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Re: Mr. Shake's Roulette: The End is Near!
« Reply #350 on: October 15, 2011, 11:21:08 PM »
He sent me a PM


Subject: About your lameass hipster music
"I absolutely loved Godspeed You! Black Emperor

Throughout that entire 23 minute bloc, I kept thinking "Man, there's no way this could get any better," but it kept on getting better and better.

I had never listened to these guys before, because of their name, but after listening to them by force, I'm very glad to have heard them and would like to listen to some more"


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Orion....that's the one with a bunch of power chords and boringly harsh vocals, isn't it?

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Re: Mr. Shake's Roulette: The End is Near!
« Reply #351 on: October 15, 2011, 11:40:07 PM »
GY!BE are fucking amazing, and you chose the perfect song  :tup

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Re: Mr. Shake's Roulette: The End is Near!
« Reply #352 on: October 16, 2011, 06:27:08 AM »
Sent.
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Re: Mr. Shake's Roulette: The End is Near!
« Reply #353 on: October 16, 2011, 08:01:31 AM »
You sent him a 23 minute instrumental? I would have thrown a knife through the internet and cut off your face.

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Re: Mr. Shake's Roulette: The End is Near!
« Reply #354 on: October 16, 2011, 09:35:23 AM »
Your intense hatred of instrumentals still baffles the shit out of me. If vocals are the only thing making most songs at the least tolerable are you all about a cappella stuff or something?

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Re: Mr. Shake's Roulette: The End is Near!
« Reply #355 on: October 16, 2011, 09:37:18 AM »
I've warmed up to instrumentals...after all, I loved the song I sent to Shake. Like, it is one of my favorite songs on the album, but still...23 minutes of anything is too much. How am I a DT fan? I'm not really...

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Re: Mr. Shake's Roulette: The End is Near!
« Reply #356 on: October 16, 2011, 10:11:29 AM »
Well he loved it and so do a lot of other people. Maybe you just suck? Yeah sounds about right. :tup
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Re: Mr. Shake's Roulette: The End is Near!
« Reply #357 on: October 16, 2011, 10:24:51 AM »
I like zilcherson's POV. 

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Re: Mr. Shake's Roulette: The End is Near!
« Reply #358 on: October 16, 2011, 05:34:43 PM »
sent with a vengence.
     

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Re: Mr. Shake's Roulette: The End is Near!
« Reply #359 on: October 17, 2011, 09:08:34 PM »
Sent like the motherfucking rent!

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Re: Mr. Shake's Roulette: The End is Near!
« Reply #360 on: October 17, 2011, 10:02:46 PM »
oh sorry guys... sent it yesterday... forgot to post here...

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Re: Mr. Shake's Roulette: The End is Near!
« Reply #361 on: October 18, 2011, 09:18:47 AM »
Hey Shake, how are we on this one??
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Re: Mr. Shake's Roulette: The End is Near!
« Reply #362 on: October 18, 2011, 09:30:07 AM »
RESULTS
I AM A GUY
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Orion....that's the one with a bunch of power chords and boringly harsh vocals, isn't it?


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Re: Mr. Shake's Roulette: The End is Near!
« Reply #364 on: October 18, 2011, 11:14:59 AM »
Crap I forgot...


count me out Shake
I just don't understand what they were trying to achieve with any part of the song, either individually or as a whole. You know what? It's the Platypus of Dream Theater songs. That bill doesn't go with that tail, or that strange little furry body, or those webbed feet, and oh god why does it have venomous spurs!? And then you find out it lays eggs too. The difference is that the Platypus is somehow functional despite being a crazy mishmash or leftover animal pieces

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Re: Mr. Shake's Roulette: The End is Near!
« Reply #365 on: October 18, 2011, 07:12:53 PM »
Crap I forgot...


count me out Shake
Yeah ditto, might as well count me out as well.

It's been real...

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Re: Mr. Shake's Roulette: The End is Near!
« Reply #366 on: October 18, 2011, 07:29:21 PM »
I'll send in a sec.

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Re: Mr. Shake's Roulette: The End is Near!
« Reply #367 on: October 20, 2011, 09:19:14 AM »
Come un Cup!!! You are delaying my roulette.
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Re: Mr. Shake's Roulette: The End is Near!
« Reply #368 on: October 20, 2011, 10:01:37 AM »
^^^looking forward to it  :metal

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Re: Mr. Shake's Roulette: The End is Near!
« Reply #369 on: October 20, 2011, 01:00:39 PM »
Come un Cup!!! You are delaying my roulette whole fucking life!

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Re: Mr. Shake's Roulette: The End is Near!
« Reply #370 on: October 21, 2011, 09:16:51 PM »
Where the hell are the results!?!
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Re: Mr. Shake's Roulette: The End is Near!
« Reply #371 on: October 21, 2011, 09:47:33 PM »

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Re: Mr. Shake's Roulette: The End is Near!
« Reply #372 on: October 21, 2011, 10:27:43 PM »
You sent him a 23 minute instrumental? I would have thrown a knife through the internet and cut off your face.
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Re: Mr. Shake's Roulette: The End is Here!
« Reply #373 on: October 21, 2011, 11:39:28 PM »


Well, here's the results of the last round of this roulette.  It was a good round, even if I didn't get songs from a couple guys (SPNKr's run ended last round, Jay plain told me he was boned, and The Kic and Ryan were just plain missing; what I'm doing for these guys, is I'll give them points for this round, their points being their average score per round, just because they did good jobs as contestants for the first 7 rounds, and I am very glad to have had them here)

There's a different scale, just cause.

(10=66, 9=56, 8=47, 7= 39, 6= 32, 5= 26, 4= 21, 3= 17, 2= 14, 1= 12)

Ever.

Cole- Pearl Jam- Alive; I enjoy grunge, much, though I never really got into these guys, I dunno why.  Listening to this tune makes me feel rather dumb for not giving them a fair shot.  Overall this tune's got a nice, chilled-out, yet dark and raw groove to it and feels plain right.  'tis a solid example of why I like early-ish alt-rock. 

66

Nekov- Flower Kings- World of Adventures; Another good submission by Nekov.  Sounds very much like Yes in some parts, but is clearly its own sound.  I found the last couple of minutes to be very beautiful and soothing.  The use of organ is always a plus, as well. 

66

Mike- SOAD- Spiders; Seems to rest in a comfortable grey area between alt-rock and metal.  Overall, it's a pretty cool song, with somewhat of a creepy atmosphere, and some really eerie singing.  Nothing revolutionary, but it makes for some good fun, and makes me interested in SOAD, I guess. 

56

Pat- Karate- New New; Hmm, this is a pretty weird little tune.  Starts off alt-y and then gets all proggy and jammish by the end.  Sounds somewhat quirky, in terms of the instrumentals.  Tell me some more about these assholes; I really like what I'm hearing.

66

Mason- Clockwork- If These Walls Could Talk- You were right in your guess that I'd like it.  I really dig the mix of melodic, power-metal-like, groove midpaced prog with some clever fusion-ish moments, plus a well-placed solo.   So much goes on in its 5ive minutes, and it all ends up complementing itself and turns out really great.  Also, that chorus.

66

obscure- Grip Inc.- Rusty Nail- You people can call me tasteless and uncultured all you want, but some good groove metal can really get me pumped!  This does a fair enough job.  It makes me kind of feel like drinking some Mountain Dew playing some game about car combat or killing aliens, or some other stereotypical late-90s activity. 

56

C_s- Big Wreck- That Song- What do you get when you mix some driving alt-rock with some chill pills?  A good and memorable tune.  Nothing much to say, really, it's a good song and is well worth your time. 

56

Genowyn- NIN- We're in this Together- NIN is one of those acts who I hear most everyone love, yet it's taken me forever to really approach it.  This song is great; it's quite cool hearing all these layers of synths and guitars and such being mixed into a dissodent and unnerving mass for most of it, and then having it transition into a more piano-led softer ending.  I may of failed your roulette, Mr. Anime Lumberjack, but you sure as hell haven't failed mine!

66

LLTWM- Cardiacs- Fiery Gun Hand- This is very fun and delightfully off kilter.  The vocals are rather Chav-ish, while the instrumentation is very up-beat and punk-ish.  That is, if not for the clever touches of the brass samples, the silly (carnival-ish?) break, and best of all, the the crazy, JR-like keyboard shit throughout the last minute or so. 

66

As for the other 4,

Ryan had an average of 9.5, that'll round up to a 10, so he gets 66

The King In Crimson had an average of about 8.2, that'll round down to 8, so he gets 47

Jay had an average of about 8.7, that'll round up to 9, so he gets 56

SPNKr had an average of about 9.1, that'll round down to 9, so he gets 56


Finally, the moment you've all been waiting for:


IT'S THE FINAL RESULTS IN THE FORM OF A DELICIOUS PIE CHART!!!




Or, if you feel those 4 guys don't deserve those cusion points, then...



Either way,

A. Y'all got yer asses beaten by DTVT, and

Z.  I thank y'all for taking part in this roulette!  You introduced me to a great deal of great music!  The diligence and great patience displayed by y'all, having to deal with my slowpoke antics is most admirable.

Now, how bout y'all go play with some animals or something.

Or anything really, just go away.  It's over. 

Just for fun, here's a list of roulettes that took equal to or more time than mine (Which started on Sept. 20th and ended on Oct 21st)

-orcus's first (It started July 27th, ended August 27th, but since July has 31 days, and Sept has 30, they're equal in # of days)
-Sigz's (Started August 28th, ended September 28th, but August has 31 days, Sept has 30, hence they'e also equal in # of days)
-numbers' (Started September 28th, ended November 7th)
-DTVT's (Started October 24th, ended December 16th)
-antigoon's (Started October 25th, ended December 22nd)
-ariich's first (Started December 17th, ended January 28th)
-Ultimetalhead's (Started January 22nd, ended February 27th)
-H's (Started January 28th, ended March 9th)
-LLTWM's (Started March 9th, ended April 30th)
-skydivingninja's (Started February 28th, ended May 2nd)
-Claircat's (Started March 15th, ended May 28th)
-zhilker's (Started April 30th, ended June 14th)
-Jamesman's (Started May 3rd, ended ?)
-zbomber's (Started June 7th, ended July 31st)
-kari's (Started May 3rd, ended ?)
-Lat's (Started July 4th, ended August 28th)
-Quad's (It never formally ended, as much as Quad died)
-Implode's (Started August 7th, ended September 14th)
-Genwin's (Started September 7th, ended October 14th)
-cythruboy's (It never ended)

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Re: Mr. Shake's Roulette: The End is Here!
« Reply #374 on: October 21, 2011, 11:54:41 PM »
wtf I thought I sent you a song
I AM A GUY
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Orion....that's the one with a bunch of power chords and boringly harsh vocals, isn't it?

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Re: Mr. Shake's Roulette: The End is Here!
« Reply #375 on: October 21, 2011, 11:57:30 PM »
Karate are an amazing indie rock band, who are unfortunately no longer together. They have a heavy jazz influence which is one of the big reasons that I got into them. They're album In Place of Real Insight is a top 5 album for me, and I recommend that you check it out (the song I sent you is on that one). Next check out their self titled, and from there you should definitely go for Unsolved. After that just listen to whatever you can get your hands on. They're not too well know, so you might have to look out for their stuff, but if I'm correct, a lot of their stuff is on Grooveshark, so you should probably start there. All in all, I FUCKING LOVE Karate, so get listening bitch. :heart

EDIT: Also, they're not assholes by any means. I'm offended.
« Last Edit: October 22, 2011, 12:04:24 AM by PuffyPat »
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Re: Mr. Shake's Roulette: The End is Here!
« Reply #376 on: October 21, 2011, 11:59:28 PM »
wtf I thought I sent you a song

I have no idea.

There is no song of yours in my inbox.

Odds are, it probably would of netted you 66 points, which you ended up getting anyways through the cusion points, as the results with the cusion points are the real ones. 

Though I would like it if you resent it, as I'm betting it's awesome.

EDIT: Also, they're not assholes by any means. I'm offended.

You see, I was using the term 'assholes' as a synonym for guys or people, basically serving as a generic and neutral term.  I'm pretty sure Karate were good human beings. 
« Last Edit: October 22, 2011, 12:07:06 AM by MasterShakezula »

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Re: Mr. Shake's Roulette: The End is Here!
« Reply #377 on: October 22, 2011, 12:13:49 AM »
Thanks Cup... That was good fun....you're free now  :D



Also many thanks to Ytse who got me into this shit.... I fuckin love it!  :metal

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Re: Mr. Shake's Roulette: The End is Here!
« Reply #378 on: October 22, 2011, 12:19:57 AM »
EDIT: Also, they're not assholes by any means. I'm offended.

You see, I was using the term 'assholes' as a synonym for guys or people, basically serving as a generic and neutral term.  I'm pretty sure Karate were good human beings.

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Re: Mr. Shake's Roulette: The End is Here!
« Reply #379 on: October 22, 2011, 09:23:08 AM »
Clockwork is freaking awesome.  Too bad they only have one album and one super rare EP (which I'm damn proud to say I own).

Speaking of ownership,



That's three baby!