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1.) Graveyard - Hisingen Blues



2.) Hum - Little Dipper



3.) White Stripes - We're Going To Be Friends

I did not like that Graveyard song.

I don't care for the White Stripes and I care even less for Jack White now..

Jack White and INSANE CLOWN POSSE Collaborate On An Album (Really!)

I went with Hum.

I dig the retro sounding production behind Graveyard. It sounds like it could have come from the 60's and I love that about it....but the vocals are just a touch too screechy for my tastes.

2nd appearance for Hum from the same record in a week's time on here (trust me, it's pure coincidence and the 2 songs were submitted by different people)....that's kind of a bummer for me, but Little Dipper is getting my vote anyway. This is one of my all time favorite 90's albums....it's just so solid all the way around.

The white stripes song is kinda cute and I actually like this one more than most White Stripes songs because there's no Meg White in it. I couldn't stop thinking about Napoleon Dynamite, though. haha....Hum is just too strong of a song to lose out in this round, so that's where my vote goes.

I never heard of Graveyard but as soon as I heard the song I knew it would probably get my vote

...This is actually a hard one. I liked the vocals and rockin' of the Graveyard song quite a bit. And I didn't love the Hum song, but I did enjoy the sound of it - enough so that I'm not excluding it from my options.

The White Stripes song is the sort of thing I would usually hate. An overload of kooky cuteness, to the point where it can seem mightily forced and make me hate everyone involved. But I don't know. For some reason, I like it. I'm not a White Stripes "fan," but I enjoy a number of their songs. I enjoyed Jack White's vocals on it, much more than I would the vocals of an indie band who would usually put out something like this. I wish the song changed a bit more...but yeah. I'm gonna have to think about this one.

dreamelectric wrote:
The White Stripes have some good songs. They've been represented badly in this competition. We're Gonna Be Friends is one of their songs I'm really not too keen on. I wouldn't judge the band by what he's doing after it. Though I admit, Jack White as a juggalo is pretty fucking disgusting.

And by the way, I don't get all the Meg White hate. Yeah, sure, I would say I'm a better drummer than Meg White judging by the songs I've heard. But someone super technically skilled would stick out like a sore thumb with Jack's music.

ghostchild wrote:
Best 90's album besides anything SP ever did right?

Also I can't hear that song without thinking of Napoleon Dynamite as well.

Napolean Dynamite was a great and epic movie worthy of devout praise from you puny mortals.

Dorovo wrote:
I agree. I still quote the movie all the time. Hahah.

dreamelectric wrote:
Dream, I have to tell you something...

Dorovo wrote:
Awww, I knew you cared, but I didn't know how much!

Now I need to tell you something..

Out of Ten

Hisingen Blues 7

Little Dipper 8

We're Going To Be Friends 5


The Graveyard song was pretty good. Got better as it went along. But like whoever else said, I didn't care for the vocals on that one.
Little Dipper sounds like a song I'd enjoy listening too though. Hum just made it to my music to get list. So I didn't mind hearing a second song

That White Stipes song... I know everyone's saying it's from Napoleon Dynamite... But I've only seen that film once (didn't care for it) and I think I know that song...

I'm thinking it's in another movie, but I'm not sure what. My guess would be ... Something by Judd Apatow, or something with Owen Wilson in it... Maybe something like Juno or ... Not sure. A film that thinks it's better than it really is anyhow

Graveyard was good ..... but not as good as ACDC

Hum was just shit .... er sorry, but just couldn't find the right words

White Stripes get my vote. Great little tune.

Dorovo wrote:
I don't get it either.
To be honest where yo get too many technical musicians playing in one song, I find the songs tend to be pretty tedious....cough.... Them crooked vultures... cough
The best songs need some simplicity to move them along and Meg's drumming compliments Jacks guitar perfect.

We do seem to be getting quite a lot of duplication of bands - Beatles, Radiohead, Hum, White Stripes.

I liked the energy in the Graveyard song, but I'm not a fan of that kind of bluesy rock sound. Or at least not how they do it. His vocals sound very dated.

I enjoyed the previous Hum song, but this one was pretty monotonous - not a very long song but I still found it hard to sit through. There's no passion, energy or enthusiasm in his vocals, but then they aren't even full of enough deadpan despair to make them interesting the other way. They're just somewhere inbetween. And although I like that fuzzy 90s alt. rock sound, the tune was very repetitive with no hooks.

So, even though I already know the song, and I feel like such a famous band might be a slightly safe choice, I'll go with the White Stripes song. This song also made it onto my White Stripes "best of" compilation, although again, it's not one of my favourites.

For me it was between Graveyard and TWS, but I decided to go w/ the White Stripes cause I just love this tune, haha.

epitome wrote:
Glad I'm not the only one who sees that.

dreamelectric wrote:
Of course where going to get some duplicates, but its a shame we are losing the variety also. I miss the metal and I've learned not to submit anymore if I want to stay in the contest

pierowmaniac wrote:
Out of all the bands out there, I don't think there should be duplicates.

Yeah. Sometimes the musical taste on here seems really varied, sometimes it doesn't seem varied at all