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The Song Review Thread

Postby Brad » Fri Aug 22, 2008 8:12 pm

Okay. Here's how it works. I start it off by posting up a song. Whoever wants to post next, downloads the song, writes up a mini review for it, gives it a 10-scale rating, then posts a song of their own choosing. If you don't have your own web space, use mediafire, rapidshare, etc. or if the song is an an artist's MySpace or whatever, that works. And try and stick to the same format convention to keep it nice and consistent.

Song Name: Pogo (Shinichi Osawa Remix)
Artist: Digitalism
Genre: House / Detroit Techno

To keep things cool, maybe make a post saying "I'm getting this" and then edit it later, so that more than one person isn't reviewing the same thing
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Postby inthesto » Fri Aug 22, 2008 8:29 pm

Review for Digitalism - Pogo (Shinichi Osawa Remix)

At first glance, it's a pretty typical electronic piece. Follows the common structure where it builds up piece by piece, breaks into the main theme, has an intermission in the middle, and ends on the main theme. The drumline and harmony somehow make me think that the song kind of emulates a rock song. I'm not sure if this is because of what the original piece sounded like, but there you go. Gives the song an interesting feeling, at the least. Lyrics are nothing to really pay attention to, but that's how it usually goes with electronic music.

Overall, this is a piece I'd probably hear on the dance floor and certainly enjoy, but I wouldn't go out of my way to ask the DJ what it was they were spinning. Fun and enjoyable, but not going to leave a big impact.

6.5/10 (this is with 5 being average, as in "meh, listening to it once, wouldn't bother listening again)

Song Name:Second Way
Artist:: FiSH Tone
Genre: Trance
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Postby CodeZTM » Fri Aug 22, 2008 10:17 pm

EDIT: Nevermind, I can't download the file. :?
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Postby Unlimited Rice » Fri Aug 22, 2008 11:15 pm

Review: Second Way by FiSH Tone

I find this trance song to be a bit rather unique in that it uses several instruments and not stick to the electronic formula. The use of piano can be pretty obvious, too, but still you can never go wrong with it and it sounds pretty cool in setting the base of the song.

I really appreciate the use of trumpet. It's not something you'd hear often in many genres, but here it sounds really nice. It gives a nice feel, maybe a bit out from trance, but yeah.

The beats sound just a tad bit silly, but really upbeat and nice. Hearing them play along with the piano is still pretty cool.

I can't help but feel that while listening to this song that it's like soundtrack for a mini-film of some sort.

I can find myself listening to this when I wanna hear something pretty chill.

7/10

Song Name:American Boy
Artist: Estelle feat. Kanye West
Genre: Hip-Hop / Rap
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Postby CodeZTM » Sat Aug 23, 2008 9:19 am

I'm reviewing this one, because I have it on CD already. :)

Personally, this is one of my favorite songs right now. I heard it on the radio a few weeks back, and the beat entranced me. The shift in beat and vocals is just interesting and keeps you on your feet while you're listening. The drums are upbeat and perky, and the rest of music just wants to make you get up and dance! Especially that very first part of the song.

Lyrics are kind of superficial and shallow, but they still have their beautiful parts. "Take me on me on a trip!" "Take me to New York, I'd Like To See LA!" I like Kayne West's parts the best. His voice is just entrancing, and the audio works really well with his voice. Although, I think that the areas with zero audio (just vocals) are in dire need of a slower beat, instead of just blank space. It would sound SOOOO much better. I also think that it could have been cut down to about 3 minutes and been much better, removing the filler.

Overall, I'd think about a 8/10. It's really rare for me to like rap-ish like music, but this one just took me in.

Here's the next song.

Link: http://www.last.fm/music/4+Minutes/+vid ... 3iFCA3P-hM
Song: 4 Minutes
Song Artist: Madonna Ft. Justin Timberlake
Genre: R & B(ish)
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Postby downwithpants » Sat Aug 23, 2008 6:48 pm

i'll allow this thread to continue provided you use legal links, such as http://www.last.fm or post public domain songs
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Postby CodeZTM » Sat Aug 23, 2008 7:35 pm

Whoopsies. :O

New link is up.
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Postby Brad » Sat Aug 23, 2008 9:40 pm

downwithpants wrote:i'll allow this thread to continue provided you use legal links, such as http://www.last.fm or post public domain songs


Even though it's in the Donator's Forum? I guess I find it hard to see the harm in this.

To elaborate, since the Donator's Forum is a non-public forum, the likelihood that posting individual song links would get the site into any amount of legal hot water is pretty much zero. Heh, especially considering that the very public portion of this site hosts thousands of songs for download already (sure they're in video form, but you know what I mean). I can certainly agree that song links probably shouldn't be linked in the public forums, but I think the Donator's Forum can be a special case.
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Postby downwithpants » Sat Aug 23, 2008 11:37 pm

links to other websites can be backtracked. if a filesharing website wants to crack down on copyright violators, they could backtrack here.

CodeChrono wrote:Link: http://www.last.fm/music/4+Minutes/+vid ... 3iFCA3P-hM
Song: 4 Minutes
Song Artist: Madonna Ft. Justin Timberlake
Genre: R & B(ish)


it's a gimmicky pop song. far from madonna's best work, it showcases little emotion from her. she's frickin old though. justin timberlake does a better job, though it sounds like every other song on his cd futuresex/lovesongs. timbaland's interludes get just plain annoying. that said, it is a good catchy pop song to dance too. i could see this drawing a crowd on wedding reception dance floors. 4/10

http://www.last.fm/music/Weezer/_/Pork+and+Beans
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Postby Brad » Sat Aug 23, 2008 11:49 pm

downwithpants wrote:links to other websites can be backtracked. if a filesharing website wants to crack down on copyright violators, they could backtrack here.


Okay then how about we make it so they have to provide their own hosting? Would that be a viable alternative? Like, if somebody wanted to post a song and didn't have their own hosting, they could either link to a public site like LastFM or they could have somebody like me or whoever upload it for them.
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Postby jasper-isis » Sun Aug 24, 2008 12:04 pm

That's cool with me, as long as you're not linking to a folder that contains like your entire music collection. :nose:
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Postby Otohiko » Wed Aug 27, 2008 5:25 pm

Thread dead before I whored it? :uhoh:
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I enjoyed that, rather anthemic (if that's a word for something that is a bit of an anthem), and I appreciate the sentiment about the lyrics. Musically, I thought the main highlight of this was the production values - the bass crunches like the cap'n and the piano creeping in right at the climax hit the right notes. You can tell these guys are professionals and are standing on the shoulders of professionals. Definitely one of those songs that'd go over well with a crowd of sweaty young people at a live concert (assuming the band don't botch it). I'm not entirely a fan of the vocal style, but it fits in this case.

I can't say anything great about the compositional values here - really, it's a "song" in the most typical form where lyrics are the center and catchiness value rules all. They could've certainly done a bit more creative, but then again, it's Weezer. They found a formula and they keep distilling it - no shame in that, but no standing ovation from me either.

7/10 (6 baseline and an extra point for production)

The video however is lol + old memes and therefore a solid 9.5/10 :o

Song Name: Red
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Genre: Instrumental Prog Rock/Metal
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Postby NS » Wed Aug 27, 2008 6:32 pm

Reviewing this one

You can't go wrong with king crimson, It's very solid and simple music, but at the same time Very entertaining. This song has good drums and Entertaining (though sometimes repetitive) guitar. It seems to get really repetitive and drag on about half way through, as it is musical and they don't do much to change it up to keep it interesting, but still a decent song.
6.8/10

Song: Pipe Down
Artist: JB Conspiracy
Genre: Ska/Punk

http://www.last.fm/music/The+JB+Conspiracy/_/Pipe+Down
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Postby Otohiko » Thu Aug 28, 2008 9:10 am

Live thread, live! We need moar review, stat :amv:



You know , I always wondered why Ska sounds so much like the music in old Soviet comedies. This is a pretty good example of that, which is not a bad thing. Rapidfire, coarse vocals and a brass player (is it one or two of them there?) that covers a lot of ground - even if the theme repeats over and over. Things start taking off on a dramatic note towards the end, but never quite fly away, just come back to the main theme. Very typical structure for this type of music from what I've seen, played relatively tightly (checked a live video on myspace and they deliver it well on stage too).

One main thought: edit this down to about half the original length, including the building-towards-climax part, and you could do a pretty hilarious AMV to it - with footage at about 300% speed on average :P

7/10

Song: Keko
Artist: Kimmo Pohjonen
Genre: Experimental Folk (better described as "drunk Finnish shamanic-type dude with accordion and a symphonic orchestra")

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Postby NS » Thu Aug 28, 2008 11:52 am

yah, Most ska sounds pretty repetitive, but I luff it :3. As for the horn section, it usually consists of at least 1 trumpet, 1 trombone, and usually a sax, plus a couple others.

I'll review yours to:

Damnit, all your suggestions are somewhat on the long side XD.

I really like this though, the sound is very catchy, and actually pretty creative, pretty impressive that it's only one guy, just with a loop machine, but his vocals sound really great...Even though it is just like chanting and whooping, still sounds good and supports the rest of the music. This is also pretty much instrumental, and he does a good job of not letting it get repetitive and boring by changing it up frequently. It got especially awesome towards the end where it got all frantic and it seemed like he was possessed or some shit. I'd say a 8/10.

I'm giving out some more ska/punk, because this is my favorite band :3. It sounds quite a bit different then the other band I gave out

Song: Point/Counterpoint
Band: Streetlight Manifesto
Genre: Ska Punk / Third wave ska

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