theSundayColors
SourceI think the use of the song title is good. And the drums are pretty catchy. The lyrics are clever sometimes, but I do think you too-often fall back on calling the person's mom fat.
I think the use of the song title is good. And the drums are pretty catchy. The lyrics are clever sometimes, but I do think you too-often fall back on calling the person's mom fat.
Drums are so mechanical. Cool vocals! Your Mama jokes! Nice approach! Bring up the guitars! There’s lots of funny in here to enjoy.
I like this one more than your previous one but not as much as Message Received, which I am still finding myself humming at regular intervals. I think it works best when you branch out from the Momma jokes a bit, the lines about family etc. feel pretty clever and I think you could maybe have found similarly witty ways to subvert the expectations rather than just reworking old jokes into rhyming sections. But it's a fun take on the challenge.
I like the idea of making a your mama diss track, and it seems right up BYD’s alley. The tone of the music doesn’t really feel like a diss track, but I think it works. My biggest complaint here would be that the jokes are stale. If you want to do a your mama diss track that’s great, but don’t just Google very common old jokes.
Clever choice! The lyrics are fun, and you have some good singers, but the constant yo mama jokes get a little tedious. I like the backing vocals.
Rachel layne: great song, great disses, good delivery, though I think I liked last week’s song a bit more. What I LOVE about this song are the vocals on the chorus. It reminds me of Emmy Lou Harris on her album with Dolly Parton. The you’re a buffoon line caught me off guard, but other about the only think i didn’t like.
Ujn h&f: this isn’t as exciting as your other two tracks, but it still has that hard drive that I’ve come to live from you. For some reason, it seems to me like if the beach bits did punk.
One of the songs that actually captured the spirit of the challenge, I thought--I was really pretty entertained and pleased that you decided to go with this theme, particularly for a song due on Mother's Day. The music was poppy and fun to listen to, although it got too repetitive for me after a while, and the phrasing didn't feel very natural for some of the lyrics, like the M&M line. I did not research to see which of these are existing jokes pulled off the Internet and which were originals (like I feel I've seen the "concentrate" joke before, but I still liked it)--either way, the song made me laugh. I particularly liked the scattered digs at the son like "And she’s stupid, too/If she said she loves you" and "she gave birth to you".
Summary: Solid entry that doesn't know how serious it wants to be.
Challenge: I get a sense that you tend to hide behind the campy aspect of your music. I'd like to hear a genuine, 100% serious effort. What does Boffo Yux feels? What does it sound like when Boffo Yux cries?
One of the songs that actually captured the spirit of the challenge, I thought--I was really pretty entertained and pleased that you decided to go with this theme, particularly for a song due on Mother's Day. The music was poppy and fun to listen to, although it got too repetitive for me after a while, and the phrasing didn't feel very natural for some of the lyrics, like the M&M line. I did not research to see which of these are existing jokes pulled off the Internet and which were originals (like I feel I've seen the "concentrate" joke before, but I still liked it)--either way, the song made me laugh. I particularly liked the scattered digs at the son like "And she’s stupid, too/If she said she loves you" and "she gave birth to you".
Glad you caught the Mother's Day thing! I thought that was a fun coincidence as well. And you're the first review I've seen that mentions the awkward prosody, so now it can be told: We were REALLY crunched on time (partly due to aforementioned Mom's Day), and had NO lyrics (just a handful of "Yo Mama" jokes) at 2 hours before deadline, so I had to find a VERY quick way (about 20 minutes, all told) to pull together a cohesive song and to get several "Yo Mama" jokes to RHYME. Glad it kinda worked, even if the seams are showing. Thanks for the review, it kinda follows my own thoughts as well...
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Pump The Brakes
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