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Wilson and Alroy's record reviews http://www.warr.org/cgi-b...ckpan2.cgi
What do you make of them? At least they are not predictible all the time, but they sure seem alot more snobby then say AMG. At least AMG can find good music from all timezones (giving Joey lawrence 3 stars was a shock to me), but WARR seem to hate all drum programmed, synthy music. But hey, its there site I guess? [Edited 1/27/07 21:55pm] | |
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I tend to consider reviews just for reading pleasure, not dogmatic writtings...they do their job. Let's face it, few people dig NKOTB solo work... | |
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MikeMatronik said: I tend to consider reviews just for reading pleasure, not dogmatic writtings...they do their job. Let's face it, few people dig NKOTB solo work...
They dont do dire straits, but do patti labelle solo or whomever? Iam just saying, they miss out some big boys, but then, they do include virtually all yes albums, which is nice. And it is their collection, and thus can chose who they like. | |
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I like thit site. A lot of good reviews... | |
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I like it as well. All reviews should be taken with a grain of salt, because it's all opinion. That being said, I find they are often both humorous and correct (IMO).
Of course, the fact that they don't like I Want You or Let's Get It On means they're freaks.  "Whitney was purely and simply one of a kind." ~ Clive Davis | |
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I have mixed feelings about the W&A site. I admire the scope of what they’ve done, and I can’t say I really have huge objections to their reviews of the artists I personally care about, but overall I find their tastes rather uninteresting, and their writing style seems generic to me. Certainly they should be recognized for knowing and cataloging such a variety of music, but I just can’t get excited about the things that seem to excite them for the most part.
There are some other amateur review sites that I absolutely love. In particular, I really like Mark Prindle’s site. He can be astonishingly offensive, vulgar and flat out stupid at times, and he’s a little too obsessed with hard-core punk and metal for my tastes, but he can also be incredibly insightful and laugh-out-loud funny. His introductory piece on the smiths is a personal favourite [Edited 1/28/07 9:00am] | |
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damosuzuki said: I have mixed feelings about the W&M site. I admire the scope of what they’ve done, and I can’t say I really have huge objections to their reviews of the artists I personally care about, but overall I find their tastes rather uninteresting, and their writing style seems generic to me. Certainly they should be recognized for knowing and cataloging such a variety of music, but I just can’t get excited about the things that seem to excite them for the most part.
There are some other amateur review sites that I absolutely love. In particular, I really like Mark Prindle’s site. He can be astonishingly offensive, vulgar and flat out stupid at times, and he’s a little too obsessed with hard-core punk and metal for my tastes, but he can also be incredibly insightful and laugh-out-loud funny. His introductory piece on the smiths is a personal favourite [Edited 1/28/07 6:48am] The smiths intro is hilarious!  | |
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Crazy broad. Media whore. Just like Michael Jackson. Always gotta be in the spotlight. Fuck 'er. Who needs her? Oh ho, sure, she's been some sort of inspiration to broads around the world or some crap. And like she uhhh.... Oh, she's bullshit. All these big stars - they get on your MTV there and act like big shots, and it's all just a bunch of Hollywood bullshit. But at least Madonna cusses. And she feigns masturbation on occasion, too! Woo hoo! What a revolutionary. But what do I know about anything? I haven't lived. Especially the life of a woman. So let's forget about rotten movies and silly little porn books and classified ads for baby-makers and concentrate on the one aspect of Madonna's existence that is probably the most overlooked here in late 1996 - her penis.
See, that's the crazy thing - you wouldn't expect a 60-year-old woman with a penis to be a "sex symbol," but sometimes a generation just gets so caught up in the flash and pizzazz and lack of anything interesting happening elsewhere in the mainstream music world that it just latches onto the first effeminate object that makes its way down the street. Alanis, for example. That broad in No Doubt, for another example. Man, I dig the word "broad." Madonna actually is capable of writing (or at least co-writing) a great song; she's proven that time and time and time after time again. But I'll be hogtied if she can figure out the difference between "worthwhile music" and "dullsville filler." If you're not in the mood to read the rest of this review, just go buy the greatest hits album. It's pretty friggin' great.
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damosuzuki said: I have mixed feelings about the W&A site. I admire the scope of what they’ve done, and I can’t say I really have huge objections to their reviews of the artists I personally care about, but overall I find their tastes rather uninteresting, and their writing style seems generic to me. Certainly they should be recognized for knowing and cataloging such a variety of music, but I just can’t get excited about the things that seem to excite them for the most part.
There are some other amateur review sites that I absolutely love. In particular, I really like Mark Prindle’s site. He can be astonishingly offensive, vulgar and flat out stupid at times, and he’s a little too obsessed with hard-core punk and metal for my tastes, but he can also be incredibly insightful and laugh-out-loud funny. His introductory piece on the smiths is a personal favourite [Edited 1/28/07 9:00am] Thats a cool site, thanx Just by his tone, I knew he would hate ELP's 90's albums. He is harsh LOL. He is dead on in places though Oddly, he likes Yes' most recent albums, and I think they are pretty crap. I might give them another try now though. | |
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thesexofit said: damosuzuki said: I have mixed feelings about the W&A site. I admire the scope of what they’ve done, and I can’t say I really have huge objections to their reviews of the artists I personally care about, but overall I find their tastes rather uninteresting, and their writing style seems generic to me. Certainly they should be recognized for knowing and cataloging such a variety of music, but I just can’t get excited about the things that seem to excite them for the most part.
There are some other amateur review sites that I absolutely love. In particular, I really like Mark Prindle’s site. He can be astonishingly offensive, vulgar and flat out stupid at times, and he’s a little too obsessed with hard-core punk and metal for my tastes, but he can also be incredibly insightful and laugh-out-loud funny. His introductory piece on the smiths is a personal favourite [Edited 1/28/07 9:00am] Thats a cool site, thanx Just by his tone, I knew he would hate ELP's 90's albums. He is harsh LOL. He is dead on in places though Oddly, he likes Yes' most recent albums, and I think they are pretty crap. I might give them another try now though. I haven't heard the last two studio albums - I was tempted to take a stab at them after reading his reviews, but I suspect he's being overly generous. At best, they might be passable, more likely they're wretched. Have you ever heard the album they did with Trevor Horn on vocals (Drama)? It's astonishingly good, I think...not quite Fragile or Close to the Edge great, but pretty damn good. [Edited 1/31/07 19:21pm] | |
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damosuzuki said: thesexofit said: Thats a cool site, thanx Just by his tone, I knew he would hate ELP's 90's albums. He is harsh LOL. He is dead on in places though Oddly, he likes Yes' most recent albums, and I think they are pretty crap. I might give them another try now though. I haven't heard the last two studio albums - I was tempted to take a stab at them after reading his reviews, but I suspect he's being overly generous with them. At best, they might be passable, more likely they're wretched. Have you ever heard the album they did with Trevor Horn on vocals (Drama)? It's astonishingly good, I think...not quite Fragile or Close to the Edge great, but pretty damn good. I find "drama" really "muddy" sounding if you know what I mean. Its like nothing else in their catalogue though. Did you buy the Anderson, bruford, howe and wakeman album? I actually did a thread today on one of their songs. I tend to go for their "rabin era" albums. But "close to the edge" is awesome, and "fragile" is great aswell. Iam gonna try a few more of their early ones soon. I got "tales from topographic oceans" that i still havin't played. The "brother of mine" video I posted is really good for a yes video LOL | |
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I find "drama" really "muddy" sounding if you know what I mean. Its like nothing else in their catalogue though.
I had a crappy old vinyl pressing that was basically unlistenable, but the disc version sounds perfectly a-ok to me. I think that album is actually a better take on the prog/new wave hybrid sound than their 80s stuff, though I like 90125 just fine as well. Did you buy the Anderson, bruford, howe and wakeman album? I actually did a thread today on one of their songs. I've always steered clear of that one, and unless I find it for $0.50 in a clearance bin, I always will. I've never heard one note from it. | |
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damosuzuki said: I find "drama" really "muddy" sounding if you know what I mean. Its like nothing else in their catalogue though.
I had a crappy old vinyl pressing that was basically unlistenable, but the disc version sounds perfectly a-ok to me. I think that album is actually a better take on the prog/new wave hybrid sound than their 80s stuff, though I like 90125 just fine as well. Did you buy the Anderson, bruford, howe and wakeman album? I actually did a thread today on one of their songs. I've always steered clear of that one, and unless I find it for $0.50 in a clearance bin, I always will. I've never heard one note from it.Ur a technophone I guess LOL. Yeah, wakemans keyboards sound like disney sometimes. And bruford is very heavy on the loud drum porgrammes (that I love naturally), but Howe is still kickin' though. His style was nothing like Rabins, and even as a guitar player myself, i still prefer the arena solo's of rabin. I'll try "drama" again aswell. It takes me alot of time to get into any yes album. Be cool if you could comment on the Yes "brother of mine" thread i did, as no one else will LOL | |
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