The Syndicate

A classic forum game, loved by all, reprised here. The song limit is 20 minutes. Anyone complaining about "overlong" tracks will be decapitated by their most loved one by robotic command. And remember, your opinion matters. I'll begin.

What is the rating system? Thumbs up/down? One to Ten?

In any case, I can live without it, Thumbs Down, a rating of 4~ she has talent, but this style of music is not for me.

I'd say a 4/5, the instrumentation was really cool but wasn't a huge fan of Ziggy's voice. Pretty little song though.

Meh. 5. It was OK, but I had to play it twice, I forgot to pay attention to it. So....meh.

My mistake, I should've specified. I would propose a 1-5 rating system, that's what I'm used to for these.

And The Stooges will always get a 5/5.

Defs a 5/5 that was sonically interesting and catchy. Can't believe I hadn't heard of that artist before. :O

3/5 Not a bad song.

I will give it 3/5, I like the Meat Puppets version better.

4/5 not my favorite Floyd, the end always gets a little tedious for me, but I still enjoy it greatly.

That was definitely different. The only thing I knew about her before seeing that just now was that she dated PT Anderson way back when. I think it'll grow on me. 4/5

Interesting, but it was a little smooth for my taste, I didn't hate it, but i don't love it either. 3/5

Can definitely tell that Opeth w/ Steven Wilson involved and that brings up my enjoyment of it a little bit but I've never been a huge fan of Opeth. 3/5 because I like the guitar tone.

3/5

Add a little something new to the mix....

Mixed feelings~ I LOVE the girl singer and the whole backline, and I also like the fact that this has an almost R & B feel rather than a hardcore feel, I dislike all the self references, though; it is hard to put yourself into the song with someone chanting "Ghostface", lol. I will give it a 4/5 which surprises me, I did not expect to like it at all.

3/5

An urban Decemberists feel initially. I like the song, but the passengers are annoying as all get out.

^ 4/5, you already know that that album is one of my favorite of the year. :P Good as prog gets nowadays.

^ 4/5 GBV! Awesome stuff, without a doubt.

3.5/5 I liked that song more than I thought I would.

2/5, NOT a Kanye fan in general, and although sometimes R & B/rap hybrids work (see the Ghostface Killah you posted up there) this time I don't think it does.

This is dated, very, but I love the way these two work together~

3/5 good song overall. And you are right, the two of them do work very well together.

and BTW....I'm not overly fond of Kanye West, either. I do think that he has some brilliant music out there, but I'm so put off by him as a human being. :lol:

3/5, solid track, not the most innovative or thrilling, but definitely solid. Good stuff.

Not a REM Fan - but the song is ok :/ 2/5

^3.5/5. That style of music doesn't resonate with me as much as it used to, but it's still a solid track.

Marathoning Talking Heads' discography today has put me in the mood for this one:

^ 5/5, one of my all-time favorite Talking Heads songs, an absolute classic.

^ One of the best instrumentals ever honestly :o 5/5

It's Zappa, but not my favorite Zappa, so I say 4.8/5



Earlyish Nick Cave

3.5/5, not bad. I've never listened to them as The Boys Next Door, only The Birthday Party.

Haunting. So Very Haunting. It somehow reminded me of a Mass and something even more pure at the same time. It's not my taste every day, but it was awesome today.

I give it a 5/5.

And with that - I was reading the tread from the start thinking "Imma so gonna post Nick Cave." So thanks SVS for beating me to the punch - and doing it with a more obscure song. It would figure. You are usually about 10 steps ahead of me.

That said - it's my humble offering. Mostly because it's the song I most want to listen to right now.