Topic: The Forced Listening Thread (Read 316313 times)

KharBevNor · « **Reply #400 on:** 22 Aug 2005, 16:23 »

Mr. Bungle - Merry Go Bye-Bye

Starts off with a sort of old fashioned rock bit, with some cheesy backing vocals and keys, that was reasonably cool. Cuts hard into a thrash squeal, then some noise, then another rip of thrash, which was pretty cool. Then some more noise stuff over a metal build-up, which went into a strange guitar part, and more odd noise stuff. Like every other Mr. Bungle track I've heard,it was cool, I guess, but not gripping me. the death metal bit it then came on with the video games noises was pretty cool. But it was 4 minutes in now, and kinda lacking in awesome tbh. Then faded out to another soft rock bit that sounded like late Floyd to a certain extent, and then turned into Meatloaf in a pretty well done transmission. Vocals started repeating from the opening section. And that was the first track I think, so I'll stop there.

It's okay. original certainly...I dunno...it just felt like a chore to listen to really, which I suppose in a way it was always going to be...but I felt no hook, ya know? ...6.8/10 I'd say.

I suspect the reason I can't really like Mr. Bungle is because I heard them after I became a rabid fan of Crotchduster, and Slippery Jim, Fornicus and Cain push a brand of rabid, hyper-offensive insanity that, in my mind, rapes Mr. Bungle in the ears. I think they're superior because, even though I hate some of the musical styles they use, I can't stop fucking laughing. I think I may have already posted Let Me Into Starfish Land so:

Crotchduster - Stars Ingenious Cooter [Live]

"Fuck the motherfucking shit up!"

La Creme · « **Reply #401 on:** 22 Aug 2005, 16:54 »

Heh. Yeah... the laughing. Shit, I can't stop either. Holy fuck. Heh.

KharBevNor · « **Reply #402 on:** 22 Aug 2005, 17:24 »

Sarcasm?

La Creme · « **Reply #403 on:** 22 Aug 2005, 17:55 »

Nope. This is some high-class funny shit.

I swear on my... nipples... or maybe just the left one...

KharBevNor · « **Reply #404 on:** 22 Aug 2005, 18:04 »

get the whole album. The bit where they answer their hate-mail is fucking gold.

La Creme · « **Reply #405 on:** 22 Aug 2005, 18:13 »

Heh. Hatemail answering is always funny. No, but the best is seriously the best is Strong Bad's spring cleaning, where it doesn't even have to be hateful for him to dis it.

Anyways, on topic, this song was teh rawkzorz. And it was very very funny. I especially liked the part where THE ENTIRE SONG! So... yes. 9/10 (just because I can't stand growled lyrics...)

Tom Waits - In The Colosseum

No further explanation is necessary.

http://s36.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=3LQ60DUKOSHRA3A1KYULUS6IX5

Signum_Tenebrae · « **Reply #406 on:** 22 Aug 2005, 18:13 »

"Hail Crotchduster! You guys rule except I don't like the parts of your songs that aren't metal. I'm in a band too! We're called Hellspawn Warhammers of the Nordic Wind!! We play pulvarizing war metal mixed with barbaric hate!"

Kai · « **Reply #407 on:** 22 Aug 2005, 18:17 »

Crotchduster is awesomely awesome.

MAMMAL SAUCE

KharBevNor · « **Reply #408 on:** 22 Aug 2005, 18:21 »

"I went back stage to try and get you to sign my CD, but you were too busy doing coke out of a hookers butt to see me. Except for Cain, who bit me. Your band stinks"

La Creme · « **Reply #409 on:** 22 Aug 2005, 18:36 »

heh
thas goot

Sydney · « **Reply #410 on:** 23 Aug 2005, 09:50 »

Quote from: La Creme

9/10 (just because I can't stand growled lyrics...)

Tom Waits - In The Colosseum
No further explanation is necessary.
http://s36.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=3LQ60DUKOSHRA3A1KYULUS6IX5

uhrrr.. i just won't review that. but if you don't like growled lyrics... wtf?
I can hear the phlem gurgling in his throat *cringe*

La Creme · « **Reply #411 on:** 23 Aug 2005, 10:57 »

TOM WAITS NOT GROWLS HE CROONS FUCK YOU RAAARGHHH.

Ok, y'know what? He's my exeption. And I meant like, not understandable metal growls.

Kai · « **Reply #412 on:** 23 Aug 2005, 13:42 »

Because Tom Waits is badass. I'd review it but I already know he's badass and it would make it completely and utterly worthless.

IronOxide · « **Reply #413 on:** 27 Aug 2005, 18:51 »

Fine, I'll touch it.

A pretty cool percussion thing at the beginning, which I can appreciate. This guy seems to have somthing against women, but I'll dismiss that. He's much more talking than singing, and it is very repetitive. It's much more of a story-type song than a musicaly focused song.

I give this a this music is for crazy people out of ten.

Up next is the best damn a capella band ever, period. There name is The Buffalo Chips (because they're from Buffalo) and the song is called You can Call Me Al

salada · « **Reply #414 on:** 29 Aug 2005, 04:17 »

i should declare my bias first. i don't like paul simon. at all. if this means i hate music (or life), then meh, i guess i hate music (or life).

that said... there's some seriously impressive vocal percussion going on here. the drums especially, if that is actually someone's mouth. 11 out of 10 for crispness. bass is good, too.

so i'll give this bk-bk-tss out of 10.

anyway. i wasn't going to post in this thread, but then this song came up on shuffle on my ipod and i remembered how much i liked it. so i thought someone else should hear it.

amon tobin -- the clean-up

this is from the soundtrack amon tobin did for the latest splinter cell game. usually i'd be all like "game music nurr wtf this sucks" but the developers pretty much gave him complete creative license to do whatever he wanted. the soundtrack's pretty moody and atmospheric (this is one of the faster/louder tracks), and there's some great drumwork in the second half.

McTaggart · « **Reply #415 on:** 30 Aug 2005, 04:29 »

Amon Tobin - The Clean Up
Starts off nice and atmospheric. I was pretty much expecting it to continue like this when a sort of a beat kind of emerges and then opens up completely. Cut up drums = win. Some nice samples in there, like the slightly arabian sounding flute thing. This track build up some real tension at the start and then keeps it nearly all the way through. It's pretty good. I give it a Sam Fisher out of ten.

Four Tet - Slow Jam

onyatola · « **Reply #416 on:** 30 Aug 2005, 04:51 »

Four Tet - Slow Jam

I like the background beat and the guitar. Then when the song just changes in the middle it gets really interesting. I'll give it a 8 out of ten.

The Omega Effect - http://www.myspace.com/theomegaeffect">Starshine

Esotastic · « **Reply #417 on:** 30 Aug 2005, 06:17 »

The Omega Effect - Starshine

The plodding bass and simple guitar riffs ended up being a bit boring at first, but eventually, I found them creeping into my skull and I was tapping my feet half-way through the song. His voice wasn't anything special, but I still enjoyed it. All in all, it was well put together, and a bit catchy. 6/10.

Now fo' mine!

Please Inform the captain this is a Hijack - http://www.lovehasnologic.com/empme/a/Please%20Inform%20The%20Captain%20This%20Is%20A%20Hijack_Your%20Good%20Thing%20Is%20About%20To%20Come%20To%20An%20End.mp3">Your good thing is about to come to an end

Merkava · « **Reply #418 on:** 30 Aug 2005, 07:45 »

It doesn't seem to work for me.

Esotastic · « **Reply #419 on:** 30 Aug 2005, 08:37 »

Hmm, I just checked it and it works fine for me. Perhaps you need Quicktime?

Merkava · « **Reply #420 on:** 30 Aug 2005, 14:12 »

I'm probably a computer idiot. I haven't found a way to get passed 403 errors. -__-;

tetsuotheironboy · « **Reply #421 on:** 30 Aug 2005, 14:48 »

Please Inform the captain this is a Hijack - Your good thing is about to come to an end

Amusing sample-based intro degenerates into underwhelming screamo and doesn't go anywhere from there. The impotent vocals and non-existent production values conspire to produce a shockingly poor overall sound, like at the drive-in performing from the inside of a biscuit tin. The guitarist is clearly making an effort to do something a little bit different from the standard screamo style but not necessarily succeeding. I give it 3/10 for the intro alone.

PS.
I don't like screamo, pretty much the entire genre doesn't sit well with me, anyone who reads this and shares my opinion fair enough you'll probably agree with me on the song. Anyone who reads this and does like the genre please don't flame me, i'm not an expert and i don't claim to be.

My suggestion, Sage Francis - Escape Artist. In my opinion one of the highlights from his latest album 'A Healthy Distrust'.

La Creme · « **Reply #422 on:** 30 Aug 2005, 18:06 »

Post a link next time!!! Go to www.yousendit.com, send it to yourself, then post the link here! It's not that hard!

When friends of mine who play instruments are at the level where they're about to start learning to improvise, I play them this song. I'm pretty sure it is the best formula-based soloing ever. John McLaughlin on guitar.

Miles Davis - Orange

http://s22.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=02T7UB1TNPSLE3SKOU6SPYW0II

tetsuotheironboy · « **Reply #423 on:** 31 Aug 2005, 04:52 »

oops, i saw something about filesharing programs earlier in the post and assumed that was the preferred method. Anywho, my mistake so heres the link..

Sage Francis - Escape Artist can be found at..

http://s24.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=3TPCY2FFMPSVS0BWEMR7G3S6LB

La Creme · « **Reply #424 on:** 31 Aug 2005, 12:17 »

No biggy.

e-z0r · « **Reply #425 on:** 01 Sep 2005, 18:48 »

Sage Francis - Escape Artist

Rather different from what I expected from the name. The name sounds like country-music. I'm not a great follower of hip-hop or rap music, even though I enjoy any kind of music. I do have a friend who is a beginning hip-hop artist, releasing minor self-produced instrumental hip-hop albums. I get a bit from there. Point is that I don't have so much to compare to, so take this with a grain of salt. I'm also a cripple when it comes to terms, but try to bear with me.

The beat, that is the background music is rather simple, repetetive and uninteresting. Luckily, it follows a rhythm. Rhythm is good.

Vocal artistry. From the more interesting and experimental beginning, where the vocals are looking for their own style and flair, the singing quickly turns into repetetive and unoriginal, which, unfortunately, also make them uninteresting. Even though I haven't been following the music style, even I've "heard this before", sort of. Unfortunately it leaves me cold.

The composition of the track is sort of, well, boring. There are no major changes 'cept from when the intro ends and the song begins. From that point on, it's just.. blah.

Conclusion: While this song does entertain me on the merit that it has rhythm and I like rhythm, the song doesn't really hit any groove. I find very little beauty in it, I'm not awed by the skill of any of the performers, whether DJ or singer, it doesn't carry a message that touches me at all, or if it does, it doesn't bring it close enough for me to see it. It doesn't put me in any sort of mood with it's atmosphere, and even with the rhythm it simply isn't powerful enough to do anything to me. So, while there is promise, unfortunately to this song I give a rating of:

3/10.

For the next song,
Blake - Evil Remains Evil

IronOxide · « **Reply #426 on:** 01 Sep 2005, 19:00 »

I'll take this one, just put it up on http://www.yousendit.com

e-z0r · « **Reply #427 on:** 01 Sep 2005, 19:17 »

Ah, 'scuse me.

http://s40.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=1CSP24NXFHI22084WY1C4WRKFK

e-z0r · « **Reply #428 on:** 02 Sep 2005, 12:36 »

So... Guy just calls it and then doesn't continue the chain at all?

KharBevNor · « **Reply #429 on:** 02 Sep 2005, 12:43 »

Right, I'm doing it. I'll do the review in about ten minutes-quarter of an hour, I'm uploading a long track.

Ã¶de · « **Reply #430 on:** 02 Sep 2005, 13:11 »

Quote from: KharBevNor

Right, I'm doing it. I'll do the review in about ten minutes-quarter of an hour, I'm uploading a long track.

I'd better like it cos I'm calling it.

I'll get something up in a sec for whoever's after me.

KharBevNor · « **Reply #431 on:** 02 Sep 2005, 13:18 »

Blake - Evil Remains Evil

The song started so quietly I wasn't even sure it was on over the rattle of my keys, then suddenly jumped up. Pretty decent hard rock song. Reminds me of The 69 Eyes' latest. The vocalist was pretty good, I like the style, but there was some odd vocal twinges that gave me the feeling it may almost be parody. I also caught lines that sounded like he was reciting names of rock and metal albums. Checked up online and all was explained to me, including the 69 Eyes similiarity. Bloody Finns. This ruled out parody, because I've NEVER heard a 100% serious finnish artist, except possibly Trio Niskalaukaus, and even then maybe I don't get the joke. We're talking about a country in which Lordi charts ffs. Anyway, this left me with no real idea as to what the track sounds like, so I listened again. I'll say again, good, although it is REALLY similiar to Devils. Which detracts. A bit. I fucking love the 69 Eyes. A solid 7.5.

Now, lets get all dramatic. And who better to turn to but Anna-Varney Cantonadea and the voices in her head?

Sopor Aeternus & the Ensemble of Shadows - There Was a Country By the Sea

"There was a country by the sea,
but I cannot say for certain,
Whether it was part of some lonesome isle,
Or merely a coastal region..."

e-z0r · « **Reply #432 on:** 02 Sep 2005, 13:46 »

Quote from: KharBevNor

Blake - Evil Remains Evil

The song started so quietly I wasn't even sure it was on over the rattle of my keys, then suddenly jumped up. Pretty decent hard rock song. Reminds me of The 69 Eyes' latest. The vocalist was pretty good, I like the style, but there was some odd vocal twinges that gave me the feeling it may almost be parody. I also caught lines that sounded like he was reciting names of rock and metal albums. Checked up online and all was explained to me, including the 69 Eyes similiarity. Bloody Finns. This ruled out parody, because I've NEVER heard a 100% serious finnish artist, except possibly Trio Niskalaukaus, and even then maybe I don't get the joke. We're talking about a country in which Lordi charts ffs. Anyway, this left me with no real idea as to what the track sounds like, so I listened again. I'll say again, good, although it is REALLY similiar to Devils. Which detracts. A bit. I fucking love the 69 Eyes. A solid 7.5.

Oh JESUS.. Comparing this to the bloody 69 eyes? Good lord do the 69 eyes SUCK. The singing is plain god awful, and they play in playback :DD Saw the huge tsunami benefit concert where they played, drummer was doing completely different things than the audio track that came out when they had a long cut to the drummer.

Anyways, finns do a lot of serious music. Perhaps you just haven't heard any

KharBevNor · « **Reply #433 on:** 02 Sep 2005, 14:04 »

My favourite Finnish bands are Finntroll, Korpiklaani, Ensiferum, Children of Bodom, (old) 69 Eyes (Savage Garden to Blessed Be), ...And Oceans, Impaled Nazarene, Lordi, Nightwish, Eläkeläiset, To Seperate the Flesh From the Bones, (old-mid) Amorphis, Darkwoods My Betrothed, Wintersun, Trio Niskalaukaus, Goathemy, Behexen, Turisas, Horna and Omnium Gatherum*. Okay, on reflection, Trio Niskalaukaus, Amorphis**, Horna, Behexen and ...And Oceans are pretty serious. Nightwish try and come off as being, but they will never live down Elvenpath, especially not the way they're going. Darkwoods My Betrothed are probably trying to be as well but...oh come on.

And seriously, listen to the song 'Devils' by 69 Eyes, if it ain't already plastered over the radio over there. Very similiar, the guitar lines if nothing else.

*I'm aware some of this is pop in Finland. All I can say is, I wish my country had your country's musical taste. Also, Humppa.

**Apart from that Doors cover. LIGHT MYYY FIIIIIRE.

Edit'd because they're not 'Behexem'

e-z0r · « **Reply #434 on:** 02 Sep 2005, 14:14 »

Unfortunately, as far as I know, Ensiferum is also serious.

Anyway, if that is your list of favourite finnish bands, you indeed do know a lot of them and I take back my words about that. Definately not my choices for good finnish bands though, not by a long shot. Though I do like ...And Oceans' Tears Have No Name and half of the "The Symmetry Of I The Circle Of O", the weird atmospheric half, that is.

Devils used to run on the radio a whole lot, of course it's old now so not anymore. And sure, I do like the riffs and composition of the song, especially it's beginning, but unfortunately the vocals spoil it. And that playback thing is pretty bad in my eyes. I'm not sure whether they always do it but still. Gnaws at me. If they had instrumental versions of their songs, I might listen.

Ã¶de · « **Reply #435 on:** 02 Sep 2005, 14:17 »

Fragile Lives - Song of Faith

17mb song, Khar? Damn you.

e-z0r · « **Reply #436 on:** 02 Sep 2005, 14:23 »

Quote from: öde

Fragile Lives - Song of Faith

17mb song, Khar? Damn you.

Was that your review of the song then?

Geez. I rather liked the song Khar posted. Not that I could really concentrate on the lyrics though.

Next time I'm on the line I'll make someone listen to Dream Theater's A Change of Seasons or something. To get something a bit bigger and longer into the game

KharBevNor · « **Reply #437 on:** 02 Sep 2005, 14:28 »

No reviewy, no posty! If you're on 56k, I'll put up a shorter Sopor Aeternus track when I get back from my bath.

Quote from: e-z0r

Unfortunately, as far as I know, Ensiferum is also serious.

Ah, but Ensiferum fall down at the hurdle that heavy metal is an almost entirely unserious genre. Taking yourself seriously just makes you more funny, and much better for escapism. You absolutely cannot be a fan of power or a lot of folk metal if you are incapable of lightening the fuck up. This is why Rhapsody videos are so incredibly funny.

Ã¶de · « **Reply #438 on:** 02 Sep 2005, 14:47 »

Quote from: e-z0r

Quote from: öde
Fragile Lives - Song of Faith

17mb song, Khar? Damn you.

Was that your review of the song then?

Geez. I rather liked the song Khar posted. Not that I could really concentrate on the lyrics though.

Next time I'm on the line I'll make someone listen to Dream Theater's A Change of Seasons or something. To get something a bit bigger and longer into the game

I'll skip that since I already love Dream Theater. And I posted that when I was downloading it, took me a whole four minutes :O

I enjoyed it, although I haven't heard anything like it recently. It had a nice use of orchestral instruments but it felt a bit stretched out and I thought some bits were repeated too much. The vocals kept it together pretty well, kept me hooked on, although I wouldn't have minded if it had kept up the stronger singing. I liked it but I prefer things with a faster tempo during the climax and some stronger instruments to accentuate it.

La Creme · « **Reply #439 on:** 02 Sep 2005, 15:24 »

oh god im lost. What song is the current one that needs rating?

Ã¶de · « **Reply #440 on:** 02 Sep 2005, 15:35 »

Quote from: La Creme

oh god im lost. What song is the current one that needs rating?

Fragile Lives - Song Of Faith

IronOxide · « **Reply #441 on:** 02 Sep 2005, 16:45 »

Quote from: e-z0r

So... Guy just calls it and then doesn't continue the chain at all?

Sorry, I had it all ready and then my computer crashed.

e-z0r · « **Reply #442 on:** 02 Sep 2005, 17:13 »

Quote from: ironoxide887

Quote from: e-z0r
So... Guy just calls it and then doesn't continue the chain at all?

Sorry, I had it all ready and then my computer crashed.

Oh, don't worry.

You should listen to it anyway. You might like it.

La Creme · « **Reply #443 on:** 03 Sep 2005, 01:18 »

Fragile Lives - Song Of Faith

Opens with some good, precise, drumming and guitar. Divulges into same good background with goddamn fucking screaming. Switches into an alternate rhythmic scheme. A bit later it goes into so actual singing (albeit BAD). New guitar and drums come in, some multi-guitar layering, actual singing comes back in. Around 3:40, it launches into a great driving line... ok shit the screaming came back and totally killed the moment. Shite.

This song gets a 6/10 for powerful, precise, and good hard playing with a very tight rhythmic union in the band. The singing (both types) left a lot to be desired.

Looks like it's time for The Sugarplastic again!!!

The Sugarplastic - Auld Lang Syne In 6/8 Time (Train Ride Out Of Town)*

http://s22.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=1SZ8H0SHIZZ8A0CDLYK0WYCWUJ

*Not actually "Auld Lang Syne" or even anything like it for that matter. Just a name.

e-z0r · « **Reply #444 on:** 03 Sep 2005, 14:36 »

I'll take it. Downloading it right now.

e-z0r · « **Reply #445 on:** 03 Sep 2005, 14:53 »

The Sugarplastic - Auld Lang Syne In 6/8 Time (Train Ride Out Of Town)

This is thoroughly an interesting song. While it doesn't have much to do with Auld Lang Syne, it does have similarities in the feel of the song to how a version of Auld Lang Syne might be recorded and made sound good.

Did that make sense? I guess not.

While beautiful and interesting, the song is far too short, considering the 2 minutes 20 includes both an intro and an outro in addition to the main portion of the song. The outro also feels sort of patch-on and doesn't really defend it's place in the song, even if it is kinda nice. Reminds me of Final Fantasy VII.

Definately a "song for a mood". A beautiful song that I'd love to listen to again(or more, I should say. I think I listened to it five times now), despite the fact that sadly it lacks a certain wholeness, and that it's far too short. However, I wouldn't put it into my regular listening category. But for certain moods, nice.

I give it a 5/10 for some good sides and some unfortunate bad sides.

Next, Diablo - Read My Scars . I'm uploading it now. I'll edit this message for the link when the upload is done.

EDIT: Link: Diablo - Read My Scars

thrashbluegrass · « **Reply #446 on:** 03 Sep 2005, 17:07 »

Diablo - Read My Scars

I'm not a big metal fan (although I was, due to my brothers, forced to listen to Pantera over and over and...), but I found this rather listenable.

Pretty standard metal intro turning into a nice bridge.

Good vocals, liked the use of keyboard - not played all the way through, just when it adds something. Also enjoyed the keyboard/guitar solo portion towards the end; which kind of surprises me, because that's exactly why I'm not a big metal fan (more into hardcore when it comes to rock).

All told, a solid and listenable metal song. I wouldn't complain if someone dropped Diablo on the stereo. 7.5/10

And now mine:

Bleach - Revenge of the Canary Empire

It's in Japanese (I saw these girls many years ago in Okinawa - and they rocked my face off), so don't expect to decipher the lyrics.

EDIT #2: No! Really! THIS is the working URL: http://s16.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=1VDU5RY2ED3LU3GWYZEY4MY247

Kai · « **Reply #447 on:** 03 Sep 2005, 20:02 »

Quote from: La Creme

*Not actually "Auld Lang Syne" or even anything like it for that matter. Just a name.

Quote from: e-z0r

While it doesn't have much to do with Auld Lang Syne,

Uh. yeah.

e-z0r · « **Reply #448 on:** 03 Sep 2005, 20:25 »

Quote from: Kai

Quote from: La Creme

*Not actually "Auld Lang Syne" or even anything like it for that matter. Just a name.

Quote from: e-z0r
While it doesn't have much to do with Auld Lang Syne,

Uh. yeah.

What's your point? That I'm stupid because I said it after he did? That I said it as if it was a derogatory comment on the name of the song?

The reason I typed that beginning half of the sentence (you deleted more than half of it), is that I wanted to let the poster know that I agreed with him, that the song didn't have much to do with Auld Lang Syne, but - and so on.

Kai · « **Reply #449 on:** 03 Sep 2005, 20:26 »

My misunderstanding; I read it as if you didn't read the entire post and repeating things in itself bugs me. Apologies.

EDIT: Also, the mods tend to not like the quoting the post above you.

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La Creme

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Sydney

La Creme

onyatola

Esotastic

Merkava

Esotastic

Merkava

tetsuotheironboy

La Creme

tetsuotheironboy

La Creme

e-z0r

e-z0r

e-z0r

e-z0r

e-z0r

e-z0r

La Creme

e-z0r

La Creme

e-z0r

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thrashbluegrass

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