W.A.I.L. I.A.A.C.
(actually more so than usual as I managed to blow up my recording laptop last night and it may force me into musical retirement. A nation of music lovers cheers.)
AD - gorgeous tune and performance, lazy lyrics drag it down just below voting range for me. I know that's a little harsh but the lack of anything but seering disdain seems wasted on an easy target. It's not like the words are funny, really - there's some clever rhymes and journeys between them, but without any warmth, I just find myself thinking "*christ* what's HIS problem with fat men"? All that said you have a lovely voice and the piano sounds wonderful and I look forward to hearing other stuff by you. Just not this. Ever again. Sorry. (ps i am neither thin or fat but I do have body dysmorphia issues so maybe mine is an overreaction. Hey it's a subjective world. Still not voting for it though
)
AAD - cute, a bit over-reliant on the batman riff, doesn't outstay its welcome. Great keyboard tone / riff (when it's not "batman"). OK, second listen convinced me there's much more to this than the batman riff, so have a
*vote* if you promise to revisit the song at some point only to replace that riff with something similar but not so similar.
BSS - the vocal is a bit choked this time out, especially in the choruses where it starts to distract. Your sound, your sound ... it's too "west coast" for me to relate to, but I can hear this is a
good song. I almost didn't hear the cool keyboards as well. Not sure if *that's* good or not.
CWjr - Nice pickin'. I appreciate the sentiment but I think you missed (or I did in the listening) a "just like everybody else" - cos nothing you list isn't applicable across pretty much everyone in the world. I really don't like "Fat man I still love you" like he needs your approval and the last "he's a fat man" did make me go "No shit, Sherlock!" Sorry to go on about the words but the tune is lovely and well performed and all that but not my preferred style of music so I inevitably focus on the other.
GUNS - Oooh Jazz, and I love* that weird bass and bum-num-bum things going on in one speaker / phone. There's a really nice progression going on in the chorus, although the arrangement sounds a little thin there, compared to the synth bass. Also the harmonies in the chorus are great, but seperating them so far apart from the main vocal exenuates unfairly where they're not spot-on. This is really interesting, I can't tell whether I actually like it yet. Spanish guitar is just showin' off
I'd love to see the words to this. Did I miss 'em in the correct thread? You know what, have a
*vote* for doing it differently.
Johnny Cashpoint - that'll be me. FBOFW. I think I've warped another guitar neck, sadly. People should not allow me near instrumentation. Nyom nyom nyom.
Not Tagged - (turns out to be
the Kenzie Chickens) - Heh, cute. Great sound all round. Lyric is throwaway but fun. I hear your voice and the swamp rock and it makes me want this to be a little less trad a bit more beefheart, if no what I mean, but that's a personal taste. It gets more interesting when it starts speeding up toweards the end. A little long for what it is, maybe.
Naked Philosophy - That riff is great at the start, i am not sure that I like the acoustic (in terms of combined tone) - Oh stop / starts are cool! Those BVs are so quiet to be almost pointless, which is a shame as they sound as good (if not better) than the mainly good but wavery main vocal. Interesting if earnest take on the title. Maybe 30 seconds too long but despite the things that I don't like, this is a good song and is veering towards a
*VOTE* for me.
Nobody et al - I guess if I had a lovely voice like yours I wouldn't worrry too much about puttting on top of folk with prog chord leanings. Do you mean the fat man is bouncing out of control in the box car (which is a ridiculous image) or the box car is spinning out of control? Oh these "poetic" words leave me cold, I'm afraid. You'll be singing about Wizards' sleeves next. Things I like here - your voice, the BVs, the production, the sweet, melodious feel all the way through. What I don't like - hippies, lyrics that think they're poetry. You deserve lots and lots of votes, just not from me.
Paco - great fat man bass line. Love those verses. I think the organ should be much louder in the choruses and slightly distorted for true ? & the Mysterons garage rock feel. Great bridge too. The chorus seems strangely underwritten in comparison - it's catchy it needs more instrumentation, a big wall of BVs behind it would work wonders. Still interesting twist on the title and a good song, so
*vote*
Pigfarmer Jr - Hmmm, i like this - though it's samey and a bit repetitive, and I hear a weird hot buzzy artifact (?) on the lead guitar part, or maybe I 'm just imagining things. But I like it.
Radio Show - Impressive vocalising - i am not a fan of "Belters" probably because there's no way I could ever dream of trying it myself - but it's undeniably impressive. Problem is I really don't like the blues - and the arrangement is thin - so there's not a huge amount of extra stuff going on that I can get into - but not so much that you couldn't play it live for many people to enjoy. That's not very helpful, i appreciate, but I got nothin' else.
Sausage - Vocals are mixed high! "Fat Man's" is a bit of a cheat isn't it? This is a good song, mind. I really like the harmonies in the chorus (although the more I listen the more I think that they're actually a synth setting. It doesn't matter but whatever they are they're a bit curious. maybe I was just expecting chorus BVs. I digress. A little long for what is, but I can't think where to cut out stuff. Yeah, I am starting to get it.
SunofSuperCar - Fucking stoners
Glad you got yourself a bass player. This is pretty great.
*VOTE* as long as you trim off that unneccassary recording room audio at the very end.
Tuner's Union - Cute. Oh I was just going to say I've heard it all before, and then those lovely triple-part harmonies kick in, and the nice sunny lead guitar arrives, and it makes me wish I could listen to this section forever. In retrosepct, the cutesy "casio" moment becomes really really f*cking annoying because it stops me hearing that lovely indie Bee Gees bit in the middle. I'm in a quandry do I vote for the most wonderful minute of the fight, or do I not for the two perfectly fine but mundane parts that surround it. Hmmmm. *oh the tension*
*VOTE* cos everyone loves a happy ending.