"Take me away at once. Don't you see I am a slave to women and rum!" exclaimed H. P. Cooper in his sanity trial of 1882. This would be the first time of record the term 'delusions of grandeur' was used. Despite the evidence, H. P. Cooper was judged sane and went about his business.
Today, the term is being applied here.
Firstly, as from a perspective in musicology, I can't align a definition of "glam rock" or find many genre-defining artists whose material to which I would liken your song. When I think Glam, I think Bowie during his Ziggy era, T Rex, Slade, The Sweet, Roxy Music, even some Queen, Gary Glitter and Alice Cooper.
Yes, there is an element of bubble-gum pop to your tune, but the opening guitar riff and the beat, to my ears seeking historical references, places the basic sound in the early to mid 80's Springsteen. John Cougar, Huey Lewis.
Check out Glory Days--in many ways the groove, some of the progression, some of the sounds very similar to your song IMO...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nvUOgIgLqOQ
Would you agree?
To me, it's not troubling that you call it "Glam Rock," while I believe it is something else. What's in a name? The successful merits of a song often, in any genre, come to striking a responsive chord in the music listener. Often, this is achieved through the craft of the songwriting, the performance of the musician (especially the vocalist's performance is of paramount importance in a song with words and lyrics), the quality of the recording, production and master mix.
In terms of craft, from a song writing perspective, you've constructed a solid pop structure from intro to verse to chorus to guitar solo to disco fade outro. Well done. To nit-pick, lyrics between verse and chorus often stepped on each other--you could consider opening up the sections, using longer turnarounds, or an extra bar to reset and add separation. That's just my sense of measure on measure-to-measure arranging.
In terms of musical performance, it's all nicely programmed stuff, but it is not fully convincing to me as a real band. Very stiff on the grid stuff. Great for a demo. Not excellent as a final demonstration of grooving musicians at play.
Also, while I do commend you from stepping out of your comfort zone and signing yourself, the master vocal performance has many pitch issues that simply undermine the effectiveness of the vocal melody when it clashes against the harmony...as a pop music aesthetic. Also, and I know you know I know you can't do much about it: the quality of your voice really doesn't lend itself to being featured in a mainstream song for mass commercial appeal, which this track seems to be seeking and/or imitating. It's quirky, flat and probably better suited for more sardonic Lou Reed than emotional Springsteen.
Actually, the following tune truly strikes me as the type of song your style would match...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AHljIhDDibU
And I embed that as a compliment
The fact is, the idea of your song and the crafting has many strengths, but, the execution falls farther from the ideals of "glam rock" to which you have liked yourself. That you submitted on October 2nd, the second day of the competition suggests you may not have spent as much time polishing and working the materials as much as others did with their songs.
Am I wrong? Quite possibly. But if you truly believe your song was among the best in October, then the 9th place finish must be a major bummer. But from where I listen, sounds about right.
Personally, and I have no pony in this race, I was surprised tbase2000 didn't finish higher, or Farlukar.
" . Reading his comments, I can see he actually did think he nailed it.
