Leaf wrote: I'm gonna review this weeks' fights (deep breath) with four words. Good, average, medicore, bad.

I'm going to review this idea with one word: Boring.



Seriously, I hope this idea doesn't catch on. I'm not sure what it would prove "scientifically."

Especially when reviews are so subjective... :twisted: How, exactly, is a vote any less subjective? Less descriptive, yes... but less subjective? I think you're kidding yourself if you think that the votes are depicting some sort of objective scale of the quality of a song. I mean, look at the resu...

Duck! Why? Because we're about to yell at you. You don't have to win to kick ass, either. JB Oh, well, by all means yell away! -- But this whole "you don't have to win to kick ass" business is more or less exactly what I'm saying. Personally, I didn't enter into the songfight arena to win...

deshead wrote:

anti-m wrote:It seems to me that the voting is secondary to the critical feedback from the boards.

Duck!

Why?

Someone recently submitted a song that literally sounded as though it had been sung acappella into an answering machine… but many folks commented that they could hear a hidden catchy poppiness in the song. Did it win? ;-) No, but it got 14 votes, putting it in third place. http://www.songfight.or...

several of my favorite songwriters wouldn't have a fighting chance on SF! because of their poor production. ...But that's the thing -- A fighting chance? Garsh golly, everyone has a fighting chance at songfight! There's no gate at the door, no entrance fees. No "your production must be THIS HI...

I’m sorry I’m late getting to these. I seem to have completely F!$*#$% up my neck, and am contending with big pain. Apologies if my reviews seem a trifle curmudgeonly. I’m drinking wine and moping under the heat pad. This fight, like the other in this round, was pretty uniformly great. If I di...

First I set the songs to "shuffle" and listen to them while I'm at work on crappy little headphones. I like to listen to the whole set at least two or three times. Doing so allows me to begin to like the stuff that "grows on you." Then, while I'm reviewing I listen to the songs a...

I'm hoping I can make it up there... It sounds like a blast!

And HAPPY BIRTHDAY in any case!!!

Dunno about performing. Would anyone really want to hear some boring old girl-from-Portland plunking away on acoustic guitar? Nahhhh... save spots for the ROCK.

--Em

The only potential problem I see with a cover / lo-fi / high-fi fight is that you are inevitably not only measuring "production," but also interpretation and performance. (As Leaf pointed out.) And, for my money, interpretation and performance also influence how much or little I enjoy a so...

Imagine a writer who has fabulous ideas, but can't spell, and has a terrible grasp of grammar-- its hard for people too understand what their trying to say because evertime you try to see to the point the way their talking about things are not correct and idees get lost along the way. Ok, that was a...

Ok, ok, I’m back from the retarded music thread! Sorry this took so long!

Al Gore Band:
This seems “novelty musicâ€

j$ wrote:There is a quotation by Auden, which I can only paraphrase, 'the good artist gives people what they want. The great artist gives people what they hadn't realised they wanted.'

Awesome quote!

I didn't say technical skill was required to make worthwhile art. Oooookay, but someone did. I was replying to that person. He had the post right before mine. Whee! We've gone way off track in interesting ways! I'm still trying to finish these reviews... but I keep getting sucked into this philosop...

Oh no! I really liked your stuff! You brought some much needed "angular" rock to the SF! I was looking forward to hearing more!

Yeah, that's a gigantic cop-out. If I say something to you and only use words you don't know, and you say to me "I don't get it", it is MY failure at communicating, not your failure for not getting it. It's a two-way street. Huh ... see, in that example I'm siding with the person with the...

I wonder what that kid would have said had he been asked what his intent was before anyone told him their impressions. Actually, I always ask intent first! (Hence how I know the intent is not served by the execution) The attitude can be summed up as "you, my audience, are not sophisticated eno...

I think western culture in general has become too soft. Everyone seems to want a cookie just for pretending to try their best, but few people are actually willing to endure the time, pain and suffering that's typically required to become truly good at something. I'd like to see how long ShipInABott...

In addition to making mediocre songs, I also spend a lot of time listening to “This American Life.â€

Too far away -- Anti-m I tried to hold the trailing thread Unwinding to that monster's head A labyrinth A valentine A kite cut loose from line I try to hear, your voice sounds strange Just how far is out of range? Tell me again -- I used to know Words in static snow Too far away Your disappearing ac...

Hey! I work at OHSU! Thanks for the link!

I will be reviewing sooooon... I promise! I have 50 reviews to write this week, and I'm slow. Tomorrow evening, I think.

--Em