Dibs revoked.

Anyone else?

*Boldly* YES


Argh, quest fail'd. Your "Awake" and "Concentration" levels are not high enough to complete this mission.

I can upload a song for someone, if they want.

dibinns

EDIT: Revoked in the meantime.

Oyster Head - Little Faces
 

Don't really know what to expect, so hey-ho off we go.

The song begins with some trippy, psychedelic sounds and a sort of spacey atmosphere. Quickly these sounds are joined by a fast, fluid drum part on the snare and ride. This turns out to be a short intro before the durms settle down into a slower groove, accompanied by a sort of reggae off-beat synth part.
The bass finally appears around the 50 second mark, having been threatening to enter for quite some time now, and has a funk feel to it and is very forefront in the mix. So far the song has built up nicely and has developed a nice sense of momentum. This feeling of layering is completed when the vocals finally join us. Said vocals are slightly creepy, but add well to the overall psychedelic feeling of the song. It sort of sounds like a more marketable version of Primus, what with the weird vocals and imposing bass and all.
Close to the two minute mark we reach the chorus, complete with creepy vocals, which progress nicely and has a feeling of momentum being released. A nice comparison to the sttutering feel of the verse.
We return to the verse, and then back to the chorus without sufficient change to merit much description.
At the end of the second chorus, however, we have change aplenty. Oh yes indeed. The chorus expands with an influx of new parts. An off beat guitar, laced with piano add a rock to the track. These in turn give way to a clean guitar part doing some funky stuff with delay. Which in turn itself gives way to another verse followed by another chorus - this time with interesting guitar delay stuff over the top of it. The chours leads into an ending of sorts, with the guitar chucking out a few old-fashioned power chords. Afterwhich the song just sort of fades out with more creepy voices :-/

7/10
I liked it, perhaps not the best example of the genre but the bass was cool and the chorus was good. So yeah.

[b]Recommendations:[/b]

[i]Grand Magus - Ulvaskall (Vargr)[/i] (Metal)
[i]Dark Tranquility - White Noise/Black Silence[/i] (Melodic Death Metal)
[i]Prodigy - Voodoo People(Pendulum Remix)[/i] (Dance)
[i]Jamiroquai - Canned Heat[/i] (Funk, sort of)
[i]Dälek - Three Rocks Blessed[/i] (Hip Hop)
[i]The Wildhearts - TV Tan[/i] (Rock)
[i]Sam & Dave - You Don't Know What You Mean To Me[/i] (Soul)
[i]Alabama 3 - U Don't Dans To Tekno[/i] (Acid House Country Gospel)

If you can't find any of the tracks just contact me somehow. I'm sure I have details somewhere.



/bizumple


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brump

bimple

bazzump

dibs.

I should be able to do this now now/after dinner.

[b]Guns N’ Roses – Better (Demo)[/b]

Hey, first Force Listening! I’ve been meaning to participate in one of these for a while.

Anyway, onto the song. I’ve been listening to quite a bit of GNR lately, and since I’m assuming this is new-GNR, I am actually quite eager to hear this song.

It start’s with a nice guitar melody, with distant drums and what may be Axl singing, though I’m 100% on that. Then the band comes in, with what is certainly Axl singing over a number of solid riffs, a short re-appearance of the intro melody and some very fine lead guitar work. Axl sounds like he is holding back a little to begin, but still quite good. It would be nice if his vocals were higher in the mix, but it’s only a demo after all. The bass and drums aren’t particularly noticeable, but they get the job done.

Then after a guitar solo at around 2:25, the song goes in a different direction which has tinges of industrial, and heavier guitar riffs than what has been seen so far. Then we eventually come to what is a typical Guns N’ Roses ending, with plenty of guitar fills and Axl’s vocals reaching their climax of the song. Then at the very end there is a short recurrence of the intro, which ties thing up quite nicely.

Overall, I found it relatively enjoyable and the guitar solos were rather tasty indeed. :D

7/10!

My songs:

[url=http://www.razorbackrecords.com/music/casket.mp3]Ghoul - As Your Casket Closes[/url] (Death/Thrash)
[url=http://www.facethewaste.com/mp3/unleashthebastards.mp3]Municipal Waste - Unleash The Bastards[/url] (Crossover)
[url=http://www.unsilence.co.uk/mp3/Unsilencegallery.mp3]Unsilence - The Gallery[/url] (Doom Metal). This track has an mxer, Jondur, on drums.
Jag Panzer - Warfare (Power Metal)
Carcass - Corporeal Jigsore Quandry (Death Metal)

dibs

[b]Ghoul - As Your Casket Closes[/b]

This is very death metal from the outset. Doom laden guitars, a throbbing bassline and pounding drums set an intro that is suitable for thinking about the gates of hell bursting open one day. Then it builds up with snarls and guttural growling, and falls into a death metal verse that reminds me heavily of Deicide with simple chainsaw riffing and drums, and there is some lead fills that come up too. Some pummeling drums happen, and we drop into a deep dark slow riff and the drums change. Then we have a guitar solo with some drum fills, it sounds pretty good. Then we fall back into the main section, some pummeling and the outro, which is a thrashy kind of riff and its pretty good.

Rating - 7/10

I'm not a death metal fan at the best of times, but i don't mind it. This is a very suitable song for its purpose, its brutal and theres a definate malevolent feel coming from it. It's good.

[b]Choices[/b]

Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band - Moonlight In Vermont (Classic Rock)
Hole - Reasons To Be Beautiful (Post-Grunge)
Mark Lanegan - Methamphetamine Blues (Stoner Rock)
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - As I Sat Sadly By Her Side (?)
Sonata Arctica - San Sebastian (Power Metal)

Bump. Want Plath to do this one so I can pounce on Sinead O'Connor.

Curses, I missed your Alabama 3 review. I'll just leave this for 'Tender.

EDIT: Unless he doesn't turn up for several months again or something.

EDIT2: well, In any case I need another drink.

I'd dibs, but I know 'Tender wants Sinead O'Connor.

Ah, It must be Love...

Nothing more, nothing less, love is the beeeeeeeest.

Not me. Too much like the Borg Queen, methinks.

Sorry; was just about to start doing this, but am now having computer problems. So someone else can take it in the meantime.

Alright then.

[b]Sinead O'Connor - Jerusalem[/b] 4:20

Starts off with some faint, faintly distorted, spacey electronicy sounds. They only last for a few seconds though, before what sounds like an acoustic guitar, set way back in the mix, starts up a fairly fast paced strumming. This is itself soon joined by some deep, liquid sounds that sound like they could be being made my many things. Vocals start non-lyrical before the first verse, but they're nothing extreme.

I like the first lyrical vocals. They're fairly quiet, so I mostly can't make out what she's saying, but it sounds important. Something about five years.. dying in five years, maybe. I like it, and the synth washes that are occasionally in the background.

Now what the hell is this. It suddenly went all funky and catchy. Repetition of the first verse, louder this time - definitely something about five years - and interspersed with the odd woop. Fast paced lyrics after that, so much so that I can pay attention to even less than I was before. To be honest, I'm mostly listening to the continuing funkiness supporting the whole deal. Because it rocks.

Quietens down after what I assume was the chorus (mentions of Jerusalem, at least), for just quiet, rapid percussion and occasional synth, and what is most likely whale noise. Then a whole wash of instruments crash back in - her voice amongst them - for continued enjoyment, before further Jerusalemming brings the song to a close.

That was..odd. But I really liked it. It's funny how the stranger a song is, the more there is to talk about, but the less you can think of to actually say. So I apologise for the lack of any solid description, anywhere. It's just good. Might have to buy myself a copy of [i]The Lion and the Cobra[/i] sometime soon.

9/10

[b]Songs;[/b]
Grand Magus - Summer Solstice (heavy metal/stoner rock)
Seer's Tear - Prelude (prog metal puts it best)
Coliseum - Set It Straight (punk)
Carole King - Where You Lead (folky pop, I think)
Alabama 3 - Up Above My Head (faster paced)
Alabama 3 - Keep Your Shades On (slower paced)
Mannhai - Cloudberry Jam/Spender (stoner rock)
The Awesome Machine - Eating Me Slowly (stoner rock)

Couldn't decide on an Alabama 3 song, so whoever it is can have a choice. The Mannhai song is technically two separate tracks, but really Cloudberry Jam just introduces Spender, so I'd rather they were reviewed together.

Links should eventually be up, and will be available [url=http://mxforums2.proboards45.com/index.cgi?board=RM&action=display&thread=1132227174]here[/url].

What is this mxforums2 Bartender? I have never heard of it. :)

It was made sometime last year, when MX was down for a few days, and then abandoned when it recovered.

[QUOTE=Bartender]It was made sometime last year, when MX was down for a few days, and then abandoned when it recovered.[/QUOTE]
I see. Clever way to get around the YSI rule eh? ;)

Not particularly clever, no.

[QUOTE=Bartender]Not particularly clever, no.[/QUOTE]
:(


Oh, well, I'd take you up on your listenings but I don't have time for listening and reviewing today so I will let somebody else claim it.

No problem; forced listening's pace is rarely as frenetic as it used to be. And excuse my tone before, I must have been intimidated by all the smilies :-/

[I]I've been pretty busy lately but I'll try and get one done about now.[/I]

wtf Itallica