Songfight: Dizzy Spells

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The Fight: Tied for 4th out of 17 Entries

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C Hack :

wow, that guitar sounds great. What was your setup for recording that? When your voice comes in, I think that's the worst I've ever heard you. You definitely need to work on those high notes. Really great guitar work, but a song like this needs a really stellar singer, and you're not there yet. Nice song though.

100 Percent :

don't ever fight in the same fight as me again. really, really beautiful.

User :

A refreshing lack of sentiment (not that your sappy stuff is all that bad). It's cool that most of the song is sung in falsetto, yet it still has a very dark or pensive feel. This sounds like something Led Zeppelin might've done--somewhere between "Going To California" and "The Battle of Evermore", and maybe something else, too. Anyways, I like it. (3rd)

Reve :

I'm going to disagree with the above poster that said your voice doesn't work for the song because you're not dead-on. I think it works quite well. Singer/Songwriter material by its nature demands a display of frailty. Or frailty resonates with me, anyhow.

JBB :

Your guitar playing and arrangements are really much too competent for me to allow you to live. Thank god your lyrics are pretty adult-album-alternative terrible and the singing is sub-par. Doesn't seem like your voice has the chops to pull off the Elliott Smith thing here.

Tone Tripper :

K, JB is right. You should die for the fact that you suck so bad on guitar (jealous). Too bad about that one pitchy Oooooh part. It does hurt it, although the personality you have in this one is strong, you needed to go further with the voice to match your skills on the axe. Still, great song. Keeping. Serious contender.

Fried :

Finger picking is nice, 12 string?. I am starting to get biased against "coffee shop" music. This sounds a bit like me when I am screwing around with my acoustic in front of the T.V. Kind of drones along. Sorry, I am becoming less of a fan each week.

hwy_61 :

great lyrics, great psychedelia. Like the haunting melancholia. Top Contender.

Leaf 62 :

Josh, your guitar is wicked man, and I dig the tune

Insane Copilot of Fried :

vocals too buried guitar very nice good song though

Abecedarian :

I don't think JBB could have said it better. You must die. Painfully. What type of acoustic do you play? Sounds familiar, like a Taylor or Takamine, hmmm maybe a Gallup? I can't place it but I know that sound. You know JBB knocked your voice. And it's true you can't quite pull this off but holy crap most people of your technical abilities write songs that never reveal their weaknesses. This song is stronger for the exposed weakness - it's not everyone who can write a song for a larger vocal range than they possess. Bravo. Okay now let's talk about exactly why you chose the Kermit voice.... (jk)

Tony Asbestos :

Who is you sound exactly like? I forget but it's true. Actually, I think it's Ben Folds on this one. Good falsetto. Sounds very sincere. A good deal of dynamic range for a song as sparse as this. I will have to remember that next time I set my compressor. Now it reminds me of OK computer. Didn't pay much attention to the lyrics. Let me know when you're going to sit out a week so I can have a chance at winning. Only suggestion is to have more of a hook. A-

bzl :

Another track that I had to crank the volume all the way up for. That could be partly my fault as I'm too lazy to get up and turn off the television. Also I think I hear some static here and there but that could be all the Liverpool fans cheering on the television. I guess what I'm trying to say is that this is well performed but doesn't hold my attention.

fodroy :

damn fine guitar playing. i didn't like the vocals too much. sounds like you're trying to go for elliott smith but not quite making it.

Leaf 62 :

Hmmm... I repeat what I said about jim's song, yet now it's about your guitar playing. I've read some thoughts about your singing, well, I'm diggin it. You know, I'm curious how many tunes you have written, I suspect a whack. When I first heard you at SF I thought, wow, so much talent, yet I wasn't connecting with your stuff. Now, I totally connect. I think you rock, even if your not rocking. Good tune. A challenger for C.Layne.

c hack :

you need to be very careful you don't get too pretty. Look at James Taylor. He went from genius to Michael Bolton.

historyman68 :

you've really been developing since I last heard you. You've got some Radiohead stuff going on -- this song reminds me of "Airbag." It's got a similar melody and rhythm. Yeah totally cribbed from that. That's okay. The chords too. The song's a little long, and I lose focus partway through, but it's okay. It's kind of like Freddy Love's, where words don't quite matter as much as general "feeling," which you have in abundance.