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This song is what the concept of slam poetry would sound like if slam poetry were personified in musical form. This is not a good thing. The backing instrumentals are nice enough but fairly generic lounge-type stuff, and I understand the intent behind the guy’s delivery but it just sounds like he’s constantly falling asleep. Frankly, so am I - this song is 21 minutes of the same thing and having to listen to it multiple times was basically cruel and unusual punishment.
So here’s the deal. I, like… don’t like trap. At all. And I kinda get that the whole point of this song is that it isn’t supposed to be trap? But the whole thing is still over a trap beat, and said beat is kinda… really bad. The actual rapping is fine - apparently they’re in space, which is pretty great. But 50% of the song receiving essentially a goose egg is not going to help your score here.
OK, so I know you were going for the whole “music paints a picture” type-thing when you sent me an instrumental for what was essentially a storytelling category, but then you forgot to have the music ACTUALLY paint a picture here. What I have here is a completely unobtrusive backing piece for a film I’ve never seen. It’s not bad, it’s just kinda… there.
This song has the opposite of the problem that t om’s had - I absolutely love this beat, and absolutely cannot get behind the flow of the lyrics. It’s like… that’s not how rhythm actually works, dude. You can’t just say words whenever you want and assume it’ll work out. And I know that’s not ACTUALLY what he’s doing but it’s certainly what it feels like. Very hard to actually get into because of that.
You basically just sent me 9 minutes of the same guitar note with some semi-interesting textures overlaid. This is how far semi-interesting gets you. Great as an atmospheric piece, less so as a song.
There are some Eminem songs that I really like (hi, Stan). This is not one of them. As Mr. Mathers so kindly informs us himself at the beginning of the song, he can’t sing. The beat itself is pretty ok. The melody is pretty ok. Eminem just can’t sing. Improves when he actually starts rapping, but it’s too little too late.
Neat story. Kinda hate how it’s delivered. The backing track is pretty cool, and the story itself is powerful enough to earn this a lot of points, but I’m finding it really hard to get behind the vocal style of this song. The breakdown especially was… not so good. But the overall package is a neat song.
Interesting if nothing else. Not 100% sure I’m digging the beat on its own, but the vocals overlaid over it work pretty well and create a nice, chill effect. Not really sure I’m getting into the song much beyond that. Pretty OK, doesn’t grab me.
I tried really hard to divorce this from the context of “it’s an MLP song”. It didn’t work. More than that, it honestly sounds like a whole lot of mid-00s pop rock. Fairly generic, is what I’m trying to say. There were some cool vocal things going on during the chorus, but I wasn’t a huge fan of the vocalist(s?) individually. Could have been worse, I suppose. Earned a few points back near the end for the female vocalist, who is easily the best part of the song.
Lmao. I’ve played a LOT of this game over the years. Not a good song, but a good meme. Can’t in good faith rank it higher than this, even though I kinda really want to.
Not what I expected when I saw “Yellowcard” on my submissions sheet. I have a lot of trouble getting into slower acoustic stuff, so this is working pretty well for me, all things considered. The violin that kicks in and some of the vocal harmonies push this a bit higher for me, so kudos to that, I suppose.
Tom Waits is, with a few exceptions, someone whose voice I absolutely cannot stand. Luckily for you, this would seem to be one of the exceptions - probably because he’s actually SINGING this one instead of just screaming the whole thing. It’s repetitive and fairly conventional in structure, which probably holds it back a bit, but it’s definitely pretty cool.
Pretty cool. Pretty WEIRD. But pretty cool. I’ll give it a pass on being somewhat repetitive because I think that’s sort of the point, and it works ok. The storytelling style was neat, but nothing especially phenomenal. The vocals that kicked in near the end were pretty much just bad. Overall a neat song.
Held back from a (potentially much) higher score because the drum track sounds weirdly compressed and it’s bugging the hell out of me. I understand that they’re programmed but surely they could still be of better sound quality? Idk. Anyways the guitar is fucking sick and the vocals work for the genre. Good energy from this song.
Man, that IS a sad vacant lot. Like the atmospheric vibes this song gives off. The piano work is nice, too. My biggest issue with this song is, frankly, that it’s pretty unmemorable. I have trouble getting it to stick in my mind, which is definitely a negative. Still, pleasant song.
This is pretty generic as far as classic rock goes. Which isn’t to say it isn’t BAD. But it’s certainly not something I find particularly memorable. Enjoyable while listening, but I’m going to have a hard time remembering how it goes.
The first time I listened to this it was about 5:45 in the morning and the whole package of Morrisey in 2017 + lazily drifting vocals + surreal-ish music video made the whole experience feel like a fever dream. If nothing else, it was memorable. Anyways, song’s pretty good. Like the vibes. Can’t believe Morrisey’s still making music, if we’re being honest.
Idk who this Richard Cory fella is, but he’s got a pretty good song about him, so I suppose I’ll let it slide. This song has pretty much everything I like out of a 60s rock song - darker tone, interesting lyrics, a level of intensity that a lot of the rest of the decade failed to reach. Easy to jam to. Good song.
To my great shame, I’ve still never seen Shaft. The theme slaps, though. Definitely on my plan to watch list. Transitions from pure action to pure sex, and that’s pretty dope. Not fully sold on the vocals but that’s ok.
Damn, hard-hitting track. I’m honestly struggling to come up with much to say behind it. The story pretty much goes all in on its content - fairly basic delivery, bare-bones beat (though the piano is cool) - but that content is enough to carry it pretty far. Wow.
“The Secret World of Celtic Rock”, huh? Think I’m a fan of this supposed secret world. The vocals are hauntingly good, the backing track is interesting without being overpowering, and I get the feeling it’s aiming to get the maximum value possible from its vocal storytelling, which is a good look. Really cool.