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Originally posted by AtomicCrimsonRush AtomicCrimsonRush wrote:

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the fact he cant remember a single track
Let's put it all together in a single sentence:

While I have a lack of informational knowledge about the racism practiced on the island of England, on the mainland satanism has made it so bad that I can't remember a single track on the album or even what album I am reviewing. Tongue
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Originally posted by Slartibartfast Slartibartfast wrote:

Originally posted by AtomicCrimsonRush AtomicCrimsonRush wrote:

England
racism
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a lack of informational knowledge
the fact he cant remember a single track
Let's put it all together in a single sentence:

While I have a lack of informational knowledge about the racism practiced on the island of England, on the mainland satanism has made it so bad that I can't remember a single track on the album or even what album I am reviewing. Tongue


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Originally posted by Slartibartfast Slartibartfast wrote:

Originally posted by AtomicCrimsonRush AtomicCrimsonRush wrote:

England
racism
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a lack of informational knowledge
the fact he cant remember a single track
Let's put it all together in a single sentence:

While I have a lack of informational knowledge about the racism practiced on the island of England, on the mainland satanism has made it so bad that I can't remember a single track on the album or even what album I am reviewing. Tongue

Hey, are you sure you are not him Slarti?LOL
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Here's my latest review - i hope yo' all like it:


Curved Air's "Air Conditioning" is a stellar debut for the band that arguably boasts some of the finest musicians of the 70s prog era. The incomparable violin prowess of Darryl Way on electric violin is unmistakeable on the outro of 'It Happened Today' or the intro jig of 'Stretch'. Francis Monkman is a marvel multi instrumentalist playing scorching lead guitar, organ, piano, Mellotron, electric Harpsicord, and VCS3 synthesizer. 

I really don't remember how the tracks sounded but will stand against this group since they are a racist distance--meaning lets dissolve this unto you for your lack. Usually that is the reflection returning to more where they or the island areas can dissolve.

Remember in reference it was the English who translated anti-christ and this reflection is very clear in all their sounds. This is a mix of stupidity, foolishness, and penitence.

On bass is Robert Martin and the drummer is Florian Pilkington-Miksa. One cannot write a review about a Curved Air album without mentioning the gorgeous vocals of Sonja Kristina. On this debut she makes her presence known with some excellent singing injecting just the right amount of inflection and intonation into each song.

Its a great album but i cant remember a single track and i have no idea what the lyrics were but it was great believe me and ..... it was just so great so yesah really great, the greatest thing since swiss cheese better than sliced bread so yeah get his and peace out proggers.
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Originally posted by AtomicCrimsonRush AtomicCrimsonRush wrote:

 

Hey, are you sure you are not him Slarti?LOL

Heyyyy, I might ask you the same thing.  Impressive that you actually worked all that into a review of a Curved Air album.  I might have to start working those into mine whenever I get writer's block.

At first I was shooting for two sentences but it just came together.


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Some time ago I started a thread to save some terrible reviews from oblivion, because most of them had something funny,

I remember for example a guy attacking Jon Anderson for his feminine boy and implying he was gay, this wouldn't be very funny, but the same guys lines bellow of the same thread, said that Jon could only dream of the hairy masculine chest and square strong chin of Robert Plant.(SIC)This was a funny example of a guy atacking feminine voices on men, while expressing his obviously homosexual repressed tendencies who drooled for Robert Plant....A funny paradox (Not homophobic just in case)

During the Octavarium fever, a kid (Who had rated with 5 stars the LaBrie album believing it was Octavarium) wrote in a review protesting because  Yes was  the worst Prog Metal band ever. LOL and that Close to the Edge should be deleted from our files. This was priceless.

Even the worst reviews, had something worth to be preserved because of a contradiction or simply and extremely funny comment that revealed total ignorance, but this guy TheWckedFall, has everything that makes a review bigot, intolerant and full of hatred without a single funny word..I believe he  should be blocked forever and his reviews (plus ratings) deleted without chance of recovery.

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Originally posted by Ivan_Melgar_M Ivan_Melgar_M wrote:

Some time ago I started a thread to save some terrible reviews from oblivion, because most of them had something funny,

I remember for example a guy attacking Jon Anderson for his feminine boy and implying he was gay, this wouldn't be very funny, but the same guys lines bellow of the same thread, said that Jon could only dream of the hairy masculine chest and square strong chin of Robert Plant.(SIC)This was a funny example of a guy atacking feminine voices on men, while expressing his obviously homosexual repressed tendencies who drooled for Robert Plant....A funny paradox (Not homophobic just in case)

During the Octavarium fever, a kid (Who had rated with 5 stars the LaBrie album believing it was Octavarium) wrote in a review protesting because  Yes was  the worst Prog Metal band ever. LOL and that Close to the Edge should be deleted from our files. This was priceless.

Even the worst reviews, had something worth to be preserved because of a contradiction or simply and extremely funny comment that revealed total ignorance, but this guy TheWckedFall, has everything that makes a review bigot, intolerant and full of hatred without a single funny word..I believe he  should be blocked forever and his reviews (plus ratings) deleted without chance of recovery.

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The problem for me is that as an islander and an Englishman I haven't quite worked out how to be offended (or even insulted) by these, and while they are not funny in the normal sense, they are bemusing which does make them amusing - as is evident by the merriment they cause in many English-speakers here.
 
However, if they are as I suspect, someone affecting a false bad translation or mimicry to deliberately take the piss out of some of our genuine reviews by non-English-speakers, then they are definitely offensive and should be removed.
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I think they are rather funny but they also add no value as reviews themselves. The problem is that due to repetition the joke has run thin.
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Nice to see the fine art of the non sequitur punchline is alive an well.
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Hi all, please excuse me if I come back to the discussion that we had some weeks ago about reviewing from youtube which caused AtomicCrimsonRush to remove his reviews of AUBE....

I have received a PM as I think many other reviewers from a band that is wishing to have their album reviewed, with links to youtube and similars.  Now this should mean that the band considers youtube good enough to review their music. Are they wrong? Should I listen to the youtube songs and write what I think of what I hear or just PM them back saying sorry, I can't write a review basing on youtube's quality?

I don't want to be polemic, we have already discussed it, but this is a nice coincidence, isn't it?
 
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^ If they want the review to do their music justice, they'll send you a CD.

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^^But if the band have no problem with a review based on youtube I guess it's their loss...or gain. After all, no one tells us what quality of system to base a review on. I my kitchen micro system OK? My Mp3 player?

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^^^If it concerns bands that are all about sound and moods (like Aube) then a review based on YouTube makes no sense.
If it is more regular music (the kind with songs, a beat and a hook and such), then you might, but I'd still rather not.
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^^ If you made a CD (highly unlikely) I guess you'd want the listener to be able to hear it at the highest possible fidelity irrespective of the system they have available to reproduce same. The quality of audio on say, You Tube sounds pretty ropey to my ears so I wouldn't like somebody judging my work on such limited bandwidth, (but that's just me). Nothing is stopping you from listening to albums playing in the next room on a Dansette with a balaclava over your head provided you ain't actually dumb enough to tell us that in the review Ermm


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Originally posted by ExittheLemming ExittheLemming wrote:

^^ If you made a CD (highly unlikely) I guess you'd want the listener to be able to hear it at the highest possible fidelity irrespective of the system they have available to reproduce same. The quality of audio on say, You Tube sounds pretty ropey to my ears so I wouldn't like somebody judging my work on such limited bandwidth, (but that's just me). Nothing is stopping you from listening to albums playing in the next room on a Dansette with a balaclava over your head provided you ain't actually dumb enough to tell us that in the review Ermm

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Nice review? -  So now Iron Maiden are a nuisance and should not be on this website - well tough luck buddy suck it up cos they are here to stay. Where does this guy get off?

nothing more to say about this - not one song mentioned, no mention of concept, no mention of band members - bet he didnt even hear the album he just hates iron Maiden!


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2 stars Iron Maiden's seventh son of a seventh son was the most advertised album in its marketing.

As far as advertising and logo artwork this album had all the bells and whistles. It was advertised at Tape World on a tape display showing the Iron Maiden logo.

The album was once more purchased as a vinyl series they let out some more than decades afterwards. The album is the most commercial sounding without any sudden or bursts in the tracks.

The commercial tracks are in the mind as the album cover suggests and actually making sense on the choice of track titles and content. This should not leave anyone to question Iron Maidens makeover progress.

The album though is not progressive and once more an album choice in Iron Maiden related to prog just because they have influences in other prog musicians will not let them off the hook so to speak.

The band started it with a land that is far more ancient than their background in the non-sensical album powerslave and now are trying to save their lives in their mind in this album.

This album is a stay away from album and a waste of consumer choice.

A performance based group that could not pay a servant lineage in reference to perform with them--The band is/are a nuissance.
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He sure is a weird case. The explanations that spring to mind are that he is either playing a joke or using an online translator. The former is unlikely because they're really not that funny, and the joke has long since gotten old. The latter is unlikely because given the translation, it's hard to imagine that having been a legitimate review in any language. So I'm really at loss as to who, or what, this person is and what his/her point is. Maybe the reviews are some alien lifeform's awkward first attempts at contact with mankind...


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Originally posted by The Miracle The Miracle wrote:

He sure is a weird case. The explanations that spring to mind are that he is either playing a joke or using an online translator. The former is unlikely because they're really not that funny, and the joke has long since gotten old. The latter is unlikely because given the translation, it's hard to imagine that having been a legitimate review in any language. So I'm really at loss as to who, or what, this person is and what his/her point is. Maybe the reviews are some alien lifeform's awkward first attempts at contact with mankind...


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I read the review out to my wife who knows nothing about Prog, and she said it sounds like his words are being interpreted by someone and he is from a non english speaking country.....she might be onto something there...

In any case I am at a loss. He is yet to review an album he likes as a masterpiece and thats weird. Who comes here and reviews all the albums they hate? There's no joy in that.
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That reviewer seems to be a waste of time, contributing nothing across the bulk of their output. What's the site policy on that sort of repeat behaviour?
 
With or without any language differences, I guess, is it worth asking, what is this person's reviews contributing to the site? And if it is nothing, what action should be taken? Any?
 
Of course, if one option is to just let this silly person plug away in the background, I'm happy enough to let it go and just ignore them from now on.


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