Well, I've been having a great time the last couple of months listening to hundreds of garage songs and then comparing the Cabinet's score to my own rating for the song. First, let me say that there were plenty of songs that the Cabinet and I agreed on--giving the same ratings for a song. And there were lots of the Cabinet gives it a 6, I give it a 5 or the Cabinet gives the song an 7, I give it a 8--so a great number of songs that were very close by 1 or 2 points. I did this to see if there was any great divide in the ratings in any area at all. In the end I came up with one great difference with my ratings and the Cabinet ratings--and that was in the ballad area--and it was quite a big difference. Apparently, I appreciate the garage ballad a little more than the Cabinet does--lol. Here are some examples:
State Of Mind--Cabinet=4 Me=10
The Trolls--How Do You Expect Me To Trust You--Cabinet=4 Me=10
The Pedestrians--Think Twice--Cabinet=3 Me=6
The Invaders--I Was A Fool--Cabinet=4 Me=7
The Invaders--Cryin' All Night Long--Cabinet=4 Me=7
Five Of A Kind--I Don't Want To Find Another Girl--Cabinet=4 Me=8
Bridge--I Don't Think I'll Call You--Cabinet=4 Me=7
The Blue Dells--Trust Me--Cabinet=4 Me=7
The Herd--Sun Has Gone--Cabinet=2 Me=7
The Paradox--With Someone To Love--Cabinet=4 Me=7
The Drongos--If You Want To Know--Cabinet=4 Me=7
Midnight Shift--Just Another Day--Cabinet=4 Me=8
New Colony Six--Hello Lonely--Cabinet=2 Me=6
The Oncomers--You Let Me Down--Cabinet=4 Me=7
That shows the idea here and there's many more that I could list. So, that was the great divide I found in the comparison. I could only compare the average of the Cabinet scores to mine and not individual selections by the Cabinet. I believe that Mike said he gave The Trolls "How Do You Expect Me To Trust You" a 10. And I'm sure there were more Cabinet members who possibly gave some other ballads a high score too. (maybe?--lol) But the end result overall was the Cabinet didn't give the garage ballad a very high score on average. Personally, I think that it's extremely difficult to write a ballad that stands out and has something that's very unique sounding about it. For me, the songs I listed above all have that different and unique sounding quality to them--could be great sounding vocals, could be the overall aura to the song, could be an inventive guitar solo, could be anything. So, I just found it fascinating that when combining the Cabinet scores for garage ballads--the old ballad doesn't do so well. Reference above: not one Cabinet score above a 4.
