Rate The Song Above You! - Page 3

Salmacis · 03-04-2010, 01:20 AM

Originally Posted by Cosmic Harmony

Now it wasn't until recently that I learned of "Wizard Rock" but there's Pirate Rock too? Is there Ninja rock out there somewhere too or is it so stealthy that no one knows of it?

The Dropkick Murphys are Celtic punk but with that song in particular (along with "Shipping Off The Boston") I could see how they come across very piratey.

There could well be a ninja rock, but you'd be right, no-one would ever hear it!

Pirate rock, or viking rock as some call it is a growing genre nowadays. Check out Alestorm though, you might like then

Love the drums so far, not a big fan of the vocals though. The music rocks for the most part, but the guitar gets pretty boring in the chorus. IMO the voice doesn't fit as well as it could either, so 6/10.

And now, I have some Wild West folklore rock

rollingstoned · 03-04-2010, 02:25 AM

6/10 I like the guitar work but not really the vocals, but overall pretty good.

**Cosmic Harmony** · 03-04-2010, 05:40 PM

Honestly I like that song more than a few of the songs that worked their way onto their studio albums. I'll give it a 7 out of 10.

(Respect the Fish!

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FunkyDrummer345 · 03-04-2010, 06:01 PM

It was an alright tune. Real upbeat poppy kind of a song. I give it a 6/10

**Cosmic Harmony** · 03-04-2010, 07:15 PM

Well that's quite a bit slow than Reel Big Fish.

The vocals and more specifically the lyrics seem to be the focal point of the song and while the music sets the tone and complimented the vocals and everything well I just sort of found myself sitting there waiting for the song to go somewhere and it never did. Like, it just seems to go in a circle and it lost my attention by the end of the song, which in all honesty doesn't happen too often... I'll give it a 4.5 out of 10.

Originally Posted by Salmacis

Pirate rock, or viking rock as some call it is a growing genre nowadays. Check out Alestorm though, you might like then

I listened to some of their stuff just today and I've got to say it certainly got my attention. Some of the songs I heard were really cool but probably half of the ones I heard by them didn't really stand out that well. From what I've noticed I like the material on "Black Sails At Midnight" a lot more than that on "Captain Morgan's Revenge". In any case though I prefer the Celtic punk rock of The Dropkick Murphys more. Despite them being punk rock and the subject matter of their lyrics being rather one dimensional I think musically they are a much better band from their many different instruments (there are like a dozen people in The Dropkick Murphys by the way) and different levels at which they play what with tempos and dynamics. Though the bands are very similar in quite a few ways regardless. If I had to pick one thing that bothered me the most about Alestorm though it's the keytar. Like, I like the keytar cause it's a cool instrument and everything but it just makes the accordion mimicked tone just sound so....electronic and attifician compared to a real once that can be found in other bands like Flogging Molly or Gogol Bordello or even Weird Al.

bobbyg29 · 03-04-2010, 09:12 PM

Pretty decent Whitesnake song. I thought "Good to Be Bad" was a pretty solid effort from them and this is one of the better songs off that album...reminds me of back to the "Slide It In" days a bit. Coverdale's vocals sound good but the guitar tone is kind of annoying after awhile for me. 6.5/10

Try this one...

**Cosmic Harmony** · 03-04-2010, 10:40 PM

A pretty cool song. I'd give it 81%.

Salmacis · 03-07-2010, 06:45 AM

Not bad, nice bit of punk rock though nothing special IMO. 6/10

This song is from one of the bands in my journal, but it's not the one I first heard. It is however, one I like more:

**Cosmic Harmony** · 03-08-2010, 12:25 PM

It's an alright song. The spoken word vocals were alright (though ordinary I'm not a fan) but I feel like it was a bit longer of a song than it needed to be. It was sort of "Hey Jude"ish in the second half with it being repetitive and all. 6 out of 10.

This song is particularly tame compared to most other Gogol Bordello songs but it's one of my faves by them.

Archon · 03-09-2010, 08:57 PM

Originally Posted by Cosmic Harmony

It's an alright song. The spoken word vocals were alright (though ordinary I'm not a fan) but I feel like it was a bit longer of a song than it needed to be. It was sort of "Hey Jude"ish in the second half with it being repetitive and all. 6 out of 10.

This song is particularly tame compared to most other Gogol Bordello songs but it's one of my faves by them.

sounds alright

This is kind of a humorous song about marijuana. Not really classic rock but I think it's funny.

**Cosmic Harmony** · 03-10-2010, 02:55 PM

It was a goofy little short story that kinda smelt like "Alice's Resturant" to me, only involving weed. I'd give it a 6/10.

How about a little something recent from the most underrated solo artist ever, Mr. Ian Hunter?

Salmacis · 03-11-2010, 01:02 AM

Powerful, and powerfully good! Thumbs up from me, 8/10

Time for the indie rock soundings of Yves Klein Blue!

**Cosmic Harmony** · 03-13-2010, 02:17 PM

I loved that! 9.5 out of 10!

Roger Taylor of Queen get together with Yoshiki of X Japan to write a song against discrimination. That is a recipe for excellence.

Salmacis · 05-12-2010, 01:57 AM

*Bumping for the sake of Fisha, and the Musical Thirst crew*

You'd know my opinion of classical by now, although I did enjoy this somewhat. It reminds me of November Rain without Axl's (Sorry about this) relentless groan. Overall a pretty cool power ballad

Gotta love Bertie!

Fisha · 05-12-2010, 08:04 AM

Hey, we do it better on SS. I'll post as soon as I get on a computer with headphones