Song of the week

Not one response? Y'all are lame.

Thanks for your comments and I hope the series continues. All depends on the amount of feedback from forum members.

It was me that sparked all the Minnemann discussions the last few months. I suggested his inclusion on PA. His solo material, for me, is better than the other bands he plays with. Very unique and eclectic music.

I like the female voice, but Marco doubled it up with his voice. Agree that Marco's vocals are not great, but they fit the music. I don't like the distortion effect he uses to cover up his voice.

The show off factor I don't agree with...that is how he writes some of his music. He has 19 solo records with plenty of non show-off songs.

It's a 3 star rating from me. Quite arty, free-form, jazzy and funky with some nice improvisation. Marco shows his great abilities, although he could be drumming to any other musical accompaniment, to be fair. I don't take to the sassy, urban vocals at all, but the instrumental second half has a dreamy, hypnotic flow to it, which grew on me.

Cristi wrote: it's a good idea for a thread,although I think seven days to comment on a song is rather long time, I could be wrong.

In one day had only two comments. You didn't comment on the song.

This thread deserves some more postings.

Sorry it didn't take off - one song a week to review wasn't too much of a commitment. C'est la Vie!

^ "Wild Time", from the same album, was my song of the week for a few weeks recently.

Grumpyprogfan wrote: The idea for this thread came from dougmcauliffe. Every week a song from a lesser known artist will be posted and discussed. Do you like it? Why or why not, etc. Hoping this will bring newer bands exposure. I would like to do the first three weeks, then forum members can submit. The rules 1. No song earlier than the year 2000. 2. All bands discussed continually on PA are excluded. 3. The song picked can be from any musical genre. Marco Minnemann - White Sheets

I don't know how I missed this. This is a wonderful idea in order to keep ideas fresh and expand musical horizons. I have two suggestions for consideration. (1) Should it be expanded to album? (2) Should there be one song/album per subgenre? The reason behind suggestion (1) is that we might miss out on the variety of material provided by an artist, so that they might get pigeonholed based on one particular song. That might especially be problematic in the Eclectic category. The reason behind suggestion (2) is that some people might not like certain subgenres, or favor particular ones over others.

^^ Don't get too downhearted, GrumpyProgFan. Your almost overlooked "Song of the Week" thread appears to have taken on a new lease of life.

First time seeing this thread. Why not from before 2000? That elminates almost all of the songs I would post. :P Maybe one reason this thread didn't "take off" was because of your time restrictions.

Edited by AFlowerKingCrimson - June 25 2020 at 12:44