Mini-Review The Song Above You

**Frownland** · 11-15-2017, 10:44 PM

Awesome, one of my favourite cuts from Clear Spot. One of the all around catchiest Beefheart tracks and I love how the heterophonic slide, really spices up the track. And of course the Beef always nails it live. 10/10

Blank. · 11-15-2017, 11:02 PM

It's a cool enough track. Nothing to stand out about it though. ☆☆☆1/2

~~MicShazam~~ · 11-16-2017, 05:21 AM

I liked the fat, heavy groove and the track had a lot of energy. Maybe not something I can see myself put on a playlist, but it was good for what it was. I imagine this band has some more interesting tracks somewhere, perhaps.

7/10

My pick: Pharaoh - Castles in the Sky

(If you feel like you recognize the singer's voice, it's Tim Aymar, who sang on that Control Denied album).

The Batlord · 05-18-2018, 08:16 PM

I'm listening to the weedly deedly metal intro and then the worst 90s Matt Barlow trad metal **** singer with no sense of taste ever ruins even irony. 3/10 and that's a gift.

**Frownland** · 05-18-2018, 08:44 PM

Reminds me of All Tomorrow's Parties in a way. Sick vocals. Sexy sax. I wouldn't be surprised if they did some shows with This Heat. 8/10

https://flanch.bandcamp.com/track/purgatory4u

The Batlord · 05-18-2018, 09:18 PM

The sax sounds like they accidentally invented record scratching.

Black Francis · 05-18-2018, 10:01 PM

Srry Frown, that song was unavailable for me even when i tried finding it.

**Frownland** · 05-18-2018, 10:20 PM

Did you click the bandcamp link below the video?

Black Francis · 05-19-2018, 12:02 PM

I did.. Now. The beat was great and so was the singing at the beginning but then they started rapping. I didn't think the song needed that. 6/10

Lisnaholic · 02-10-2022, 05:32 PM

Bumping a once-popular thread that just dried up and died for no clear reason four years ago. Where is Black Francis? Probably got tired of waiting for a mini-review of this song:-

Quote:

Originally Posted by Black Francis

Wait no longer, Black Francis!!

I just listened once and went through these opinions in quick succession:-
kind of average sounding/jumping around a lot/ is it supposed to be a rock opera?/nice, strong, vaguely familiar lead guitar at 3 mins in/at last the song has settled down.
All that adds up to about 6/10.

How about Big Electric Cat? A review anytime within the next 4 years would be fine.

11-15-2017, 10:44 PM	#2221 (permalink)
Frownland SOPHIE FOREVER Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: East of the Southern North American West Posts: 35,541	Awesome, one of my favourite cuts from Clear Spot. One of the all around catchiest Beefheart tracks and I love how the heterophonic slide, really spices up the track. And of course the Beef always nails it live. 10/10 __________________ Studies show that when a given norm is changed in the face of the unchanging, the remaining contradictions will parallel the truth. d e a f b o x

05-18-2018, 08:44 PM	#2225 (permalink)
Frownland SOPHIE FOREVER Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: East of the Southern North American West Posts: 35,541	Reminds me of All Tomorrow's Parties in a way. Sick vocals. Sexy sax. I wouldn't be surprised if they did some shows with This Heat. 8/10 https://flanch.bandcamp.com/track/purgatory4u __________________ Studies show that when a given norm is changed in the face of the unchanging, the remaining contradictions will parallel the truth. d e a f b o x

05-18-2018, 10:01 PM	#2227 (permalink)
Black Francis Out of Place Join Date: Nov 2011 Location: in an abstract house Posts: 4,111	Srry Frown, that song was unavailable for me even when i tried finding it. __________________ "Hey Kids you got to meet the MIGHTY PIXIES!" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JbRbCtIgW3A

05-18-2018, 10:20 PM	#2228 (permalink)
Frownland SOPHIE FOREVER Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: East of the Southern North American West Posts: 35,541	Did you click the bandcamp link below the video? __________________ Studies show that when a given norm is changed in the face of the unchanging, the remaining contradictions will parallel the truth. d e a f b o x

05-19-2018, 12:02 PM	#2229 (permalink)
Black Francis Out of Place Join Date: Nov 2011 Location: in an abstract house Posts: 4,111	I did.. Now. The beat was great and so was the singing at the beginning but then they started rapping. I didn't think the song needed that. 6/10 __________________ "Hey Kids you got to meet the MIGHTY PIXIES!" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JbRbCtIgW3A

11-15-2017, 11:02 PM	#2222 (permalink)
Blank. Jacob Sartorius Join Date: May 2016 Location: Dank memes Posts: 4,033	It's a cool enough track. Nothing to stand out about it though. ☆☆☆1/2

11-16-2017, 05:21 AM	#2223 (permalink)
~~MicShazam~~ Account Disabled Join Date: Aug 2015 Location: Aalborg Posts: 7,634	I liked the fat, heavy groove and the track had a lot of energy. Maybe not something I can see myself put on a playlist, but it was good for what it was. I imagine this band has some more interesting tracks somewhere, perhaps. 7/10 My pick: Pharaoh - Castles in the Sky (If you feel like you recognize the singer's voice, it's Tim Aymar, who sang on that Control Denied album).