Welcome to the Paarghty... (Pieces of Eight Reviews)

[jack]

try not to confuse disrespect with the truth. the truth is you had to cheat to win. don't you feel happier knowing you've earned the respect and adulation of the community at large, through all the glowing reviews your song received?

or maybe it's not respect you care about. apathy works both ways.

[Spud]

Now Rilladope is going national and we're getting much play...

A quick google search confirms that most of your airplay is coming from...right here! Yay us! One page of results (and I had to separate Rilla from Dope to get that much), four hits from songfight and songfight-related sites, two from your cafe press site, one from your own (six page) site, and some guy on the AZLyrics board looking for your lyrics. He heard about you on - oh yeah - SongFight!

National, forget that man, you've already surpassed that, you're on SongFight! We're international! I mean, you've already got six people talking about you!

Don't spend it all in one place.

[erik]

If you're goin step up you better come correct
I don't give a shit if you post your disrespect
Its not my problem if voter fraud you suspect
Not on us but your lack of skill you should reflect

Nerdwear has got points but they're too damn weak
We don't need your advice and don't want your critique
Rilladopes the future, East Bay Acolytes are antiques
I'll take a crap on your Mom cuz she's a dirty freak

With Love,
DJWishUWur

The person who flat out has charged you with stuffing
The ballots is running this website, you git
It's pretty damn clear that you simply are bluffing
When claiming you come by your wins all legit.

So stop all your posturing, stop all your boasting
Battle-rhyme-antics are played out, I'm told
If you won't stop rapping, I wish you'd stop posting
Until you act older than thirteen years old.

Thugs and disses,
DJSinceUBeenGone

[Bjam]

DJSinceUBeenGone

I can breathe for the first time. *dance*

There seems to be a lot of rap lately. Who else can see a little mini SongFight rap battle happening? ...Sidefight time

[djwishuwur]

The person who flat out has charged you with stuffing
The ballots is running this website, you git
It's pretty damn clear that you simply are bluffing
When claiming you come by your wins all legit.

I'm laughing at your attempts to bring me down
You can try to talk back but I've made you my clown
Don't give a shit about your contest or what you thought
Its amazing that 47 votes got you this distraught

You can call us cheats but you've got your facts wrong
no one wants to vote for your retarded folk song
I don't control the voting or whoever may come along
Once I saw a horse with a really big dong

I picked this fight and now you've been played
Got you all worked up and your frustration displayed
Making the thread about Rilladope seems to be a free trade
Now you're all covered in it like a seamen granade

One Love,
DJWishUWur

[WeaselSlayer]

Well this is neat.

[deshead]

Some tasty fresh rhymes

Dude, you should totally get a Livejournal account and share your poetry with the world.

[Bjam]

Woo, reviews. I was bored.

The Beresfordians
Guitar at the beginning could do with being mic'ed, but y'know the DI kinda works with the vibe of the rest of the song. The vocals seem very stilted, but the music is pretty well done. Well done song technically, but could do with some changeups.

Dean Sky
That's a lot of voices. Both vocals are prety nice, but the chorus gets pretty busy and hard to decipher. It's all pretty loungey, so it's kinda floating along nicely but not making me think "Ooh good song" just "Ooh loungey song"

Hostess Mostess
This is nice, but it's sliding off of me and not grabbing me. Although I do like the little crescendo at 1:50ish. The end works better for me, but the "I don't wanna cry anymore" gets pretty repetitve. Still, nice job.

Johnny Cashpoint
Nice guitar. The buzzy/synthy/keyboardy thingie is annoying. I love the vocals in the chorus. Reminds me of the alto melody we had last year in chorus, very step-y but they kinda pull you along... I love the instrumental bridgey bit. What shall we do with a drunken sailor. Nice.

Links vs. Music
The main guitar sounds very familar, but I'm not sure where from. Overall a cute song, but nothing grabs me. The little keyboardy bits at the end are very nice, but there are only a few seconds of them.

Melvin
I dig the "And you know" bits. Same as Links vs. Music very nice and tight and such, but it's just not grabbing me.

MENBAH!
omg, piratey xylophoney stuff. And accordiany stuff. You win. I think I prefer with the guitar solo and the drums than the bits with the vocals, but instrumentals rarely win so I can see why you'd put in lyrics.

Merisan
This is very very cute. It doesn't quite grab me, and I wish it would change up a little more, but it's not too bad as it is. I wish there were more "duh duh duh duhs", you had two in the first set, and I was thinking, "Woo layering" then it went away and only came back at the end. Very nice, but very samey.

Phunt Your Friends
You guys are so silly. 6:14? And you do songs like this every week. (As in with a few tracks that are long and require, what I would guess, a good few hours) Often multiple ones. D'you guys not have work/classes?

Rilla Dope
This could be okay if you really went grry and just shouted and got piratey. But you sound like a dude. Not a pirate. Unfortunately the little rap battle/'friend flood' happening is getting in the way of me being fair and stuff. Sorry.

the Seamus Collective
This is nice. The drums are pretty sweet. I like the changeups between verses and choruses. The little climbing thing, then the sweet chords before the last line of the chorus. The bridge is nice, but I don't feel the 'ahhs', I think if there had been 'ahhs' and 'oohs' as well as something else changing up, perhaps the drums, it could have had more impact.

Steve Durand
If you got a an upright bass, a very 'smooth' vocalist(for thsi genre styling), and drums you would have yourselves a very very awesome song. I always like these songs, because it's such a nice change at the end of g&g/one-man bands to have someone playing an interesting instrument, so I always sit here grinning at the cheesy brass. Aw man, crazy harmonies. Awesome.

[nerdwear]

i felt as though MENBAH! was VERY VERY VERY under rated. i think that was one of the more creative songs i've heard in a while.

couldn't agree more... they got my vote.

the background music fit the pieces of eight theme perfectly, lyrics were interesting, etc... over all, good stuff

[Link]

I want to thank you guys for the reviews of my sloppy little song; good or bad. But, I feel like I need to apologise to Melvin because of everyone comparing my dumb song to their great song. Sorry, Melvin. You got my vote, anyway.

[Seamus.]

I think Hostess Mostess got totally robbed and deserved way more than 4 votes.

Yeah.

Merisan: I started singing "Get Together" by the Yoongbloods during the first verse here. Not your fault; there's just a lot of space in this song for my mind to wander. That's just me. My friend, Patrick, however, would go gaga for this song -- languid, nice singing.

MENBAH!: I think I grooved to this one the best. The layering is great. "I guess Davy Jones's locker is the place for me." And out. I love it. This one and Steve Durand are my two favorites.

Melvin: Well done. You flipped all the right triggers for such a song.

the Seamus Collective: Here's a bit of trivia for you. Did you know that you're hearing song fighters Ken and Evil-E on drums and bass respectively? And Ross Durand playing dulcimer (I know -- dulcimer?). It's true! I know those guys! I remember before they were song fighters. They were dorks.

Dean Sky: I love this song for its ambition and success. It aims high and scores. The music/content combo really grabbed me. "In the name of Queen Isabela and the king of Spain, I hereby claim!" I picture the Spanish gallion that has this theme music and I crack myself up. Go on, picture it. That is good stuff. I envy this kind of effectiveness, and I wonder at where your heads must have been at. It's how I felt about Bongwater. I bet it's fun making music with you.

Johnny Cashpoint: I don't know why pirates didn't come to mind for us at all. This song is well-acted and very effective, musically. "Pirates attack!" is a good payoff. Makes me say, "Yeah, get 'em, pirates!" Great instrumental break -- less is more. (All day at work, I'm singing that bass/guitar call and response. Bummm-bummm-ba-bum-bum-bum-bum-bummmmmm. . .) I like the countdown. It's so easy to have a good idea like that and then not do it justice, but you got it. I take that burp at the end as "in character". I want to see the video.

Phunt Your Friends: This was a challenge. I won't lie to you. You're coming from where it is you're coming from, but I did my part and listened all the way through -- in headphones, even. I can get into pieces like this; I just wish I could be let in on what was being said.

Links vs. Music: I miss being in a rock band. It's good to rock out occassionally.

Hostess Mostess: Good, good song. Good lyrics, good changes. Sounds like fun to play. One of the best here.

Steve Durand: I told all my friends they should hear this song because it rules. It worked on me. I enjoyed every little surprise, and lyrically it's my favorite take on "pieces of eight", even though it doesn't mention Davy Jones's locker even once. Anybody ever tell you you sound like your brother? I could have matched your voices to the same family blindfolded. It's the S's (and the sense for surprise).

Rilla Dope: I wish this were the song in the pirates ride at Disneyland instead of that "yo-ho" song. Picture that singing skull with the eyepatch: "Not 'til then will you be safe, so be warned, says I!" Then the drop. Kids would be crying then, boy. The battle cries in the middle were a good idea. One more break from the loop would have done some good, me thinks. Whose pirates do you think would win in a battle, yours or Johnny Cashpoint's? Hmm. . .

The Beresfordians: I like the transformation the song takes when it kicks in. I'm into the groove (boy). But it's really important to make sure you're tuned up before you record; otherwise, you're shooting your song in the foot.

[Smalltown Mike]

the Seamus Collective: Here's a bit of trivia for you. Did you know that you're hearing song fighters Ken and Evil-E on drums and bass respectively? And Ross Durand playing dulcimer

Sweet.

[Mogosagatai]

Phunt Your Friends: I just wish I could be let in on what was being said.

The lyrics are in the lyrics thread.

[Steve Durand]

Steve Durand: I told all my friends they should hear this song because it rules.

Wow, thanks.

I just hope to be entertaining.

Steve

[Egg]

Ya, if I had remembered to vote on time, I think it would've been for MENBAH!

[Future Boy]

Hostess Mostess - Pieces of Eight (Future Boy : Buried Treasure Mix)

Enjoy, mate.