Carl makes great points and agree with them.
I've just started making some proper reviews again after a few weeks/months of being out of it and I just wanted to throw something up that I noticed a bit.
I try to make my reviews constructive. When I dont like a bit of songwriting or a certain part, I try to say why. What I notice is that when I make comments like this about songwriting, a lot of the time people will go on the defensive...some people just don't want to be told that something doesn't work.
I know it is not true for all and especially not some of the older members who can take everything on the chin and appreciate some criticism. But having just 1 or 2 people backfire like that affects you as a reviewer. It makes you less willing to be so 'honest' and write some inane comment about the song.
People don't get so uptight about 'technical' comments...can this be a reason why we/I sometimes wrongly slip into concentrating on this?
There are people who post songs and are after a pat on the back... I just wish they would write in their thread that they want that! Then I would know when I should just ignore a song