Why does Glass Hammer get Hammered here?

javajeff wrote: I was just really curious why they get hit so hard.  I always thought it was the YES clone analogy.  However, what about Wobbler?  I think Wobbler is rated higher, but they did not make it over the 4.00 hump.  I think both bands have good albums. Does Progressive Metal get more love than Symphonic?  I enjoy both. Look at this list and tell me that every album rated over 4.00 is better than Lex Rex: http://www.progarchives.com/top-prog-albums.asp?syears=2011#list

I'm not crazy about Lex Rex- it's okay to me (though I've only heard it two, three times).

Shadowlands is their best album- 5 stars.

Culture of Ascent is their second best and I think I gave that 5 stars.  The cover of "South Side of the Sky" is better than Yes' original. 

I liked Cor Cordium an awful lot.

Also, I have a crush on Susie Bogdanowicz. 

dtguitarfan wrote: The Bearded Bard wrote: GOD! You just can't accept that everybody don't share your opinions about music, can you?  What I can't accept is the trolling.  Look, have you ever read UMUR's reviews?  I've never read anything negative from him.  He can write a 3 star review, and if you didn't look at the stars, you'd think he loved the album because he says nice things.  This is something I am striving to emulate now that I am writing reviews in return for receiving free promos.  I have not yet written a review under 3 stars, and if I got something that I thought I might want to dip to that level or below, I'd tell the guy who sends me the promos that I'm not sure I want to write that one, because I always want to be respectful.  But I don't think that's a sentiment most reviewers agree with - I think a lot of people think it's cool to be insulting, because other people who share their hatred of that music applaud them and tell them how funny they were.

There is nothing wrong with a negative review. Actually, I think most musicians would prefer a sincere, negative review to a positive, ass-licking one. And it is, of course, possible to be both negative and respectful at the same time. That's what you should be striving for IMO, to always be respectful, but critical.

Edited by The Bearded Bard - July 10 2012 at 18:54

dtguitarfan wrote: The Bearded Bard wrote: GOD! You just can't accept that everybody don't share your opinions about music, can you?  What I can't accept is the trolling.

The things you flip sh*t about aren't trolling by any stretch of the imagination.

Shadowlands is okay, rest of their stuff is kind of annoying/bad/cheesy whatever. 

The Bearded Bard wrote: GOD! You just can't accept that everybody don't share your opinions about music, can you?

What I can't accept is the trolling.  Look, have you ever read UMUR's reviews?  I've never read anything negative from him.  He can write a 3 star review, and if you didn't look at the stars, you'd think he loved the album because he says nice things.  This is something I am striving to emulate now that I am writing reviews in return for receiving free promos.  I have not yet written a review under 3 stars, and if I got something that I thought I might want to dip to that level or below, I'd tell the guy who sends me the promos that I'm not sure I want to write that one, because I always want to be respectful.  But I don't think that's a sentiment most reviewers agree with - I think a lot of people think it's cool to be insulting, because other people who share their hatred of that music applaud them and tell them how funny they were.

If he sees that response coming, and you see his response for that response coming, and I see your response for that response's response coming, did I see my response for the response's response already before he posted his response? 

I saw that response coming from that response two miles away.

I can see for miles and miles and miles when I am five hundred miles high...


Edited by Slartibartfast - July 10 2012 at 16:03

dtguitarfan wrote: Glass Hammer is great. There's a lot of opinionated jerks who think it makes them sound more intelligent if they trash bands around here. Don't take them seriously, I guess. This site should be about appreciation of music, but there's too many people who think they need to trash another band to make their favorite sound good, and they're just hurting themselves by being so over critical is all.

GOD! You just can't accept that everybody don't share your opinions about music, can you? 

Edited by The Bearded Bard - July 10 2012 at 16:12

I sampled some but don't know them really.  I have a strict policy against hammering music I don't know.