|
Register | Blogging | Today's Posts | Search |
|
Thread Tools | Display Modes |
10-14-2015, 01:35 PM | #71 (permalink) |
Born to be mild
Join Date: Oct 2008
Location: 404 Not Found
Posts: 26,992
|
In case you don't want to bother reading the OP, you're currently waiting to listen to that Gravedigger V album, courtesy of Orpihiel. The challenged is always first on the battle, then the challenger. Or, if you like, the tortured and the torturer.
__________________
Trollheart: Signature-free since April 2018 |
10-14-2015, 04:18 PM | #73 (permalink) | |
Ask me how!
Join Date: Oct 2014
Location: The States
Posts: 5,354
|
Quote:
__________________
---------------------- |---Mic's Albums---| ---------------------- ----------------------------- |---Deafbox Industries---| ----------------------------- |
|
10-15-2015, 04:22 AM | #74 (permalink) |
.
Join Date: Oct 2014
Location: .
Posts: 7,201
|
Alright, let's do this ****. I just woke up and I'm kinda grumpy, so there's a good chance TH will score some points. 1. Some piano, strings... A little cheesy, but doesn't sound especially bad. I'm afraid what the singing will turn out to be like. Okay, the singing is pretty douchey, but seriously not that annoying. It all sounds like some song from a disney movie. Fogelberg is a princess that longs for her saviour or something. It gets more bombastic, with orchestra hits and harps and ****, but overall the song is pretty static. Lol at the bells. This is seriously disneyish. This will get annoying at album length, but I'll make it. God, I hope there will be instrumentals. 2. Much more upbeat, some lame drums and electric guitars. The singing sucks, but overall this is too bland to really hate it. I couldn't masturbate to it though. It's good I never notice lyrics. I'm pretty sure I'd cringe to death if I would. 3. Acoustic guitar. Ooooh, ballad. Pretty bad, but not particularly annoying. My neigbours are currently renovating. The hammering makes the sugarriness more tolerable. Hammer on, bro! I'll just pretend this is some kind of ironic noise remix. I hope they'll start drilling again soon. 4. There's slide guitar here. Not much more to say about it. This guy is great at writing forgetable stuff. None of his melodies have the slightest chance to stay in your head. Which is good, I'd hate to have an earworm from him. Yeah, this is his attempt at country. Whatever. 5. Seems they are all ballads more or less. This is a 'rock' ballad. Again some lame drumming and lame electric guitars. Lol at his attempts to sing rockish at the more 'emotional' moments. Generic guitar solos and organ chords. Kinda ridiculous, but when he shuts up it sounds almost meh. 6. No more ballads for now. A terrible upbeat song with piano chords, drums, electric guitars... His singing is more annoying than usual. I want to hear him being sad, not happy. He doesn't deserve it. The song's name is Love Gone By, so it probably actually is sad. Whatever. It's thankfully pretty short. As are most of the songs here. 7. Literally nothing stands out about this one. Midtempo, bland instruments, bland melodies. It could have already been three times on the album and I wouldn't have noticed. 8. This actually sounds kinda cool at the beginning. Bossa nova vibe, acouctic guitars, some flute. But then he starts singing and we're in Blandtown again. Still, this might be the least terrible song here. I'm beginning to suspect, that this album was made by putting just one singing track on various instrumentals. 9. A ballad, mostly acoustic guitar as instrument. It's called Scarecrow's Dream. Must. Not. Listen To. Lyrics. I'm so glad I live alone. How embarassing would it be if someone walked in right now. Yes, singing 'Doo-doo-doo' is a great idea, Dan. And just don't stop. Dick. Just two more songs. 10. Will this all be his singing over a piano background? Nope, there are also some swelling strings here. His singing is higher here. He sems to try to show of his singing skills here and jerks the vowels around a little bit. It's annoying, but a little less bland than what he usually does. 11. A more upbeat song as a finisher. An orchestral arrangement, but the usuall boring drumming added. Can I endure this for almost five minutes? Yep. Will I enjoy it? Nope. Stick your ouuuooooohs and ooooooooohs ooooo-ooo-ooohs up your dickhole, Mr. Fogelberg And again, a 'classy' fade-out. And it's over. It sucked, but it wasn't torture. I can deal with bland music much better than with music that tries hard at something, but fails at it.
__________________
A smell of petroleum prevails throughout. |
10-15-2015, 04:59 AM | #75 (permalink) | |
.
Join Date: Oct 2014
Location: .
Posts: 7,201
|
Quote:
__________________
A smell of petroleum prevails throughout. |
|
10-15-2015, 06:04 AM | #76 (permalink) | |
Born to be mild
Join Date: Oct 2008
Location: 404 Not Found
Posts: 26,992
|
Quote:
__________________
Trollheart: Signature-free since April 2018 |
|
10-15-2015, 06:05 AM | #77 (permalink) | |
Zum Henker Defätist!!
Join Date: Jan 2011
Location: Beating GNR at DDR and keying Axl's new car
Posts: 48,199
|
I thought that was Pedobear at first. The internet has ruined me.
__________________
Quote:
|
|
10-15-2015, 06:10 AM | #78 (permalink) | |
.
Join Date: Oct 2014
Location: .
Posts: 7,201
|
Quote:
Nah, I wouldn't really do it. A little torture is one thing, but this would just be a dick move. Although I think I'd suffer less from some Fogelberg, than you would from album after album of brbrbriiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiihaghumnyaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa habläh.
__________________
A smell of petroleum prevails throughout. |
|
10-15-2015, 06:19 AM | #79 (permalink) |
Born to be mild
Join Date: Oct 2008
Location: 404 Not Found
Posts: 26,992
|
Title:Pebbles Vol 3 “the Acid Gallery” Artiste: Various Genre: Psych Evil Bastard: Oriphiel Ah, some of my pet hates collide! Sixties garage rock, psychedelia, drugs and long albums. Gonna be a tough slog this one, but I'll be damned if I'll be the first one to pussy out! Well, kicking off with a song about anal sex is a good start. It's all spoken word behind sort of trippy music, but not too bad. “Higher elevation: the diamond mine”. Indeed. Like the end line: “The hand that cradles the rock can certainly rule the world!” Mad sixites organ psychedelia now, the kind of thing no doubt young ladies in miniskirts and go-go boots would be dancing to, completely off their heads of course. Pretty repetitive for the most part. Another short one though. Getting a bit confused and off the wall now, as these things tend to. Oh, that's some nice keyboard though. Another speaking voice, female this time. Guess that's Suzy Creamcheese. That name sounds familiar: something to do with Floyd? Stones-style guitar with a kind of Beatles vibe. Good vocal though, kind of Lou Reed/Bowielike. Wait a minute. Is Suzy Creamcheese the name of the artiste or the song? Half of these could be either. Weird. I don't know anyone here so I'm going to assume the second part is the song, in which case this is William Penn V and “Swami”, which not surprisingly has something of an Indian vibe. It was cool to be into Indian things in the sixties apparently. Just not curries. This actually sounds very Moody Blues. Good solo, though glad to hear it's guitar and not sitar. Halve to laugh at a name like Jefferson Handkerchief, and the title of the song is no less hilarious: “I'm allergic to flowers”. No love-in for you then! Almost a Spanish/Latin feel to it, then the vocal reminds me of a cross between S&G and the Everleys. Oh man, they said “Groovy!” Where's me kaftan? Ah, he sneezed! This is ****ing great! Oh we're back to talking mysteriously, though this time there's singing going on as well. Confusing. Calico Wall eh? Where do they get these names from? Someone honking a horn there? Yeah, this one is a bit annoying. At least they're all short songs. This is over in one minute. Nice guitar, sort of Mammas and Papas on “Loose lips sync ship” (see what Hogs did there?) Might be an instrumental. Think it is. Isn't. Slowed down into a nice blues groove now with the vocal spoken very stiltedly, deliberately. Going a bit jazzy now on piano. Don't like it anymore. Church organ and the attempt at being a preacher is just stupid. Speaking of stupid, the next band is called Driving Stupid. Oooh! Blues! Like this! A lot. They have another one two, called “Horror asparagus stories” (the previous one was “The reality of air-fried borsk”, apparently) and although this deviates from the tracklisting I was given, there's a bonus track missing so I guess this will fill in for it. It's pretty funny and, to use the parlance of the day, groovy man. Yeah, I see there's a major difference between the tracklist and the playlist, but I'll stick with the YouTube and just, you know, go with the flow, daddy-o. Sorry, getting a little carried away here. I was only two years old halfway through the sixties; maybe I'm trying to relive my babyhood. This one is good too, kind of nearer to hard or blues rock really, then though I don't like bees, “Voices green and purple” takes us halfway through the album, so suck it Ori! I laugh at your attempts to torture me! Guitar riff in this one is pretty good, sort of Blackmore-ish. How a voice can have a colour is beyond me though. Guy kind of sings a little like a Country singer. Oh it's over and we're into more talking with “Let's take a trip”. Let's not. Oh well, if I must. But with someone called Godfrey? Think of my reputation! Okay I think this next guy thinks he's Arthur Brown or something. He isn't. The cries of “Help me!” are funny though, though it sounds more like Porky Pig than a fly. Organ's a bit wild but his vocal is beyond ridiculous. Very Doors, this one. “Faces” eh? Meh. Well fair enough but what does “Dom kallar oss mods” mean? Man, this guy can sing fast! Not bad, decent guitar work. This one's the longest yet --- four minutes --- but has some questionable moaning in it. Yuck. I don't know what a fram is, but this is about a dribbling one apparently. Well, any track with harmonica in it gets my vote. But that's really the only good thing about this. If this was the tracklist I'd be finished now but I have another six tracks to go. Damn ye, Ori! Hey he dropped his harmonica and is afraid the bass player will step on it --- he has. Harmonicas cost more than bass players, it would seem. Dole queue for him then. More western style on “Anxious color” and it sounds rather close to “Paint it black”... Two from Adjeef the Poet next; one is sub-sub-sub-sub Morrison nonsense, the other is just terrible to the max. Jews harp? Ugh. When used well this can be very effective. This is not used well. Oh it's “Paint it black” in disguise again (“City Jungle” just passed me by without making any impression) and it may be an instrumental? No, wrong again. Hearing the vocals though I now wish it had been. Ah well, only one more track to go and I'm out of here. God the repeating guitar riff here is annoying! Catfish Knight? Seriously: don't any of these people have ordinary names for their bands? Sounds of cash register – oh I see: “Rattle of life”. Clever. Yeah, not. Shouting like a carnival barker, bells, even carnival sounds incidentally, birdsong, this is one of the worst yet. Thank god it's the last. Well, I'm off back to the 21st century. No wonder I hate this period of music. There were some okay songs and that one about being allergic to flowers, ****ing hilarious, but on the whole I think I'd rather have my head removed with a blunt spoon than go through that again! Still, once again it's a zero for my challenger!
__________________
Trollheart: Signature-free since April 2018 |
10-15-2015, 06:22 AM | #80 (permalink) |
Born to be mild
Join Date: Oct 2008
Location: 404 Not Found
Posts: 26,992
|
New rule: no member can suggest the same artiste to a member he has already suggested an album of theirs to. That's just lazy. Be creative guys! I could hit yaz all with Bon Jovi or Marillion, or worse, Phil Collins! No, one artiste per member is I think fair.
Edit: Not a rule really, but I'd think it'd be fair enough to take it to stretch the above to cover all members. I mean, if one person hated, say, Springsteen, then it's a little redundant, is it not, for others to follow suit and hit that member, or any other member, with Springsteen albums? So I'd say once an artiste has been used, that's it for all, with perhaps certain exceptions. Also, I'd prefer if people ransacked their own collections for the albums rather than just pick one of the blue. It's best if you know your album, and can calculate how it will affect certain members. Again, not a rule, but it would be nice if we stuck to this idea.
__________________
Trollheart: Signature-free since April 2018 Last edited by Trollheart; 10-15-2015 at 08:33 AM. |
|