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Post by lockebox on Jan 8, 2010 18:57:48 GMT -5
Second single from the album "Smash the Control Machine". After the title track suprisingly hit the top 30. Adds date: January 26th.
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Post by pen on Jan 8, 2010 19:36:30 GMT -5
I think this is one of the best songs off of the album and certainly one of the most single-ready. This band doesn't really seem like one that will ever break into the mainstream though. Their style is dated and their singer honestly scares me.
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Post by jvandyck87 on Jan 9, 2010 18:21:25 GMT -5
^Not to mention they blow.
*walks away mischievously"
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Post by Nicholas2.0 on Jan 10, 2010 3:20:32 GMT -5
^Not to mention they blow. *walks away mischievously" I don't even have enough exposure (and recent exposure, at that) to have an opinion on Otep, but that was funny, right there.  |
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Post by chillpill on Jan 11, 2010 1:59:59 GMT -5
I want the singer to use a strap-on on me! |
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Post by pen on Jan 11, 2010 2:43:59 GMT -5
That's disturbing.
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Post by My Life Is A Stereo on Jan 11, 2010 5:04:26 GMT -5
It's even more disturbing with that creepy smiley.....I'm sleeping with one eye open tonight. |
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Post by lockebox on Jan 12, 2010 12:30:43 GMT -5
Wish I had done the same. I had nightmares regarding that outburst. Anyway, I gave this song a chance in the end. It's decent. Nothing more, nothing less. It really does sound like an "Iowa" outtake with Otep at the helm. Lots of grunts and growls a plenty.
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Post by PHOBES on Jan 12, 2010 16:08:12 GMT -5
^Not to mention they blow. *walks away mischievously" I was going to come in here and ask whether it was Otep or Opeth you said you liked. I guess I have my answer. |
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Post by jvandyck87 on Jan 12, 2010 16:32:10 GMT -5
Hehe well I think if you listened to both and knew anything about my taste, you could probably guess which I liked. Though the newest Opeth album wasn't very good. Too technical, not enough emotion.
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Post by American Idiot on Jan 12, 2010 18:47:01 GMT -5
This song has absolutely nothing close to spectacular about it. A major letdown from "Smash The Control Machine" (song) in comparison for me.
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Post by lockebox on Jan 12, 2010 18:54:45 GMT -5
"Smash the Control Machine" wasn't too spectacular itself. I found it to be pretty paltry. Although, I would withdraw my original statement of describing it as "awful". "Rise, Rebel, Resist" is pure junk food. So, if you're looking for the caviar of this genre, I suggest looking elsewhere.
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Post by pen on Jan 13, 2010 0:32:17 GMT -5
This song has absolutely nothing close to spectacular about it. A major letdown from "Smash The Control Machine" (song) in comparison for me. Reverse for me. I like this song way more. |
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Post by lockebox on Jan 13, 2010 6:33:52 GMT -5
This song has absolutely nothing close to spectacular about it. A major letdown from "Smash The Control Machine" (song) in comparison for me. Reverse for me. I like this song way more. I agree. By far. |
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Post by American Idiot on Jan 22, 2010 13:13:55 GMT -5
It took a few more listens, but I am more into this now than "Smash The Control Machine." I actually can't believe the previous comment I wrote about it last week. I don't see Otep climbing the charts like Reinhold Messner (one of the world's most known mountain climbers), but I do like the energy they bring in the few songs I've heard.
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Post by pen on Jan 22, 2010 13:35:58 GMT -5
It took a few more listens, but I am more into this now than "Smash The Control Machine." I actually can't believe the previous comment I wrote about it last week. I don't see Otep climbing the charts like Reinhold Messner (one of the world's most known mountain climbers), but I do like the energy they bring in the few songs I've heard. She definitely has a lot of venom. "Kisses And Kerosene" from the new album is worth a listen if only to hear how absolutely disturbed she can be. However, "Ur A Wmn Now" would make the best single from the album after this, I'm thinking. |
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Post by Nicholas2.0 on Jan 23, 2010 3:11:53 GMT -5
Reinhold Messner (one of the world's most known mountain climbers) I read that and the name was familiar, but when you said he was a mountain climber, I thought, "Really? That's not right. I don't know the names of mountain climbers, so why does that name ring a bell so much?" So I looked him up on Wikipedia and quickly saw that he was, indeed, a mountain climber, but also the person Ben Folds Five name-checked in the title of their last album. |
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Post by lockebox on Feb 7, 2010 19:37:05 GMT -5
Top 50 - Active
52 50 OTEP - Rise Rebel Resist 85 64 21 0.161
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Post by lockebox on Mar 14, 2010 18:04:41 GMT -5
Top 50 - Active (re-entry)
51 50 OTEP - Rise Rebel Resist 94 98 -4 0.164
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