15-16 puzzle wrote:What parts did you find to be dischordant?
I think it was just some of the guitar stuff when you went for speedier riffy changes. Don't get me wrong, I like what you do, I just can't listen to a guitar and a voice in that style for three minutes without any other instrumentation or something to keep my attention. I think if you'd put some drums in there with maybe a second distorted guitar to beef up some of the sections it'd be a complete winner.
Puce wrote:Likely Lads: Emotastic. Vocals are a little rough in places. This song feels longer than it actually is, which is not a good sign. 6
Firstly, if we're being emo then it's Tongue in Cheek, the chorus is "Just like Chris De Burgh's Lady in Red I got your red skates on my mind", if you think we're serious about identifying with the monobrowed purveyor of all that is filth then you must be mad!
creep wrote:6. Likelylads-- This ones pretty tight too, so far this is a good fight. There is nothing particularly wrong with this one, I'm just not feeling it like some of the others.
Cheers
Richard WreckdoM wrote:The Likely Lads: Not my thing. I will say though that mix is smooth. Everything fits together very nicely. I would imagine you have a bit of a well deserved following.
Thanks man, I had a feeling our styles would probably clash after hearing your tune.
As for the following: we're working on it...
fried wrote:The Likely Lads I like the type of music and you do it pretty good. The only issue is your vocals in parts are flat. You have a great voice other than that. The song isn't keeping me... Gin Blossoms?
Thanks very much, there's actually two of us singing there, and I guess you're talking about Gareth's voice being great, mine's the more bland vocal on the first two lines of each verse and the chorus. Thanks for listening
15-16 Puzzle wrote:Likely Lads: This song is too weinery sounding, and the chorus lyrics are hard to make out. Or rather, you can kind of make out some of the words, but not other words. "Just like _______ Lady in Red, I got red skates on my mind" What phrase goes there? Crystal bus? Crystal bugs? Cristobals? Oh, this song is too short, could have stood for a guitar solo or something, and then a singalong ending of the chorus repeated forever. I would have liked that. Meh, this song is okay, but it could be a lot better.
First off, this, like all of our songfight entries has to be taken with tongue planted firmly in cheek. The lyrics you're searching for in the chorus are "Just like
Chris De Burgh's Lady In Red..." but I guess it's our fault if you couldn't discern them. If you don't know Chris De Burgh is an awful English singer songwriter from the 80s who penned a hideous ode to his wife called Lady In Red. A nation vomitted. hence the jokey nature of the reference. I agree we could have done more with the outro, intros and outros seem to be a problematic area for us. Thanks for listening and the comments
Geoff WreckdoM wrote:The Likely Lads
What I liked: I really dig what that bass player is doing, that’s hot.
What I didn’t like: This is like Emo or something? I don’t know man, the whole sensitive heartfelt nature of this tune is a real no go with me, especially those vocals.
Hey thanks for the compliment on my bass playing. I think the above stuff about us playing around will address the emo issue.
Thanks to everyone for listening and commenting and reviewing. keep it coming guys!