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 | Peter Bauckham said 159 days ago |
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You songs and production are alway classy - great lyrics and playing - excellent! Peter |
 | lavalamp said 159 days ago |
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Pure coolness You just keep coming up with some great ones. Being from California, I have to say, all I ever saw were movie stars, all I ever drank was fine wine, and all I ever dated were nice girls. California, here I leave! LL |
 | 12parsecs said 159 days ago |
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what's wrong,,, what's wrong with cali?? c'mon, you like raisins, don't you? smog? earthquakes? good tune. very presidents of the usa. (there's one more reason to move to cali... your love of american politics!) |
 | SystematicFailure said 159 days ago |
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/// Love This! Those guitars sounds amaZING! really like the distorted harp too. the jolson sample at the end is hilarious. another great tune from you! |
 | MarkHolbrook said 159 days ago |
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Well I left... but this song is great!!! |
 | VicDiesel said 159 days ago |
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This is ripe for Arrow 93.1 FM The LA classic rock station :-) Great song. |
 | Vic Holman said 159 days ago |
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oh come on.... ....you want to be a little bit of a rock star, just a little. even if it's performing in front of the mirror, huh? Anyway great ripping rocker! cool lyrics as well and their ain't nothing wrong at all living in the northwest. good laugh at the ending,ha |
 | J.A.Stewart said 158 days ago |
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The Antithesis of Everything... Joe Hollywood stoops, er, stands for. LOL Check out his appearance in * Star-Bound (MJ Live Aid) * to see what I mean. This started off sounding a little bit like a Rick Springfield tune, which is pretty ironic in itself. But it quickly settled into its own sound... a pretty damn good one at that. Even some old rock boogie lead in there. Nicely crafted, performed and produced. ;) --- Joe |
 | racerat said 158 days ago |
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CA I moved out to NorCal after 15 years in the Big Apple and I gotta tell ya, I ain't never comin back......... Nice tune, cranked it! Philip |
 | Lennon714 said 158 days ago |
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. This should be my theme song. I hate rockstars and I don't care much for California. How do you get this crystal clear sound? Do you master your tracks? What with? Ozone3? Not that it's the product that's making these songs so great. You can't polish a turd. But I want sound as clear as you're getting. Tell me your secrets and I could be the Ratt to your Van Halen. |
 | aclarke said 158 days ago |
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This rocks! Great sound... massive cross appeal song here. You'd have to be a music hater to not love this song. Big hooks, huge riffs and seriously cool vocals. If I could do better I could probably find something to nitpick.... but I can't so I'll just take my free copy and go. |
 | jiguma said 158 days ago |
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Good one Ridd Great groove - great lyrics, really good performance too. Your best yet! Totally love it. Neil |
 | Moviz said 158 days ago |
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Great Great song and lyrics, love your musicality and the way you make it sound as though there's a full group there, very listen-able. Love your vocals too, cheers M |
 | Micheal_Wark said 158 days ago |
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Alright Ridd! Very rootsy with lot's of attitude! Love these lyrics. Even find myself in agreement with them! Ha ha... The total package here simply ROCKS! My fave by you so far my friend! Be well! |
 | guygrooves said 158 days ago |
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Love this !!!!!!!! Great tune! It had a very slight Barney Bentall feel to it. I hope thats not an insult. I enjoyed it very much and it's in the itunes now. 10's across the board. |
 | Ibstrat said 158 days ago |
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This is what I call rock n roll.Like Weezer only better.Incredible production.Guitar sounds amazing. Nice solo! |
 | magnatone said 158 days ago |
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I Don't Wanna Be A Rockstar This is GREAT! Love the sentiment of this song, and what a fabulous rocker to boot! Way to go Ridd (you tell 'em!) |
 | peacepiano said 158 days ago |
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Song Song writing lives! Catchy memorable lyrics. Fun guitar licks. Very much enjoyed this one. Thanks Bill |
 | Relic67 said 157 days ago |
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Great! you're a great musician and producer! this could be an answer song to Matthew Sweet's awesome tune "come to california" |
 | Heightened said 157 days ago |
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This is what I am talking about!!!!! Sorry bud, but you already are a rock star!!!!! |
 | eleveneyes said 157 days ago |
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Rock Star! Love the BIG guitar sound in the choruses. The high vocal is very cool too. Fun tune! Love it! |
 | michael2 said 157 days ago |
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oh yeah another classic. do you really have a trans am? watch me turn green with envy. this is a great rocker. so many nice touches (like when the drums drop out for a second right before the solo). you know I live in LA, maybe i need to do an answer song. although the LA i know is all gangs, smog, homeless people and the rich folks flying by in their SUV's. nice sample at the end. can't wait to hear the next. |
 | guitapick said 157 days ago |
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Well... ...don't wanna be a rock star... ...but... ...it is your DESTINY!!!.... ;) Great tune, man...really great! |
 | mikkinylund said 157 days ago |
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Great Blues! And what a great, fat, killer guitar sound you got here, awesome! Love it! Kudos for the surprising ending! |
 | Alannah said 155 days ago |
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Are you kidding me !!!! .. the Californians all wanna live in VANCOUVER !!! hahahaha Great Energy in this one Ridd ! Makes me wanna go out and listen to a live band now .... (actually I heard one last weekend .. and well um ... let's just say they were too young .. and lacked the energy that comes from experience) ..... you rawk ... keep on rawking right here ! |
 | MusicManVA said 155 days ago |
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Love it You made best best out of a standard blues/rock riff. Love the lyrics as well |
 | Dragonas said 154 days ago |
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Congrats on an awesome song! You just keep churning out really catchy tunes. You are one of the most prolific songwriter here. Great vocals and amazing production quality. btw, I find this song really ironic since I actually live in L.A. ;-) |
 | Ejh said 153 days ago |
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Those are BIG guitars! Slammingly multitracked left and right, and then that cool solo... Lyrics are like Lou Reed and Iggy meet Loudon Wainwright III... You've got like six flavors of distortion going here, and they're all tasty... At some points I thought the vocal could be a dB or two higher, but that may be my headphones... This is a wonderful, tight mix...The production's great... Ed |
 | lengold said 153 days ago |
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Fantastic... ...You are very lucky to have the choice. Yes, you could be a rockstar. Cheers Len |
 | thekurtisproject said 147 days ago |
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fantastical I love pretty much everything in this song. The vocals remind me of Weezer bunches! very good sound quality! I love the chorus too :D |
 | timothy devine said 123 days ago |
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nice whistle great stop cool tune nicely played great tones love the hi hat near the end just all real tasty peace tm |
You make it so dang hard to hate you!! Geez Ridd!
Well this is certainly another great one. You are so talented and you put all those californians to shame! :) Excellent lyrics and great sound throughout. Cute irony too. I guess I cannot hate you anymore, you are just too good! That just kills me. Perfect revenge. Great job!