Rate That Song

[MarkBastable]

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.

What was different about 'back then'?

[Paulclem]

I'll post this for Iankropp.

Gil Scott heron who died today.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_b2F-XX0Ol0

[Mutatis-Mutandis]

What was different about 'back then'?

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."

And, did my song get skipped, or are you all just sick of my songs? :P

[Gilliatt Gurgle]

....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.

Here's a quick one that lasts 7 min plus.


http://video.google.com/videoplay?do...6434105125496#

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[papayahed]

Nice and twangy, I like it - 8.5/10


A classic:

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

[MystyrMystyry]

Classic indeed - 9/10

For those who may have missed it (were you on the Moon?):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t5Sd5c4o9UM

[Gilliatt Gurgle]

I'll post this for Iankropp.

Gil Scott heron who died today.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_b2F-XX0Ol0

Hold on, now I'm guilty of skipping over some else's submission. Sorry Paul.
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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[David Lurie]

I'm still on the moon, who is Kate Perry? 6/10

http://youtu.be/tFenIIR47VU

[Mutatis-Mutandis]

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 )

[Paulclem]

Hold on, now I'm guilty of skipping over some else's submission. Sorry Paul.
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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No worries Gilliatt.

[Paulclem]

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 )

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.

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

[MarkBastable]

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."

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.

[Paulclem]

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

[MarkBastable]

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.

[Mutatis-Mutandis]

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

You crack me up, Mark.