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Title: Tears In Your Blue Eyes
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Artist: Dr.Future
Genre: Rock/Pop: Ballad/Easy Listening
Reviewed by: drq on July 31, 2007 (All reviews by drq)

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1Overall Description
Alright, it's always refreshing to find a vocal song on a site like this that doesn't sound awkward because the singer... well, shouldn't sing. This is quite nicely sung and quite restrained, well within the capabilites of the vocalist. No sustained or otherwise difficult notes. Good work.

The music as such is pretty simple but nicely put together with a verse/chorus scheme that makes sense. The progression of the song follows every convention of pop music but is pretty much flawless. There's not much to complain about, although there is not much to be very excited about either. This song is exactly what it tries to be. It can hardly get any less pretentious. However, I usually prefer a little pretentiousness over mundane and ordinary, hense the score. I would have liked to see the artist push the limits a little on this one. I'm not sure how, frankly, but as it is this song seems to fade into the background pretty quicky. Maybe something could be done in the instrumentation department to make it sound less anonymous. The resonant 303 bass doesn't exactly add originality. Or maybe some variations in the chord scheme to spice things up, like a F# leading into the B minor. Or a trumpet solo. I don't know.
 
2Creativity Description
Well, this is where the main problem is. I can't help thinking this piece should be in the eurovision song contest. It has it all: a melody that sticks at first listen, slight pronunciation issues, streamlined production, simple lyrics, a key change, plenty of strings, and a short instrumental midsection. And what's more, the intro melody is quite reminicient of ABBA's "The winner takes it all", which automatically gives it a eurovision vibe.
 
3Arrangement Description
 
4Sound Quality Description
Nothing to complain about. The guitars and strings don't by any means sound *real*, but who cares? They get the job done. The drums are laid back but quite powerful. But as I stated above, a more interesting choice of instruments would perhaps have lifted this piece above it peers (it sure has a lot of peers).
 
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6Does it work as a piece of music Description
 
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