Well, I see that Superpeer has started a new version of Forced Listening in R&M, so I figured that we may as well have ours as well.
Admittedly I'm not sure how well exactly this will work, as I know this forum is a fairly small and quiet one, but we shall just have to see.
The original thread from The Pit can be found here -
http://www.musicianforums.com/forums/showthread.php?t=92332
The R&M version here -
http://www.musicianforums.com/forums/showthread.php?t=211168
The concept of this, for anyone that hasn't come across it before, is that someone will suggest a few songs, the next person will take a dibs on one of them, download it and then review it, not forgetting to suggest a few more songs at the end. If this does work here I think it could be really good, as I know most people here are very open-minded and like listening to new things.
The idea isn't to necessarily suggest your favourite song, but to recommend songs that you don't think other people will have heard, ie it's probably not a good idea to suggest Jeff Buckley - Hallelujah or any Radiohead, as most people on here are very familiar with that.
The reviews don't need to be hugely long, but it's often quite interesting to write them as you're listening to the song, and a rating at the end is usually quite good.
Make sure you give your own suggestions, and sometimes it can be helpful to indicate what to expect next to them. Don't suggest anything you know is impossible to download in a reasonable period of time, and don't give someone a 20 minute epic either.
In the other threads they've had time limits, but I'm not sure how important that will be here, suffice it to say that once you've dibsed something try and get the review done as quickly as possible, if you leave it for more than a couple of hours then it'll be revoked and someone else can take your song.
Right, I think that's everything, I just hope this works as I think that if it does it could be quite a nice thing to have going.
In order to kick this thing off, my suggestions are:
Mercury Rev - The Dark Is Rising (dramatic violins, but otherwise quite a calm track)
Massive Attack - Teardrop (chillout, dance-orientated)
Butthole Surfers - Pepper (amazing alternative track, if you've never heard this I urge you to check it out)
Hopefully not everyone will have heard all of these songs, that's the idea anyway.