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.
“Oh crap”
-- Hellboy
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.
Last edited by MarkBastable; 05-25-2011 at 12:10 PM.
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.
Great stuff M-M 8/10
Wake up America!!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SxJAHSX-PBM
Last edited by MystyrMystyry; 05-26-2011 at 09:47 AM. Reason: forgot to rate or berate - chose to rate
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.
Last edited by MarkBastable; 05-26-2011 at 04:51 PM.
Love all his moments: 10/10Originally 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!)
~
"It is not that I am mad; it is only that my head is different from yours.”
~
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
“Oh crap”
-- Hellboy
Not horrible, but about 2 minutes in I was pretty bored. Still, I'm feeling generous.
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
"He had but one eye, and the popular prejudice runs in favour of two."
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.
Last edited by MarkBastable; 05-28-2011 at 05:28 AM.
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.
Last edited by Mutatis-Mutandis; 05-28-2011 at 05:03 PM.
Love whistle for the choir!! 9/10 for me.
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