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The Fight: Winner out of 17 Entries
Johnny Cashpoint:
You know, I might just give this a brilliant review without listening to it. A change is as good as a rest. :) Nice showy acoustic beginning. Django! 5 minutes? Eep! Josh is a captured monkey? Hmmm, personally I dont think the lyric fits the song. The song is so beautiful and sad and yet the words, well they seem a little silly. Oh hang on, is this a Vietnam song? Or is it monkies? Confusion. Like the higher singing a lot. Lower singing not so much.Monkey-o-meter says 7 monkies. I just cant figure out if the lyric is really stupid, or attempting profundity but only reaching Stan Ridgeways Camouflage level. The gauge is all over the place.
Abahg:
Beautiful, as always. I cant find anything wrong with this song. Nice job WOW THIS GOT REALY COOL AT 1:54... Awesome man.
15-16 Puzzle:
The intro reminds me too much of Paint it Black by the Stones, but when you play it during the song, it doesnt as much, so hmmmm, I dont know. The lyrics work well enough until you actually say monkeys, because then I cant tell if its supposed to be a metaphor for something, or if the narrator is really supposed to be a monkey. And when I think that the narrator is a monkey, I cant get into the song all the way. Like the parts where I forget that its (possibly) about a monkey affect me a lot more than the more literal parts; I like that part about nothing else to do, that whole section is very cool. Maybe you really like that part about you, 8 monkey kids and 3 other monkeys in a cage, but I think that it screws up the song, I would change the words to something else at that point. Im sure a bunch of people will disagree and say that its great or some crap. Whatever, I think this song is good on the whole, and could be a lot better if you never said monkeys.
Chico:
That's a really spangly guitar sound, and there's a harmonic in there that saturates my ears. Aside from that, I do like the way you sing, and the arrangements are quite lush and full. But this is about 3/4 of a well-formed idea. I'd like to see you finish this on your own time and record it for real. (I liked your song from last week better.)
C Hack:
13: Paint it Black? Hi Woodward, I can tell this is you by your voice. There's someone you sound a lot like, but I can't put my finger on it. This sounds great in comparison to the rest of the tracks here, but I think it's one of your weakest songs that I've heard.
Kamakura:
Do monkeys contemplate? I wonder. A tad twee, though well executed as usual. Then it looses it for me with the Russian favoured orchestration turning into 'Twelve Monkeys' the musical. Your production is getting better, great clarity here, but not the one for me.
Fried:
i couldn't help but think of the postal service song with the lyrics "smeared black cake" when your i heard your lyric "smeared glass cage" ... just curious if you noticed that yourself? i remember reading you are a fan of theirs. i really dug the sound/production of your track with the guitars and i liked the breakdown a lot.
Phil of Redmon:
"I see a monkey, and I want it painted beige" - The Rolling Woodwards Seriously, this is a sad song. Poor monkeys. Oh man. I am laughing at the, uh, change. You are a peculiar fella. I bet vegetarians cry at this jam.
Heather of Redmon:
Oh, so you're the monkey. Fancy guitar work! You really rock the 2 minute mark! Poor cute monkeys in the zoo.
J. Kenney:
LOVE the guitar work. Vocals too. Lyrics are tight, I'm really feeling this song. HA, the march drumming is great. I really like this song. Well written, well played, well produced, well done. So far this has got my vote.
Freudian Slip:
(First Listen) Having a tough time getting past the Stones "Paint it Black" nod/ reference in this to get what you are saying. (Second Listen) Beautiful vox and excellent production, as always. Loved the lyrics. Can see this one growing on me. Like the way it switches to the reminiscent march rhythm at approx. 1:14, great strings. Actually find it much more enthralling after the change-up. Very enjoyable listen.
User:
Perfect production as usual. The persistently picked guitar keeps my attention, but it's still not making me want to listen to it again. Now it gets interesting, where snare and --ooh, timpani!-- come in. This has a very strange and hard-to-place feel to it, especially the synthified end. The beginning part becomes more tolerable when I have the promise of the snare part coming up. I guess that means I like it. I wish the beginning part could stand on its own though, without being carried by the rest. (3rd place)
Jon Eric:
Your stuff tends to bore me most of the time, but this is really interesting. I like the narrative lyrics, and I like the active guitars (Sounds like there's two twelve-strings; am I right?). The chorus melody is absolutely beautiful. Can you tab this out, please? The whole thing is gorgeous. "A concrete world for abstract minds." Great. Sounds like you're a little bit out of your range in the second verse. But that's alright, you pass right over it without really interrupting your flow. Then the war drums come in for the bridge! It's great! The piano and strings are nice, but I'm wondering if the song wouldn't work with one of the two cut out. Try it with just the piano - I think the strings make it just a little too over-the-top. the ending is sudden. So, of my four choices for the vote, the one stuck in my head all day was Josh Woodward.