It's Dream Theater, so 8/10. I didn't even know they put out a CD in 2009. Definitely going to have to pick it up. Looks like Portnoy's sported a much smaller kit for that album. It will be interesting to see who DT replaces him with, too.
Still very progressive, but a tad more brutal. (If you don't end up rating this one, metal143, I'd still like to hear your thoughts.)
I don't know what it's progressing towards, but I'm pretty sure I don't want to arrive there. 1/10
The Last Shadow Puppets, not progressing - in fact, sort of regressing. But I like where they're on their way back to.
Not too shabby. 7/10
As far as Vortux Obnivium, pretty good. Not a big fan of that vocal style, but the music's good enough that I can live with it.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZL1RguQL4jQ
I've recently formed a soft spot for the shrimpy fellow. 7/10.
Ever since seeing the (disappointing) Black Swan, this has been stuck in my head. It can stay there for as long as it wants.
For me, the nostalgic associations of Swan Lake are such that I can't award less than 10, although that does give the impression that I know enough about classical music for my opinion to be taken seriously, which I obviously don't. 10/10
At what you might call the other end of the universe, here's the best r'n'b band the UK ever produced. (And I'm using r'n'b in the twelve-bar sense, rather than the gold front tooth sense.)
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Not my kind of song. Too repetitive. Not horrible, though. 5/10. I did like one of the top rated comments, though: "ten thousand ****ty indie rock bands wish they were this cool"
That song "Friday" isn't too horrible after all.
"Friday" was made to parody. 8/10
Here's one that I'm fairly certain ya'll will hate:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tKleT...eature=related
“Oh crap”
-- Hellboy
I don't like much country, and this didn't make it into the pretty small selection that doesn't reduce me to tears of patronising mirth. 1/10
This, on the other hand, I do like. My band used to do it as a slow blues, and it worked surprisingly well.
Okayish - don't really get a rush of superfluity - more a comfortable old coat 6/10 silverfish defying the mothballs
This one is notable because the guitarist has ants in his pants or worms or something - but at least he gives you something to look at
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rp6-w...eature=related
Coincidentally, my band do that one too. Townsend may have written only a handful of really good songs, but those few are just wonderful. 9/10
Here's another one we do...
The Last Shadow Puppets mildly annoys me because Alex Turner is essentially making music pretty much identical to what he does with Arctic Monkeys. But, I like the Arctic Monkeys so it's not like I can hate it... very troubling.Originally Posted by MarkBastable
Love, 9/10.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IsVWl...eature=related
"If the national mental illness of the United States is megalomania, that of Canada is paranoid schizophrenia."
- Margaret Atwood
Sure you can.
Relaxing. 5.5/10.
Inventive.
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There are parts of that that seem to actually work, but I think it's a bit of an awkward mash up most of the time, 3/10.
If there happens to be an apocalypse, it wouldn't be so bad if the world afterward was like this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FG1NrQYXjLU
"If the national mental illness of the United States is megalomania, that of Canada is paranoid schizophrenia."
- Margaret Atwood
I seem to be falling into a pattern with your songs, Pip. None seem to be horrible, but they usually aren't my cup o' tea, either. Still, for its era, it is one of the better songs. 6/10.
One of my current favorite instrumental bands.
Pretty kickass. 8/10
Since you went insturmental, you forced me to bust this out.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HMfcB...eature=related
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