September 30, 20177 yr So I'm back from my holiday in Cornwall and wanted to make sure I'd posted this before I get myself all wrapped up in work again... here goes... One So we begin with one of those songs that I hear and always think sound like Rihanna did 10 years ago. This is quite good, I’m enjoying the style of it and it is very infectious. It isn’t something I’d listen to through choice but it is one of those songs that I’d enjoy a lot if it came on while out. Two So this one starts off with a 80s/90s house music style introduction before getting rather jolly indeed. It sort of reminds me of something that would accompany an Always Ultra advert. It sounds a bit like September maybe? I don’t hate this but it isn’t something I’d normally choose to listen to… Three This one is another female led pop track, someone singing about being greedy. Not sure what else to say aside from it is very upbeat again. Oh I quite enjoy the bit in the middle where she goes all acapella and sort of oo-be-dos for a while. Four Strings open this one before a family based tongue twister kinda comes in lyrically. I want to like this one more than I do as stylistically I am enjoying it but the lyrics are a tiny bit too tacky, it’s definitely an improvement though and I am finding myself humming along to this one. Five Next up we have another female fronted track, this time it has that American teen sound to it with a few guitars thrown into the mix which is nice for variety - you know, that sound that makes you think they once had something to do with Disney. Again this is catchy and I’d say it could be someone like Taylor Swift but I’m not at all sure? Six So after the pop heavy beginning, we have a quiet piano based duet that grows into something of a show tune. I’m enjoying this one, the singers could be better but I do secretly like music that sounds like this - for example, it could easily be a Rufus Wainwright style track and I adore him… I think this is my favourite so far! Seven So this one is Shania’s ‘That Don’t Impress Me Much’ done differently. I bought the original of this back when it was released and haven’t really heard it that much since, this is quite nice and takes me back to 1999 (I think) when she was literally everywhere you went. Liking the smokey guitars on this version… Eight Another set of female vox up now… this is back to an American teen sound to these ears, but more of that country pop sound. This has a nice melody and it has a pretty soaring chorus - Mr D* approves of this one and is telling me to tell you that from the kitchen! Nine I feel like I recognise who is singing this one but I really can’t place her voice. Anyway, this is nice and is one of those songs that seem to tell an important story from when the singer was growing up without ever truly giving anything away. This is understated which is good. Oh and a bloke! Well a brief cameo from one anyway! This was pleasant… Ten Well this one is Rise Up. I do like this song, indeed I quite liked the album it was from too. It annoys me that it has become a X-Factor staple as I just picture contestants over singing it whenever I hear it these days. Eleven I’m going to guess this one is called Lost In Translation? I’m liking the lyrics in this one, I’m lost in translation like a foreign movie in black and white… party because in my mind those moments are special as the viewer makes what they want to from the half parts of information in front of them. Yeah, not sure I’m supposed to be thinking that deeply into this but the song is making me do that and that’s a good thing… like this one, more the sort of sound I would normally come back to. Twelve Well this is Havana. To be fair, you sent me this so long ago that you probably pre-empted the hit and I certainly didn’t recognise it last time I listened to this. Anyway, I like this a lot and appreciate the more unique and chilled sound to it. Thirteen So we go from one of my favourites to one of the worst ones. This is essentially pop with horrendous lyrics and it’s just all too enforced cheeriness for me! Fourteen This is another that I’m not sure if I like or not. It reminds me of Shampoo from the 90s. I don’t care for it but I sort of think if it were Icona Pop (and it could easily be) that I’d possibly love it. Hmmm, this is growing on me as it progresses although I don’t like the male feature at all - which makes me laugh that in a mix where I’d kill for a male led song, I’d like to remove one of the few bits where one features! Fifteen Well what is this!!! This is like Vengaboys do drag? This isn’t my sort of sound at all but it does stand out on here… not sure what else to say aside from it isn’t something I’ll ever find myself listening to out of choice I’m afraid. Sixteen Yet more female vocals… this one is pleasant enough while it’s on but ultimately sounds like an album track from countless other acts - kinda instantly forgettable tbh. Seventeen Oh a male vocal! :o Actually I’m just lying, it’s more female led pop. This is better than the last few but things sort of begin to suffer from overkill of female pop by this point. I think I’d enjoy this more out of the context of this compilation - I feel like I know the singer also but she’s difficult to place, sort of like one of those pleasant sounding radio pop track singers from times when Diana Vickers could get played. Eighteen I don’t care for this one at all - again it is the lyrics that kill it for me, I’m feeling like a 90s baby in my 80s mercedes just makes me cringe. You do seem to listen to a lot of songs about getting ready to go out and generally being happy! Which is probably why I’m finding this so hard, I remember someone once telling me on a forum that I had the most depressing taste in music he’d ever come across, great tracks but all sounding kinda reflective and I’m starting to think he may have had a point. Nineteen Oh now this must be Goldfrapp. I don’t instantly recognise this track so it must be from their most recent material. This is okay, it fizzes and builds in their typical way but it doesn’t quite have the spark of some of their other material that I loved. Still a good enough inclusion though. Twenty This has a backing that reminds me of Scissor Sisters Comfortably Numb. I enjoy this one, the singer has a bit more substance to her voice than many of the ones featured so far. This builds nicely and I like the lyrics on this one too… and yes, the singer delivers it well with quite a lot of different emotions going on for a pop track. Possibly my favourite so far! Twenty one I don’t like this one at all. I may have done once upon a time but now it just sounds like half of each semi in BJSC - in fact I’d have skipped it by now in the contest as there’s only so many tracks I can take each contest that have pretty meaningless vox and then a dance breakdown chorus. My favourite bit is the smashing glass sound! Twenty two This one starts off with a vocal that sounds a tiny bit Sia - although I suspect that is a horrendously lazy comparison - singing about needing to be a man… I would bet money on this being from a film, it has that sort of soundtrack sound to it with lyrics that don’t make as much sense outside of the context of what it was written for. I don’t mind this but it’s not that memorable. Twenty three Toxic! Well Toxic but not as you know it. Is this a mash up over another track? I have no idea what the other track is but I feel like I should do! It’s clearly no match for the original version but then again it is one of the best and most striking pop tracks of recent times so that would be a struggle! If it is a mash up, let me know what else it is with please! Twenty four Strings! I do love some strings! Oh no it’s another Disney sounding vocal. But at least there’s still strings! No the Disney vox are taking over too much, it’s all just too innocent and pure. Nope. Twenty five Now I’m liking the vocal on this at the beginning, she has soul… oh it’s Lana! I don’t recognise this track at all! :o Well clearly this is instantly going to the top of my favourites list…. something about being a sociopath and serial killer? This is a new discovery for me, a definite keeper! Twenty six So it’s on to the penultimate track, by far the longest on the compilation at 5:52. Another female vocal singing about being enchanted - this is pretty much exactly the song I would imagine Sam listening to, something that sounds like it could be lyrically from a Disney movie but in a slightly country style. I quite like this, it wears its heart on its sleeve and does exactly what it sets out to do… a nice and fitting end to the CD… Twenty seven …to be followed by the bonus track which I imagine to be tacked on like a hidden track - it is of course Let It Go which we all know is the best song ever to be released and I will stick to that in case Sam comes and murders me in my sleep for saying anything else!!! Actually, my old frozen heart has rather melted to this over time, I can see why it’s so popular these days and it is of course the true perfect ending to any Sam CD! *.* In summary… …I feel a bit bad for not really loving that many tracks on here but there are a couple of things that I’m intrigued to find out what they were and I will be keeping those ones. It’s possible that I’d have liked more of them if there was a bit more variety in singing styles over the course of the compilation - a few male vocals would have definitely broken it up more. I’d say my favourites were tracks 1, 4, 6, 9, 14, 20 and 25 outside of the ones I knew. Thank you for taking the time to put it all together though Sam and I’m really sorry it took me so long to find enough time to post a review, hope you’ll forgive me! Edited September 30, 20177 yr by dandy*
October 5, 20177 yr Author OK, bump as we are quite overdue with this ;o If the five remaining participants could post a review as soon as you can, that would be great (would be nice to get a review for mine :cry:). If not, I will probably say you'll be banned from taking part the next time we run this (srry not being purposefully harsh, but it has been almost two months). I probably won't host again, but anyone is welcome to and I do hope most of you have enjoyed this anyway!
October 5, 20177 yr Thanks Dandy, tbh that was a way better review than I was expecting after I saw your other post :lol: ❤️ I'll have my reply up & my album review done by Sunday at the latest, I've been rly busy settling into sixth form but I have a few days off now *.*
October 5, 20177 yr Yes sorry about that! :lol: When I did listen back it wasn't half as bad as I'd made out, I think I must have been in a grumpy mood! :blush:
October 6, 20177 yr Right ok I will 1,000% definitely be doing this over the weekend, no more distractions xx
October 7, 20177 yr My response to Dandy! (Will re-listen and review Harve's album tomorrow!) Tracklist: 01. This was from Poland's Eurovision national final and somehow wasn't sent to Eurovision! This received quite a few RiRi comparisions so I definitely see where you are coming from with that! 02. - another Eurovision national final track that I've also seen compared to 90s music a lot! 03. - an album track that should've been a single! 04. 05. - yep this was from a Disney artist! 06. Had a feeling you would like this one! It's from La La Land and won the Oscar for Best Original Song this year <3 07. - a cover of the Shania classic by HAIM! 08. - spot on with country pop, Kelsea's music is very similar to early Taylor! Yasss at Mr D* stanning *.* 09. - This is my fave Nina track & glad you also found it good! 10. 11. Alice Kristiansen - Lost In Translation - yep you got the title correct & glad you liked the lyric! 12. - I def didn't expect this to take off as much as it did :kink: 13. - this was another Eurovision national final reject! Oops at your reaction to this :lol: 14. - this was a top 20 hit back in 2010! screaming at you finally getting a male in this for the first time in ages and hating the feature!!! (tbh the album will probs be 100x worse if I did it on men that I stanned cos it'd be like the same 5 artists on repeat :lol:) 15. - she's from one of those American Reality TV shows & yh it def stands out!! 16. Harper - ? - I wrote the artists & not the songs that I put on the album and I legit don't have a clue what track I put on!!!!!!! so I'm glad you found it to be one of the weaker tracks :lol: 17. - yeah your description is pretty on point here! 18. - oops at the lyrics being the problem! I'd probs should've put My Church over this, I feel like you may have preferred that! (or Dear Hate which has just been released & has stunning lyrics!). Yh about 90% of my taste is songs for getting ready to go out to messT :lol: 19. - this is from their latest album! This is one of my fave songs they've done in ages but nothing will top Ooh La La for me <3 20. - I was hoping you would like this one so glad this paid off *.* 21. - I was about to say this was acc submitted into BJSC but that turned out to be track #22 & not track #21!!! 22. - correct again, this is from a movie soundtrack! (Valerian & The City Of A Thousand Planets) 23. - this is a mash-up of toxic (ofc) and the production of Trees by Twenty One Pilots! 24. - spot on with the Disney comparison again :kink: 25. Lana Del Rey - Serial Killer - this is one of the million Lana demo's that leaked but never ended up being released officially :o She performs this live quite often which is why I chose to include this as I felt you'd be familiar with her album tracks! 26. - One of my fave songs ever so spot on with you imagining this being the kind of song I'd listen to :kink: This is from one of Taylor's more country eras (Speak Now) & definitely agree with it being quite Disney-ish lyrically <3 27. - ofc I couldn't not include this :wub: :kink: 'it is of course Let It Go which we all know is the best song ever to be released'. Took the words out of my mouth!! In Summary: I'm glad you made a few discoveries out of this! Tbh I was a bit stumped on what to put on here as I feel like you'd know 95% of the lesser known pop songs I stan from a few years ago & the songs from the alternative artists that I acc like so I went for a mixture of my ultimate faves/pop/quite a few Eurovision stuff as I couldn't find you making many posts there!!! If I was to do it again I'd definitely make the album shorter, I have no clue how it ended up being 27 tracks messT (though on the other hand the first few tracks I would've gotten rid of are probs the ones you stanned so maybe it was a good thing the album was this long :kink:). And I'll def forgive you for taking this long to post considering I still haven't posted the review of the album I got!!
October 7, 20177 yr I never got my CD reviewed the last time we did this either :( I may just post the track list and my comments on the songs if it doesn't surface soon, I didn't do that last time and now I regret that that CD just got lost to the ether
October 7, 20177 yr I never got my CD reviewed the last time we did this either :( I may just post the track list and my comments on the songs if it doesn't surface soon, I didn't do that last time and now I regret that that CD just got lost to the ether If you want a review, feel free to send me it altho that would defeat the object of the anonymous it would still be unknown stuff :P I enjoyed doing the first one I got after all
October 7, 20177 yr Author I never got my CD reviewed the last time we did this either :( I may just post the track list and my comments on the songs if it doesn't surface soon, I didn't do that last time and now I regret that that CD just got lost to the ether If you'd like I can review your CD if your own recipient doesn't first? It's bad enough going without a review the first time, let alone twice! (ooh I see you have another offer)
October 7, 20177 yr I never got my CD reviewed the last time we did this either :( I may just post the track list and my comments on the songs if it doesn't surface soon, I didn't do that last time and now I regret that that CD just got lost to the ether Oh, I'd love to check out your CD Iz, I'm sure I'd enjoy it a lot! My reviews are usually on the shittier side of the spectrum, but it's still better than nothing :teresa: Btw. I'm pretty sure that there are others too who might be interested in getting a 2nd CD, so noone should remain review-less (on that note, I'm still patient with mine, as a) I know it's 'In Progress' b) I went really crazy here and there and I guess most members would find half of the songs a bit 'too much'.) edit: LOL Edited October 7, 20177 yr by FrankLuck
October 7, 20177 yr Ha! You're all welcome to give mine a review if you want to, Chez, would you be able to send it to anyone who's interested - I am a bit lacking in my access to links.
October 8, 20177 yr Right, I apologise again for this being so late (I kinda knew this would happen which was why I was hesitant to take part in the first place) but I have finally at least got this done this time!! I hope my commentary is worth the wait. xx no_despacito.zip 01 Well this is off to a bit of a ~quirky~ start with a one minute opening track that is a tribute to Link from Legend of Zelda. It's more of an intro / interlude kind of thing than a song so not a lot to say here (or maybe I'm just hitting bad writer's block from the start). A bit folk-y, sung by an Eastern European(?) sounding guy with quite a rough and heavily accented voice. It probably makes more sense in the context of whatever album it is originally from, but it at least gave me a bit of a laugh at the unexpected-ness. As a song, 5/10? idk it doesn't feel like I should be rating this one at all 02 Continuing with some more folk-y instrumentation (is that bagpipes? accordion? not sure) but with some guitars coming in as well. Flowing nicely from the first track. And then the vocals start... and it's in a language I don't speak and cannot identify from the sound of it. This is good, I like foreign language songs xx sounds a bit eastern European again, and the vocals are done by a male rapper with a pretty heavy accent. A strange hybrid of genres here - like someone took a Rage Against The Machine song, translated it into... Polish? or something and added some weird ethnic instruments to it. I liked it a lot tho. I can definitely get into some weird foreign rap and I really enjoyed the bagpipes-accordion-whatever riffs in particular. 9/10 03 Back to the English language (still with a European accent although not as heavy as in the first two) and another rocky song but with the first synths on the CD so far. The chorus is something about flying to Cambodia and getting lost there. I presume this song has something to do with the genocide there? This is the most 'normal' song on the disc so far, not that there's anything wrong with that as much as I'd not have minded a full 20 songs of folk-rock-rap and Zelda tributes. Nice synths and the chorus is pretty catchy. 8/10 04 Starts out with some slightly spooky pitched-down vocals. The rest of the vocals sound like they have some kind of effect on them as well to have a lo-fi sound to them, and there's some pretty standard indie rock instrumentation going on. Wouldn't be out of place on an alt-J or Ariel Pink album maybe. Couldn't make out many of the words but I did hear the phrase 'nuclear fusion' a few times. It's kinda cool, I think like track 1 it probably works better in the context of the original album. 7/10 05 Another foreign language track (sounds eastern European again, maybe the same language as the 2nd track?), also back to the folk-y vibe. Some cool drum sounds kicking in about a minute in and later on some trip-hop-ish record scratch sounds. This reminds me a bit of a Deandria BJSC entry from last year ('Álmatlan' by Anna And The Barbies) although lacking a memorable hook like that had. Would probably make for some nice background music though. 7/10 06 Oh my, this is a sudden switch up!! Starts off with 20 seconds of a cappella chanting in another language I don't speak (the chanting sounds a bit African but I think the language is a European one, maybe Portuguese?) and then in comes a stomping techno beat *.* the vocal chanting sample is repeated throughout the song and it goes silent midway through and builds back up to dropping that beat again. I absolutely LOVE this one! Excellent production, infectious vocals, would go crazy to it in a club if I were the kind of person who went to such places and if any such places exist that play this kind of thing. The first song so far that I'll give a 10/10 (I stopped using ratings out of 10 to mark songs in BJSC/Unknown Pleasures/Nuggets because I gave out too many of them and kinda devalued the score but they're back now just for this so you can embrace my over generosity xx) 07 Already sounds amazing just a second in. Continuing on the change of pace from the earlier folk/rock tracks, this one is a straght breakbeat/drum n bass banger, with a few rave pianos and dubstep-y wobs here and there and a vocal sample which I think says 'you already know' that is twisted and distorted throughout the song. There's also a bit of a trap vibe to the last minute or so with those signature drums found in every trap song ever following a gun sound effect. It's basically trying to be every dance genre that I like in the space of three and a half minutes and it's pulling it off. Has to be another 10/10 and my new fave so far on the disc. x 08 The longest song on the disc so far at just under 6 minutes, most of the songs on here are under 4 minutes or a little over but there is one more fairly lengthy song to go after this one. This one is mostly instrumental and sounds like it's a dance song either from or inspired by the 90s (but not one that I am familiar with). Based on what I've heard so far I think this CD probably comes from FrankLuck (in which case, we swapped each other's CDs! ayy) which means songs 2 and 5 were probably in Hungarian. But I may be wrong. I'm enjoying this song more as it goes along, it has that throbbing hard dance beat and some cool pianos in the second half. Starting to have a bit of a psytrance sound nearing the final minute too which I greatly approve of. The first half was enjoyable but not massively standout, I'm definitely more sold by the end of the track, it could maybe use a sliiiightly shorter edit to get to the good stuff quicker. But on the whole, bangah, would probably enjoy more with more listens. 9/10 09 It's another electronic-y song with some sparse and ~atmospheric~ echoed vocals. It kinda sounds like it's building up to somewhere it never quite gets to, and then it just ends. This one went over my head a bit but worry not, already plenty of amazing songs on here so far, they can't all be 10/10s. x I'll give this one a 6/10, I wouldn't turn it off ~ 10 We're back to the hybrid genre rap songs, this one is in English and I can hear that the song is basically about how it is a mishmash of genres ('I'm too rock for hip-hop / too hip-hop for rock n roll / I'm too city for rednecks / and I'm too country for city folks'). It has some electronic sounds in it as well as mashing together rap and rock. I don't really see where the 'country' part comes in apart from maybe the way he delivers that line, but I'm certainly not complaining at that, I'm not a country fan to say the least. x A few amusing lyrics. A bit of slightly gratuitous swearing in the hook but it doesn't totally ruin it. It's a little bit try-hard and different for the sake of being different - I might like it more if it wasn't in English, for all I know song 2 was just like this and I just couldn't understand what he was saying!! - and probably the kind of thing a lot of big hip-hop fans would absolutely hate but it's catchy and I like the instrumental. 7/10 11 The lyrics 'I changed my mind' and 'I don't love you' are repeated throughout the song and distorted in a similar fashion to the vocals on song 7. In this case it kind of comes across a little overly repetitive and annoying and I don't think the instrumental is interesting enough to carry it. Reminds me a bit of TOKiMONSTA or RL Grime or something but not as good. Not really feeling this one much. 3/10 12 Longest song on the disc at 7 minutes. It's instrumental for the first 3 minutes or so, the first minute sounded like one of Ethanola's ambient dance instrumental songs, the second minute sounded like one of Ethanola's slightly less ambient dance instrumental songs, and the third minute was nice and spacey and psychedelic-y with some vocals coming in. The vocals aren't up to much really, I'd probably have preferred it as a full instrumental. Some nice building back up in the production after the vocal section before it dies back down to the more ambient sound from the start of the song. I think this one would need another listen or two to fully click with me but there's lots of interesting stuff going on in it. 8/10 13 English language vocals but I can't place the accent, I feel like it might be Japanese maybe but that may just be because the vocals are a little bit cutesy (the vocals near the start in particular sound almost like they could be on a Kero Kero Bonito or even a PC Music type song). The main instrumental is a kind of low croaky bassy sound which reminds me a little of Jadakissnia's Instrumentals spinoff entry 'Scorpius'. Interesting sounds and I like the vocals a lot. Very nice. 9/10 14 Back to the possibly-Hungarian possibly-some other indeterminate eastern European language songs and back to real instruments, it's another one with the same kind of folk/rock sound as the start of the disc. Not a big standout but it was enjoyable enough, basically along the same lines as track 5 but a little more 'standard'. 6/10 15 More folk (and a little bit of a ska sound as it goes on) and it's in English this time but again with a REALLY thick accent (is this the same guy as the one from track 1?) Whoever it is seems to desperately want me to start wearing purple and I should probably listen to him because he's scaring me a bit, sounding shoutier and more, er, intoxicated the longer it goes on. A bit of an absurd song but kinda fun in its way. 5/10 16 Genre whiplash! Electronic, some more breakbeats which are the highlight here, has both male and female vocals. It's pretty cool. I don't have a lot to say about this one. 8/10 17 Genre whiplash again! It's yet another folk-y rock-y song but this one is a little different to the previous ones as it has rather lovely female vocals unlike the earlier rough male vocals, and I'm pretty sure it's in Spanish this time, I'm enjoying this one quite a lot, a tad middle-of-the-road but I can always go for some Spanish female vocals. Reminds me a bit of Belanova who were in BJSC a couple of times although with a bit more of a rocky edge. 9/10 18 Another foreign language song and this one is proper ska, sounds like a Madness tribute act... well, for the first minute or so anyway, it morphs into a more rocky sound for the chorus. Lots of genre hopping within songs on this disc. I think it's Spanish again but male vocals this time. I think this is a song about being multi-cultural. x I'm really enjoying this one as well, I love me a bit of Madness and the chorus fits in nicely and is pretty catchy. 9/10 again 19 Fitting in another genre whiplash, it's a dance song but a little lowkey. The structure of the song and the vocals are reminding me a bit of 'Bullet In The Gun' by Planet Perfecto which is a top tune so I approve. 8/10 and would probably grow with more listens 20 The final song is largely instrumental but with some more African-sounding chanting and some 'ohhhh's. Some cool tribal drum sounds and some kind of flute-type instrument (I think) throughout. I feel like I am being hypnotised and possibly being indoctrinated into a cult. But I like it. A strong finish, I think this would have worked well as an opening track as well. 9/10 ~ Lots of very good songs on here (the run of songs 6-8 in particular was amazing, looking forward to discovering what those were), the songs kind of felt like they were in a bit of a random order with the constant flipping between dance songs and the folk/rock/ska stuff but that's just a small criticism, obviously the important thing is what the actual songs sounded like! I appreciated having lots of foreign language songs on there because it saved me feeling like I needed to analyse lyrics in this review I tend to really like a lot of foreign language stuff, and certainly a lot of the foreign folk/ska stuff is the kind of thing I'd never come across on my own, not all of it was totally my thing but there were a couple of gems like tracks 2 and 18.
October 8, 20177 yr Yep, 'no_despacito' was mine, I guess it took nearly 5 minutes to figure that out! :lol: Tracklist: 1. I was quickly set on the outro, so I wanted something from SOAD as an intro, too. Although I listen to all kinds of stuff, they remain to be my favourite band ever. 2. You might remember these guys from ESC 2005, representing Moldova. 'Mioriţa' is my fav of theirs, I'm glad you liked it too! 3. Okay, I must confess that I added some tracks to win some Jade-points (this being one of them), I imagined that you might listen to this together and I didn't want her to hate the whole thing :lol: The band is Norwegian btw, this Kim Wilde cover is from their 2005 album (yes, half of this stuff is from 2004-2006 :teresa: ) 4. We're back in 2016 + Australia (told you that this is a mess, wasn't kidding) - 'Rattlesnake' was entered in the previous Nuggets, you might remember that one. 5. Oh, of course this is not the same language as track 2, how boring that would be! :lol: These guys are Ukrainian and I guess this song alone rules out everyone else. To be honest, I would have removed this if I do the CD for anyone else, but thought why keep the brakes on... This definitely took some time to grow, but I love it to bits. 6. Okay, sadly I have no idea how I got to know this one (and I still can't find much about it now, either) - it is from 2004 and reminds me of the good ol' days, I guess this was a thing then, at least in Hungary (not a huge hit, but I can't recall this being totally unknown). 7. This was one of my fave songs of last year, it was my personal No. 1 for months. Wanted to send this to BJSC at some point, but I can't see this DNQ - so I kept it for myself. I'm really glad you like it! 8 Yes, I also think that I should've gone with the video edit (I added that one here). This is from 1995 and was HUGE in Germany back then, I consider this part of (music) history. 9. Not the best choice I believe, but I wanted to go with a a bit less well-known 'Members Of Mayday'. My fav is , but it was a UK chart 'hit' in 2001 (well, it made 31 :lol: ) and I didn't want to be THIS cheap. 10. This is one of the weird ones - from last year, I got to like it's weirdness tho (yes, this is that Travis Barker /from Blink 182/, so I guess his struggle is real :lol: 11. I found this when we were doing 'Masquerade' and I got Syndare, who I basically never voted for. I didn't know DJDS at all, didn't remember the Syndare entry, but I got to love 'I Don't Love You' straight away and I decided to send it to BJSC next month. Sadly my love didn't last THAT long, but I still enjoy it quite a lot (and now after 'Trees On Fire' and 'Why Don't You Come On' they became too well-known anyway). 12. A fairly new one, now from Austria. I really rarely like these super-long Ethanola tracks, but this is something I adore, definitely takes time to grow tho. 12 And we're back in Australia and a Jade-entry - glad you liked it too! The super-weird video adds a lot to the whole 'experience'. 13. Now back to 2006 and Czech Republic (all the Eastern languages are different, but none of them are Hungarian - you had no chance B-) ) - I see the comparison to BoomBox - and I was 'this' close to get rid of Síť - but somehow it remained to be one of the lucky ones to make the cut. 15. Well, this band is actually from the US and I was a bit afraid that you'll know 'Start Wearing Purple', as it was heavily played on MTV (well, in 2005). This was the time where we had loads of house parties and everyone went mad when this was on... maybe you'd need to get drunk first? 16. Okay, so THIS one is the Hungarian song B-) quite a random selection from Neo to be honest, I might send something else from them to BJSC once. 17. Another Jade-track, and you're right with this one, it's Spanish. MTV used to have a completely fake international top 10, (one fairly random entry per country), this is how I found 'Nunca Volverá' back then (and 'Síť' too). 18. These guys are Spanish again, 'Mestizaje' is one of my defining songs of the first year of uni (2004) and a house party classic, love it to bits. 19. Again, a bit of a random choice, but I really wanted to include something from Heppner + I needed something smoother before the outro. 20. This is the Outro of my favourite album ever, SOAD's 'Toxicity', so I thought it will fit as an outro for my first ever cd swap. I'm really glad you found some tracks you like, I got to know some brilliant tracks thanks to you (in bjsc/up/nuggets/etc and now here too), so it was really time for me to 'give back' a little + it was a great opportunity to show some of my weird-ass non-bjsc-entries :angel: Thanks again Chez, I really hope that this wasn't our last cd swap!
October 8, 20177 yr 'pussy power' track 1: well this starts with some bells and a guy speaking before the song suddenly coming to a start around the 30 second mark, with a girl rapping about her vagina (yes really), with the main hook of the song reminding us 'vagina's where you're really from'.. which is true for most of us anyway. it's a bit of a bop though with an uptempo backing and a very catchy hook. 7/10 track 2: another female rapper here, i'm sensing a theme. i like the rap parts of it and the trap-lite beat when she raps. though it gets a bit too rocky in the middle section for me though and i'm not overly keen on the hook, which i suppose is meant to sound like a revolution chant but the vocal doesn't do much for me. 6/10 track 3: female rapper #3 but this time it's in a foreign language, I'm going to guess german (especially considering which poster i think sent this cd). the german language is quite a harsh sounding one but it fits the production here which is going for a loud hip-hop/rocky beat with synths and electric guitars. not really the type of thing i'm into but it's not bad. 6/10 track 4: another female rapper, this appears to be the first black female on the cd though and sounds like it could be cupcakke. the production has more of a dance-pop feel and she has a good flow. the hook revolves around how she won't fall off until the 33rd of the month, i.e. never, which is something i can get behind with the power and delivery here. 8/10 track 5: the first track here that isn't a rap, it's a female singer presumably fronting a band. this doesn't really stand out much for me and just feels like your average indie-pop bjsc entry thats inoffensive enough to get through to the final. 5/10 track 6: another female singer, this one is quite disappointing in that the production sounds like it's building to something in the chorus but then just goes back to your standard trap-lite beat, it's like 'dark horse' lost its punch. her vocal isn't much to talk about either. 5/10 track 7: this sounds like girli. she's definitely done better than this though, production wise it isn't much better than the last track but her vocal and lyrics are enough to lift this to a higher score. 6/10 track 8: a pure pop song here. well at least this has a big chorus, the girl can sing. but again this really isn't my type of music. 5/10 track 9: quite slow and boring, this one just sounds like every other passable blog pop song that doesn't really go anywhere. 4/10 track 10: again as with track 8, I can't really add anything else to this. this one is a bit slower and has more 'real' instruments in it, but that doesn't change my mark out of ten for it. 5/10 overall: not really a fan, apologies for the late and less than flattering review but i suppose you weren't making this with me in mind. my guess is lotita made this as most of the tracks sound very much like what she'd listen to. i'd also say out of the participants ultra violence would like it a lot, perhaps riser too so if you're reading have a listen. 5.7/10
October 8, 20177 yr Oh Frank I shall have to give those songs a listen at some point if you intended for me to hear them as well! Looking forward to finally listening to another song by Art vs Science in particular. *.*
October 8, 20177 yr Oh Frank I shall have to give those songs a listen at some point if you intended for me to hear them as well! Looking forward to finally hearing another song by Art vs Science in particular. *.* There should be some more (eg. 18), but those are the not-too-crazy ones :teresa:
October 8, 20177 yr Some favourites of mine showing up like Jens Lekman, King Gizzard, St Vincent, Daniel Avery (and that Owl Eyes song is fantastic), cool stuff!
October 8, 20177 yr yeah dan that was mine!!! :kink: i'll do my proper reveal after i've typed up my actual review
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