# Discuss/review the last song by the previous poster **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [April 21, 2015, 12:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discuss-review-the-last-song-by-the-previous-poster/718179 "2015-04-21T12:41:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 20
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2016, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discuss-review-the-last-song-by-the-previous-poster/718179/381 "2016-02-13T21:51:18Z")
“A pretty good example of what we’d have called “alternative” if it had been released a decade or so later.” That’s what I would’ve said at first before I looked this song up and realized it was recorded in 1999. In that context, it sounds more like it’s recapitulating alternative rather than predicting it, though there’s certainly something to be said about the group that they could record a song at the end of the century that sounded like it was already 20 years old. It doesn’t sound like the Blondie songs I’m familiar with, but then again, none of Blondie’s hit songs sounded much like each other anyway. As long as we’re on the subject of proto-alternative songs recorded long after the fact, here’s one from the king; [Lou Reed - This Magic Moment.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4eZjwJZF8uE) ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2016, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discuss-review-the-last-song-by-the-previous-poster/718179/382 "2016-03-05T21:47:18Z")
Reviving this thread to throw out a new hit song that I absolutely love by a pop singer that I forgot about five years ago (about being a pop singer everyone forgot about five years ago). [Mike Posner - I Took A Pill In Ibiza.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1GDhs0z_a8s) ---
**Author:** ![John\_DiFool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_difool/32/19543_2.png) [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2016, 1:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discuss-review-the-last-song-by-the-previous-poster/718179/383 "2016-05-14T01:21:11Z")
Upbeat perky folk-tinged singer songwriter stuff. Like the chords, not your usual strumming. Male singer’s register is into the alto range, made me think he was female at first despite the male name (definitely higher than some female singers like Annie Lennox or Mary Fahl)… That said, I like it. [Alan Parsons, Oh Life (There Must Be More)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cgGNKixp_zY) ---
**Author:** ![John\_DiFool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_difool/32/19543_2.png) [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2016, 12:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discuss-review-the-last-song-by-the-previous-poster/718179/384 "2016-05-16T12:59:32Z")
Bumping since I rezzed this on a Friday evening… ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2016, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discuss-review-the-last-song-by-the-previous-poster/718179/385 "2016-05-27T15:08:04Z")
I love the way it builds from the flute and piano at the beginning to the electric guitar at the first chorus. Musically, it reminds me of Mike & the Mechanics or '90s Pink Floyd more than it does Parsons himself, but you can definitely detect his signature musical flourishes in there. The lyrics really make you feel the pain of this suicidal woman ready to jump into the ocean and free her spirit. [Crosby & Nash - To the Last Whale.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qoek1e8t2K4) ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2017, 1:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discuss-review-the-last-song-by-the-previous-poster/718179/386 "2017-02-03T13:11:06Z")
Gonna bump this eight months later because I was turned on to this song last week, and I feel compelled to share it with you as it was shared with me. Fair warning; _this song will change your life_. Please ensure that you are sitting comfortably and are free of any and all diversions before proceeding. Are you ready? Is everybody in? Is everybody _in_? Then let us begin. [Tai & Le Shuuk - Unicorn.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XbGJzQgsNhU) ---
**Author:** ![John\_DiFool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_difool/32/19543_2.png) [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2017, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discuss-review-the-last-song-by-the-previous-poster/718179/387 "2017-02-03T16:21:54Z")
Not sure if I like the voiceover (as a general rule, occ. exceptions for some Moody Blues songs)-and the “chorus,” as such, is a bit rude, crude, and socially unacceptable. But thanks for rezzing my thread. I stumbled across this the day after Christmas: [The Coral, White Bird](https://youtu.be/DHqul62MXnc?t=4m12s) ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2023, 10:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discuss-review-the-last-song-by-the-previous-poster/718179/388 "2023-05-28T10:20:18Z")
Very Byrds-like, with a strong psychedelic flavor. Feels like a spiritual successor to Eight Miles High. [Dropkick Murphys w/ Evan Felker - The Last One.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=igrENGM1NTI/) ---
**Author:** ![John\_DiFool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_difool/32/19543_2.png) [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2023, 11:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discuss-review-the-last-song-by-the-previous-poster/718179/389 "2023-05-28T11:22:19Z")
[Bless you-been wanting to rezz this thread, but kind of hard to do so when I was the last poster] OK, rather traditional Irish music themes, with a rock vibe. I like their earnestness. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/BURM7l6_pvg/maxresdefault.jpg "The Sisters of Mercy - More (Extended version)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BURM7l6_pvg) Sisters of Mercy - More ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2026, 8:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discuss-review-the-last-song-by-the-previous-poster/718179/390 "2026-06-25T08:21:38Z")
May as well take another shot at trying to resurrect this thread. Pretty cool goth sound. I like the lead singer’s vocals. He’s equal parts Lou Reed and Glenn Danzig, with a touch of Lemmy. Lucifer - Bring Me His Head. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/AvqLxL3hC_0/maxresdefault.jpg "LUCIFER - Bring Me His Head (OFFICIAL VIDEO)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AvqLxL3hC_0) ---
**Author:** ![2\_More\_Bits](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/2_more_bits/32/4148_2.png) [@2\_More\_Bits](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/2_More_Bits)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2026, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discuss-review-the-last-song-by-the-previous-poster/718179/391 "2026-08-23T02:26:34Z")
I liked that a bunch. I couldn’t really tell what era it was from. [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/EO5KICxGUEc/hqdefault.jpg "The Action - Brain") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EO5KICxGUEc) ---
**Author:** ![John\_DiFool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_difool/32/19543_2.png) [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2026, 2:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discuss-review-the-last-song-by-the-previous-poster/718179/392 "2026-08-23T02:36:05Z")
Somewhat trippy (quick bit of research shows they were active in the 60’s for a couple of years, had a revival in the late 90’s, then apparently packed it up for good). Cool guitars, but doesn’t ever really take off, not a big fan of the lead vocalist. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/y3Cy7B9x0qk/maxresdefault.jpg "Peter Murphy - Strange Kind Of Love HD") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y3Cy7B9x0qk) ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2026, 4:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discuss-review-the-last-song-by-the-previous-poster/718179/393 "2026-09-22T04:55:46Z")
Very Bowie-ish. The singer’s gaze in the video is absolutely penetrating. I’m not sure I really understand the lyrics, The Legendary Stardust Cowboy - Paralyzed. [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/9EEZAivzl1Q/hqdefault.jpg "Legendary Stardust Cowboy Paralyzed") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9EEZAivzl1Q) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discuss-review-the-last-song-by-the-previous-poster/718179.md?page=19)