Beck - Beautiful Way
(Oct 09, 2010 - 02:12) | This song wouldn't be that bad if only Beck would shut up.
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The Lightning Seeds - Imaginary Friends
(Sep 28, 2010 - 05:20) | tutakea wrote: Okay, the Seeds are way too "pop" to be treated seriously by purists of "alternative" rock music. But their songs are soooooooo marvellous! Masterpieces....
Who cares what purists have to say anyway. I am more interested in open minded people who may give me insights you don't get with a closed purists mind.
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Spirit - It Shall Be
(Sep 22, 2010 - 05:11) | Coldplay totally ripped this off with "God put a smile on your face".
I knew it sounded familiar.
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U2 - Sunday Bloody Sunday
(Sep 16, 2010 - 08:12) | Bocephus wrote: probably would have given this a 8-9 back in the 80s, but it's starting to sound a bit dated now. The Edge's guitar sounds really cliched.
That's probably his over enthusiastic use of delay and reverb which gives it a really 80s FX happy guitar sound.
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Oasis - To Be Where There's Life
(Sep 16, 2010 - 07:43) | DigitalJer wrote: lessee...I hear the Beatles, the Doors, Zeppelin, Stones...
Lots of great influence...the layers of sound are great :)
Yes but it sounds 100% Kula Shaker. Except Kula Shaker are a better band.
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Supergrass - Road To Rouen
(Sep 14, 2010 - 04:14) | Stingray wrote:
What you are talking about may be a Nottingham version of socialism!
How can any president of the US be a socialist in a European sense, please? How do you call the political direction, OBAMA is representing? He is closer to be called an "American socialist" than any other president before him in recent decades!
What this has to do with football, spleens and being a hardcore socialist in England, leave alone Supergrass?
Any grass - super or not - is very social.
Even in USA! Ask Clinton - no matter he
never (in)hailed the gods of green!
So "American socialism" is comparable to "American football" then. It's not football.
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Depeche Mode - Little Soul
(Sep 14, 2010 - 04:04) | First sucko-barfo in a long time. I don't give them out lightly but this song has no redeeming features for me.
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Björk - Big Time Sensuality
(Sep 13, 2010 - 03:26) | Not my type of music at all, but her voice is amazing. Had to buy the CD when it came out cause her voice seems to have a direct line into my brain.
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Mark Knopfler - What It Is
(Sep 13, 2010 - 03:20) | scrubbrush wrote: One of the best guitarists of all times. I like his style better than Clapton... go ahead, let the arguing begin.
Neither of them can hold a candle to Jimi or some of today's virtuoso's so the discussion is irrelevant anyway. Who do you like more is important and that's personal.
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U2 - Who's Gonna Ride Your Wild Horses (alt)
(Sep 10, 2010 - 04:33) | Whatever, Bono is the embodyment of pretentiousness.
pre·ten·tious
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-adjective
1.
full of pretense or pretension.
2.
characterized by assumption of dignity or importance.
3.
making an exaggerated outward show; ostentatious.
I try not to judge music by the character or actions of the musicians, but Bono has really killed U2 for me. Not that I was a big fan of them in the first place but I can't even listen to their good songs anymore because I keep seeing Bono's big fat head when I do.
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Coldplay - Clocks
(Sep 08, 2010 - 07:41) | From Allmusic:
On the surface, it's simply pretty, however Martin's lyrics are much more from the gut. "Come out upon my seas/Cursed missed opportunities/Am I a part of the cure/Or am I part of the disease?" poses the questions most people ponder more than once during their lifetime, and that's am I worthy enough to exist on this Earth and am I making a worthy contribution to this life? The title metaphorically alludes that as well, pushing one to wonder about the world's obsession with time while connecting it to the theory: make the best of it when we're here, present and alive. The lyrics are urgent and with Coldplay's sparkling musicianship, "Clocks" radiates hope through the threads of frustration.
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Radiohead - High and Dry
(Sep 08, 2010 - 07:10) | ppfundst wrote: Their best album by far
Seriously? Because most people (including me) would say their masterpiece was OK Computer and this album was leading up to that and showing some of the amazing stuff to come.
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Radiohead - High and Dry
(Sep 08, 2010 - 07:06) | Interesting excerpt from the Wikipedia article:
The song is widely regarded as Radiohead's most accessible pop hit, and was a live favourite, though it has not been performed in a decade. In a 2007 interview with Pitchfork Media, Thom Yorke stated that he did not like the song, saying "It's not bad... it's very bad". He also stated that he was pressured into including the song on The Bends.
Well in that case I am glad they did pressure him into it, because I like this song a lot and think it fits perfectly on the Bends.
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Electric Light Orchestra - 10538 Overture
(Aug 30, 2010 - 02:14) | scottflory wrote: reminds me of a beatles song... with the lyrics "i know what its like to be sad"... ? anyone?
She said, she said from Revolver.
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Tom Waits - Little Drop of Poison
(Aug 27, 2010 - 04:53) | yodasan_magoo wrote: Woof, bad singing just took on a new meaning. Hey, play some dylan, should sound pretty good about now.
So you don't like Tom Waits, then?
Nice quote by critic Daniel Durchholz about his voice "like it was soaked in a vat of bourbon, left hanging in the smokehouse for a few months and then taken outside and run over with a car."
Waits about meeting his wife: "She can lie down on nails, stick a knitting needle through her lips and drink coffee, so I knew she was the girl for me,"
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Radiohead - These Are My Twisted Words
(Aug 27, 2010 - 03:54) | keller1 wrote:
She's right. It's shit. If you can't handle it, go read a book.
Considering the popularity of Radiohead among music lovers, their critical acclaim and the high average rating here on RP, it may just be your taste that is shit.
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Ben Harper - Faded
(Aug 17, 2010 - 03:23) | The fuzz guitar on this track is just hypnotic, then the sudden accoustic break, ahhhhh... musical bliss.
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Beck - Go It Alone
(Aug 17, 2010 - 03:14) | chirpie wrote:
So much for religious tolerance.
Scientology isn't religion, it's a sect based on very bad sci-fi.
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Why Store - Lack of Water
(Aug 17, 2010 - 02:36) | pinklife wrote:
Sadly, the people smart enough to recognize population control is imperative (and prescient enough to care) have few or no children while the great drooling masses breed out of control...thus the gene pool grows shallower and wider all the time. (It's actually more of a puddle now.)
True, people who think they are smarter than the rest are a lot less likely to breed.
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Air - All I Need
(Aug 13, 2010 - 16:13) | Great song to chill out to... the whole album is.
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Jeff Buckley - Last Goodbye
(Aug 09, 2010 - 08:43) | tanyaahogan wrote:
I find it hard to find any similarities between the two, just the fact that Matthew always sings with thick distortion over his voice tells me he is not comparable to Jeff Buckley.
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Dick Dale - Miserlou
(Aug 06, 2010 - 04:11) | jpfueler wrote: the first performance of the tune on record is in 1927.
The song has been played by many bands since it was first performed in Greece, but Dick Dale sure made it his own by playing a really fast instrumental version. From Wikipedia
The song was rearranged as a solo instrumental guitar piece by Dick Dale in 1962. During a performance, Dale was bet by a young fan that he could not play a song on only one string of his guitar. Dale's father and uncles were Lebanese-Americans and musicians as well, and Dale remembered seeing his uncle play "Misirlou" on one string of the oud. He vastly increased the song's tempo to make it into rock'n'roll, and the result was the famous Dick Dale "Miserlou". It was Dale's version that introduced "Misirlou" to a wider audience in the United States as "Miserlou."
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Sam Roberts - Hard Road
(Aug 05, 2010 - 10:33) | Getting some Beatles vibes from this, especially the solo guitar. Sounds somewhat similar to Rain, which can't be a bad thing.
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Doe Maar - Bella Donna
(Aug 05, 2010 - 04:49) | Dave_Mack wrote: I dig this song, so I went to Google Translate to see if "Doe Maar" had an English translation. If you type "Doe maar", you get "Do it" which sounds reasonable. But if you type "Doe Maar", you get "Neil Young"! I think somebody's playing with my brain.
"doe maar" is a typical Dutch expression for which there is no real good English translation. "doe" means "do" and "maar" can mean "whatever". If somebody suggests they will do something and you don't really mind you would say "doe maar" as a motivation without getting personally involved. It's a great name a for a ska band from the early punk era.
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Morphine - Patience
(Aug 05, 2010 - 04:26) | Like the horns. The name of the band is appropriate, this is chilling me out... 
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Dengue Fever - Seeing Hands
(Aug 04, 2010 - 04:40) | aelfheld wrote:
You obviously misunderstand the purpose of the cotton.
It's to help stanch the bleeding.
Wow, if your ears are that sensitive I'd hate to see what happens when somebody plays some Kate Bush or Tori Amos, or clean up the mess afterwards.
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Delerium - Stopwatch Hearts
(Aug 04, 2010 - 04:31) | peter_james_bond wrote:
But it already has Iron and Wine, what more does it need? Ha, I made myself laugh there. Seriously folks, I find Metal to be more like noise than music.
Metal is supposed to be noisy, that's kind of the whole point. If metal is too much for you to take that's okay, no shame there. However there are many metal bands that make the most deeply musical songs, other music tends to be simple 3-4-5 chord melodies done before a million times, metal often has lots of creativity and the most varied influences of any kind of contemporary music.
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Travis - Sing
(Aug 04, 2010 - 03:49) | Not a Travis fan but you have to admire the production on the song, the sound is amazing.
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Talking Heads - The Lady Don't Mind
(Jun 13, 2010 - 03:14) | fredriley wrote:
Which reminds me of the old slogan: "Eat sh1t - a billion flies can't be wrong". And no, I don't regard TH or Byrne as sh1t, I just don't think a popularity poll is in itself evidence of how good or not an artist is. Neither is there a "right" or "wrong" musical judgement - one person's Sucko-Barfo is the next's Godlike, a statement of the bleedin' obvious yet which seems to need continually restating on this board. Personally, I've respect for him as a songwriter and innovator, it's his voice that gets right on my tits. Much the same as Neil Young's and Bob Dylan's do, two other exceptional writers.
Quoting the rating distribution is very relevant since there have been a couple of posts in this thread claiming that everybody here hates the Talking Heads, which is obviously not the case. There is a lot of hate in paradise...
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Bettye LaVette - Salt Of The Earth
(Jun 02, 2010 - 10:40) | jkhandy wrote:Who are you trying to prove your excellence to? Me or yourself. Okay, now my ego is getting in the way, picking petty arguments, trying to validate itself. Respond again if you want, I'm done with this foolishness. Good day Zigi. 
I don't need to prove anything, I was disproving your reply to my original post. Perhaps it is your ego that is the one which is getting in the way here? Anyway, since we already reached a conclusion a couple of posts ago I agree we should stop. Have a nice day too, hope it is as sunny as Amsterdam.
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Bettye LaVette - Salt Of The Earth
(Jun 02, 2010 - 10:03) | jkhandy wrote:
Okay you are right I am wrong, Happy now? Just opinions, but obviously your EGO needed more. Whatever Zigi...
My ego is fine thank you. Just like my ears apparently.
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Bettye LaVette - Salt Of The Earth
(Jun 02, 2010 - 09:48) | jkhandy wrote:
Nothing like Tina.
Yes it is. (rather pointless disagreeing without any further explanation isn't it?)
From her own website:
Rolling Stone, "LaVette's nuanced singing evokes prime Tina Turner with even more command".
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Bettye LaVette - Salt Of The Earth
(Jun 02, 2010 - 09:46) | LMAO... I was sure I was hearing a Tina Turner song I didn't know until I looked at my screen. Not really my cup of tea, just like Tina, overexposure from my mom playing her way too much.
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Jeff Buckley - Last Goodbye
(Jun 02, 2010 - 03:01) | Solid 10.
This is just one of those songs where every little details seems absolutely perfect and the flow of the song blends with my feelings.
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Coldplay - Don't Panic
(May 21, 2010 - 03:26) | I like their first album, after that I think the success went to their heads. Also Chris Martin found it very hard to write songs after the first album, he thought he wouldn't be able to write any more good music. I have to say I agree, there's a couple of decent tunes after but not many and nothing special.
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The Police - Spirits In The Material World
(May 19, 2010 - 04:28) | LastChance wrote: Stuart Copland is a pretty good drummer. . .
If Stewart Copeland is a pretty good drummer then Beethoven was a pretty reasonable composer.
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Jerry Garcia - The Wheel
(May 05, 2010 - 02:44) | gumbo73039 wrote: "Every time that wheel goes round
it covers a little more ground"
That's fine, think I might look at this guy harder, haven't got any of his work yet, nor the GD's.
I recommend you give American Beauty a shot, great album and much easier to get into than any other stuff by the Dead.
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Jimi Hendrix - All Along The Watchtower
(Apr 24, 2010 - 02:57) | plaice3 wrote: If only Jimi could have done more of Dylan's singing for him ...
I got to hear Bob Dylan's own live rendition last year and it blew me away. I don't know which version I prefer even though I'm a die hard Hendrix fan.
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Ali Farka Toure & Ry Cooder - Amandrai
(Jun 24, 2007 - 10:38) | Reminds me a bit of early Sabbath 
Almost like Ozzy is speaking in tongues, kinda creepy when you listen to it like that on a good buzz I can tell ya...  ">
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Jimi Hendrix - Rainy Day, Dream Away
(Dec 15, 2006 - 14:08) | physicsgenius wrote:
Give me a break. Here is the sum total of the reasons I've heard for calling Jimi a genius: "Duuuuuuuuuuuuuuude".
How about almost every popular guitarist names Jimi Hendrix as the best guitar player ever? That combined with his originality and amazing songwriting skills... should give even you a clue Jimi was a genius, but maybe someone that claims to be a genius finds it hard to accept any competition, either that or you're not really much of a genius. But then it doesn't take a genius to figure that one out, does it?
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Neil Young - Old Man
(Dec 14, 2006 - 14:40) | Yesssss... one of my favourite Neil Young tracks. Love the banjo and backing vocals in the chorus. Solid 10.
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Jack Johnson - Sitting, Waiting, Wishing
(Dec 14, 2006 - 14:35) | Land_Shark wrote: I've never quite understood the fascination some people have with Jack Johnson. He just doesn't seem to do it for me. Almost like he's a poor man's Cat Stevens.
Because even a "poor man's Cat Stevens" is better than most of the rubbish released these days. He may not be that brilliant, but he does have a light, crafty and listenable songwriting style like Cat Stevens once had.
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Radiohead - Subterranean Homesick Alien
(Dec 11, 2006 - 14:49) | I can still remember thinking: this is the music of the future when I first heard this. It still is the most "21st century-ith" music I know, no band has ever quite matched or improved on this album in that respect. Unfortunately also Radiohead hasn't made anything quite as special as this ever after. But then this was recorded in a haunted mansion somewhere in the woods in England at the absolute height of their career, both creatively and in popularity. The album was voted best album ever in a big UK music magazine 3 months after release. This is one of my favourite tracks.
A solid 10 then. 
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Nena - 99 Luftballons
(Dec 11, 2006 - 14:25) | etwilson wrote: It's hard to believe that you can sing German that fast.
For a German singer it's not very fast. Though I'm not really sure if that was meant to be serious or not. 
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Doe Maar - Bella Donna
(Dec 02, 2006 - 05:40) | Cool, Doe Maar on RP! 
Shame I missed it though. 
I have all of their CD's but the problem is all of the other songs have Dutch lyrics so unfortunatly not very suitable for RP. Love this song though, solid 10.
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Neil Young - Helpless
(Nov 29, 2006 - 12:44) | Lkw wrote: This is probably the worst piece of music I know. That whining voice... I simply can't stand it.
A great example of sucko.
As we say in Amsterdam, the Netherlands: Smaken verschillen, en dan heb je mensen zonder smaak. (Tastes will differ, and then there's people with no taste at all.)
I can imagine someone not liking this song, but to vote Neil Young, Stevie Wonder AND Jeff Buckley with a 1 is a good example of the latter me thinks...
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Jimi Hendrix - Voodoo Child (Slight Return)
(Nov 27, 2006 - 10:36) | ShepHeard wrote: Ahh..! But he did do a tune called "Vodoo Child". A blues version of the song. About fifteen minutes long, and fantastic!
On the Electric Ladyland CD (Experience Hendrix edition) the tracks are listed as "Voodoo Chile" for the blues track and "Voodoo Child (Slight Return)" for this track.
It has the original track listing written by Hendrix in the booklet and he also writes it like that, even making the difference clearer with black felt-tip on "Child". So the title on RP is right and you are both wrong. 
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Metallica - Nothing Else Matters (symphonic)
(Nov 27, 2006 - 10:25) | It's a shame this is the only Metallica song on RP, 'cause this song sux. Play me almost any track from one of their first four albums and I'm in metal-heaven, but I guess that's a bit too heavy for RP. 
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The Cure - A Forest (Live Acoustic)
(Nov 27, 2006 - 10:02) | SuperWeh wrote: At the beginning of the song there's a little guitar lick that sounds like it's played in the wrong key or something like that, anyone else notice it?
Yep, that's a nice little dissonant riff from Robert Smith there, sounds very spooky and foreboding. Actually it's probably some complicated jazz chord but I'm too lazy to find out. 
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The Who - Love, Reign O'er Me
(Nov 26, 2006 - 00:09) | Paul_in_Australia wrote:
...because you are sad that they 'didn't die before they got old'?
I would mention Keith Moon but I can see that would be totally wasted on you.
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Sigur Rós - Olsen Olsen
(Nov 23, 2006 - 09:41) | 7 - Slightly on the repetitive side and the main vocal has a very loud, harsh reverb which I feel is unnecessary. Less reverb and a bit more progression and this could have been a 9 for me.
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Tracy Chapman - Mountain O' Things
(Nov 22, 2006 - 10:26) | I can't believe this song isn't rated higher. For me this is one of the great songs of one of the greatest albums ever created. I heard the album for the first time in my early teens when it came out and it has never left my "must listen to regularly"-list ever since.
Rock on Tracy!
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Josh Ritter - Kathleen
(Nov 21, 2006 - 10:31) | fredriley wrote: Is it me, or has this been one of the worst stretch of numbers ever on RP? Of the last 10 numbers, only one rated 5 in my books, the rest being 2s and 1s. This one just about manages a 2, sheer tedium that it is.
It's probably you...
Oh look here comes Nina Simone. If that doesn't change your opinion then it's DEFINITELY you. 
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Midnight Oil - Beds Are Burning
(Nov 18, 2006 - 03:30) | Love this song, I loved it straight away when it was a hit in the early 90s and it also made me more aware of political and human rights issues (I was 12 or so at the time). The singer is now a politician in Australia and is still fighting for the environment and human rights. The band has done various charity performances so they really put their money where their mouth is, gotta admire them for that. 
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