| Category | Rating |
|---|---|
| Track Structure | 9 |
| Interest | 9 |
| Melody | 10 |
| Performance | 10 |
| Lyrics | 0 |
| Enjoyment | 9 |
| Recording Quality | 9 |
| Commercial Appeal | 9 |
| Overall | 9.3 |
This is my first ever review, and I chose a simpler song by Superhuman instead of one of his masterpieces, so already you could surmise that I feel unequal to the task of reviewing a powerhouse guitarist.
But still, I think an objective opinion can be made, on the basis of music-is-to-be -enjoyed, and I'll approach this from my own perspective towards music.
The "Angels" are Superhuman's little daughters, and from a guy noted for his passion for fast and furious guitaring, this fatherly-feeling brings him a unique challenge in my view: If a song has to have any meaning, I feel it must have a message as well as a certain personality, so I was curious to see how does he present a tune to show his gentle feelings for his daughters, without compromising his own musical tastes?
The start of the song itself shows he is not going to go all goo-goo gaa-gaa over these little angels and be somebody he is not, he's stamped his rock-guitar tone (is that a Boogie I hear?) from the very beginning.
But the love of a parent is a strange thing, he must have had the little girls in mind for the song is tempered with a sweet rock tone, and the guitaring always has a melody, even the fast passages are cleanly played, you can hear every single note even on the fast runs...now THAT is incredibly difficult to do.
The song's melody is not your typical furious shredder's cliche-ridden style....Superhuman has mixed different styles into different passages, and if you're a student of guitaring,you could go through this song and realize there's about a few thousand hours of serious guitar-practise sessions providng the canvas for him to paint on.
Are there weaknesses in this song? Could it be better? Of course. The biggest let-down in the piece is not the guitaring, but the drums! I find the drums repetitive, and downright infuriatingly boring. But then again, the backing drums were probably just laid as a simple foundation for the music...still, after about a minute of hearing the same drumming, one begins to wonder what's going on there which distracts from the guitaring.
The chord structure of the piece,too, I feel, could benefit from the use of extended chords. Mindful of the fact that much of today's modern rock music is centered around power chords, I suppose I'm a bit old-fashioned, but I tend to think that using subtle extended chords, spreading the bass away from the root, would open up the background, and allow the guitar to explore even further melodically.
But then again, it is probably just intended to be a simple expression of feeling for the Angels in his life, so a simple backing was likely used to keep the song in focus.
Which, then, in summary, makes this song a Rock Lullaby, as well as a primer for those who are newbies to listening to a modern rock guitar hero.
Well Done, Superhuman!
Raggy
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