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Marty McFly 
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Because for many people, average of 3 stars means extremely bad ? Just thinking. |
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There's a point where "avant-garde" and "experimental" becomes "terrible" and "pointless,"
-Andyman1125 on Lulu  Even my |
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Epignosis
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Posted: May 10 2010 at 14:55 |
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The phrase "prog snob" and the lambasting of other reviewers I believe would be against the rules:
As an aside, I wonder why the author of that review even feels the need to defend his work (especially when almost all of reviewers gave it three stars or more).  |
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lazland
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Posted: May 10 2010 at 14:49 |
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To be fair, it's a reasonable defence of their case and work though, isn't it? |
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Any Colour You Like
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Posted: May 09 2010 at 21:59 |
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I remember the same thing happened with PT's last album. It is possible for those who have already reviewed it to be fan club members, but even then, the special pre-order edition is only out on the 17th. I'm calling those reviews seriously dodgy at best. Also, none of them have actually reviewed the album, just rated it (highly too) which makes it seem even more suspect.
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Triceratopsoil
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Posted: May 09 2010 at 21:53 |
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That's a ridiculously high rating for an unreleased album, going to call "sketchy fanboys" on that {edited to add quote for context since this response to the quote is being moved to Reviews Discussion} Edited by Logan - May 10 2010 at 19:10 |
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Marty McFly
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Posted: May 05 2010 at 03:24 |
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Yep, that's something I always am trying to pursuit. |
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There's a point where "avant-garde" and "experimental" becomes "terrible" and "pointless,"
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AtomicCrimsonRush
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Posted: May 04 2010 at 22:47 |
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interesting though, certainly original approach - not the way i would ever write... reviews should tell you about the album itself
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lazland
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Posted: May 04 2010 at 13:40 |
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Erm...No, not really, and I've tried a couple of times. No need for the bad language used and sounds like a commentary rather than a review, although I can't really tell. |
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Logan
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Posted: April 22 2010 at 15:29 |
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I'd hardly call it tragic, but look in this forum a couple topics down and you'll see that's already alerted the site about his mistake.
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Watching while most appreciating a sunset in the moment need not diminish all the glorious sunsets I have observed before. It can be much like that with music for me.
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apps79
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Posted: April 22 2010 at 15:21 |
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Tragic mistake by a respected reviewer to post the same review for both MR SIRIUS albums: |
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When the power of love overcomes the love of power,the world will know peace...
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Marty McFly
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Posted: April 22 2010 at 13:37 |
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Do you know what this means ? :-Dout
Or simple:
Have you ever done this thing ? Hitting space between your fingers, thumb - pointing, pointing - middle etc ? I haven't, only slowly, but my father did this hundreds of times and he still has all 10 fingers. It may be about skills, of course :-) Well, I can tell you about something I personally did hundreds of times. Reviewing. From all 530 review I've posted only 5 had gone to hell, so this is fair chance to me. I don't like writing reviews in notepad/office, I like to write them in PA review form. |
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There's a point where "avant-garde" and "experimental" becomes "terrible" and "pointless,"
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AtomicCrimsonRush
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Posted: April 22 2010 at 07:44 |
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yeah your a fool to trust posting straight in , i cant tell you how many times its failed on me so at least copy it before submitting or you will lose it occasionally.
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Henry Plainview
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Posted: April 21 2010 at 22:47 |
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Yeah, and why can't somebody point out that fact? Should PA really be like AMG and only contain positive reviews?
So we should rate things highly because other people rate them highly?
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if you own a sodastream i hate you
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Atavachron
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Posted: April 20 2010 at 21:50 |
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tarkus1980
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Posted: April 20 2010 at 18:39 |
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I'm actually pretty amazed that somebody noticed, truth be told.
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TGM: Orb
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Posted: April 20 2010 at 14:01 |
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Ah, sorry about that. Great reviews, btw. |
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jampa17
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Posted: April 20 2010 at 12:31 |
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I don't use Mozilla... I type it in Office Word and then copy paste in the site... I have lost some reviews by typing directly in the site, so... I won't risk it anymore... just check the writing once more in the site after the paste... and somethings are changed, like the ellipses and another "special" points...
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tarkus1980
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I am, in fact, John McFerrin, the original writer of the review. I thought it would be interesting to post a few of my reviews over at progarchives; I've also posted reviews of Tago Mago and Freak Out! so far. I figure extra exposure wouldn't kill me. I'll probably post more here over time. |
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AtomicCrimsonRush
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I am not impressed at all with this. It insults the listener rather than the album.
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tamijo
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"Undoubtedly,they are good - instrumentally speaking,they are performant musicians,but the final product is a mixture of crazy,twisted and tortured ideas..."
Would make me want to go listen to a band that can get an aparently sane person to blow up like this, while he at the same time credit there skill's.
Infact he is insulting everyone of us, who lovs The Volta, but how cares ! It is funny to read
 Especialy when You know that The Mars Volta deliberatly makes music to provoke, in this case with great success.  Edited by tamijo - April 20 2010 at 06:28 |
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Prog is whatevey you want it to be. So dont diss other peoples prog, and they wont diss yours
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I am sure I'll offend many fans of this band with my review,but I cannot stop myself to criticise and condamn this kind of music that this guys are doing!My oppinion is that THE MARS VOLTA are really pushig the boundaries of madness and imposture to an unbelieveble level,just in the name of the fact thet they pretend to be themselves ORIGINALS!I think that the guys simply took too many drugs and other happy substances,and they are permanently stoned and in this state of mind and spirit they expsess themselves...musically!It's an amalgam of hysterical musical ideas, with hysterical vocals-annoying and able to disturb the brain of any normal person,and I think that it's almost impossible for this guys to play a second time this compostions the same way like the song was initially composed?!?!Am I right? Undoubtedly,they are good - instrumentally speaking,they are performant musicians,but the final product is a mixture of crazy,twisted and tortured ideas...Zappa can be proud about this twisted mutants,and the frenzy and hallucinating music express only the tortured mind and spirit of the musicians from the band!Listening a whole MARS VOLTA album from the first to the last song is a trial of fire... a torture...a test of will ..an exercise of mental resistance!!! Honestly...if this is the future of music..I am very worried ,dissapointed and sad!By the way...they cannot be included in any category,in my oppinion...anyway they are not prog metal at all!!!...maybee it's necessary to invent a new musical category for TMV-stupid,stoned and hysterical music?!?!Without any star...well 1 for nothing!
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