Wow, I feel kind of alienated by this song, I don't understand what language it's sung in or who or what Sigur Rós is.
What the hell just happened ?
I feel so inadequate... *sob*
I'm such a low brow knuckle dragging caveman.
I guess I'm just not worthy of being a listener/viewer.
One minute I'm happy to see a new Rebecca Mayes Muses and the next I'm thrown into the dark unforgiving waters of ignorance and unsophistication.
It sounded sweet and endearing but I have no idea what it ment or what it was ment to mean...

I give it an eight of 13 W.T.F.H.W.T.

It kind of reminds me the the Ballet Mecanique, that is to say it's like a cacophony of sounds I don't fully understand but can enjoy.

Ballet Mecanique, kind of appropriate seeing as this is a "review" of Transformers WfC.

El pup:
Large thing you wrote

Well that's the music business for you, my good man. Also I like what you said about "celebrity beef". It has nothing do to with what you said it's just that it made me want some beef jerky.

I think she's doing this on purpose. I mean it's the same thing Vista did to promote Windows 7. Microsoft actually made the former suck so that the angry saps who got it will either have to adjust to a Mac or will have to wait for a short while to get Microsoft's apology cake.
In the same sense that Mayes is making this thing suck-ish so that we will lower our expectations because in our minds we know she's going to screw up. When that happens, she produces a giant two-handed sword when we expected her to use broccoli to kill us with. It's a risky move because there are some people like El pup here who will probably rage quit on her and do drugs and kill a bear with a stuffed bear in a bear costume.

yeah.. I didn't like that in the least...

ButterFunky:

Well that's the music business for you, my good man. Also I like what you said about "celebrity beef". It has nothing do to with what you said it's just that it made me want some beef jerky.

...It's a risky move because there are some people like El pup here who will probably rage quit on her and do drugs and kill a bear with a stuffed bear in a bear costume.

It was probably the SLIM JIM ADVERTISEMENTS working their marketing magic on you, or beef jerky is just that amazingly great of a food.

As for the sucking on purpose thing, I see what your saying but I just find it doubtful just cause there is not much of a purpose for her to cull the heard of fans, seeing as she doesn't have an ungodly unmanageable following. In you're example you are talking about a driving a demand up via a stranglehold on computers. Rebecca Mayes doesn't necessarily have a strangle hold on music (or even the escapist) but even if she did she is not driving any sort of demand up.

Also she hasn't been writing good music for about 7 months now. That's a pretty long time for a tactic I'm not sure would work on any level to be honest. Even if she was just trying to drive our expectations down would it make more sense to quickly release bad music often over a short period of time rather than take long drawn out periods of time to update us with music that is purposely a disapointment?

And the amount drugs and number of people I murder while wearing my padded panda suit in my spare time is my business! Last time I checked it wasn't a crime to get high and murder someone... or was I high last time I looked that up... GOD DAMN IT I'M ABOUT TO GO KILL SOMEONE!

Joking aside, why would any artist want to purposely make bad art? You say it is to lower all of our expectations, but that would be like DaVinci inventing/painting horrible ideas on purpose so we appreciate the ones he "tried" on, it's just a waste of time on the audience and artists part since that time could just as easily be spent TRYING to make something good.

El pup:
Lots and Lots of Words

You know what is really sad? That you took the time to put together a logical, reasoned point of view that seemed largely coherent, and then you completely invalidated any shred of worth it may have had by including several pointless ad hominem arguments and outright insults.

We get it: you don't like her anymore. Thing is, most of the people posting here don't agree with you, and you're pretty much wasting both their time and yours by trying to evanglize in this forum. In the vein of your "I don't ask how a game is made" comment, I personally don't eat liver and then bitch about how much I hate liver. I just don't eat it in the first place, nor do I keep trying it to see if 'this time I like it'. Life is too short for wasting time like that. I suspect you are looking for some validation or a like-minded person to agree with you: again, I think you're making a very poor choice of venue. Perhaps you'd find more fertile ground in the 'off-topic' forum?

OT:
I generally enjoy the music, but this vid, I just... No. Not my thing, but I guess experimentation is to be expected. Playing the drum with broccoli almost made it worth watching tho.

I've enjoyed the previous couple videos miss Mayes has released, but this one didn't do it for me.
It was just rhythmically bland.

Interesting use of instrumentation, though. I'd love to hear interesting instrumentation like that being used in a less wall-of-sound-y song.

It's just that when you use droning rhythms and flood the track with sound like that, most instruments lose their uniqueness in the roar of it. And as dynamics go, it's a rather cheap way to build up.

I hope I haven't been OVERLY critical. It was good to see some experimentation going on. Experiments don't always have a good result, is all.

Yeah... a musician should never straty too far away from his/her genre or this is what happens.

It's like a mage in an RPG deciding to use a bow and arrow. The results dissapoint.

solidstatemind:

El pup:
Lots and Lots of Words

You know what is really sad? That you took the time to put together a logical, reasoned point of view that seemed largely coherent, and then you completely invalidated any shred of worth it may have had by including several pointless ad hominem arguments and outright insults.

We get it: you don't like her anymore. Thing is, most of the people posting here don't agree with you, and you're pretty much wasting both their time and yours by trying to evanglize in this forum. In the vein of your "I don't ask how a game is made" comment, I personally don't eat liver and then bitch about how much I hate liver. I just don't eat it in the first place, nor do I keep trying it to see if 'this time I like it'. Life is too short for wasting time like that. I suspect you are looking for some validation or a like-minded person to agree with you: again, I think you're making a very poor choice of venue. Perhaps you'd find more fertile ground in the 'off-topic' forum?

OT:
I generally enjoy the music, but this vid, I just... No. Not my thing, but I guess experimentation is to be expected. Playing the drum with broccoli almost made it worth watching tho.

Take the time to put together a logical, reasoned point of view? No, it really doesn't take me any time at all. This is my normal thought process that flow, to be honest if I put time and effort the effort would actually go in to making it shorter. As Mark Twain has said "I didn't have time to write a short letter, so I wrote a long one instead."

As for the "No one here agrees with you" argument you posted, if you read some of the other posts I think you may find that this one has not resulted in the "good job Rebecca" praise she normally gets... Even her twitter has been getting harsh replies lately. Therefor I don't necesarily feel this is the wrong choice of venue...

I especially don't feel like its the wrong choice of venue because I'm not passing idol destructive criticism... These are legitament complaints. My joking to sort of make the point a little more accessable to certain people is just that... I wouldn't see how it renders the points I make as INVALID. It's like saying Richard Dawkins is wrong in his Oxford studies on Evolutionary biology just because he focuses so strongly on atheism.

And while you feel like they are just me preaching to the wrong choir, why is silencing me the only option? In a sense you would be doing the same thing in preaching to me (all though in your case you are more white knighting)... Wouldn't it be more inappropriate to start a "I HAVEN'T LIKED REBECCA MAYES LATELY" thread? It would be a little uncalled for. Responding to her latest video on here seems like the best place to do it.

I really liked the experimentation with the sound and visuals. It seemed much better than the usual "review set to music" that a few others have pointed out. I rather liked the story set to the visuals and everything tying in together as it did.

Very nice work.

El pup:
TL;DR thing

Your point? You have an opinion that differs from others, congratulations. If you stopped liking her music enough to ramble that much, why are you bothering to continue watching the videos?

El pup:
Are you even trying to make good music anymore?

Sorry to offend, but this sounds like a crappy sigur ros cover band attempting to write something original for the first time, but then trying to pretend that they "weren't really trying."

The funny thing is I enjoy sigur ros and bands in that genre. This was just plain pathetic.

Was the the whole meant to suck that bad to convey how horrible this game is?
This is without a doubt the worse song you have ever written.

*Nods in Agreement*

This reminds me of Bjork and that's bad.

El pup:
Take the time to put together a logical, reasoned point of view? No, it really doesn't take me any time at all. This is my normal thought process that flow, to be honest if I put time and effort the effort would actually go in to making it shorter. As Mark Twain has said "I didn't have time to write a short letter, so I wrote a long one instead."

As for the "No one here agrees with you" argument you posted, if you read some of the other posts I think you may find that this one has not resulted in the "good job Rebecca" praise she normally gets... Even her twitter has been getting harsh replies lately. Therefor I don't necesarily feel this is the wrong choice of venue...

I especially don't feel like its the wrong choice of venue because I'm not passing idol destructive criticism... These are legitament complaints. My joking to sort of make the point a little more accessable to certain people is just that... I wouldn't see how it renders the points I make as INVALID. It's like saying Richard Dawkins is wrong in his Oxford studies on Evolutionary biology just because he focuses so strongly on atheism.

And while you feel like they are just me preaching to the wrong choir, why is silencing me the only option? In a sense you would be doing the same thing in preaching to me (all though in your case you are more white knighting)... Wouldn't it be more inappropriate to start a "I HAVEN'T LIKED REBECCA MAYES LATELY" thread? It would be a little uncalled for. Responding to her latest video on here seems like the best place to do it.

All that reading, with none of the comprehension. Go reread what I said:
1) I never said no one agreed with you, I said few people here would agree with you.
2) I didn't say your insults and ad hominem attacks invalidated your points, I said they invalidated their worth. Big difference. To make your analogy appropriate, it would be like Dawkins trying to publish an academic paper on evolutionary biology and, in it, he states "Besides, anybody who believes in god is a fucking retard." I doubt that paper would get published, regardless of how valid or noteworthy the other material was.
3) I never said you shouldn't state your opinion, and I certainly don't wish to silence you. I simply pointed out that you're more likely to achieve the effect you are looking for (a discussion of the flaws you perceive) in a different forum. I still maintain that to be the case; furthermore, I don't think that posting a reasonable thread with the title "So am I the only one who hasn't liked RMM much lately?" would be inappropriate. If you cut and pasted what you wrote above, you'd probably get in trouble for being so insulting about it, but there have been plenty of threads about Yahtzee being a jerk or whatever over the couple of years I've been posting here.
4) I'm not being a 'white knight'. Or at least that is not my intention. I simply was saying that a lot of people probably would give your opinion more consideration if you didn't have the schoolyard namecalling (at worst) and ad hominem arguments (at best) in it.

So, to sum up, insults and ad hominem attacks are useless things when you're trying to make a point about which you feel strongly; if you're really trying to appeal to a specific audience, I would suggest you consider who, exactly, is going to both find those 'jokes' amusing and actually be interested in a discussion, anyway?

that was strange, dont dislike it but not one of my faves

I agree with the others in saying that Rebecca Mayes isnt a game critic anymore. Although this video did involve some parts about the game, she did the opposite of the other recent videos and took away good music to go with a game review. I understand shes trying to promote her new album but she should still provide the service she did with her earlier videos seeing as most of her fans come from The Escapist.
Sorry but I hated this vid :(

oh, my word..... so much rage!
deep breath.
if you girls wanna compete in the gun games, come compete. if you dont, dont play the games or play them on your own/coop. do what you want to enjoy yourself on those or other games.... but dont come and piss on my party just cus it aint you gig!
i work hard. im nice to the customers (i work retail) and not cinicaly but to actually try and help em and give them a smoother day. when i get home i let loose and try and face fuck my opponents. whats wrong with that? if you dont like it go and just not do it. k? k.

ooh ooh. and to say that previous post was just on the ''i hope third person shooters die/ why are they doing this with the transformers franchise'' discussion of the video. the music itself inspired neither anger nor pleasure. meh.

uuuh... what?

Whispering Death:
Yeah... a musician should never straty too far away from his/her genre or this is what happens.

It's like a mage in an RPG deciding to use a bow and arrow. The results dissapoint.

I couldn't disagree more.
A musician who doesn't diversify, stagnates.

The melody was preety good and quite soothing at times. However, the lyrics were just awful, even if they were intended to be such. =/

Oh well...

I didn't like that song, but the video was entertaining.

Blayze2k:

Whispering Death:
Yeah... a musician should never straty too far away from his/her genre or this is what happens.

It's like a mage in an RPG deciding to use a bow and arrow. The results dissapoint.

I couldn't disagree more.
A musician who doesn't diversify, stagnates.

Really? You think Tool would put out a great country album? Public Enemy a great technical math metal album. Madonna a concerto?

Great musicians work their talents in a particular area, if I may draw a somewhat lame gaming analogy, putting their skill points into the technical requirements of songwriting required by the genre.

For example, Rebecca Mayes creates simple melodies with a guitar. That's what she's practiced. This song was somewhat anti-melodic and is based on layering tracks on top of eachother to crechendo into a peak and then end with a denouement. Songwriting like this requires skills more analogous to certain styles of techno or trance than those of soft rock.

So when someone without those requisite skills tries to make a song of a genre the songwriter is ill equipped to succeed and, as we see with this example, fails.

I thought this was really good on all levels, and was glad to hear a switch in musical style. I think people are a little quick to associate a playful stab in a new direction, or indeed any sentiment in a creative work, with some kind of over-arching attitude or methodology on behalf of the artist. That's just not the case most of the time in any artistic field.

Good song, I liked it, as always. keep up the good work Miss Mayes.

Please please please Cancel this series as soon as possible bad music i can cope with "yet to see a decent one of these yet" but gods the production values just get worse and worse. As ive said before even the much deridied video game theater was better than this nonsense and didnt last as long. Guess some of the old gamer adages hold true if theres a real life girl in it things that would never be tolerated otherwise are hailed as a masterpeice of the genere

As it stands i couldnt bear to listen to more than 40 seconds of this. theres no hook, vocals need the subtitles as they are way to indistinct in the recording "couldnt even tell if subtitles were translation of the song in japanese which would make sense for transformers or just badly mixed". end of the day if a song cant at least catch your interest in under a min its not worth listening to. this actually turned me away from it before then

Rebecca Mayes:

El pup:
Lots and Lots of Words

Dear El Pup,

Hello. I have read everything you have written, as you have listened to every song I have sung. It is a strange sort of relationship. We both sit at our computers and write these words like artforms. I am hurt by your words, of course. As was, I suppose, your intention, and I found what you said about your girlfriend very disrespectful; I hope she finds a man who respects her as she deserves, which may in time, be you. But back to the point. I will feel hurt of course. Or feel insecure. Or angry. Or sad. To pretend otherwise is to be in denial. The emotions are there and they are really quite harmless, really quite beautiful. And they are not the totality of me, or anyone. In fact they haven't anything at all to do with who I really am. If I was living for my ego I wouldn't be doing this. Ego's can't hack this kind of thing - just look at what happens to famous people. It attracts so much hate. Just the other day someone sent me a twitter to say they hoped I would get hit by a bus. And I am just a girl who lives in devon and makes silly videos.

I make them for us, for you and for me. I make them for fun. I make them to see what happens. I care. I work hard. I love it when you love it. And when you don't I am sad. I wouldn't have it any other way. This one appears to have gone down badly with a fair few of you, as I sort of thought it might. But don't be to quick to put a linear pattern to it. The belief of things going downhill is a general negative-thinker thing. Positive thinkers have the opposite problem and always think things are getting better, but that is similarly an illusion. My take on it is more circular. There are definitely songs/videos that are better than others. But better in whose opinion? The circle will take a different loop for each of us, including me (and many of those you mentioned in your list are my favourites like The Monster and The Mirror). This song will be someone's favourite, even if they are in the minority. That is the beauty of individuality.

Well dear El Pup, if I may be so bold as to address you as such, I wish you all the best in your endeavors. You clearly have a sharp mind and eloquent voice. Criticism is an artform, and I'm sure you will put it to good use. Keep asking why things are not as they should be.

Rebecca

Sorry rebecca but after posting my thoughts i decided to read what other have said for once "its late im bored so i thought id see what the fanboys were saying" however when i saw that comment i really do need do ask what the hell are you smoking there. either your high or just to full of yourself that you beleive whatever artistic sounding drivel you produce will be lapped up. youve found a niche for yourself and gratz for that but please stop treating the public like fools who cant see what your about