5/10: Well, this is a decent Linkin Park song. I don't care for the band so much, but it's as OK as nu metal gets.
Claude Lombard - L'ambre Et L'oiseau
66/100 - Can't tell if it's the bwow-bwow guitar twang or the somewhat oddly syncopated singing making it sound so damn sexy. Or both.
This melancholic blues-y track feels like an old-school Rock Musical piece, 4/5.
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - The Ballad of Robert Moore and Betty Coltraine
7/10. That was weird, but alright. Not something I'll come back to, but interesting nonetheless.
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As good as Hendrix gets, I think the groove is the main attraction here. I especially like the choice of drum pattern, simple and very dynamic, so that the song feels both laid-back and envigorating. But the skilled guitar is, of course, what gives it true character, and that's also brilliantly done. To me, Jimi Hendrix is one of the few psychedelic musicians of the 60's who can really sound tight within the genre's restraints. (8/10)
Nonsense is better than no sense at all.
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Compared to the other Spoon tracks I've heard, this is surprisingly aggressive - the rough edge borders on post-hardcore at times, in a good way. Britt Daniel's voice here is also less irritatingly nasal and strained than it is on some of their other tracks, which is nice. 7/10
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Tastes better on the way back down.
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9.5/10. Not many albums can brag about having such a memorable opener. The whole album kinda is a presage of ideas such as the European Union, looking back in hindsight, but even leaving aside such things, it is one of the best odes to Europe and its cultural and architectonic elements.
And it's Kraftwerk. The importance of the album this tune comes from is something that is not easy to write about, but I can say that this tune is perfect to start the train voyage. And it shows who both delicate and complex electonic music can be, if you put enough knowledge and leap-into-the-light creativity.
From Germany, let's go to Japan, to meet other pioneers. It's Yellow Magic Orchestra's "Rydeen".
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63/100 - Off the bat, this is really fun and makes me think of a 70's/80's version of the music from Gradius. Lots of distinctly strident melodies and an approaching brimming with both sass and confidence although it is perhaps a little too dainty for my tastes.
Driven by vocals a tad bit harsher than it's usual for Power Metal, seemlessly incorporating Folk Music elements, this track gives off vibes of a perfect Villain Song for a Rock Opera, depicting the fall of the order of Knights Templar, 4/5.
Spiral out, keep going.
Love your hair, hope you win
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Nice dense, multi-layered production, and the rappers range from pretty good to very good on the mic, but I'm afraid I can't dig the chorus on this. It feels too much like it was lifted from a schlocky faux-dark modern pop song for my liking. Remove that, though, and you're left with some nice atmospheric hip-hop. 7/10
Tastes better on the way back down.
7/10. Pretty good metal track, and I like the opening, if a little long. Still, I've heard a lot of good things about Devin Townsend and I can see why.
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That was pretty cringe-worthy. >.> Musically it's... okay I guess. I don't know what to think of the contrast between the super low-tuned roaring guitars and the weirdly J-Popish chorus. The verses are more interesting but too damn short. All in all I can't say I'll return to it. But part of my bad impression might come from the stupid choreography.
Flippé de participer à ce grand souper, je veux juste m'occuper de taper mon propre tempo.
7/10: Perhaps the world's most famous Cape Verdean with a lovely song. African elements in there, of course, but it also feels nicely Mediterranean.
Parquet Courts - Stoned and Starving
6/10: Some vaguely Latin Russian pop. Kinda feels too glossy and boring, but it's OK!
Another green world.
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Cute and carefree, kind of like Meat Puppets two years before this, only with calmer guitar. The simplicity is ill-placed here, perhaps: the main melody feels a bit lonely without at least a bridge of some kind. Nothing too special, but a head above a filler track. (6/10)
Nonsense is better than no sense at all.
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A Slipknot song, with all the meatheaded full-steam-ahead simplicity that implies. Raw, simplified anger can make for great music, but these guys just come off as try-hards to me. 4/10
The Beatles - Tomorrow Never Knows
10/10. First off, should note this isn't available in my country, but thankfully I know this (and the rest of Revolver) by heart. Sure, it might not be their biggest achievement, but when it comes to how ahead of its time the song was, "Tomorrow Never Knows" might be the most ahead of them all. From the incredible usage of the Leslie speaker, to the stop-start tribal rhythms by Ringo, to the spiritual lyrics courtesy of Tim Leary, it's certainly a masterpiece of psychedelia.
"If you spend all your heart / On something that has died / You are not alive and that can't be a life"
I like acoustic music, but the monotonous singing is a put-off, 3/5.
Spiral out, keep going.
I'm not insane, I'm not… not insane!
I was very afraid when the intro started, but in the end it turned out pretty awesome. 
A good blend of pop, electro and metal, which doesn't overstay its welcome, and a pretty funny video too. 
To stay on metal:
Flippé de participer à ce grand souper, je veux juste m'occuper de taper mon propre tempo.
6/10. I like the riffs but not the vocals, just my opinion.
JT Machinima ft. Andrea Storm Kaden - Widowmaker Song
7/10. Good modern metal, nice riffs. Something that isn't overly extreme for a change.
Linkin Park - Wretches and Kings
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