Rate That Song

[Jack of Hearts]

Well it looked great, sounded ok, but wasn't all that entertaining. 5/10.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lot5p...eature=related

[Olga4real]

Although I like the most songs you post but this one was not for my taste so I give it only 6/10.

Here is a song I listened to for the first time in Sarajevo at New Year eve 2011 it was a concert in the street and people sang together with performers. It was amazing!

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

[Gregory Samsa]

OK melody, but unexciting when I don’t understand the lyrics. 4/10

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3r5lnQYwdbE

[Olga4real]

[QUOTE=Gregory Samsa;1088969]OK melody, but unexciting when I don’t understand the lyrics. 4/10

Have you ever thought that most of people in this world who listen to English music don't speak English and don"t understand what those songs are about, although they like Elvis, Beatles, Michael Jackson. I for example hadn't known that Road To Hell by Chris Rea was not a love song until I started learning English, however I loved the song very much. Just sharing.

[Gregory Samsa]

[QUOTE=Olga4real;1089227]

OK melody, but unexciting when I don’t understand the lyrics. 4/10

Have you ever thought that most of people in this world who listen to English music don't speak English and don"t understand what those songs are about, although they like Elvis, Beatles, Michael Jackson. I for example hadn't known that Road To Hell by Chris Rea was not a love song until I started learning English, however I loved the song very much. Just sharing.

Of course. There's no accounting for tastes and some music works fine with language people don’t understand, like Sigur Rós for me. But I don’t think Bob Dylan would be good if I didn’t understand the lyrics and I guess you probably liked Road To Hell more when you actually understood what it was all about.

[MarkBastable]

Have you ever thought that most of people in this world who listen to English music don't speak English and don"t understand what those songs are about, although they like Elvis, Beatles, Michael Jackson. I for example hadn't known that Road To Hell by Chris Rea was not a love song until I started learning English, however I loved the song very much. Just sharing.

For me, if I don't understand the lyric, I can't really like the song - because I know that I'm missing a major component of the work. It's one of the problems I have with opera, for instance. The frustration of not understanding the Italian - or German, or whatever - completely negates any pleasure I might get from listening to the music.

[papayahed]

OK melody, but unexciting when I don’t understand the lyrics. 4/10

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3r5lnQYwdbE

I kinda liked it 8/10


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

[keilj]

Very cool. 8/10

Makes me want to listen to the Spinners



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jkje4FiH9Qc

[Jack of Hearts]

Yech. This reader doesn't like religion, the 1970's or Andrew Lloyd Webber. 3/10 for purely superficial reasons. Also, in that video, Jesus seems like a mean dude.

Forget what year this opus was written but it was central to a certain golden age:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pGL2rytTraA&ob=av2e

[The Comedian]

Sort of like banging your head against a wall. . . . . feels good when it's over. 2/10

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1t18suYTiGA

[Jack of Hearts]

5/10. Because the only good thing to come out of grunge was Pearl Jam.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tQINEK17aMA

[arthurdigby]

I can’t hear the lyrics ‘coz it’s kinda noisy here but the music is not bad just enough to keep you from sleeping while on work. haha..a little upbeatXD

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7NJqUN9TClM&ob=av3e

[billl]

8/10 [CORRECTION 9/10] The song relies heavily on what it is supposedly shooting down--if I understand it correctly. Then again, what else were they supposed to do, I guess? It's a clever trick that becomes a cheat or something on re-listens. But as long as I'm in on the joke... I don't know...

Leaving that conundrum aside, it's not dumb, it's catchy (a sad anthem becomes a scolding one--that's a nice trick), she's cute. Everything is really perfect and careful, though, and so it's hard for me to go higher than 8. But sometimes I like careful and perfect. Ah, heck, I'll give it a 9/10. The video and everything adds a lot, I guess--it's good to see it skillfully laid out. That's a LOT of sunshine and perfection, though. But funny, here and there.

How about a messy crime story:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p7iARb-JpaY

[MarkBastable]

8/10 [CORRECTION 9/10]

How about a messy crime story:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p7iARb-JpaY

I was rather drawn in at the start, and then it all went to pieces with the cringey spoken bit in the middle, and got even limper at the end. Never heard of the guy, but I'll probably seek out some more. I suspect he's an acquired taste. 5/10


Here's another acquired taste. We can talk about it in the car.... I perfectly understand that many people wouldn't want to acquire it.

[RobinHood3000]

Hrm. Not really feeling it. I wouldn't go so far as to say it's abrasive, but I couldn't really latch on to it, except for the instrumental bit about three minutes in. 6/10?

Then again, my taste can be a bit "acquired" sometimes, too. Or at least a bit esoteric.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Ne49KtcQlA