RateTheSongAboveYou Game

Foo Fighters - The Pretender - 7/10

for a catchy chorus.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ES1RypBww_g -
Racer X (here solo Paul Gilbert) - Technical Difficulties

The best guitar virtuoso IMO, I love every aspect of his guitar playing. Met him in person, a real down-to-earth guy.
Not to mention he has an hot-arse japanese wife!

My idol because of these facts, no more, no less .

8/10

Pretty good.

"Just forget" by Tsutchie

I have yet to see "Samurai Champloo", but somehow hip-hop beats & quasi-samurai marriage doesn't appeal to me.
As for the song - a good backtrack for a hip-hop monologue, fixed beat, some nice sounds here and there (like the sax that comes in in a different key), but overall nothing special.

Just Forget by Tsutchie - 7/10

So, yesterday I've forced myself to actually check out this "Twilight" movie, that many of you like so much.
All I can say it could be a good flick for a drinking game - when you see anything gay, anyone trying to act cool and dark, romantic as fuk, swing a one! I have a strong % tolerance, but not as strong to survive till the end of this movie.
I spare my coments 'bout the plot, actors and such.
Anyway, one thing made me mad - I've thought I've heard a classical song that I've once known. So I stopped the projection, sat down and dug into my memories. And here it was! Claude Debussy - Clair de Lune!
If Debussy would see what his compositions are used for, he'd roll on his back in his grave.

So, a little classic here from the same author, as an excuse for my rant :

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v0CLYpYKHNY - Claude Debussy - Reverie, IMO the most famous song of this brilliant expresionist.

D:

10/10 for that wonderful song.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s9JFU5nxP5 Hans Zimmer - Cliffhanger Snowmobile

(From the CoD: Modern Warfare 2 Soundtrack if you're wondering)

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7.5/10 Claud Debussy was an okay song but definetly not the best classical songs I heard.

Love you like water Weird vid but I believe it is a great song.

9/10, awesome beat, sounds like something i'd love to listen to strolling around downtown.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Crss3GldyW4 The Qemists - Dem na Like Me

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=URh67MqH4bc The Whip - Trash

8/10 The Qemists - Dem na Like Me
That's a song I never have gotten tired off. It fits my current mood perfectly.

7/10 The Whip - Trash
Dig it, but not enough.

I've decided to have a Norwegian posting-spree, starting off with this:
Kaizers Orchestra - Maestro

It's on Norwegian, but it's subtitled to English.

Kaizers Orchestra - Maestro

Oh, my god, alternative rock song... guess they're all bad no matter of the language.

Seriously annoing, awful vocalist, unoriginal beat...

as a sing of being in other language than english I'll give :

2/10

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_GRqvfhUEsk - Jorn / Alllen - My Own Way

If we're talking 'bout Norwegian artists. The Master - Jorn Lande is Norwegian .
I know I've posted this guy performance with band called ARK before, but he's simply godly in every project he makes .

Wow... stinged my heart...

9/10 I love Jorn Lande's work and the artist combination is fantastic!

Madcon - Beggin

Probably the best rapgroup in Norway.

9/10

I generally don't like rap nowadays since a bunch of it is nothing more than than swear words sung rapidly, but this one reminded me of the late 80's to 90's era, where rap actually was a form of musical expression and sounded GOOD. Props to you.

Baba O'Riley - The Who

7/10 not really my style of music, but solid enough.


Hoppipolla - Sigur Ros (Heima version)

8/10 Aaah... Iceland is such a beautiful country and the nice melody just finds its place in my head.

More Norwegian:
Donkeyboy - Ambitions

Donkeyboy - Ambitions

No wow here, but a nice melody and a vocalist that fits. I'm not sure if I could rate the video, because the plot was kind of fun and the girl that starred there was, as they say, relevant to my interests .

6+/10

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TUbF6eU0Znc&feature=related - Traci Lords with Juno Reactor - Control REMIX aka. Reptile's Theme from Mortal Kombat OST

Classic track for me, makes me feel like punching something over and over again .

10/10, Awesome.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mtbVdsYQ5FQ Pendulum - Showdown (I love this one, whenever I play it while racing in Forza 3 it makes me want to put my foot down, if you catch my drift )

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GqNnnViKDBM Pendulum - Propane Nightmares

Pendulum - Showdown

I haven't played Forza 3 (except the demo), but I can totally understand why this track made into racing game soundtrack.
Although I find beating annoying after a while, as for a stand - alone song.
Nevertheless it's a good track.

7+/10 from me.

And, while we're at racing games...


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oM0d2esrSOw - Patrick Phelan - Breathless remixed by daXX from Lotus III The Ultimate Challenge

Although the game is old, I still like to play it, especially on my Amiga 500 wich I recently dug out of my parents basement .
This track, remix of Breathless is a constant guest on my mp3 player, one of few songs that will probably never dissapear from it's modest, 1GB memory .

or for those who want something with more guitar to it

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xha_RAvS3qs&feature=channel - Street Fighter IV - Volcanic Rim by damienwarlock.

Awesome guitar cover of an awsome SFIV song.

6/10 Patrick Phelan - Breathless remixed by daXX
This is nothing I would listen to by free will, but it's so well done and it also fits perfectly for an old racing game.

8/10 Street Fighter IV - Volcanic Rim by damienwarlock
Mmm... yes. I like the guitar <3 And it's funny that someone makes this kind of music for such games.


Last from my Norwegian posting spree:

a-ha - The Sun Always Shines on TV

It's possibly the most famous Norwegian band ever, so why not?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mvkdYr54f0Y - A-Ha - The Sun Always Shines on TV

I've just recently discovered that they're Norwegian band, so untill then Gorgoroth was the most famous Norwegian band for me .

Honestly, it's a pop with an '80's scent of cold wave, but the fact that it has '80's sound (wich I love) and cold wave feeling (wich I sort of like) my rating is

8/10

If the song would be produced nowdays I guess it would be 5-6/10 or so. But '80's roxx .



And while we're at '80's AND cold wave, here is a close friend of David Bowie, one of the first artists to die on diesease that was back then still called "faggot cancer" (AIDS)...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gFaZyHxQGYQ - Klaus Nomi - Simple Man

When I first heard that guy I was simply amazed by the simple fact that I didn't knew what I've heard and saw. I was shocked. Displeased, yet I just HAD to see more.
And I fell in love with this man music . Extravagant, unconventional, original, out-of-this-world...

9/10, I don't know why but it makes me laugh.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gh-8kfq8syI Barenaked Ladies - Easy

My favorite local band.

10/10 I've always liked Barenaked Ladies, they're a solid band and never fail to impress.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yC_3alnTE9g Mogwai - Friend of the Night

Can you guess my favorite genre, yet?

Winds wrote:
Can you guess my favorite genre, yet?

My friend (partygoer, house 'n' techno fan) would say "depressing shiet" (he knows Mogwai better than I do - his sister is tormenting him with it ).

Allow me to not give you my anwser. Because it could be simmilar to the one above.


Golden Dragon, you've never rated my song!

FFFF sorry.

Anyways, 8.5/10 for Winds' song.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VwzRLgJorYQ Boys Noise - & Down

8/10 sounds weird like a factory but i like the 33 second mark and the 2:29

Hollywood Undead-Young

7/10 I like the song very much, but I've heard it so many times that I'm actually tired of it.

Atreyu - Storm to Pass

Atreyu - Storm to Pass

The good :
- clean production
- promising solo
The bad :
- dull vocals
- dull composition
- gay execution

My rating - 4/10
It's below five because this song irritates me - it's neither ambitious neither easy-to-listen.

and, while we're at the topic of Norwegian music, especially metal music :

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v_gm4ds1GcI&feature=related - Conception - Among The Gods

Ten minutes and a half of a purely awesome song. Progressive metal, so it's definiately not for everyone. A band wich starred Roy Khan wich many of you may know from an awful, terrible, shitty band called Kamelot. Tore Østby on the guitar, a guy that inspired me when I was sixteen .

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v_gm4ds1GcI&feature=related
Conception - Among The Gods

10/10

I f**king love this song! I'm a big metal fan, and Conception is onne of the best bands within the genre. I can't say so much more than that I'm stunned. The guitar is amazing, with both acoustic and electric guitar solos, and the changes between them! I have to thank you so much for posting this song.

Heh, I had stopped posting Norwegian. Atreyu is from USA, but now I wanna go Norwegian again!

Here we go ethnic extreme metal:

Keep of Kalessin - Ascendant

These guys are from the same city as I, and they are actually competing in the Norwegian Melody Grand Prix this year.