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Post by lockebox on Jan 13, 2011 21:07:07 GMT -5
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Post by jvandyck87 on Jan 13, 2011 21:22:02 GMT -5
As soon as I saw the band name, I knew I would be able to make the joke about the band name unless they surprised me and wound up actually being good.
Listening to the song, they're not terrible, but the lyrics are the epitome of generic active rock. The only elements I like are the little breakdowns before the verses, and the singer's voice during the verses even if the lyrics he's singing suck. I don't think this song has even the slightest chance of being a hit though, so I doubt we'll be hearing it.
EDIT: The chorus really sucks. I'd probably like this song okay if it weren't for the chorus being so dull, boring, generic, static, mediocre, and clichéd.
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Post by Nicholas2.0 on Jan 13, 2011 21:36:34 GMT -5
Hot Adina Howard remake! ;)
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Post by American Idiot on Jan 13, 2011 23:44:51 GMT -5
Hot Adina Howard remake! ;) Oh god. I'm surprised I actually remember how that song immediately went AND I liked it back then  |
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Post by American Idiot on Jan 13, 2011 23:48:31 GMT -5
As for this song though, I think it's decent. I'm not too fond of the singer's voice either.
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Post by Nicholas2.0 on Jan 14, 2011 0:50:44 GMT -5
Hot Adina Howard remake! ;) Oh god. I'm surprised I actually remember how that song immediately went AND I liked it back then You don't still like it? I do... |
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Post by American Idiot on Jan 14, 2011 13:31:53 GMT -5
Oh god. I'm surprised I actually remember how that song immediately went AND I liked it back then You don't still like it? I do... I didn't think I would since I don't listen to anything similar to it now. However, after I posted that last night, I watched the video on YouTube and I'll be honest that I still do like it as well which shocks the absolute hell out of me :o |
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Post by halo19 on Jan 14, 2011 15:33:58 GMT -5
I take it you were expecting to be... Underwhelmed?  btw, Nicholas stole my thunder this time. |
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Post by onefrayedrepublic on Jan 16, 2011 6:15:02 GMT -5
Almost as good as the band that named themselves Big Dismal.
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Post by pen on Jan 16, 2011 8:40:52 GMT -5
Almost as good as the band that named themselves Big Dismal. Hey, "Reality" was a great song. Screw you. |
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Post by lockebox on Jan 17, 2011 20:10:01 GMT -5
Almost as good as the band that named themselves Big Dismal. Hey, "Reality" was a great song. Screw you. The band name was still ideal. They had such a boring, cliched post-grunge sound. The lead single & the one featuring Amy Lee were the only half-memorable songs. Another cock-up from Wind-Up. |
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Post by pen on Jan 17, 2011 21:10:55 GMT -5
Hey, "Reality" was a great song. Screw you. The band name was still ideal. They had such a boring, cliched post-grunge sound. The lead single & the one featuring Amy Lee were the only half-memorable songs. Another cock-up from Wind-Up. "Reality" and "Remember" were great songs, and I wish they had made more instead of Eric going off and trying to be a country singer. I repeat my original conclusion: screw you. |
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Post by lockebox on Jan 17, 2011 21:16:50 GMT -5
The band name was still ideal. They had such a boring, cliched post-grunge sound. The lead single & the one featuring Amy Lee were the only half-memorable songs. Another cock-up from Wind-Up. "Reality" and "Remember" were great songs, and I wish they had made more instead of Eric going off and trying to be a country singer. I repeat my original conclusion: screw you. "Remember" is the song I was talking about. Well, yeah they could have established themselves on the Christian scene, but they're not really THAT much of a miss. |
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Post by pen on Jan 17, 2011 21:24:46 GMT -5
"Reality" and "Remember" were great songs, and I wish they had made more instead of Eric going off and trying to be a country singer. I repeat my original conclusion: screw you. "Remember" is the song I was talking about. Well, yeah they could have established themselves on the Christian scene, but they're not really THAT much of a miss. Any band that wastes their potential is a miss. We need more winners and less losers. There are way too many bands out there getting popular by making shlock and the bands who actually put an effort into their work get shafted. There so many one-album bands I wish had found the backbone and the finances to keep making music, but unfortunately, they'll just have to live on as a what could have been. |
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Post by lockebox on Jan 17, 2011 22:10:54 GMT -5
"Remember" is the song I was talking about. Well, yeah they could have established themselves on the Christian scene, but they're not really THAT much of a miss. Any band that wastes their potential is a miss. We need more winners and less losers. There are way too many bands out there getting popular by making shlock and the bands who actually put an effort into their work get shafted. There so many one-album bands I wish had found the backbone and the finances to keep making music, but unfortunately, they'll just have to live on as a what could have been. They just sounded like a Pearl Jam (even Creed) clone to me, I'm not sure they would have gone much further. Active rock definitely ignored them the first time, anyway. Oh I can think of a dozen one-album wonders better than Big Dismal, aswell. Neurosonic stand out to me. I thought their one album was immense. City Sleeps, also. |
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Post by pen on Jan 17, 2011 22:38:13 GMT -5
Any band that wastes their potential is a miss. We need more winners and less losers. There are way too many bands out there getting popular by making shlock and the bands who actually put an effort into their work get shafted. There so many one-album bands I wish had found the backbone and the finances to keep making music, but unfortunately, they'll just have to live on as a what could have been. They just sounded like a Pearl Jam (even Creed) clone to me, I'm not sure they would have gone much further. Active rock definitely ignored them the first time, anyway. Oh I can think of a dozen one-album wonders better than Big Dismal, aswell. Neurosonic stand out to me. I thought their one album was immense. City Sleeps, also. Neurosonic and City Sleeps were good, Mad At Gravity and Vex Red are two that also stand out to me a lot. |
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Post by My Life Is A Stereo on Apr 10, 2011 15:39:17 GMT -5
Going through all the old threads I hadn't seen topic before, all this band name did was remind me to go back to this.....
now i should probably listen to this song.
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