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KharBevNor:
An idea stolen from another forum.

Basically the idea is this: At the end of this post I will put a song. the next person after me will listen to this song via the magic of p2p technology, legal download, mp3 shopping, whatever floats your boat, and give it a rating out of 10. Having given this rating, they will suggest a track of their own. The next person who wants to take part in the game will listen to their suggestion, review, and suggest their own, and so forth. The purpose is to help people discover new bands by forcing your musical taste brutally on to others and then having indignant arguments when they give your favourite song ever 2/10.

Don't suggest a track without reviewing the last track suggested.

My first track is:

Sigh-Requiem - Nostalgia

blindsuperhero:
Aren't you meant to give a choice of, say, 5 songs? That's how we ran it on this other forum I was on. Anyway, I call this one if I can find it

KharBevNor:
Well, we could. I've seen versions where you suggested three as well. I prefer the one choice thing though tbh. Gives people less of a chance to keep within their comfort zones.

blindsuperhero:
Okay, here we go

Sigh - Requiem Nostalgia

This song starts out with a synthesised orchestra, playing a rather uninteresting slow tempo kind of thing. It sounds not entirely unlike a low-budget movie soundtrack. This goes on for a one and a half minutes without really doing much, then it pauses for a second, and the band comes in, sounding mostly the same as the introduction except with a troll-like creature communicating in what I take to be a language too primitive to be recognised by human ears over the top. Present at various parts through the rest of the song are some strange squelching noises which are kin of at odds with the overall orchestral procession of doom ambiance. The song appears to have three main parts, one with troll-noises, another with flutes and jack-in-the-box type sounds, and one with an operatic singer a la Rammstein. After the first flute/jack-in-the-box section, the troll vocals and the squelching noises interact to create an effect similar to when Ford and Arthur first get picked up by the Heart of Gold in the BBC radio play; think "Ford, you're turning into a penguin. Stop it!". Anyway, more of the same, then what might pass as a guitar breakdown, it involves guitars playing a 5-note riff, about 15 times. Then comes the guitar solo, which is just your typical rock 'n' roll guitar solo, completely changing the mood of the song to one of commercial radio airtime. Anyway, that stops, more troll/squelching etc., then it all stops, with the last 30 seconds being occupied by more jack-in-the-box noises over someone playing a classical piano piece that I recognise but can't quite put my finger on the name of. Maybe Strauss.
Overall, well, it was kinda strange, but at times I feel it was unremarkable, and at others I feel it was trying too hard. It was kinda like Rammstein, but not. 3/10

Okay, my selection: Miles Davis - Buzzard Song (from Porgy & Bess)

KharBevNor:
Ooh.

OOH.

*scowls*

I call your song. I sincerely hope I don't like it.

If I do...you can't run forever, luke!


(Also, I seriously have to question where the HELL you got Rammstein from at all. And it's the Minute Waltz.)

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