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Tony R ![]() Special Collaborator ![]() ![]() Honorary Collaborator / Retired Admin Joined: July 16 2004 Location: UK Status: Offline Points: 11979 |
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Having just read the review I think it falls badly between two stools.
As an attempt at comedy it falls flat because the observations are too aggressive to be satirical.Also poking fun at Fish's accent (he's Scottish for heaven's sake!) is just lame and completely manages to misjudge Fish's use of irony both as a vocal and lyrical tool.The review is not humourous enough to to be considered comedy. As a straight review it fails because the author awards one star yet uses hyperbole (however stilted and repetative) to describe some parts of the album: "Rothery plays great guitar here" "Kelly has a great synth interlude" "an excellent blend of tom-toms, bass and keys in the intro. Guitars come in, and Rothery is playing his heart out. Wonderful" These are not the sentiments one would use to explain a one star award. You would probably suggest a 3 star rating but for the vocalist and award a two star rating. Its a hatchet job purely and simply born out of a wish to give the album 1 star which the author then struggles to justify. That's my two-penneth anyway. Not a good review but doesnt warrant D-E-L-E-T-I-N-G either... ![]() |
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Certif1ed ![]() Special Collaborator ![]() ![]() Honorary Collaborator Joined: April 08 2004 Location: England Status: Offline Points: 7559 |
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Consider that a report, then, Bob.
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Easy Livin ![]() Special Collaborator ![]() ![]() Honorary Collaborator / Retired Admin Joined: February 21 2004 Location: Scotland Status: Offline Points: 15585 |
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SBF, Cert,
Please take any further discussion on this to a separate thread, or preferably PM.
I'd like to keep this thread tight for reporting reviews only.
Cheers
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Certif1ed ![]() Special Collaborator ![]() ![]() Honorary Collaborator Joined: April 08 2004 Location: England Status: Offline Points: 7559 |
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Well, it is abusive - even though it might be your opinion, it still goes as far as it can to tread on toes. Looks like a troll to me - but that's only my opinion, to which I'm entitled. ![]() |
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stonebeard ![]() Forum Senior Member ![]() ![]() Joined: May 27 2005 Location: NE Indiana Status: Offline Points: 28057 |
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Hugues is trying to update his reviews, but he's writtien over 1000, so it's taking so time. |
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billbuckner ![]() Forum Senior Member ![]() Joined: May 07 2006 Status: Offline Points: 433 |
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PORCUPINE TREE — Voyage 34Review by Sean Trane (Hugues Chantraine)SPECIAL COLLABORATOR Prog-Folk Specialist ![]() |
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Easy Livin ![]() Special Collaborator ![]() ![]() Honorary Collaborator / Retired Admin Joined: February 21 2004 Location: Scotland Status: Offline Points: 15585 |
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Clearly English is not the first language of Jacques Brenier. I don't think it takes too much effort though, to understand where he's coming from.
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sbrushfan ![]() Forum Senior Member ![]() Joined: November 07 2005 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 1177 |
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"Defend the indefensible?" Really? Hardly. Cert1f1ed...maybe I'm just having a bad day or something...I dunno...still that review I posted here makes no sense, in Elgish, anyway. Easy...Tony...Mike...what's your take? |
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Certif1ed ![]() Special Collaborator ![]() ![]() Honorary Collaborator Joined: April 08 2004 Location: England Status: Offline Points: 7559 |
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I'm not exactly splitting hairs!
Your review made no sense to me - and I was simply pulling your leg about it. Now stop trying to defend the indefensible ![]() The review you're highlighting makes sense to me, in a poetic kind of way - I don't see the problem. |
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sbrushfan ![]() Forum Senior Member ![]() Joined: November 07 2005 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 1177 |
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Cert...I'm not "oblivious to genius", as you put it. My review was an opinion...I didn't like it, and I explained why. That's my wont...you have yours. This review made no sense (in English or whatnot), so I posted it here to see what the other collaborators had to say.
What about my signature? It's a lyric from a Rush song, one that happens to be my anthem. Let's stop splitting hairs and discuss reviews, please?
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Certif1ed ![]() Special Collaborator ![]() ![]() Honorary Collaborator Joined: April 08 2004 Location: England Status: Offline Points: 7559 |
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Indeed - and some are oblivious to genius, it would seem.
(In response to your sig and unusual review of the same album - or was it the same? I can't tell!) Edited by Certif1ed - August 07 2006 at 15:04 |
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sbrushfan ![]() Forum Senior Member ![]() Joined: November 07 2005 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 1177 |
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HUH?????
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oliverstoned ![]() Special Collaborator ![]() ![]() Honorary Collaborator Joined: March 26 2004 Location: France Status: Offline Points: 6308 |
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Yes, and that would mean that this guy likes the current teenage crap band "Placebo", cause he says "If the goal is to have every single band producing very good music". On another hand, i can understand his point of view. DP should not be here IMO. |
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Sean Trane ![]() Special Collaborator ![]() Prog Folk Joined: April 29 2004 Location: Heart of Europe Status: Offline Points: 20414 |
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Funny thing is that this guy is not eve,n able to check that Placebo IS NOT the UK Alternative rock but the Belgian JR/F
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let's just stay above the moral melee
prefer the sink to the gutter keep our sand-castle virtues content to be a doer as well as a thinker, prefer lifting our pen rather than un-sheath our sword |
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Ricochet ![]() Special Collaborator ![]() ![]() Honorary Collaborator Joined: February 27 2005 Location: Nauru Status: Offline Points: 46301 |
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YES — Yessongs
Review by gnarley_brewer
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Ricochet ![]() Special Collaborator ![]() ![]() Honorary Collaborator Joined: February 27 2005 Location: Nauru Status: Offline Points: 46301 |
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SPASTIC INK — Ink Compatible
Review by frouse (Irek)
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Easy Livin ![]() Special Collaborator ![]() ![]() Honorary Collaborator / Retired Admin Joined: February 21 2004 Location: Scotland Status: Offline Points: 15585 |
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Done
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Tony R ![]() Special Collaborator ![]() ![]() Honorary Collaborator / Retired Admin Joined: July 16 2004 Location: UK Status: Offline Points: 11979 |
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I'll let Easy or Guigo deal with this as they might want to contact the guy (as well as delete his "review".) |
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Tony R ![]() Special Collaborator ![]() ![]() Honorary Collaborator / Retired Admin Joined: July 16 2004 Location: UK Status: Offline Points: 11979 |
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mystic fred ![]() Special Collaborator ![]() ![]() Honorary Collaborator Joined: March 13 2006 Location: Londinium Status: Offline Points: 4252 |
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Just seen the above "review" myself, it shows a lack of understanding how PA is structured, everyone is entitled to their opinion but it is the
"It is a nonsense to discuss these types of recordings on tis site (like Placebo, Muse, the Beatles, Queen, Supertramp etc.). If the goal is to have every single band producing very good music you got it but to me it is really stupid; I will review the records of the bands I have mentioned just the same way. " bit that is cause for concern.
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