2. Any songs I deem "outside of my comfort zone" will get a .5 point penalty regardless of whether or not I like them, because taking risks is fun.
4. Each round is out of 10. No score can exceed 10, even with the "comfort zone" bonus.
Also, pre-roulette minigame, guess what each of the rounds is from the song title provided for them :biggrin:I'll give that a go.
2. Any Colour You Like - Songs that invoke a colour when heard (sad=blue, etc)? Not an easy one this
I'll join - expecting last place tho.probably not but okay :lol
1. The Start of Something Beautiful - Songs that are openers or could make good openers for albums/concerts
2. Any Colour You Like - Songs that invoke a colour when heard (sad=blue, etc)? Not an easy one this
3. Music Box - Relaxing music, possibly instrumental
4. A Simple Mistake - No idea
5. The Running Free - Upbeat or exciting
6. The Silent Man - Either acoustic or instrumental
7. Drumhead Trial - Songs with great drumming
8. A Dark Design - Dark and ominous stuff
9. Deep Peace - Relaxing/Ambient
10. Ending Theme - Epic closers or that could make good closers
lot of y'all sending me stuff while i'm a sleep :lol
I have 8 of 10 entries already.
I was thinking The Whirlwind, also, so we're at three now!it's banned, so :lol
There’s a lot of pieces of this that I already dig quite a bit on first listen, but it loses me at other times. And I can’t say I’m the hugest fan of the female vocalist here.
There’s a lot of pieces of this that I already dig quite a bit on first listen, but it loses me at other times. And I can’t say I’m the hugest fan of the female vocalist here.
I guess I'll probably just post them once I finish,Always a good idea. :lol
FlyingBIZKIT - 6.5
Train of Naught - 5.5
Shadow Ninja 2.0 - 4.5
I think I gave like one six and that was as low as it went.:'(
I think I gave like one six and that was as low as it went.:'(
it's $6 on amazon right now and i'm having a hard time not just saying "screw it" and buying it and paying for the shipping and crap
more likely it'll just be bundled with my september order of new stuff a few weeks from now
What would be the use of using a 1/10 scale if you're not going to drop below 6, even if you dislike the song, might aswell use a 1/5 scale :lol.
a reminder that my favorite track last round was definitively not prog, though, so prog doesn't necessarily equate with easy points from me :lolI know but since I saw you top 50 I know your favorites are prog albums :D but as I said there, I'll try to send diverse music. I sent you prog just because I thought you would like that band and it may not fit in any theme round so this now is time :P
One of you is facing an absolute tragedy here that I feel is really unfortunate for several reasons
(but the score isn't gonna be awful), but on the flip side, one song that didn't click for me much first listen, I really dig on second listen,
and as well, one of the tracks here is utterly and completely out of place with the rest and it's kind of funny :lol
I feel like the scores will overall be higher this round, though I also don't see a 10.0 being the slightest bit likely this time around. 6.5 is probably the lowest anything is going to score. Yay? :lol
Luckily for you, I feel like it’s going to pay off here, ‘cause goddamn, man, can this guy sing. Technically sound and very powerful as well.Sounds like mine, atleast I hope it is, anyway, I honestly think my current submission is a better fit to your style, but i'll find that out soon. ;D
and as well, one of the tracks here is utterly and completely out of place with the rest and it's kind of funny :lolMy money is on either the high-pitched male vocals or the 2 minute song.
Luckily for you, I feel like it’s going to pay off here, ‘cause goddamn, man, can this guy sing. Technically sound and very powerful as well.Sounds like mine, atleast I hope it is, anyway, I honestly think my current submission is a better fit to your style, but i'll find that out soon. ;D
well everyone hopes for a 10 but not everyone can have one, sorry :lol;)
I think the drums are adding an extra 16th while the rest are keeping a steady rhythm? Or something? Hmm.
I just remembered I listened to Circus Maximus (first two albums, they didn't released third back then) and while I liked some of it, it sounded really shallow to me, and a bit technical for sake of it. I think I should give Nine chance then.Nine is their best album IMO, you should atleast check out Game of Life (goddamn that solo) and Namaste.
P.S. I opened that link on Architect of Fortune and it's thumb up-ed on Youtube. I have no memory of this ???
Between rounds, so I'm listening to a ton of albums, put on that Unexpect album and god this is overwhelming :lolIn a Flesh Aquarium is even weirder!
But pretty nice, just overwhelming especially. Gotta listen to a lot of these though, too much cool stuff :lol
got a lot of other albums I'm checking out on my own discovery too, I am gonna go broke with all the stuff I wanna get at this rate
I don't send bad songs. Parama's observations are incorrect.
for what it's worth round 4 is the perfect time to send me post-rock or post-metal like alcest if you have any of that saved up, most of that i wouldn't count as prog :tup
so who knows
The guitar and drums are having fun screwing a little with the rhythms in the verses while still maintaining a constant time, it’s pretty cool.
Uhh, hopefully this one’s a grower. They’re doing some mildly cool stuff, but I’m not too in to any of it for whatever reason. Nothing wrong with it, just… eh?
I hope to be the first of these two and to score a 9 :D
Now go listen to Bilo 3.0 :neverusethis:
I kind of feel bad because I kind of pushed you a little to send me this, but at the same time I didn’t really know what to expect other than “prog metal”.
(Brand New, Coldplay, Foals were all great) so I'm expecting good things.
These seem to be way more positive than the previous roundif i'm gonna be honest it's about split down the middle, a few of these bored me on first listen while a few others were pretty great
If this comment is mine, give me at least the .5 for the risk I've taken ;D
And this first section might drag a tiny bit, I feel. Actually, that just seems to be the theme of this song in general. It… drags.
Pretty sure this is mine, if not, I should have my brain checked for short-term memory loss, I never seem to remember which song I sent.
Honestly it gives me chills, which is always a good sign. It’s very emotionally gripping just by how haunting it is.
i'm actually considering taking a week off from this after the fifth round so i don't get burned out because my pace thus far has been, i'd say, pretty quick :P
And this first section might drag a tiny bit, I feel. Actually, that just seems to be the theme of this song in general. It… drags.Any of these could apply to my song :rollin . Hopefully it will be that one.
This has a bit more of a pulse and more flavor than other stuff in the genre, though, and I can see it winning me over.
The music is vaguely pleasant but seems to just serve as a backing track for the vocals and… nothing more. It’s a bit light on substance, mostly.
The singer is the only one really adding any sense of dynamic here, but he does a good job of it and I definitely find his voice fits the music well.
I can definitely see why you sent this particular song though, the music on this one is a lot more subdued and atmospheric, but definitely in a good way, I can get into this a lot easier.
Honestly it gives me chills, which is always a good sign. It’s very emotionally gripping just by how haunting it is.
I think the singer was a bit more convincing on the other song from this artist, but I like the music here a lot more, and that’s what’s most important in the end.
i'm doing fine, thank youYou listened through all songs 4 times or are you on 3rd and plan to listen once more? No hurry tho :angel:
and i may do writeups after the fourth listen instead of the fifth, for these, my opinions are pretty settled now and with this kind of stuff i'm not sure doing another listen before doing writeups will be beneficial in any way
:lol
To be honest I never even expected to do well on this onenor lead it wtf.
Well, at least Wildest Dreams got a decent score. :metal
maybe something along the lines of the EP round 425 did, maybe sending a full album and having me rate that, maybe an epic round (bad idea???)
Back to sending wacky prog then I guess.
I've never listened to Disintegration and thought oh wow, this is bright. Other Cure albums? Sure. But Disintegation? No way.guess i'm just weird then :lol
Damn you Sacul for sending EOSIt's one of my all-time favorites, and he seems to love music with huge atmospheres and soundscapes, so it looked like an obvious choice for me ;D
i found another very good album through blood music, ahah. elite's one entry has gotten me two albums to check out now. great.
What the hell is blackgaze? ???Pseudo genre :lol it's practically shoegaze with black metal elements (blast beats, shrieking vocals, tremolo picking...)
What the hell is blackgaze? ???Pseudo genre :lol it's practically shoegaze with black metal elements (blast beats, shrieking vocals, tremolo picking...)
Just kidding. I wrote pseudo because people create new genres every day and some of names are laughable :lol but to be honest blackgaze is good name for Alcest and similar bands. Post-black metal is also cool name for subgenre.What the hell is blackgaze? ???Pseudo genre :lol it's practically shoegaze with black metal elements (blast beats, shrieking vocals, tremolo picking...)
What's pseudo about it?
Maybe I’m being super nitpicky with this one, but in the end…Of course you are :P
Good you didn't steal them earlier, although I am a little upset that you sent Ars Moriendi. I send that song in almost every roulette I'm in :lol
Good you didn't steal them earlier, although I am a little upset that you sent Ars Moriendi. I send that song in almost every roulette I'm in :loli don't have the PM anymore bcuz i needed to make room, but LordCost specifically mentioned that you always send that song in roulettes in his PM :lol
gave Shadows of the Sun another listen, it's kind of a one-note album but it's a note I like, at the very leastMore spins shall fix that. Let the Children Go is another highlight on the record ;)
:lolGood you didn't steal them earlier, although I am a little upset that you sent Ars Moriendi. I send that song in almost every roulette I'm in :loli don't have the PM anymore bcuz i needed to make room, but LordCost specifically mentioned that you always send that song in roulettes in his PM :lol
I've never listened to Disintegration and thought oh wow, this is bright. Other Cure albums? Sure. But Disintegation? No way.comment: the two specific songs, yes. the album as a whole, no. listening to it right now and I definitely wouldn't say it's bright, y'all just happened to send the two brightest songs of the bunch :lol
on a side note it sucks that i'm gonna be basically forced to get MP3 versions of maudlin of the Well because physical copies are way too pricey/rare
I sent you something, right? I remember I did but maybe it get lost somewhere :Pyou did.
god i was way too nice on some things in round 2. i don't wanna lower any scores but seventh wonder is even less interesting to me now :lolYour opinion is wrong :P
Alright, back to this forum.
Sorry for the wait, sent.
EDIT: Nice, I'm leading :coolio
425: Death Cab For Cutie – We Looked Like Giants (https://youtu.be/5tIVVEIdu2g)
I’ve had that main melody firmly lodged into my head for the past week so it must be doing something right, dunno. Also probably complained too much about the outro going on too long ‘cause I don’t really tend to mind that kind of thing that much.
New Score: 7/10 (+.5)
I didn't expect a + 0.5 on Vangough! I thought even a 2.5/10 on Slint could be more probable than this.i refuse to ever listen to that slint song again, so, no, no points back for slint :lol
This one is like an hour long! Why would someone send something of this length in a roulette?!
note for future shadow ninja: you have sent a song for round 7
Which you are not likely to remember
I read many reviewers that said Pelagial instrumental version is better. In origin it should have been an instrumental album, they decided only later to do a version with their vocalist (I think because they didn't want him to do nothing on stage on the Pelagial tour, I don't know)
I think this is just too short to make an impact in one listen, though. It’s all build-up with no payoff. It probably works in the context of the album but taken on its own I don’t think it works too well at all.
Final Thoughts: This really only feels like part of a song, at the end of the day. It builds and builds but the payoff is, presumably, on the next track. But... not here. So I’m really not sure why you sent this, of all things.
Couple artists I might've tried submitting later- Sufjan Stevens (though I never would've thought of him in an instrumental round)
Btw, do you like rapping?noooooooooo
i think for the final round i'll do an EP round, and i'll just take the top 3, no arbitrary cutoff number.
Man I fucked up; you're not supposed to like the songs I send. :PI read many reviewers that said Pelagial instrumental version is better. In origin it should have been an instrumental album, they decided only later to do a version with their vocalist (I think because they didn't want him to do nothing on stage on the Pelagial tour, I don't know)
Originally Luic was quite sick and Robin didn't think that he'd be able to record vocals. Robin had been writing the album instrumentally anyway, so he was going to continue with that, but when Luic started improving Robin got him to record some vocals. Initially he just wanted the vocals to come in near the end of the album, but once Luic started recording they ended up with vocals all over the album.
Also the vocals are tremendous and the album is exponentially greater with them, even though the instrumental versions are still really good.
Sacul. Do you know a song that's like "hmm that's an interesting groove" or "wow those are some wacky time signatures"? Send that!^^^^^^
I sent few days ago but to ask anyway: do you like growls?akerfeldt is the one person who does growls in a way that I actually like, there are some growls I don't mind/am used to and others that do hamper the experience a bit
That's because Akerfeldt's growls are the best growls.yeah that's basically just a fact at this point
He's something.That's because Akerfeldt's growls are the best growls.yeah that's basically just a fact at this point
That's because Akerfeldt's growls are the best growls.
Definitely.He's something.That's because Akerfeldt's growls are the best growls.yeah that's basically just a fact at this point
I think I'll be in the bottom half this time. That's the price you pay for sending when you're at ProgPower Europe.yeah, have fun you loser :tup
My first time listening to this, a lot of this song is just in one ear and out the other, which I kinda expected to be fair, but oh well.Any of these could apply to my song :lol
Frantic but organized music like this is something that seems to work well, and there’s a strong underlying sense of groove to it that keeps it grounded.
This has decent atmosphere to it but it ends up feeling repetitive by the end. The small subtleties that come in and out don’t change up the mood enough to keep me engaged.
When it does kick in I do like it a fair bit, even if it’s not exactly original, but up until that point I find it hard to stay interested or focused on this.
also Song For A Dead Friend is banned btw piss off with that one
Why is that a positive thing?
Couldn't help but notice your signature sign with a link to your band, you played at Melkweg like last week? that's like next to my house :lol I should've gone!
Yeah I checked it out, not exactly my usual taste but I thought it was good, I live in Amsterdam, basically 10 minutes away from Leidseplein with the bike. I might come see you sometime!Couldn't help but notice your signature sign with a link to your band, you played at Melkweg like last week? that's like next to my house :lol I should've gone!
Yes! It was in June, but we took the time to make the videos as good as we could :) the first was released 3(?) weeks ago and this Friday we're releasing the last video. So you live in the Netherlands? Check out our music and come see us live sometime :D
Couple artists I might've tried submitting later- Sufjan Stevens (though I never would've thought of him in an instrumental round)
Fortunately, my Sufjan entry scored low enough that you can send a real one later. ;)
Cold really deserves more than 4/10. Nice song.Definitely. I'd have sent the opener from that album instead, which is quite more epic and a bit less repetitive, but I guess Parama's tastes aren't that easy to read :lol
i was tempted to rate it lower, actually, 4 is me being nice :loser:
please do not send me light of day, day of darkness for round 8, there's a variety of reasons why i won't accept it :lol
Hey LordCost, good things came out of that 2, for instance, I feel better about my own score now.We should do a playout round :D
Nice. I'll send one that's basically a buildup of roaring guitars. With female vocals.this sounds intriguing at the very least
The heavy distortion throughout and the bass-heavy mix works well here because it doesn’t drown out everything else, everything still comes through clearly enough.Damn, any of these could apply to my tune, specially since I didn't send metal yet I could totally get what you mean there.
There’s a great build going throughout this where more and more layers are added and the vocals get more intense, but slow enough that you don’t notice it happening.
The riffs of this have a nice heavy but textured sound to them that I just really like, the sort of “epic” sound that a lot of metal bands wish they could have.
This is heavy on atmosphere in the best way. There’s some kind of intrusive sounds that come in but I don’t think they’re “out of place” necessarily.
The really heavy bits at the end feel like the natural end result of the long build and the heaviness going on both in front and back just makes this massive and overwhelming.
MINE
There’s a nice soft/loud contrast between the verses and the chorus that gives the chorus a lot more weight but doesn’t take the weight away from the verses either.
The really heavy bits at the end feel like the natural end result of the long build and the heaviness going on both in front and back just makes this massive and overwhelming.
I think a problem I’m having is that this song stays at one dynamic level for a while then abruptly switches to a different level, but there’s no build or swell in any of it, so it ends up sounding really flat.
The song lengths go on...
4:45 - 4:49 - 5:39 - 5:47 - 5:54 - 6:28 - 7:37 - 9:17 - 11:12 - 12:38
Welcome to the longest round of the roulette, length-wise :lol
There’s a nice soft/loud contrast between the verses and the chorus that gives the chorus a lot more weight but doesn’t take the weight away from the verses either.
I think a problem I’m having is that this song stays at one dynamic level for a while then abruptly switches to a different level, but there’s no build or swell in any of it, so it ends up sounding really flat.
heartbreaking moment: Sacul almost had an 8.5, but not quite:'(
Oh well. At this point I'm just proselytizing. "Someone someday will share my appreciation for Blaze-era Iron Maiden!" and all that.You can send them in my v2 :P
I have actually heard of some of those bands.
Yeah prob will... I have several things that I just want to proselytize about that are not super likely to score well. Sort of like how you have to always send David Maxim Micic in every roulette.My goal is to convert him into a DTF fav. It's been tough, but I'm kind of getting there :lol . Hope you're enjoying his stuff.
Sacul sign me up for your v2 so I can enter a lot of heavy stuffYou're in - expect to end on last place tho :neverusethis:
also I'm listening to more of Mantiis right now and I feel like I wasn't even sent the best parts of this album, Last of the Light is absolutely stunning
it looks like I can get a copy of this for a pretty reasonable price too so you better believe i'm gonna be soon
Oh yes, that's an excellent album :metal I think it's actually one long song split into 12 or so tracks.
I figured Parama wouldn't accept a 42 minute song, so I chose to send him a small segment of the song instead.
Yeah no kidding, I don't quite have an enormous library of 'relaxing' music.
And for what it is, it’s fine, decent atmosphere and all, but it feels like something I’d put on the background and struggle to constantly keep focus on.pls not the first one
There’s not a lot to say really other than that this makes me quite happy listening to it.
The instrumentation is pretty interesting and there’s a lot of subtleties thrown in there to add some texture.
This is mixed very interestingly; you can really easily choose what you want to focus your attention on but no one instrument is drowning out all the others and you can listen to them all in balance as well.
I am bumping up the length wager cap to 16 minutes. So anything up until 16 minutes is perfectly safe from the length wager. I wouldn't really advise sending me something that long anyways unless it's like, really damn good and you already know I'll love it.
Kind of low production quality aside, which doesn’t really matter so much here anyways, I dig this a lot, good sense of atmosphere and a nice bright sound.Probably one of these? The last part of this quote seems like an 80% chance it's mine tho.
And for what it is, it’s fine, decent atmosphere and all, but it feels like something I’d put on the background and struggle to constantly keep focus on.
Maybe a bit lacking in dynamics, it does sort of hit one note the whole way through, but it’s bright and layered enough that it doesn’t feel empty.
The guitar line is just strikingly potent on its own, it’s one heck of a line to build a song around. The vocals aren’t strong but they suit the music well.
The instrumentation is pretty interesting and there’s a lot of subtleties thrown in there to add some texture.
This is mixed very interestingly; you can really easily choose what you want to focus your attention on but no one instrument is drowning out all the others and you can listen to them all in balance as well.
That's an excellent ballad 425 :tup
Blackjazz?yes, that one
And I thought about sending you Dead Can Dance but when Sacul said he sent some ambient I thought he sent it because I know he loves it :D .I had some DCD planned for the EP round, but still have doubts about whether Parama will like them or not. Feel free to send them tho :P
Oh yes, the cover is pretty cool, but I'm quite meh on that record overall. Anyways, will send an epic closer... :soon:i'm gonna get it at some point mostly out of sheer curiosity but it sounds like something i'd really warm up to after having a few more good listens in
I should have send them instead of Emancipator but I had dilemma. Also, I'm sucker for samples. Too bad Parama isn't, I would get better score on song I sent :lolAnd I thought about sending you Dead Can Dance but when Sacul said he sent some ambient I thought he sent it because I know he loves it :D .I had some DCD planned for the EP round, but still have doubts about whether Parama will like them or not. Feel free to send them tho :P
Also, I'm sucker for samples. Too bad Parama isn't, I would get better score on song I sent :lolI love samples too - some of my all-time favorites have lots of them, or are even completely written with samples.
anyways still waiting on Elite :lol
will get to this as soon as i have all songs
i was poking around and everywhere i looked they only had 2-disc versions so i'm just going to assume 1-disc doesn't exist :lol
which is fine, dunno how much i'd be happy about for paying for basically the same album twice though
I just… don’t dig his voice, at all. Not that he’s a bad singer, or that his voice is lacking in emotion; there’s really nothing wrong with it, other than it doesn’t resonate well with me.[/i]
Oh, I was thinking that would be mine, but I guess it could be anyone's.I just… don’t dig his voice, at all. Not that he’s a bad singer, or that his voice is lacking in emotion; there’s really nothing wrong with it, other than it doesn’t resonate well with me.[/i]
Yup. :tup
Round 1Hell yeah :metal
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No extra point for Chelsea Wolfe or PRR? :angel:i didn't revisit most round 1-5 songs, and chelsea wolfe didn't have that 8.5 shine to it
Glad you enjoyed the song, it always seems to score well in roulettes.I think I already said it but Brothers in Arms may be my favorite song ever. I'm always coming back to it (especially that Mandela's birthday version) and love it more and more.
And now the slate is wiped clean, eh? Watch out Richard and Lucas!
I never considered it, but Brothers in Arms is a great choice. Definitely my favorite Dire Straits song, not to mention having a phenomenal atmosphere and top-tier guitar solo. Good thinking, 425
I'm having a hard time choosing my songs and the order, but I should have it set and sent by tomorrow.honestly there's no rush 'cause i have an off-site music binge i need to do tomorrow/wednesday so i probably won't get to these until thursday at the latest :lol
next time you get this https://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/bull_of_heaven/210__like_a_wall_in_which_an_insect_lives_and_gnaws/
or this https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ybGOT4d2Hs8
And now the slate is wiped clean, eh? Watch out Richard and Lucas!
Oh man, The End Is Here deserves more than that :'( probably my favorite actual Alter Bridge closer..Thank you :laugh:
425: A pretty solid run for the first eight rounds with two fantastic entries in the last two rounds, haha. Shame you didn't do as well in my roulette as I did in yours, either, but I definitely have a fair few new artists to check out from you! Coldplay and Yes were two artists I'd heard stuff from before and your entries from them were pretty solid, and I loved Marketa Irglova and Dire Straits as well. There seemed to be a trend of artists I was at least aware of and often had heard stuff from before, but hadn't checked out deeply enough to even be on my Semi-Banned list, which is a pretty interesting trend :tup
Train of Naught: Out of everyone here, it seems like your tastes lined up the least with my own. CHON was a great entry, even if it was already on my radar, and Shinedown and Royal Blood were also pretty good listens. You seemed intent on avoiding prog stuff pretty much the whole way through though which is a pretty gutsy move considering how much prog was on my banned list and top albums list :tupPretty much true, believe it or not, Dream Theater has been my favorite band for a long time, but besides them, I never listened to prog, but as I progressed through this roulette I've done my own bit of discovering and found TONS of great prog bands, so that's why in the end things like CHON and A.C.T. started showing up.
mikemangioy: Missing the finals by such a slim margin has gotta hurt, ouch :lol I quite liked the majority of your entries, but, man, that AAL song just killed your score, didn't it? I'm still not sure you were aware they were on the semi-banned list when you sent them, either, but entries had taken long enough that I didn't want to confirm that you knew, and in hindsight I probably should've checked to be sure, but blah. Bent Knee was a fantastic entry and I definitely have to get that album in the near future. Snubbing Sacul on Destiny Potato was funny, too :lol Aside from those, Foo Fighters, Destrage, and PFM were also pretty cool entries, really a lot of good stuff from you :tup
Other notes: One repeat artist between the three EP's.Different albums?
Other notes: One repeat artist between the three EP's.
This mostly seems to serve as a dose of slow heaviness with a bit of a pulse and a pretty crushing ending.Pretty sure these are mine :lol
It’s very pretty music, but it’s not grabbing me in the same way. The swell at the end is pretty good though.
The rest of the band comes in around the halfway point and the song just gets, a hell of a lot more intense, christ, those vocals are giving me serious chills man.
Man, this has one heck of a crushing atmosphere. The vocals are really buried in the mix here but I’m not sure that was a bad choice either, since I feel if they were louder the vocal style would get to me more.
There’s a few short breaks from the intensity and the ending is a lot calmer too, so I don’t think it ends up feeling too much like a constant wall of noise either.
I’m sorry but I can’t just ignore that, ugh, why throw one element into a song that turns it from pretty good to borderline obnoxious?
what's the story/concept of Mantiis exactly btw I read through the lyrics booklet but I don't get it :lol
Ludovico Einaudi – Uno
I really don’t have much else to say about this
The lower vocals here are very much what makes this song stand out, I quite like this singer’s voice.
Glen Hansard – Bird of Sorrow (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uIGCpWi5dIs)
First Impressions: I can tell right off the bat this is going to be a more emotional and evocative track, light piano melodies and somewhat strained vocals pretty much indicate that. Which is something I generally like a lot. The strings coming in right as the vocals get more intense creates a nice swell. The rest of the band comes in around the halfway point and the song just gets, a hell of a lot more intense, christ, those vocals are giving me serious chills man. The Sufjan song better be damn good because this is gonna be hard to top, this feels like one heck of an album closer, haha.
Final Thoughts: Again, he doesn’t sound like the most technically proficient of singers. On the other hand, god damn, this is just pure singing from the heart, and that’s going to win over a technically perfect but soulless vocal performance any day. Really, the biggest gripe I have with this song is that some of the vocal lines just have an awkward/clunky flow to them, too many words being said too fast or something.
The piano serves as a nice backdrop for the quieter moments, playing relatively standard stuff, sure, but that just lets you direct more attention towards the vocal performance that really is the main attraction here. And the strings come in for the swell of the chorus, giving it more weight.
And then, when the full band starts coming in at the second chorus, and the song just gets a hell of a lot more intense… yeah, this part of the song has unfailingly given me chills. The vocals, man. Just raw emotion. I wouldn’t ask for any other singer for this song, Hansard just nails it.
If I can nitpick for a second, though, it almost feels like the instrumentation doesn’t quite get big enough to match the vocals.
Sufjan Stevens – Fourth of July[/url]
Final Thoughts: Alright, I get why the lyrics have a lot of the cheesy name-calling going, this is just a really intimate song. I almost feel bad listening to it, like I’m peering into someone’s private life that I have no place actually seeing. I dunno, it’s just, too personal for me, almost.
116. Animals As Leaders – Physical Education
Well, Parama, your tastes are awful as far as I'm concerned, but you loved Limousine and EOS, so there may be some hope for you yet. ;)Fixed for me :P
Well, Parama, your tastes are awful as far as I'm concerned, but you loved Limousine and EOS, so there may be some hope for you yet. ;)Fixed for me :P
You reached the Final Round in his roulette. You can't say his tastes are awful. :lol