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Post by Green Baron on Oct 6, 2014 6:56:02 GMT -5
I've been doing reviews since 2012, but I'm not going to link them all to you. Instead, I'll just update this with my latest one.
I'm an aspiring reviewer on Sputnikmusic, so if I can cross-promote, fine.
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Post by Flip on Oct 6, 2014 9:42:36 GMT -5
As long as you don't hate on good music :)
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Post by Green Baron on Oct 6, 2014 10:19:12 GMT -5
As long as you don't hate on good music :) my next is Tove Lo, so...
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Post by Mikey on Oct 6, 2014 10:33:06 GMT -5
As long as you don't hate on good music :) my next is Tove Lo, so... Wew, that's harsh...
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Post by Green Baron on Oct 6, 2014 16:37:21 GMT -5
O.A.R. | The Rockville LP 55/100
To read the rest of the review, click here.
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Post by Green Baron on Oct 6, 2014 16:55:26 GMT -5
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Post by Cody on Oct 6, 2014 17:11:19 GMT -5
Just FYI it's cool if you wanna do this and all, but I won't be reading. I personally find reviews of music, movies, and tv shows to be useless. Everyone's taste is unique, no two people have identical likes, so to allow someone else's opinion of something to dictate whatever action I take regarding that piece of media would just be silly.
Besides, when I do read reviews (and I only do so AFTER having seen/heard the media for myself), I usually disagree with more of what's written than I agree with, even if I agree with the reviewer on the general black or white question of whether it was good or bad.
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Post by Devil Marlena Nylund on Oct 6, 2014 17:32:32 GMT -5
I'm kind of impressed at your writing, I won't lie. Whether I agree or not (I haven't heard the album), I expected you to focus on how much it wasn't alternative but you didn't. lol
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Post by Green Baron on Oct 6, 2014 17:37:16 GMT -5
I'm kind of impressed at your writing, I won't lie. Whether I agree or not (I haven't heard the album), I expected you to focus on how much it wasn't alternative but you didn't. lol I'm trying to look professional, I can't pull that kind of crap. but I'm easily the youngest reviewer there and everyone gives me shit for my personal life there so i told them all to lick my testicles and fucked off i still review there, but i'm not an active user so
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Post by Green Baron on Oct 6, 2014 17:40:47 GMT -5
I'm kind of impressed at your writing, I won't lie. Whether I agree or not (I haven't heard the album), I expected you to focus on how much it wasn't alternative but you didn't. lol Also everyone thinks my review of Anberlins cities is my best so just Google green baron anberlin cities sputnik and it's the 6th result
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Post by Web on Oct 6, 2014 17:42:31 GMT -5
Just FYI it's cool if you wanna do this and all, but I won't be reading. I personally find reviews of music, movies, and tv shows to be useless. Everyone's taste is unique, no two people have identical likes, so to allow someone else's opinion of something to dictate whatever action I take regarding that piece of media would just be silly. I feel the same way, and try to avoid reviews before listening to albums because I don't want to go into the album trying to fit my expectations into that person's limited viewpoint (because as much as I don't want to, after reading anything I've already been influenced by their opinion in some way) . I like listening with an objective, blank slate.
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Post by Green Baron on Oct 6, 2014 17:57:23 GMT -5
Just FYI it's cool if you wanna do this and all, but I won't be reading. I personally find reviews of music, movies, and tv shows to be useless. Everyone's taste is unique, no two people have identical likes, so to allow someone else's opinion of something to dictate whatever action I take regarding that piece of media would just be silly. I feel the same way, and try to avoid reviews before listening to albums because I don't want to go into the album trying to fit my expectations into that person's limited viewpoint (because as much as I don't want to, after reading anything I've already been influenced by their opinion in some way) . I like listening with an objective, blank slate. I'm the exact opposite
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Post by Devil Marlena Nylund on Oct 6, 2014 19:49:19 GMT -5
I'm not. I try as much as I can to form my own opinion and since I write reviews on most new albums I buy/listen to, I will take notes the first few times I listen until I'm pretty certain I know how I feel about the album and what my general rating is going to be. Sometimes I'm not sure why I feel the way I do about an album and then I'll read reviews to see if they explain it for me, but otherwise, I try to avoid reviews until afterward. It's the same way with movies. Usually all I know about an album beforehand is if it's getting really good or really bad reviews. I even avoid album threads here on Pulse until I've formed an opinion.
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Post by Green Baron on Oct 6, 2014 20:13:59 GMT -5
I'm not. I try as much as I can to form my own opinion and since I write reviews on most new albums I buy/listen to, I will take notes the first few times I listen until I'm pretty certain I know how I feel about the album and what my general rating is going to be. Sometimes I'm not sure why I feel the way I do about an album and then I'll read reviews to see if they explain it for me, but otherwise, I try to avoid reviews until afterward. It's the same way with movies. Usually all I know about an album beforehand is if it's getting really good or really bad reviews. I even avoid album threads here on Pulse until I've formed an opinion. but my anberlin review was based all on heart and soul not on the opinions of others
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Post by Green Baron on Oct 6, 2014 20:19:32 GMT -5
no Devil Marlena Nylund seriously like it all you want but there's no way stuff like "As a romantically inexperienced teenager, Cities changed my perceptions of love and heartbreak. In Christian’s eyes, love is futilely inquiring “Is anybody out there?” and falsely proclaiming that “things are change now for the better”. Forget moving on – why move on when the images can scar you mind and her words can be the noose for your hanging? If I had known the rejection would have been so severe, I never would have bothered asking her anyway. Months of hope and nervousness crushed by a word – the word that drove me to give up trying. Even though I swore never to fall in love again, what if I can’t help it?" was stolen from Steve McHalperin.
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Post by maine on Oct 6, 2014 21:19:07 GMT -5
I've always liked your reviews on Sputnik, even before I was on Pulse (or knew you were on Sputnik when I did join here ). Your review for O.A.R. is pretty spot on (or at least with my opinion of the album). It kinda surprises me how well of a writer you are lol.
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Post by Green Baron on Oct 6, 2014 21:22:33 GMT -5
I've always liked your reviews on Sputnik, even before I was on Pulse (or knew you were on Sputnik when I did join here ). Your review for O.A.R. is pretty spot on (or at least with my opinion of the album). It kinda surprises me how well of a writer you are lol. everyone's always so shocked how young i am, then they read my rants on life and they're like oh nvm i ain't surprised which reviews of mine have you liked the most before you knew I was on Pulse?
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Post by maine on Oct 6, 2014 21:26:59 GMT -5
I've always liked your reviews on Sputnik, even before I was on Pulse (or knew you were on Sputnik when I did join here ). Your review for O.A.R. is pretty spot on (or at least with my opinion of the album). It kinda surprises me how well of a writer you are lol. everyone's always so shocked how young i am, then they read my rants on life and they're like oh nvm i ain't surprised which reviews of mine have you liked the most before you knew I was on Pulse? To be honest I don't know lol. I've pos'd quite a few. I think it might have been your Mind Over Matter, Fading West, and American Authors EP (all from the same month lol) that I pos'd. I remember recognizing your name when I was on the Alt board, and then I connected the dots.
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Post by Green Baron on Oct 6, 2014 21:29:01 GMT -5
everyone's always so shocked how young i am, then they read my rants on life and they're like oh nvm i ain't surprised which reviews of mine have you liked the most before you knew I was on Pulse? To be honest I don't know lol. I've pos'd quite a few. I think it might have been your Mind Over Matter, Fading West, and American Authors EP (all from the same month lol) that I pos'd. I remember recognizing your name when I was on the Alt board, and then I connected the dots. did you know a user named greenlinkinmuse?
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Post by maine on Oct 6, 2014 21:51:52 GMT -5
To be honest I don't know lol. I've pos'd quite a few. I think it might have been your Mind Over Matter, Fading West, and American Authors EP (all from the same month lol) that I pos'd. I remember recognizing your name when I was on the Alt board, and then I connected the dots. did you know a user named greenlinkinmuse? Not from what I can remember.
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Post by Green Baron on Oct 7, 2014 21:16:10 GMT -5
Tove Lo | Queen of the Clouds TBA/100
Read the rest of the review when the contest is over.
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Post by Green Baron on Oct 7, 2014 21:30:20 GMT -5
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Post by maine on Oct 7, 2014 21:33:15 GMT -5
56/one hunda
Good review though. One thing I gotta ask, did you view of "Not On Drugs" change? I remember in the QOTC thread you said that's where the album got sh*tty, but in your full review, you praised it. Just curious lol. And full thoughts on "Thousand Miles" (lol favorite one for me)?
ETA: Sh*t, I read the review before you posted about the contest lol. I gave it an expanded rating though.
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Post by Lordef†ones on Oct 7, 2014 21:36:13 GMT -5
Wow how dare you bash Tove Lo wtf is this.
I usually don't pay attention to reviews unless it's an album I listen to, cause then I compare my thoughts with critics' (I also like it when albums I love get widespread acclaim) I do tend to favor AllMusic though.
Also I prefer track-by-track reviews, though not enough people do them unfortunately.
If I were to guess your score though, I'd guess 70, which is really undeserving cause I love to love Tove Lo.
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Post by Green Baron on Oct 7, 2014 21:38:41 GMT -5
If I were to guess your score though, I'd guess 70, which is really undeserving cause I love to love Tove Lo. I just gave her so much shit and you guess 70?????
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Post by Lordef†ones on Oct 7, 2014 21:40:59 GMT -5
If I were to guess your score though, I'd guess 70, which is really undeserving cause I love to love Tove Lo. I just gave her so much s**t and you guess 70????? I have to AT LEAST hope you let your integrity win you over your Habit hate, because it's truly a good album.
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Post by surfy on Oct 7, 2014 21:41:17 GMT -5
I don't agree with the review, but I will guess a 40.
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Post by Fancy on Oct 7, 2014 22:11:03 GMT -5
45
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Post by josh on Oct 7, 2014 22:17:07 GMT -5
0
"Beyond all else, perhaps, think of this zero as the massive bedazzled orifice out of which our heroine has spawned a new era of popular culture."
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Post by Zeebz on Oct 7, 2014 22:36:15 GMT -5
55, given that you like some of it.
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