10.


However, this does give me a chance to post more Dolls.

[metal134]

Mack the Knife has been irreparably ruined for me by a thousand Vegas rib-room versions ("....yeah, old Mackie, he's just, he's just bloooooown into towwwwwwn..."). Have I ever mentioned how much I despise Frank Sinatra? For Kurt and Bertold's sake, 6/10.


However, this does give me a chance to post more Dolls.

Oh man, now I'm having nightmarish Morrissey flashbacks. 4/10

Speaking of nightmarish:

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

Fun fact: did you know that there was an episode of the Muppets in which Alice Copper tried to get them to sell their souls to the devil? That is so freaking awesome.

[Mutatis-Mutandis]

Amanda Palmer actually got dropped by Roadrunner for fighting them because they wanted her to become more accessible (particularly she fought them over them wanting to edit one of her music videos to make her look skinnier).

Yeah, I did some reading up on them on Wikipedia and read that. What a bunch of crap. Even when they were more of a metal/punk rock label, they usually only took on bands that they thought would be commercially viable and always got flack for that. Looks like it's only gotten worse.

Dresden Dolls? Well, I like their tunes, and I like their image, and I like their attitude, musically and attitudinally. But what really endears them to me is their wit. I don't mean just humour, although they have plenty of that, but the inventive application of their intelligence. Also I'd do Amanda Palmer like a shot. And then again, a bit later, less like a shot.

Makes sense.

As to Melissa - I've never really connected with that Southern thing of which the Allmans are probably the best known example. The chord sequences and tunes always seem mundane to me, and the whole sound smacks of a place and a life that has nothing I can share. Talking about Eat a Peach, Greil Marcus is quoted on Wikipedia as saying that it's front-porch music stolen from the utopia of shared southern memory, which he intends as a compliment, but it's pretty much what I think too - and I don't feel invited up on to the stoop. Out of sheer respect for their rep and influence, I'll give it 4/10.


(See, you once complained that people rated songs low without any reason given. That'll teach ya...)

That also makes complete sense. Alman brothers is one of those bands that usually make me want to say to someone, "How could you not like them?" That's a great answer.

However, this does give me a chance to post more Dolls.

Well, I did like this song more than the previous, but their sound is just not for me. It just seems a bit too empty. Piano and drums just aren't enough to give their songs the punch they seem to want them to have. And I'm just not hearing inventive application of intelligence. The lyrics are better-than-average, but nothing that special as far as I can tell. The music in terms of composition seems a bit formulaic. Still, they strike me as artists doing what they want to do, and if I compare it to most of the popular crap out there today, I'll give this song a 6/10.

Metal134's song: It was posted as I wrote this. Of course I'm going to give Cooper a high rating. 9/10.

Since Roadrunner has been discussed, I'll post a song from one of my favorite metal CDs. It's from compilation CD put out by Roadrunner called Roadrunner United, where songs were made by various different metal artists on their label. The following song is still one of my all-time. favorite heavy metal songs. The drums are awesome. It always gets me revved up

The vocalist is also just amazing. Awesome screams and an amazing singing voice.

[MarkBastable]

Oh man, now I'm having nightmarish Morrissey flashbacks. 4/10

Morrissey flashbacks? I can think of nothing less like Morrissey's tuneless, self-regarding, adolescent, half-arsed burblings than the structured and considered compositions of the Dresden Dolls. The Smiths always sounded to me like a great band with an exceptional guitarist in search of a terrific singer but in the meantime they've got the drummer's tuneless cousin in on vocals, just for the rehearsals.


I used to have a copy of Welcome to My Nightmare signed by Alice, which was irritating because I thought it was the first bad album he'd made. It was the beginning of his transition from a rock singer to an entertainer and the dead giveaway - apart from the fact that he'd screwed and dumped the fabulous band with whom he'd become successful - was the cover of the first 'solo' album.

Compare this, the band's debut on Warner:




to this, the first Ezrin-ships-in-session-musicians album:




You can practically hear the slot machines beeping and the links sizzling on the complimentary buffet counter, can't you?

[MystyrMystyry]

that was as perfect an example of Death Metal as we've had, though it really could've benefited from a better video for a more live feel (I don't mean as a part of my current obsession - I just mean a video would take it up to a 10)

On a slightly lighter musical note but with more punch to the lyrics Britain's (far better answer to) Bob Dylan

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k899gOpzWRw

[papayahed]

I would give it a 7 but since it's 10 minutes long I'm giving it a 4/10.



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LVfe6rdHRKI

[MarkBastable]

I would give it a 7 but since it's 10 minutes long I'm giving it a 4/10.



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LVfe6rdHRKI

I would give it an 8 but as it's about the number 3 I'll give it a 9/10.



If all you've got to do today....

[MystyrMystyry]

10-4

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HWO_AIh8drk

[metal134]

Morrissey flashbacks? I can think of nothing less like Morrissey's tuneless, self-regarding, adolescent, half-arsed burblings than the structured and considered compositions of the Dresden Dolls. The Smiths always sounded to me like a great band with an exceptional guitarist in search of a terrific singer but in the meantime they've got the drummer's tuneless cousin in on vocals, just for the rehearsals.

I dunno, they just gave off a Smiths vibe to me.

[MarkBastable]

I dunno, they just gave off a Smiths vibe to me.

Well, somewhere in there, you do know, because the vibe you get isn't arbitrary. It's analysable. Though it's perfectly valid to say you can't be bothered to figure out what the connection is.

Not that I suggest for instant you have any reason to figure it out for me. But, if I were you, I'd be unable to sleep until I'd figured it out for myself.

[Gilliatt Gurgle]

10-4

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HWO_AIh8drk

9/10 - For taking me back to the CB Radios days. I used to curse those big rigs as the blew past me in my '66 VW beetle nearly sending me into the grass shoulder.

I would give it a 7 but since it's 10 minutes long I'm giving it a 4/10.

From a blind mellon to a Blind Lemon:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vXyKX...eature=related

Gg

[Mutatis-Mutandis]

For the history, an 8/10.

that was as perfect an example of Death Metal as we've had, though it really could've benefited from a better video for a more live feel (I don't mean as a part of my current obsession - I just mean a video would take it up to a 10)

Actually, the previous song I posted was a poor example of death metal. It would better be described as a good example of thrash and metalcore.

This is a better example of death metal, from the same compilation CD.

[MystyrMystyry]

Ah I'm not up with the nomenclature!

9/10 for being almost as good as these guys

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eTsFnDQLnk4