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Originally Posted by
kevola
This is a well-crafted song with effective instrument breaks and a nice bridge and solid performances. Very Stones-esque in the vocal performance and in the guitar parts. If that's what you were going for you pretty much nailed it. Vocal harmonies were especially nice.
On the nitpicky side, the chorus could use a stronger hook to my ear but then again, give a listen to "Can't You Hear Me Knocking" and you hear the same kind of ambiguity. They punch it up with some strong rhythms that make it work.
Finally, the ending lacks authority to my ear. It seems to end too soon and doesn't say anything. All my opinion of course, and I'm probably wrong.
It's a strong effort with an engaging idea and a good melodic riff to start it all off. I actually like it quite a bit.
I was gonna say it sounded like a Keith Richards riff, if KR was handed someone else's really nice guitar (maybe not tuned to open-G) and then the lyrics had a very Neil Young drive to them - all positive!
I like it. Driving. R'n'R solid.
Constructively - you might tweak one of the verses to be a little snarky/ironic to take the idea more abstract, make your listeners think a little? Along the lines of (and it's corny, yeah, because I just made this up on the fly, but take corny and make a corn-based product, like a plastic bag, a red Solo cup, or a song)
"Got 500 best friends on Facebook
400 followers on the 'gram
So many bestest, best friends,
Who don't even know who I am, oh I'm not isolated, no, no, no."
That's the conundrum, isn't it? Yes, we get "tailored" news, "tailored" search results, etc., but a data company in Delaware/India/China knows more about than our best friends.
Like your style! Keep rockin'!