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Rear Window
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Third Cat

Entry from Rear Window in Nur Ein XV.

Tell a story from multiple points of view.

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Third Cat - "Rear Window"

(guest vocal/2nd point of view lyrics in bold italics)

looking back through my rear window I see
something gaining on me
I don't know what it is
though I fear what it might be

looking back through my rear window I feel
I lost hold of the wheel
something seem right
I'm not sure what is for real

*yes, it's true, i'm coming for you
yes, it's true, i'm coming for you
yes, it's true, i'm coming for you

it's seared in my memory
deep in the forest
you thought no one else could see
but i was peeping through the trees

pitch black, it was moonless midnight
deep in the forest
i hid, waiting for daylight
as you said: "i must forget this night."*

wasn't me
i didn't do it
just a dream
no, not what it seems

*i know what you did
i saw it with my own eyes
not getting away
you're gonna pay this time*

wasn't me
i didn't do it
just a dream
no, not what it seems

*i know what you did
i saw it with my own eyes
not getting away
you're gonna pay this time*

Reviews

3 posted notes

GlennCase

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Okay, is that a guest vocalist or did you just put a bunch of vocal effects on your voice and attempt to pass it off as a guest? I checked your lyrics and the message boards to see if you credited a collaborater. Either way, I am going to give you the benefit of the doubt and we will say it is a legitimate guest vocal. Either way - this is one of the songs that I found myself wanting to skip the most on repeat listens. One issue I have with this is the patch/sample choices that don't blend well to my ear. The mix sounds completely out of whack. The organ seems WAY too loud in the chorus. This isn't terrible, but you may very well be in danger of elimination this week.

LYRICS: [OKAY] 1 point
STRUCTURE: [OKAY] 1 point
PERFORMANCE: [OKAY] 1 point
CONCEPT/CHALLENGE: [OKAY] 1 point
DYNAMICS/MIX: [OKAY] 1 point
SCORE: 5 out of 10

vowlvom

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Plenty of your usual psychedelic production gold here, but the arrangement occasionally feels disjointed (I'm not sure if there are some clumsy edits in there or I'm just hearing some really clicky guitar notes) and the extremely processed guest vocals don't fully work for me.

mo

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The call and response is pretty nice. And the chiptunes too with that guitar countermelody. Once the groove gets going, there’s some good stuff going on. The mix is kind of all over the place though, no? “Wasn’t me/I didn’t do it” is a good bit. I’m not sure this song is that memorable as I seem to forget it each time after listening to it, but every time it comes on, my first reaction is, oh I like this tune. But then I forget it again immediately afterwards.

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