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[Jeridus]

So what? do we review mechorg's track or Bazz's? wtf

[mechorg]

Do whatever.  I don't care.

The Dokaka was just for fun anyway.

[Jeridus]

hahaha... gotcha... well, methinks I'm gonna review yours 'nyway

[La Creme]

Jeugd Van Tegenwoordig - Watskeburt

Yiddish rap? German? Can't hardly tell. Made me laugh for maybe the first 30 seconds, then I realized they were serious, and it just started sucking. Plus it was long as hell which is unnecessary.
Horrid: 1/10.

As this post has gotten slightly confusing I'm not posting a song til things work themeselves out and each person <cough cough> POSTS ONE SONG AT A TIME PER REVIEW AND ONE SONG ONLY. Pants.

[Bazz]

Jeugd Van Tegenwoordig - Watskeburt

Yiddish rap? German? Can't hardly tell. Made me laugh for maybe the first 30 seconds, then I realized they were serious, and it just started sucking. Plus it was long as hell which is unnecessary.
Horrid: 1/10.

Dutch And nooo man, they're far from serious. They even made up some words to fit the rhyme. I agree on the long part. This song is fun for a few days but it loses it's magic fast.

[mechorg]

As this post has gotten slightly confusing I'm not posting a song til things work themeselves out and each person <cough cough> POSTS ONE SONG AT A TIME PER REVIEW AND ONE SONG ONLY. Pants.

If you are hinting at me, c'mon and deal with it.  Its not like the two songs I posted were very different from each other and I made it simple.  The confusion came when the newcomer didn't really form an actual review before he posted his own song for others.

If this is your first 'review' of a song, make sure you read the first page of the thread and stick with the formula.  Thank you.

As it now looks, La Creme is up to enlighten us with a new song for someone else to review.  Let's have it.

[La Creme]

JOY! Ok... let's see.

Maybe a little bit of Indy semi-instrumental goodness. This song has the most incredibley clever change of time signatures ever. For major kudos and appreciates, say the time at which it occurs in your review (no, i don't mean the little seperate thing at the end...)
I give you:

The Harvesman (Daddy Longlegs)
by The Sugarplastic
http://s30.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=3L4WFJ5ELK29N36ODQNT54QSC3

[mechorg]

The Harvesman (Daddy Longlegs)
by The Sugarplastic

Now this band knows all about the build up.  Great riffs, great mixes with the instrumentation and bringing it into the song.  The only problem I have is it didn't really go anywhere.  I was anxiously awaiting a sudden tempo change and a flurry of notes all around... but nothing.  Just some kinda hush then... "And now for something completely different."

The vocals worked, and the crescendo worked and I was digging it.  Just a build up to no where.  I still enjoyed it.
My Score:  8.3/10

Next:
Califone - 2 sisters drunk on each other
Back onto more of an ernest shot at this.  (Sorry folks, don't go into this with any preconcieved notions about the title.)

Time for bed for me.

[La Creme]

Actually the track does go somewhere... somewhere being this jewel of a rock song:

Jesus Is His Name by The Sugarplastic
http://s14.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=28RRT5SPKY8N335657VOH245A7

Not to be reviewed. Just for fun. Go review mechorg's, suckas.

[KharBevNor]

Wierd sort of electronic jazz intro, with kinda amateurish sounding beats. Not that I should complain about that. Singing is ok, at least he can hold good harmony and melody. I dunno what I'd call this tbh. Sounds like electronically made Jazz. Or at least processed. There are some pretty cool licks and so forth in the middle, and a nice little outro with...well, I dunno what it was actually. Lyrics didn't really 'a jump out upon me. I kinda have trouble picking out those sort of muted vocals actually.

6.5/10

Now, my favouritest band ever, again, but I last picked them four pages/months ago, and this is a different era:

Skyclad - Womb of the Worm

[IronOxide]

What have I to say on Skyclad's Womb of the Worm?

The beginning is strange, and then the guitars come in powerfully. The guitar is cool and fun to listen to, and then the vocals. Oh the vocals. They are uninspired and they don't even sound good. (At least to me, I'm not a metal fan) The song then offers little development or change that you expect in a seven minute song.

As someone who doesn't like metal I give it a 3/10.

I next present you to my favorite instrumentalists ever.

The Yoshida Brothers - Madrugada

http://s40.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=18ZGO7ZP7XK3X0UZGSXS4F9SA5

[KharBevNor]

Listennn toooo the lyyrrriiiiicsssss *cries*

Womb Of The Worm

Black hat stranger - affluent as effluent
Hides behind his mirror shades and crocodile smile
Preying on the weak, the vulnerable and innocent
All things pure and virginal he will defile.

Shepherd of a flock of black sheep - he knows his charges well
Their thirst for life is drowning down in his snow filled hell...

They never die - in "the Womb of the Worm" they lie
They never die - in "the Womb of the Worm" they lie.

Slaves to the only god they know,
Drawn by the song of the cosmic diva
The lord of the flies is a dandy beau
King of the hill in the new Bohemia
Where does he come from, their redeemer
Where does he dwell? (they never learn)
What is the prize for the true believer?
Rotting away in the "Womb of the Worm"?

Death is the hand of a handsome stranger - (he speaks, heads turn)
Babes unaware of impending danger - quickening dead in the "Womb of the Worm"

They never die - in "the Womb of the Worm" they lie
They never die - in "the Womb of the Worm" they lie.

At the gravesides of sad lonely children
Reason sits with a tear in her eye
Killed in their prime - tell me why were they taken?
It's not them but "the Worm" that should die.
"Stabat Mater Dolorosa" - a grieving mother's sad refrain
Chasing dragons in the subway, to kill the time and ease the pain.

Words of "the Worm":
"Don't be afraid - just take my hand
'cause life's too short to be a bore
Try it once, you'll understand
Why they keep coming back for more."
Form an orderly line outside death's door
If you want to taste his sweet amnesia
He's never short of clientele
Though most of them die from a fatal seizure
Another mother cries to a chat-show host
(she speaks - my stomach churns)
I hear how a young kid - now a young ghost
Died a sickening death in "the Womb of the Worm."

They never die - in "the Womb of the Worm" they lie
They never die - in "the Womb of the Worm" they lie.



I mean, come on, they cap pretty much every other band in the universe on the head for lyrics.

And I love his vocals so much -_-

[a pack of wolves]

Sorry Khar, but those kind of lyrics are one of the reasons I can never get into a lot of metal. Give me a nice song about a French cultural theorist any day.

[KharBevNor]

But it's a tortuously clever song about people who sell drugs to children! Can you not even appreciate the word-play, the internal rhymes, the cadences and alliterations? This is clever bloody stuff, and relevant too.

[IronOxide]

I think that word play should be just that, play. If you want to play with words, don't make it about killing little kids.

It's just not my style.

I did like the guitar, though, it was just too overpowered by backup guitar and the vocals. The chords shouldn't be louder than the melody, in my book at least.

I hope that I'm not coming off as a asshole, it's hard to sound nice about this on the internet.

EDIT: A minor spelling error, I'm like that.

[blindsuperhero]

But it's a tortuously clever song about people who sell drugs to children! Can you not even appreciate the word-play, the internal rhymes, the cadences and alliterations? This is clever bloody stuff, and relevant too.

It doesn't seem at all great to me. If you want to read and example of how word-play, internal rhymes, blah is done properly I suggest reading The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock by T. S. Eliot

[KharBevNor]

I think that word play should be just that, play. If you want to play with words, don't make it about killing little kids.

It's not exactly about killing little kids.

What you're saying is you would like the whole world sugar coated? Ah well. I'll wait for a bit before posting another of their songs, next time from the era when they got really heavy on the fiddle.

Absolutely nothing beats a guitar vs fiddle duelling solo.

And duh, I'm an english student, I've read shiteloads of Elliot. He's ok.

I prefer Walkyier, tbh. Not on the page maybe, but definitely when it's sung. It just comes so alive.

[La Creme]

I really think this was very VERY good metal. Heavy, lyrical, had some major chords (fuck metal bands that don't have the occasional harmonious major tone, like most hardcore bands, though they're not metal). I liked it a lot and will be checking out much more of Skyclad's stuff.

Madrugada - Yoshida Brothers

Though this was trying a bit too hard to be funky, it was still pretty awesome. I liked the use of that traditional-asian instrument sounding thing in place of a guitar or sax. Very chill. The drumming was really sterotypical and boring for a funk, unfortunately. The part that starts just before the 3-minute mark, where most of the instruments drop out was pretty nice. The instrument wasn't too fit for improv-soloing, but that's ok because it was a decent solo.
Meh. 7/10

Now, a fusion explolsion of awesome straight from the bad-ass bronx:
Break You Ankle Punk
by Mephiskapheles
http://s30.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=3B5J21B8V3WPL2YR20JA1JTS1S

(The singer isn't great, but he's very Bronx, and he keeps up their Satanic-Ska image very well. He looks like a crack-head-Ethiopian on a pen-knife killing spree. And he screams like crazy on some of the tracks...)

[KharBevNor]

I really think this was very VERY good metal. Heavy, lyrical, had some major chords (fuck metal bands that don't have the occasional harmonious major tone, like most hardcore bands, though they're not metal). I liked it a lot and will be checking out much more of Skyclad's stuff.

Skyclad are very upbeat, musically. If you want some serious guitar goodness, check out their first album, 'Wayward Sons of Mother Earth'. The kind of thrash you'd expect from what basically started out as the British Thrash supergroup: ex members of Sabbat, Satan and Pariah = goodness.

Later on they get more folky, with the fiddle and all, then achieve a more even metal/folk split by the last album they did with Walkyier, Folkemon, though their later albums draw a much heavier influence from NWOBHM and earlier proto-metal/hard rock stuff. A Semblance of Normality is more heavy folk rock, but still okay, though the lyrics aren't as good.

*downloads your track*

[KharBevNor]

Hmmm, didn't quite know what to make of this one. Kind of twinkly little intro, then a horn section. I don't really like ska, but this wasn't too infernally annoying. The groove did not make me want to move I must say. What was this a fusion of exactly, apart from ska-punk? Actually, I did kind of hear some record scratches in the background?

Er, 4/10. tbh. Not my cup of tea and whatnot.

Now, this is a long one, but very awesome. One of the bands that it makes me sad went crap:

Cradle of Filth - Queen of Winter, Throned

Cradle of Filth at their best, epic, cold, and just the right side of cheesy, inventing every cliche.

[La Creme]

That one isn't very mixed. I've no idea where you got punk from that one. Not to opunk to me. The sax solo is very "free jazz" (a la Ornette Coleman), so it's got a little of that. And yes, the scratching should be louder. The video version's much better. It's got more organ and stuff.
Their top fusiony songs are definately "Foursome" (a ska-jazz take on Miles Davis' 'Four', but alterred and with a brilliant sax solo) and "Bad Toupee" or "Sate" (metal-jazz-ska-punk). Also "Scram" has a little bit of everything too, plus a great horn-and-distorted-guitar fanfare.

[KharBevNor]

The vocals sounded pretty punk. And the way he kept going 'Ska meets bronx', or whatever it was. I presumed that had something to do with NY Hardcore? I dunno...

[La Creme]

Nothing to do with NY Hardcore. Mephiskapheles are just bad motherfuckers. They would whip the ass of nearly anyone with their combined demonicosity and kick-ass drummer and sax player. The guitarist leaves a lot to be desired, I will admit. And the singer isn't that great when he's not yelling or "rapping" (a la Neville Staple). Ska means the Bronx is just him "representin'" I guess. He's black, so I suppose he can get away with that sort of thing. Even though he's not rapping.

[KharBevNor]

I see...

Still, I just don't like Ska. Something about it. That was good though, I can tell. Just...it was ska.

[IronOxide]

Cradle of Filth - Queen of Winter, Throned

It starts off with some pretty cool guitar, and that guy's voice almost made me wet myself. I am also against talking during a song instead of singing. At 5:40 left (iTunes displays it like that and I'm kinda too lazy to convert it) the womans voice becomes more pornounced for a bt making it very eerie. This is very, very stereotypical metal. Again at about 3:60 left there is a cool use of eerie voices, this time in harmony. That is where this song, I feel shines. But unfortunately it if filled with time like 2:57 until the end where they just talk. It sounds so unpleasant. At 2:29 to the finish you hear a few notes from their bass (vocal type). It however loses all dignity when it soon falls to orgasm sounds and screaming. Oh the screaming. I think that this song would be much more bearable if the guy with the really deep voice shot their screamer and dragged his corpse around until he made no more sound.

I am giving this song a 2/10, sorry.

I next choose Ban the Tube Top by Reel Big Fish

I'm in a ska-tastic mood.

[a pack of wolves]

Reel Big Fish - Ban The Tube Top

Now this takes me back, to those late-90s days when ska and ska-punk was everywhere and my friends and I would get drunk and skank to the Mad Caddies. I've no idea if this track comes from that period (I was never a RBF fan back then), but it sure sounds like it. We've got simple, catchy horn parts, a frequently-occurring chorus that sticks in your head pretty well, pretty silly lyrics... in other words, this is a bit of fluff. But that's what this kind of music is meant to be, and it does its job pretty well. The only problem is, I feel like I know this song despite the fact that I've never heard it before in my life. It's efficient, but it doesn't seem to differentiate itself from the mass of bands from back when this music seemed ubiquitous, unlike say the Dance Hall Crashers (who I still spin to this day).
5/10

Second String Bluegrass Band - Paint The Town

[KharBevNor]

I think that this song would be much more bearable if the guy with the really deep voice shot their screamer and dragged his corpse around until he made no more sound.

Same guy. Dani Filth's vocal register used to rock pretty hard, now CoF are just really dull.

[IronOxide]

Why would someone ignore such a kick-ass lower register for that? I remain baffled by the human race.

[Revenge_Therapist]

Second String Bluegrass Band - Paint The Town
Interesting little bluegrass ditty. I mean it is a genere that you always know what you're in for. The guitar on this was better than most that I've heard. However most of that is due to the hippies adopting it into their world.
My track is

Small Brown Bike-Jailbreak
Thin Lizzy Cover=teh awesome.
http://s44.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=1I0702F4JUB460TC8IS9H1SIJU

[KharBevNor]

Why would someone ignore such a kick-ass lower register for that? I remain baffled by the human race.

INHUMAN HOWLS FROM THE WINTERFORESTS!


That is all the explanation you get, sir. To me, it makes perfect sense.

[Merkava]

OMG THRED REVIVEL OMGZ!

Jailbreak -by- Small Brown Bike

Overall, I enjoyed it, but there were a few things I have to pick with the actual song. This may be the recording, but the drums have no real power. As a percussionist myself, it kind of hurt to hear such weakly-played drums, especially when played with the particularly strong riff. In the beginning, the tempo seemed kind of awkward, but it comes together later on, especially when the lead singer comes in and the interplay really begins. Though the lead singer had no range or variety in his voice, this is punk. I may be expecting too much.

Good song. I'd give it a 8/10, as most of my complaints are nit-picks.

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And now...

A cover of Weezer's "Only in Dreams" by one of my favorite bands, Mock Orange.

http://www.mockorange.net/mp3s/Only_In_Dreams.mp3

[La Creme]

Mock Orange - Only In Dreams
They made the beat a little more interesting, which was nice. The singer wasn't that good.. at all. Sorry. The guitar held pretty faithful to Weezer. Around 3:20 they do the build-up/bridge thing but they kinda ruin it by not coming down. Which pissed me off. But his little "only in dreams" yell after that was very Rivers.
Decent song, and the cover stayed pretty faithful, if boring, so...: 6/10

I posted them on another board, so I back up my love for them here:

Mr. Torture by Helloween
http://s10.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=0UUKT2JX9W80N3AZW0QDLEEAJD

[KharBevNor]

Helloweeeen! Great fast semi-classical intro, then breaking into the kind of verse/chorus vocals that they helped make cliche. Cool lyrics and great singing. "He's been banned in twenty countries, Though he does it for money..." and what a goddamn solo! 9/10

Orange Goblin - Magic Carpet

[Merkava]

Mock Orange - Only In Dreams
They made the beat a little more interesting, which was nice. The singer wasn't that good.. at all. Sorry. The guitar held pretty faithful to Weezer. Around 3:20 they do the build-up/bridge thing but they kinda ruin it by not coming down. Which pissed me off. But his little "only in dreams" yell after that was very Rivers.
Decent song, and the cover stayed pretty faithful, if boring, so...: 6/10

Heh, the best thing about Mock Orange is that they have a new sound and lead singer (who was already in the band, since all of the band members are childhood friends). Now, they do this really crazy mix of Pavement/Built to Spill/Modest Mouse. Here's an example of their new sound just for fun.

http://www.mockorange.net/mp3s/Stuck_In.mp3

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Now for the review.


Orange Goblin - Magic Carpet

I really, really enjoyed this song. The beginning  was great, where it had that really nice funky bass, but got better after the seamless transition into high-energy hard rock with the nimbly-played riffs, the simple yet effective drumming, and the lead singer's harsh snarl. I actually feel like listening to it again.

10/10

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How about some nice experimental/hard-rock instrumental music from the more-than-excellent RPG Shadow Hearts: Covenant?

http://anubis.bluelaguna.net/sh2ost//02%20-%20~ICARO%20AGAIN%20~%20Advertise%20II.mp3

[Patatat]

My Reve

Music from games, usually means annoying and repeatative with usually little to none lyrical talent.

However, this one surprised me it was not repeatative at all. It was very short, so that may be the reason. I liked the soft stuff, and the harder stuff. The instrumentals were very good. Also, the touch of the lady singing softly in an eery sort of way just fit into it. It was rather short, but that is a good thing. As I could see it getting to be the same thing over and over again very fast.

I give it a 6.5 out of 10.

What you have to endure with muahaha.
Sorry I can't figure out how to use one of those MP3 sites.

Elliot Smith-Ballad of Big Nothing

[La Creme]

It's easy... just go to www.yousendit.com.

1) Put in an email adress. It doesn't matter what, just make sure it's either yours or bullshit that won't be some random person's.

2) Browse your computer for the file you want to give to people.

3) Once it's sent, copy the link that appears on the screen (not in the url bar...) and paste it here.

[a pack of wolves]

And if you can't do that, then just limit yourself to tracks you can find on band and label websites or places like www.epitonic.com

[Merkava]

Yousendit takes FOREVER with me for some reason. If it works for you, good. If it doesn't, follow wolve's advice.

Review, since I have Either/Or. ;P

Ballad of Big Nothing - Elliott Smith

As with most of this guy's songs, it's carried along mostly by an acoustic guitar. Though his voice is pretty weak, I won't hold it against him; that's kind of his trademark. The drumming was actually pretty nice, as it kept the beat and did some improv on the side, which is hard to do in this kind of tempo without sounding hokey, but he pulled it off to good effect. It's a classic song from a classic album.

9/10

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Now, sorry about ANOTHER Mock Orange song, but this is the newer, more  heartland/indie rock sound they displayed on "Mind is Not Brain" compared to the Weezer cover.

http://www.mockorange.net/mp3s/Payroll.mp3

[Psiogen]

Mock Orange - "Payroll"

Simple, standard-issue indie-pop done right. Solid riff, nice little instrumental touches. The whole thing is catchy and keeps to a solid bounce despite the lazy tempo. A keeper. 8/10

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http://sylvanmigdal.com/stuff/Metamorphosis.mp3">Curved Air - "Metamorphosis"
WARNING: this track is a dweebgasmic 10 minute prog epic from around 1975.

[Kai]

Fucking A! 70's prog! woo!

Curved Air - Metamorphisis

Alright, starts out with some piano melody thing. THen starts with a drumroll and some other instrument I can't determine. sounds like there's an organ in there too. soon enough comes in the guitar and the music starts up, with sort of a transylvanian feeling. I'm reminded of Zappa's Transylvanian Boogie song, which may help the song. Soon, some annoying British kids come in singing. or are they women? I'm not sure. Either way it kinda bugs me. Then it all later stops except for the piano. Later some lady starts singing something. She's kinda annoying too. Then the crazy organ music kicks in the song starts being awesome again. soon enough the militaristic snare drumroll starts and the tempo and mood changes. Then the kids or women start to sing again and I hate it. Seriously, fire those bastards. I'm not even listening to the lyrics, because this is Prog, and all prog lyrics are just made to make the singer look smart and sophisticated. Soon enough they stop and the piano goes into this sorta Old Western Bar Piano Honky Tonk mode. Then it ends. Not bad, just fire the women singer ladies. 7/10

EDIT: WIll have song up in a minute, however, someone can go ahead and post another song if I don't get it up before you.

[Kai]

The Residents - Constantinople

http://s37.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=1OYNKW5IQOMRN3CDJE2KPI0W4S

[Merkava]

The link doesn't work.

[Kai]

The Residents - Constantinople

[Merkava]

There we go.

Review:

Constantinople - The Residents

If it were up to me, WTF would be my review. But the rules say I have to give an idea of what the song is like. You start with a rather boring bassline and some clicks and beeps, then you get some lo-fi vocals. It goes on like that for a bit, then some 40's style background vocals and some other instruments jump into the mix. It was interesting, but I still don't see why experimental music like this is so well-liked. There's really nothing to it.

5/10

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Teh song:

http://www.transformonline.com/music/radio/files/The%20Author%20Surrenders.mp3

[Peter Linfield]

Kimone - The Author Surrenders [7/10]
Not a bad song at all. Pretty alternative and mellow, which is something I enjoy. I really like some of the instrumental work, but the vocals irked me a bit at times. It didn't seem entirely memorable, but a very listenable song none-the-less.

Next song: Dredg - Sorry But It's Over

[seven]

Could you provide a link or something, Peter?  This song has proven to be mildly difficult to find...

[Psiogen]

Then the kids or women start to sing again and I hate it. Seriously, fire those bastards.

Uh...there's just one singer. Her name is Sonja Kristina, and she rules.

[La Creme]

NEW RULE: You must supply a link to your song within one hour of posting your review or any other person may post a song of their own.

You have one hour starting now, Peter...

[KharBevNor]

Sounds reasonable to me.

I DO already have a song uploaded, of course...

[La Creme]

Word.