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Take 50 — This Is Our Time
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JrzyTmata
Posted: Dec 18, 2008 - 14:49
 
Holy crap! I hope we don't have to listen to Takes 1 throught 49.

(former member)
(In the attic...)
Posted: Dec 18, 2008 - 13:58
 
My opinion of this song has nothing to do with my political leanings, or my election-fatigue.  With all due respect to the artist and his good intentions, which are admirable, this is just not a good song.

greyfin10
(Panama City, FL)
Posted: Dec 17, 2008 - 16:31
 
 RadioDoc wrote:

You must hate just about anything from the 60's then.

 

Nah, alot of that was simply people who felt passionately about something letting their passion seep into their music.  I don't hear that here.  There's a line (that exists for me at a different place than everyone else I'm sure) where it stops being art and becomes simply polemics.  Rather than try and define my line, I'll give you an example:  Dar Williams' Empire vs. Ani Difranco's Self-Evident.  I love Empire, while Self-Evident gets me mad when I hear it.  Why?  Because one is a deft piece of social criticism, while the other is anger wielding a club. 

Ironically both are far superior musically to this (which, is much less controversial in content). I'd say this song is more like a soundbite for a political ad, not really art at all.  I don't LIKE Self-Evident, but I have to admit its powerful art.  This, not so much.

Edit: In case this isn't clear, I'm not unhappy with Mr. Obama as our new president.  Not even a little bit.  This isn't me grinding an axe.

RadioDoc
(Chicagoland)
Posted: Dec 17, 2008 - 16:21
 
greyfin10 wrote:
I like my music with a higher percentage of music and a lower percentage of politics, but then that's just my 2 coppers.

You must hate just about anything from the 60's then.

This is an OK novelty track which will (and probably has) already burned itself out.  But the political bad-losership in these comments is hilarious.



MTachyon
(Neon United Trails)
Posted: Dec 17, 2008 - 16:20
 
 mgtom wrote:
Had to throw both shoes at this one......{#Hand}
 
Agreed and 1 up - both boots to obumber!

greyfin10
(Panama City, FL)
Posted: Dec 17, 2008 - 16:19
 
 messydiner wrote:
Come on now Bill - to maintain Radio Paradise's non-partisan status, I think you now need to play some electronica with Republican soundbites... how about some Bill W. or some Sarah Palin?  Also acceptable is Tina Fey impersonating Sarah Palin.  {#Tongue}
 
Let's not and say we did.


messydiner
(Somewhere out there)
Posted: Dec 17, 2008 - 16:17
 
Come on now Bill - to maintain Radio Paradise's non-partisan status, I think you now need to play some electronica with Republican soundbites... how about some Bill W. or some Sarah Palin?  Also acceptable is Tina Fey impersonating Sarah Palin.  {#Tongue}

ArbiterOfGoodTaste
(Seattle, WA)
Posted: Dec 17, 2008 - 16:13
 
 ChicoCyclist wrote:
Here it is, round two!  Let's see how the other (slightly less than) half responds this time around...
I heard the entire thing this time and feel confirmed in my impression: someone took a moving speech (one that had me in tears) and marginalized it by cutting it up, putting an uninteresting drum under it, and repeating a catch phrase until it became meaningless. Not cool. Sucko-barfo.



dburges
(Seattle, WA)
Posted: Dec 17, 2008 - 16:13
 
What happens when GarageBand falls into the wrong hands...

greyfin10
(Panama City, FL)
Posted: Dec 17, 2008 - 16:13
 
I like my music with a higher percentage of music and a lower percentage of politics, but then that's just my 2 coppers.

delrosga
(Most places that start with a "C")
Posted: Dec 17, 2008 - 16:12
 
The speeches were better without the soundtrack.

Tteddo
(Shapleigh, Maine US)
Posted: Dec 17, 2008 - 16:12
 
You know what?? I like it!!

ChicoCyclist
(Chico, CA)
Posted: Dec 17, 2008 - 16:10
 
Here it is, round two!  Let's see how the other (slightly less than) half responds this time around...

BillG
(Paradise, CA)
Posted: Dec 17, 2008 - 12:05
 
 BillG wrote:
This isn't available anywhere currently. The artist said to post it for free download:

http://www.radioparadise.com/This_is_our_time.mp3

(might need to right-click & select "Save Target As" or "Save Link As")
 
(bump)


regnets
(Southeastern Indiana)
Posted: Dec 16, 2008 - 09:50
 
hcaudill wrote:
Wow, what a crabby bunch! I think this isn't bad, but then I've been in the tank since the beginning.

I can understand why people would find this isn't really right for RP, but I think it's fair to let Bill play this a couple of times between now and 1/20 - this is an exciting time.

Exciting time? It's gonna be exciting all right.



BillG
(Paradise, CA)
Posted: Dec 16, 2008 - 09:47
 
 mgtom wrote:
Had to throw both shoes at this one......{#Hand}
 

ROFLOL {#Roflol}

hcaudill
(Washington, DC)
Posted: Dec 16, 2008 - 09:45
 
Wow, what a crabby bunch! I think this isn't bad, but then I've been in the tank since the beginning.

I can understand why people would find this isn't really right for RP, but I think it's fair to let Bill play this a couple of times between now and 1/20 - this is an exciting time.



Bakaretsu
(South Burlington. VT)
Posted: Dec 16, 2008 - 09:42
 

{#High-five}

Best comment of the day!

 

 mgtom wrote:

Had to throw both shoes at this one......{#Hand}
 



mgtom
(Mansfield, Ohio)
Posted: Dec 16, 2008 - 09:39
 
Had to throw both shoes at this one......{#Hand}

aelfheld
Posted: Dec 16, 2008 - 09:38
 
Yeah, actually, it is that bad.

rah
Posted: Dec 16, 2008 - 09:35
 
aw come on — it's not that bad.

dewhead
(Big Orange Country)
Posted: Dec 16, 2008 - 09:34
 
Sucko Barfo on this one. It would still be suck-barfo even if if didn't have HRH Obamessiah on it. Who the hell wants to hear anymore political stump speaches... from either side???


oclvframe
Posted: Dec 16, 2008 - 09:34
 
This is......CRAP!

gekkosan
(Ithaca, NY)
Posted: Dec 16, 2008 - 09:33
 
Beh..
Byrne and Eno did this a loooooong time ago, far more interestingly and with far fewer electronic gadgetry available to them.
{#Neutral}


ArbiterOfGoodTaste
(Seattle, WA)
Posted: Dec 16, 2008 - 09:33
 
I only tuned in at the end, and am ecstatic that Obama won, but the music just wasn't good. I will hold off rating until I hear the whole thing though.

HutchHarrison
Posted: Dec 16, 2008 - 09:33
 
...that must have taken quite literally moments to produce. Well done, another piece of aural detritus to fill my world with.

regnets
(Southeastern Indiana)
Posted: Dec 16, 2008 - 09:32
 
Don't we get enough of this stuff everywhere else?


ChicoCyclist
(Chico, CA)
Posted: Dec 16, 2008 - 09:32
 
It would appear that most of the first voters didn't care for the content.  Gonna be a long 8 years for some...

aelfheld
Posted: Dec 16, 2008 - 09:32
 
If I wanted to listen to an Obama campaign speech, I would.

Glad to know it's not being inflicted on the general public.  Now we can only hope that RP listeners will be granted the same grace.



sqqqrly
(Baboosic Lake, NH)
Posted: Dec 16, 2008 - 09:31
 
Give me a break

More_Cowbell
(North of Chicago, IL, USA)
Posted: Dec 16, 2008 - 09:31
 
Umm...Ummm

daveesh
(birthplace of the american revolution)
Posted: Dec 16, 2008 - 09:30
 
pretty interesting...

ronniegirl
(Middle of New Jersey)
Posted: Dec 16, 2008 - 09:30
 
HM.   Can they do this legally? 

UltraNurd
(Boston, MA)
Posted: Dec 16, 2008 - 09:29
 
Wow, he's already getting his quotes put into electronica.

BillG
(Paradise, CA)
Posted: Dec 16, 2008 - 09:19
 
This isn't available anywhere currently. The artist said to post it for free download:

http://www.radioparadise.com/This_is_our_time.mp3

(might need to right-click & select "Save Target As" or "Save Link As")