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I can't seem to put my 12-string down. This is a song about a suicidal computer peripheral. Playing the part of the router is Mr. Tom Cadaret, who adds very sweet vocals at the end of the song.
The Fight: Tied for 5th out of 21 Entries
Elle 5 of 10 feet tall:
really good production, as usual. I like how it builds! are those bongos? cool sound. Your vox is good, but a little too strained at parts, not as smooth as it could be-Poor June:
the intro was really pretty... and so is the verse... beautiful job... the vocals have some pitchy spots... but are really nice and i enjoy 'em... like how it built up into the harder part... nice touch... i like the vocals... this reminds me of somethin' 2... i like the guitar.. the natural harmonics were a nice touch... love the drum thing... very nice... that dude does have an awesome voice (the one that helped you out... but y'all both do) this is goin' on my tops...Johnny Cashpoint:
I recognise that opening chord progression from somewhere. This JW sound, I dont like it but I can appreciate it. If some-one started playing this in a coffee shop, I would leave, but thats me. I can imagine it in a coffee shop easily, which I guess is a compliment.Acidic:
Its funny to hear music about an IT professional without any bleeps and bloops in it. This is a beautiful tune that sounds like a bunch of musicians are sitting in a circle and I'm lucky enough to be in the middle.Yummy Bug:
Great bongos. Beautiful style...Very sweet voice, I want to hear much more...Ooh - sounds even better second time around - grows on ya. - voted #2Starfinger:
this is pretty good, but like many of your songs it makes me feel like I'm listening to a coffee commercial. Between the slick production and brutal poppiness, it's just too straightforward.Jim of Seattle:
Great as usual. Love the bongoes. Lacks an emotional resonance, but if I'm resorting to complaining about emotional resonance then you've got a pretty damn good song there. I was also wanting it to fade out starting at 3:20, to make the whole song about 3:35.C.Layne:
loving the guitar. well-played AND the quality is making me shiver with... actually, i'm just a little cold. is that a twelve-string, or two guitars? i need to get a better ear. bongo bongo, some crazy old bongo totally taking this song to a more exciting place. nice addition, and the guitar harmonics in the breakdown, this is freaking me out! this song is awesome! i'm not going to compare you to guster, but they use strictly hand-percussion like this. but this is better, and... wait. gomez, did you get that dude from gomez to sing in this song? nice raspy voice! i may have to vote for this song just because i can't seem to stop writing about it while it's playing! really superb job, mr. woodward. i'm buying you.. a pizza.Minerva:
as usual, he huffed and puffed and blew me away. what more can be said? my vote goes to Josh Woodward, because his song kicks ass and all ass-related subsidaries.Mostess:
Match your musical tone with your topic. This is an empathetic ballad full of pathos and righteous mirth about what? A lonely sysadmin? A horrible waste of talent (the song, not the sysadmin). Not quite as horrid as Mr. Corun's flat entry, but well short of Mr. Sehane's writing. Lose the whole ending section (with the three duelling vocal lines that don't add anything to nor contrast against each other). What's that? There's not much left? My point exactly.Leaf 62:
I like this. It seems pretty good. It's hard to focus on anything positive after the crap that preceded it... sorry. Okay... I like the intro. This is a very niche topic. I like to write about what I know, and run the risk of alienating those who can't relate. kind of like wrekdom. You have good sounds, full and rich. I feel like the lyrics went nowhere for me. So your network went down? Maybe if it was more metaphorical. Maybe I'm missing something? You'd be fun to watch live I bet. This song is much to long though for me. AS long as it isn't for you and enough listeners, that won't matter.HeuristicsInc:
nice. but seems kinda substanceless. it's enjoyable, but it's not sticking with me.JoshyBlue:
nice guitars... vocals really good. i like the way the percussion comes in - kind of a surprise and injects a lot of energy into the track. the percussion really sets this track apart - cool. vocal melody is pretty catchy and it's a nice track. possible vote...PinV:
Nice guitar sound. I like the drop tuning. You have a nice voice. This track somehow reminds me of Filter. I have to say, though Im not a lyricist at all, your lyrics dont really connect with me. Technology-type lyrics are tenuous in my opinion. Feels like a topic overdone. Cables and circuits etc you know.. This track is very well recorded and performed. Commendable job Josh!Jim Tyrell:
I like your voice a lot. Having heard (and enjoyed) your Romantic Cheapskate, I was expecting more good stuff, and you didn't disappoint. Tough to reconcile the lyrical subject matter with the musical style, but a beautiful song for sure. These were weird titles this week; I didn't come up with anything, myself.Phil. Redmon.:
Bwa-ha! You growled! That's some good stuff, right there, ha ha. There's a lot less going on here than usual, it seems to me. Ha ha, that mahaow haow voice doesn't fit in your tiny neck! Good Job!Malachi Constant:
I was waiting for the changeup at 1:00, but when it came it was sort of a letdown. Not quite strong enough for what I was hoping for. I love the guitars, good use of percussion around 2:20, ah, this is what I wanted. I like it.The Masters of Grip:
Excellent all round. Playing, arrangement and vocals. Perhaps a little too long.The Voice Inside Your Head:
dug this one. the vocals are a blend of soul asylum and weird-al-does-soul-asylum with just a dash of springsteen thrown in.Hujhax:
Blah lovely-sounding guitar blah cool production blah. I love the fact that you're singing about a sysadmin, just because it lets you pick out all these cool details that, by their inclusion in the song, become poetic. Clever rhyme on 'circuits.' The vocally-strained high notes -- I dunno. Something about them makes them sound unintentionally strained, in a bad way. Same for the varying pitch on 'wake' ~ 2:57. Ah -- second singer in there -- wish he'd been introduced somehow before the outro, so it seems a little more joined up to the rest of the song. I dunno -- I got bored with the verse melody by the last verse. I also felt a bit like the outro overstayed its welcome, but I'm not as sure about that. Haha cool chords to end on.Rabid Garfunkel:
Ha! I KNOW this guy! Into the favorites, yeah.Heathybear:
Sprinkley acoustic guitar, emotional Dashboard Confessionals style vocalsbut none of this fits with the topic or your tune. Oh, then you get all excited and growly, you and Sober should do a really growly song together. Bongo overload. Im not buying it. The part towards the end when it sounds like someone else is singing, it doesnt work for me. If you were playing this in a coffee house, Id pretend to get up to go to the restroom, but would leave through the back door.