BIG Sister Poll...

[Dirty0900]

Originally Posted by *_*

5/10

The slideshow is the highlight for me.

i still cant get mine to work

[BeautifulBurnout]

Originally Posted by Dirty0900

i still cant get mine to work

Have you tried changing the name of the file to something else? Had this problem too and Lloyd pointed me in the right direction. I just changed mine to 05 Slideshow.mov and it works a treat in Media Player Classic.

[stimpee]

As there are 5 tracks, then I'd have to rate each track out of 2. therefore i think i'll rate each track out of 20 and then total up to give a %. not finished listening yet still sinking in. no point in voting yet. i think i'll split the files also first. Still perfecting the CUE file.

[big screen satellite]

i voted initially 7, but i'd like to downgrade my mark to a 5, because i think that this is more than 30% off perfect and nearer to just 50% good -

in a sense - will i be listening to this in 6 months time? no probably not - i might dip back into it but its not something that i will put on and play back because i really dig it, because i don't think i will....

thats not to say i don't like the music in it or the production, which i think are both great, its just as a piece of music it really doesn't do anything for me...

i really prefer single ambient pieces in shorter bursts, rather than longer sections, and I much prefer P4E & LBT and i'd only rate those 8 & 7 out of 10 respectively, so to give this 7 was initially a bit rash and so would like it noted that i rate this 5 in retrospect

overall as a package the deal is great - a cover, the quicktime movie etc, but I really won't be revisiting it that often....

but each to their own - this may be more to other's liking so enjoy it if you do

Matt

[holden]

Originally Posted by big screen satellite

thats not to say i don't like the music in it or the production, which i think are both great, its just as a piece of music it really doesn't do anything for me...

i really prefer single ambient pieces in shorter bursts, rather than longer sections...

but each to their own - this may be more to other's liking so enjoy it if you do

Matt

i agree with you. It is an excellent indication of the ambient side of Underworld, and though there are lots of cool subtleties, for me, it's not very memorable. In contrast, i can recall/hum/sing various tracks from LBT and to a lesser extent, P4E.

For me, this is beautiful music for doing something else, but it probably won't be the first record i reach for if i wanna hear some UW!

There are also grades of ambient music. For some folks, the more minimal, the better. Personally, i can't take fifteen minutes of a single droning sound (not saying that UW did this!). On the other spectrum is something like the Orb (ambient house, i suppose they're considered), which i totally dig because the sounds keep changing throughout those 15 minutes.

Still, i can totally appreciate "I'm a big sister" and am all the more looking forward to the soundtrack, since it probably has more in the way of experimental sounds/ambient bits versus dance and lyric-driven tracks. Just speculatin'.

[Stephen]

Originally Posted by dubman

stephen you're a jerk

Yeah. Well. Your mum's a jerk. How the fuck did you know that was me? I don't really think it's a 0 out of 10, I just thought it was pretty lame to stick this poll up within minutes of the release being up. We all know scoring systems are flawed and not least so when you're scoring something when you've barely had time to listen to it twice. People have commented on it and what they like about it and that's all cool, as is UW being able to release effectively what they want. I guess I just don't think that this is constructive, perhaps because it gives the proper fanboys a chance to go "LOOK! People think the new RiverRun is awesome! As do I! Now I need not think about what it is about it that I like! I HEART UW!"

Seriously though, how did you know that was me?

[Jan]

Don't you know that? Just click on the number and it will show the results.

[dubman]

it does say that results are public

also: chill?
i know people who toss what they can't handle say that, but i honestly wasn't insulted. just thought you were being contrary for whatever reason (ie: reasons just stated)

also your whole family is a jerk.

[Stephen]

Whilst I say your mum is a jerk, it is in jest. I'm sure she's lovely. And that wasn't meant to sound as ranty as it did. I think that came more off the back of me not realising I could view the poll results like that than getting called out for rating it a zero. Now I see though so I've learnt something today at least. Je suis chilled.

Anyway, I think the new RR is alright, not terribly interesting though. Might burn it to CD so I can have it in the car and digest it further.

[Dirty Canuck]

Burn it to a CD and play it on a really good system. I did and I appreciate "I'm a Big Sister......" even more. The subtleties really come out in it this way....