How do you rate a song on a scale of one to 10? Well, I like to use
my old 10 sided dungeons and dragons die. I just let fate (and the
mystical powers) decide what each song is really worth. But seriously
folks, the key to the scale I use to rate the songs is pretty simple.
The main benchmark on my scale is 7. Here's what I mean:
- 10
- Wow! Just about perfect. Might have a small flaw, but it has
enough amazing material to keep you distracted. It totally
hold your attention. In other words, it's a ten.
- 9
- Great stuff, but there's something a bit wrong, some flaw that
takes it off the 10 list.
- 8
- Also great stuff. A notch above typical quality a cappella.
- 7
- Average. But I mean that in a good way. This is exactly what
you'd expect a good a cappella group to sound like. It doesn't
reinvent the wheel, but it's good.
- 6
- Good. Substandard, but good. You can listen to it.
- 5
- Very borderline. You might like some of it. Still listenable
if you like the material on the album that surrounds it. Below
average a cappella.
- 4
- Bad.
- 3
- Very bad, but I've heard worse.
- 2
- Pretty damn bad, but (like the 3) there must be SOME redeeming
quality, perhaps one clever idea in the arrangement or one
standout singer, that keeps it from being a 1.
- 1
- Literally unlistenable. There is no reason to listen to this
song. All school songs will get a 1 until further notice (why
would anyone want to listen to them?) Any song that has no
reason to exist or that misses the point of the song being
covered will get a 1. (Imagine a "You Ought to Know" without
the anger, for example.) Anyone who murders a song with
juvenile humor will get a 1. I have yet to have to give a 1 to
a song for just plain bad singing.
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