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Direct Link To This Post Posted: August 10 2007 at 15:22
I have never even considered reading hat Tago Mago review, i just find it hilarious how the reviewer constantly changes his 5 star ratings, as if it were the most important thing in the world to make sure that only the right Can albums have that rating :)

'Let's give it another fifteen seconds..'
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: August 10 2007 at 15:26
This thread has inspired me to write a tediously long essay on 2112 over the weekend and post it as a review. Look for it on Monday!
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: August 10 2007 at 15:28
yeah...that's the spirit! Tongue
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: August 10 2007 at 15:38
You do it, Thellama.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: August 10 2007 at 16:35
I just remembered that I can't write a 10000 word review (or any other review, for that matter), because I don't have any opinionsOuch
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: August 10 2007 at 16:38
You do it, Vompatti.

Wait, what?
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: August 10 2007 at 16:40
Exactly.

Wasn't there a list of albums that haven't been reviewed yet? Someone could write the longest ever review for one of them.

This made me think of the Simpsons episode where Homer was a food critic. "Screw Flanders!" LOL


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Direct Link To This Post Posted: August 10 2007 at 17:53
Don't spoil it for me.

Also: all reviews I'm writing from now on must reach a bare minimum of 300 words, and much preferably 400 at the least. Also, I intend to write at least one ridiculously long review...perhaps not 7000 words, but up there.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: August 12 2007 at 23:31
Status update on my ridiculously long Rush review:
This is taking longer than I anticipated. I am only up to 3000 words so far, so it won't be ready by Monday after all. But never fear! It WILL get done.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: August 14 2007 at 14:02
You do it, Thellama. 
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: August 14 2007 at 14:15
Originally posted by Vompatti Vompatti wrote:

Exactly.

Wasn't there a list of albums that haven't been reviewed yet? Someone could write the longest ever review for one of them.

This made me think of the Simpsons episode where Homer was a food critic. "Screw Flanders!" LOL
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Yeah, hilarious episode LOL
The fun thing was that the letter "E" didn't work on the typewriter, but he still managed to write "ScrEw FlandErs" Tongue
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: August 14 2007 at 14:28
I honestly have never managed to read that Tago Mago review in full. Obviously, a lot of thought has gone into it and I respect that, but it's a bit too daunting, IMHO (it just seems to get longer and longer every time I look at it!). I personally don't think it's a terribly good idea to write thousands of words for reviews and I speak as someone with experience in these matters!!
 
Most of my earlier reviews tended to average just under the 1000-word mark and I found I was getting laborously over-descriptive and formulaic. I feel SO much more comfortable with the way I write now I(no more track-by-track reviews or describing every note that the listener can hear anyway!) where most of my reviews are around 500-600 words and sometimes below that.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: August 15 2007 at 21:14
There's no need to go far over 600 words, and not much need to go into detail about each specific song, methinks. A 400-500 word review is usually the best.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: August 16 2007 at 03:05
Scared to tell you that I already have a 4000 words review for a Tangerine Dream simple EP. Tongue
And counting, of course...
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: August 16 2007 at 07:10
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The best you can is good enough...
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: August 18 2007 at 23:36
Wow....I was just in the Silly Story thread and posted something, and somehow my reply got teleported to this thread.

My computer is on drugs!!



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Direct Link To This Post Posted: August 23 2007 at 01:41
InPraiseOfFolly has told me that he is going to shorten his famous/infamous Tago Mago review to 3 or 4 thousand words, thus relinquishing its position as longest review.  

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Direct Link To This Post Posted: August 23 2007 at 22:46
Is there anything about the review being good?
I'll write a 10,000 word one. It'll probably suck and be on an album thats not remotely worth it, but it WILL be the longest...
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: August 24 2007 at 02:00
Bald is bad,...two wigs is ridiculous..the same is for reviews..too short  produce few information...too long  make bore
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: August 24 2007 at 10:55
This thread inspired me to write shorter reviews, like I'm doing lately (in some albums)

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