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2018/05/19 13:05:50 (permalink)

Oriental Invasion

A song about the flood of people and food from orient.
What do you think funny song or crtical?
 
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post edited by HarryC - 2018/07/31 13:29:31

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Re: Oriental Invasion 2018/05/19 13:59:57 (permalink)
Can’t tell if song is parody of xenophobia or just light hearted racism.The food pictured isn’t even Asian. It’s food referred to as “Chinese” but purely an American product made by Americans of Asian descent. The music itself is not bad but lyrics are disturbing but perhaps not creator’s intent
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Re: Oriental Invasion 2018/05/19 15:54:51 (permalink)
Thematically, it was . . . not my cup of tea.

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Re: Oriental Invasion 2018/05/19 16:03:19 (permalink)
As a piece of music, it was fine until the lyrics kicked in, then I pressed the exit button. 

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Re: Oriental Invasion 2018/05/19 16:30:52 (permalink)
The term 'oriental' is itself pejorative and an excellent reason to not listen to any of it.

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Re: Oriental Invasion 2018/05/20 06:51:58 (permalink)
I'm sorry that I have catapulted the song on the black list.
To my apology the lyrics are not from myself.
 
Thank you for your honest words.

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Re: Oriental Invasion 2018/05/20 11:40:12 (permalink)
Not for me... sorry!

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Re: Oriental Invasion 2018/05/20 12:54:38 (permalink) ☄ Helpfulby emeraldsoul 2018/05/20 15:15:23
Wow, you wanker
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Re: Oriental Invasion 2018/05/30 18:38:29 (permalink)
Instrumentally...  I liked it.  I thought it was well played and arranged, and the way you had different lead instruments coming in and out was clever.   Lyrically I had no idea what was said, so it seems I missed out on some of the more negative aspects... 
 

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Re: Oriental Invasion 2018/06/05 14:27:47 (permalink)
it was meant to be like a parody or funny song, but the majority of you sees the text critically.
Ok my question is answered.
@stevec: Nice that you also considered the music, thank you.
@daryl1968: No comment on your very intelligent statement

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Re: Oriental Invasion 2018/06/05 16:49:01 (permalink) ☄ Helpfulby emeraldsoul 2018/06/07 00:36:37
HarryC
it was meant to be like a parody or funny song, but the majority of you sees the text critically.
Ok my question is answered.
@stevec: Nice that you also considered the music, thank you.
@daryl1968: No comment on your very intelligent statement




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Re: Oriental Invasion 2018/06/06 12:05:38 (permalink)
Waste of some ace playing and arranging and syncing vid work... BUT is it offensive ? ... F,O of course yes ... a  'parody' you say funny??  Don't think so, I agree with with he who lives in deepest darkest Wales, but maybe it's a SW thing with values ......
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Re: Oriental Invasion 2018/06/06 12:50:52 (permalink)
Cool song.  Love the arrangement and creativity in this.  Weird and odd, and totally interesting.  I couldn't understand the lyrics to be mad about them.  Oriental is just anything from the East, like art, food, and etc.  You could say there's a bit of an oriental invasion in my house, as my wife loves Asian cultural arts and crafts.  
 
Why don't you post the lyrics?  That would also help remove the ambiguity of parody or racism.   

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Re: Oriental Invasion 2018/06/07 00:37:46 (permalink)
I like ambiguity.

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Re: Oriental Invasion 2018/06/09 06:45:22 (permalink)
Finally someone who not only criticizes the lyrics, but focuses on the main thing, namely the music.
Thank you @Voda la Void

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Re: Oriental Invasion 2018/07/31 13:30:45 (permalink)

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Re: Oriental Invasion 2018/07/31 16:23:17 (permalink)
I enjoyed the music as well as the video - cool how you got the marching soldiers to sync up with the beat. As for the lyrical content, I have to agree with VLV in that I couldn't really make them out well enough to get the message. So I guess if I had to offer an apolitical mix suggestion it would be to bring the vocals out a bit through EQ, not just on the vocal itself but also some complementary dipping of instruments that conflict with the vocals.


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Re: Oriental Invasion 2018/08/02 17:48:58 (permalink)
Listened again, still a cool song.  Was the video taken down for a bit? 

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Re: Oriental Invasion 2018/08/03 08:38:59 (permalink)
@bitflipper: Thank you. I try to fix the vocal with EQ and simultaneously duck the instruments. I'm German so i can't understand each single word of the vocals, but i have the lyrics on paper. So i can read and understand. Maybe that's the reason why is hard to hear what Eddie (Metaled) sings.
 
@VodaLaVoid: Yes, the Video was taken down and is now back again with a comment from Eddie:
mixed mastered and composed by harry c
vocals and lyrics by eddie lee schrock METALED
don't be offended its just jokes i have no problems with Asians

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Re: Oriental Invasion 2018/08/03 15:20:16 (permalink)
I also couldn't hear the words except for in one soft spot for a few seconds. No idea what it's about, so I'll just say that I thought the guitars were very cool and the mix was quite good except that the vocals need to be a little louder in my opinion.
 
I'm with Voda La Void about Oriental not being offensive. My great grandmother was Cherokee (Though I'm mostly British and Hungarian), and no one on her side of the family was the least bit upset whenever they heard people say "Injun." We all thought it was rather quaint. There are tons of people in this world just looking for things to get upset about even if they have to invent them.
 
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Re: Oriental Invasion 2018/08/04 06:38:05 (permalink)
@Wayfarer
Hey Bill, what a coincidence. My singers grandmother was a Cherokee, too. He wrote the lyrics and sang this song.
He is from Kentucky maybe there is a another slang language. Is it a question of volume or clearness of the voice?
 
There are tons of people in this world just looking for things to get upset about even if they have to invent them.
100% right, just ignore them.

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Re: Oriental Invasion 2018/08/04 15:26:14 (permalink)
I think it's just the volume Harry.
 
My great grandmother was also from Kentucky, incidentally. Maybe they're related. Who knows. Her family used to be named Harden but changed their name to Whitehouse after John Wesley Harden ticked off the nation. She actually married and settled in White House, Tenn. Maybe someone in the family tree helped settle the town or something. I never heard the story on that. We moved there briefly too when I was young. It's just a stone's throw from Kentucky. My mom grew up on a farm in Portland, Tenn. Just 10-miles from Kentucky. You can't name a musician from Nashville that she didn't claim she was related to. 
 
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