Berkeley Social Scene : The lyrics are sometimes a little murky in the mix, but the song has a churning, bubbling energy in the instrumental breaks, and a confident smoothness in the verses. The lead guitar arrangement works well, adding brightness and excitement. The background vocals feel a littl...

This is a textbook case We’ve closed the book The case is closed Established facts will show the way No need for us to go astray Everything’s explained away By Occam’s Razor We’ve got the whole thing scoped The case is closed We will proceed The instruments will tell us all Nature will obey our call...

In with something scholastic

Berkeley Social Scene : I'm getting Neil Young vibes from the opening vocal line. I like the lyrics a lot. The bass line in the verses adds nice colour. For me, the chorus pattern runs a bit long. The unison riffs give the song a distinctness, and the five-chord interludes provide strategic breaks....

Ooh nice, I dig those maple leaf inlays. Thanks! I don't think they're inlays, though. Stencilled on and varnished over. But yeah, I like them. Northern did that for all their guitars. Blue Note Music in Ottawa had a Northern copy of a Rickenbacker mounted over a doorway (probably still does), and ...

Gold Standard You know you had it, you had it made You were the measure of everything But then you lost it, you gave it away Now we’ll see what tomorrow brings You know your word was, your word was your bond The whole world put its trust in you But then you played it, you played it wrong And now we’...

Late entry for Version 2 lyrics submitted (the weather turned crap). Not doing a song for Version 1.

V4nnim3l wrote: ↑

Sun Apr 20, 2025 12:30 pm

Freddie Wilson Overpass: very unsettling melody, sounds like the different bits are in different keys, which is cool, although I might be wrong there.

Thanks, I hoped the melody would suggest a disorder. And you're right, the song moves between Dm and Bm.

Gold Standard (Version 1) We used to have a place by the Gulf of Mexico One day it got sold, and I was sad to see it go It was sold out of spite, and now it's gone But I'll always remember how the water shone There were days long ago when we were close in our hearts When a whole vast ocean couldn't ...

Oh, so NOW I come up with some lyrics. Of course I think they're great, or anyway they're on topic, because we know what this title is about, right, so I should know better, but being me I will put them in Ye Olde Lyric Marte the day after the deadline, in case anybody want's to take a run at a late...

Pigfarmer Jr : are they actual Shelley, modified Shelley, or just in the style of Shelley? Actual Shelley but the lines were selectively stolen borrowed from the poem "War." https://www.simple-poetry.com/poems/war-55560456884 They are apropos. And they work with the music, which is pretty...

Zinkline -- A late entry with a bright, energetic instrumental hook and a stately grandeur in the patterns and long tones, driven by intense Who-style drums. Nice harmonic additions and developments as the song progresses, a solid guitar solo, steady and clear vocal performance. And yes, cogent and...

Lunkhead wrote: ↑

Mon Apr 14, 2025 8:51 am

That song just got submitted late, around when the lyrics got posted, and I haven't added it to the fight yet

Ah! Looking forward to it. I’ll add it to my reviews.

Are all the songs posted? There are lyrics for Zinkline in the lyrics thread, but no song to go with them.

Mine is a copy made by Northern Guitars. (https://jedistar.com/northern-guitars/)

Beast Needs Beast : Not a lot of lyrical content, but the angry delivery makes up for it. The music is rhythmically powerful and harmonically uncomplicated, as appropriate for the genre. Played with intensity, mixed and recorded with crisp clarity, and featuring regular changes of arrangement, it h...

Submitted. It's an online collaboration with McHaggis under the name "Freddie Wilson Overpass."

I've been diagnosed with executive disorder I've been diagnosed with executive disorder I've been diagnosed with executive disorder One of these days I’m gonna lose control I start a new project every day I don't make plans cause they get in the way I ask no questions and I hear no lies I run this p...

Excellent title. I'm working on an entry. It should be ready any day now. . .

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Wed Mar 19, 2025 6:41 am

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Thanks!

Speaking of protest songs, here's one from 25 years ago (around 9-11) that seems to have become timely again. It's a Squirrels in the Attic collaboration. I was never sure about the structure, and I've messed with it here, probably for the worse. It could be just A B C A B C A B C. I was thinking of...

I swear there was a "Hey, listen to my new song" thread, but I can't find it. I tried searching, but the following words are too common: Listen song hey new my to