Lightning Round Results, 2 of 2:Young Turks Conference:
ariich – Sexin'-You-Laters:Linkin Park – One More Light:Marvel Impression: "Peter Parker mourns Uncle Ben and stops being a teenager for ever"
It was just impossible being alive during the 00's and escaping Linkin Park's terrible radio hits, which I instantly liquidated as fastidious, eminently forgettable screamy plastic pimple metal a la carte. You can therefore imagine my surprise hearing such a delicate, restrained and sensibly played/sung ballad. It strikes a beautiful balance between sorrow and discretion, tiptoeing the tragic matter at hand while making a powerful statement. Those noteworthy features are the reason I can call this a pretty good tune, despite it standing on otherwise rather banal musical content. I would have never thought they had something like this in them.
Rich, I think I got this: our tastes in modern sounds are pretty afar, but we share a wide ranging curiosity in quality styles (especially on the jazzy front). That's why you never had a smash submission, but neither a dud. I'm eager for the opportunity to find further common ground. Until then, thank you!
Elite - Rich and The Poor Tastes:Major Parkinson – Strawberry Suicide:Marvel Impression: "Victor Von Doom bares his humane soul"
I had to request a ballad in order to have you submit your absolute best. Pure utter class from start to finish. A haunting piano marrying Chopin with Tom Waits, an atmosphere so real and powerful it almost materialises inside the room while you're listening. And let me state i focking love the vocals: timbre, narration and delivery. Dark beautiful sophisticated cabaret music no one even thinks anymore. Bravo.
Rich, you are not winning this round only because of the special song I'm reviewing below, but I feel you would have got this 99% otherwise. I feel a wee bad about this and God knows how many times I've listened to both tunes in order to be absolutely certain. You are the participant sharing more of my appreciation for the kinky side of music, and you gave me a couple of gems. Thank you, man.
Evermind - Cockroach Sympathizers:Glen Hansard – Bird of Sorrow:Marvel Impression: "Scott and Jean on the Moon's Blue Zone"
The song above is musically more interesting, intellectually more intriguing, vocally more fascinating, and if songwriting were a science and not an art, it would have probably gotten the edge. Unfortunately for both the Riches, this submission is the focking reason human race has created the concept of “song”. A journey of melody, hope and pain delivered with a dying man's urgency and truth. It lifts you up, throws you down and leaves you beautifully destroyed. Caught in the storm, you don't know what a verse, a chorus, arrangement and instruments are anymore, just like – when truly making love – your senses just can't distinguish who's inside whom.
I don't score elimination rounds, but this is a focking ten. Congratulations Evermind.
Playoffs Grid:Old Farts Conference:Boston Bruins Suck vs Team Fuck Canada
The aTACkers vs King Kongshmegland
Young Turks Conference:Six Roaming Owls vs Cockroach Sympathizers
Hangmanen Addicts vs West Coast Marbles
Topic: Indiscipline's Roulette v. The Dirty Aftermath (Read 120442 times)
