Mind Taking Some Um.. Dictation? (olvcp reviews)

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[Bjam]

So, how about them monkeys.

[MintyHandy]

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[HeuristicsInc]

tuba - that first bass sound is awesome. i think the vocals don't fit with the sound of the track. music's great.

sfo - after the vocals come in until :37 the rhythms seem confused. annoying whine noise comes in at :37. everything else is cool.

minty - nice. heh, nice unison chorus. you sound good together.

chris - chorus doesn't feel that well in rhythm as the verse does. guess this is a tough line pretty good.

idiot - this one is freaky. i love the soundscapes. weird and awesome.

hostess - this is good. it doesn't grab me, but it is pleasant and good to listen to.

huma - i like the accordion-whatever thingy. ends abruptly to me.

no cash value - great synth pads. i like how the piano works here. i know one person on this track. good vox. no, great vox. this is very good. ooh, that slide guitar or whatever at the end is awesome then it disappears. we need more of that.

1: minty, idiot, ncv
2: tuba, sfo, chris, hostess, huma

wow, this is tough, vote for minty or ncv?
i'll need to think about that!
-bill

[tonetripper]

Chris Combs - Love the ukelele, hate the bass. Sounds wrong and out of tune. It might be construed that the bass being as wrong as it is might be keeping with the title, but I don't buy it. Too bad cuz the tune does have a pretty good hook. The bass kills.

Hostess Mostess - I find the vocals, at the beginning anyway, a little pitchy. I have, unfortunately, higher expectations from you. I just find the verses a little stretched in terms with keeping with the pitch. The title is well done in terms of a hook for the title, the backing vocals are nice, the classical guitar breakdown is very cool, but I guess I just find this tune a little strained in terms of the vocal performance. Enough to distract from what I feel for the title. I think you could have spent more time on the vocal takes. Not bad. Definitely not one of my favourite HM tunes. You've done much better. No vote.

Huma - The moodiness of the guitar, falsetto voice, and mouth organ is an interesting contrast. The energy is very nice in this and I especially liked the revised mouth organ that seems to be chording harder. Possible vote.

The Idiot Kings - The industrial, techno feel of this tune combined with the vocoder vocal is a good way to go with this title. I find the leaning of it is more of a piece than a song, but I guess it could be assumed that the monotone nature of the title usage with the vocal could be the hook. Dark, good production.

Minty Handy - This is the best hook for the title and I dug the thinned out voices that seem to round with the chorus. You guys sound great together. Photocopy your ass is a funny touch. I just wish there was guitar in your submissions. Possible vote.

No Cash Value - I can tell Freudian's vocals anywhere. The production is very good behind you. The bending vocals sometimes gets a little wonky pitch-wise, but I forgive it, cuz they have so much charisma. I find the cheesy strings a nice contrast to the lyric. Well done on that front as usual. Big fan of the lyrical concepts of Freudian. Lizard sharp tongue. And you use it well, obviously, but not enough to keep the boss under rap. Well done for the title.

SFO - This is great. Another great addition to the SFO project. Well done.

Tuba Toothpaste - "I spy you my forbidden fruit" is my favourite line in this whole fight in keeping with the title. The thing I kind of hate is the cheesy rolling synths that occur in the chorus. Also there is some digital distortion on the vocals. I'm sure that you could manage this a bit better. Not bad. I'm ambivalent about it for the title.

Top Five:
1) Minty Handy
2) Huma
3) No Cash Value
4) Hostess Mostess
5) The Idiot Kings

[Bolio]

No Cash Value

No Cash Value = Freudian + Bolio. Thanks for the kind words.

[Me$$iah]

Magenta fight Reviews:-

lets roll


C Combs---------Too loose and i think the bass is out of tune somwhere- nice harmonies shame the rest doesnt support it and the voice aint that great

HostessMostess---------Strong start great melody- I keep wanting it to go huge-then it goes tiny,great, but thens the moment,and no, it dont go huge it should qwite beatlesy, good job

Huma---------Really nice harp sound-interesting voice style, I like....good job I like the minimalism of this

IdiotKings---------noise and processed speech does nothing for me. Next

Minty---------Too cheesey for its own good Hahaha. Well done, well recorded and nice harmonies and b vox Really nice Top draw

NoCash---------not a bad tune. Nice voice and qwite good musically and lyrically, however all the different vocal takes arent blending together well. It sounds like a million takes not a flowing performance-not bad

S.F.O.---------great move out of the last one- top draw tune well done- great ending too excellent

Tuba---------Great big showman voice reminds me of like Barry manilow I dig this - I like the biggness cept it could be better produced all round it sounds a bit dirty and mggy to me - good song tho


Not a bad fight this It deffinatley has its high points and however its lows kudos to SFO this week and minty by my vote is a toss between
HostessMostessand Huma

and I guess cos Hostess is gonna win this week hands down ill give it to Huma just cos i like the minimalism and the harp sond rocks

[MintyHandy]

I just wish there was guitar in your submissions.

Me too. That does, however, require I go out and buy a guitar. Tempting, tempting...(hmm)

[tonetripper]

C'mon Minty... all the kids are doing it....

[deshead]

Chris Combs: Good witty lyrics, bad out-of-tune bass playing, and one overshadowed by the other.

Hostess Mostess: The band everyone's forgetting to compare you with is Toad the Wet Sprocket, right? Anyway, this is great. The bottom end of the mix is so tight! Warm and punchy, but my sub didn't shake once. Mad skillz.

Huma: I dunno what to make of this. I mean, I could note little things about the performance or the mix ... but that's the point of the song, right? I'm confused enough to think this might actually be really good.

The Idiot Kings: I can't hear the vocals half the time. The upper-mids on the bass drum are stomping on them, I think. Otherwise it's well put together, just not quite enough 'song' for me. Which is to say, I enjoyed it, but not enough to vote for it.

Minty Handy: Argh! Stuck in my head!! You and the missus sound great together. Cheesy, but great.

No Cash Value: It's well put together (if a hair on the bassy side), but I can't tell if it's supposed to be a serious song. The words from 2:04 onward sound like they were beat onto the lyric sheet with a hammer.

Song Fight Orchestra: I neither know which song you're re-telling nor found this track nearly long enough.

Tuba Toothpaste: I love the Euro-80's chorus. I want to say "mix this louder" or "pan that out", but it's actually perfect the way it is.


I voted Hostess, though on another day it could easily have been Tuba or Minty.

[blue]

Chris Combs: I'll be the first guy to stand up and honor the uke, but you gotta tune your instruments. Unless you're an artist, and this doesn't sound like art. You might be better served singing more or less. Mebbe get more talky, or get more screamy, or something. Or just practice more. This song is way too long. Woulda been OK at 1:30. I really like the uke by itself on the intro.

Mostess: Haha, caught me unawares like cupid buying shares in us! Excellent as usual. It would have reeeeally grooved if you had switched to a straight 4/4 bass/snare drum line on the second verse. Drums are just kinda building forever, not really encouraging the asses to shake.

Huma: Very tentative. Painfully, in fact. Oooooooh, saved by melodica. Well that just changes everything. I would have liked this a lot if not for the falsetto vocal. The phrase "corporate policy" is jarring in a song context - maybe not something you want to repeat. I think the trick to beating songfight at its stupid title game is to find a key phrase outside of the title, and then gloss over the title as much as possible if it's ruining your song. Listen to the end of that TIK song for a fine example.

TIK: Nice! Unusually solid use of repetition and lyric, and the electronica comes across as well-presented art and not churned-out dance-by-the-numbers. Very Radiohead. BUT YOU KNEW THAT.

Mintyhandy: I'd have liked it a little if the chorus harmonies were a little more passionate. The overall feel is that of an innocuous 70's sitcom jingle.

Nocashvalue: Ham-fisted and overly literal.

SFO: Why can't I hear the vocals? Damn that piano is loud.

Tuba: Well, the lyrics made me snicker a little.

[Eric Y.]

i kinda thought this was funny.