Forced listening..

[lais817]

Okay, so I've seen this in the Punk area of mx, and I think it's a really good idea to get people into new music. The idea being, you suggest a song, and then the next person listens to it and reviews it, then suggests a song(s) for the next in line. Simple huh?

When reviewing your song, try and do a decent job of it, perhaps to make this more bass related we could focus on the bass? You can give it a rating if you feel like it, but you don't have to.

If you want to do the next song, you have to call 'dibs' on it. Post your interest (sorta like the FA's of old) and, if you're the first to do so, you win rights to it. In the punk forum they have a 2-hour time 'expiry' on your dibs, ie, if you don't post your review within 2 hours, then you forfeit the right to do so and it's the next person's turn. Once you've written your review, edit your original 'dibs post' and paste it over the top, this should help keep the thread a bit cleaner and stuff.

Once the review is written, 'dibbing' starts again, and the process repeats. If you could delete your old dibs posts, it'll make this a lot smoother. yeah.

Please guys, lets make a go of this, it's a really good way to get into music that you might not have thought about listening to and who knows, you might learn something while your at it. if you want to look at the original thread, go here http://www.sputnikmusic.com/forums/showthread.php?t=268652

Guess I should start it off then.

Choose from:
(Artist - Song)

Strung Out - Scarlet (Metal/Punk)
Tool - The Pot (Alternative/Art Metal)
RHCP - Black Eyed Blonde (Rock/Funk)
Pulley - Empty (Punk)
Powderfinger - Thrilloilogy (Rock)
Brand New - Sic Transit Gloria... Glory Fades (Emo/Pop Punk)
Medeski Martin and Wood - Chubb Sub (Instrumental Jazz)

GO!

[Roogen]

Ok I'm just going to pick a random one and listen... so hard to choose!

[Roogen]

Ok well I already know RHCP - Blackeyed Blonde and that song is awesome love the bass.

Brand new's song has interesting bass, but I've heard it what too much so I'm kinda sick of the song.

The song I chose to listen to was Tool - The pot. And WOW why haven't I been listening to Tool this whole time? The bass is sick, plays a bigger role than other songs in this genre (not sure what the exact genre that is though). Of course one of tool's main things is all of their sick riffs which I definitely love. My only complaint is the repetitiveness of the song. This is a terrible review, but i'd give the song a 7.5/10(which is pretty darn good in my book)

[lais817]

bump?

[Roogen]

My terrible review scared them all away.

[SailAway]

Your supposed to put down a few songs now roogen, for the next person to pick from.

[Roogen]

Oh...

ok how bout

Time Goes Back - John Frusciante

This Velvet Glove - Red Hot Chili Peppers

Mordecai - Between the Buried and Me

there ya go!

[Efrim]

Time Goes Back! I take Time Goes Back!

[Efrim]

Once again, I’m unbelievably impressed by John’s work. To review it, I’ll go through each instrument.

Drums: That was the first thing that grabbed my attention about this piece. Very groovy, it's the type of drumming that make you want start a-dancing. The continuous kick really helped drive the song, and the dynamics connected very well with the rest of the song. I looked up the album, and discovered that it was either Josh Klinghoffer or Chad Smith playing. I can expect lines of this caliber out of both of them, though I’m leaning towards Chad Smith, as Josh’s playing is a lot more fluid, and more likely to change from one bar to the next.

Bass: At first, I only heard the bass moving with the chords, until I turned up the song. That’s when I heard the quick fills that were being played at the end of every few bars. Around 1:15, a very smooth, sliding riff came into play, but only for a very short amount of time. This is a perfect example of what I consider to be the perfect backing bass line: basic, with quick fills and bursts of tasteful speed. As with the drums, the bass playing could be one of two people: Josh Klinghoffer or John Frusciante.

Guitar: Also very basic, beyond the basic chording, there was very little other playing. There was one very short section of guitar “soloing” that was pretty heavy on the delay, but not technical at all, very melodic. As with most of John’s stuff, I found the true charm lay in the way the instruments blended together.

Voice: By far one of my favourite parts of any Frusicante song. He has one of the most expressive voices I have ever heard, and I never get tired of listening to his songs because of that. This was no exception. His lyrics were hard for me to decode, and I’m really only hazarding a guess that they are something of an ode to obscurity.

Synthesizer: I liked it only because it made the song sound very full, and gave a solid ambient background. ‘Nuff said
Very impressed. 9/10


Songs:
Shellac-Watch Song
Don Caballero-In the Absence of Strong Evidence to the Contrary, One May Step Out of the Way of the Charging Bull
Ataxia-The Sides

[Efrim]

bump

[FunkMetalBass]

As soon as I find any of those songs, I'll listen and post.

[FunkMetalBass]

The song I listened to was Don Cabellero's "In the Absence of Strong Evidence to the Contrary."

Very interesting band. I believe it's a drum, piano and bass band, but it could be a guitar. Some parts make me think that either (if not both) instruments are present.

The overall sound was phenominal. Very full and catchy, while still pleasing to the ears. Some parts were mellow and harmonious, while others feel very dissonant, yet wonderful. Completely instrumental, which was nice and unexpected at first. I enjoyed the fact that each instrument was individual and had a purpose, yet they were all able to blend together.

I suck at reviews, but I'd give it 4/5 stars.


Choose from:
Bobby McFerrin - "Kalimba Suite"
Skindred - "Nobody"
Cannibal Corpse - "Hammer Smashed Face"

Heh. I tried to have a variety of music there.

[lais817]

BOBBY MCFERRIN - Kalimba Suite

okay, for some weird reason, I was expecting a 90's rap song, but what I got was anything but.

Kalimba Suite starts with a few seconds of what sounds like a xylaphone, which is then joined by maraccas and a few seconds after, a nonsensical voice or voices start a repeated.... "chant" is the only way I can describe it. Various light percussion joins in and the chant goes on.

At about the 1:06 mark, the xylaphone starts playing different notes, though holding the same rhythm as before. The chant changes, now with one main voice and one buried in the mix with the percussion, which makes it hard to distinguish sometimes. what sounds like bass enters at about 1:23, and is joined by what could be a guitar a few seconds after. The chant changes again at 1:40, with the bass dropping out, and the second voice almost taking it's place.

At 2 minutes into the song, the overall feeling given is somewhat... tribal, but more sophisticated, like something you'd find in the 'world music' section of your music store. It's at this point I sorta wish I'd chosen the Cannibal Corpse song...

At 2:16 the bass comes back playing a simple line deep in the mix. Th song remains in the same vein until the end, deviating slightly from the african feel towards the end, but still leaving the listener with a sense of the primitive. That said, this song is far more complex and has far more going on in it than most music these days, and must have taken some skill to compose this well. I'll give it a 3/5, simply because after a few listens.... it all sounds the same

Choose from:

lostprophets - Still Laughing
Rise Against - Worth dying for
No Doubt - Comforting Lie
Eric Clapton - Layla (Acoustic/Unplugged)
The Matches - The Jack Slap Cheer

[Naminator]

ok i choose rise against - worth dying for

ill review it asap

mmmm i dont know much about this band but it seems just when it starts, the lyrics sound a little better than the usual crap i have to listen to with my brother (182, +44 etc).

There doesnt seem to be alot of music theory applied to the song (yes i know its punk).

The chord progression i do like sounds like a maj7 but i may be wrong.

the drums sound really good from the beginning the guy has a very good pattern. is that a double pedal? anyways

the bass has a very good fuzz effect which makes it sound chunky yet it sounds like he played with a pick so meh
and talking about bass

there is a bass fill at 1:56 which fits perfectly.

Overall the song is pretty catchy. Ill probably see myself humming the tune for the next 2 days or so.

I rate it 8.3/10

K here are the songs who you have to choose


Dream Theater - Honor Thy Father
Liquid tension Experiment - Acid Rain
Primus - Wynonas Big Brown Beaver
Metallica - Trapped Under Ice
Pantera - Cowboys From Hell

[Naminator]

bump?

[peeted]

ill do liquid tension experement - acid rain

Great technical prog riff stuff, there are all sorts of changes wich keep it intresting, some might say that its overley technical but to be honest i like that. The keybord part makes this song, it makes it diffrent from just your fast riffy metal. The keybord tone sounds like a guitar half of the way through though, its sometimes hard to differentiate. the bass line at 1.56 is ace, realy makes a a diffrence to the sound of the song and makes it a bit more "funky".

The riff at 2.35 is ****ing ace and then the stick bit (it is a stick right?) sounds fecking mint, stick in a fast paced song like this is a realy odd idiea but it sounds ace, the guitar solo is mental too, i like his solos more in lte than in dream theater. The keybord bends sound ****ing ace too, especialy at 4.22

right hear are some songs i think everyone should lissen to:

mew - an envoy to open feilds
chick corea - your everything
roots manuva - witness (1 hope)
rx bandits - secret agent man
geto boys - mind playing tricks on me

[lais817]

RX Bandits - Secret Agent Man

oh ska, how I love thee.

the song opens with some fast 'ska-chords' before an "uh", then a count in. then we're straight into the fast paced first verse.

bass holds down the groove very well with a solid fast line, tying in with the drums really well, while the guitar continues with fast up-stroked chords. as we hit the frist, i guess it's the chorus, the song slows right down to give a half time feel, which continues through the next verse.

Throught the song the lyrics have told the story of somebody wanting to be a "secret agent man", and live the life of Bond himself with lines like this:

and now i find myself in a foreign land
i have my secret agent gun tight in hand
i light a smoke and say "Now you see,
i am a part of your, your secret agency"

The half-time/regular time alternative continues throughout the song, until we hit the end of the fourth verse and reach the bridge, where the brass comes in and builds up to the, unexpected, shred solo, given a solid backing by the bass, which seems to be playing a variation of the main theme played throughout the song, but with plenty of octaves to make sure it's being heard. The same line continues as the shredding stops and gives way to a very cool sax (?) solo, and the song is done.

I've always loved ska in general, and especially Catch 22. The drumming throughout Secret agent man reminds me very much of Keasby night's era Catch 22, although with better tone, especially on the snare hits. The song is just, in general, a feel good hit, which is what ska's all about. I'll give it a.... 7, simply because in the scheme of things, it's a pretty average ska song, although much better than most crap these days.

Red Hot Chili Peppers - On Mercury
Catch 22 - Supernothing
No Doubt - Just a Girl
Boysetsfire - Dying on Principle
aaaaand.... Britteny Spears - Toxic (you know you want to) :p

[EcentricAgnostic]

On Mercury

I'll go for RHCP as there the only band i know form that selection. I review each instrument.

Bass: As is with this album flea plays a minimal bass line with know fills that contradicts the flow of the song gives a slightly off rythm. In the chorus he just runs through the chord pattern for each note. In the bridge he plays an oposite line to the guitar which helps stop it being forgetfull.

Guitar: This song has a very ska theme and this is helped by the jangly guitar that plays the off-beat in the verse. In the chorus, like flea, he goes through the chord pattern for each note except he has a beautiful flange/chorus effects that makes the chorus sound sort off phsycodelic.

Drums: Nothing to really yell about in this part. Chad Smith keeps a nice steady rythm that goes well with the bass. Other than that theres nothing special here.

Vocals: Anthony gives some nice wierd sounding lryics that I cant find any meaning in. The backing vocals in the final chorus are a nice touch because it fills up the sound and give it a nice warm feel

Trumpets: A presume these are played by flea as he is the only trumpet player in the band. Along with the guitar it adds to the ska feel by playing on the offbeat.

Hows about that for a rushed review!!

Muse-Invincible
Manic Street Preachers-Little Baby Nothing
James Blunt-Wisemen
Johnny Cash-Big Iron
Squeeze-Is It Love?
Oasis-Underneath the Sky

[lais817]

EcentricAgnostic, the idea is to review a song by bands you don't know, that's the point of the thread :thumb:.

[Sauron]

James Blunt - Wisemen

Usually I don't listen to this type of music, but I found this song pretty good. I had never heard of James Blunt before seeking this song actually.

The bass in this song is pretty simple, but effective. The tone is nice a deep so that keeps a good bottom to the song. The fills could have been a bit more interesting, but that's just extra, so the lack thereof doesn't make the song any worse.

The intro's sound effects were really cool I thought. The chorus had a good sound to it too, the way they harmonized the vocals was really ace. The groove of the song is basically the same thing throughtout the whole song. The guitar solo was interesting, with a cool sort of tone to it. Very laid back.

The singer's voice isn't one of my favorites but it does fit the song quite well. Overall the song was very laid back, but catchy. I'll have to seek out some more James Blunt songs to get a better idea of the band.

I guess it's my turn to suggest something, so I'll go with...

- Kyle's Song by moe.
- 2nd Self by Umphrey's McGee
- Double Jeopardy by Joshua Redman Elastic Band
- Pigs (Three Different Ones) by Les Claypool's Frog Brigade (off of Live Frogs: Set 2)
- Everything is Everything by Donny Hathaway (make sure its the live version)
- Andy's Last Beer by Umphrey's McGee

75% of the music on my computer is traded live concert recordings so I tried to make sure I picked songs that are off albums and easily accessible.

[stinger]

The singer's voice isn't one of my favorites but it does fit the song quite well. Overall the song was very laid back, but catchy. I'll have to seek out some more James Blunt songs to get a better idea of the band.


haha, you dont want to do that, james blunt is a "solo" (he writes "with" other well established song writers) artist and is a proper ****, hes big in england, porbably wont be long till he makes it over the atlantic, its just a good job he didnt recomend 'beautiful' that song willl make you want to burn radios

hes even being used in cockny ryming slang now, what for? you work it out :-p

[peeted]

2nd Self by Umphrey's McGee

this review is based on a you tube vid since i couldnt find the actual song.

this song is realy plesent ands upbeat, the bass keeps a nice smooth funky groove going in the background with some nice little fills. later on the bass becomes a little bit more active wich adds some more energy to the song. The vocals to be honest are just avarage american rock vocals, there good but nothing to shout about.

Theres a cool bit in the middle were the guitar does these nice fills over an odd drum beat and then the bass comes in and starts folowing the drums, its ace is this bit, pretty jazzy. The way they used diffrent time sigs in what is a fairly upbeat song realy reminds me of rush but a little more smooth.

for my next ones ill say: Novembre - homecoming
jefferson airplane - stop children whats that sound
allen parsons project - i wouldnt want to be like you
brand x - running on 3
arsis - wholly night
run dmc - rock box

[Sauron]

2nd Self by Umphrey's McGee

this review is based on a you tube vid since i couldnt find the actual song.

this song is realy plesent ands upbeat, the bass keeps a nice smooth funky groove going in the background with some nice little fills. later on the bass becomes a little bit more active wich adds some more energy to the song. The vocals to be honest are just avarage american rock vocals, there good but nothing to shout about.

Theres a cool bit in the middle were the guitar does these nice fills over an odd drum beat and then the bass comes in and starts folowing the drums, its ace is this bit, pretty jazzy. The way they used diffrent time sigs in what is a fairly upbeat song realy reminds me of rush but a little more smooth.


Nice review! If you want to hear the studio, or better yet some higher quality live versions (Umphrey's is a very live-oriented band) I can send them over. They're pretty much a more prog-based jam band.

Edit:
If anyone is interested... here is a really good video set to the SBD recording of the show... it's a song called Resolution but they fade Norwegian Wood in and out of it. Great stuff.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ETw1Us4Q0-A&mode=related&search=