Rate the song IV: Cause it's a musical!

[Internet Flea]

I like the male singer but not the female one as much, which is unfortunate since she drowns him out in the duets. But the song is catchy and darkly upbeat.

I'll say 7.5/10.

Now a true classic. Lucifer Sam, by Pink Floyd.



...

sorry.

[Halberd]

Pretty good. I'm not a very big fan of Barrett-era Pink Floyd, but I very much liked the echo effect on the guitar. Maybe it's because I'm comparing it to their later stuff, but it did seem a bit too simple for me. 7/10.

I know Rush has been suggested before, but I can't help but suggest the amazing La Villa Strangiato.
The actual song starts about 25 seconds in. Be warned, this is not for those who hate 9-minute instrumentals.

[Amiria]

I certainly don't hate long instrumentals with good guitars.

8.68

Boycott Everything - by Bonaparte

[Cuthalion]

Not such a fan of that style. Interesting lyrics though.
7/10
Foggy mountain breakdown.

[Gnomish Wanderer]

I applaud their skill with their respective instruments. Interesting fact: I wanted to be a harmonica expert as a girl. I just don't care for bluegrass, or whatever you'd call the style, and the song itself is particularly upbeat, which also goes against my musical choices. So...
4/10

Listen to Not Fair (Subject Matter PG-13). Pandora Radio decided I liked it and Pandora was right. Also I chose it ironically after the above comments about upbeat folksy sounding music

[Elemental]

It didn't click with me.
I don't hate it, however, I don't like it.

Therefore, the only fair rating I can give is 5/10.



Okay, would the Person Below Me kindly judge Crooner's Serenade?

My community youth band is doing it this year.
Needless to say, we're not that good yet.

And unlikely to ever be so...

[Halberd]

Solid jazzy big-band type music. I found it to be OK.
6/10

On the subject of youth bands, I played trumpet on Mystic Voyage when I was in 8th grade. I personally think it's a pretty nice composition.

[Jade Dragon]

Eh, it's okay. Orchestra music isn't really my thing, but when you've got stuff like Imperial March and Mars, it just doesn't add up.

5/10.

Code Lyoko - full theme song in English

Edit: My favorite part about the theme is that the voice actors of the main characters sing it. I always thought Jeremy sounded like he had a stuffed up nose, but he sure makes a good lead singer.

[A Rainy Knight]

Holy crap, I just got a rush of nostalgia about that show! That said, this song fills the role of theme music adequately, but it's not one of those ones that stands out to me and has me grinning like a fool years after first hearing it. I'll give it 6.5/10.

Speaking of theme music, how about the Theme of Raidou Kuzunoha vs. King Abaddon?

[Gnomish Wanderer]

Loud but not bad. I don't know where it's from, and it's a lot over the top. I could definitely see this as Music to Battle a Boss by.
6/10

I Will Survive - The Puppini Sisters. Discovered recently and I just keep wanting to show people how great it is. I think it's better than the original >.>

[Kindablue]

I liked that much more than I thought I would. Very catchy! 8/10

I'll keep it going with the covers: Tori Amos - Raining Blood.

[Spiryt]

I really don't think I can call this cover, more like.... interpretation?

In any case, it's really good, original is legendary t(h)rashing of ears with riffs, while this actually sounds evil... I guess it's perfectly true that Satan in fact must be a woman.

8.5


A lemon nation

[Halberd]

I loved the thrashiness and solos, but it has one of the most hilariously terrible vocalists I've ever heard. It still averages out to a 7.5/10.

For the next song, let's go with Black Atom Reign's Thorns of Eleven.

[Amiria]

Guitars and drums are ok, but I don't really like most of the things the keyboard does. Imo it all doesn't come together well.

6.43

It's All Ok (live) - by Julia Stone

[Cuthalion]

Not bad. 7/10.

Nessun Dorma, from Giacomo Puccini's Turandot, sung by Luciano Pavarotti, Placido Domingo, and Jose Carreras. Rather famous piece.

[Gnomish Wanderer]

Impressive. I liked it, but I felt it was a rather dull piece by itself. Just the music seemed uninspired to me. The band impressed me more than the three tenors. 6/10

And now, for your listening pleasure: Mitternacht

[Odentin]

5/10. While well orchestrated, the song on the whole ends up being more than a little generic-sounding.

For the next, I present Primo Victoria, Wardrum Version, by Van Canto. It's a cover of a band called Sabaton, and features the lead singer Joakim Broden. I'll place a PG-13 label on it, since it does reference World War II.

[Halberd]

Primo Victoria is an amazing song, and this cover, despite being (mostly) a cappella, still manages to do it justice. Having the actual singer involved helps as well. Nevertheless, I still don't like it quite as much as the original. 8/10.

This next song is a live clip of Yes performing Roundabout in 1973.

[Cuthalion]

Decent. I don't love it. I'd give it a 6/10.

Now It Belongs To You-Mark O'connor and Steve Wariner.

[Matthias2207]

8/10
I'm a great fan of this style, whatever it is. Country?
I even forgot I was listening to a YouTube video, it would fit right in my standard playlist.

Honey and the Bee - Owl City
I love Breanne's voice...

[Gnomish Wanderer]

Not bad. The music itself was too upbeat for my liking, bu it sounded alright. The two singers went together pretty well, ignoring the obvious autotuning. The one thing that really put me off of this song though were the lyrics. Overall not a bad song. 5/10

Next up is Roter Sand

[Internet Flea]

I don't listen to much German music so I don't know how much of the voice pitch can be blamed on the language itself, but it sounds almost militaristic. Plus he holds notes on odd syllables (tiiiieeeef). But I like the tune and the lyrics.

6/10.

EDIT: Dang it, that's too low. 7.5/10



...Sally Simpson by The Who.

[Halberd]

The Who certainly have better songs, but that one is pretty nice. Feels a bit odd hearing it outside the context of the album, though. 7/10.

OK, let's change the song, just to be on the safe side. King Crimson's In the Court of the Crimson King.

[Amiria]

Hey, I heard that song before ! I like this kind of music.

9.13

Fascination Street - by the Cure

[Odentin]

Seems sort of standard to what I've heard of The Cure's songs. Makes good background music, if nothing else. 7/10

And now for something completely different, Song of Aeolus, by composer Karl Jenkins.

[Cuthalion]

Great. Especially compared to most of the other songs on this thread. 9/10. The doremifasolatido thing is hilarious, too.

How about The Sojourn of Arjuna by Bela Fleck and the Flecktones?

[Halberd]

I was a bit put off by the lengthy, rather unnecessary spoken intro, but I really started liking it after the minute and a half mark. The improvisational skills of the banjo player and sax player were simply jaw-dropping. The bassist also was quite good, able to make the bass line complex and interesting when it needed to be without overshadowing the melody. The only thing I didn't like was the faux-drums being synthesized by... whatever that guy was playing. They were just rather bland. Having a real drummer would help this group enormously. Still, 8/10.

For the next song, let's go with Queensryche's I Don't Believe in Love.

[Elemental]

Eh... It wasn't that great.
However, a lot of that could be bias on my part as a person who is not at all fond of various rock varieties.
So, I shall give it the benefit of the doubt and say 6/10.


Dear Person Below...
Would you kindly rate; The Merry-Go Round of Life, from the obvious movie?

[vegetalss4]

Rather moving got me to feel the feels, but only to a minor degree.
Not excatly my usual cup of tea but I can hardly fault it for that.
So all in all a good piece of music, but not the best, lets say around 7.5.


Now for the next song, I choose
The Quick and the Blue by The Megas, as performed by Sasoriemo

[Cuthalion]

It's quite good! 8/10.
The Old Home place, performed by Tony Rice and Some weirdly dressed band members. Oh, the '80s.