So, Round 3 Results are ready
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senecadawg2: Rush- "La Vila Strangiato"I've actually listened to the latest Rush album and quite liked it, but I never got back to checking them out more thoroughly. Hence they aren't on the banned list
. I actually quite liked this song, and now, listening for the 5th time, I realise it's an instrumental
.Which is good, since I never particularly liked Rush's vocalist. Anyway, the song has some great riffs and melodies, with some-not-quite-as-good sections thrown in. The end feels a bit sudden as well. But, as a whole, I enjoyed this song
4/6
Shadow Ninja 2.0: Jon Gomm - Passionflower So this was definetely my favourite song this round. The melodies and rhythms, as well as the singing are fantastic. The first time I watched the video I was literally sitting in front of my computer with my mouth wide open, I never would have thought you could do this much with just one guitar
. And then he just plays the main melody
with the fucking tuners.
At times, I would have thought there were 3 people playing simultaneously, if I hadn't watched the video.
5,5/6
Sacul: Flying Colors-The StormSo, the first of 2 Flying Colors songs I got this round. I actually meant to check them out some time ago, but never got around to it. Compared to the other song, this one seemed a lot more like a 'standard-upbeat-rock-song' which is of course not necessarily a bad thing
. Still, I liked this one slightly less than the "Kayla". Which is not to say that I didn't, it was just not quite as good.
4/6 points
Tom Bombadil: Flying Colors - KaylaReally like the acoustic melody, it's a shame they didn't explore that more. The rest of the song is great as well, though, I especially liked the catchy and happy chorus. All in all, this was a really nice, happy rock tune and I don't really know what else to say about it
.
4,5/6
lonestar: Spock's Beard - Waiting For MeI have a somewhat hard time rating this song because, like in many long songs, there are some fantastic parts and some not-so-fantastc moments. Most instrumental parts are fantastic, but the parts with singing are somewhat lacking, mostly because I don't like the singer's voice. It seems like a mix between a normal prog vocalist and a usual pop vocalist, and something about it just rubs me the wrong way... The guitar parts (and the guitar tone) are stellar, though
. There are also a few rather sudden mood changes that put me off somewhat on first listen.
So, we have 2/6 for vocals and 5/6 for instrumental parts, which makes it a total of....
3,5/6
Lucien: Rush-MarathonAnother Rush song
!
As always with Rush, the vocals are the weakest part of the song. Other than that, I really liked how they pulled off the contrast between the mostly quirky bass and drums and the rather calm and epic guitar track. The melodies were great as well!
4,5/6
adace: Hammock - BreathturnPost-rock/ambient, if done right, is one of my favourite genres. I loved the echo-y guitars and vocals and.... just about any instrument , really
. This is a fantastic song to listen to when you're just relaxing and dreaming about life and stuff, and it was definetely the "brightest" track I got this round (at least in my interpretation
).
5/6
So, after 3 rounds we have the following standings:
senecadawg2 14
Lucien 14
adace 14
lonestar 13
Tom Bombadil 13
Sacul 11,5
Shadow Ninja 2.0 11,5
So we now have a 3-way-tie for first place, 2 players on second rank , and 2 players on 3rd rank
. This wasn't really intentional, but oh well, it keeps things interesting, doesn't it
. Anyone still has chances, since there are only 2,5 points between first and last place, so do you best !
Round 4: I just realised I at least half of the songs (more like two thirds) I got so far were either prog or metal. Which is kind of obvious, since this is a board for a prog-metal band
. Still, for Round 4 I wan't you to send something that's neither prog nor metal (preferably not rock as well, but I don't know much about your music libraries, so just send something rockish if you can't think of anything else that's decent
). Anything else is fine!