Board 8 > The Board 8 Song of the Week Club - Week 10

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alright I'm gonna put my foot down a bit, really wanna try to get this back on track. Some people didn't vote last week but we have enough to determine a winner.

Week 9 playlist: https://open.spotify.com/user/the_stricken_one/playlist/1nXy0CwcHgkEo98CDOPa8N

Honor Thy Father got off to a strong lead last week, and despite He Said He Had A Story making a run Honor Thy Father held on.

Last Week's Winner:
Dream Theater - Honor Thy Father (Shaduln):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KGHXy9Fa45k

Schedule:
Monday: Bane_Of_Despair (1), Snake5555555555
Tuesday: MycroProcessor, jcgamer107
Wednesday: VeryInsane (1), mcflubbin
Thursday: digi (1), Seginustemple (2)
Friday: Terastodon, Shaduln (2)
Saturday: Steiner (2), MysticBrohan
Sunday(ish): Poll!
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The Gun Club - Give Up the Sun

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iW52kZjn1Vs
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ok I figured we could use a little chaos so here we go. There's a bunch I could have gone with for Glassjaw but let's do a deep dive. Such a great band, and they just came out with a new album that is fantastic. This youtube version I found has like a minute of nothing at the end, but the whole song is in there. It just ends at like 5 minutes instead of 6.

Glassjaw - Jesus Glue

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3pAq7MZZe0Y
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Cool. I was ready to wait until next week but I'm glad we're carrying on now.

This song's pretty well-known but it's dope af so oh well.

Gorillaz - Superfast Jellyfish

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dWHCHgPpa0k
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Wow that's terrible, holy shit
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Bane_Of_Despair posted...

Wow that's terrible, holy shit

I didn't read the second part of Mycro's post before I read this and I thought you were talking about the song, and now I feel bad for laughing so hard.
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Anyway, here's mine:

La Roux - Colourless Colour

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CRF9smhIMXY
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mcflubbin posted...

Bane_Of_Despair posted...

Wow that's terrible, holy shit

I didn't read the second part of Mycro's post before I read this and I thought you were talking about the song, and now I feel bad for laughing so hard.

lol same
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mcflubbin posted...

Bane_Of_Despair posted...

Wow that's terrible, holy shit

I didn't read the second part of Mycro's post before I read this and I thought you were talking about the song, and now I feel bad for laughing so hard.

i did read mycro's post but i laughed really hard at your interpretation
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same
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Steiner posted...

mcflubbin posted...

Bane_Of_Despair posted...

Wow that's terrible, holy shit

I didn't read the second part of Mycro's post before I read this and I thought you were talking about the song, and now I feel bad for laughing so hard.

i did read mycro's post but i laughed really hard at your interpretation

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that's been my response to all but like one mycro song thus far anyway

haven't listened to this week's
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MysticBrohan posted...

Steiner posted...

mcflubbin posted...

Bane_Of_Despair posted...

Wow that's terrible, holy shit

I didn't read the second part of Mycro's post before I read this and I thought you were talking about the song, and now I feel bad for laughing so hard.

i did read mycro's post but i laughed really hard at your interpretation

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Also my song for this week (Feel like the trend is just picking stuff I really like this year just cause it's close to end of year)

Priests - Suck

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1louJEUOuRA
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Snake5555555555 posted...

The Gun Club - Give Up the Sun

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iW52kZjn1Vs

this was terrible. i was already bored by it after 30 seconds and then it went on for 5:30 minutes.

Bane_Of_Despair posted...

Glassjaw - Jesus Glue

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3pAq7MZZe0Y

horrible song. i liked nothing about it.
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well we're off to a good start
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jcgamer107 posted...

Gorillaz - Superfast Jellyfish

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dWHCHgPpa0k

well, i love de la soul so them being on this is a plus but i love the beat too. great number.

MycroProcessor posted...

Simon Phillips - Upside in Downside Up

i listened to this on spotify because the YT video didn't work for me. i thought "this name sounds familiar" and then i remembered why - not too long ago simon phillips played in the netherlands! (unfortunately it wasn't anywhere near where i lived, though.) very nice keyboard solo. i adore that fender rhodes sound (so much so that i unironically listen to bob james), but it's a good solo aside from that. good job "otmaro ruz"! i wasn't familiar with you but i'd like to hear more solos from you. excellent jazz fusion tune overall.
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mcflubbin posted...

La Roux - Colourless Colour

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CRF9smhIMXY

la roux! i used to bicker with icon in the iconsience topic about this duo when the album this song is from had just come out (he hated them). but yeah, i really like this. i'm a synthpop fan and this is just a very well written synthpop song.

VeryInsane posted...

Priests - Suck

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1louJEUOuRA

another post-punk song but i do like this one (take note, the gun club!). i like the melodies and they keep the song from becoming repetitive by bringing in the saxophone after a few minutes. also, i have a soft spot for rock-ish music with female vocalists, so...
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Vulfpeck - Tee Time

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iFG18LOlj-o

I suppose I can talk about some songs for now, better to split it up than jam them all up on like Sunday/Monday and lose interest in writing stuff about them

The Gun Club - Give Up the Sun

I think this tries a little too hard to be an epic with its slow accelerating pace which I don't normally associate with post-punk. That said, it's a solid track, the vocalist's voice almost reminds me a bit of a mix of Jim Morrison and David Byrne, and I found myself enjoying the ending of it quite a bit. Give Up the Sun isn't the catchiest of slogans but man does the guy give his energy to make it sound like such.

Glassjaw - Jesus Glue
Decent riff at the beginning, their vocalist and session reminds me signficantly of bands like Deftones and A Perfect Circle, which I approve of significantly. I was worried that the song was going to plateau, but then all of a sudden the bridge happened. The breakdowns seem a little bit forced, but apart from that, excellent song.


If I'm not done with rankings by Sunday, then I'm leaving. This isn't a challenge to you all, but it's more a challenge to myself to invigorate myself to talk more about these songs. If I'm not holding myself to some sort of standard, then I don't think I belong here.
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Gorillaz - Superfast Jellyfish

Always thought this song was an underrated track on Plastic Beach. Goofy, fun, and unique. It doesn't necessarily give me any particularly strong feelings, but it doesn't hurt either.

Simon Phillips - Upside in Downside Up

Pew Pew Pew Pew Pew Pew Pew Pew Pew.... Pew Pew Pew Pew Pew Pew Pew Pew? WOW WOW WOW WOW WOW WOW DOW WOW WOW WOW

Ok this song actually is pretty decent, it's an instrumental that starts off as like, boss music and such and then has this jazzy middle and then closes with a guitar song.... I feel like it's a bit too cheesy for my tastes, but I can see some users potentially voting for this at least. Sucks that his house burned down!
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No genre will ever come close to country music when it comes to telling epic stories ... one of my absolute favorites this week:

Reba McEntire - The Night The Lights Went Out In Georgia

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vpkE5Ee3AOo
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Seginustemple posted...

Vulfpeck - Tee Time

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iFG18LOlj-o

this reminded me of stuff (not "stuff" as in "things"; "stuff" is the name of a band steve gadd used to have) and some tracks by the yellowjackets. expected them to change things up after a few minutes but that never happened, aside from the addition of handclaps, so that was slightly disappointing. still a good tune, though.

digiiiiiiiii posted...

Reba McEntire - The Night The Lights Went Out In Georgia

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vpkE5Ee3AOo

i've stated before that i hate country, but hey, there's always exceptions to the rule! this was pretty good. i liked the melodies.

don't know what's with these SotW members saying "no genre comes close to country in storytelling," though. first snake, now you! you guys need to listen to more hip hop.
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i listen to more hip-hop than any other genre
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well then you're just crazy
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no, just incredibly, impossibly correct in everything i say

it's a burden.
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Bane_Of_Despair posted...

ok I figured we could use a little chaos so here we go. There's a bunch I could have gone with for Glassjaw but let's do a deep dive. Such a great band, and they just came out with a new album that is fantastic. This youtube version I found has like a minute of nothing at the end, but the whole song is in there. It just ends at like 5 minutes instead of 6.

Glassjaw - Jesus Glue

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3pAq7MZZe0Y

The vocal delivery, riff, and drums kick ass. That screaming part at about 4:30 was fantastic and a great way to end the song.

jcgamer107 posted...

Cool. I was ready to wait until next week but I'm glad we're carrying on now.

This song's pretty well-known but it's dope af so oh well.

Gorillaz - Superfast Jellyfish

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dWHCHgPpa0k

Kind of reminds me of an Eminem/Dr. Dre collab, in the way the vocals are presented. Love the sunny-sounding chorus and the sample is used very well.

MycroProcessor posted...

Simon Phillips - Upside in Downside Up

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9vA1D5dFS94

I was GOING to say "posting this since I'm going to see this guy live this weekend!!" but as of today I just learned that his house was burnt down in the fires going on in california so he's cancelled the rest of his tour so now I am sad! Both sad that I don't get to see him and sad for him that his house burnt down.

That was fine, I liked the overall sound of it and helped my concentrate on some writing on was doing.

mcflubbin posted...

Anyway, here's mine:

La Roux - Colourless Colour

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CRF9smhIMXY

The beat is really catchy and the vocals are pleasing to listen to.

VeryInsane posted...

Also my song for this week (Feel like the trend is just picking stuff I really like this year just cause it's close to end of year)

Priests - Suck

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1louJEUOuRA

The Instruments started off really interesting and fun but the song kind of settled into a groove of boring mediocrity.

Seginustemple posted...

Vulfpeck - Tee Time

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iFG18LOlj-o

Vulfpeck has way better songs than this but it was fun to sort of dance along to.

digiiiiiiiii posted...

No genre will ever come close to country music when it comes to telling epic stories ... one of my absolute favorites this week:

Reba McEntire - The Night The Lights Went Out In Georgia

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vpkE5Ee3AOo

You literally took the words out of my mouth this time! Reba's vocals are so smooth and I really like the instruments on this song, seriously gets you into the mood for this song and even more country like it.
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Mr Lasastryke posted...

this reminded me of stuff (not "stuff" as in "things"; "stuff" is the name of a band steve gadd used to have)

Good call Lasa, it's definitely a take on Richard Tee's style of jamming (https://youtu.be/xPu_xp_O9ZI?t=83)

Snake5555555555 posted...

Vulfpeck has way better songs than this but it was fun to sort of dance along to.

Ultimately I agree, but I've been learning to play this one and it's been like keyboard cocaine to me for the past few weeks. I might actually break form and rec more Vulf down the line cause I just love 'em so much. There's so much talent just between the three guys clapping it'd be a crime not to showcase at some point

i'm actually not that familiar with stuff. didn't even know the keyboard player was richard tee!

the yellowjackets track i was thinking of was this one, btw:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R2qUJw1WjZM (they have other tracks that are kind of in this style that i can't immediately name but this one's probably the most similar.)
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Artist - Song Title

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tilsrO-3gcQ
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I didn't have much time to think of my song this week so I'm going to post it tomorrow instead of rushing it.
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peeping tom - we're not alone

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jo3zAdXM4Tk
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this reminded me of mycro
Julian Casablancas - River of Brakelights

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IGrnkswbDTE
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dammit shaduln
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@Shaduln you liar!
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e_USBSPSI5M

Shad is Voldemort
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lol voldemort looks like a character from a FMV cutscene from a crappy PSX game.
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That movie is from like 2001 so they were still trying to figure things out
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i know, i watched it in the theater in 2001.

after not seeing the movie for years i'm just surprised how badly this CGI has aged. i mean, fellowship of the ring is also from 2001 and that movie still looks fine!
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Sorry I was going to post this last night and I fell asleep instead. Here's a discover from my discover weekly that I thought was pretty cool!

Art by Numbers - Best Laid Plans

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DKG-QHpQM58
https://open.spotify.com/track/1OyoJqeeKrnrFw3MwMesJc
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Terastodon posted...

Wrabel - The Village

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tilsrO-3gcQ

this was pretty terrible. the music was extremely boring. also, i usually don't give songs shit for lyrics (unless we're talking about, like, hip hop), but it annoyed me how blunt the lyrics were. good message, but i like for my protest/"message" songs to be a bit more subtle about the point they're making than this.

(i thought the music video was over the top to the point of being lolworthy, too. i lost it when they did the "running towards the camera in slow motion" thing.)

Shaduln posted...

Art by Numbers - Best Laid Plans

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DKG-QHpQM58

this kind of reminded me of diablo swing orchestra, with the "jazz/rock guitars fusion" kind of music. i'd rather listen to diablo swing orchestra than this, though. i guess it was a bit too much on the "boring rock" side for me and not enough on the jazz side. the final minute was pretty good but by then it was too little too late.
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Steiner posted...

peeping tom - we're not alone

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jo3zAdXM4Tk

despite this song kind of switching between different genres, i thought it was pretty boring. there's other tracks on this album i like way better.

MysticBrohan posted...

Julian Casablancas - River of Brakelights

listened to this one on spotify because the YT video didn't work for me. this didn't remind me much of mycro, unless mycro is more into boring alt rock than i realized. i've heard worse stuff in this style but it was still kind of horrible and went on too long.
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Upside in Downside Up

Colourless Colour
Superfast Jellyfish
Tee Time
Suck
The Night the Lights Went Out in Georgia
Best Laid Plans
We're Not Alone
River of Brakelights
The Village
Give Up the Sun
Jesus Glue
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Bleh, I did say that I was going to listen to them all. I did, but I have to go to bed soon and don't really have time to do full write-ups

Colourless Color > The Night The Lights Went Out In Georgia > Jesus Glue for Top 3 this week. All extremely different yet each effective in their own way. In the end, going with something that fits my style a little more.
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Completely Spotify playlist for Week 10, sorry it's a bit late

https://open.spotify.com/user/the_stricken_one/playlist/5t6AbRgC3Y2VxgCVp9H2c1
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I'm pretty stressed about IRL stuff at the moment. Will try to have at least my rankings, if not write-ups, finished by tomorrow night.
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Give Up The Sun - fun post-punk song, Pierce is a charismatic lead singer. I just like hearing him say give up the sun over and over for some reason.

Superfast Jellyfish - catchy and funky at the same time, super good album in general.

Upside In Downside Up - quite enjoyable, very pleasant to browse stuff to. I think in general I like the drummer ones you post, I think the very first week of this you posted a drummer one I liked, or it might have been week 2. Obviously this has a bit more with guitars and such but still primarily based around a drummer.

Colourless Color - la roux is always fun, and this is no exception. Think I like the verses a bit more than the chorus but all of it is enjoyable and smooth.

Suck - really dig her voice, especially when she does the falsettos. Song is simple but effective.

Tee Time - this is fine, I pictured Schroeder from Peanuts going hard playing this on his piano and the rest of the gang dancing like crazy.

The Night The Lights Went Out In Georgia - I have a soft spot for Reba, I used to watch her show fairly often when I was younger. I'm not a huge fan of country but she's always been an exception. In short, eff the cops (and judges)

The Village - very haunting but powerful. Especially love his vocals in the chorus, even for as simple as the chorus is. Verses have some choice lyrics too.

Best Laid Plains - Really like the vocalist. That being said, I don't think the song does quite enough to match the potential of him. There's some stuff here and there in it but I was kind of expecting more from when I heard his vocals. Still decent.

We're Not Alone - chorus is really catchy, and song in general is very much like Patton. Very out there, but still accessible at the same time.

River Of Brakelights - backing beat and guitars are really interesting to me, there's a sense of urgency that's pretty cool. Julian has always been very talented, and this whole package he has created on this song is great.
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The Village > River of Brakelights > Suck > We're Not Alone > Upside In Downside Up > The Night The Lights Went Out In Georgia > Best Laid Plans > Colourless Color > Superfast Jellyfish > Give Up The Sun > Tee Time
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jcgamer107 posted...

I'm pretty stressed about IRL stuff at the moment. Will try to have at least my rankings, if not write-ups, finished by tomorrow night.

No problem, although we'll try to aim for doing every week on time it's not the biggest issue to just have it started by Tuesday and Monday people just post theirs on same day as Tuesday.
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