Comments on: Ocean Eyes - Owl City

By: nicky

nicky — Tue, 25 May 2010 20:39:08 +0000

Dude what an out of order review.
Everyone has their own taste in music fair play but i love owl city and to abuse them with a zero is not on. Considering he started of in his basement and built his way up the internet and to stardom he has done brilliant. Ocean eyes is a good album, the stand out tunes fireflies, umbrella beach and vanilla twilight are catchy and uplifting even if twilight is about his past lover. Fireflies is as catchy as catchy can be and umbrella beach is a decent dance track. Even a few other songs of the album i would say he can release. Such as tidal wave and meteor shower.Fair play his lyrics are a bit childish but thats what makes his music so fun.His voice is sometimes brilliant and sometimes chipmunkish yet his voice is quality live. The beat and tunes of his songs are well just soothing and uplifting.One thing you can’t deny the one word that describes owl city on a whole is uplifting. He makes good music mate, sort it out. A ZERO more like an 8 out of ten…

By: david grohl

david grohl — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 02:08:17 +0000

Both the reviewer and the commenters are being extremely biased, but the reviewer does make a good point

While i admit that his music can be a pick me up, it is pretty awful musically. Most of the tracks are the same thing with different happy words. i dont mind having lyrics that dont make sense but he uses way to many puns and such.

There is no reason to buy the entire album because all the songs sound the same and are basically the same. It is better than most rap but at least rap sometimes has some creativity and lyrics that actually say something

By: Ian

Ian — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 07:43:44 +0000

I have to disagree strongly with this review. I will not say the reviewer "sucks" because everyone is entitled to their own opinion. Yet, to rate this CD as a "0" shows an unnecessarily harsh bias that nit-picks everything needlessly. The great thing about Owl City is that it isn't like other music. It uses puns, and imagery that are intended to make the listener actually think about what they are listening to. You've heard of the "show don't tell" expression? Where the author doesn't just tell the person what is going on, they allow the person to experience thoughts, emotions, and experiences. Ocean Eyes, and all Adam's other music isn't so shallow as to assume the listener can't understand what is going on without a closed explanation, ie. "This happened, then this happened, then this happened, then that happened." And because of this, it isn't the same as mainstream music. It doesn't try to hide it's message in clever puns and analogies, which may be something the reviewer was expecting (and when not found, was utterly disappointed). Adam's music works and moves through the listener, allowing for meditation and thought. Perhaps having to dwell on the music is something that the reviewer isn't to fond of doing. Perhaps dwelling on music is something that more people should do. Contrast to the reviewers opinion, this music is very inspiring, emotional, spiritual, and (many) more adjectives. The imagery in the songs are delightful. They move through the listeners mind and soul, allowing for auditory visualization. A lot of people just see music as something to listen to, but Adam Young has effectively turned his music into something that goes beyond listening. It can be visualized, and felt on an emotional level. It is an experience that doesn't rely on narrative, but on the process of discovering what music actually is. I can see why Owl City is said to be either something to love, or something to hate. It is art. Some enjoy a piece. Some despise it. But what's fascinating is the people who can see the value in a great piece of art, not because it fits the cultural mold, but because it goes beyond the boundaries of the mold and seeks to become something in itself beautiful.

By: Jake

Jake — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 04:11:50 +0000

Yup, agreed with the above... this reviewer kind of sucks (read: sucks majorly). Owl City is an excellent (one-man) band. Yes, Adam's lyrics are bubbly, but that's what makes it great. He utterly failed to mention the /brilliant/ puns in Dental Care: "I've been to the dentist a thousand times/So I know the drill," "When hygienists go on long vacations/That's when dentists scream and lose their patience (patients)," and "Golf and alcohol don't mix/And that's why I don't drink and drive." Some songs have positively beautiful imagery--for instance, Swimming in Miami from Of June has the wonderful line "As the airships move across the sky/And my equipment just keeps standing by/The planets glow and intensify..." This is literally the first bad thing I have /ever/ heard about Owl City. Everyone I talk to has either not heard of them or loves them, which is the way it is with most good bands. In short: shut up, dick.

By: Alaina Rain

Alaina Rain — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 20:57:57 +0000

He’s a jerk! He’s a jerk! He-he-he’s a jerk! He’s a jerk!

I love owl city and so does most people i encounter.

the end.