7.5/10: Perfectly respectable 80s piano ballad.
[GRAVITY BOMB]
4/10. Songwriting where vocals are carrying the whole thing is lazy songwriting.
18 Carat Affair - New Jack City II
Those of you that have played Streets of Rage II will find this song very familiar.
"I, Exdeath, have disguised my self as a splinter, waiting for this very moment!" -Exdeath, 1992
I like noises.
Really wish it was longer. The tune has a wonderful relaxing vibe to it, I like the interplay of the two synthesizers as well as the all-enveloping bassline. This little theme just oozes comfort and dim lighting. (8/10)
Nonsense is better than no sense at all.
30/100 - A bouncy beat, a monotone voice, a few moments odd jarring effects, some minor changes in percussion - all merely fancy little pieces of detritus tacked onto a withered little frame.
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Oh shit, is it that band where the singer threw a shitfit at /mu/ for that one or 2 dudes who wished to be her tampons and ignoring the rest of the posters just saying that her music is shit?
Anyway, light 3/10, felt like my cat is jumping on the piano and synthesiser with a backing band just rolling with the tune the best they can. Any good riffs that it has was destroyed by its random structure.
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That's the band, although you're kind of looking over the fact that that was not the first incident of people being less than decent to her. (Also, I happen to think that they are quite good)
Interesting lyrics but I'm mixed about the music. It feels like it wants to be tense and aggressive, but is afraid to go all out, or something. It's duller than it should be. Or maybe it's because of the sound quality… At any rate, it's okay but not outstanding. =O
40 guitar techniques in one solo
Not really a "song" per se, but it functions as a continuous track so, hey.
edited 28th Sep '15 8:26:23 AM by Lyendith
Oh, for real? What happened the first time around, then? I'm only around when she lashed out on the meanies for some vaguely misogynistic posts on the music board on a Bulgarian cheese-making imageboard website.
Also, I ain't saying that their music is objectively bad myself, I just didn't really care enough to listen to their stuff.
Back to business, Solid 7/10 to a light 8/10, I feel educated and entertained, going across the genres seamlessly to show the guitar techniques while still sounding good is no small feat.
Joie De Vivre-I'd Be Upset If I Broke Up With Me Too
edited 28th Sep '15 8:32:39 AM by sgtpendulum
http://www.last.fm/user/sgtpendulum Yo, check out what I'm listening, it'll be heat, brah :^)
Well, there's stuff like this, which is obviously disrespectful, and then there's stuff that she talks about in this article. Even if the other example wasn't warranted, online misogyny is no joke.
But that's enough of me being a miserable scold. 5/10: Inoffensive alt-rock instrumentation with a singer who ought to know that, if you can't sing well, you should at least have personality in your voice (such as Jeff Mangum).
80/100 - I'm really not sure what to think of Karen's voice - it's in a quantum state of being really irritating and heart-string plucking with that aged, homely and just slightly nasal voice. However the acoustic harmony is the real star of the show here. It's lush and elegant yet only when I really think about it. It comes off as very old-timey and rustic but there's a lot of nuance involved for those willing to dig a little deeper.
Solid 5/10, while it is technically good, I can't help but pause it numerous times to watch a video on another tab because I felt bored with it. The only vaguely unique thing about it is that wind instrument(can't put my finger on what exactly is that instrument) but even then its riffs have seamed into the song, it's almost generic.
http://www.last.fm/user/sgtpendulum Yo, check out what I'm listening, it'll be heat, brah :^)
I like noises.
It's not often that I attribute the word "sludgy" to rap music, but this is one of those cases. While the beat seemed a little dull at first, it definitely grew on me by the time the chorus dropped. The lyrics are traditional RTJ facepunching satire (well, as much as I can judge after listening to their first album, haven't checked this one out yet), a little blunt, but still effective. Kind of like a darker version of M.I.A. (7/10)
edited 29th Sep '15 1:58:29 PM by Small_Mess
Nonsense is better than no sense at all.
Solid 6/10 to a light 7/10, it's a strong, hard song with a weird synth that keeps it interesting, however, its energy towards the ending feels kinda forced.
http://www.last.fm/user/sgtpendulum Yo, check out what I'm listening, it'll be heat, brah :^)
40/100 - I don't mind autotuned vocals on principle but here their weakness is clear for all to hear - they lack the fluidity and capability for precise modulation that a human voice possesses and the end result is a lot of clunky, blunt vocal melodies that feel stretched beyond their native range in the worst ways possible.
edited 29th Sep '15 8:50:25 PM by StillbornMachine
7/10. Epic instrumentation, marred by coarse voice.
Sakura by Witch Number 4. Another song from the mobile game Tokyo 7th Sisters.
[GRAVITY BOMB]
72/100. J-Pop isn't particuarly my thing, but this is still better than most of the slop on the radio.
Russel Allen & Jorn Lande - The Battle
Whoever answered my previous two, don't answer this one. Let somebody else state their opinions about my taste in music!
edited 3rd Oct '15 6:11:05 PM by GenericHSFan
"I, Exdeath, have disguised my self as a splinter, waiting for this very moment!" -Exdeath, 1992
Strong 2/10, I understand it tried to be uplifting and 'epic' as it can be but it ended up being poor with corny wailing vocals with the lyrics to match, cheap generic boring riffs and a cringy solo.
http://www.last.fm/user/sgtpendulum Yo, check out what I'm listening, it'll be heat, brah :^)
50/100 - Kind of a nice idea; I like that they are trying to make raw, lo-fi, and deliciously dissonant rock with lots of weird syncopation and oddly disjointed harmonies. Unfortunately as a whole it falls apart because it's little more than a bunch of vaguely inter-related and very stark, basic jam sessions full of ideas that while not bad, have been explored with more depth elsewhere by bands like Voivod from 1986 to 1989 and Univers Zero. It doesn't help that the really tiny percussion sound makes it sound like the equivalent of a bunch of gerbils energetically running about in the walls.
:x Meh. Some interesting riffs here and there, and I liked the outro, but otherwise it just felt like noise with annoying vocals. It's not for me.
9/10: One of my favorite VGM. I audibly gasped the first time I heard the climax.
Strong 6/10 to a solid 7/10, it is good in the beats and the flow, the 80s synth tricks is what kept me from liking it fully.
http://www.last.fm/user/sgtpendulum Yo, check out what I'm listening, it'll be heat, brah :^)
8/10: Funnily enough, I've taken on the role of the Kanye apologist in my family when I haven't totally immersed myself in his music. This ought to change.
Julia Holter - Maxim's I (I might have posted this one a while ago but I love it so much)
40/100 - Her voice is quite nice, it's just not used in a way that really explores the best range of capacities, being a hazy and aimless dreamy pop number.
HOLY 10/10 this is my shit right there, at least for folk. Sweet melodic flow and tone from both vocals. eloquent, magnificent, sounded like I'm back into the medieval ages or some shit like that and the instrumental meshed really well with the vocals.
Will check it out later.
And now here's folk punk
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Eurovision Song Contest has really gotten me used to french-speaking oddness. Brass was strong, vocals got stronger as it went on, but the chorus got a bit annoying… 6.3/10
Brenda Russell - Piano in the Dark
Joke? Why are you calling it a joke? You drew a picture of two dudes hugging and wrote "I love hugs!" on it.