Forced Listening: for the others

[Kithkin]

You should know the general rules for this thread by now, but for those who aren't familiar:

1. Songs should be under 5 or 6 minutes in length.
2. Songs should be readily available for download. Either link a site that hosts the song you force, or make sure it is downloadable on various programs. Do a search on your own and list any programs that you have found it on.
3. In your review of the song you listened to, give an x out of 10 rating and describe what you hear while listning to the song.
4. When you recommend the song, give at least some idea of what style the song is in. Give similar artists if you can think of any. Do the same in the critique.

I'll start.



King Apparatus - Stupid


http://e.1asphost.com/Kinswick/Songs/King%20Apparatus%20-%20Stupid.ace

you can either try to find them on Kazaa or Soulseek, but if you have winrar, you can just download that file above and unarchive it.

They are of the ska persuasion. Pay attention to the intro and the way the two guitars play off each other.

[blueyxd]

First off... I think rule 1 should be scrapped, there are far too many good songs that would lose out if that rule was enforced, especially when 'Other' music is concerned . A long song/big file notice would probably be enough warning if needed.

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King Apparatus - Stupid

This is ok, I'm a bit into ska so that helps. I've always imagined this style to be called City-Ska (that's just my own genre name which makes sense to me), just because of the minor chords rather than the 'happy' major chord stuff.

The guitar/guitar and guitar/keyboard interplay in the intro and 'solo' is pretty cool, but I dont like how it ends. I can't find much else to say about it... It wasn't bad, but it just didn't move me much.

6/10

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I recommend:

Cynic - Sentiment

I have no idea what style to call this, their other stuff is technical death metal, but this song is so different, almost as if it's music from some alien race. There are still slight metal elements, but not the brutal, angry, or agressive stuff.
It was released in 1993 and is still probably one of the most futuristic songs I've ever heard.

no link, but it should be easy enough to find on those programs you use, I use IRC, Undernet has plenty of places to get it, just try any metal channels... then theres kazaa, soulseek and all those, which probably would have it too.

[Bartender]

Are you allowed to review someone's forced song if you've already heard it?

*is already a Cynic fan*

[blueyxd]

well, you already know it so that defeats the purpose of the thread..
but if no one is going to reply... hm

[KazooVirtuoso]

I might get around to it eventually if no one else does, but I'm not going to call dibs at the moment...

[manuscriptreplica]

i cant seem to download Cynic - Sentiment, so **** it, someone can do it later.

Hilltop hoods - illusionary lines

this is a song from their 3rd album, the calling. this band is probably the biggest underground hip hop act in australia right now, scoring tons of airplay on triple J and even scraping a song into a commercial radio station (triple M). whilst this isnt the song they released (nosebleed section) i think its their best. check it out and let me know what you think! you should be able to find it on kazaa pretty easily.

[packerboarding21]

i couldn't find the Hilltop Hoods song or the Cynic song.

[Dave de Sylvia]

ok im dling

[blueyxd]

If anyone wants the Cynic song i could send it via irc or aim (not sure if that one will work, but its worth a try)

IRC: Blueser on Undernet or Austnet
AIM: HutInTheSticks

[A Dark Wisdom]

Hey blueyxd I guess I'll do the Cynic song.

AIM: inmymindireside

[Dave de Sylvia]

Ive dled the Cynic song twice, and the file is wrecked up. I think theres just one bad file going round.

If someone wants to propose a new song, please do. I'm interested in putting songs on here.

[joshmay]

okay. new song...i guess we will have to be less obscure

tiger army - "power of moonlite"

alternative: ani difranco - "as is"

dibs.

Tiger Army - "Power Of Moonlite"

Start - Guitars, pretty heavy. Weird little distortion effect. Then a really cool bass, into rock. This sounds like something familiar, The Cult, maybe. Backing vocals. I don't know how this is going to qualify as "other music", but it's pretty good. Sort of like a tame AFI. Weird guitar thing. Another verse. Chorus again. Nothing too amazing yet. More crazy singing. Weird guitar thing. Not really a solo. Bridge section. The guitar is sort of country. Guitar break. Weird outro, just stops.

Pretty good. I thought it wasn't extremely exciting, but it was an average rock song. 6/10.

My Song:
(Avant Classical) Krysztof Penderecki - "Threnody For The Victims Of Hiroshima"

Yes, it does break Rule #1... it's long. And be prepared for a very strange piece.

[joshmay]

DIBS!

and mine was other because its a genre called "pyschobilly"- punk and rockabilly fusion.

suggestion on where i can get this song at?

It should be pretty easy to get off Kazaa or a p2p.

If you're having trouble, my AIM is SubtleDagger3.

[joshmay]

just finished listening. maybe it had something to do with i fullscreened winamp visualization and turned up the speakers, but honestly, this is


THE MOST AMAZING SONG EVER WRITTEN.

i hate to sound crazy but my life feels so much more complete after listening to that song. it took me from inner tranquility to near the point of mental suicide. really. genius.

i suggest that everyone on the forum get ahold of this song. i am so thankful to SD for sending it my way. truly truly amazing.


∞/10




my song:

phillip glass - prophecies

You're trying to trick them into blasting it on their computers aren't you?

Yeah, it's good. I don't know about the infinity, but I like it. I'll see if someone else will dib yours.

[joshmay]

i was being completely honest.