Rock as Social Commentary- "Menace On The Loose," a video

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Rock as Social Commentary- "Menace On The Loose," a video

I wrote this song in response to the plague of violence that has swept over our nation, and, indeed the entire world this past year. The mass shootings in San Bernardino and Orlando were bad enough.  But then we had police violence against civilians which touched off violent protests that culminated in the tragic death of innocent police officers in Dallas.  Overseas there were the horrific terrorist attacks in Paris and Nice.  I felt it was time to say something about it.  After the song was done, my friend Mikal Britt put together the video for me which now has over 11,000 views on YouTube!.  Warning: the video contains scenes of violence and is not suitable for children.
Bass- Ed (Bapu) Kocol
Bridge vocal- Elizabeth Greenway (a/k/a the current Mrs daryl1968)
Phil (philz) Doyle- All the other stuff
 
Video on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b2Mk2vCvpQw  
 
If you prefer just the music, you can get it here: https://soundcloud.com/phil-doyle-292979186 
or here: http://www.soundclick.com/bands/default.cfm?bandID=1050818&content=music
 
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    Re: Rock as Social Commentary- "Menace On The Loose," a video 2016/10/28 17:01:30 (permalink)
    Hi Phil,
     
    Certainly gets the message across. I watched the video and I think, for most of us adults at least, we're kind of numb to the footage within it. Like your song says, it's in the news... nearly every day.
     
    On a lighter note, top performance by all, as expected, and also expected is the polished end result.
     
    I think the SoundCloud version was a bit "brighter," so that must be something to do with the different encoding methods between SC and the video.
     
    cheers
     
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    Re: Rock as Social Commentary- "Menace On The Loose," a video 2016/10/28 17:08:42 (permalink)
    Man, Phil, very powerful stuff.
    The vid is very well done and a bit disturbing, but sadly not as much as it probably would be if we weren't getting used to hearing about and seeing this kind of stuff.
    The song itself is great, says just what it needs to. I loved the line "flowers in the street and blood in the Seine"
    Reminds me, particularly the way you sing the first verse, of a Leonard Cohen song, and I'm a big fan of his work. And of yours.
    Great job by all involved.

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    Re: Rock as Social Commentary- "Menace On The Loose," a video 2016/10/29 13:23:27 (permalink)
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    Hi Phil,
     
    Certainly gets the message across. I watched the video and I think, for most of us adults at least, we're kind of numb to the footage within it. Like your song says, it's in the news... nearly every day.
     
    On a lighter note, top performance by all, as expected, and also expected is the polished end result.
     
    I think the SoundCloud version was a bit "brighter," so that must be something to do with the different encoding methods between SC and the video.
     
    cheers
     
    andy


    Thanks Andy- Yeah, regrettably the compression ate into the fidelity a little bit.  Such are the perils of YouTube.
     
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    Re: Rock as Social Commentary- "Menace On The Loose," a video 2016/10/30 18:34:06 (permalink)
    Glad the vid is finally done.
     
    Looks good Phil.
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    Re: Rock as Social Commentary- "Menace On The Loose," a video 2016/10/30 18:54:03 (permalink)
    Very cool Phil. Liz was very impressed with the finished song and video (as was I).
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    Re: Rock as Social Commentary- "Menace On The Loose," a video 2016/10/30 19:35:05 (permalink)
    Song sounds great and the video was well done also.
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    Re: Rock as Social Commentary- "Menace On The Loose," a video 2016/10/31 10:02:14 (permalink)
    Track sounds great. I think your song, as a concept song, worked really well. Nice job!
     
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    Re: Rock as Social Commentary- "Menace On The Loose," a video 2016/10/31 15:28:09 (permalink)
    Very nice...   Arrangement sounds good, as does the mix.   And the trade-off between vocal style plays out the difference in feel between lyrics really well. 

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    Re: Rock as Social Commentary- "Menace On The Loose," a video 2016/11/01 20:59:07 (permalink)
    Excellent number Phil and very poignant.  Your lyrics certainly make the point and the way the vocals are arranged really brings some emotion to the song.  Of course the video, accentuates the music and lyrics very well.  This was also very impressive from a technical standpoint (mix, performance, video-music match, etc.).
     
    "We all live in the same house..." and the message you are relaying needs to be echoed around the world!
     
     
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    Re: Rock as Social Commentary- "Menace On The Loose," a video 2016/11/05 11:01:30 (permalink)
    rscain
    Man, Phil, very powerful stuff.
    The vid is very well done and a bit disturbing, but sadly not as much as it probably would be if we weren't getting used to hearing about and seeing this kind of stuff.
    The song itself is great, says just what it needs to. I loved the line "flowers in the street and blood in the Seine"
    Reminds me, particularly the way you sing the first verse, of a Leonard Cohen song, and I'm a big fan of his work. And of yours.
    Great job by all involved.


    Rob, many thanks for those very kind words.  BTW, loved your new cover tune.
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    Re: Rock as Social Commentary- "Menace On The Loose," a video 2016/11/05 11:04:21 (permalink)
    Ed and Daryl (for Liz) thanks, and thank you for your help in bringing the song to life.
     
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    Re: Rock as Social Commentary- "Menace On The Loose," a video 2016/11/05 12:10:41 (permalink)
    great stuff! there's not enough politics in music these days (mainstream at  least)

    just a sec

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    Re: Rock as Social Commentary- "Menace On The Loose," a video 2016/11/05 15:41:05 (permalink)
    Strong message wrapped up in a well done musical package! Let's hope it gets through to the ones in charge.
    (But aren't we all in one or the other way?)
     
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    Re: Rock as Social Commentary- "Menace On The Loose," a video 2016/11/11 11:14:51 (permalink)
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    Song sounds great and the video was well done also.

    Thank you Scotty.
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    Track sounds great. I think your song, as a concept song, worked really well. Nice job!
     
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    Thank you, Dan.
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    Re: Rock as Social Commentary- "Menace On The Loose," a video 2016/11/16 13:24:37 (permalink)
    Good stuff Chaps and chapess.

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    Re: Rock as Social Commentary- "Menace On The Loose," a video 2016/11/21 20:50:21 (permalink)
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    Very nice...   Arrangement sounds good, as does the mix.   And the trade-off between vocal style plays out the difference in feel between lyrics really well. 


    Thanks Steve, that's exactly what I was after.
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    Re: Rock as Social Commentary- "Menace On The Loose," a video 2016/11/30 17:35:51 (permalink)
    Phil, Ed, and Elizabeth I'm sorry that I haven't seen this until now.  This is a whole other level of powerful.  This production is a good example of what we can do to lend our voices to our current situation.  Five stars!

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    Re: Rock as Social Commentary- "Menace On The Loose," a video 2016/12/08 12:57:44 (permalink)
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    Excellent number Phil and very poignant.  Your lyrics certainly make the point and the way the vocals are arranged really brings some emotion to the song.  Of course the video, accentuates the music and lyrics very well.  This was also very impressive from a technical standpoint (mix, performance, video-music match, etc.).
     
    "We all live in the same house..." and the message you are relaying needs to be echoed around the world!
     
     


    Many thanks for that, Freddy!
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    Re: Rock as Social Commentary- "Menace On The Loose," a video 2016/12/08 16:44:29 (permalink)
    That's a very disturbing video, which is precisely the point, and not as frightening as the reality it depicts. My hat's off to you, good work.

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    Re: Rock as Social Commentary- "Menace On The Loose," a video 2016/12/15 21:03:35 (permalink)
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    great stuff! there's not enough politics in music these days (mainstream at  least)


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    Strong message wrapped up in a well done musical package! Let's hope it gets through to the ones in charge.
    (But aren't we all in one or the other way?)
     
    Greetings from overseas,
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    Many thanks for those kind words, Daniel.
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    Re: Rock as Social Commentary- "Menace On The Loose," a video 2017/01/02 13:18:50 (permalink)
    Philz,
     
    This is a great *documentary* of this past year, when violence seemed to win out over peace (in fact alot of our peace mascots died in 2016).  I just wish our leaders would concentrate on our commonalities rather than our differences.  There's alot more that unites us than divides us.

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    Re: Rock as Social Commentary- "Menace On The Loose," a video 2017/01/02 14:19:49 (permalink)
    Very well done Phil, the song builds perfectly, ramping up the angst, then releases to fade. Good writing/arranging.

     
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    Re: Rock as Social Commentary- "Menace On The Loose," a video 2017/01/05 12:09:26 (permalink)
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    Good stuff Chaps and chapess.


    Thanks, Wooks.
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    Re: Rock as Social Commentary- "Menace On The Loose," a video 2017/01/15 09:40:16 (permalink)
    Lynn
    Phil, Ed, and Elizabeth I'm sorry that I haven't seen this until now.  This is a whole other level of powerful.  This production is a good example of what we can do to lend our voices to our current situation.  Five stars!


    Thanks, Lynn.  Appreciate the compliment.
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    Re: Rock as Social Commentary- "Menace On The Loose," a video 2017/01/15 14:13:23 (permalink)
    I missed this first time around, I really must spend more time listing to some of the great stuff on this forum. I love the song, arrangment and sentiment!

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    Re: Rock as Social Commentary- "Menace On The Loose," a video 2017/01/15 21:07:03 (permalink)
    Hey Philz, 
     
    this is great!  everything about it!  great message - great vocals, love Elizabeths' bridge which is such a huge contrast to yours!
     
    bass is driving for this tune, which is perfect for the tone
     
    great job!

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    Re: Rock as Social Commentary- "Menace On The Loose," a video 2017/01/19 12:34:33 (permalink)
    mcourter
    That's a very disturbing video, which is precisely the point, and not as frightening as the reality it depicts. My hat's off to you, good work.


    Thanks, Mark.  Yeah, the video was meant to be disturbing.
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