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General => Archive => General Music Archives => Topic started by: Indiscipline on September 29, 2018, 07:00:25 AM
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Yup, you read that right. I've been in modern music hybernation for the better part of the last two decades, yet I've lived the first half of my musical life as the luckiest album freeloader alive. How so? You can read it here (https://www.dreamtheaterforums.org/boards/index.php?topic=17796.0), a funny place and ideal cheatsheet for unlocking my tastes and habits.
After a satisfying crowsourcing session, we've established to ban everything published before 1996, and explained the reasons why. After that date, my life went into a totally different niche of music 24/7, allowing me only the time and brainpower to hear a lot but listen to nothing.
Here's the ludicrous list of acts I can say I know everything about in the new millennium:
Dream Theater and blast radius
Neal Morse and blast radius
Muse
Aristocrats
For everything else, we have 4 options:
1. I know the song you sent, please resend. (I'm happy and willing to really work with you here)
2. I know the act, let's hear what I missed.
2. That act wasn't worth my complete attention, I prefer the original model. (A whole lot of your current prog heroes here)
3. I didn't know that act even existed. (The whole goal of this roulette)
And now, as my roulette mentor Jingle would say: TASTES!
Omnivore, of the worst kind. I'm an opera baritone's grandson, a jazz-rock drummer's son, TAC's lost euro-twin's brother, and I make a living singing stuff composed in the 1800's. I don't see race, I don't see genre. The only race and genre I care about is quality. If I were the Inside Out kid, my music brain would host cartoon BaroqueWig, MetalHead, ProgPipe, HeroinBop and WestEndSlut pushing my buttons. Yeah, messy.
I love unashamed melody as well as daring dissonance, value timbre over range, expression over musicianship, frequencies democracy over walls of sound, landscape over structure. I don't make a fuss about poor lyrics, but I'm rewarding brilliant ones. Saxophone and flute matter, violins a lot less. I'm ok with any kind of production, as long as it's consistent with the tune's spirit. Growls are accepted only as peculiar appropriate musical instrument for peculiar appropriate song moments. A whole tune carried by orc voice is going to crack me up at best, make my throat hurt via ear conduit at worst.
As general guideline, here's a list of 20 (in no particular order) songwriters who have never failed me:
Ritchie Blackmore
Stephen Sondheim
Yoko Kanno
David Gilmour
Nobuo Uematsu
Billy Joel
Lennon/McCartney
John Petrucci
Stevie Wonder
Rory Gallagher
Neal Morse
Robert Fripp
Matt Bellamy
Ian Anderson
Mark Knopfler
Jason Robert Brown
Al DiMeola
Steve Lukather
Gioacchino Rossini
Mike Patton
Blablablabla … How does this work?
NBA style, of course. Two Conferences: the Old Farts and the Young Turks, dividing line being me – 30/04/1978. If you don't wish to reveal your age, just pick a conference, I'm easy like that. 16 players, 8 per conference, hence a preliminar open round if more people signs in, or fake accounts galore if less. This is the Regular Season:
Round 1: Opening night, open round. Just hit me with your best shot.
Round 2: Rookies emerge. Throw me a song from a debut album.
Round 3: Throwback night, aka Mullet Round (thanks King). Pre-1996 songs only.
Round 4: All Star Game. Last opportunity to send your un-themed best.
Round 5: Tanking for the draft. Give me your steaming turds. The song I hate the most wins.*
*Be honest here, send me a tune you rate at least 6/10 but you consider my kryptonite. The point is showing you got to know my tastes, not to send literal shite.
Playoffs: The best 4 Fogeys and 4 Youngsters will fight according to their regular season standings:
Quarterfinals: Playbook tricks. Two songs by the same act which you just can't believe are by the same act.
Semifinals: Overtime thriller: a loooong epic is what I need.
Finals: EP round, what else?
. YT links is the way to go, cause I live on the bus.
. Tell me why you love that tune, and I will try to love it more.
. Bizarro hangman, Timestamps snippets, dadaist writeups.
. Your submission will be listened to the hilt. I have at least three 8 hours trip per week.
. Ideal routine: results and submissions on mondays.
. Trash talking and dirty playing are subconsciously rewarded.
. In order to sign in (even if you've already stated your intention to participate in the tracker thread) you need to pick a franchise name and a conference.
. Questions about my tastes and preferences are happily allowed, but only in public thread form. Obviously, your submission can be discussed in PM.
. Be funny, that's the real competition.
. Be gentle, it's my first time.
Don't hesitate to offer corrections. I know I'm forgetting something.
Submissions:
Michael Kiske - Do I Remember a Life?
Coheed and Cambria - The Willing Well: From Fear to the Eyes of Madness
Beyond the Bridge - The Difference Is Human
Hail Spirit Noir - The Mermaid
Barock Project - Happy to See You
Big Big Train - Curator of Butterflies
Evership - A Slow Descent into Reality
Haken - Atlas Stone
Vanden Plas - January Sun
Oceansize - Commemorative 9/11 T-Shirt
Luca Turilli's Rhapsody - Tormento e Passione
While Heaven Wept – Vessel
Karnivool - New Day
Snarky Puppy - What About Me?
Cheap Trick - The Summer Looks Good on You
Caligula's Horse - Turntail
Epysode - Obsessions
Lor - Visions of Awakening
In the Presence of Wolves - Man of the Times
Circus Maximus - Alive
Headspace - In Hell's Name
Mumford & Sons - White Blank Page
Pyramid Theorem - Another Day Slips By
The Reign of Kindo - Let It Go
Frost* - Black Light Machine
The Claypool Lennon Delirium - Cricket and the Genie
Outworld - Raise Hell
Thank You Scientist - Suspicious Waveforms
Cosmo Sheldrake - Hocking
Dreadnought - Lift
Agent Fresco - Yellow Nights
Riverside - Loose Heart
Iced Earth - Dante's Inferno
Marillion - Beyond You
Red House Painters - Katy Song
Grateful Dead - Jack Straw
Aliotta Jeremiah Haynes - Lake Shore Drive
Squeeze - Up the Junction
Porcupine Tree - The Moon Touches Your Shoulder
Kyuss - Gardenia
World Trade - Open the Door
Savatage - Labyrinth / Follow Me
Michel Camilo - Not Yet
Shooting Star - Last Chance
Cardiacs - The Duck and Roger The Horse
Triumph - Magic Power
Anglagard - Kung Bore
Yezda Urfa - Tota in the Moya
Ulver - Lost in Moments
Mystery - Shadow of the Lake
Sieges Even - Unbreakable
Ostura - Duality
Incognito - Deep Waters
Ayreon - Day Two: Isolation
mewithoutYou - The Cockroach King on a Coconut Estate
Lost Horizon - Highlander
Pain of Salvation - Iter Impius
Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds - A Simple Game of Genius
Blue Food - Joker Face
Von Hertzen Brothers - Angel's Eyes
Enchant - Sinking Sand
Anathema - Untouchable
Avantasia - Another Angel Down
The Hirsch Effect - Agitation
Tribulation - Lacrimosa
Shining - Blackjazz Deathtrance
Baby Metal - Road to Resistance
Meshuggah - MonstroCity
Cradle of Filth - Tortured Soul Asylum
uneXpect - The Quantum Symphony
Strapping Young Lad - You Suck
Millenium - Power to Love
William Shatner - Mr Tambourine Man
Orbs - People Will Read Again
Justin Bieber - U Smile
Between the Buried and Me - Foam Born (b): Decade of Statues
Star One - It All Ends Here
Nightwish - Song for Myself
Sunn O))) - Bathory Erzsbet
Swan - Mother of the World
Steven Wilson - Refuge
Flaming Row - Pictures
Major Parkinson - Strawberry Suicide
Linkin Park - One More Light
Glen Hansard - Bird of Sorrow
Thoughts Factory - No Way Out + The Mire
Karmakanic - Let in Hollywood + Wheel of Life
Frameshift - La Mer + Miseducation
Voices from the Fuselage - Epicinium + Meteorites
The Dear Hunter - Mustard Gas + Son and Father
Thrice - Firebreather + Daedalus
Devin Townsend Band/Project - Deadhead + Heart Baby
Boris - Pink + Jackson Head
Theocracy - Mirror of Souls
Dimension Act - Drawinf the Lines of Mortal Existance
Beardfish - Sleeping in Traffic
Poly-Math - Science We Are the Devil
Nile - Spawn of Uamenti
Witherfall - End of Time
Solstafir - Goddess of the Ages
Earthside - A Dream in Static
Equilibrium - Mana
Breath of Nibiru - Road to Sunrise
Fractal Cypher - The Grandeur of It All
Teramaze - Delusions of Grandeur
Drifting Sun - Twilight
The Standings:
The Tranquility Old Farts Conference:
(https://i.ytimg.com/vi/xmOf4D91Zz4/hqdefault.jpg) jingle.boy - Boston Bruins Blow: 7.8 + 7 + 8.6 + 8 + 7 = 38.4 - WestEndSlut: :tup, :tup, ProgPipe: :tup*
(https://www.myemoticons.com/images/patriotic-military/firepower/jeep.gif) TAC - The aTACkers: 8.4 + 8.3 + 8.0 + 7 + 6.5 = 38.2 - WestEndSlut: :tup :tup, MetalHead: :tup
(https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/550x300q90/922/9UZ8aD.png) (https://imageshack.com/f/pm9UZ8aDp) kingshmegland - King Kongshmegland: 8.6 + 8.0 + 7.3 + 8.5 + 5 = 37.4 - ProgPipe: :tup :tup :tup :tup
(https://scontent-sjc3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.15752-9/42916546_272430593399267_8960817559314104320_n.jpg?_nc_cat=103&oh=e60b99d2a793334ec885df528ef59317&oe=5C57B3AA) lonestar - Team Fuck Canada: 8.8 + 7.5 + 6.5 + 9 + 5 = 36.8 - MetalHead: :tup :tup, BaroqueWig: :tup
(https://i.imgur.com/Dc273Hd.jpg) romdrums - Seedy Rom and The Hard Drives: 7.0 + 8.3 + 6.0 + 9 + 6.5 = 36.8 - MetalHead: :tup, HeroinBop: :tup
:metal: DestinyOfChaos - The One Trick Ponies: 7.3 + 7.5 + 5.8 + 7.5 + 8.5 = 36.6 - MetalHead: :tup
(https://i.imgur.com/Sh7foEN.jpg) Stadler - The Hartford Walers: 6.6 + 8.5 + 6.8 + 8 + 6.5 = 36.4 - BaroqueWig: :tup :tup*
(https://i.imgur.com/Di2RXDi.gif) Kattelox - The Rainbow Warriors: 6.8 + 6.0 + 6.5 + 8.0 + 4 = 31.3 – HeroinBop: :tup*
The Cetaphil Young Turks Conference:
(https://i.postimg.cc/fTH2s4C7/5927758528_a2060423e7_b.jpg) Parama - Six Roaming Owls: 9.0 + 6.8 + 7.0 + 9 + 8 = 39.8 - BaroqueWig: :tup, WestEndSlut: :tup
(https://mommyfleur.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/hangman.jpg) Sacul - Hangmanen Addicts: 9.0 + 6.2 + 7.0 + 8.5 + 9 = 39.7 - HeroinBop: :tup, WestEndSlut: :tup
:metardica: Puppies_On_Acid - West Coast Lost Marbles: 6.2 + 7.7 + 8.8 + 8.5 + 7 = 38.2 - WestEndSlut: :tup :tup, ProgPie: :tup
:scio: Evermind - Cockroach Sympathizers: 8.0 + 7.3 + 7.5 + 7 + 7 = 36.8 - WestEndSlut: :tup, MetalHead: :tup
:ariich: ariich - Sexin'-You-Laters: 7.0 + 7.5 + 7.8 + 7 + 7.5 = 36.8 - HeroinBop: :tup :tup
:crypt: Elite - Rich and The Poor Tastes: 7.3 + 6.6 + 8.4 + 7.5 + 7 = 36.8 – HeroinBop: :tup
(https://i.imgur.com/rVTsQpr.jpg) Aefenwelg - The Uhhhh.. Wildcats: 6.4 + 6.8 + 9.2 + 8.5 + 5 = 35.9 – ProgPipe: :tup, BaroqueWig: :tup
:shadowninja: Shadow Ninja 2.0 - Wayward Vagabonds: 7.6 + 6.4 + 6.3 + 7 + 6 = 33.3 - MetalHead: :tup
Playoff Grid:
Conference Semifinals:
Boston Bruins Suck vs Team Fuck Canada
The aTACkers vs King Kongshmegland
Six Roaming Owls vs Cockroach Sympathizers
West Coast Lost Marbles vs Hangmanen Addicts
Conference Finals:
Boston Bruins Suck vs The aTACkers
Six Roaming Owls vs West Coast Lost Marbles
The Finals:
The aTACkers vs West Coast Marbles
Winner:
(https://www.myemoticons.com/images/patriotic-military/firepower/jeep.gif) TAC - The aTACkers:
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19/02/1993 here, happy to send you fogey old farts' songs while playing for the young turks division.
What's a franchise name? I don't watch most of the sports. :lol
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For example:
Boston Celtics
Miami Dolphins
Evermind HangmanKillers
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Second.
(https://i.ytimg.com/vi/bctTfThh0t8/hqdefault.jpg)
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Fuck it, let's do this. 1/31/1991, glad that I'm not the youngest babby here. :lol
I know as much about sports as Stadler knows about Facebook. Uh... thinking.
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Oh, now I get it (I think). Can it be two words though? Like:
Evermind Cockroach Sympathizers
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Ev, sure.
Jingle, is it Jingle Martins? *wink*
Katt, thrilled you reconsidered. Pick a battle name.
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Uh... Kattelox's Cheese Fries? :lol I can think of a better one if need be
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Clearly, I'm in the fogey conference - born in '71... the best year for music :comeatmebro:
As for my franchise name... The Boston Bruins Blow
TAC and King can suck it, and have to be reminded of that every time I kick their ass.
Prediction 1 - Round 5 = growlie round.
Prediction 2 - Tim's round 5 = Winger or Toto
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Seven otherworldy years between 69 and 76.
I see the trash talking up to a splendid start.
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Clearly, I'm in the fogey conference - born in '71... the best year for music :comeatmebro:
As for my franchise name... The Boston Bruins Blow
TAC and King can suck it, and have to be reminded of that every time I kick their ass.
Prediction 1 - Round 5 = growlie round.
Prediction 2 - Tim's round 5 = Winger or Toto
Bitch please. Oh. I'm in.
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Clearly, I'm in the fogey conference - born in '71... the best year for music :comeatmebro:
As for my franchise name... The Boston Bruins Blow
TAC and King can suck it, and have to be reminded of that every time I kick their ass.
Prediction 1 - Round 5 = growlie round.
Prediction 2 - Tim's round 5 = Winger or Toto
Bitch please. Oh. I'm in.
Can’t ever rem bee being reminded since it happens so infrequently.
I’m in.
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Oh, this looks fun. May I join?
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I'm def in :metal
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Oh, this looks fun. May I join?
Yessir
Folks, remember your franchise names.
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I'm in. I don't think there's any mystery what conference I'm in.
Franchise: The Hartford Walers. And yes I spelled that correct since I'm going to wale on this roulette. I reserve the right to change it to the "Wailers", depending on how quickly I plunge into last place.
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(https://i.imgur.com/8oftfK7.jpg)
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Can’t ever rem bee being reminded since it happens so infrequently.
King typing for you this morning?
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round 5 is going to be incredibly easy for me
i may as well /in just to make you regret running a roulette
my franchise name is, of course, Six Roaming Owls
and i'm younger than ev so do what you will with that info
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round 5 is going to be incredibly easy for me
i may as well /in just to make you regret running a roulette
my franchise name is, of course, Six Roaming Owls
and i'm younger than ev so do what you will with that info
Actually I enjoyed some of your submissions in other roulettes.
Young or old?
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I'm definitely in. Born in 85' so that puts me in the youngsters conference.
Franchise name - West Coast Lost Marbles
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see the last line of my post :P
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*thumbs up*
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Born in 96, and my franchise name is Hangmanen Addicts :metal
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it seems like i have unknowingly become part of dacul's franchise
in that case this shall count as a win for me even if dacul wins :corn
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Can’t ever rem bee being reminded since it happens so infrequently.
King typing for you this morning?
I am having a beer right now.
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I’m older than Evermind, but still in the younger division. I’ll think of some silly name, unless someone else has a brilliant suggestion.
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Can’t ever rem bee being reminded since it happens so infrequently.
King typing for you this morning?
I am having a beer right now.
:rollin
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Born in '88.
I want to be The Uhhhh.. Wildcats.
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In if there's still room. Born in '95, and I will dub myself Shadow's Wayward Vagabonds.
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Infinite room, although I'm predicting having to ask some lads to play with the gramps.
Welcome aboard, gentlemen.
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I'll play with the geriatrics if need be.
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That's commendable. Bring lots of towels.
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I'll play with the geriatrics if need be.
:jingleboy:
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I rarely step out for a Roulette but this one looks too good to pass up. Love your work on the DT forum and love how you've laid this one out.
Presenting The One Trick Ponies...for everything that I send will involve metal of some nature.
I was shat from my Mother's womb in 83....but have no problem knocking heads together in either of your conferences.
GO SPORTS MUSIC
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I'll be playing as The aTACkers, in the Fogey Division of course.
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I'll play with the geriatrics if need be.
:jingleboy:
I'm thinking your Avatar is very poetic right about now.
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I'll be playing as The aTACkers, in the Fogey Division of course.
King Kongshmegland
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:rollin
We need a photoshop for that beast.
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I'll play with the geriatrics if need be.
:jingleboy:
That's commendable. Bring lots of towels.
:rollin omfg the code for the emoji LOL
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Oh wait Kattelox.
:king:
:kingshmeg:
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Hahahaha! I love it.
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And of course,
:TAC:
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Of course NOT.
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Oh I'm so game for this one... I have to try that tanking round.
Oh and I'll be playing in the Fogey division as Team Fuck Canada...
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:rollin
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:biggrin:
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Oh and I'll be playing in the Fogey division as Team Fuck Canada...
(https://replygif.net/i/478.gif)
That's alright... I know it's a loving, gentle, sensual fuck; not a hate fuck.
(https://replygif.net/i/578.gif)
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:lol
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:lol
Come get me, Thrusty. I know you'll be all hot and bothered 7 days + 2 hours from now. :zydarscouch:
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I'm bringing my spy microphone. Hotel sex bitches.
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Yeah, maybe I'm thinking I'm in the wrong bracket..
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I’m in. I was born the same year as Going for the One and A Farewell to Kings, so that puts me in the Fogey Division. Let’s keep it relatively old school and call my team Seedy Rom and the Hard Drives.
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Seedy Rom and the Hard Drives
:rollin
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Yeah, maybe I'm thinking I'm in the wrong bracket..
We'd just pass you around bitch.
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This is going to be one fun roulette. :lol
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I'm tempted to rename this roulette: "The Green Room with Paul Provenza". Great work, gents.
The score so far:
The Tranquility Old Farts Conference:
(https://i.ytimg.com/vi/xmOf4D91Zz4/hqdefault.jpg) jingle.boy - Boston Bruins Blow
(https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/550x300q90/922/9UZ8aD.png) (https://imageshack.com/f/pm9UZ8aDp) kingshmegland - King Kongshmegland
(https://scontent-sjc3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.15752-9/42916546_272430593399267_8960817559314104320_n.jpg?_nc_cat=103&oh=e60b99d2a793334ec885df528ef59317&oe=5C57B3AA) lonestar - Team Fuck Canada
(can't focking copy the thing here, help) romdrums - Seedy Rom and the Hard Drives
(https://i.imgur.com/Sh7foEN.jpg) Stadler - The Hartford Walers
(https://www.myemoticons.com/images/patriotic-military/firepower/jeep.gif) TAC - The aTACkers
The Cetaphil Young Turks Conference:
(https://i.imgur.com/rVTsQpr.jpg) Aefenwelg - The Uhhhh.. Wildcats
:ariich: ariich - Sexin'-You-Laters
:metal: Destiny of Chaos - The One Trick Ponies*
:crypt: Elite - Rich and The Poor Tastes
:scio: Evermind - Cockroach Sympathizers**
(https://i.imgur.com/pIJUvfK.jpg) Kattelox - Cheese Fries*
(https://i.postimg.cc/fTH2s4C7/5927758528_a2060423e7_b.jpg) Parama - Six Roaming Owls
:metardica: Puppies_On_Acid - West Coast Lost Marbles
(https://mommyfleur.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/hangman.jpg) Sacul - Hangmanen Addicts
:shadowninja: Shadow Ninja 2.0 - Wayward Vagabonds
*Candidate for conference switch by kind offer
**Candidate for conference switch by fogey repertoire
Still plenty of room and time to sign up. I think ariich manifested interest in the tracker thread and I still need to bribe Podaar into this.
Plus, after reading this page, I need a team emoticon from each one of you.
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:shadowninja:
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unless they add an owl emoticon, i refuse
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(QvQ)
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:metardica:
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I'm tempted to rename this roulette: "The Green Room with Paul Provenza". Great work, gents.
I freaking love that show. Sucks it was only 2 seasons.
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They held the secret formula for great TV and roulettes: fearless comedians and a steady supply of stiff drinks.
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Well, I guess I have to drink every time I post!
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Here's mine
(https://i.ytimg.com/vi/xmOf4D91Zz4/hqdefault.jpg)
size adjustment for re-use.
(https://i.ytimg.com/vi/xmOf4D91Zz4/hqdefault.jpg)
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Every year Leaf fans have hope. Lol
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Every year Leaf fans have hope. Lol
Well this year, we also have Matthews, Marner, Tavares, Andersson, Marleau, and a host of hungry young bucks that just won the Calder cup.
I still need to bribe Podaar into this.
Gregg... this better happen. Pop your roulette cherry dude. You'll never have a better opportunity.
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(https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/550x300q90/922/9UZ8aD.png) (https://imageshack.com/f/pm9UZ8aDp)
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:rollin :rollin :rollin
Glorious.
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Yeah, but that body looks more like QueenKongShmegland. I feel bad for the King if that's anatomically correct. :rollin
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You want me to add a kingdong to the pic? :lol
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Nah, I’m good although J Boy might be interested.
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Given my team name, I think this one is fitting.
:scio:
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:metal
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K-LOX is here to bring the cheese all the way to the final round
(https://i.imgur.com/pIJUvfK.jpg)
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If the quality of submissions is going to be on the same level of the funnies, I'm in for an orgy of awesome.
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You want me to add a kingdong to the pic? :lol
You want I should text you a dick-pic so you’ve got what you need?
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You want me to add a kingdong to the pic? :lol
You want I should text you a dick-pic so you’ve got what you need?
But with the exchange rate it's less.
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You want me to add a kingdong to the pic? :lol
You want I should text you a dick-pic so you’ve got what you need?
But with the exchange rate it's less.
It’s a little looney.
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Yeah, but that body looks more like QueenKongShmegland. I feel bad for the King if that's anatomically correct. :rollin
What's the matter with you? You see a picture of an ugly gorilla with a beard, and you are immediately drawn to the crotch?
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Or calling the Queen a gorilla. I'm telling her. :lol
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Right:
Franchise name: Rich and the Poor Tastes
Emoticon: :crypt:
I'll send whenever needed.
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Excellent, thanks Rich.
We start as soon as Bolsters gives me the visa, I guess whenever Jingle's and ariich's roulettes are over. Please correct me if I'm mistaken about the rouletiquette.
In the meantime, we wait for more participants and the missing emoticons/images. The latter are not mandatory, but you might want to know I'm picking one for those who don't. I may also - tomorrow morning - provide some kind of survey/test to keep you all entertained and for me to gauge where you stand on some music aspects.
Sorry for going out of topic, please resume staring at each other's dongs.
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The aTACkers
(https://www.myemoticons.com/images/patriotic-military/firepower/jeep.gif)
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The aTACkers
Thanks for capitalising the TAC, I wouldn't have known it was you otherwise
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💾 This is my emoticon.
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romdrums, that's exactly what I would have picked for you.
TAC, you perfectly know what you've dodged.
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We start as soon as Bolsters gives me the visa, I guess whenever Jingle's and ariich's roulettes are over. Please correct me if I'm mistaken about the rouletiquette.
nah you can start whenever
once bolsters gives you the go-ahead to make the thread you're good
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Gotcha, thanks. I prefer letting Jingle and ariich climax anyway.
Found any kickass owl image for me?
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Here's my emoticon...
(https://scontent-sjc3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.15752-9/42916546_272430593399267_8960817559314104320_n.jpg?_nc_cat=103&oh=e60b99d2a793334ec885df528ef59317&oe=5C57B3AA)
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Don't be shy, lonestar. You can be more explicit if you wish.
I'm so texting that emoticon to the witch who made me swallow shite in my academy years.
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my "do i have to" face
(https://i.postimg.cc/fTH2s4C7/5927758528_a2060423e7_b.jpg)
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That's adorable. Thank you, man. Good sport.
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(https://mommyfleur.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/hangman.jpg)
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my "do i have to" face
(https://i.postimg.cc/fTH2s4C7/5927758528_a2060423e7_b.jpg)
I totally here you "harumph"ing. Lol
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(https://mommyfleur.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/hangman.jpg)
never before has a man been so happy to die
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Gotcha, thanks. I prefer letting Jingle and ariich climax anyway.
Then that means we can send now because we know J Boy will be premature..
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I think this counts as an Uhhhh.. Wildcat...
(https://i.imgur.com/rVTsQpr.jpg)
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I think this counts as an Uhhhh.. Wildcat...
(https://i.imgur.com/rVTsQpr.jpg)
:rollin
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Uhhh ... perfect!
As promised, here's a little silly thing to keep you busy and entertained before taking off (btw, for the premature submitters: I'm not starting listening until the bell rings for everybody). You can ignore it (I made you jump through enough hoops) if you want and I'll still love you with the same carnal ferocity.
Stealing WildRanger's thunder, I'm giving you 20 dichotomic questions for the preseason: the answers will be irrelevant for your future scores, but I'm amused by the idea of gauging a kind of compatibility percentage for everybody before the competition begins and comparing it with the final results. Did you really expect sanity entering this?
Deep Purple or Led Zeppelin?
John Lennon or Paul McCartney?
Frank Zappa or Jimi Hendrix?
Ian Anderson or Peter Gabriel?
Greg Lake or Jon Anderson?
Eddie Van Halen or Randy Rhoads?
Steve Perry or Freddie Mercury?
Boston or Chicago?
David Coverdale or Glenn Hughes?
Def Leppard or Bon Jovi?
Adrian Smith or Dave Murray?
James Hetfield or Dave Mustaine?
The Clash or The Ramones?
Tom Waits or Tom Petty?
Bruce Dickinson or Eric Adams?
Nuno Bettencourt or Paul Gilbert?
Pantera or Soundgarden?
Blur or Oasis?
Radiohead or Muse?
Gene Kelly or Fred Astaire?
Monday is my free day.
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You forgot the most important one: Mike Portnoy or Mike Mangini?
:neverusethis:
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That wouldn't be a musical question, but a political/religious one.
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I'll play! I'll think about a franchise name, but my emoticon is obviously :ariich:
Oh, and born in '84, so apparently I'm "young".
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Deep Purple or Led Zeppelin? Well, I hosted the Zeppelin discography discussion thread, and tattoo'd the four symbols on my shoulder when I was 18, most here know my answer to those two options.
John Lennon or Paul McCartney? I chose life over death
Frank Zappa or Jimi Hendrix? I'll go with the brother, not the weird uncle with the porn-star 'stache
Ian Anderson or Peter Gabriel? Petey, even though I should kiss ass and answer Anderson.
Greg Lake or Jon Anderson? Anderson - remembering all of the lyrics to The Revealing Science of God on the ProgNation cruise at his age while baked out of his mind on god knows what with only one rehearsal was impressive as shit
Eddie Van Halen or Randy Rhoads? Edward for his playing... not his personality
Steve Perry or Freddie Mercury? It's not kissing ass to answer Freddie... anyone who answers otherwise is ill-informed
Boston or Chicago? - Assuming you mean the bands, and not the cities or any sports franchises? If the former, Boston; if the latter, anything but Boston
David Coverdale or Glenn Hughes? Anytime I think of Coverdale, I think of 80s era Tawny, so him
Def Leppard or Bon Jovi? In support of your bro, I go with Def
Adrian Smith or Dave Murray? Why can't we have both?
James Hetfield or Dave Mustaine? Why do we have to chose either?
The Clash or The Ramones? Punk? Really?
Tom Waits or Tom Petty? As a Canadian, I must insist that the better 'Tom' options are "Stompin" Connors, or Cochrane - and I chose the latter (in both cases)
Bruce Dickinson or Eric Adams? Are they even in the same league? Dickinson, so long as he never puts his dick in my son.
Nuno Bettencourt or Paul Gilbert? Nuno wins by an edge for his flowing locks; Gilbert loses for the 70s era headphones he wears on stage
Pantera or Soundgarden? I chose death
Blur or Oasis? I chose a second death
Radiohead or Muse? Disco Metal I guess
Gene Kelly or Fred Astaire? Fred... cuz Ginger was usually close at hand.
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Great news, ariich!
Jingle's compatibility index: 25%, 55% if we factor in honesty and humour.
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I'd reply but I'm too lazy.
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I'd reply but I'm too lazy.
King's compatibility index: 100% factoring in dynamism.
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Deep Purple or Led Zeppelin? Zeppelin
John Lennon or Paul McCartney? A bullet
Frank Zappa or Jimi Hendrix? Hendrix
Ian Anderson or Peter Gabriel? Uhhhh
Greg Lake or Jon Anderson? Uhhhh
Eddie Van Halen or Randy Rhoads? EVH I guess
Steve Perry or Freddie Mercury? Close but Mercury
Boston or Chicago? Chicago the band, the cities both suck
David Coverdale or Glenn Hughes? mulligan
Def Leppard or Bon Jovi? Root canal
Adrian Smith or Dave Murray? Smith
James Hetfield or Dave Mustaine? Mustaine
The Clash or The Ramones? Nope
Tom Waits or Tom Petty? Waits
Bruce Dickinson or Eric Adams? Bruce
Nuno Bettencourt or Paul Gilbert? I guess Bettencourt
Pantera or Soundgarden? Neither but Pantera by virtue of not having Cornell
Blur or Oasis? Uhhh
Radiohead or Muse? Radiohead I guess
Gene Kelly or Fred Astaire? Who?
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I'd reply but I'm too lazy.
King's compatibility index: 100% factoring in dynamism.
100% in the brain. Ass is 100% passive.
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King, make it 200% compatibility with me.
Katt's compatibility index: 20%, 25% if for "a bullet" you meant Lennon.
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Deep Purple or Led Zeppelin? – Led Zeppelin!
John Lennon or Paul McCartney? – Ringo! (McCartney I guess)
Frank Zappa or Jimi Hendrix? – Zappa
Ian Anderson or Peter Gabriel? – Anderson.
Greg Lake or Jon Anderson? - Lake
Eddie Van Halen or Randy Rhoads? – Randy Rhoads
Steve Perry or Freddie Mercury? – Mercury but both were/are fantastic
Boston or Chicago? - Boston
David Coverdale or Glenn Hughes? Coverdale
Def Leppard or Bon Jovi? – Def Leppard
Adrian Smith or Dave Murray? - Bruce (Smith)
James Hetfield or Dave Mustaine? – James Hetfield YEAH-ah
The Clash or The Ramones? Hard pass on both *flips coin* Clash
Tom Waits or Tom Petty? – The one I heard of (Petty)
Bruce Dickinson or Eric Adams? - Dickinson
Nuno Bettencourt or Paul Gilbert? - Gilbert
Pantera or Soundgarden? – Soundgarden, Cornell puts them over for me.
Blur or Oasis? – Oasis
Radiohead or Muse? – Muse
Gene Kelly or Fred Astaire? – Astaire
Coke or Pepsi – Coke
Portnoy or Mangini – Portnoy
Kevin Moore or Derek Sherdian – Jordan Rudess
Mac or PC – PC
Beach or mountains – Mountains
Being the world’s tallest midget or the world’s smallest regular sized person – Whatever Peter Dinklage is having
Vanilla or Chocolate – Chocolate
Kingslamehed or TAC – TAC
Slowly drifting into the void of eternal darkness or watching a Ben Stiller movie, on purpose – The former
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:lol I'm gonna bomb!
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Deep Purple or Led Zeppelin? Zeppelin
John Lennon or Paul McCartney? Lennon
Frank Zappa or Jimi Hendrix? Hendrix
Ian Anderson or Peter Gabriel? Gabriel
Greg Lake or Jon Anderson? Anderson
Eddie Van Halen or Randy Rhoads? Rhoads
Steve Perry or Freddie Mercury? Mercury
Boston or Chicago? Boston
David Coverdale or Glenn Hughes? Indifferent
Def Leppard or Bon Jovi? Don't Care
Adrian Smith or Dave Murray? Who?
James Hetfield or Dave Mustaine? No fucks are given here
The Clash or The Ramones? The Ramones
Tom Waits or Tom Petty? Eh...
Bruce Dickinson or Eric Adams? Bruce
Nuno Bettencourt or Paul Gilbert? Gilbert
Pantera or Soundgarden? Meh
Blur or Oasis? Nah
Radiohead or Muse? Neither
Gene Kelly or Fred Astaire? Fred Astaire on the grounds that he's my kid's favorite.
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DoC's compatibility index: 60%, factoring in only the original questions/answers.
lonestar's compatibility: 20%, 55% factoring in attitude.
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Deep Purple or Led Zeppelin? Deep Purple
John Lennon or Paul McCartney? Both? But Lennon maybe by a smidgen.
Frank Zappa or Jimi Hendrix? Both talented, but I'm only a moderate fan of either.
Ian Anderson or Peter Gabriel? Gabriel, .
Greg Lake or Jon Anderson? Lake.
Eddie Van Halen or Randy Rhoads? Rhoads.
Steve Perry or Freddie Mercury? Mercury.
Boston or Chicago? I literally hadn't even heard of Chicago. So Boston by default I guess!
David Coverdale or Glenn Hughes? Hughes, purely by virtue of liking some of the bands he's fronted.
Def Leppard or Bon Jovi? Def Leppard.
Adrian Smith or Dave Murray? Smith.
James Hetfield or Dave Mustaine? Hetfield.
The Clash or The Ramones? Never been especially interested in either.
Tom Waits or Tom Petty? Never been especially interested in either, though what I've heard from Tom Waits sounded pretty good. So him I guess.
Bruce Dickinson or Eric Adams? Dickinson.
Nuno Bettencourt or Paul Gilbert? Can't say I know either well enough, though they're both very talented.
Pantera or Soundgarden? Weird comparison. Pantera, but I don't really know Soundgarden very well.
Blur or Oasis? Tough call. Probably Oasis slightly, but both are good.
Radiohead or Muse? Muse, but both are great.
Gene Kelly or Fred Astaire? No particular preference, both very talented.
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ariich's compatibility index: 45%
EDIT: missed a +5%
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Here I go with my extensive knowledge of fogey bands!
Deep Purple or Led Zeppelin? Purple
John Lennon or Paul McCartney? Lennon
Frank Zappa or Jimi Hendrix? Hendrix
Ian Anderson or Peter Gabriel? Anderson
Greg Lake or Jon Anderson? See above
Eddie Van Halen or Randy Rhoads? EVH
Steve Perry or Freddie Mercury? Freddie
Boston or Chicago? The band that wrote Hotel California
David Coverdale or Glenn Hughes? Coverdale
Def Leppard or Bon Jovi? The band that wrote Prisoners in Paradise
Adrian Smith or Dave Murray? Are those Maiden guys? I pick Bruce
James Hetfield or Dave Mustaine? Hetfield I guess
The Clash or The Ramones? Never heard of either
Tom Waits or Tom Petty? I know at least one song by Tom Waits, so, Tom Waits
Bruce Dickinson or Eric Adams? Oh, here we go! I pick Bruce again
Nuno Bettencourt or Paul Gilbert? Gilbert
Pantera or Soundgarden? Uh, the band that wrote Wanted Dead or Alive
Blur or Oasis? Oasis, I love Carry on Wayward Son
Radiohead or Muse? I'll pass, thanks
Gene Kelly or Fred Astaire? I hate stairs so Kelly I guess? Never heard of either
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Evermind's compatibility index: 35%, 70% if by "The band that wrote Hotel California" you meant Jethro Tull
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Can't tell if half of Ev's answers are jokes or not. And I thought mine was bad with the fogeys. And he still has a higher compatibility than me! :lol
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Deep Purple or Led Zeppelin? Zep
John Lennon or Paul McCartney? Lennon
Frank Zappa or Jimi Hendrix? Hendrix for the playing, Zappa for the weirdness
Ian Anderson or Peter Gabriel? I honestly don’t care, but Ian Anderson was quite funny on stage
Greg Lake or Jon Anderson? Anderson yet again
Eddie Van Halen or Randy Rhoads? Can’t be bothered again, but Eddie I guess
Steve Perry or Freddie Mercury? Mercury, easily
Boston or Chicago? 25 or 6 to 4
David Coverdale or Glenn Hughes? Who?
Def Leppard or Bon Jovi? Bon Jovi for the funny hits
Adrian Smith or Dave Murray? The bassist
James Hetfield or Dave Mustaine? Hetfield all the way
The Clash or The Ramones? British Punk > American Punk
Tom Waits or Tom Petty? Waits
Bruce Dickinson or Eric Adams? Bruce Dickinson
Nuno Bettencourt or Paul Gilbert? Gilbert, although Bettencourt certainly has his moments.
Pantera or Soundgarden? The Great Southern Trendkill
Blur or Oasis? I can’t really stand Oasis, though I mist admit they have some cool song. I also loathe Song #2, do I can’t be bothered to choose any.
Radiohead or Muse? Radiohead, by miles
Gene Kelly or Fred Astaire? I don’t know any of their stuff
Monday is my free day. Saturday is mine
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Deep Purple or Led Zeppelin? Led Zeppelin (but Ritchie Blackmore is my favorite musician ever)
John Lennon or Paul McCartney? McCartney
Frank Zappa or Jimi Hendrix? Hendrix (but because of the influence, not the music)
Ian Anderson or Peter Gabriel? Phil Collins (of the two, Gabriel, though I love both)
Greg Lake or Jon Anderson? John Wetton (of the two, Lake, though I love both)
Eddie Van Halen or Randy Rhoads? Rhoads (though this is like picking which testicle I like better)
Steve Perry or Freddie Mercury? Mercury
Boston or Chicago? The city? Boston. The band? Boston.
David Coverdale or Glenn Hughes? Coverdale
Def Leppard or Bon Jovi? Lepp (this isn't close, though I like "Wanted Dead Or Alive" more than any other song by both bands)
Adrian Smith or Dave Murray? Dave Murray!!!!
James Hetfield or Dave Mustaine? Hetfield in perhaps the most lopsided win of any of these questions
The Clash or The Ramones? The Sex Pistols or Motorhead (I'm not big on hipster bands that actually suck)
Tom Waits or Tom Petty? Tom Keifer
Bruce Dickinson or Eric Adams? The greatest frontman in the history of hard rock/metal: Bruce Dickinson
Nuno Bettencourt or Paul Gilbert? Eeeeeesh... Gilbert
Pantera or Soundgarden? Soundgarden, in what is now the most lopsided win of any of these questions
Blur or Oasis? Oasis
Radiohead or Muse? Muse, but this is like selecting "Hepatitis or bubonic plague?" I despise Radiohead.
Gene Kelly or Fred Astaire? Micheal Flatley
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Deep Purple or Led Zeppelin? Zep all the way.
John Lennon or Paul McCartney? Lennon, but it's close.
Frank Zappa or Jimi Hendrix? Hendrix
Ian Anderson or Peter Gabriel? Gabriel
Greg Lake or Jon Anderson? Anderson
Eddie Van Halen or Randy Rhoads? EVH
Steve Perry or Freddie Mercury? Mercury
Boston or Chicago? Chicago
David Coverdale or Glenn Hughes? Coverdale
Def Leppard or Bon Jovi? Def Leppard
Adrian Smith or Dave Murray? Adrian Smith
James Hetfield or Dave Mustaine? James-ahh!
The Clash or The Ramones? The Clash
Tom Waits or Tom Petty? Tom
Bruce Dickinson or Eric Adams? Bruce
Nuno Bettencourt or Paul Gilbert? Paul Gilbert
Pantera or Soundgarden? Soundgarden
Blur or Oasis? Blur
Radiohead or Muse? Muse
Gene Kelly or Fred Astaire? Fred Astaire
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My image:
(https://i.imgur.com/Sh7foEN.jpg)
or
(https://i.imgur.com/NvXRLjZ.jpg)
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Apparently I missed the first question from my list. I updated my post above. Not sure if that raises or lowers my compatibility...
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Can't tell if half of Ev's answers are jokes or not. And I thought mine was bad with the fogeys. And he still has a higher compatibility than me! :lol
I'm pretty proud of the Oasis one. :lol
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Elite's compatibility index: 35%, 0.5% factoring in free saturday envy
Stadler's compatibility index: 45%, 85% factoring in Blackmore love, 785% factoring in Radiohead disgust
romdrum's compatibility index: 55%, 80% if you help me negotiate your emoticon with BBCode, the bane of my existance.
ariich: +5%
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Can't tell if half of Ev's answers are jokes or not. And I thought mine was bad with the fogeys. And he still has a higher compatibility than me! :lol
I'm pretty proud of the Oasis one. :lol
:lol
Stadler:
(https://i.imgur.com/hq0HkvY.jpg)(https://i.imgur.com/yS2nSw6.jpg)
I think Stadler should have the first one because it more closely resembles him. :biggrin:
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I've devolved to the point of the young'uns doing my computer work for me. I'm my DAD NOW!!!! ARRRRRRRRRRRRGGGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHH!
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Great news, ariich!
Jingle's compatibility index: 25%, 55% if we factor in honesty and humour.
Awesome... so far 55% one of a few passing grades. :fistpump:
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I just woke up from a nap.
Deep Purple or Led Zeppelin? Led Zep because of Plant's Abs.
John Lennon or Paul McCartney? Paul, because he's silly.
Frank Zappa or Jimi Hendrix? This is like asking which ball sack would I like to be kicked in.
Ian Anderson or Peter Gabriel? Gabriel. He can sing in a large gerbil ball.
Greg Lake or Jon Anderson? John Anderson. The only male pixel I know.
Eddie Van Halen or Randy Rhoads? Randy. Eddie's a dick in real life.
Steve Perry or Freddie Mercury? Freddie. Don't fracture this.
Boston or Chicago? Horns me baby!
David Coverdale or Glenn Hughes? Coverdale. He likes to slide it in.
Def Leppard or Bon Jovi? Bon Jovi. Have you seen his ass in tight jeans?
Adrian Smith or Dave Murray? Adrian. His solos are tastier.
James Hetfield or Dave Mustaine? The Cowardly Lion.
The Clash or The Ramones? The Clash. Any lower % of punk in one's life is healthier.
Tom Waits or Tom Petty? Petty, I know how it feels.
Bruce Dickinson or Eric Adams? Bruce. Bowl cuts before hoes.
Nuno Bettencourt or Paul Gilbert? Nuno, Sexy as fuck. (His playing that is.)
Pantera or Soundgarden? Soundgarden. Who like bands with their name modeled by after conditioner?
Blur or Oasis? Let them battle it out on Celebrity Deathmatch.
Radiohead or Muse? Muse. 2 straight eyes.
Gene Kelly or Fred Astaire? Bob Hope. Don't ask me to dance bub.
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King's compatibility index: 45%
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I've devolved to the point of the young'uns doing my computer work for me. I'm my DAD NOW!!!! ARRRRRRRRRRRRGGGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHH!
:rollin
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Deep Purple or Led Zeppelin? Neither.
John Lennon or Paul McCartney? Neither.
Frank Zappa or Jimi Hendrix? Neither.
Ian Anderson or Peter Gabriel? I'm only slightly familiar with Ian so yeah.
Greg Lake or Jon Anderson? Neither.
Eddie Van Halen or Randy Rhoads? Neither.
Steve Perry or Freddie Mercury? Freddie, dunno who the other is.
Boston or Chicago? I've only listened to Boston's debut and it's nice.
David Coverdale or Glenn Hughes? Neither.
Def Leppard or Bon Jovi? Bon Jovi because I used to be obsessed with It's My Life as a kid :lol .
Adrian Smith or Dave Murray? Neither.
James Hetfield or Dave Mustaine? Neither.
The Clash or The Ramones? Neither.
Tom Waits or Tom Petty? Neither.
Bruce Dickinson or Eric Adams? Neither.
Nuno Bettencourt or Paul Gilbert? Neither.
Pantera or Soundgarden? Neither.
Blur or Oasis? I've only listened to one Oasis album so them.
Radiohead or Muse? Radiohead, not even close.
Gene Kelly or Fred Astaire? Neither.
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Yooo Sacul I used to be obsessed with It's My Life too :lol
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Yooo Sacul I used to be obsessed with It's My Life too :lol
:rollin I've even lost the count of how many times I've watched the video.
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Deep Purple or Led Zeppelin? That's a tough one...Zep by a hair??
John Lennon or Paul McCartney? Paul McCartney & Wings>John Lennon>Paul McCartney
Frank Zappa or Jimi Hendrix? Hendrix
Ian Anderson or Peter Gabriel? Pete
Greg Lake or Jon Anderson? This is like choosing between my right and left eye
Eddie Van Halen or Randy Rhoads? If Randy Rhoads was still alive maybe, but this goes to Eddie
Steve Perry or Freddie Mercury? Journey>Queen, Freddie>Steve
Boston or Chicago? Boston had exactly 2 good albums. Chicago had many. This is a no brainer
David Coverdale or Glenn Hughes? Coverdale
Def Leppard or Bon Jovi? They both had 2 great albums to begin their careers, but Def Leppard was a little more consistent after that.
Adrian Smith or Dave Murray? Cant have one without the other.....except that horrible time in the 90's
James Hetfield or Dave Mustaine? Hetfield to write the song and sing, Mustaine to write the guitar solos
The Clash or The Ramones? If I have to choose...The Clash. Mostly because every Ramones song sounds the same.
Tom Waits or Tom Petty? Petty
Bruce Dickinson or Eric Adams? Bruce for singing talent. Eric for taking photos in leotards and speedos....
Nuno Bettencourt or Paul Gilbert? Paul by a hair....
Pantera or Soundgarden? Soundgarden, no contest. Take your knuckle dragging, neanderthal, tough guy music elsewhere :biggrin: except Cemetary Gates, that song rules
Blur or Oasis? Oasis
Radiohead or Muse? Muse>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>Radiohead>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>Creep, this song blows
Gene Kelly or Fred Astaire? Fred by a nose?
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Deep Purple or Led Zeppelin? Neither.
John Lennon or Paul McCartney? Neither.
Frank Zappa or Jimi Hendrix? Neither.
Ian Anderson or Peter Gabriel? I'm only slightly familiar with Ian so yeah.
Greg Lake or Jon Anderson? Neither.
Eddie Van Halen or Randy Rhoads? Neither.
Steve Perry or Freddie Mercury? Freddie, dunno who the other is.
Boston or Chicago? I've only listened to Boston's debut and it's nice.
David Coverdale or Glenn Hughes? Neither.
Def Leppard or Bon Jovi? Bon Jovi because I used to be obsessed with It's My Life as a kid :lol .
Adrian Smith or Dave Murray? Neither.
James Hetfield or Dave Mustaine? Neither.
The Clash or The Ramones? Neither.
Tom Waits or Tom Petty? Neither.
Bruce Dickinson or Eric Adams? Neither.
Nuno Bettencourt or Paul Gilbert? Neither.
Pantera or Soundgarden? Neither.
Blur or Oasis? I've only listened to one Oasis album so them.
Radiohead or Muse? Radiohead, not even close.
Gene Kelly or Fred Astaire? Neither.
Frankly I don't understand the "neithers" for some of them but whatever; but the one that stuck out at me: Steve Perry. You don't have to like him, you don't have to like his band's music (it's of a genre; it's great for it's genre, but it's of that genre), but you owe it to yourself and your musical knowledge to know who he is.
Again, not saying you should like it, or want to hear it ever again, but your musical knowledge and vocabulary is severely lacking if it doesn't know who "Steve Perry" is. (If you need one album, and one album only, it's "Escape". Be warned, Steve Perry is about as different than Thom Yorke as Lemmy is from Annie Haslam.)
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Yooo Sacul I used to be obsessed with It's My Life too :lol
:rollin I've even lost the count of how many times I've watched the video.
Whomp. whomp!! :lol
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Bruce Dickinson or Eric Adams? Bruce for singing talent. Eric for taking photos in leotards and speedos....
(https://i.imgur.com/1McK6F9.jpg)
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Sacul's compatibility index: 10%, 50% factoring in honesty
Puppies' compatibility index: 45%
Bruce's chest hair: 86%
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Deep Purple or Led Zeppelin? Neither.
John Lennon or Paul McCartney? Neither.
Frank Zappa or Jimi Hendrix? Neither.
Ian Anderson or Peter Gabriel? I'm only slightly familiar with Ian so yeah.
Greg Lake or Jon Anderson? Neither.
Eddie Van Halen or Randy Rhoads? Neither.
Steve Perry or Freddie Mercury? Freddie, dunno who the other is.
Boston or Chicago? I've only listened to Boston's debut and it's nice.
David Coverdale or Glenn Hughes? Neither.
Def Leppard or Bon Jovi? Bon Jovi because I used to be obsessed with It's My Life as a kid :lol .
Adrian Smith or Dave Murray? Neither.
James Hetfield or Dave Mustaine? Neither.
The Clash or The Ramones? Neither.
Tom Waits or Tom Petty? Neither.
Bruce Dickinson or Eric Adams? Neither.
Nuno Bettencourt or Paul Gilbert? Neither.
Pantera or Soundgarden? Neither.
Blur or Oasis? I've only listened to one Oasis album so them.
Radiohead or Muse? Radiohead, not even close.
Gene Kelly or Fred Astaire? Neither.
Frankly I don't understand the "neithers" for some of them but whatever; but the one that stuck out at me: Steve Perry. You don't have to like him, you don't have to like his band's music (it's of a genre; it's great for it's genre, but it's of that genre), but you owe it to yourself and your musical knowledge to know who he is.
Again, not saying you should like it, or want to hear it ever again, but your musical knowledge and vocabulary is severely lacking if it doesn't know who "Steve Perry" is. (If you need one album, and one album only, it's "Escape". Be warned, Steve Perry is about as different than Thom Yorke as Lemmy is from Annie Haslam.)
Should have clarified, the neithers mean I'm not familiar enough or at all with both options :P
I admit my musical knowledge has huge holes, mostly when it comes to the classics from the previous century, so maybe you can help me fix that on my next roulette ;)
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Bro. Stop listening to Sacul music and go listen to Escape right f'ing now. STAT! Pronto! Ándale! Vámonos!
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Deep Purple or Led Zeppelin?
zeppelin i guess but they're both okay
John Lennon or Paul McCartney?
honestly i barely listen to the solo work of either
Frank Zappa or Jimi Hendrix?
hendrix, zappa's music mostly annoys me
Ian Anderson or Peter Gabriel?
i don't know who ian anderson is
Greg Lake or Jon Anderson?
i can't name an ELP song off the top of my head and still don't know who jon anderson is
Eddie Van Halen or Randy Rhoads?
VH
Steve Perry or Freddie Mercury?
i forget who steve perry is but mercury is probably better
Boston or Chicago?
boston because they didn't turn into complete garbage
David Coverdale or Glenn Hughes?
i have no clue who either of these are
Def Leppard or Bon Jovi?
bon jovi i guess but i do not like 80's cock rock
Adrian Smith or Dave Murray?
no clue who either is
James Hetfield or Dave Mustaine?
both suck
The Clash or The Ramones?
both suck
Tom Waits or Tom Petty?
tom waits is one of my least favorite singers period so petty wins by default
Bruce Dickinson or Eric Adams?
no clue who eric adams is
Nuno Bettencourt or Paul Gilbert?
no clue who nuno bettencourt is
Pantera or Soundgarden?
pantera sucks, soundgarden is okay
Blur or Oasis?
neither
Radiohead or Muse?
muse has the better best album but radiohead is more consistent. i pick muse though because i care about at least one of their albums
Gene Kelly or Fred Astaire?
who's fred astaire
compatibility rating: getting your eyes clawed out by an owl after being fired on a monday in november
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Freddie Mercury, James Hetfield, Tom Waits, and Muse. The rest I'm either indifferent to or have never heard.
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Parama's compatibility index: 15%, 35% factoring in I'm thrilled you actually did the test.
Shadow Ninja's compatibility index: 20%, the max with 4 answers.
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Fifteen Roaming Owls? the band just got bigger
if this entire roulette is gonna be classic rock i'm screwed though :lol
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Deep Purple or Led Zeppelin? Neither.
John Lennon or Paul McCartney? Neither.
Frank Zappa or Jimi Hendrix? Neither.
Ian Anderson or Peter Gabriel? I'm only slightly familiar with Ian so yeah.
Greg Lake or Jon Anderson? Neither.
Eddie Van Halen or Randy Rhoads? Neither.
Steve Perry or Freddie Mercury? Freddie, dunno who the other is.
Boston or Chicago? I've only listened to Boston's debut and it's nice.
David Coverdale or Glenn Hughes? Neither.
Def Leppard or Bon Jovi? Bon Jovi because I used to be obsessed with It's My Life as a kid :lol .
Adrian Smith or Dave Murray? Neither.
James Hetfield or Dave Mustaine? Neither.
The Clash or The Ramones? Neither.
Tom Waits or Tom Petty? Neither.
Bruce Dickinson or Eric Adams? Neither.
Nuno Bettencourt or Paul Gilbert? Neither.
Pantera or Soundgarden? Neither.
Blur or Oasis? I've only listened to one Oasis album so them.
Radiohead or Muse? Radiohead, not even close.
Gene Kelly or Fred Astaire? Neither.
Frankly I don't understand the "neithers" for some of them but whatever; but the one that stuck out at me: Steve Perry. You don't have to like him, you don't have to like his band's music (it's of a genre; it's great for it's genre, but it's of that genre), but you owe it to yourself and your musical knowledge to know who he is.
Again, not saying you should like it, or want to hear it ever again, but your musical knowledge and vocabulary is severely lacking if it doesn't know who "Steve Perry" is. (If you need one album, and one album only, it's "Escape". Be warned, Steve Perry is about as different than Thom Yorke as Lemmy is from Annie Haslam.)
Should have clarified, the neithers mean I'm not familiar enough or at all with both options :P
I admit my musical knowledge has huge holes, mostly when it comes to the classics from the previous century, so maybe you can help me fix that on my next roulette ;)
HAHA, I'm keeping yuor questionairre as a roadmap for my submissions. :)
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Fifteen Roaming Owls? the band just got bigger
if this entire roulette is gonna be classic rock i'm screwed though :lol
Well, I banned everything before 1996. That should be quite a good insurance against that.
I'm using classics in the silly test in order to give you guys some hints about my leanings without revealing too much about my contemporary tastes, but it's (relatively) younger music I need in this vaudeville.
The Mullet Round is only there for Stadler and me to feel like we're not from Mars.
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Deep Purple or Led Zeppelin? Alice Cooper
John Lennon or Paul McCartney? Harrison but only when he plays with Gary Moore
Frank Zappa or Jimi Hendrix? Even though I think he's waaaay overrated, Hendrix.
Ian Anderson or Peter Gabriel? Elton John
Greg Lake or Jon Anderson? Greg Lake. At least he went through puberty.
Eddie Van Halen or Randy Rhoads? That's tough. Randy's work is so limited. Come to think of it, so is Eddie's. I'm going with Schenker.
Steve Perry or Freddie Mercury? Mercury
Boston or Chicago? Boston. Peter Cetera is the gayest singer out there.
David Coverdale or Glenn Hughes? Coverdale. We share the same birthday.
Def Leppard or Bon Jovi? High n Dry
Adrian Smith or Dave Murray? Adrian
James Hetfield or Dave Mustaine? Hetfield
The Clash or The Ramones? Neither, really.
Tom Waits or Tom Petty? Phil Lynott
Bruce Dickinson or Eric Adams? Kiske
Nuno Bettencourt or Paul Gilbert? Not familiar enough with either.
Pantera or Soundgarden? Neither.
Blur or Oasis? WUT? hell no!
Radiohead or Muse? See above
Gene Kelly or Fred Astaire? Redd Foxx
Kingslamehed or TAC – TAC
:metal
Amen, brother!
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Bro. Stop listening to Sacul music and go listen to Escape right f'ing now. STAT! Pronto! Ándale! Vámonos!
I'll add it to my to-listen list if you insist then, gonna have to wait until I finish what I have now tho :P
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Deep Purple or Led Zeppelin?
John Lennon or Paul McCartney?
Frank Zappa or Jimi Hendrix?
Ian Anderson or Peter Gabriel?
Greg Lake or Jon Anderson?
Eddie Van Halen or Randy Rhoads?
Steve Perry or Freddie Mercury?
Boston or Chicago?
David Coverdale or Glenn Hughes?
Def Leppard or Bon Jovi?
Adrian Smith or Dave Murray?
James Hetfield or Dave Mustaine?
The Clash or The Ramones?
Tom Waits or Tom Petty?
Bruce Dickinson or Eric Adams?
Nuno Bettencourt or Paul Gilbert?
Pantera or Soundgarden?
Blur or Oasis?
Radiohead or Muse?
Gene Kelly or Fred Astaire?
Some of them aren't answered because I don't have enough information to go either way.
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Deep Purple or Led Zeppelin? Alice Cooper
John Lennon or Paul McCartney? Harrison but only when he plays with Gary Moore
Frank Zappa or Jimi Hendrix? Even though I think he's waaaay overrated, Hendrix.
Ian Anderson or Peter Gabriel? Elton John
Greg Lake or Jon Anderson? Greg Lake. At least he went through puberty.
Eddie Van Halen or Randy Rhoads? That's tough. Randy's work is so limited. Come to think of it, so is Eddie's. I'm going with Schenker.
Steve Perry or Freddie Mercury? Mercury
Boston or Chicago? Boston. Peter Cetera is the gayest singer out there.
David Coverdale or Glenn Hughes? Coverdale. We share the same birthday.
Def Leppard or Bon Jovi? High n Dry
Adrian Smith or Dave Murray? Adrian
James Hetfield or Dave Mustaine? Hetfield
The Clash or The Ramones? Neither, really.
Tom Waits or Tom Petty? Phil Lynott
Bruce Dickinson or Eric Adams? Kiske
Nuno Bettencourt or Paul Gilbert? Not familiar enough with either.
Pantera or Soundgarden? Neither.
Blur or Oasis? WUT? hell no!
Radiohead or Muse? See above
Gene Kelly or Fred Astaire? Redd Foxx
Kingslamehed or TAC – TAC
:metal
Amen, brother!
Chumps hang with chumps.
Come at me bros. :lol
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Boston or Chicago? Boston. Peter Cetera is the gayest singer out there.
Rob Halford?
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Boston or Chicago? Boston. Peter Cetera is the gayest singer out there.
Rob Halford?
I don't mean gay in the homosexual way.
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Just the derogatory way? Shame on you, y'old coot. :tdwn
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Maybe he just thinks the guy is really cheerful.
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Tim is so metal. Lol
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Maybe he just thinks the guy is really cheerful.
Offtopic: that's your 6300th post,
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Tim is so metal. Lol
:lol hardly.
I heard a Chicago song on the intercom music at work last week, and I thought how fucking queer (again, not a homosexual reference). the voice blew, the lyrics blew. It just all blew.
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By the way, can't think of a creative franchise name so let's go with the trusty Sexin'-You-Laters.
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TAC's compatibility index: 25%
Aefenwelg's compatibility index: 35%
Terry Kath: 90%
Sexin'-You-Laters it is.
Katt and DoC, do you confirm your kind offer to play in the senior citizens conference?
It smells like cabbage, but the nurses are hot.
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I'm not even aware of any Tom Waits songs. I mean maybe I've heard him and not known it was Tom Waits..
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I got Tom Waits's first album in my roulette and it's become one of the greatest things I've ever heard. Seriously. I've heard some of his later stuff and his voice is really off-putting but Closing Time, man. Beautiful music before his voice goes nuts. Just great stuff.
Yeah I'll play with the fogeys. The hot nurses outweigh the smell of decay. :lol
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You also get to smell asses that aren't fully wiped. Good luck!
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Thanks, Katt.
My dear wife's actual words (translated, of course):
"Do you realise you being the division line between old and young is as balanced as Einstein being the division line between smart and stupid?"
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:rollin
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So, who is the smart group, and who is the stupid group.
Asking for a friend.
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Yeah I'll play with the fogeys. The hot nurses outweigh the smell of decay. :lol
(https://omaimanajjar.files.wordpress.com/2011/07/mean-nurse.jpg)
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Yeah I'll play with the fogeys. The hot nurses outweigh the smell of decay. :lol
(https://omaimanajjar.files.wordpress.com/2011/07/mean-nurse.jpg)
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Stupid group: the host and his wife
Smart group: the participants
Or:
The Tranquility Old Farts Conference:
:metal: Destiny of Chaos - The One Trick Ponies*
(https://i.ytimg.com/vi/xmOf4D91Zz4/hqdefault.jpg) jingle.boy - Boston Bruins Blow
(https://i.imgur.com/Di2RXDi.gif) Kattelox - The Rainbow Warriors
(https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/550x300q90/922/9UZ8aD.png) (https://imageshack.com/f/pm9UZ8aDp) kingshmegland - King Kongshmegland
(https://scontent-sjc3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.15752-9/42916546_272430593399267_8960817559314104320_n.jpg?_nc_cat=103&oh=e60b99d2a793334ec885df528ef59317&oe=5C57B3AA) lonestar - Team Fuck Canada
(https://i.imgur.com/Dc273Hd.jpg) romdrums - Seedy Rom and the Hard Drives
(https://i.imgur.com/Sh7foEN.jpg) Stadler - The Hartford Walers
(https://www.myemoticons.com/images/patriotic-military/firepower/jeep.gif) TAC - The aTACkers
The Cetaphil Young Turks Conference:
(https://i.imgur.com/rVTsQpr.jpg) Aefenwelg - The Uhhhh.. Wildcats
:ariich: ariich - Sexin'-You-Laters
:crypt: Elite - Rich and The Poor Tastes
:scio: Evermind - Cockroach Sympathizers
(https://i.postimg.cc/fTH2s4C7/5927758528_a2060423e7_b.jpg) Parama - Six Roaming Owls
:metardica: Puppies_On_Acid - West Coast Lost Marbles
(https://mommyfleur.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/hangman.jpg) Sacul - Hangmanen Addicts
:shadowninja: Shadow Ninja 2.0 - Wayward Vagabonds
*conference switch by kind offer
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Hey Katt, will you hold this for me? No, THIS.
I'm done peeing. For now. ;)
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Hey Katt, will you hold this for me? No, THIS.
I'm done peeing. For now. ;)
That wasn't me holding it, but I can't blame you for your poor eyesight, Pops ;)
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Good morning, bedlam.
Here's the daily item to keep you interested while we're pawing at the gates:
Marks System:
0 - You forgot to send.
1 - You should have forgotten to send.
2 - There's a mistake. You accidentally sent me a recording of your dog taking a crap. Please, resend.
3 - There's a mistake. You accidentally sent me a recording of you having sex. Please, resend. BTW, I'm keeping this.
4 – This song is aural flatulence. It's bad, and can't even be interestingly bad.
5 – It's a mess, but something smells intriguing.
6 – It's ok. Some good moments, none of them particularly original.
7 – Good tune. I'm not touching myself yet, but I'm not forgetting this in 20 years.
8 – Loving this. Not perfect, but something here speaks to my soul.
9 – Pantheon stuff. I will find no peace until everyone around me listens to this.
10 – I want to make love to this song. I want to listen to this song before, while and after making love. I want to listen to this song instead of making love.
You may notice drastic jumps of appreciation and consequent room for nuances. That's what fractions are for and I'm gonna use them from 0.1 to 0.9.
Kind of Twist:
In the OP I mentioned the five Inside Out characters inside my musical brain: BaroqueWig, MetalHead, ProgPipe, HeroinBop and WestEndSlut. Every submission will get a thumbs up/down from them. At the end of Round 5, when the playoff seeding will emerge, quantity and variety of thumbs up will factor as tie-breaker. If the tie persists, we'll do a lightning duel with a secret theme.
Please, stop sending me your wang pics.
Although they're boosting my self-esteem, they're clogging my PM box.
JK, was making sure you were paying attention.
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reading your scale the gap between 4 and 7 feels massive to me, but that's because a 7-ish score usually is "i like this but i'm totally gonna forget about it because of all the 8+ scores"
anyways shooting for an average of exactly 5.2
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I get that. It's probably my old euro schooling heritage, when 4 was death, 5 purgatory, 6 life and 7 being punched in the face by purgatory buddies.
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reading your scale the gap between 4 and 7 feels massive to me, but that's because a 7-ish score usually is "i like this but i'm totally gonna forget about it because of all the 8+ scores"
Bingo. I've already forgotten most of the 7s I've got in my current roulette from 20 days ago, let alone the three previous ones.
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This conference smells like Bengay and regrets.
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This conference smells like Bengay and regrets.
Gritty smells like Bengay and regrets.
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This conference smells like Bengay and regrets.
Gritty smells like Bengay and regrets.
And Newports!
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I still need to bribe Podaar into this.
Gregg... this better happen. Pop your roulette cherry dude. You'll never have a better opportunity.
Ha! I just noticed this thread the for the first time this morning.
My familiarity with post-1996 music is probably worse than Indiscipline's. That's why I lurk on these threads to start out with...trying to find something I enjoy.
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I still need to bribe Podaar into this.
Gregg... this better happen. Pop your roulette cherry dude. You'll never have a better opportunity.
Ha! I just noticed this thread the for the first time this morning.
My familiarity with post-1996 music is probably worse than Indiscipline's. That's why I lurk on these threads to start out with...trying to find something I enjoy.
Well... the dude is setting this up like a sports league. Perhaps you can be the color commentator!
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(https://i.imgur.com/CkL3N0C.gif)
Now there's a gif from a movie that I can get behind.
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Is it too late to change my battalion's name to the Rainbow Warriors? I'm taking away the cheese and replacing it with corn, for their health.
(https://i.imgur.com/Di2RXDi.gif)
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(https://i.imgur.com/CkL3N0C.gif)
Now there's a gif from a movie that I can get behind.
what movie is that from?
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Haha..you so funny.
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(https://i.imgur.com/CkL3N0C.gif)
Now there's a gif from a movie that I can get behind.
what movie is that from?
I was wondering the same thing.
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TAC gets it but ya'll don't? I must have taken crazy pills today.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YeEbtiruH2Q
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CAN YOU DIG IT?
Consider it done, Katt.
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(https://i.imgur.com/CkL3N0C.gif)
Now there's a gif from a movie that I can get behind.
:heart
What band parodied the "********, come out and PLAY!" chant on their fourth album (from 1985)?
What band took their name (indirectly) from one of the gangs in the film?
What band - led by a guy that I believe may have posted here on occasion (definitely posted over at mp.com) - was named after the source material for the film?
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Legendary flick, anyone questioning the source needs to take an hour and a half break right now to watch it.
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What band parodied the "********, come out and PLAY!" chant on their fourth album (from 1985)? Twisted Sister
What band - led by a guy that I believe may have posted here on occasion (definitely posted over at mp.com) - was named after the source material for the film? The Anabasis-Kirksnosehair...(Barry used to shop in my store before he moved to the next town)
Still working on the second question...
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Good morning, bedlam.
Green light.
Shower me with your music.
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Do you want good, bad or dadaist music?
I can send you all, at once if I have to.
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Astonish me.
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Good morning, bedlam.
Green light.
Shower me with your music.
Golden Shower link PM'd
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I'll send before the I leave for Progstock in 26 hours
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Plenty of time. I'm not starting listening until the roulettes on the home stretch are over anyway.
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What band took their name (indirectly) from one of the gangs in the film?
Can't remember, but I have read somewhere the inspiration gang were The Baseball Furies, which - I'm thrilled to tell you - Walter Hill wanted face-painted as homage to KISS.
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SENT!!!
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What band took their name (indirectly) from one of the gangs in the film?
Can't remember, but I have read somewhere the inspiration gang were The Baseball Furies, which - I'm thrilled to tell you - Walter Hill wanted face-painted as homage to KISS.
the other two were answered correctly by TAC; I'll give you this one. The Outfield ("Josie's on a vacation far away...") were the Baseball Boys, named after the Baseball Furies. Their manager advised them to change the name to "The Outfield".
Wouldn't rule out seeing their name pop up again here at some point, just sayin'. Actually, now that I think about it... nope. Too old.
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You don't want to lose this round tonight, Stadler. ;)
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despite all the memes & stuff in this thread i have not at all through about what to actually send so i'll do that tonight
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despite all the memes & stuff in this thread i have not at all through about what to actually send so i'll do that tonight
Same here, I forgot to actually think about my song. :lol
Edit: any time limit for the rounds? Skimmed the first post and didn't find it. I didn't search too hard though. :)
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No time limit.
Let's just avoid the Young Turks switching conference due to natural aging process.
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No time limit.
Let's just avoid the Young Turks switching conference due to natural aging process.
I meant for the song lengths, not for sending songs, although I now presume there's no time limit on both.
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So the only thing that's banned is music from before 1996? Is that inclusive or exclusive?
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Before '96, which is '95 and before. I sent a song from 1996.
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I'm gonna shower this music over you so fucking hard.
Will send sometime between 2-12 hours from now.
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Ev, I got that. I meant, if everybody is sending 48 minutes songs, the switch will happen. Anyway, no time limit but your kind decency.
1996 included.
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oh so it's okay if everyone sends 45 minute songs then :metal
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Sent.
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Before '96, which is '95 and before. I sent a song from 1996.
Ev, I got that. I meant, if everybody is sending 48 minutes songs, the switch will happen. Anyway, no time limit but your kind decency.
1996 included.
Oof, The Old Fogeys take an early hit.
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God dammit TAC.
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Wait what did I do?
1996 is included in the roulette. Not banned.
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God dammit Katt. :lol
At least I have the reading comprehension of a fogey. :facepalm:
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Round 3: Throwback night, aka Mullet Round (thanks King). Pre-1996 songs only.
Kind of jumps out atcha!
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:metal
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Re-sent, then RE-re-sent! Hahaha.
That's my fault; went with two very obvious picks; thanks to Indiscipline for being patient. :)
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I guess I read "1996 included" incorrectly, my bad.
I'm not trying to send anything from '96 anyway, so I'm not sure why I care.
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Re-sent, then RE-re-sent! Hahaha.
That's my fault; went with two very obvious picks; thanks to Indiscipline for being patient. :)
I swung and missed on my first submission. This no banned list thing is pretty tricky.
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My bad. 1996 included in the pool of available choices.
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Sent perhaps the most beautiful song released in 2013.
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Sent perhaps the most beautiful song released in 2013.
I sent the most beautiful song released in 1996. ;D
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My band was around since 90s, but I don't think they released something in 1996, so I guess we sent different bands! What are the chances?
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sended
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I've decided, with the openness of his ban list, instead of just dicking around and having fun, I'm shooting for the fences.
I'm playing for the win this time!!!
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My first day on the receiving hand of roulette bombing is almost through, and it feels like Christmas.
Thank you folks for the patience, dealing with the unknown without the comfort of a proper banned list and a coherent host.
See it this way: better to save the mystery than surrender to the secret *wink*
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I'm playing for the win this time!!!
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I'm playing for the win this time!!!
(https://www.reactiongifs.com/r/UyHrWY1.gif)
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Sent. Rainbow Warriors have opened fire.
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Rainbow Warriors have opened fire.
(https://eden-saga.com/wp-content/uploads/rainbow-warriors-gaypride-688po.jpg)
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Yep, yellow really works on me.
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I've decided, with the openness of his ban list, instead of just dicking around and having fun, I'm shooting for the fences.
I'm playing for the win this time!!!
The playing field is so wide open, we all can send our best stuff.
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I've decided, with the openness of his ban list, instead of just dicking around and having fun, I'm shooting for the fences.
I'm playing for the win this time!!!
The playing field is so wide open, we all can send our best stuff.
(https://i2.kym-cdn.com/entries/icons/original/000/010/100/dis%20gon%20be%20good.gif)
I thought the same when I joined this one. Then for some reason I went ahead and sent a song and a band I've never sent in roulettes before. :lol
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Oh, and when we get to the song/band reveal step... I'll bet next week's paycheque RJ sent IQ.
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Rainbow Warriors have opened fire.
(https://eden-saga.com/wp-content/uploads/rainbow-warriors-gaypride-688po.jpg)
:lol
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I actually considered IQ for this round, but then I remember RJ is playing and changed my entry.
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I should send the song this is from :neverusethis:
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Oh, and when we get to the song/band reveal step... I'll bet next week's paycheque RJ sent IQ.
But...you don't get paid until the week after next...
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(https://i.imgur.com/78OGAUr.gif)
:lol
Is there a hidden camera in my house?
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Oh, and when we get to the song/band reveal step... I'll bet next week's paycheque RJ sent IQ.
But...you don't get paid until the week after next...
(https://i.imgur.com/nbNeUCC.gif)
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:lol
That's literally the creepiest thing I've ever seen!
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Anyone who hasn't sent yet should feel shame that Lucas has already.
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Well then, here we go.
I haven't sent yet.
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I, too, haven't sent yet because I'm too busy having a job.
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I have a job too.
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I sent my song while at my job.
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I've already sent the first 5 rounds. And I have a job.
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I've already sent the first 5 rounds.
Why would you do that?
I sent round 1.
I still have a job (actually, two to be precise).
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I, too, haven't sent yet because I'm too busy having a job.
but....
you are posting.
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I've already sent the first 5 rounds.
Why would you do that?
Because I was pretty sure I knew what I wanted to send. Themed rounds help narrow down my choices. Also, I may have a hectic couple of weeks so if I already know what I'm sending, I might as well just send. Plus I reserve the right to make changes as the roulette progresses.
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I, too, haven't sent yet because I'm too busy having a job.
but....
you are posting.
Yeah I'm in a meeting and bored
Can't listen to tunes or send a song from here tho :V
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Oh yeah, I think Parama was that guy who gave me shit when I sent Kamelot in Puppies' and went to sleep and my entry was rejected overnight. :biggrin: Had to install VPN on my mobile to access DTF at work to send something just so I don't hold up the hangman.
I've already sent the first 5 rounds.
Why would you do that?
Because I was pretty sure I knew what I wanted to send. Themed rounds help narrow down my choices. Also, I may have a hectic couple of weeks so if I already know what I'm sending, I might as well just send. Plus I reserve the right to make changes as the roulette progresses.
In case of overlap though, your entries don't count as "first come, first serve" for each round, right? Otherwise it'd be kinda cheating.
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How TF are you posting if you're in a meeting?! :lol
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I sent something I don't think I've ever sent before in a roulette.
Like that time I sent Tool in Train's roulette. (In round 7 or 8 as well). That was strange.
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In case of overlap though, your entries don't count as "first come, first serve" for each round, right? Otherwise it'd be kinda cheating.
Well of course. If you send my Round 4 song in Round 1, then I have to change songs for Round 4.
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In case of overlap though, your entries don't count as "first come, first serve" for each round, right? Otherwise it'd be kinda cheating.
Well of course. If you send my Round 4 song in Round 1, then I have to change songs for Round 4.
No, if I send your Round 4 song in Round 4 right after the results for Round 3 are announced, does it count as if you sent yours first, even though you sent yours way ahead of time?
I mean, this scenario is highly unlikely, but that's something that was on my mind for a few weeks or months now, regarding the preparation for my own roulette.
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Yes, I sent mine first. ;D
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Guys, as I love to say, forecasting a problem is creating the problem.
In the 0.00000000000006% chance of that occurring, the matter will be dealt with by the civil and impartial medium of tap-dancing contest through webcam.
Sometimes the best solutions are the simplest.
And please leave Parama be, or all he's gonna send me will be hired killers in the night.
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Guys, as I love to say, forecasting a problem is creating the problem.
In the 0.00000000000006% chance of that occurring, the matter will be dealt with by the civil and impartial medium of tap-dancing contest through webcam.
Sometimes the best solutions are the simplest.
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And please leave Parama be, or all he's gonna send me will be "hired killers in the night".
That sounds like a killer song, Dude! :2metal:
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And with that, you've sealed your fate as premiere colour commentator in this show, my friend.
Briefing at 7:00, bring the Lagavulin.
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Oh, and when we get to the song/band reveal step... I'll bet next week's paycheque RJ sent IQ.
Sweet, some more merch money for Progstock....
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Briefing at 7:00, bring the Lagavulin.
Okay, but no singing.
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i'm continuing my trend of "not really thinking about what to send and just winging it" except i already have an idea of what to send for the fogey round and the suck round since the latter is super easy for me anyways
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Oh, boy. Wish I had read this thread earlier.
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i'm continuing my trend of "not really thinking about what to send and just winging it"
Parama sent Winger.
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how did you know :TAC: :getoffmylawn:
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So, where's the 'bizarro hangman' we're all dying to see?
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I don't have all the submissions, and this joint isn't officially open yet.
Bizarro Hangman will piss the hangman junkies off to no end and disappoint the rest, I'm afraid.
Oh, boy. Wish I had read this thread earlier.
We need merciless hecklers from the stands anyway, do stick around.
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R!S!T!L!N!E!
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I don't have all the submissions, and this joint isn't officially open yet.
Bizarro Hangman will piss the hangman junkies off to no end and disappoint the rest, I'm afraid.
Ain't gonna lie, I'm a bit hard in anticipation.
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Evermind sent something from Beyond the Bridge's Old Man and the Spirit album
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Evermind sent something from Beyond the Bridge's Old Man and the Spirit album
Then for some reason I went ahead and sent a song and a band I've never sent in roulettes before. :lol
It is coming though.
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:lol
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Maybe I should change my submission and beat him to it :corn
I sent a song I have sent in at least one roulette before
I worry I'm giving away too much by saying that though :neverusethis:
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Thanks for being patient while Chad and I finished our roulettes, dude. We're done so I think you can kick this one off properly now.
I'll send shortly. Or at least I'll try to and then you'll tell me you know it already.
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I don't have all the submissions, and this joint isn't officially open yet.
Bizarro Hangman will piss the hangman junkies off to no end and disappoint the rest, I'm afraid.
Ain't gonna lie, I'm a bit hard in anticipation.
Isn't Thrusty always hard?
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I don't have all the submissions, and this joint isn't officially open yet.
Bizarro Hangman will piss the hangman junkies off to no end and disappoint the rest, I'm afraid.
Ain't gonna lie, I'm a bit hard in anticipation.
Isn't Thrusty always hard?
Not at his age...
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Quarterfinals: Playbook tricks. Two songs by the same act which you just can't believe are by the same act.
Not assuming I'm going to be there, but in case I am, I would like to be prepared...
Can you say anything more about this? How will it be graded? Will there be extra points for variety?, etc?
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Thanks for being patient while Chad and I finished our roulettes, dude. We're done so I think you can kick this one off properly now.
I'll send shortly. Or at least I'll try to and then you'll tell me you know it already.
No problem, sir. As you can see the joint is jumping with inane tests and hard-on jokes.
Quarterfinals: Playbook tricks. Two songs by the same act which you just can't believe are by the same act.
Not assuming I'm going to be there, but in case I am, I would like to be prepared...
Can you say anything more about this? How will it be graded? Will there be extra points for variety?, etc?
Sure. The score will be the two songs' average plus a 0 to 5 bonus based on the variety/distance factor.
Good morning bedlam,
Now I am compleeeeeeeete, which means:
Bizarro Hangman:
I apologise in advance with the hangman purists, but - given the sans banned list nature of this show - you would just piranha this thing in a bit if in canon form. You are going to probably piranha this silly novelty as well, but at least I'm getting insults.
What did you give me, my dear friends, to keep me from the gallows pole?
??? The ArKhangel – Have You Forgotten Death?
??? Cyclops and Phoenix – The Apathy Faucet: From Courage to the Ears of Sanity
??? Beyond the Bridge - The Difference Is Human
??? Buzz Off Flesh Blanc – Ariel
??? My Focking Neighbours! – Hate to Hear Me
??? Big Big Train - Curator of Butterflies
??? Nevertrain – A Fast Climb upon Imagination
??? Post-Modern Rush – Titan Rock
??? Belgian Cars – August Moon
??? Smallasapond – My Brother's 31st Birthday Souvenir Wifebeater
??? Wannabe Bach's Sarabande – Goduria & Noia
??? While Heaven Wept – Vessel
??? QuasiTool – Old Night
??? Dull Adult Beast – Leave Me Alone!
??? US Beatles – The Winter Frowns on Me
??? Nero's Zebra - Standtall
Ride the rainbow, crack the code.
Coming next: first soap impressions of my wife which I ate and donated to the National Trust
Please, one guess per post, no double posts. You may also guess the silly references, if bored enough
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While Heaven Wept - Vessel
I like the "one guess per post" rule. I know at least a few more.
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Of course. This may be already over without the posting rules.
I'm going to work now, which means a 10 minutes drive.
I fear total completion by then.
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Also, this one guy who sent you know what, screw you unless you're RJ (then we're good). :lol
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Big Big Train - Curator of Butterflies
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Beyond the Bridge - The Difference is Human
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This is amazing
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Yes, Bolsters!
Yes, Evermind!
YES, Elite!
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Could you please not remove/replace the original descriptions? I'd like to see what I missed :)
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It was After Hell Laughed - Gasket
Tiny Tiny Plane - Destroyer of Caterpillars
Before the Chorus - Equivalence is Divine
I know that because I wrote them all down and been trying to solve these for the past hour instead of working. :lol There are five I still can't figure out.
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Also, I have to sit this out for now, I have nothing and have no idea what some of these could be. I figured QuasiTool could be Karnivool or Soen, but from the top of my head, I don't know which songs would match 'Old Night'
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QuasiTool is one of those five that have me stumped.
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I just got that one.
Karnivool - New Day
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Michael Kiske - Do I Remember a Life?
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Dude... for those of us just waking up, what were the original metaphor's for the one's that have already been solved.
Also, Kiske is TAC
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Smallasapond is Oceansize: Commemorative 9/11 T-Shirt
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Vanden Plas - January Sun
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Caligula’s Horse: Turntail for Nero’s Zebra.
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Snarky Puppy - What About Me?
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Could you please not remove/replace the original descriptions? I'd like to see what I missed :)
Seconded. Oh, wait I'm not playing... :blush
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Oh, what an inconsiderate fock I've been. There you go, updated:
TAC: The ArKhangel – Have You Forgotten Death? = Michael Kiske - Do I Remember a Life?
??? Cyclops and Phoenix – The Apathy Faucet: From Courage to the Ears of Sanity = Coheed and Cambria - The Willing Well: From Fear to the Eyes of Madness
??? Before the Chorus - Equivalence Is Divine = Beyond the Bridge - The Difference Is Human
??? Buzz Off Flesh Blanc – Ariel
??? My Focking Neighbours! – Hate to Hear Me
??? Tiny Tiny Plane - Destroyer of Caterpillars = Big Big Train - Curator of Butterflies
jingle.boy: Nevertrain – A Fast Climb upon Imagination = Evership - A Slow Descent into Reality
??? Post-Modern Rush – Titan Rock
??? Belgian Cars – August Moon = Vanden Plas - January Sun
??? Smallasapond – My Brother's 31st Birthday Souvenir Wifebeater = Oceansize - Commemorative 9/11 T-Shirt
??? Wannabe Bach's Sarabande – Goduria & Noia
??? After Hell Laughed - Gasket = While Heaven Wept – Vessel
??? QuasiTool – Old Night = Karnivool - New Day
??? Dull Adult Beast – Leave Me Alone! = Snarky Puppy - What About Me?
??? US Beatles – The Winter Frowns on Me
??? Nero's Zebra - Standtall = Caligula's Horse - Turntail
Also, next hangmen will be posted on my afternoons (rather than mornings) for equal opportunities.
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Evership - A Slow Descent Into Reality
Sent by Jingle?
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Please, one guess per post, no double posts.
You've been reported to a moderator *wink*
I'm giving you the first one though!
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Dammit, completely forgot about that one. Won't happen again, my lord.
EDIT: Deleted the second one... maybe nobody saw it :P
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Coheed and Cambria - The Willing Well: From Fear through the Eyes of Madness
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I saw it, but I forget already. :rollin
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Has anybody seen Evermind and Charles Xavier in the same room?
Thought so.
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This is some f'ing bizarre hangmanemone for sure.
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That Kiske song is killer, if it's the one I'm thinking of...
I will say this: I think I get mine and I can't see ANYONE solving it.
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I think I know two more, and I have an idea about the third, but I could be wrong on all three guesses.
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A cookie for those who can guess mine. It hasn't been figured out yet.
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My big problem with these is that I largely do not even know the underlying band, so the "clues" are useless to me.
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Except yours and a couple others, neither did I!
Btw, I'm curious. Do you agree with the metaphor for your band?
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I thought about doing something similar to this instead of the standard roulette, but I figured the masses would revolt and overthrow my rule....I may still do it anyway...
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I'm your firedamp canary, buddy.
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Except yours and a couple others, neither did I!
Btw, I'm curious. Do you agree with the metaphor for your band?
Yeah, I'll take that. They're not at the level of the Beatles, but they certainly have carried the torch as well (or more) than anyone else. There's usually a track per album that has a distinct echo of the Beatles, and their Beatles covers are stellar without exception.
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Stadler sent US Beatles :lol
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Sorry, Katt. Stadler guessed that first.
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i know which one is mine and i have no clue how anyone is going to guess it
i dunno any of the ones remaining either :metal
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US Beatles is the one I'm reasonably sure I know the answer to.
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Ok there have been other guesses now so I can post this one again:
Haken - Atlas Stone.
Interesting description of "postmodern Rush" though. :lol
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Cheap Trick - The Summer Looks Good on You
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Oh CT is DEFINITELY Stadler then.
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I'm impressed; I didn't think that would be solved. I sort of gave it away, but still. Nicely done (and a great tune if anyone is into them still).
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I'm impressed; I didn't think that would be solved. I sort of gave it away, but still. Nicely done (and a great tune if anyone is into them still).
If it matters, I was 90% sure of this one even before your post. :P The song title gave it away.
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TAC: The ArKhangel – Have You Forgotten Death? = Michael Kiske - Do I Remember a Life?
??? Cyclops and Phoenix – The Apathy Faucet: From Courage to the Ears of Sanity = Coheed and Cambria - The Willing Well: From Fear to the Eyes of Madness
??? Before the Chorus - Equivalence Is Divine = Beyond the Bridge - The Difference Is Human
??? Buzz Off Flesh Blanc – Ariel
??? My Focking Neighbours! – Hate to Hear Me
??? Tiny Tiny Plane - Destroyer of Caterpillars = Big Big Train - Curator of Butterflies
jingle.boy: Nevertrain – A Fast Climb upon Imagination = Evership - A Slow Descent into Reality
??? Post-Modern Rush – Titan Rock = Haken - Atlas Stone
??? Belgian Cars – August Moon = Vanden Plas - January Sun
??? Smallasapond – My Brother's 31st Birthday Souvenir Wifebeater = Oceansize - Commemorative 9/11 T-Shirt
??? Wannabe Bach's Sarabande – Goduria & Noia
??? After Hell Laughed - Gasket = While Heaven Wept – Vessel
??? QuasiTool – Old Night = Karnivool - New Day
??? Dull Adult Beast – Leave Me Alone! = Snarky Puppy - What About Me?
Stadler: US Beatles – The Winter Frowns on Me = Cheap Trick - The Summer Looks Good on You
??? Nero's Zebra - Standtall = Caligula's Horse - Turntail
Interesting description of "postmodern Rush" though. :lol
Yeah, instinctive reaction. I cooked these hangmen while I went through the very first quick listen and documentation, and suddenly I yelled: "Subdivisions!"
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has nobody guessed that ev sent beyond the bridge
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Pretty sure I know the answer but asking because I haven't done many roulettes.... but once a band is used..... they're done for future rounds right?
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has nobody guessed that ev sent beyond the bridge
No, 'cause he didn't.
Pretty sure I know the answer but asking because I haven't done many roulettes.... but once a band is used..... they're done for future rounds right?
Yessir
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has nobody guessed that ev sent beyond the bridge
No, 'cause he didn't.
damn, someone got sniped
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has nobody guessed that ev sent beyond the bridge
No, 'cause he didn't.
damn, someone got sniped
Yeah, it's a good thing I don't get paid next week.
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Yeah, instinctive reaction. I cooked these hangmen while I went through the very first quick listen and documentation, and suddenly I yelled: "Subdivisions!"
Fair enough. :lol
I was actually planning to send you Cockroach King at some point, as it's heavily influenced by Gentle Giant who you sent me in my roulette, but alas Haken is now banned for the rest of the roulette. Do check it out at some point though. From the same album as Atlas Stone, but really rather different.
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Atlas Stone was exactly what prompted my question. As a collective we have one Haken bullet to shoot....and we use Atlas Stone? Very good song, no doubt......but so many other far better choices in my opinion.
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yeah should've sent cockroach king
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Looks like we're all in agreement.
Alright, so who ruined it?
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Imagine how helpful Haken would have been in Round 2.
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Atlas Stone is the best thing on that album though.
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i don't think it'd even rank in the top half of the album for me
that being said it's good, just that, the mountain is great
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I would personally never send Cockroach King in a roulette to be honest.
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I considered Cockroach King for Round 5.
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I don't even know Haken.
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I considered Cockroach King for Round 5.
This is fucking gold :lol
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I would personally never send Cockroach King in a roulette to be honest.
I wouldn't normally choose that song, but I already explained my rationale above. :P
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I considered Cockroach King for Round 5.
no, you're supposed to send songs you like that you think he'd hate :loser:
considering my usual tastes you can expect this is almost too easy for me
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I considered Cockroach King for Round 5.
no, you're supposed to send songs you like that you think he'd hate :loser:
considering my usual tastes you can expect this is almost too easy for me
Indiscipline should definitely prepare himself for a pretty hefty dose of brootal metal in that round. :lol As for other things he's likely to hate, it'll be easier to gauge that after at least a couple of rounds.
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i think someone called it "the growlie round" earlier yeah
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Indiscipline should definitely prepare himself for a pretty hefty dose of brootal metal in that round. :lol
I already told him that. he might as well rename it to the Growl Round. I told him he's getting growls from everyone except for one pussy from Canada.
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Oh, I have the right thing to send
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@Indiscipline: Pink Floyd; for or against and why?
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Good morning, bedlam. A little Q&A before Impressions, if you will:
WE WANT THE COCKROACH KING!
You really got me to listen to it, comrades. I won't say what I think about it because there's a Haken song in this round, but I'm using it as 17th writeup in order to make a general point about my approach yo current progressive music. You may find it useful going forward into the season; actually you could have found it useful from the start, but I really wanted you to go blind into opening night.
no, you're supposed to send songs you like that you think he'd hate
You got it perfectly right, that's the rationale for round 5. Orc voices may look like the perfect shortcut, but I'm afraid they're gonna negate their own annoyance value if every submission features them. Faced with 16 tunes of growlies, I'm probably gonna ignore the vocals and judge the music. Trying to explain it better: when auditioning 16 sopranos with the same shit voices, I'm focusing on tits and arses.
@Indiscipline: Pink Floyd; for or against and why?
Definitely "for", from Summer '68 to High Hopes. Why?
. The've been Stage 3 in Baby Indiscipline's musical education protocol and left a huge mark. Blame dad.
. The elevation of blues guitar to proper voice of stars and planets.
. No matter how beautiful or hideous the musical ideas and visions, nobody has ever had a better sense of room and timing for their development.
. Few things in the world sound better than a Gilmour lick on a Wright carpet.
Looong bus trip last night, hence first impressions this afternoon.
EDIT: Breakfast typing
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Atlas Stone was exactly what prompted my question. As a collective we have one Haken bullet to shoot....and we use Atlas Stone? Very good song, no doubt......but so many other far better choices in my opinion.
If you've only got one bullet for Haken, you should put it in your mouth. :biggrin:
Indiscipline should definitely prepare himself for a pretty hefty dose of brootal metal in that round. :lol
I already told him that. he might as well rename it to the Growl Round. I told him he's getting growls from everyone except for one pussy from Canada.
Guilty as charged. I've got a plan for that round, and it certainly doesn't involve growling.
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I’m not doing growls that round either.
I’m betting Atlas Stone will do better than Cockroach King with Indiscipline, by the way, based on what he said above.
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Atlas Stone was exactly what prompted my question. As a collective we have one Haken bullet to shoot....and we use Atlas Stone? Very good song, no doubt......but so many other far better choices in my opinion.
If you've only got one bullet for Haken, you should put it in your mouth. :biggrin:
Damn man...
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Ok, espresso does help.
Bus Impressions:
One song made me find hope for progressive music in unexpected places
One song made me aware of the perils of progressive music saturation
One song made me proud of where I'm from
One song made me self-conscious of where I'm from
One song made me joyful about '80's metal spirit carrying on
One song made me giddy about 90's DT spirit carrying on
One song made me weep while serene
One song made me dream while awake
One song my dad would have loved
One song my daughter would love
One song made me elbow-pose by the car window in youthful amusement.
One song made me punch the dashboard in orgasm denial frustration
One song made me shake my head. Go all the way, goddammit.
One song made me shake my fist. Work this more, goddammit.
One song made me nod at careful architecture
One song made me clap at deeply thought execution.
Beautiful sounds overall and the core musicianship is top notch. I'm having some instinctive generational prejudices both confirmed and obliterated, and I feel the real match is being played on the pure songwriting / internal coherence / efficacy given premises field.
Can't see a 10 (that's focking perfection), but can't see a 5 either. At the moment, of course.
You want me to complete the Hangman for you or you still wish to play?
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Well, the remaining three are the most difficult ones for me.
The 'Neighbours' song is probably "Glad to See You" or something to that extent, but I'm not sure about the band. The only guess about 'Buzz off Flesh Blanc' that I have is Neutral Milk Hotel, which is probably wrong. As for 'Wannabe Bach's Sarabande', I have no clue.
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Eh, for those three I put my anti-Xavier Magneto helmet on and cheated a bit.
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"One song made me proud of where I'm from"
It's-a me, Kattelox!
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A handful of those could be mine. Hoping whichever it is, it's a positive one.
:lucien:
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I see a bad and good snippet that could be mine.
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evermind send tiny tiny plane :corn
puppies sent s m a l l a s a p o n d
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evermind send tiny tiny plane :corn
puppies sent s m a l l a s a p o n d
Cheater :biggrin:
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TAC: The ArKhangel – Have You Forgotten Death? = Michael Kiske - Do I Remember a Life?
??? Cyclops and Phoenix – The Apathy Faucet: From Courage to the Ears of Sanity = Coheed and Cambria - The Willing Well: From Fear to the Eyes of Madness
??? Before the Chorus - Equivalence Is Divine = Beyond the Bridge - The Difference Is Human
??? Buzz Off Flesh Blanc – Ariel
??? My Focking Neighbours! – Hate to Hear Me
Evermind: Tiny Tiny Plane - Destroyer of Caterpillars = Big Big Train - Curator of Butterflies
jingle.boy: Nevertrain – A Fast Climb upon Imagination = Evership - A Slow Descent into Reality
??? Post-Modern Rush – Titan Rock = Haken - Atlas Stone
??? Belgian Cars – August Moon = Vanden Plas - January Sun
Puppies_On_Acid: Smallasapond – My Brother's 31st Birthday Souvenir Wifebeater = Oceansize - Commemorative 9/11 T-Shirt
??? Wannabe Bach's Sarabande – Goduria & Noia
??? After Hell Laughed - Gasket = While Heaven Wept – Vessel
??? QuasiTool – Old Night = Karnivool - New Day
??? Dull Adult Beast – Leave Me Alone! = Snarky Puppy - What About Me?
Stadler: US Beatles – The Winter Frowns on Me = Cheap Trick - The Summer Looks Good on You
??? Nero's Zebra - Standtall = Caligula's Horse - Turntail
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America - Glad to See You
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America - Glad to See You
That was my guess, but isn't that from 1974?
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Oh yeah, I forgot about that.... but it fits :'(
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Cheap Trick is the US Beatles??
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They've been called that.
Love that Kiske song, by the way.
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I have literally never heard Cheap Trick called that. Ever.
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who's a cheap trick? :corn
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I have literally never heard Cheap Trick called that. Ever.
It's well documented that Robin Zander's wife called them that on their first date. Duh. :)
EDIT: I honestly couldn't remember actually hearing that either, but I did find this, so it's technically true: https://www.axs.com/cheap-trick-s-five-most-underrated-songs-68456. (Song number 5, specifically).
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Good morning, bedlam.
Another long trip last night and YET ANOTHER one coming today. Coming tonight, I'm pretty sure I'll have quite a clear idea about where everything is standing. I will even give you some Timestamp Snippets, if not terribly sleepy.
As item of the day, here's the completed Hangman, leaving out the submitters should that guessing part still have legs.
TAC: The ArKhangel – Have You Forgotten Death? = Michael Kiske - Do I Remember a Life?
??? Cyclops and Phoenix – The Apathy Faucet: From Courage to the Ears of Sanity = Coheed and Cambria - The Willing Well: From Fear to the Eyes of Madness
??? Before the Chorus - Equivalence Is Divine = Beyond the Bridge - The Difference Is Human
Parama: Buzz Off Flesh Blanc – Ariel = Hail Spirit Noir - The Mermaid
??? My Focking Neighbours! – Hate to Hear Me = Barock Project - Happy to See You
Evermind: Tiny Tiny Plane - Destroyer of Caterpillars = Big Big Train - Curator of Butterflies
jingle.boy: Nevertrain – A Fast Climb upon Imagination = Evership - A Slow Descent into Reality
??? Post-Modern Rush – Titan Rock = Haken - Atlas Stone
??? Belgian Cars – August Moon = Vanden Plas - January Sun
Puppies_On_Acid: Smallasapond – My Brother's 31st Birthday Souvenir Wifebeater = Oceansize - Commemorative 9/11 T-Shirt
Kattelox: Wannabe Bach's Sarabande – Goduria e Noia = Luca Turilli's Rhapsody - Tormento e Passione
??? After Hell Laughed - Gasket = While Heaven Wept – Vessel
romdrums: QuasiTool – Old Night = Karnivool - New Day
??? Dull Adult Beast – Leave Me Alone! = Snarky Puppy - What About Me?
Stadler: US Beatles – The Winter Frowns on Me = Cheap Trick - The Summer Looks Good on You
??? Nero's Zebra - Standtall = Caligula's Horse - Turntail
Cheap Trick is the American act most successfully conveying the pre-Rubber Soul Beatles spirit, to my guts.
Of course, you know me.
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Parama sent Coheed and Cambria, probably.
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Actually, Parama sent Hail Spirit Noir and I don't know how I didn't guess that.
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Kat sent Rhapsody :corn
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I sure did. And if I was gonna be super nitpicky, the correct title is Tormento e passione. But I'm not. At all. :lol I hope Indiscipline enjoys that one, I think the one about 'makes me proud of where I'm from' is definitely that.
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Actually, Parama sent Hail Spirit Noir and I don't know how I didn't guess that.
yeah i don't know how you didn't guess that either, i even told you which one was mine :P
if i'd sent coheed it definitely wouldn't have been that specific song
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Actually, Parama sent Hail Spirit Noir and I don't know how I didn't guess that.
yeah i don't know how you didn't guess that either, i even told you which one was mine :P
if i'd sent coheed it definitely wouldn't have been that specific song
You'd probably send In Keeping Secrets of Silent Earth 3 or The Crowing or The Light and the Glass.........no wait, Devil in Jersey City. Thats the one.
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Updated and corrected.
Apologies to Katt. I suck at italian language apparently.
Long listening session starting in a minute, you will hear from me in a couple hours.
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:metal :metal :metal :metal :metal :corn :corn :soon: :corn :corn
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No apologies necessary, I'm just being a wiseass :)
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All's cool, Katt. Don't mind me, I apologise all the time. There's great power in apologising [/Melisandre].
For example, I'm apologising for cutting the snippets into two batches:
Timestamp Snippets, batch I:
1:05 - 1:18: Once you've decided to go "that" way, then a simplistic Aces High modulation driven section seems quite out of place.
5:10 - 6:10: One minute of beautiful music, yet one minute completely compromising the otherwise perfect flux and showing lack of confidence.
0:11 - 0:16: How the hell did A-Ha's Take on Me vocal line end up inside The Whirlwind's perfect missing piece?
4:45 - 4:58: It may be the first and last time I type this sentence in my life: vocals should have gone full screamo there. Just there.
2:22 - 2:52: Phil Spector barged in guns ablazing and made sure I won't forget this tune.
8:50 - 9:55: You had to go "there" and spoil an otherwise perfect 10. Amazing.
8:23 - 10:16: I would have loved someone believing in that piano right from the start.
5:14 - 5:42: That is pantheon level drumwork inside a pantheon level track
To be continued ...
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I see mine but I'm not sure I understand the comment.
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I see mine but I'm not sure I understand the comment.
Reading this makes me giggle.
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literally the only one that i think could be mine after checking the song is the phil spector comment and i have no clue who phil spector is besides "killed a girl once"
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literally the only one that i think could be mine after checking the song is the phil spector comment and i have no clue who phil spector is besides "killed a girl once"
Now that is Death Metal.
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it's more like death'n'roll
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I don't think mine's in that batch.
Also, if no one else is guessing, I guess I will... guess: Karnivool sent by romdrums and Caligula's Horse by Elite
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Aefenwelg: yes and no.
Tim and Parama: expecting clarity from a bozo crammed inside a bus, listening to music and typing on a phone with his wife's show-smelling feet on his lap? Cheers.
Timestamp Snippets, batch II:
1:38 - 2:02: I guess that's the closer you can fly to Jethro Tull without burning your wings.
3:29 - 3:42: That melody belongs to the realm of brazen emotional blackmail. Blackmail worked.
4:47 - 5:11: The song could have definitely used more of that worlds-destroying monster of a riff
3:30 - 4:36: An egregious case of wrong placement, weakening the plan.
1:42 - 2:09: The most unassuming segment, yet I'm hopelessly addicted to it.
2:20 - 2:30: Pink Floyd called: they want their One of These Days back.
0:48 - 0:56: Every composition leaning on John Miles' Music side of things is doing it right.
1:06 - 1:38: ... If you believe that you know in this world you've got anything to win ... Sorry, couldn't help it.
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Tim and Parama: expecting clarity from a bozo crammed inside a bus, listening to music and typing on a phone with his wife's show-smelling feet on his lap? Cheers.
I'm expecting Instant Clarity.
Get it? ;D
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You should thank God I'm already married.
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Gee, and my feet smell amazing! :lol
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Gee, and my feet smell amazing! :lol
I know your amazing.
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(https://www.quickmeme.com/img/6d/6d5eb9a85361cdd01922d69a213d53c451a48559384443d39f4888b6d97d378a.jpg)
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3:30 - 4:36: An egregious case of wrong placement, weakening the plan.
There's mine :corn
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These write-ups are why I'm here. :corn
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2:20 - 2:30: Pink Floyd called: they want their One of These Days back.
I believe this mine.
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I either don't see mine or don't understand which is mine. Went and listened and tried to pinpoint it, but I'm stumped. Huh.
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I don't remember when stuff happens in my song. :lol
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i mean i checked them all against my song and the only one that both matches up with my song & feels like it could be related to the song itself is the one i pointed out but i have no clue what it actually means
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I think a 5 seconds mistake on my part may have cause a bit of confusion. Fixed.
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Checked the first set of timestamps against my song, and I don't think any apply. Will test against the 2nd set of timestamps after my 10 hour drive.
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2:22 - 2:52: Phil Spector barged in guns ablazing and made sure I won't forget this tune.
I'd bet this was mine.
Phil Spector, Wall of Sound, can't beat it.
(By the way, not directed at anyone in particular - I mean that - but you should know who Phil Spector is; he influenced everyone from the Beatles to the Beach Boys to Marillion to, well, my submission.)
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I had to Google who the hell Phil Spector
was is.
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3:29 - 3:42: That melody belongs to the realm of brazen emotional blackmail. Blackmail worked.
Checked my song as I suspected this snippet was mine, and apparently yeah, that guitar melody I thought about comes exactly at 3:29.
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I honestly have no clue which is mine if not the 2:22 one because none of the other snippets line up with anything happening in my song lol
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4:45 - 4:58: It may be the first and last time I type this sentence in my life: vocals should have gone full screamo there. Just there.
1:42 - 2:09: The most unassuming segment, yet I'm hopelessly addicted to it.
These are the only two that make sense for mine, timing-wise, unless you're being rather crafty with the timestamps.
The latter one seems to end mid-phrase, but then it's as it starts building up to a chorus, so that could work possibly.
The former, the timings make perfect sense as does the section, but I'm not sure about the use of the word "full screamo" as there's nothing else even vaguely screamo in the song. But you may have just meant that this particular section called for something like that.
So yeah, I guess one of those!
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Total Hangman, since the guessing is over:
TAC: Michael Kiske - Do I Remember a Life?
Aefenwelg: Coheed and Cambria - The Willing Well: From Fear to the Eyes of Madness
lonestar: Beyond the Bridge - The Difference Is Human
Parama: Hail Spirit Noir - The Mermaid
kingshmegland: Barock Project - Happy to See You
Evermind: Big Big Train - Curator of Butterflies
jingle.boy:Evership - A Slow Descent into Reality
Elite: Haken - Atlas Stone
DestinyOfChaos:Vanden Plas - January Sun
Puppies_On_Acid:Oceansize - Commemorative 9/11 T-Shirt
Kattelox: Luca Turilli's Rhapsody - Tormento e Passione
Shadow Ninja 2.0: While Heaven Wept – Vessel
romdrums: Karnivool - New Day
Sacul:Snarky Puppy - What About Me?
Stadler:Cheap Trick - The Summer Looks Good on You
ariich: Caligula's Horse - Turntail
Results 1 of 4 in a minute ...
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ariich: why that specific song, I must ask :P
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ariich: why that specific song, I must ask :P
Because it's awesome. :hat
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There's some good shit in this round.
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... Done.
Before sharp objects begin to fly, I beg you to consider the following:
. I am wrong about your songs, for better of worse. There is no absolute judgement here, only my taste – or lack of – speaking.
. I may comment on Song A in happy enthusiastic terms, on Song B in harsh disappointing ones, and rate them roughly the same. There is a reason. Song A made the best of its premises, Song B wasted large potential for greatness. It's the only way I know to balance judgement among genres, styles and eras.
. I have loved listening to your submissions. If the writeups read too negative, it's only because I find it more interesting to elaborate on what a tune lacked in order to be a 10, rather than stating the obvious positive traits.
. I'm costive with marks. Maybe letting these songs grow with (and on) me for a long time will help their causes, but I'm trying to keep excitement for new stuff and actual appreciation safely separated.
Round One Results, 1 of 4:
:metardica: Puppies_On_Acid - West Coast Lost Marbles
Oceansize – 9/11 Commemorative T-Shirt:
Bus Impression: One song made me shake my head. Go all the way, goddammit.
Timestamp Snippett: 3:30 - 4:36: An egregious case of wrong placement, weakening the plan.
Emotional mood pieces are tricky buggers. They're like impressionist pictures: not possessing a clear definite image to focus on, they rely on the aggregate effect of tones and shapes. When they succeed, they're deeper than any linear storytelling, while on the other hand they only need a single wrong brush stroke to lose power. In this song's case, the sung part brings all the tapestry down and – keeping up with the picture analogy – forces the eye of the beholder to abruptly change focus the very moment it's finally gaining access beneath the surface.
The intricate (but immediate) sound layers were working wonders. I could picture the impact of devastation, as well as the even heavier impact of collective conscience rationalisation. Inserting human voice in that unspeakable mood (majestically conveyed by the music) took me out, changed a living memory into a t-shirt. Plus, it compromised the beautiful crescendo, which could have been almost unbearable in its efficacy.
Vote: 6.2 – A potential soul hitting 8 until the vocal part, then it couldn't recover momentum and pass the ok alternative rock mood piece treshold.
(https://i.imgur.com/rVTsQpr.jpg) Aefenwelg - The Uhhhh.. Wildcats
Coheed and Cambria – The Willing Well II: From Fear through the Eyes of Madness:
Bus Impression: One song made me shake my fist. Work this more, goddammit.
Timestamp Snippett: 2:20 - 2:30: Pink Floyd called: they want their One of These Days back.
This is actually two distinct songs joined by ten seconds borrowed from Pink Floyd. The first one has a nice jumpy punk-pop vibe, the second one goes on riding on some robust – albeit interrupted now and then - early Maidens patented 12/8 charge. Both feature nice catchy ideas and these guys do have a knack for the hooky melodies. All the ingredients seem to be there, then why isn't this rated higher, you may ask with eyes like knives? Execution,man. Execution.
Despite some really great drumwork building phrasing opportuinities every two seconds, the guitars are from devastatingly pedestrian when on rythm duty to disruptingly chaotic when feeling like providing bells and whistles. I don't know this band, hence it may very well be a stylistic choice rather than lack of competence. Should that be the case, my rating would go even lower. There were a lot of interesting ideas and brilliant songwriting developments here, the majority wasted neglecting the orchestration. Oh, I haven't mentioned the vocals yet. Good, I just did.
Vote: 6.4 – Successful songwriting not nourished as it deserves.
(https://i.imgur.com/Sh7foEN.jpg) Stadler - The Hartford Walers
Cheap Trick: The Summer Looks Good on You:
Bus Impression: One song made me elbow-pose by the car window in youthful amusement.
Timestamp Snippett: 2:22 - 2:52: Phil Spector barged in guns ablazing and made sure I won't forget this tune.
If you set your goal to “just a fun nice groovy rock tune”, chances are you totally succeed and bring to the table a couple of surprises to boot. Meat and potatoes rock pace (vibes of Mr Big's Alive and Kicking, a kickass car staple) embellished with vocal harmonies from the Merseyside vault. At first listen it's just a radio friendly efficient song, but with a little attention you find out the friendly simplicity is made of wise layering and fifty years spent drinking at the secret fountain of pop.
Then there's the breakdown section. You'd expect some bluesy Harley driving licking, and you would be wrong. The Spirit of Spector breaks the doors down, bringing on the table a devilish cadence and some unexpected bass soloing. Yet again, the layers make the difference in this section, filling the apparently unoffensive tune with a core of danger (a perfect match to the vocals' Lennonesque phrasing) and making it memorable.
Vote: 6.6 – Craft and brilliance made it condiserably more than an ok song.
(https://i.imgur.com/Di2RXDi.gif) Kattelox - The Rainbow Warriors
Luca Turilli's Rhapsody – Tormento e Passione:
Bus Impression: One song made me self-conscious of where I'm from
Timestamp Snippett: 1:05 - 1:18: Once you've decided to go "that" way, then a simplistic Aces High modulation driven section seems quite out of place.
Rarely a title was more appropriate. The passion for Baroque phrasing's apollinean beauty and Romantic heroic melody's dictature is undeniable and sincere. It's expressive urgency rather than expressive choice, and that's the mark of a true musician. Alas, sometimes urgency leads to exageration, overloading the means forgetting the ends, and passion's flip side turns up as torment. That's Italian sense of melody in a nutshell: unparalled beauty (and sometimes this tune is astoundingly beautiful) and emotional bombast often going too far.
There's a pretty standard power metal progression showing up the magic trick by contrast, casting light on the form as surrogate for substance. Without that, I'm pretty sure the song would have “fooled” the part of cultural DNA I share with the author. The vocalists are very talented and gifted with recognisable timbres (a rare feat at high ranges), and I actually liked them more in their natural voice rather than in the (semi)operatic pose.
Vote: 6.8 – A really nice song, I just can't find it as sublime as it's representing itself.
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I love reading those thoughts. Your writing style is compelling. Had no idea where to start this roulette so I think that was a pleasant surprise on my end. :metal
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Hey, continuing my trend of being at or near the bottom of every roulette! :metal
I think I know where to go from here.
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Not in the bottom 4 woo :metal
Told you you should've picked a different Oceansize song
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Yeah, let me second that I love your writing style and details. I'm too lazy to do that. Lol
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Mumps in utero and Lagavulin out of it.
Credit where credit's due.
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I've heard of Mumps, but I'm not sure what Lagavulin is.
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Scotch my friend Tim. Scotch.
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I thought Indiscipline was Italian.
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:lol Your write up is basically everything that I love about Coheed.
Oh well, at least I got the snippet right.
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I thought Indiscipline was Italian.
What kin ye dae, me laddie.
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1:38 - 2:02: I guess that's the closer you can fly to Jethro Tull without burning your wings.
1:42 - 2:09: The most unassuming segment, yet I'm hopelessly addicted to it.
Next week's paycheque (and yes, I do get paid next week) says I'm one of these two. Probably the latter
Will read the first results shortly... just glad I'm not in that batch! :biggrin:
I'll just leave this here for now....
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Sent for round 2. Hoping to not be in the bottom this time... :corn
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16 year old Chad?! Hot damn!
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Sent for round 2. Hoping to not be in the bottom this time... :corn
Are we sending for round two already?
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16 year old Chad?! Hot damn!
Duty Free, BABY!!
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16 year old Chad?! Hot damn!
He was bald at 16??
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16 year old Chad?! Hot damn!
He was bald at 16??
You know Tim. If you weren't so unhip you'd see the Facebook post on Chad's dome.
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I think I'd rather be unhip. :lol
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You're loss.
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You're loss.
He most certainly is loss. :lol
Anyone else here feel intellectually neutered after reading Indiscipline's writeups? Especially those of us who have hosted roulettes and had, like ... 3-4 sentence writeups that were tantamount to "me likey dat song"? Not to mention being linguistically schooled by the English prose of an Italian?
Oh, ok... just me. Carry on.
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Nope. My brain is young and fit. :lol
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Nope. My brain is young and fit. :lol
Mine was once too.
It was also single back then. :P ;)
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Plot twist - that was actually the top 4.
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I hope so
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Good morning, bedlam. Pre-coffee Q&A:
DOC: Voted submitters can send if they wish, but I'm not starting listening until round's end AND tending to my poor neglected Scenes thread.
Jingle: That bottle is outrageously nice and outrageously full.
Parama: No, you don't
My dear wife's actual words (translated, of course):
"Let me get this straight. People send you songs written by others and YOU judge them? Who the fock are you, Simon Cowell?."
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Good morning!
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My dear wife's actual words (translated, of course):
"Let me get this straight. People send you songs written by others and YOU judge them? Who the fock are you, Simon Cowell?."
This sounds about right, except you actually know something about music.....unlike Simon Cowell.
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Good morning, bedlam. Pre-coffee Q&A:
DOC: Voted submitters can send if they wish, but I'm not starting listening until round's end AND tending to my poor neglected Scenes thread.
Thank you sir. I guess I see value in reading all song reviews to help make an informed choice for the next round, and will be bummed if someone otherwise beats me to the punch on submitting a band/song. Ah well... all part of the fun I suppose.
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So, the advantage of losing a round is that you can send early (and thus not be blocked by someone else's submission)? That actually sounds quite fair.
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My dear wife's actual words (translated, of course):
"Let me get this straight. People send you songs written by others and YOU judge them? Who the fock are you, Simon Cowell?."
This sounds about right, except you actually know something about music.....unlike Simon Cowell.
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Two draws this time, for I hear the same peaks and valleys in these odd couples.
Round One Results, 2 of 4:
:ariich: ariich – Sexin'-You-Laters
Caligula's Horse – Turntail:
Bus Impression: One song my daughter would love
Timestamp Snippet: 4:45 - 4:58: It may be the first and last time I type this sentence in my life: vocals should have gone full screamo there. Just there.
This tune came with the message: “You belong to an obsolete generation of rock lovers, system needs to be updated”. Of course, I can deeply connect with that relentless headbanging groove, I'm a fan of that crispy clearness flaunted since the first cocky drum fill, and the embracing melody flying over heavy pounding is certainly something perfected when I was 13. What's new and distant is the way those (and many others) beloved rock staples are brought to life by sound and articulation, and there's where I quibble a bit:
You have a monster drummer with top tier groove skills, but you drown his groove with fascinating mathematical bass and guitar lines and upstage his frequencies with buckets of low end. You have a gorgeous vocal line and a singer gifted with considerable emotional power, but you don't let him go berserk when the song begs for full throttle. Nonetheless, I am sure 50% of this is me not being confident enough with a new musical language.
Vote: 7.0 – A song undoubtedly balancing power and beauty. Maybe more power would have meant more beauty.
(https://i.imgur.com/Dc273Hd.jpg) romdrums - Seedy Rom and the Hard Drives
Karnivool – New Day:
Bus Impression: One song made me punch the dashboard in orgasm denial frustration
Timestamp Snippet: 4:47 - 5:11: The song could have definitely used more of that worlds-destroying monster of a riff
I'd really love to meet those guys and ask: Nice to meet you, having a great classy delay driven verse, a greater catchy angsty chorus, and one of the best breakdown riffs I've heard in the internet era, what madness did possess you in order to play gratuitous stop-and-go? A couple of significant times I can appreciate, doing it systematically is a crime towards momentum. They would probably call the cops, but that's not the point.
The vocalist intrigued me, and deserves his own paragraph. Very particular timbre, perfect to hit you with a freight train of emotions at hig range and volume. I still can't decide whether his particular way of quivering during the soft verses is cringy or brilliant, and honestly I don't care, for that's a voice – if not a singer per se - I won't easily forget.
Vote: 7.0 – At least half a point more if it took a less winding path, but memorable.
:crypt: Elite - Rich and The Poor Tastes
Haken – Atlas Stone:
Bus Impression: One song made me aware of the perils of progressive music saturation
Timestamp Snippet: 5:10 - 6:10: One minute of beautiful music, yet one minute completely compromising the otherwise perfect flux and showing lack of confidence.
This is maddening, in a way. I can only describe the feeling – and concept – with a sequence: Excellent mysterious-to-epic intro / Good solid verse / Great hooky chorus / Solo – deebeedee – Solo / Nice twist on the verse / Great chorus, can't get enough / Glorious prog section / Victory chorus conclusion. What do you see? The recipe for a classic. Now imagine having a whole bloody extraneous minute of (very good) music wedged between the two last items, spoiling the soup. When the final chorus came back it was a stranger to me again, while I wanted to hug it like a good friend.
This band sounds and plays like few others this side of DT. They can afford to really be progressive, and not just a continous iteration of prog. I believe there is a band for the ages there, but a good chunk of potential is going towards genre involution, rather than exploding into something really new. By the way, the vocalist would make a great jazz singer, seriously.
Vote: 7.3 This could have been Pull Me Under for some 14 years old Indiscipline out there, with more confidence and less respect for the past.
:metal: Destiny of Chaos - The One Trick Ponies
Vanden Plas – January Sun:
Bus Impression: One song made me giddy about 90's DT spirit carrying on
Timestamp Snippet: 0:48 - 0:56: Every composition leaning on John Miles' Music side of things is doing it right.
Speaking of Pull Me Under, some vibes here. And some southpaw John Miles piano. And an orchestra entering like a hurricane of awesome. And a cello, and 322 other classical instruments, and 783 different keyboard patches, and guitars with “crunch” turned to 11 swallowing everything someway. Then, closing the circle, a moment when I was sure the Pull Me Under solo was coming. And and and and.
In a funny frustrating way, this tune is a heap of wonderful elements asking for order. There are at least five-six great ideas worth five-six great songs losing power when crammed together in a single track. Nonetheless, those passages feature such pleasant melody and elegance that you just can't help but feel constant waves of pleasure, and maybe my perplexities are just a matter of mixing.
Vote: 7.3 – I don't believe less is more, but I believe too much is too much.
EDIT: Sloppy
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January Sun you mean?
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Thanks, man.
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In most roulettes I play in, I generally don't listen to other people's tracks. But I have been checking out some of these.
But you are right, Alex. Those 24 seconds are easily the best part of that Karnivool track.
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Not in the bottom half? In this roulette? Hmm :corn
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Thanks, man.
Nothing wrong with 'sloppy' .... Joes, seconds, handwriting - I'll take em all.
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Alright, still waiting. It's a good anticipation.
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But you are right, Alex. Those 24 seconds are easily the best part of that Karnivool track.
That's not really what he said, Buddy. But, if that's what you got out of it...okay.
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Well, he called it World Destroying, and Best In the Internet Era. I'd say it was the highlight for the song for him.
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Can someone gather up the remaining songs & tidbits, on my phone rn so it's a bit hard for me to do that atm
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Well, he called it World Destroying, and Best In the Internet Era. I'd say it was the highlight for the song for him.
His larger point was: that moment was like having Jillian Janson (if you don't already know, don't Google this reference. NSFW) looking longingly into your eyes while slowly climb up your legs. Her lips slightly parted, showing just the tip of her tongue, and just as she reaches for "little TAC" your wife startles you awake with a glass of ice-water to the crotch.
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Gee Podaar, might be time for you to pop a blue pill and call the Mrs. :lol
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:lol
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Can someone gather up the remaining songs & tidbits, on my phone rn so it's a bit hard for me to do that atm
In the same order they've been originally posted, minus the ranked ones.
TAC: Michael Kiske - Do I Remember a Life?
lonestar: Beyond the Bridge - The Difference Is Human
Parama: Hail Spirit Noir - The Mermaid
kingshmegland: Barock Project - Happy to See You
Evermind: Big Big Train - Curator of Butterflies
jingle.boy:Evership - A Slow Descent into Reality
Shadow Ninja 2.0: While Heaven Wept – Vessel
Sacul:Snarky Puppy - What About Me?
One song made me find hope for progressive music in unexpected places
One song made me proud of where I'm from
One song made me joyful about '80's metal spirit carrying on
One song made me weep while serene
One song made me dream while awake
One song my dad would have loved
One song made me nod at careful architecture
One song made me clap at deeply thought execution.
1:38 - 2:02: I guess that's the closer you can fly to Jethro Tull without burning your wings.
3:29 - 3:42: That melody belongs to the realm of brazen emotional blackmail. Blackmail worked.
1:42 - 2:09: The most unassuming segment, yet I'm hopelessly addicted to it.
1:06 - 1:38: ... If you believe that you know in this world you've got anything to win ... Sorry, couldn't help it.
0:11 - 0:16: How the hell did A-Ha's Take on Me vocal line end up inside The Whirlwind's perfect missing piece?
8:50 - 9:55: You had to go "there" and spoil an otherwise perfect 10. Amazing.
8:23 - 10:16: I would have loved someone believing in that piano right from the start.
5:14 - 5:42: That is pantheon level drumwork inside a pantheon level track
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I'm still holding firm on the 1:42-2:09 part being Evership.
Barock Project is obviously proud where you're from
Kiske... weep with serene
Though, all of the remaining comments are very positive.
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Well, he called it World Destroying, and Best In the Internet Era. I'd say it was the highlight for the song for him.
His larger point was: that moment was like having Jillian Janson (if you don't already know, don't Google this reference. NSFW) looking longingly into your eyes while slowly climb up your legs. Her lips slightly parted, showing just the tip of her tongue, and just as she reaches for "little TAC" your wife startles you awake with a glass of ice-water to the crotch.
Nice reference! I approve whole heartedly!!
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like.
maybe the 8:50 one? because that's the segment that has some of the whispered vocal thingies? i dunno :lol i wouldn't think you'd rate the song as a 10 though so i kinda doubt it
the first snippet kinda feels like it'd be mine though because "black metal" is probably an unexpected places though really that particular song barely has any black metal elements lol
1:42-2:09 is almost certainly that Beyond the Bridge song, also. just checked that one and yeah i can see that comment really applying & none of the others seem to fit
3:29-3:42 is most likely Big Big Train too
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I wonder if this is mine. It fits the timing. :lol
"1:06 - 1:38: ... If you believe that you know in this world you've got anything to win ... Sorry, couldn't help it!"
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Great write-ups booboo
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I wonder if this is mine. It fits the timing. :lol
"1:06 - 1:38: ... If you believe that you know in this world you've got anything to win ... Sorry, couldn't help it!"
I don't think that reference even close fits there at all.
That reference belongs to Vessel.
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8:23 piano comment is surely Kiske.
And since me Shadow and Parama are the only other tracks over 8:50, then one of us has to be that comment. I don't see how it's Evership, since there's nothing that really starts or stops at those timestamps.
I'm still sticking with the 1:42 or 1:38 comment. I do think it makes sense that mine and RJ's submissions fit those descriptions (at about those timestamps) in the context of the rest of our respective songs.
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My song's not over 8 minutes, so it's just you and Parama.
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5:14 - 5:42: That is pantheon level drumwork inside a pantheon level track
I think this one fits right with mine - there's a great drum solo on that part :metal
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5:14 - 5:42: That is pantheon level drumwork inside a pantheon level track
I think this one fits right with mine - there's a great drum solo on that part :metal
Without question.
1:42 is definitely BTB.
:11 is Evership
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like.
maybe the 8:50 one? because that's the segment that has some of the whispered vocal thingies? i dunno :lol i wouldn't think you'd rate the song as a 10 though so i kinda doubt it
8:50 starts the best part of that song.
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i mean yeah the last 4 minutes or so are the best part of the song for sure :metal
also yeah i checked out evership and that intro totally does have the take on me vocal line, wow :corn
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My song's not over 8 minutes, so it's just you and Parama.
Ahh... I see. Spotify merged Living Sepulchre/Vessel into one track.
@ TAC... yeah, I hear the Take On Me melody line now. Guess I'm forfeiting my pay this week.
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kingshmegland: Barock Project - Happy to See You
1:38 - 2:02: I guess that's the closer you can fly to Jethro Tull without burning your wings.
Evermind: Big Big Train - Curator of Butterflies
3:29 - 3:42: That melody belongs to the realm of brazen emotional blackmail. Blackmail worked.
lonestar: Beyond the Bridge - The Difference Is Human
1:42 - 2:09: The most unassuming segment, yet I'm hopelessly addicted to it.
Shadow Ninja 2.0: While Heaven Wept – Vessel
1:06 - 1:38: ... If you believe that you know in this world you've got anything to win ... Sorry, couldn't help it.
jingle.boy:Evership - A Slow Descent into Reality
0:11 - 0:16: How the hell did A-Ha's Take on Me vocal line end up inside The Whirlwind's perfect missing piece?
Parama: Hail Spirit Noir - The Mermaid
8:50 - 9:55: You had to go "there" and spoil an otherwise perfect 10. Amazing.
TAC: Michael Kiske - Do I Remember a Life?
8:23 - 10:16: I would have loved someone believing in that piano right from the start.
Sacul: Snarky Puppy - What About Me?
5:14 - 5:42: That is pantheon level drumwork inside a pantheon level track
so, putting together everything that's been pointed out + briefly checking out the last two, these are probably all right?
from this i expect Big Big Train and Snarky Puppy are both gonna be in the top 4. mine probably is too. dunno about what the last one would be though, it's a bit hard to tell
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But what were the bus thoughts associated with?
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1:42 - 2:09: The most unassuming segment, yet I'm hopelessly addicted to it.
This is without a doubt Beyond the Bridge.
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"proud of where I'm from" is Barock Project for sure
"weep while serene" is probably Big Big Train
either of the last two could be Snarky Puppy
i'm still adamant the first one is mine but I could be wrong
"'80's metal spirit" will be While Heaven Wept considering the reference (i looked it up :V)
the rest i ain't sure
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"'80's metal spirit" will be While Heaven Wept considering the reference (i looked it up :V)
Helloween, and the reference comes from the single greatest vocal performance I've ever heard, sung by the singer that I sent this round.
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Good morning, bedlam. I'm loving you all checking each other's songs.
Timestamps solved, we're almost there with the bus ones.
Last day of results. 3 of 4 at lunch, 4 of 4 at dinner.
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This batch isn't knocking on the pantheon's door by virtue of details, and I'm mainly focusing on those.
Round One Results, 3 of 4:
:shadowninja: Shadow Ninja 2.0 - Wayward Vagabonds
While Heaven Wept – Vessel:
Bus Impression: One song made me joyful about '80's metal spirit carrying on
Timestamp Snippet:1:06 - 1:38: ... If you believe that you know in this world you've got anything to win ... Sorry, couldn't help it.
When you find a way to frankenstein echoes of Helloween's We Got the Right and shades of Manowar's Heart of Steel, you land right on what I love best abot prefix-free metal. Galopping aggression in the verse, triumphant cheese in the chorus: et voilà, winning brew. Plus, strong injections of 6/8 never fail to bring the point across, to this musical sensitiveness. Add a singer cut for this style and you are virtually avoiding weak points.
Wait, why aren't we talking 'bout a pantheon 9 here then? Because the formula apparently worked so well that the guys relied with redundant abandon on the chorus, while I suspect a more definite breakdown section and some clouds-parting guitar soloing would have made this tune a really transcendantal business. Thinking about it, why not repurposing that beautiful acoustic intro later? That idea deserved its own development lightspot.
Vote: 7.6 – My pimples years metal at its sweetest, too few pimples.
(https://i.ytimg.com/vi/xmOf4D91Zz4/hqdefault.jpg) jingle.boy - Boston Bruins Blow
Evership: A Slow Descent into Reality:
Bus Impression: One song made me nod at careful architecture
Timestamp Snippet: 0:11 - 0:16: How the hell did A-Ha's Take on Me vocal line end up inside The Whirlwind's perfect missing piece?
This was the hardes writeup, 'cause my feelings are really mixed about this. Or better, what I consider this song's cause for success is at the same time its limiting factor. Rarely I've witnessed a more balanced suite, movements masterfully sewn together, the whole almost lying about its effective duration. Also, musical quality is unquestionable: I could put half tune inside The Whirlwind and the other half inside Queen II. That's saying a lot from the buffoon typing this.
Well, what led to the above mentioned praise is the same thing keeping a sort of ceiling on this track (and when you play the suite game you should gun for the roofless sky). The perfect democracy dispensed on different movements creates a gorgeous cathedral on paper, but ignores fundamental contingencies. For example: better not having a solo section if the soloists (great in harmony teamwork) are a bit shaky and pedestrian when left alone. Or, I need a bigger and more grandiose finale, a greater payoff for the incredibly high stakes established at the beginning. Or, you have a lot of tools in your voice, dare to lose control …
Vote: 7.8 – Grand and sweet, could have been heavenly without a lot of calculus.
:scio: Evermind - Cockroach Sympathizers
Big Big Train – Curator of Butterflies:
Bus Impression: One song made me dream while awake
Timestamp Snippet: 3:29 - 3:42: That melody belongs to the realm of brazen emotional blackmail. Blackmail worked.
You slipped musical rape drug inside my drink, that's what you did. The moving power of Barry White's Love Theme's harmonic progression, a singer created in a lab mixing Lake and Gabriel DNAs, licks and lines I can only describe as aural pornography, and an orchestra playing like the fate of human sex depended on it. Given the premises, why aren't you running away with the prize here?
You forgot dynamics. You could have slowly dispensed that brand of sugar and honey, giving me multiple and increasingly strong orgasms. By mid song I was: “Make this last for ever!” (a fantastic place to be anyway), but I could have been: “Really? Wugldufkduglufufufuf Again? Jsdlkjflkjlkfjfghjfghjfgjhj Can't believe this! Qwqygjjlkhjkòlkihlòkàjlòlàòk”. Moanings aside, you totally nailed my ideal scope and stature for melody. The wife thanks too, by the way.
Vote: 8.0 – Literally from my Marks System: “Loving this. Not perfect, but something here speaks to my soul.”
(https://www.myemoticons.com/images/patriotic-military/firepower/jeep.gif) TAC - The aTACkers
Michael Kiske – Do I Remember a Life?:
Bus Impression: One song made me weep while serene
Timestamp Snippet: 8:23 - 10:16: I would have loved someone believing in that piano right from the start.
I really have to rationalise to myself why I'm not rating Archangel Michael pouring his heart out a solid 15 here. I don't know how many singers on the planet can hit you harder with sheer sound, eschewing every rock singing helpful accelerant such as sexy beastness or epic storyteller pose. He is pure unfiltered soul (the concept, not the genre) voice. I'm afraid he's not a songwriter of such titanic proportions, which honestly I suspect no human being can be.
Adrian and Kai were on this album elsewhere. Why the fock weren't they legally forced to arrange this cut is beyond me. Everything until the final piano (Voice of God responding to the prayer) conspired to avoid this ending up as the greatest ballad in its generation. The acoustic guitars are clumsy (you had the perfect piano for the job), the french horn inserts distracting, the electric part wishy-washy. I love this song. Love is blind, not deaf.
Vote: 8.4 – My heart says 10 and you know that, but my brain doesn't agree.
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Woot Woot! Top 4!!!
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Well, I'll obviously take a 3rd place finish in the Fogey Division. I was expecting more...but the Beyond The Bridge tune was destined to be right up there, and I'm very surprised at the score for Evership. I actually expected that to be in the Top 2. I even PM'd Chad to say that.
Little surprised the Barack Project is in the Top 2.
And I am sent for Round 2.
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I'm not.
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It's been closer than you think.
Let's just say there's only a 0.5 differential between #4 and #1 in the next results.
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Woot Woot! Top 4!!!
Le this. Though I had little doubt, my song is borderline flawless.
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Glad you liked it enough that I scraped that important 7.0 rating! I'll try to use this first round to get a better fix on your tastes for future rounds.
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kingshmegland: Barock Project - Happy to See You
1:38 - 2:02: I guess that's the closer you can fly to Jethro Tull without burning your wings.
lonestar: Beyond the Bridge - The Difference Is Human
1:42 - 2:09: The most unassuming segment, yet I'm hopelessly addicted to it.
Parama: Hail Spirit Noir - The Mermaid
8:50 - 9:55: You had to go "there" and spoil an otherwise perfect 10. Amazing.
Sacul: Snarky Puppy - What About Me?
5:14 - 5:42: That is pantheon level drumwork inside a pantheon level track
from this i expect Big Big Train and Snarky Puppy are both gonna be in the top 4. mine probably is too. dunno about what the last one would be though, it's a bit hard to tell
well 2 of my 3 top 4 predictions were right :corn
dacul. it's you or me
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Can't argue with that Kiske score one bit. Great track, and thanks to TAC for bringing it to my attention.
Anyway, some of this is hard to follow. Am I in or out? Do I send Round 2, or start smack-talking and whining? :)
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Anyway, some of this is hard to follow.
Sorry
Am I in or out?
In at least until playoffs, that is after round 5
Do I send Round 2, or start smack-talking and whining? :)
You can do both!
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I just listened to that Kiske song, and I must say, that was the most un-TAClike music I've ever heard. If I heard it blind and didn't know who was singing I never would have guessed it was a submission by Tim. Where's the heft? Where's the balls? Where's the lack of :TAC:?
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Rite? But heh... it's Kiske. Anything he lends his voice to is akin an aural hummer for TAC.
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I just listened to that Kiske song, and I must say, that was the most un-TAClike music I've ever heard. If I heard it blind and didn't know who was singing I never would have guessed it was a submission by Tim. Where's the heft? Where's the balls? Where's the lack of :TAC:?
It's my second favorite song of all time after learning To live. On some days, it IS my favorite.
Rite? But heh... it's Kiske. Anything he lends his voice to is akin an aural hummer for TAC.
(https://www.freakingnews.com/pictures/4000/VIAGRA-Guitar-4284.jpg)
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dacul. it's you or me
:2metal:
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BTW... totally fair assessment of that Evership track.
But I still think you're daft. :lol
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Totally fair assessment of me!
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I wish the word daft would be used more often here in the US. Then again, maybe it sounds better with an English accent.
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I wish the word daft would be used more often here in the US. Then again, maybe it sounds better with an English accent.
Tally ho, old bean. :ariich:
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:lol
That's ace ariich.
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Better than I expected, honestly. :lol Can't complain about Beyond the Bridge being in Top 4 too, that was the song I thought of sending. Good stuff.
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Curious... is each grouping of four intended to be 2 x younglings; 2 x cool old fucks? Or was it just coincidence it happened that way this round?
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Curious... is each grouping of four intended to be 2 x younglings; 2 x cool old fucks? Or was it just coincidence it happened that way this round?
Sounds like a porn.
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2 youngs 1 fuck
Sent a song from one of the best progressive metal debut albums ever.
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Beyond the Bridge is banned :neverusethis:
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I was wondering if this comment will pop up in the next five minutes, but you posted it in less then a minute after my post, I'm impressed :lol
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Curious... is each grouping of four intended to be 2 x younglings; 2 x cool old fucks? Or was it just coincidence it happened that way this round?
Honestly, I didn't realise that until now.
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2 youngs 1 fuck
Sent a song from one of the best progressive metal debut albums ever.
More Flaming Row from you?
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2 youngs 1 fuck
Sent a song from one of the best progressive metal debut albums ever.
More Flaming Row from you?
Nope. This non-existent banned list gives me options that are even better than Elinoire.
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You ready?
Round One Results, 4 of 4:
(https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/550x300q90/922/9UZ8aD.png) (https://imageshack.com/f/pm9UZ8aDp) kingshmegland - King Kongshmegland
Barock Project – Happy to See You:
Bus Impression: One song made me proud of where I'm from
Timestamp Snippet: 1:38 - 2:02: I guess that's the closer you can fly to Jethro Tull without burning your wings.
This goes to show how desperately out of the loop I stand: these guys started about thirty car minutes from where I have my morning coffee most of the times. Let's cut to the chase: the main theme is almost unbearable as far as grace and beauty are concerned. It's like Heavy Horses on steroids, and the tastiest part is the courage to let the melody end just a second before you get used to it. That's a way to describe musical elegance I suppose.
I'm not crazy for the electronic drums intervals (and that's why this isn't rated slightly higher), and after three listens I considered them a disruptive force. Then I found their redeeming quality: without those forced sterile time-outs I couldn't fully appreciate the way that amazing repeated theme subtly changes every time, by virtue of surprisingly mature strokes of arrangement. It's a secret story inside a gorgeous story, with something superflous in between.
Vote: 8.6 – A product of mediterranean sensibility impregnating classy folk progginess, just like yours truly genetically speaking.
(https://scontent-sjc3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.15752-9/42916546_272430593399267_8960817559314104320_n.jpg?_nc_cat=103&oh=e60b99d2a793334ec885df528ef59317&oe=5C57B3AA) lonestar - Team Fuck Canada
Beyond the Bridge – The Difference Is Human:
Bus Impression: One song made me clap at deeply thought execution.
Timestamp Snippet: 1:42 - 2:09: The most unassuming segment, yet I'm hopelessly addicted to it.
When you deeply think a concept and its musical actualisation through with love and talent, you may find yourself with a marvellous sequence of themes and powerful moments. Case in point, the whole introductive segment alone simply shatters my scale for rational ranking. Alas, when you deeply think a concept and its musical actualisation through a little too much, you may find yourself complicating things and mildly compromising a sure shot at perfection.
Dividing this gorgeous journey in three acts (premises/struggle/solution), acts 1 and 3 are just everything you want and need from a concept song. Act 2 is slightly too convoluted and loses that otherworldly pace (but not the magnificent musical quality) appreciated before and soon to return. Then again, I'm just pointing out Mona Lisa's hair is slightly un-combed here. Odd fact about the singers, especially the male one: almost perfect at high registers, totally unrecognisable one octave down. Before checking, I was convinced there was a third dude.
Vote: 8.8: Just a little too smart for its own good, still a bonafide piece of art.
(https://i.postimg.cc/fTH2s4C7/5927758528_a2060423e7_b.jpg) Parama - Six Roaming Owls
Hail Spirit Noire – The Mermaid:
Bus Impression: One song my dad would have loved
Timestamp Snippet: 8:50 - 9:55: You had to go "there" and spoil an otherwise perfect 10. Amazing.
If I put the darkest, most haunting, and deepest among my father's albums – those that really bewitched my baby years – into a blender programmed on “Classic Sounds in Never Heard Before Twists”, the juicy outcome would dangerously resemble this song. The orchestration is fathoms deep (love the “submarine” systematic diminishing of fifths and sixths by half the ensemble) and the rythmic manipulation is really seaworthy. Instrumentation seals the deal: the perfect sounds at the perfect spots.
I was being a sneaky focker with the timestamps. That part is glorious indeed and I feel it could have belonged inside Maidens' debut had Paul Dianno passed more LSD around. The 10 was lost by the ridicolous whispering, in strident contrast with the previous “regular” vocals possessing an unexpected and enjoyed 70's psychedelic prog greatness (check this name: Demetrio Stratos). Also, the very last minute may be one of the most satisfying conclusions I've heard in years.
Vote: 9.0 – This is winning progressive music. Daring, competent, and not giving a fock.
(https://mommyfleur.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/hangman.jpg) Sacul - Hangmanen Addicts
Snarky Puppy – What About Me?:
Bus Impression: One song made me find hope for progressive music in unexpected places
Timestamp Snippet: 5:14 - 5:42: That is pantheon level drumwork inside a pantheon level track
George Clinton and Billy Cobham had a baby in the Tower of Power, and the baby loves to rock. This is – as a matter of concept, not style – progressive music as I intend it. Don't give a damn about genres, pick a road without a destination set in mind, walk it with the best musicianship you can muster, and let your imagination surprise you. After the fact (and not before, according to some plan), just turn around, discover you've just created something fresh and great, and let some loser find a label for it.
This is the best of two worlds: catchy lines articulated by theoretical extremes, primitive pulse expressed through state-of-the-art groove. Music professors having fun with their abilities and open minds, ready to every possible outcome (in opposition to coldly concocting yet another lifeless and predictable variation to a noble tradition). I'm not even missing human voice, and that's telling. A lot. Like the tune ranked above, this blew me out of my expectations.
Vote: 9.0 – This may very well be a last second tracheotomy on suffocating prog music.
Coming back later with standings, thumbs ups and some considerations ...
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Nice! 30 minutes from where you live? Crazy!
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Fun fact: Beyond the Bridge's singer, Herbie Langhans (I think) participated in one of the musical projects I feel someone (or even me) would send later in this roulette on one song, he sings very low there (probably lower than anything on BtB) and he's absolutely unrecognizable on that one. I'm pretty sure a lot of you know what I'm talking about, but maybe don't go and post the band name here in case someone sends them later in this roulette.
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Kinda can't argue with Snarky Puppy. I've only heard a little but it was pretty good.
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Alex, you going to post the division standings in the OP?
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Yep, as well as submitted songs and acts, but later tonight.
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darn, dacul gave me the D. Barely
Gotta pick me out something for the next round. I'm trying to formulate an EP concept in advance so I don't run out of material for it and incidentally the concept I have in mind crosses over with one of the bands I'm considering for the next round, so :P
Also, screw whispering I guess rah rah
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Question about round 2: Do debut full-lengths count, where a band has first tested the waters with an EP release?
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Very legit assessment of the track, it is as if it tries too hard in places. But damn man, the whole thing really is a stunner.
I'll find something to send by tomorrow night, still being the NYC tourist.
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Yo....these other songs are terrible!!!
Just kidding. Go team!!
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Yo....these other songs are terrible!!!
Just kidding. Go team!!
:'(
:biggrin:
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I'll try to send something tonight, it's been a super busy day, sorry.
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Question about round 2: Do debut full-lengths count, where a band has first tested the waters with an EP release?
Excellent question. I want you gentlemen to have fun, so a case of previous EP doesn't void a full-lenght's value as debut, and you can still pick a song from said EP if you wish.
I'll try to send something tonight, it's been a super busy day, sorry.
Take your sweet time. I need a full day far from this in order to reset my ears and tend to my poor Scenes thread.
The Standings:
The Tranquility Old Farts Conference:
(https://scontent-sjc3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.15752-9/42916546_272430593399267_8960817559314104320_n.jpg?_nc_cat=103&oh=e60b99d2a793334ec885df528ef59317&oe=5C57B3AA)lonestar - Team Fuck Canada: 8.8 - MetalHead: :tup
(https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/550x300q90/922/9UZ8aD.png) (https://imageshack.com/f/pm9UZ8aDp) kingshmegland - King Kongshmegland: 8.6 - ProgPipe: :tup
(https://www.myemoticons.com/images/patriotic-military/firepower/jeep.gif) TAC - The aTACkers: 8.4 - WestEndSlut: :tup
(https://i.ytimg.com/vi/xmOf4D91Zz4/hqdefault.jpg) jingle.boy - Boston Bruins Blow: 7.8 - WestEndSlut: :tup
:metal: DestinyOfChaos - The One Trick Ponies: 7.3
(https://i.imgur.com/Dc273Hd.jpg) romdrums - Seedy Rom and The Hard Drives: 7.0
(https://i.imgur.com/Di2RXDi.gif) Kattelox - The Rainbow Warriors: 6.8
(https://i.imgur.com/Sh7foEN.jpg) Stadler - The Hartford Walers: 6.6
The Cetaphil Young Turks Conference:
(https://i.postimg.cc/fTH2s4C7/5927758528_a2060423e7_b.jpg) Parama - Six Roaming Owls: 9.0 - BaroqueWig: :tup
(https://mommyfleur.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/hangman.jpg) Sacul - Hangmanen Addicts: 9.0 - HeroinBop: :tup
:scio: Evermind - Cockroach Sympathizers: 8.0 - WestEndSlut: :tup
:shadowninja: Shadow Ninja 2.0 - Wayward Vagabonds: 7.6 - MetalHead: :tup
:crypt: Elite - Rich and The Poor Tastes: 7.3
:ariich: ariich - Sexin'-You-Laters: 7.0
(https://i.imgur.com/rVTsQpr.jpg) Aefenwelg - The Uhhhh.. Wildcats: 6.4
:metardica: Puppies_On_Acid - West Coast Lost Marbles: 6.2
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Hell yeah :metal . Although I like your description, I'd say Snarky Puppy in general are more of a Jazz Fusion band with some prog influences
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Sure. When I talk about progressive music I mean a category transcending styles and genres.
For example, Stevie Wonder has made progressive music, while a lot of acts categorised as prog don't.
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Question about round 2: Do debut full-lengths count, where a band has first tested the waters with an EP release?
Excellent question. I want you gentlemen to have fun, so a case of previous EP doesn't void a full-lenght's value as debut, and you can still pick a song from said EP if you wish.
You are a true gent, sir.
I have something in mind so will send this morning.
EDIT: Ok sent!
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I vaguely remember promising some end-of round-considerations.
Firstly, thank you all for the great music, despite the ratings - in my case a matter of underlining the distance dividing a tune from absolute greatness, rather than showing dislike - I have enjoyed everything. The feeling of having 16 people choosing musical presents for me is pleasantly overwhelming.
Secondly, thank you all for the patience. I am a total roulette novice, a message board ignoramus, and BBCode focking hates me with a vengeance. I am sure you are all accostumed to a waaaaay tighter kind of playing experience. Please, don't hesitate to point out mistakes and corners to smooth.
Thirdly, feeling a bit guilty about the lack of banned lists, hence willing to provide extra help - I can't stress enough how much genres and styles do not factor in my judgements. I really have no prejudices and have never given an ounce of weight to musical common opinions. I (try to) let the song itself give me the parameters, and a major key in my appreciation swings seems to be the distance between what an act is setting out to accomplish and the actual result.
Carry on
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Please, someone choose Igorrr in any of the rounds for this good man to review :biggrin:
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Please, don't hesitate to point out mistakes and corners to smooth.
Other than my score, everything is smashing so far. :neverusethis:
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Weren't you also going to review Cockroach King?
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See? I forget stuff and need help. Many many thanks.
I'l try to give it the Scenes treatment, just to let you guys know what happens when I listen to songs.
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To make it a bit different considering that it's not an actual submission, perhaps you could indulge your senses with the music video for Cockroach King instead of the regular audio track.
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Good idea, DOC, but the only official video I could find has the edit single version.
Haken - The Cockroach King:
0:00 – 0:11: Oh, it's Cockroach Against the Machine apparently …
0:11 – 0:34: … No, it isn't. It's one of the truest-to-the-source homages to the Shulman Bros in recent memory.
0:34 – 0:51: Why are we singing like Thom Yorke here? Aren't we feeling hip-tellectual enough?
0:51 – 2:17: Lovely. There's a Supertrampish irriverence in the way they've eventually actualised the theme, and the recurring odd funky spice is the final touch for a perfectly balanced acid-sweet flavour. This is progressive, 100%.
2:17 – 2:50: Why? I rooted for that unique pace to evolve! Metalise, Trivialise.
2:50 – 3:35: Thank you very much, you just proved my point. This segment could have been a terrific organic development. Now, due to that run-of-the-mill prog metal wedge of a chorus, it's just another beautiful disjointed bit.
3:35 – 3:59: This is not a polite way to respond to the previous paragraph. On the other hand, it is possibly another wedge.
3:59 – 5:17: The fact I'm in love with this jewel of a section (really, the better ode to playful Zappa this side of Beyond This Life's break) makes this whole affair even more infuriating. But I'm sure I will have the chance to elaborate later.
5:17 – 5:43: Seriously, these guys play flawlessly. The day they get rid of that strange sense of obligation towards mainstream prog metal (and the need to show they can be unpredictable) and elevate songwriting to their musicianship's level, game is over and I become a rabid dangerous fan.
5:43 – 6:10: Not ranting here. Heavy is wonderfully appropriate here. Why? It continues a discourse changing everything as opposed to jumping topics telling the same story. I swear, the previous phrase can make sense with a bit of pity and good will …
6:10 – 7:04: ... Or it can make sense thanks to its musical explanation. I'm not unzipping my pants yet though, 'cause someway I know …
7:04 – 7:50: … This is coming back. By the way, I genuinely like the dude's voice and singing. It's unique, creamy, and endearingly sarcastic in a way. You can do a lot of kinky funny marvellous special fresh things with it. What you can't do is the sustained emphatic metal chorus.
7:50 – 8:15: Of course, there was no better way to wrap this up. Conclusions:
This is a band that can execute EVERYTHING with ease, which makes writing what to play incredibly easy and choosing what to write incredibly difficult. If they would edit the couple of songs I heard (don't I sound quite the DT fan, with visions, demands and shit?) abandoning the burden of prog metal tradition and the need to show they can be more complex than their heroes, Haken would be one of the best 3 bands I know. There, I said it.
Until then, they get sevens in my roulette.
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:tup
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2:50 – 3:35: Thank you very much, you just proved my point. This segment could have been a terrific organic development. Now, due to that run-of-the-mill prog metal wedge of a chorus, it's just another beautiful disjointed bit.
3:35 – 3:59: This is not a polite way to respond to the previous paragraph. On the other hand, it is possibly another wedge.
3:59 – 5:17: The fact I'm in love with this jewel of a section makes this whole affair even more infuriating.
5:17 – 5:43: Seriously, these guys play flawlessly. The day they get rid of that strange sense of obligation towards mainstream prog metal (and the need to show they can be unpredictable) and elevate songwriting to their musicianship's level, game is over and I become a rabid dangerous fan.
This is a band that can execute EVERYTHING with ease, <... if they could/would> abandon the burden of prog metal tradition and the need to show they can be more complex than their heroes, Haken would be one of the best 3 bands I know. There, I said it.
Slightly edited the final point there, but these comments perfectly encapsulate how I feel about this band as a whole. Getting all technical and churning out wankfest after wankfest - JUST BECAUSE THEY CAN - is tiresome and unappealing.
"Beautifully disjointed". You nailed it.
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and that's exactly why I did not send Cockroach King, but instead opted for Atlas Stone.
"We as a collective get one chance to send Haken and you send this?" well, yeah. I figured they were a good band to send anyway and if I'm not doing it in Round 1, then somebody else is - was my reasoning. To save them for round 2 is foolish if you ask me, because even though I think Aquarius (debut album) is still to this day their crowning achievement (sue me) I know virtually no other person who thinks that and I believe the only reason I actually think that is because it was the way I was introduced to the band back in 2010. Simply put for me: Aquarius is disjointed as fuck, but the band makes it work, because of all the quirks - and there's actual continuity in the total sound - unlike them trying too hard (for my tastes) on more recent work. Prime examples are Falling Back to Earth, Crystallised and 1985; all three songs that just don't fully work for me. On top of that, even though it's only 8 years old, for progressive metal, Aquarius already sounds a bit dated. Maybe it's the recording quality (which is worse than their other albums), maybe it's the compositions style, maybe it's both. In any case, that album is hardly representative of what Haken does nowadays.
Atlas Stone was in turn the 'turning point' for Haken as a band. The adopted a more slick and modern progressive metal style and I believe The Mountain opened lots of new doors for them, where Affinity went a lot further afterwards. The funny thing is, Atlas Stone probably isn't even in my top 10 Haken songs,but with the acquired taste of both Ross Jennings' vocals and the disjointed nature of most their songs, this was a 'safe' choice - much more so than Cockroach King (which I personally think is a bad 'song' - I seriously don't get the fan hype around this one, even though live it's tons of fun) would have been.
Other songs I considered sending were Initiate (again, not in my top 10), Deathless (in my top 10, but unlike most Haken's other songs and therefore not representative of the band; something I think is quite mandatory for a song to be whenever you send them in roulettes) and Darkest Light (probably too heavy).
So, what would you have sent?
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I live in the wrong world if Haken is getting sevens and Cheap Trick is getting sixes. ;) :) :) :)
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So, what would you have sent?
Round 1, I would have sent, Falling Back to Earth, 1985 or The Architect.
Round 2, I would have confidently sent Aquarium, Drowning in the Flood or Celestial Elixir.
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I live in the wrong world if Haken is getting sevens and Cheap Trick is getting sixes. ;) :) :) :)
Well, classic - hence banned - Cheap Trick have a good bunch of solid eights here, to say the least.
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Aquarium is easily a top 5 Haken song for me and Celestial Elixir is my #1.
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So, what would you have sent?
I would have sent money!
Or at least chocolate.
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Please, someone choose Igorrr in any of the rounds for this good man to review :biggrin:
I'm extremely tempted.
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The Mountain and Aquarius were tied as Haken's best for me, but over this year I began to lean towards Aquarius as their best album, to be honest.
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LTR didn't do as well as I hoped so I'm going to try to take notes on the winners and send something this evening...
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Good morning, bedlam.
Four more songs and we are ready to hang people in bizarre positions.
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Good morning, bedlam.
Four more songs and we are ready to hang people in bizarre positions.
Are you waiting for 4 more songs to be sent in?
Are you waiting to listen to 4 of the songs?
If the former, who do I need to stab?
One of the geriatric fucks?
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The former, my friend.
Not naming names, but I've got a long bus tonight and it would be a shame to be left outside that smelly feet listening session.
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okay i sent. i don't feel too confident because my brain is screaming at me to send the thing i like more rather than the one i know you'd like more but it is what it is
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So, someone else sent the exact same band I wanted to send. The worst thing about it? He didn't send the best song on the album, because I did.
I'll have to resubmit, but I've been ill all week and my brain can't function enough right now to think of something else to send.
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What song/band? :corn
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So, someone else sent the exact same band I wanted to send. The worst thing about it? He didn't send the best song on the album, because I did.
You wouldn't be thinking of using someone's band against them, would you??
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What song/band? :corn
Oh, it could have been you. Or ariich. Or a bunch of others in this roulette :lol
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Please be specific :corn
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What song/band? :corn
Oh, it could have been you. Or ariich. Or a bunch of others in this roulette :lol
Next week's paycheque says it wasn't me.
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I so want to pull a Tim on you Chad. Lol
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Pretty sure it wasn't me :P
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I so want to pull a Tim on you Chad. Lol
Pretty sure I don't want you pulling me, and I'm damn sure I don't want you doing it on Chad! :lol
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Sent.
Sorry, internet's been down for 3 days.
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I so want to pull a Tim on you Chad. Lol
Pretty sure I don't want you pulling me, and I'm damn sure I don't want you doing it on Chad! :lol
All I wanted to say was,
"What the fuck is a paycheque?" :lol
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:lol
Oh, OK. Then carry on.. :lol
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I so want to pull a Tim on you Chad. Lol
Pretty sure I don't want you pulling me, and I'm damn sure I don't want you doing it on Chad! :lol
Haha!
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Four more songs and we are ready to hang people in bizarre positions.
That's great, but what about this round's survey questions? :)
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Oh, you like them every round? Sweet! It can be arranged.
Anyway, I started listening despite the incomplete roster (last call: tonight's bus), and I'm quite tempted to call this The Big Arse Solos round. Quality playing all around.
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You got mine in time, right?
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Yessir, but please check PMs.
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:facepalm:
sending for the third time then.
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(https://i.imgur.com/SqPP2GS.gif)
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:lol
Well all right.
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Alright, this one is treacherous and disgusting enough to last
the whole week-end until my mindflayer players allow it to last, apparently:
Round Two Bizarro Hangman:
???: CF Martin & Co's Greatest Achievement - Drop
???: Nixon – Wood's Lamp = Frost* - Black Light Machine
???: Officer Caldo – Green Days = Agent Fresco - Yellow Nights
???: Turkish Cheese – Whispers of Slumber
???: Captain Beefheart's Secret Son - Pawning
???: Ben-Hur Raced There - Dead
???: The Overthrow of Meano – Elsa's Song = The Reign of Kindo - Let It Go
???: Ziqqurat Proof – Pull Me Under Held Tight
???: Legendary Venue in Mum's Birthplace – Steady Liver = Riverside - Loose Heart
???: The Colonel Ono Lucidity – Badminton and The Ifrit
Parama: Fock You Priest – Innocent Straightlines = Thank You Scientist – Suspicious Waveforms
???: As Mowgli Was Raised – Woman of Daily Telegraph
???: Appalachians of London – Full Black Cover
???: Shao Kahn's Realm – Be Quiet = Outworld - Raise Hell
???: Between Steering Wheel and Crotch – Representing Heaven
???: Ynstalment – Music, Ladies, Cars & Basketball.
*Some fixes here and there
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Frost - Black Light Machine
Incredible song, was thinking of sending it but wasn't sure if that bombastic electro-prog would be your thing so interested to see what you think of it!
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Thank You scientist - Suspicious Waveforms
Sent by Parama or ariich
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Yo.. I'm terrible at these
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I see mine! I also see a Mortal Kombat reference. Awesome :lol
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Owerthrow of Meano is The Reign of Kindo-Let it Go.
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I could barely get mine :rollin
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I could barely get mine :rollin
ditto... took me 3 attempts with that list. :lolpalm:
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Thank You scientist - Suspicious Waveforms
Sent by Parama or ariich
lol
I also agree this isn't the best song on the album but then I also read what indiscipline said about the vocals on the Coheed song :corn
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I have no clue which one is even mine, let alone any of the others :rollin
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Clutch?
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Outworld - Raise Hell
There's a band called Raised by Wolves for the Mogwli one, but none of their songs really match up.
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I do see mine. But Damn!!
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Riverside - Out of Myself, maybe?
Also I have no idea which one is mine.
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Officer Caldo – Green Days is Agent Fresco - Yellow Nights
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Just saying: whoever chose TROK should have picked up Needle and Thread, would be a certain 10/10
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Riverside - Out of Myself, maybe?
Correct artist, correct album, wrong song. Because, you know, I focked up and mixed the latter two.
Never, EVER, forget you're dealing with a moron here.
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ready for my 7/10
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i guess i can see why you'd send loose heart off that album, in this roulette
i barely remember any of their debut despite having listening to it a fair bit, oops
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???: Ben-Hur Raced There - Dead
this is Alive by Circus Maximus
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???: The Colonel Ono Lucidity – Badminton and The Ifrit
and this is Cricket and the Genie by the Claypool Lennon Delirium
Stadler sent it, I guess.
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???: Ben-Hur Raced There - Dead
this is Alive by Circus Maximus
Of course! I was considering Glory of the Empire. I was also considering Hyperventilate, so I'm glad that those two bands/albums got used.
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I almost sent Glory of the Empire in 425's epic song round.
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Indiscipline, I just wanted to say that the way you coded my entry gave me a sensible chuckle. :tup
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Mine is still unguessed and I love how you encrypted it. :lol I may guess something tomorrow at work when I have some time to spare.
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???: Between Steering Wheel and Crotch – Representing Heaven
omg.
Bent Knee - Nave
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???: Between Steering Wheel and Crotch – Representing Heaven
omg.
Bent Knee - Nave
I'm fairly sure this one's mine and it's absolutely not Bent Knee. Good guess though!
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Well Parama took away my plans for round 4.... :censored
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I knew TYS was in danger after last round haha
I wanted to save them for later too but turns out I didn't and turns out I was right not to
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Well, I sent them too.
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???: Between Steering Wheel and Crotch – Representing Heaven
omg.
Bent Knee - Nave
Kingshmegland?
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Well, I sent them too.
I'm also glad I decided to send in the morning before work instead of after work! :P
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Was thinking Ziqqurat Proof was Anciients but I can't find a song to match the clue.
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I could have sent earlier, indeed.
I sent My Famed Disappearing Act
when that failed I sent Bad Asteroid by The Aristocrats. Turns out that's one of the 4 banned artists :facepalm:
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My Famed Disappearing Act is great to be fair
But my big takeaway from the first round is that Indiscipline puts a lot of stock in instrumentation and also doesn't like vocals that sound like Coheed :V
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???: Ziqqurat Proof – Pull Me Under Held Tight
got it!
Pyramid Theorem - Another Day Slips By
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???: Ziqqurat Proof – Pull Me Under Held Tight
got it!
Pyramid Theorem - Another Day Slips By
Damn!! That's it!! I considered them for this round.
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Good morning, bedlam. Glad you find this huge lazy copout from working a real hangman funny.
???: CF Martin & Co's Greatest Achievement - Drop
???: Nixon – Wood's Lamp = Frost* - Black Light Machine
???: Officer Caldo – Green Days = Agent Fresco - Yellow Nights
???: Turkish Cheese – Whispers of Slumber
???: Captain Beefheart's Secret Son - Pawning
???: Ben-Hur Raced There - Dead = Circus Maximus - Alive
???: The Overthrow of Meano – Elsa's Song = The Reign of Kindo - Let It Go
???: Ziqqurat Proof – Pull Me Under Held Tight = Pyramid Theorem - Another Day Slips By
???: Legendary Venue in Mum's Birthplace – Steady Liver = Riverside - Loose Heart
Stadler: The Colonel Ono Lucidity – Badminton and The Ifrit = The Claypool Lennon Delirium
Parama: Fock You Priest – Innocent Straightlines = Thank You Scientist – Suspicious Waveforms
???: As Mowgli Was Raised – Woman of Daily Telegraph
???: Appalachians of London – Full Black Cover
???: Shao Kahn's Realm – Be Quiet = Outworld - Raise Hell
???: Between Steering Wheel and Crotch – Representing Heaven
???: Ynstalment – Music, Ladies, Cars & Basketball.
Bus Thoughts:
"There is a Punk tune hidden here"
"I just heard a ghost"
"How to write impro in the studio right"
"Carnival of horny elephants"
"I'm feeling yelled at"
"I thought Mike was the mix-loudest drummer in the business"
"Possibly torture"
"Where Genesis should have gone to in the 80's"
"Great pathos, unlistenable vocals"
"A man capable of singing both Stevie Wonder and Ozzy is a man I want to know"
"This must be great played on reverse tape"
"There's a hair metal tune hidden here"
"Why isn't this a radio staple?"
"What WDADU should have been"
"Soul rending"
"Marvel Comics Presents: Billy Sheehan 2099"
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The reverse tape one is mine
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carnival of horny elephants :metal
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You certainly did hear a ghost.
Frost* could be the 80s Genesis comment.
Pyramid Theorem could be the hair metal comment.
Circus Maximus should be the 'what WDADU should have been'
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I'm guessing "I just heard a ghost." is mine.
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The reverse tape one is mine
Yep
carnival of horny elephants :metal
Nope
Frost* could be the 80s Genesis comment.
Pyramid Theorem could be the hair metal comment.
Circus Maximus should be the 'what WDADU should have been'
Yep, nope, nope
I'm guessing "I just heard a ghost." is mine.
Yep
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possibly torture? :neverusethis:
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You wish
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Mine is the one yelling at him.
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I don't know anything from the remaining hangman, but here are some brainstorming ideas for the rest of the folks, probably all wrong too:
> As Mowgli Was Raised – Woman of Daily Telegraph
I thought this one was Animals as Leaders, but I can't find the song that fits. I think the song's name is something along the lines of "... of the Sun" or "...of the Times". Could be just some deity related to the sun, too.
> Captain Beefheart's Secret Son - Pawning
Quick googling gave me Tom Rosenthal - Borrowing, but I've got nothing else on this one. Stupid songs with only one word in the title.
> Between Steering Wheel and Crotch – Representing Heaven
This one's mine and I'll say that the band name has only one word in it.
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Good morning, bedlam. Glad you find this huge lazy copout from working a real hangman funny.
???: CF Martin & Co's Greatest Achievement - Drop
There's a band called X Bracing?
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> Between Steering Wheel and Crotch – Representing Heaven
This one's mine and I'll say that the band name has only one word in it.
Air - New Star in the Sky ??
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Good morning, bedlam. Glad you find this huge lazy copout from working a real hangman funny.
???: CF Martin & Co's Greatest Achievement - Drop
There's a band called X Bracing?
Band is Dreadnaught, and the song is Lift.
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Wait wait, I've got one!
Lör - Visions of Awakening
> Between Steering Wheel and Crotch – Representing Heaven
This one's mine and I'll say that the band name has only one word in it.
Air - New Star in the Sky ??
That's a resounding no, unfortunately.
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Hey, I was considering that same Dreadnought song too! Nice
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Wait wait, I've got one!
Lör - Visions of Awakening
> Between Steering Wheel and Crotch – Representing Heaven
This one's mine and I'll say that the band name has only one word in it.
Air - New Star in the Sky ??
That's a resounding no, unfortunately.
Ok, well there is a band called Femur, but I doubt anybody would send them.
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On the phone right now, will update later.
But I have to tell you, in order to guess Evermind's Song you have to get dirty.
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On the phone right now, will update later.
But I have to tell you, in order to guess Evermind's Song you have to get dirty.
There's a band called "My Wife's Mouth"?
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You're on the right track
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There's a band called Tonsils?
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Ween? :neverusethis:
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"Great pathos, unlistenable vocals"
Hopefully not mine!
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Technically speaking, if a song is instrumental, the vocals are literally unlistenable :corn
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???: CF Martin & Co's Greatest Achievement - Drop = Dreadnought - Lift
???: Nixon – Wood's Lamp = Frost* - Black Light Machine
???: Officer Caldo – Green Days = Agent Fresco - Yellow Nights
???: Turkish Cheese – Whispers of Slumber =Lor - Visions of Awakening
???: Captain Beefheart's Secret Son - Pawning
???: Ben-Hur Raced There - Dead = Circus Maximus - Alive
???: The Overthrow of Meano – Elsa's Song = The Reign of Kindo - Let It Go
???: Ziqqurat Proof – Pull Me Under Held Tight = Pyramid Theorem - Another Day Slips By
???: Legendary Venue in Mum's Birthplace – Steady Liver = Riverside - Loose Heart
Stadler: The Colonel Ono Lucidity – Badminton and The Ifrit = The Claypool Lennon Delirium
Parama: Fock You Priest – Innocent Straightlines = Thank You Scientist – Suspicious Waveforms
???: As Mowgli Was Raised – Woman of Daily Telegraph
???: Appalachians of London – Full Black Cover
???: Shao Kahn's Realm – Be Quiet = Outworld - Raise Hell
Evermind: Between Steering Wheel and Crotch – Representing Heaven
???: Ynstalment – Music, Ladies, Cars & Basketball.
"Great pathos, unlistenable vocals"
Hopefully not mine!
Not yours!
There's a band called Tonsils?
:lol I don't know, but there should be.
Mine is the one yelling at him.
Nein
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Trainy sent Reign of Kindo
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Mine is the one yelling at him.
I was going to say it was mine. :lol
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For the Mowgli one, I was thinking Gorillaz.
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Evermind sent Machine Head: I Am Hell.
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Evermind sent Machine Head: I Am Hell.
No because Machine Head's debut was Pre 1996.
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Evermind sent Machine Head: I Am Hell.
No because Machine Head's debut was Pre 1996.
:facepalm: :loser: :mehlin :blush
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DOC sent Circus Maximus
J Boy sent Pyramid Theorem
K Lox sent Outworld
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DOC sent Circus Maximus
J Boy sent Pyramid Theorem
K Lox sent Outworld
What did I send sucka?
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What did I send sucka?
Dreadnaught.
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Nope.
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J Boy sent Pyramid Theorem
No, he didn't.
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J Boy sent Pyramid Theorem
No, he didn't.
But...you're both Canadian...
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Good morning, bedlam.
It's a new world, it's a new day, it's a new page for meeeeeeee ... and I'm feeeeeeeeeling gooooooood.
Trainy sent Reign of Kindo
Trainy sent Naught
DOC sent Circus Maximus
J Boy sent Pyramid Theorem
K Lox sent Outworld
Swish, Boink, Swish
???: CF Martin & Co's Greatest Achievement - Drop = Dreadnought - Lift
???: Nixon – Wood's Lamp = Frost* - Black Light Machine
???: Officer Caldo – Green Days = Agent Fresco - Yellow Nights
???: Turkish Cheese – Whispers of Slumber = Lor - Visions of Awakening
???: Captain Beefheart's Secret Son - Pawning
DestinyOfChaos: Ben-Hur Raced There - Dead = Circus Maximus - Alive
ariich: The Overthrow of Meano – Elsa's Song = The Reign of Kindo - Let It Go
???: Ziqqurat Proof – Pull Me Under Held Tight = Pyramid Theorem - Another Day Slips By
???: Legendary Venue in Mum's Birthplace – Steady Liver = Riverside - Loose Heart
Stadler: The Colonel Ono Lucidity – Badminton and The Ifrit = The Claypool Lennon Delirium
Parama: Fock You Priest – Innocent Straightlines = Thank You Scientist – Suspicious Waveforms
???: As Mowgli Was Raised – Woman of Daily Telegraph
???: Appalachians of London – Full Black Cover
Kattelox: Shao Kahn's Realm – Be Quiet = Outworld - Raise Hell
Evermind: Between Steering Wheel and Crotch – Representing Heaven
jingle.boy: Ynstalment – Music, Ladies, Cars & Basketball. = Epysode - Obsessions
Bus Thoughts:
"There is a Punk tune hidden here"
"I just heard a ghost"
"How to write impro in the studio right"
"Carnival of horny elephants"
"I'm feeling yelled at"
"I thought Mike was the mix-loudest drummer in the business"
"Possibly torture"
"Where Genesis should have gone to in the 80's"
"Great pathos, unlistenable vocals"
"A man capable of singing both Stevie Wonder and Ozzy is a man I want to know"
"This must be great played on reverse tape"
"There's a hair metal tune hidden here"
"Why isn't this a radio staple?"
"What WDADU should have been"
"Soul rending"
"Marvel Comics Presents: Billy Sheehan 2099"
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Well, if my submission isn't ghost-worthy, then it better be drum/mix-worthy.
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ariich sent Reign of Kindo then :P
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Well, if my submission isn't ghost-worthy, then it better be drum/mix-worthy.
Don't read this as a negative comment, but it's pretty hard to find a "loudest" channel in your song.
ariich sent Reign of Kindo then :P
Oui
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Well, if my submission isn't ghost-worthy, then it better be drum/mix-worthy.
Don't read this as a negative comment, but it's pretty hard to find a "loudest" channel in your song.
:2metal:
Maybe you're feeling yelled at then.
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YES I AAAAAAAAAAAM!
By the way, this round is a bitch to rank.
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ariich sent Reign of Kindo then :P
How did you work that one out?
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By the way, this round is a bitch to rank.
Good.
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Evermind sent Machine Head: I Am Hell.
No because Machine Head's debut was Pre 1996.
:facepalm: :loser: :mehlin :blush
But you've got some of the words right.
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Timesnip Stampets:
5:28 – 5:54: Hey, we have a guest superstar axeman and guitar-maker. Let's give him the tune's best riff for his solo!
0:00 – 0:11: The way you tune your drums CAN make the difference
0:00 – 8:10: After the benefit show, Mr Kite has been promoted to Master of Reality
7:19 – 7:46: SUPERFREAK!
2:42 – 2:52: From the Hansen&Weikath school of harmony
4:25 – 4:37: I'm pretty sure I've heard this the first time I beat Wonder Boy in Monsterland, circa 1988.
2:50 – 3:02: Obviously, these guys have acces to Nuno's book of riffs
1:20 – 1:55: That's a solid 8 on the Jean-Luc Ponty Scale
2:36 – 2:46: Obviously, these guys have access to KevMo's '94 sad synth patch
2:42 – 3:04: Disney's Aristocats' tapes overdubbed with The Jungle Book's score.
3:50 – 4:16: The best verse Ozzy never sang
0:08 – 0:24: Not to sound like a prancing ponce, but I have the impression that [instrument] is playing a 432hz A in a 440hz A environment.
1:33 – 2:02: The emotional equivalent of an industrial paint stripper pointed to the face
1:09 – 1:49: THOM YORKEITIS ALERT! THOM YORKEITIS ALERT!
4:47 – 5:41: And here I was thinking Elliott Randall's work on Reeling In the Years was the mixolydian golden standard
1:21 – 1:45: No, I'm not hyperboling. This is one inch close to a perfect Gilmour '85 sound.
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If you really think the singer of my song sounds like Thom Yorke (I know it's that snippet for reasons) I don't know what to say. The two aren't really alike in my view, I think [singer of my song] is far, far better as a singer, and that's not even taking into account the different ways in which both utilise their voices.
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man I'll have to wait until after work to check these now
I can eliminate all the 7+ minute timestamps, the comments about synth, and any comments about vocals tho right off the bat
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Without a doubt - because I know the timestamp is for the video, not the actual song - the guest guitar solo comment is mine. And if that doesn't give away my song, I don't know what will.
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If you really think the singer of my song sounds like Thom Yorke (I know it's that snippet for reasons) I don't know what to say. The two aren't really alike in my view, I think [singer of my song] is far, far better as a singer, and that's not even taking into account the different ways in which both utilise their voices.
Nah, he's nothing like Yorke. He's affected by Yorke mannerism in that timeframe, that's all. Otherwise, how would you know that's your snippet? :P
Without a doubt - because I know the timestamp is for the video, not the actual song - the guest guitar solo comment is mine. And if that doesn't give away my song, I don't know what will.
This obsession of yours about giving away songs is worrying me. You're having another episode.
:biggrin:
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Maybe 75% certain that 2:50-3:02 refers to my entry. Otherwise, it could be 0:00-0:11.
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2:42 – 2:52: From the Hansen&Weikath school of harmony
:metal for the reference
:metal :metal it's my song!
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jingle sent Epysode - Obsessions which I just figured out with no help from any hints or anything whatsoever
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jingle sent Epysode - Obsessions which I just figured out with no help from any hints or anything whatsoever
Right, because this was so obvious:
???: Ynstalment – Music, Ladies, Cars & Basketball.
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Without a doubt - because I know the timestamp is for the video, not the actual song - the guest guitar solo comment is mine. And if that doesn't give away my song, I don't know what will.
This obsession of yours about giving away songs is worrying me. You're having another episode
Just watched the video. Am I supposed to know who that fucking guy is??
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If you really think the singer of my song sounds like Thom Yorke (I know it's that snippet for reasons) I don't know what to say. The two aren't really alike in my view, I think [singer of my song] is far, far better as a singer, and that's not even taking into account the different ways in which both utilise their voices.
Nah, he's nothing like Yorke. He's affected by Yorke mannerism in that timeframe, that's all. Otherwise, how would you know that's your snippet? :P
Because the time-frame fits perfectly. To the second.
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Who does Thom Yorke sing for?
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The Temptations
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No he doesn't. STFU! ;D
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Without a doubt - because I know the timestamp is for the video, not the actual song - the guest guitar solo comment is mine. And if that doesn't give away my song, I don't know what will.
This obsession of yours about giving away songs is worrying me. You're having another episode.
Well, we all can't have a magic power like Evermind in figuring this stuff out. ;)
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Without a doubt - because I know the timestamp is for the video, not the actual song - the guest guitar solo comment is mine. And if that doesn't give away my song, I don't know what will.
This obsession of yours about giving away songs is worrying me. You're having another episode.
Well, we all can't have a magic power like Evermind in figuring this stuff out. ;)
I know right? In Hell's Name, I don't know how he does it. Must be a lot of Headspace.
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See, even when I know the song/band I still can't figure out these hangmanens
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Wow, this is like hangman welfare.
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So you're saying a lot of space between steering wheel and crotch? How does that help solving these hangman things?
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Stress relief?
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Sure, now that I'm thinking about it, that happened in
Seventh Wonder - Mercy Falls album plot Stephen King's Thinner plot.
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In Hell's Name is really good for like the first three minutes and then the rest is just "pretty fine with a good chorus" tbh
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Did Evermind send In Hell's Name by Headspace? :neverusethis:
Christ, that's not even the best song on that album.
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I mean, yeah, Soldier is the best song, but I decided to avoid sending a ballad this time.
I'm also not taking this from the guy who sent Atlas Stone. :biggrin:
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Yeah Ev has a point
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I'm also not taking this from the guy who sent Atlas Stone. :biggrin:
I did explain why I sent Atlas Stone though :biggrin:
and for the record, I don't know what is the best song (objectively, of course - also is it PROG!??) on I Am Anonymous, but I don't think it's Soldier either. I'm leaning towards Fall of America or one of the two closing tracks. The Big Day always gets me.
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Nah, it's definitely soldier
The Big Day and In Hell's Name are the best metal tracks tho tbh. Daddy Loves You would be if it was a bit tighter, no reason that song needed to be 15 mins
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It's a remarkably consistent album anyway. And I agree about Daddy being too jumbled, which is a shame, because the song does have some killer parts.
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It's been a long time since I've listened to that album.
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Fall of America starts off very strong but doesn't really get more exciting afterwards for me. The Big Day was my second choice tbh, but I like In Hell's Name just a bit more.
Soldier is definitely my favourite though.
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Yeah you're too busy blasting deathcore nowadays for good ol prog metal, we know :corn
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Sure, now that I'm thinking about it, that happened in Seventh Wonder - Mercy Falls album plot Stephen King's Thinner plot.
Ooooh, I had forgotten that novel. I couldn't eat strawberry pie for a long time after reading it.
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It's been a long time since I've listened to that album.
This
Soldier is definitely my favourite though.
And this
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Timesnip Stampets:
1:21 – 1:45: No, I'm not hyperboling. This is one inch close to a perfect Gilmour '85 sound.
I'll lay claim to this one. :corn
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I guess mine is about the drums.
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Okay I looked up who Jean-Luc Ponty is and yep that timestamp definitely is the violin solo in my song alright
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In the Presence of Wolves - Man of the Times sent by romdrums
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Wow, good catch!
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Is ‘Captain Beefheart’s Secret Son’ Greta Van Fleet? Probably, most likely, a long shot. Don’t know any of their songs.
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???: CF Martin & Co's Greatest Achievement - Drop = Dreadnought - Lift
???: Nixon – Wood's Lamp = Frost* - Black Light Machine
???: Officer Caldo – Green Days = Agent Fresco - Yellow Nights
???: Turkish Cheese – Whispers of Slumber = Lor - Visions of Awakening
???: Captain Beefheart's Secret Son - Pawning
DestinyOfChaos: Ben-Hur Raced There - Dead = Circus Maximus - Alive
ariich: The Overthrow of Meano – Elsa's Song = The Reign of Kindo - Let It Go
???: Ziqqurat Proof – Pull Me Under Held Tight = Pyramid Theorem - Another Day Slips By
???: Legendary Venue in Mum's Birthplace – Steady Liver = Riverside - Loose Heart
Stadler: The Colonel Ono Lucidity – Badminton and The Ifrit = The Claypool Lennon Delirium
Parama: Fock You Priest – Innocent Straightlines = Thank You Scientist – Suspicious Waveforms
romdrums: As Mowgli Was Raised – Woman of Daily Telegraph = In The Presence of Wolves - Man of the Times
???: Appalachians of London – Full Black Cover
Kattelox: Shao Kahn's Realm – Be Quiet = Outworld - Raise Hell
Evermind: Between Steering Wheel and Crotch – Representing Heaven = Headspace - In Hell's Name
jingle.boy: Ynstalment – Music, Ladies, Cars & Basketball. = Epysode - Obsessions
Good morning, bedlam. Some teasing, if you will:
A couple of songs I'm struggling with
A couple of songs I'm making love to
A couple of songs built on a gimmick/novelty
A bunch of songs doing their job with cold expertise
A bunch of songs doing their job with unexpected twists
Everything is fluctuating as hell, details and intrigue will make a lot of difference.
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Based on your prior comments, me gots a feeling you're struggling with Obsession :-\ :'(
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Au contraire, mon ami. Yours may very well be the central point of reference for my ranking ratio this round.
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Chad hit the sweet spot. Giggity.
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Ok, I finally got this.
4 rookies will never be more than one-skill specialists from the bench
4 rookies tried too hard to impress
4 rookies are exactly what they've been drafted for
4 rookies have unique game
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Au contraire, mon ami. Yours may very well be the central point of reference for my ranking ratio this round.
Wahoo!!! Middle of the pack again.
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4 rookies will never be more than one-skill specialists from the bench
4 rookies tried too hard to impress
I suck
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4 rookies will never be more than one-skill specialists from the bench
4 rookies tried too hard to impress
I suck
Not as much as I do :neverusethis:
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I know mine isn't a One Skill Specialist, but other than that, I have no idea how it will do.
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I know mine isn't a One Skill Specialist, but other than that, I have no idea how it will do.
What about about your one skill music tastes though. :neverusethis:
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six roaming owls are ready for their six out of ten
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I know mine isn't a One Skill Specialist, but other than that, I have no idea how it will do.
What about about your one skill music tastes though. :neverusethis:
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Ok, I finally got this.
4 rookies will never be more than one-skill specialists from the bench
4 rookies tried too hard to impress
4 rookies are exactly what they've been drafted for
4 rookies have unique game
Shock twist: These all describe the same four rookies.
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Trainy sent Naught
:metal
That's my favourite TROK song and the one I sent the most in roulettes (last time I sent something off the new album), so doesn't surprise me that you thought this.... but I'm not in any roulettes anymore for now :lol
Dreadnought - Lift is also a great pick, have never seen anyone but me and Parama talk about them so I'm excited to see some more love for them here!
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???: Captain Beefheart's Secret Son - Pawning
Cosmo Sheldrake - Hocking
sent by Sacul, presumably. he sent the same thing to me once.
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:metal
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???: CF Martin & Co's Greatest Achievement - Drop = Dreadnought - Lift
???: Nixon – Wood's Lamp = Frost* - Black Light Machine
Elite: Officer Caldo – Green Days = Agent Fresco - Yellow Nights
???: Turkish Cheese – Whispers of Slumber = Lor - Visions of Awakening
Sacul: Captain Beefheart's Secret Son - Pawning = Cosmo Sheldrake - Hocking
DestinyOfChaos: Ben-Hur Raced There - Dead = Circus Maximus - Alive
ariich: The Overthrow of Meano – Elsa's Song = The Reign of Kindo - Let It Go
???: Ziqqurat Proof – Pull Me Under Held Tight = Pyramid Theorem - Another Day Slips By
???: Legendary Venue in Mum's Birthplace – Steady Liver = Riverside - Loose Heart
Stadler: The Colonel Ono Lucidity – Badminton and The Ifrit = The Claypool Lennon Delirium
Parama: Fock You Priest – Innocent Straightlines = Thank You Scientist – Suspicious Waveforms
romdrums: As Mowgli Was Raised – Woman of Daily Telegraph = In The Presence of Wolves - Man of the Times
???: Appalachians of London – Full Black Cover
Kattelox: Shao Kahn's Realm – Be Quiet = Outworld - Raise Hell
Evermind: Between Steering Wheel and Crotch – Representing Heaven = Headspace - In Hell's Name
jingle.boy: Ynstalment – Music, Ladies, Cars & Basketball. = Epysode - Obsessions
One song away from de-bizarroing this (t)hang
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Elite sent Agent Fresco
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???: Appalachians of London – Full Black Cover
Rivers Of Nihil?
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God, they'd be a terrible pick for this roulette so I hope not :lol
Their debut is like full on deathcore or some crap too
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Yeah, duh. I should've known better.
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Do I get a prize for guessing, like, half of bizarro hangmanen?
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Do I get punished for not participating in bizarre hangman?
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a 5/10, that's the prize. half of the maximum score
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You get results, that's what you get!
Round Two Results, 1 of 4:
(https://i.imgur.com/Di2RXDi.gif) Kattelox - The Rainbow Warriors:
Outworld – Raise Hell:
Bus Impression: "Possibly torture"
Timestamp Snippet: 4:25 – 4:37: I'm pretty sure I've heard this the first time I beat Wonder Boy in Monsterland, circa 1988.
I can appreciate how such a mercyless detuned riffage (which I liked way better on its rare excursions in the middle range) onslaught carrying relentless screaming may be the perfect background music for exciting high adrenaline activities. Alas, for the way I'm wired, it becomes almost torture if I try to focus on it as a proper song. Can't argue with the sheer technical proficiency and I must admit Rusty Cooley – although never emotionally satisfying to my ears - is a virtuoso powerhouse in good company here.
Drumwork is impressive, but I find the constant meter tweaks hindered the song's pace, adding weight while subtracting energy. I admire the way the keyboardist found his distinct place inside the storm without resorting to a suicidal war of loudness, and the little bass solo is honestly a jewel. I have to respect the singer's pipes, but a kinda King Diamond crazy rapier would have suited the tune better than an unsustainably heavy broadsword. Call me a wuss, but this is a little too much bi-dimentional aggressive for me.
Vote: 6.0 – Maybe 25 years ago I had enough hormones for this. I had them for Tekken, after all.
(https://mommyfleur.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/hangman.jpg) Sacul - Hangmanen Addicts:
Cosmo Sheldrake – Hocking:
Bus Impression: "Carnival of horny elephants"
Timestamp Snippet: 2:42 – 3:04: Disney's Aristocats' tapes overdubbed with The Jungle Book's score.
1) When I first stumbled into this lovely forum in 2011, I was wearing a Captain Beefheart avatar. 2) For a brief period I planned to fly to Japan and propose to Yoko Kanno. 3) I may be the greatest Mike Patton mark alive, and I made sure to tell him while park-jogging in the city block we both lived in for several years (OK, park-stalking is more appropriate, but that's beside the point). All the hints say I should love this, then why I feel this tune has someway betrayed that anarchic irony's true spirit?
The first part is delicious, and it might have very well been the base for Cowboy Bebop – Episode 34: Rumble in the Jungle. Plus, the evil childish main theme is infectious enough to prepare you for anything. Then comes the big brass orgy, and the hopes for argute music deconstruction become a degeneration into orchestral self-indulgency. This kind of music is great (really one of my fiercest aural passions) until it begins taking itself seriously. In hindsight, after that (portentous) display of conduction, the first part loses its spark and sounds just like a silly jingle (sorry, Chad).
Vote: 6.2 A Day in the Life's big orchestral cluster works because the whole operation is always tongue-in-cheek despite the sublime musical outcome.
:shadowninja: Shadow Ninja 2.0 - Wayward Vagabonds:
Mumford & Sons – White Blank Page:
Bus Impression: "Great pathos, unlistenable vocals"
Timestamp Snippet: 1:33 – 2:02: The emotional equivalent of an industrial paint stripper pointed to the face
It's powerful and moving, and sometimes it sounds timeless and primal. The traditional instrumentation's orchestration is glorious, and everytime the choir comes in it hits you with the strenght of a freefalling meteorite. What I just typed read like a solid base for a full 10, or at least like bonus points leading a song from good to great, and I stick to my story. Problem is, you unfortunately managed to pick the single kind of singing and enunciation I gladly would like to see outlawed for contempt of timbre and general song integrity.
The man has a nice timbre and communicative strenght, but he completely compromises it recurring to that hideous slurred clunky yet full of airy holes squished fake drunk phonation and articulation. It wouldn't be devastating per se, but it inevitably pulls me away from the tune's mood and story, like spotting a stagelight behind the valance during a perfectly faithful Shakespeare play. I feel bad because this tune's less-than-ideal rating is all about an idiosincracy of mine, but I'm afraid this is still my roulette.
Vote: 6.4 This is the epitome of a Round 5 smashing submission. Objectively lovely but carrying the virus that kills me.
:crypt: Elite - Rich and The Poor Tastes:
Agent Fresco – Yellow Nights:
Bus Impression: "This must be great played on reverse tape"
Timestamp Snippet: 1:09 – 1:49: THOM YORKEITIS ALERT! THOM YORKEITIS ALERT!
This is a musical matryoshka. A reverse recording of a tune played reversing a tune written in reverse. Just listen to the ride cymbal accents on the fourth beat giving away the plot if you (i.e. everybody but Elite) don't believe me. From an intellectual (and rather masturbatory) standpoint, it's as fascinating as it gets and brimming with songwriting, rythmic, and melodic opportunities. Then why limiting exposition to three unsufficient minutes? It's like sitting on Westworld's plot and going for a five minutes infomercial.
Putting aside the Thom Yorke section (more annoying than disruptive) which mantains its inherent magic despite, well, Thom Yorkeitis anyway, there are pieces for a brilliant tune here. The groovy RHCP Hillel Slovak era riff deserved to flex its muscles on way more running time, maybe through variations and iterations exploiting the reverse tape effect in full. Alas, in its current form, this cut is more intellectual than arual pleasure and more gimmick piece than kick-arse quirky song. Fun fact (thank you Rich): the song, when played on reverse, still sounds like a reversed song.
Vote: 6.6 – Sometimes size does matter. Even on reverse.
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Dodged the bottom 4 again :metal
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How do you get Appalachians of London from Mumford & Sons??
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Dodged the bottom 4 again :metal
YES :metal :metal :metal
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How do you get Appalachians of London from Mumford & Sons??
Well, they make me think of Appalachian traditional music and are from London.
It was either that or going the Red Foxx route.
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bollocks
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How do you get Appalachians of London from Mumford & Sons??
Well, they make me think of Appalachian traditional music and are from London.
It was either that or going the Red Foxx route.
Appalachian is a music? Dang, I kept trying to find bands named after mountains in England.
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How do you get Appalachians of London from Mumford & Sons??
Well, they make me think of Appalachian traditional music and are from London.
It was either that or going the Red Foxx route.
You should ALWAYS go the Redd Foxx route.
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bollocks
Say what you feel, mate.
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I also outscored dacul so I could potentially be in the lead now
Or I could have scored 6.7/10 :corn
A question about round 5, will length factor in? ie which would "score higher", 5 minutes of stuff you hate or 10 minutes of stuff you hate? :corn
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Well fuck. I have no read on your tastes apparently. I'm going to take a complete 180 for the next one.
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I have no read on your tastes apparently.
I think that actually applies to everyone who's playing here.
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A question about round 5, will length factor in? ie which would "score higher", 5 minutes of stuff you hate or 10 minutes of stuff you hate? :corn
Generally speaking, I wouldn't know. Nonetheless, just like sometimes I get bored by repetitive themes I love, there's the remote chance I could gradually come to appreciate repetitive themes I'm hating.
I have no read on your tastes apparently.
I think that actually applies to everyone who's playing here.
It applies to me too.
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Damn, that's harsh about Mumford & Sons. It's a great song.
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And a harsh score and snippet for Outworld. Not the greatest music for Kelly to lend his voice to, but I'm amazed that Epysode wasn't right ahead (or behind depending on your view) this one in the scoring.
Also... nothing wrong with a silly jingle. That's me 24x7.
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You should ALWAYS go the Redd Foxx route.
(https://thumbs.gfycat.com/TanGlassEuropeanfiresalamander-max-1mb.gif)
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Damn, that's harsh about Mumford & Sons. It's a great song.
Well, if you discount the vocals warranting a -5 (I know, it's a fixation of mine) I actually gave the song a 11.4
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I have no read on your tastes apparently.
I think that actually applies to everyone who's playing here.
He's the Italian ariich.
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I have no read on your tastes apparently.
I think that actually applies to everyone who's playing here.
He's the Italian ariich.
:lol
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Well damn me :lol. Fair judgement, was afraid that middle brass section would indeed turn you off - I got used to it with time and even like it because of how nuts it is. I'll recalibrate for the next round.
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Since none of those are mine, and I don't care about anyone else, two thoughts struck me:
- you should never tell another man he has a "nice timbre". You can't actually HEAR the "re".
- you know Mike Patton? Is he cool? Did he piss on you? Does he look like a serial killer up close?
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Since none of those are mine, and I don't care about anyone else, two thoughts struck me:
- you should never tell another man he has a "nice timbre". You can't actually HEAR the "re".
- you know Mike Patton? Is he cool? Did he piss on you? Does he look like a serial killer up close?
I met him once in the park when we both lived in Bologna (i don't live there anymore, no idea whether he does), and he seemed quite polite while tolerating my ramblings about human voice limits. Overall, a regular I'm-minding-my-business guy.
Naturally, everything went south when I told him he has a nice timbre ...
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How about that, I'm not in the bottom this time. Huzzah! :metal
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Sweet, not in the bottom 4 again, and I'm glad to see the vocals comment posted. I was a bit worried about that since the vocals on my track aren't earth shattering. Now to see how close I am to the top.... :corn
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Sweet, not in the bottom 4 again, and I'm glad to see the vocals comment posted. I was a bit worried about that since the vocals on my track aren't earth shattering. Now to see how close I am to the top.... :corn
Given that, I'm guessing you sent Lor. I think that snippet is the one about a punk song.
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Sweet, not in the bottom 4 again, and I'm glad to see the vocals comment posted. I was a bit worried about that since the vocals on my track aren't earth shattering. Now to see how close I am to the top.... :corn
Did you send Pyramid Theorem?
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Nobody has guessed what I sent. I've fooled you all again! :lol
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Nobody gives a shit! :lol
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Nobody gives a shit! :lol
:rollin
I'll just sneak into the top 4 again quietly. Lol
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Pretty sure you don't sneak anywhere quietly.
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Oh I disagree. I just turn sideways.
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Yes, lonestar indeed sent Pyramid Theorem.
Round Two Results, 2 of 4:
(https://i.imgur.com/rVTsQpr.jpg) Aefenwelg - The Uhhhh.. Wildcats:
Dreadnought – Lift:
Bus Impression: "I thought Mike was the mix-loudest drummer in the business"
Timestamp Snippet: 0:08 – 0:24: Not to sound like a pretentious dick, but I have the impression that [instrument] is playing a 432hz A in a 440hz A environment.
This submission tries too hard to replicate The Mermaid's success in the previous round. It succeeds only at the beginning (despite a slightly flat flute, the intro would hold its own inside a mid '70s King Crimson album) and at the end, when all the instruments seem to find that elusive cohesion making this kind of tunes really magical. In fact, while the Hail Spirit Noir song blended every sound together in enchanting balance, this one's (constantly stellar) melodies are carried by instruments almost always running on parallel tracks, never “dialoguing”.
A big chunk of blame may be addressed to the drums. Monstrous from a technical and inventive standpoint, they're mixed in a way that seems to enjoy creating frequency conflicts with the “singing” instruments. Even the drummer's greatest achievement in this tune – the telluric emotional classy blastbeats – goes lost amidst the constant loud tinkering. The effect is a strange layer of monotony upon brilliant ideas squashed by wrong dynamics and mixing, and that's a shame because the starting material is worth at least a 8.
Vote: 6.8 – I can spot beautiful things while listening, but forget everything one minute later.
(https://i.postimg.cc/fTH2s4C7/5927758528_a2060423e7_b.jpg) Parama - Six Roaming Owls:
Thank You Scientist – Suspicious Waveforms:
Bus Impression: "How to write impro in the studio right"
Timestamp Snippet: 1:20 – 1:55: That's a solid 8 on the Jean-Luc Ponty Scale
This submission tries too hard to replicate What About Me's success in the previous round. At first glance it seems to succeed: great compendium of fusion staples? (the trumpets' recurring rendez-vous lick is an educated homage to bebop's infancy) Check. Incredibly tight rythmic work? (the odd meter samba is a gift) Check. Top notch soloists? (the guitarist is a Scott Henderson worthy clone and that fiddle solo is my personal favourite) Check. Not mentioning all the subtle nuances gathered into arranging what is probably born as a studio impro.
Well, the difference between this piece and the last round's co-winner is the same you may find between an enflatable sex doll and a woman. It lacks story and life. It's a polished display of musicianship (state-of-the-art at that) never letting you forget it's a sequence of solos at heart. Plus, and above all, in opposition to Snarky Puppy's masterpiece, there's nothing really progressive here. Just old established noble jazz-fusion habits pumped to their most extreme and impressive capabilities.
Vote: 6.8 – I feel pleasure at every caper while listening, but forget everything one minute later.
(https://i.ytimg.com/vi/xmOf4D91Zz4/hqdefault.jpg) jingle.boy - Boston Bruins Blow:
Epysode – Obsessions:
Bus Impression: "I'm feeling yelled at"
Timestamp Snippet: 5:28 – 5:54: Hey, we have a guest superstar axeman and guitar-maker. Let's give him the tune's best riff for his solo!
This submission tries too hard to be fresh, compromising its efficient melodic heaviness with unnecessary up-to-date iper-compressed sounds and complexities, losing its right to belong to the next group of rookies (the “I give you exactly what you drafted me for” one). Just keeping the bipolar chorus (a real exciting joy to listen through) and the sexy monster riff under Godin's solo as verse would have made for a great salt-of-the-heart heavy metal tune never loosening its grip on your nutsack.
Alas, the first (and luckily only) pre-chorus' meody is horrible and some passages are fluffy, and I really have to wonder how this song still makes me headbang despite that burden. A word on the vocals: the male singer (the same screaming in Katt's song, I gather) is on a pointy yelling slightly annoying Jeff Martin range here, but he works wonders in diarchy with the female vocalist's wonderful arousing concave embracing timbre. A word on the video: if you play keyboards in that position, you deserve to have them fall and smash your feet.
Vote: 7.0 – A war machine hindered by superflous baggage.
:scio: Evermind - Cockroach Sympathizers:
Headspace – In Hell's Name:
Bus Impression: "A man capable of singing both Stevie Wonder and Ozzy is a man I want to know"
Timestamp Snippet: 3:50 – 4:16: The best verse Ozzy never sang
This is getting the Atlas Stone treatment. If I could edit this tune leaving only the first pantheon level three minutes (and I'm talking about They Won't Go When I Go kind of goosebumps here) and the grandiose (main?) chorus full of drama and not stranger to a certain Led Zep flair, this round would have an unreachable winner and this roulette its first 10. As for Haken's song, this tune felt the need to pay imaginary prog metal dues left and right around its best two parts, making me yell “shame” like a Game of Thrones nun.
I have to mention the part immediately following the celestial soul beginning: simply the verse to the great mid-nineties smash hit single Ozzy Osbourne never had. Amazing. The vocalist, despite lending himself to the crime of the century, is an instant idol of mine now. There is no colour he can't seem to master, powerful without screaming, and gifted with a soul sensibility the Gods seldom distribute, the last recorded occurrances being 1963 Canada and 1968 Germany.
Vote: 7.3 – You have crammed five Harry Potter books inside The Dragonlance Chronicles.
Going to sleep now. Please leave your complains beneath and I will gladly address them tomorrow morning *bows*
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Top 8. Suuuuweeeettt!!
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at least check out the band's other instrumental Rube Goldberg Variations, it's less of a "sequence of solos" imo but it's also not on their debut so bleh :P
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Dayum. Middle of the road, but on the wrong side of middle. I knew that would be my fate when I saw the Outworld rating.
(https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-XdVEZR7AoFk/UCoY3rZrBtI/AAAAAAAACAk/rcunpQK1nJg/s400/Jerry-Seinfeld-Newman.jpg)
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My goal is to do better than jingles and I am failing miserably so far.
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My goal is to do better than jingles and I am failing miserably so far.
It's not like I set the bar terribly high! :lol
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My goal is to do better than jingles and I am failing miserably so far.
It's not like I set the bar terribly high! :lol
:lol Wait, we're in the same conference. Go team! :rollin
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Awwwwwww yeah...
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sent my fogey round submission
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sent my fogey round submission
That reminds me, I suppose I should find something to send...
I'm guessing Dire Straits would be banned...
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send burzum
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send burzum
I'd send something from Dauði Baldrs, but that's post 1996... :censored
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I know, I'll send some Bone Thugs N' Harmony. Everyone needs to hear some E. 1999 Eternal.
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tbh i dare everyone to go as far back as they can, my song is older than indiscipline :corn
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Well, at least I did better than Parama.
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that isn't too hard to do
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I'm going to spend a week typing: "please, re-submit".
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well, at least i know you liked my song this time :P
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I wonder how my second choice (no, not the Thank You Scientist song I originally sent, nor the Aristocrats track I hurriedly sent afterwards) would have done.
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send it in the next available round and find out
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I might just do that.
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I'm going to spend a week typing: "please, re-submit".
Bonus points for nailing an acceptable band (and 2 alternative options) on the first try?
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I'm going to spend a week typing: "please, re-submit".
Bonus points for nailing an acceptable band (and 2 alternative options) on the first try?
Bonus points to me then. First shot.
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Only if you're in the youngsters team.
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Peanut gallery time:
I've been reading the last couple of pages of this thread this morning and I'm just going to ask what all the contestants are too afraid (or polite) to ask. Indiscipline, do you even like music?! Holy shit, dude, you over-analyze to the point of being so wildly inconsistent that folks should just throw a focking dart at their playlists and walk away.
If a song is complex, they try too hard. If a song is silly, they aren't taking it seriously enough. If they take themselves serious, they missed an opportunity to be playful. Mang, you're not moving the goal posts, you're swinging the bitches around so hard your making a breeze.
Although, as usual, the write-ups are funny and interesting and since I'm not playing the game, I don't really give a shit. So, carry on!
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Peanut gallery time:
I've been reading the last couple of pages of this thread this morning and I'm just going to ask what all the contestants are too afraid (or polite) to ask. Indiscipline, do you even like music?! Holy shit, dude, you over-analyze to the point of being so wildly inconsistent that folks should just throw a focking dart at their playlists and walk away.
If a song is complex, they try too hard. If a song is silly, they aren't taking it seriously enough. If they take themselves serious, they missed an opportunity to be playful. Mang, you're not moving the goal posts, you're swinging the bitches around so hard your making a breeze.
Although, as usual, the write-ups are funny and interesting and since I'm not playing the game, I don't really give a shit. So, carry on!
In terms of being inconsistent, I can fully relate. I often can't even explain why I love one thing, but something else incredibly similar and considered by most people to be comparable just doesn't do it for me.
I think the main difference between Alex and I, though, is that he's a fair bit more picky than me, which I think is reflected in the range of scores awarded in our respective roulettes. If I mostly love something but there's an element that I'm not keen on, it' might bring it down from an 8.5 to a 7.5. From Alex's write-ups, it appears to lower his scores from a 10 to a 6. :lol
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Peanut gallery time:
I've been reading the last couple of pages of this thread this morning and I'm just going to ask what all the contestants are too afraid (or polite) to ask. Indiscipline, do you even like music?! Holy shit, dude, you over-analyze to the point of being so wildly inconsistent that folks should just throw a focking dart at their playlists and walk away.
If a song is complex, they try too hard. If a song is silly, they aren't taking it seriously enough. If they take themselves serious, they missed an opportunity to be playful. Mang, you're not moving the goal posts, you're swinging the bitches around so hard your making a breeze.
Although, as usual, the write-ups are funny and interesting and since I'm not playing the game, I don't really give a shit. So, carry on!
In terms of being inconsistent, I can fully relate. I often can't even explain why I love one thing, but something else incredibly similar and considered by most people to be comparable just doesn't do it for me.
I think the main difference between Alex and I, though, is that he's a fair bit more picky than me, which I think is reflected in the range of scores awarded in our respective roulettes. If I mostly love something but there's an element that I'm not keen on, it' might bring it down from an 8.5 to a 7.5. From Alex's write-ups, it appears to lower his scores from a 10 to a 6. :lol
I want to chime in and say, "same here". I can't - and don't try to - explain it but there are times when one thing makes me like a song I would otherwise hate (Justin Beiber's "U Smile" is an example; that melody!) and other times one thing makes me dislike a song I should LOVE! ("Believer" by Ozzy; ugh, that bass line).
I think it's the fun part of music, and what keeps it interesting.
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Part of the game is to find what the person tastes are who is running the Roulette. The other part is, maybe opening that person's eyes to new music.
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I'm going to send something I recently sent in another roulette and if that doesn't go over well I will be completely lost.
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Very excite!!! :metal
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I'm going to spend a week typing: "please, re-submit".
Should I send a list in order of my preference for the fogey/mullet/throwback round? That might make it easier, unless you reject all of them :lol
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Please, someone send Alex The Rodeo Song - Garry Lee and the Showdown
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Peanut gallery time:
I've been reading the last couple of pages of this thread this morning and I'm just going to ask what all the contestants are too afraid (or polite) to ask. Indiscipline, do you even like music?! Holy shit, dude, you over-analyze to the point of being so wildly inconsistent that folks should just throw a focking dart at their playlists and walk away.
If a song is complex, they try too hard. If a song is silly, they aren't taking it seriously enough. If they take themselves serious, they missed an opportunity to be playful. Mang, you're not moving the goal posts, you're swinging the bitches around so hard your making a breeze.
Although, as usual, the write-ups are funny and interesting and since I'm not playing the game, I don't really give a shit. So, carry on!
Threefold thanks, my friend.
One, for establishing the image of me swinging bitches. Two, for saying "focking". Three, for giving me the perfect chance to explain myself.
I love music and you know it. It's my life, livelihood, and main drive. I respect it so much that I know it doesn't allow absolutes. There's not a fixed pair of goal posts, but a set of goal posts for every tune, and those I don't move. What I over-analyse (a lot, you're right) is not "the song", but my reaction to it. What I try to explain are the reasons why that piece is not a 10, i.e. my own way to fix it according to my totally ideosincratic filters and conceptions. I don't review by an established set of parameters, I fock around with what I hear pointing out why it isn't (or is) another Wind Up/Pictures of Home/Epitaph/Learning to Live to my wiring.
Sure, the element of sheer luck involved is maddening, but I think the monicker "roulette" isn't far from that concept.
I appreciate you pointing out these issues, Gregg, and I warmly invite the supposedly too polite and afraid to do the same. This is time spent for my personal education and your enjoyment, and I'd hate to see the latter dwindling.
And, of course, ;)
SIDENOTE: I'm probably posting the remaining results later tonight, while waiting for LeBron to debut for the Team of Evil.
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As I've got nothing to lose in this roulette after this round apparently, I can safely say that Pictures of Home is pretty meh, in my opinion. :biggrin:
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I'm going to spend a week typing: "please, re-submit".
Should I send a list in order of my preference for the fogey/mullet/throwback round? That might make it easier, unless you reject all of them :lol
Send away. I'll return it with the banned items crossed over. Good idea for everybody, actually. Thank you!
As I've got nothing to lose in this roulette after this round apparently, I can safely say that Pictures of Home is pretty meh, in my opinion. :biggrin:
Exactly my point!
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Mike Patton is one of my least favorite musicians
:corn
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Mike Patton is one of my least favorite musicians
:corn
And I hate Coke. I had a glass of it when I was 6, disgusted me, and never had another in my whole life. Who am I to judge you?
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Most soda is gross bcuz corn syrup is gross
I barely drink soda anymore and if I do only when it has actual sugar in it
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Now you're moving the goal posts! :P
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I drink Coke when someone gifts me a really shitty whiskey.
Also, sent Tim's favourite band. I had three bands to pick from, one was banned, oh well.
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Mike Patton is one of my least favorite musicians
:corn
Crap, is everything Mike Patton banned now? I seriously considered stuff by his band(s)?
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As general guideline, here's a list of 20 (in no particular order) songwriters who have never failed me:
Ritchie Blackmore
Stephen Sondheim
Yoko Kanno
David Gilmour
Nobuo Uematsu
Billy Joel
Lennon/McCartney
John Petrucci
Stevie Wonder
Rory Gallagher
Neal Morse
Robert Fripp
Matt Bellamy
Ian Anderson
Mark Knopfler
Jason Robert Brown
Al DiMeola
Steve Lukather
Gioacchino Rossini
Mike Patton
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Since none of those are mine, and I don't care about anyone else, two thoughts struck me:
- you should never tell another man he has a "nice timbre". You can't actually HEAR the "re".
- you know Mike Patton? Is he cool? Did he piss on you? Does he look like a serial killer up close?
I met him once in the park when we both lived in Bologna (i don't live there anymore, no idea whether he does), and he seemed quite polite while tolerating my ramblings about human voice limits. Overall, a regular I'm-minding-my-business guy.
Naturally, everything went south when I told him he has a nice timbre ...
Elite did you see these posts :lol
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I drink Coke when someone gifts me a really shitty whiskey.
Also, sent Tim's favourite band. I had three bands to pick from, one was banned, oh well.
:TAC:
:metal
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I drink Coke when someone gifts me a really shitty whiskey.
Also, sent Tim's favourite band. I had three bands to pick from, one was banned, oh well.
:TAC:
:metal
17. AMIRITE?! :lol
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I mean, I am in the young turks conference after all.
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Since none of those are mine, and I don't care about anyone else, two thoughts struck me:
- you should never tell another man he has a "nice timbre". You can't actually HEAR the "re".
- you know Mike Patton? Is he cool? Did he piss on you? Does he look like a serial killer up close?
I met him once in the park when we both lived in Bologna (i don't live there anymore, no idea whether he does), and he seemed quite polite while tolerating my ramblings about human voice limits. Overall, a regular I'm-minding-my-business guy.
Naturally, everything went south when I told him he has a nice timbre ...
Elite did you see these posts :lol
I did.
So there goes my idea of sending Mr. Bungle in either round 5 or the round where you send ''two songs by the same act which you just can't believe are by the same act'.
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And, of course, ;)
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Edit: Oh, and I focking hate the vocals for Mumford & Sons. :-*
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Mr. Bungle isn’t even music.
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And I hate Coke.
Most soda is gross
Now we're agreeing :metal
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I drink Coke when someone gifts me a really shitty whiskey.
Also, sent Tim's favourite band. I had three bands to pick from, one was banned, oh well.
:TAC:
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17. AMIRITE?! :lol
Why on earth would anyone send Winger? I mean the goal is to actually try and get a good score, no?
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I'm not the one who had a Winger round.
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I must say it was spectacular
-ly bad.
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I dug it. M16 rules.
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It's all about you guys!
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Why on earth would anyone send Winger? I mean the goal is to actually try and get a good score, no?
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:corn :corn :corn
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Good morning, bedlam.
Round Two Results, 3 of 4:
:ariich: ariich - Sexin'-You-Laters:
The Reign of Kindo – Let It Go:
Bus Impression: "Why isn't this a radio staple?"
Timestamp Snippet: 0:00 – 0:11: The way you tune your drums CAN make the difference
This rook was drafted for providing classy groovy sophisticated smoothness and didn't disappoint. “Simple” songs are often surprisingly satisfying, and said satisfaction just skyrockets when you realise their simplicity is a product of many complex details engineered into a pretty complex architecture masterfully disguised as, well, semplicity. The Beatles from Rubber Soul on worked this way. Hell, Mozart worked this way. In a perfect world, this should be torturing pop radio frequencies around the planet to the point of inflation.
The secrets to the recipe: 1) Beautiful voice in measured doses, surfing some catchy yet not banal vocal lines. 2) A rythmic section hell-bent on keeping the groove in the most essential way, choosing sound (that floor tom!) over crazy movement. 3) a piano man secretly conducting the whole business, playing into empty spaces when the song needs sugar, locking with the drums when it needs punch. 4) Great guitar sound, dripping licks as continuation of the vocals' tale, never intruding. Polished, efficient, memorable. Never gets deep or dirty enough to win my heart.
Vote: 7.5 – When a tune is extremely difficult to cover verbatim, but extremely easy to strum and sing on a beach, you are pretty close to the secret of pop music.
:metal: DestinyOfChaos - The One Trick Ponies:
Circus Maximus – Alive:
Bus Impression: "There's a hair metal tune hidden here"
Timestamp Snippet: 2:36 – 2:46: Obviously, these guys have access to Kevin's '94 sad synth patch
This rook was drafted for providing '80 hard rock fun in noble '90 prog metal disguise and didn't disappoint. All in all, a solid hair power ballad (main and background vocals are one of the best cases of genre transplant I've ever witnessed) juiced up in power and velocity with devices heavy borrowed from both the best album of the nineties and its disappointing follow-up. The amazing thing is the brief ideas in high quantity work as teasers/embellishments, never enabling the song to lose its bearings.
As a result, you have an accessible prog metal piece and a enriched aquagel earpleaser in the same package: a virtous tug-of-war between Europe and early Dream Theater. You can't tell me with a straight face those vocal lines aren't in Joey Tempest's wheelhouse (not mentioning the totally Norum-inspired guitar soloing) and you can't tell me with a straight face that organ isn't patented Awake KevMo (not mentioning the Imagined and Worded runs). Sure, I can't tell you with a straight face I didn't enjoy this tune for those reasons. Polished, efficient, memorable. Never gets deep or dirty enough to win my heart.
Vote: 7.5 – A very funny experiment, exploiting sounds from niches too hastly criticised.
(https://scontent-sjc3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.15752-9/42916546_272430593399267_8960817559314104320_n.jpg?_nc_cat=103&oh=e60b99d2a793334ec885df528ef59317&oe=5C57B3AA) lonestar - Team Fuck Canada:
Pyramid Theorem – Another Day Slips By:
Bus Impression: "What WDADU should have been"
Timestamp Snippet: 4:47 – 5:41: And here I was thinking Elliott Randall's work on Reeling In the Years was the mixolydian golden standard
This rook was drafted to transform a two-three chords idea into a pure rock tale climaxing with the solo of the decade, and didn't disappoint. This isn't just influenced by Rush, it joyfully screams the band grew up eating and drinking Rush. Yet, the execution (of a very distinct Rush staple progression) is honest, straightforward, and higly personalised with original songwriting. Plus, I have a weak spot for uncompromising rock baritones, especially when they dick around with ballady sections very reminiscent of the best Metallica balladwork.
I need to spend a whole paragraph for the guitar solo, the main attraction and great payoff here. Its segment starts like a trite prog band excersise, but as soon as the traffic light goes green, we're into 70's guitar god abandon land. When you manage to rival Elliott Randall's masterpiece on a two chords vamp and quote Joe Walsh's patented laughing licks at the same time, you deserve a shot at knocking on guitar pantheon's doors. I'm following this axeman from now on to see whether he gets in. Polished, efficient, memorable. Never gets deep or dirty enough to win my heart.
Vote: 7.5 – You can't obtain more from one single simple idea, but you can do it with superb elegance and energy.
:metardica: Puppies_On_Acid - West Coast Lost Marbles:
Riverside – Loose Heart:
Bus Impression: "Soul rending"
Timestamp Snippet: 1:21 – 1:45: No, I'm not hyperboling. This is one inch close to a perfect Gilmour '85 sound.
This rook was drafted to concoct the perfect simple emotional cresendo tune with surprising economy, and it didn't disappoint. This is a really fine example of submission course-correction achieved paying attention to the writeups and not just to the votes. Your round one song had the same beautiful sense of tapestry and storytelling through accumulation of subtle colours, but it compromised the crescendo project messing with the flow. This one nails it avoiding those mistakes, helped – ironically – by a beyond wise use of vocals.
It seems obvious to point out the excellent guitar work here, but I have to do it. Pure feel and sound in essential articulation. The textbook example of a solo easy to play, but impossible to play right for anyone else but its original author. Nonetheless, the hidden jewel prize goes to the intro's job on percussion sounds giving me the true feeling of a loosened cardiac chamber. The ending is perfect, and it may be the most appropriate use of visceral kobold voice I've heard this side of Mike Patton. Polished, efficient, memorable. It actually gets deep and dirty enough to almost win my heart.
Vote: 7.7 – Sometimes it's not the luck of the draw, but actually reading the writeup.
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Seems a pretty fair review. Slight improvement - need to try and keep the trend up with my next one, but that's going to be tricky for this pre-1996 round!
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Top 4 again! Wooot!!
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For all the positivity in those comments, surprised they only come in with 7s.
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7 to 8 is actually a pretty high value zone for me, not "can't say it's meh, can't say it's great" dumping grounds.
In fact, 6 to 7 is already good. It sucks to be there (only in roulettes; my mother would have sacrificed human beings in order to have me on that range when I went to school), but it ain't bad.
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7 to 8 is actually a pretty high value zone for me, not "can't say it's meh, can't say it's great" dumping grounds.
In fact, 6 to 7 is already good. It sucks to be there (only in roulettes; my mother would have sacrificed human beings in order to have me on that range when I went to school), but it ain't bad.
Fair point, but in roulettes (when the lowest score is 6 for instance), it's still a crap score/rating. No one says to the last place finisher in anything ... 'you still did good'. Last is last. Middle is middle. The absolute score may be a 'high value zone', but the score relative to other submissions is none-the-less mediocre.
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7 to 8 is actually a pretty high value zone for me, not "can't say it's meh, can't say it's great" dumping grounds.
In fact, 6 to 7 is already good. It sucks to be there (only in roulettes; my mother would have sacrificed human beings in order to have me on that range when I went to school), but it ain't bad.
Fair point, but in roulettes (when the lowest score is 6 for instance), it's still a crap score/rating. No one says to the last place finisher in anything ... 'you still did good'. Last is last. Middle is middle. The absolute score may be a 'high value zone', but the score relative to other submissions is none-the-less mediocre.
So should he inflate his scores or somehow grade on a curve?
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Not at all. Just saying that - to me - the positivity in the comments seem to reflect more enjoyment/appreciation than a B / B+. Just a personal observation/opinion.
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I'm fine with my scores. Nah, indiscipline didn't like the last one much, but them's the breaks. Put on yer big boy pants and try harder. :)
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7 to 8 is actually a pretty high value zone for me, not "can't say it's meh, can't say it's great" dumping grounds.
In fact, 6 to 7 is already good. It sucks to be there (only in roulettes; my mother would have sacrificed human beings in order to have me on that range when I went to school), but it ain't bad.
Fair point, but in roulettes (when the lowest score is 6 for instance), it's still a crap score/rating. No one says to the last place finisher in anything ... 'you still did good'. Last is last. Middle is middle. The absolute score may be a 'high value zone', but the score relative to other submissions is none-the-less mediocre.
Fair point to you as well.
I have good news: lowest score here is (realistically) 4, and votes will not be used in the playoff stage.
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I'm fine with my scores. Nah, indiscipline didn't like the last one much, but them's the breaks. Put on yer big boy pants and try harder. :)
Pipe down youngling. Did bitch about my score? I was just commenting on my perceived disconnect between the words that were used to describe the enjoyment, and the scores. He clarified. It's all good.
If you're gonna trash talk, *do* it better. There is no try. Do or do not.
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Wow, it's fun watching Darryl Dawkins come off the couch and break a backboard with the youth under the bucket.
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I'm fine with my scores. Nah, indiscipline didn't like the last one much, but them's the breaks. Put on yer big boy pants and try harder. :)
Pipe down youngling. Did bitch about my score? I was just commenting on my perceived disconnect between the words that were used to describe the enjoyment, and the scores. He clarified. It's all good.
If you're gonna trash talk, *do* it better. There is no try. Do or do not.
Wtf? I wasn't even responding to you or trash talking anyone... defensive much??? :-\
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I'm fine with my scores. Nah, indiscipline didn't like the last one much, but them's the breaks. Put on yer big boy pants and try harder. :)
Pipe down youngling. Did bitch about my score? I was just commenting on my perceived disconnect between the words that were used to describe the enjoyment, and the scores. He clarified. It's all good.
If you're gonna trash talk, *do* it better. There is no try. Do or do not.
Wtf? I wasn't even responding to you or trash talking anyone... defensive much??? :-\
And technically, Chad, Katt's in your conference so he's an old fart now.
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Wow, it's fun watching Darryl Dawkins come off the couch and break a backboard with the youth under the bucket.
Instant bonus points for mentioning Chocolate Thunder, sir.
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I'm fine with my scores. Nah, indiscipline didn't like the last one much, but them's the breaks. Put on yer big boy pants and try harder. :)
Pipe down youngling. Did bitch about my score? I was just commenting on my perceived disconnect between the words that were used to describe the enjoyment, and the scores. He clarified. It's all good.
If you're gonna trash talk, *do* it better. There is no try. Do or do not.
Wtf? I wasn't even responding to you or trash talking anyone... defensive much??? :-\
Ya know... tone and intent is terrible in text. My tone/intent was meant to be playful and good-natured - not defensive or aggressive.
Defensive much!??!? :lol
#ObligatoryCanadianApology
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Very legit assessment of the song, and good to see you recognized the awesomeness of that solo. It's just amazing what he's able to do without going into tweedly/wankery zone.
Now for the struggle...
Ok, were in for this one....
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I'm fine with my scores. Nah, indiscipline didn't like the last one much, but them's the breaks. Put on yer big boy pants and try harder. :)
Pipe down youngling. Did bitch about my score? I was just commenting on my perceived disconnect between the words that were used to describe the enjoyment, and the scores. He clarified. It's all good.
If you're gonna trash talk, *do* it better. There is no try. Do or do not.
Wtf? I wasn't even responding to you or trash talking anyone... defensive much??? :-\
Ya know... tone and intent is terrible in text. My tone/intent was meant to be playful and good-natured - not defensive or aggressive.
Defensive much!??!? :lol
#ObligatoryCanadianApology
I'm already on the road to kick your hoser ass. :biggrin:
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Sent in my Round 3 song(s). Lets see how many of them get rejected :lol
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Has Round 2 even ended yet? :neverusethis:
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It has for me :)
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It has for anybody that matters, tbh
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It has for anybody that matters, tbh
:blush
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It has for anybody that matters, tbh
:blush
Shots fired
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It's gonna be over in about an hour, gents.
Thank you for your patience, but I had three songs on top refusing to let a winner emerge.
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It's gonna be over in about an hour, gents.
Thank you for your patience, but I had three songs on top refusing to let a winner emerge.
That's what she said.
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Gotta give her a break. She's been through 16 rookies.
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Gotta give her a break. She's been through 16 rookies.
Then it should've been the quickest round ever.
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Rookies take a lot of time wearing condoms.
Round Two Results, 4 of 4:
(https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/550x300q90/922/9UZ8aD.png) (https://imageshack.com/f/pm9UZ8aDp) kingshmegland - King Kongshmegland:
Frost* - Black Light Machine:
Bus Impression: "Where Genesis should have gone to in the 80's"
Timestamp Snippet: 7:19 – 7:46: SUPERFREAK!
I could copy&paste last round's writeup for Evermind's song here, changing names and specific details. A case of extreme Asia horror vacui enhanced by ultra-polished production makes everything shimmer here, almost to the point of saturation. Every component is beautiful (and sounds beautifully), in bricks as well as in particles, and the author knows it too well, to the point of never giving me dynamic time and space to stop and fully realise said beauty. Add a couple minutes, dilute some jelly of sound, and this round would have ended one day earlier.
Among the general excellence, I'd like to point out: 1) I'm a sucker for John Mitchell's work (and for Arena, for what is worth), the true heir to Andrew Latimer's peculiar brand of art. He's capable of stopping the flood here and suspend the tune in magic. 2) The crazy funky synth section left me speechless and, with the last incredibly heavy minute, may very well be my favourite musical moment in this whole roulette so far. Had “mainstream” prog rock reacted this way to the 80's, my daughter would wear a IQ t-shirt right now instead of a Five Fingers Can't Focking Remember What one right now.
Vote: 8.0 – We would have avoided the whole yuppie movement too.
(https://i.imgur.com/Dc273Hd.jpg) romdrums - Seedy Rom and The Hard Drives:
In The Presence of Wolves – Man of the Times:
Bus Impression: "Marvel Comics Presents: Billy Sheehan 2099"
Timestamp Snippet: 2:50 – 3:02: Obviously, these guys have acces to Nuno's book of riffs
This and the next song are curious beasts. Apparently messy, but with a raw energy allowing every piece to fall into an original enthusiastic order. I can't (and don't wish to) place them inside any genre, but I can feel their peculiar souls and could have sworn they are debuts without help from a dedicated round. This one is another case of course-correction: same wild anarchic spirit as the Coheed's submission, but extremely more cohesive in its chaos and, above all, featuring an incredibly tighter guitar work. This goes to show you can keep sending the same kind of song you like, tweaking details according to my whims.
The intro is something only my wet dream Nuno-Sheehan collaboration could concoct, then you have approximatively 87 riff ideas worth a whole song with sheer violence being the common denominator, and a chorus I have nothing to compare to. The singer has the perfect Billy Milano meets John Connelly presence/attitude and a bass tone stealing thunders from Joey DiMaio, carrying drums and guitars with him, never allowing them to miss a bit. There's nothing refined in this song and I'm never tired of it.
Vote: 8.3 – What the Foo Fighters would be with Dave not being already a wealthy mofo when they started.
(https://www.myemoticons.com/images/patriotic-military/firepower/jeep.gif) TAC - The aTACkers:
Lor – Visions of Awakening:
Bus Impression: "There is a Punk tune hidden here"
Timestamp Snippet: 2:42 – 2:52: From the Hansen&Weikath school of harmony
The last time I heard a debut song's first minute brimming with more raging unfiltered hunger for destruction and juvenile spunky need to show muscle, my brother was spinning Hit the Lights. This is punk in its noblest version, in spirit. The folky opening is Shane MacGowan punk. The relentless verse is Motorhead punk, the vocals are focking Warrior Soul punk, and then some. When the tune slows down and makes love to epic, it's Helloween punk, when Helloween were playful punks poking fun at heavy metal while being serious.
What makes this song memorable is the (very organic) contrast between the blitzkrieg section (you could power a medium size town connecting the drummer to a dynamo) and the classic doungeons&dragons ballady segment, featuring moods and harmonies worth keeping seven keys and a great guitar solo mixing aeolian and blues minors like a (young Ross The) Boss. How those two parts cohesist and actually enhance each other is a bona fide miracle for a debuting band. There's nothing refined in this song and I'm never tired of it.
Vote: 8.3 – You could have told me this came straight from 1983 and I wouldn't have beaten an eyelash.
(https://i.imgur.com/Sh7foEN.jpg) Stadler - The Hartford Walers:
The Claypool Lennon Delirium – Cricket and the Genie:
Bus Impression: "I just heard a ghost"
Timestamp Snippet: 0:00 – 8:10: After the benefit show, Mr Kite has been promoted to Master of Reality
For the Benefit of Mr Kite meets Lord of this World and I lose my cool, then the ghost of John Winston Lennon lends it his contemptous surreal tone and I totally go bananas. This is playfully evil, like playfully evil is the way Colonel Les provides a parody of Macca with his smart vocal harmonies while, you know, impersonating the missing link between Geezer and Cliff among Iron Butterfly organs and a repertoire of toys making me rage for the glory days of analog tape freedom. Here is where I let love rule my judgement, but love is all you need.
The second movement (not essential to this first place, terrific nonetheless) I can only describe like A Night on Bald Mountain performed by sixties instrumentation after a party at Doctor Robert's, while the ending belongs to classic late Beatles estranged disturbing yet irresistable codas. As I was told in infancy, and as I repeat often, whatever your favourite act is doing, the Liddypool chaps have already done it, at least in seminal form. If John had met Tony Iommi in '67 instead of Yoko, we would have probably had thirty years of this delirium, but Sean could not be too happy about the results.
Vote: 8.5 – What happens when you mix the music that gave me dreams with the one that gave me nightmares.
Standings tomorrow. Have mercy.
In the meantime, gentlemen, start your mullets.
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Fogey's represent!!!
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I'm actually not mad losing out to Lor and Frost*, but the other two???.......... :censored :tdwn :biggrin:
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The Standings:
The Tranquility Old Farts Conference:
(https://www.myemoticons.com/images/patriotic-military/firepower/jeep.gif) TAC - The aTACkers: 8.4 + 8.3 = 16.7
(https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/550x300q90/922/9UZ8aD.png) (https://imageshack.com/f/pm9UZ8aDp) kingshmegland - King Kongshmegland: 8.6 + 8.0 = 16.6
(https://scontent-sjc3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.15752-9/42916546_272430593399267_8960817559314104320_n.jpg?_nc_cat=103&oh=e60b99d2a793334ec885df528ef59317&oe=5C57B3AA)lonestar - Team Fuck Canada: 8.8 + 7.5 = 16.3
(https://i.imgur.com/Dc273Hd.jpg) romdrums - Seedy Rom and The Hard Drives: 7.0 + 8.3 = 15.3
(https://i.imgur.com/Sh7foEN.jpg) Stadler - The Hartford Walers: 6.6 + 8.5 = 15.1
(https://i.ytimg.com/vi/xmOf4D91Zz4/hqdefault.jpg) jingle.boy - Boston Bruins Blow: 7.8 + 7 = 14.8 -
:metal: DestinyOfChaos - The One Trick Ponies: 7.3 + 7.5 = 14.8
(https://i.imgur.com/Di2RXDi.gif) Kattelox - The Rainbow Warriors: 6.8 + 6.0 = 12.8
The Cetaphil Young Turks Conference:
(https://i.postimg.cc/fTH2s4C7/5927758528_a2060423e7_b.jpg) Parama - Six Roaming Owls: 9.0 + 6.8 = 15.8
:scio: Evermind - Cockroach Sympathizers: 8.0 + 7.3 = 15.3
(https://mommyfleur.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/hangman.jpg) Sacul - Hangmanen Addicts: 9.0 + 6.2 = 15.2
:ariich: ariich - Sexin'-You-Laters: 7.0 + 7.5 = 14.5
:shadowninja: Shadow Ninja 2.0 - Wayward Vagabonds: 7.6 + 6.4 = 14
:crypt: Elite - Rich and The Poor Tastes: 7.3 + 6.6 = 13.9
:metardica: Puppies_On_Acid - West Coast Lost Marbles: 6.2 + 7.7 = 13.9
(https://i.imgur.com/rVTsQpr.jpg) Aefenwelg - The Uhhhh.. Wildcats: 6.4 + 6.8 = 13.2
i did most of the work for you, np
all i wanted to do was confirm that because the turks division collectively did horrible this round i'm still on top :angel:
that ain't lasting past this round
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Sweet, I'm out of the cellar and tied with Elite....and not too far behind Shadow Ninja and Ariich. I may have a chance at a comeback
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Fogey's represent!!!
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I'm actually not mad losing out to Lor
This is such a great album.
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I'm actually not mad losing out to Lor
This is such a great album.
And thanks to you sending it in my first roulette, I bought the album, and it's really good.
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I'm actually not mad losing out to Lor
This is such a great album.
And thanks to you sending it in my first roulette, I bought the album, and it's really good.
You hear that ariich??
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I'm actually not mad losing out to Lor
This is such a great album.
And thanks to you sending it in my first roulette, I bought the album, and it's really good.
You hear that ariich??
I cant remember, did you send it to him in a roulette and he didn't like it?
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Said some nice things, some not so nice things...7.5. :lol
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Wow, the disparity. It's like the actual Western and Eastern conferences.
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Wow. Last place by .4 and over a whole point behind third to last. Gonna marinate in my mediocrity a lil bit before sending.
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I'm actually not mad losing out to Lor
This is such a great album.
And thanks to you sending it in my first roulette, I bought the album, and it's really good.
Yes, yes indeed. Love that record!
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Parama gave me the gift of a BBCode-free morning. Thank you, man!
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Dayum... got some work to do to make the playoffs. If this round doesn't help my cause, our host is a lost cause. That's all I got to say about that.
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Oh, I'm a lost cause regardless. But I admire your Rowdy Roddy Piper level mindgames game ;)
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Dayum... got some work to do to make the playoffs. If this round doesn't help my cause, our host is a lost cause. That's all I got to say about that.
If you were in the young turks conference, you would've been among the Top 4. Your fellow fogies are just too good at this.
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My submission was rejected, so now it’s time to send bad stuff.
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Oh, I'm a lost cause regardless. But I admire your Rowdy Roddy Piper level mindgames game ;)
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You know, you look like your head fell in the cheese dip back in 1957.
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Brother, life's a bitch, and she's back in heat.
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Dayum... got some work to do to make the playoffs. If this round doesn't help my cause, our host is a lost cause. That's all I got to say about that.
Gotta agree with you there, I knew that'd be the song you'd send. Top ten for me.
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Trying Max Webster again??
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I sent my #1 favorite song from my album roulette.
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Hope it wasn't the one I was about to send :corn
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Well, it was Martha by Tom Waits, but Indiscipline apparently loves that album, which means 1) I've used up my luck and 2) I had to resend :lol
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Dayum... got some work to do to make the playoffs. If this round doesn't help my cause, our host is a lost cause. That's all I got to say about that.
Gotta agree with you there, I knew that'd be the song you'd send. Top ten for me.
ssshhhhhh... I'm trying to set expectations low.
It's really a mediocre song overall, but something I really like anyway - could just be a Canadian thing. It should be a good score, but who knows?? Might be a high 6 or maybe a 7 if I'm lucky.
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If it turns out to be a 7, I promise to fill the writeup with incredibly positive comments.
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If it turns out to be a 7, I promise to fill the writeup with incredibly positive comments.
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If it turns out to be a 7, I promise to fill the writeup with incredibly positive comments.
:lol
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Remind me, does pre-1996 including allowing 1996 itself?
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Pre 96 not pre 97, bro.
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I sent something that was recorded in '76 but released in '89.
Of course, either year is fine in my case, but what if the years were different?
Like, recorded in '86 but released in '99; would that be allowed?
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Remind me, does pre-1996 including allowing 1996 itself?
No 1996, sorry.
I sent something that was recorded in '76 but released in '89.
Of course, either year is fine in my case, but what if the years were different?
Like, recorded in '86 but released in '99; would that be allowed?
It won't happen.
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okay, another attempt at sending. i really really hope one of the first two ones i sent you is eligible, and god forbid if none of them are eligible then i have literally no clue what to do
incidentally i am fairly certain on my round 5 pick now, it's like this unholy abomination of genres i'm positive you'd loathe and i adore it
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okay, another attempt at sending. i really really hope one of the first two ones i sent you is eligible, and god forbid if none of them are eligible then i have literally no clue what to do
You can send Blind Guardian, I have it confirmed they're not banned. :biggrin:
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Indiscipline wouldn't let me send the really good song on a technicality :( only the "pretty fine" one was accepted so rip anything over a 7/10
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Indiscipline, how do you feel about angry music? :P
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Indiscipline, how do you feel about angry music? :P
*points to Outworld in the last round*
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Indiscipline wouldn't let me send the really good song on a technicality :( only the "pretty fine" one was accepted so rip anything over a 7/10
Technicality being it's a 1996 song. Actually, you should thank me. :P
Indiscipline, how do you feel about angry music? :P
I love it, if it's good.
I've loved The Who (the angriest motherfockers ever), The Clash, Metallica, Anthrax, Overkill, RATM.
All angry.
Indiscipline, how do you feel about angry music? :P
*points to Outworld in the last round*
That wasn't angry, it was loud. ;D
As you can see, you all (Gregg leading the charge) made me surrender to emoticon use. I'll never forgive you.
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Round 3 sent.
Maybe risky. Dunno.
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Why should I thank you :tdwn
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Because I have bad taste ;)
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Damn, only 3 artists allowed from the list I sent you :lol
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Can't wait to see the songs for this round. I think there's going to be a lot of "I can't believe that wasn't banned".
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The one I ultimately sent is not a stranger to DTF
another option I had available would've made many people pissed too but fortunately that wasn't required
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I wonder if Rush or Fates Warning are banned?
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I'm pretty sure I've sent my artist in a roulette, but not sure I've seen them sent elsewhere.
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I wonder if Rush or Fates Warning are banned?
Rush are banned up to Power Windows. Fatez, I only own Spectre and Guardian.
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Sent again this morning. Was busy over the weekend, so couldn't do it before. Sorry!
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No problem, mate. My goal is to establish a monday-to-monday cycle and we're perfectly on schedule.
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So results today?
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(https://i.imgur.com/tyjKZ9h.gif)
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Indiscipline, how do you like music on the chill, more "ambient" side of things? :P
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Love it when it's good. From Camel to Massive Attack.
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Gives me both hopes and dread :metal . Sending soon.
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"Soon" gives ME both hope and dread :P
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I know the feel :lol
Sent one of my favorite :2metal: songs
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Ehm, anybody seen last round's winner?
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Ehm, anybody seen last round's winner?
I think I remember Stadler saying he's not that active on weekends here. I mean, it's Monday evening here for Europeans, but I think it's still Monday morning for US folks? Don't quote me on that.
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It's just past noon for me and I'm on the west coast so unless stads lives in like, Hawaii, it's not Monday morning for him
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He's an east coaster. It's 3pm here right now.
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What I was saying is, well, wait until the evening. :biggrin:
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Oh, I have no problem waiting. I'm just worried I may have hurt him with first place. :D
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Oh, I have no problem waiting. I'm just worried I may have hurt him with first place. :D
He might have had a Red Foxx-like stroke or heart attack.
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Where’s bizarro guessman?
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Ship ain't
fool full yet
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Hurry up Sacul!
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Wrong
ariich waits 3 turns. :)
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LETS GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
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Wrong
ariich waits 3 turns. :)
I know, I remember him saying he'd sent. :lol
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LETS GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
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Wow! Two days, going on three, of no Stadler? If it weren't so worrisome and holding up this roulette, I'd be tempted to celebrate.
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Fock the roulette, I just hope everything's fine on his end.
Hangman's on stand-by until further news, but I started listening nonetheless.
So far, this round may feature our very first marks above 9 and below 6.
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below 6 :metal
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:metal :metal :metal :metal
below 6 :metal
:metal :metal :metal :metal :metal
:corn
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:lol
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below 6 :metal
That's some type of talk coming from the top of the conference.
Those below 6s are mine! (I want to do a fist shaking emoji here, does that exist?)
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I had to scrounge up something "decent at best" for this round so I'm allowed to not have any confidence
I wanted to send wishbone ash but they're evidently pretty banned
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Guess who sent Wishbone Ash as well :lol
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Which song? :corn
I tried Phoenix.
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Hey kids; sorry for the delay. I got whalloped by a decent chest cold.
I'm alive though; give me a couple hours to figure out what's banned and what's not.
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HE LIIIIIIVVVVEESSSS!!!!!!
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Which song? :corn
I tried Phoenix.
Good choice!
I went with Sometime World, for the dual guitar solo in the second half. Phoenix has plenty of that stuff too.
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Throw Down the Sword was my second choice for basically that same reason yeah
Can't really top all the grooves in Phoenix though imo :metal
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Both are great tunes.
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I'd be tempted to celebrate.
You hurt me. :)
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Olè! Let's slaughter the fattened calf and ... Hang some men!
Old school round demands old school gallows. Don't get used to it, though.
???: ******* - ***** *****
???: ***** **** - **** ** *** ****
???: *** ***** ******** - **** ****
???: ********* - **** ****
???: ****** ****** - *** ***
???: ********* **** - **** ******* **** ********
???: ******* - ** *** ********
???: ***** - ********
???: ******** **** - **** ******
???: ******** - ********** / ****** **
???: ********* - ****** ***
???: **** ***** - *****'* *******
???: ******** **** - **** *****
???: ******** - *** **** *** ***** *** *****
???: ***** ***** - **** *** ****
???: ******* ****** ******** - **** ***** *****
I'm back in 45 minutes to tidy things up. AS Roma vs CSKA Moscow tonight, enough said.
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Was it printed out via dot matrix?
zzzzzzzzzzz
zzzzzzzz zzzzz zzzzzzzzzzzzz
zzzzzzzzzzzzzzz zzz zzzzzz zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
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LOAD:"ARKANOID"*,1,2
RUN
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I'm back in 45 minutes to tidy things up. AS Roma vs CSKA Moscow tonight, enough said.
I would cheer for CSKA, but to be honest, I don't give a shit about our football teams. They always suck. :lol
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cout<<"give me the A";
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Give me the D, Alex.
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I'd be tempted to celebrate.
You hurt me. :)
I was hoping to provoke a response...just glad you're okay, Mang. In recent years we've had too many valued and frequent forum contributors vanish with nary a clue. Imagination is much worse than a chest cold! :)
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I'm back in 45 minutes to tidy things up. AS Roma vs CSKA Moscow tonight, enough said.
I would cheer for CSKA, but to be honest, I don't give a shit about our football teams. They always suck. :lol
I'm such a Roma homer that I had this made:
(https://i.imgur.com/NHvpLS3.jpg)
(the body's the team logo)
Pity me.
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LOAD:"ARKANOID"*,1,2
RUN
:lol
The memories. Speaking of that, give me a M!
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Give me the D, Alex.
:lol
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Here's a wild guess to start the hangman off:
Porcupine Tree - Moon Touches Your Shoulder
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yes, sent by panamnm
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Good tune, but the official title of the song certainly includes 'The'
Seriously though, the live version on Coma Divine (which was released in 1997) blows away the studio version.
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1997 was banned
Dark Matter also was banned even with my technicality but indiscipline said he hated it anyways
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Good tune, but the official title of the song certainly includes 'The'
I know that. This (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yGc66wTvmVE) YouTube video doesn't, which is why I think our host could've omitted "the.".
I may be wrong though.
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1997 was banned
Dark Matter also was banned even with my technicality but indiscipline said he hated it anyways
Dark Matter was released in 1996.
1996 was banned.
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Yeah but it was played live in 1995 :(
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Let's see some T's.
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& A. ;D
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2-0!
???: T***m** - Ma*** *****
???: ***da ***a - T*ta ** T** M**a
???: **d ***** *a**t*** - *at* ****
???: A***a*a*d - **** ****
???: M***** *am*** - **t **t
Parama: Porcupine Tree - The Moon Touches Your Shoulder
???: ******* - ** T** ****t***
???: ***** - *a*d***a
???: ****t*** *ta* - *a*t **a***
???: *a*ata** - *a*****t** / ****** M*
???: Ma******* - *****d ***
???: ***d *a*t* - Da***'* *******
???: Grateful Dead - *a** *t*a*
???: *a***a** - T** D*** A** ***** T** *****
???: World Trade - Open The Door
???: A***tta *a**** ****m*a* - *a** ***** D****
See you in 45 minutes
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I didn't realize Porcupine Tree was out before 1996.
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I didn't realize Porcupine Tree was out before 1996.
They had three albums before 1996. Four if you include Voyage 34.
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World Trade- Open the Door
Also, The Grateful Dead is up there, but I don't know the song.
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I didn't realize Porcupine Tree was out before 1996.
They had three albums before 1996. Four if you include Voyage 34.
Ya learn something everyday! :)
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World Trade- Open the Door
Never heard of them. I couldn't find this song on Spotify. Seemed all they did was cover albums...
Checking youtube.
EDIT: they sound like Yes.
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World Trade- Open the Door
Also, The Grateful Dead is up there, but I don't know the song.
Yessir. Update above.
3-0, all is right and well in the world.
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The Grateful Dead song is called Jerry Mumbling Over Numbing Jams And Extra Drums.
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How about an R for Roma?
Is that kickball?
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The Grateful Dead song is called Jerry Mumbling Over Numbing Jams And Extra Drums.
Which version? I hear the Atlanta 77 version is like, you know, spiritual, or something.
:hat
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Football. That's Football.
???: Tr**m** - Ma*** ****r
???: ***da *r*a - T*ta ** T** M**a
???: R*d ***** *a**t*r* - *at* ****
???: A***a*ard - **** **r*
???: M***** *am*** - **t **t
Parama: Porcupine Tree - The Moon Touches Your Shoulder
???: ******* - ** T** ****t***
???: ***** - *ard***a
???: ****t*** *ta* - *a*t **a***
???: *a*ata** - *a**r**t** / ****** M*
???: Mar****** - *****d ***
???: ***d *art* - Da***'* ****r**
???: Grateful Dead - *a** *tra*
???: *ar**a** - T** D*** A** R***r T** **r**
???: World Trade - Open The Door
???: A***tta *a**** **r*m*a* - *a** ***r* Dr***
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The Grateful Dead song is called Jerry Mumbling Over Numbing Jams And Extra Drums.
Which version? I hear the Atlanta 77 version is like, you know, spiritual, or something.
:hat
Which night? I hear the source for the 2nd night was slightly better than the 4th.
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Is that Marillion two spaces above The Dead?
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Ja!
???: Tr**m** - Ma*** ****r
???: ***da *r*a - T*ta ** T** M**a
???: Red House Painters - Katy Song
???: Anglagard - **** **r*
???: M****l *am*l* - **t **t
Parama: Porcupine Tree - The Moon Touches Your Shoulder
???: ******* - ** T** ****t***
???: ***** - *ard***a
???: ****t*** *ta* - La*t **a***
???: *a*ata** - La**r**t** / **ll** M*
???: Marillion - *****d ***
???: ***d *art* - Da***'* ****r**
lonestar: Grateful Dead - *a** *tra*
???: *ar**a** - T** D*** A** R***r T** **r**
???: World Trade - Open The Door
???: Al**tta *a**** **r*m*a* - La** ***r* Dr***
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I see Red House Painters
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Da!
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Calling Anglagard as the less than 6. Fuck they were weird at RoSFest.
He can out mine if he wants, but I'd know it was lonestar sending The Dead even if he hadn't told me.
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I see Red House Painters
WTF are the Red House Painters?
but I'd know it was lonestar sending The Dead even if he hadn't told me.
I figured it was either him or Stadler.
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Yeah... and he knew my submission even before I told him. Joe should know it too.
Oh, and give me an L
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Katy Song?
Is that Sacul?
I've literally never heard of the RHP. RHCP maybe...
Yeah... and he knew my submission even before I told him. Joe should know it too.
Would I know it?
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Yeah... and he knew my submission even before I told him. Joe should know it too.
Would I know it?
You should be ashamed of yourself if you don't.
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Calling Anglagard as the less than 6. Fuck they were weird at RoSFest.
He can out mine if he wants, but I'd know it was lonestar sending The Dead even if he hadn't told me.
Right about act and sender, no comment on the vote.
Katy Song?
Ken!
Is that Sacul?
Lo!
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Red House Chili Painters
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Calling Anglagard as the less than 6. Fuck they were weird at RoSFest.
They were so boring live.
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Red House Chili Painters
Well, I kinda paint part of my house red when I have chili.
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What, no L's up there?
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Lotsa!
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I don't know the Marillion track. I have three of their 80's albums, and it's not on any of them.
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Yeah... and he knew my submission even before I told him. Joe should know it too.
Oh, and give me an L
Triumph- Magic Power. Chad. Killer, uplifting tune.
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How is Triumph not banned??? Indiscipline? Really?
Alex, here are the TACs with Rik Emmett!
(https://i.imgur.com/EY4j6fP.jpg)
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Sure that's not Rik, Jennifer Grey, and some poser? :D
Also, looks like a song up there called Labyrinths / Killing Me
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:lol
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I tried to send in a Dead song but was c***blocked. I tried to send in "Terrapin Station".
Rik Emmett looks like he's searching for exits. (Kidding; TAC, that's a great picture, and all three of you look great!)
The Marillion song is "Beyond You", off of Afraid of Sunlight.
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Rik Emmett looks like he's searching for exits.
We literally snapped that picture and he immediately hopped into his limo to go to the airport.
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Also, looks like a song up there called Labyrinths / Killing Me
Uh... Not exactly. :lol
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All the Fish years plus Brave, and they choose Afraid of Sunlight? Also how is IQ banned but not Marillion? Odd not to have banged out both of those together.
And to all y'all dissing Jerry, kindly fuck off.
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Good morning, bedlam.
Triumph- Magic Power. Chad. Killer, uplifting tune.
Sì!
How is Triumph not banned??? Indiscipline? Really?
Am I supposed to know the guys playing at your wedding? ;D
Also, looks like a song up there called Labyrinths / Killing Me
Oui / Non
The Marillion song is "Beyond You", off of Afraid of Sunlight.
Hai!
All the Fish years plus Brave, and they choose Afraid of Sunlight? Also how is IQ banned but not Marillion? Odd not to have banged out both of those together.
Fish albums are very banned.
jingle.boy: Triumph - Magic Power
???: ***da *r*a - T*ta ** T** M**a
???: Red House Painters - Katy Song
???: Anglagard - **** **r*
???: M****l *am*l* - **t **t
Parama: Porcupine Tree - The Moon Touches Your Shoulder
???: ******* - ** T** ****t***
???: ***** - *ard***a
???: ****t*** *ta* - La*t **a***
???: *a*ata** - Labyrinths / **ll** M*
???: Marillion - Beyond You
???: ***d *art* - Da***'* ****r**
lonestar: Grateful Dead - *a** *tra*
???: *ar**a** - T** D*** A** R***r T** **r**
???: World Trade - Open The Door
???: Al**tta *a**** **r*m*a* - La** ***r* Dr***
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Good Farts? No wait... that's just me every morning.
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Triumph- Magic Power. Chad. Killer, uplifting tune.
How is Triumph not banned??? Indiscipline? Really?
:justjen
You know what this means? Someone totally could have sent Max Webster! :facepalm:
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Somebody could have sent Good Farts!
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Shooting Star - Last Chance
Cardiacs - The Duck and Roger the Horse
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Show me some Es, yo. Even though this will be solved by the next time I look :lol
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E's for you, Ese.
And E as Evermind ESPs Everything
jingle.boy: Triumph - Magic Power
???: *e*da *r*a - T*ta ** T*e M**a
???: Red House Painters - Katy Song
???: Anglagard - **** **re
???: M***el *am*l* - **t *et
Parama: Porcupine Tree - The Moon Touches Your Shoulder
???: ***ee*e - ** T*e ****t***
???: ***** - *arde**a
???: Shooting Star - Last Chance
???: *a*ata*e - Labyrinths / **ll** Me
???: Marillion - Beyond You
???: Iced Earth - Dante's Inferno
lonestar: Grateful Dead - *a** *tra*
???: Cardiacs - The Duck And Roger The Horse
???: World Trade - Open The Door
???: Al**tta *a**e* *erem*a* - La*e ***re Dr**e
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Iced Earth - Dante's Inferno. Noinch. Amazing song
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Aye aye!
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Iced Earth - Dante's Inferno. Noinch. Amazing song
Interesting..
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Aliotta Haynes Jeremiah - Lakeshore Drive
Katt - since he sent it to me. Fun track.
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Kyuss-Gardenia
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Aliotta Haynes Jeremiah - Lakeshore Drive
Katt - since he sent it to me. Fun track.
Kattfirmative.
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Shadow Ninja sent Red House Painters
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Everybody's right!
jingle.boy: Triumph - Magic Power
???: *e*da *r*a - T*ta ** T*e M**a
Shadow Ninja 2.0: Red House Painters - Katy Song
???: Anglagard - **** **re
???: M***el *am*l* - **t *et
Parama: Porcupine Tree - The Moon Touches Your Shoulder
???: ***ee*e - ** T*e ****t***
???: Kyuss - Gardenia
???: Shooting Star - Last Chance
???: *a*ata*e - Labyrinths / **ll** Me
???: Marillion - Beyond You
???: Iced Earth - Dante's Inferno
lonestar: Grateful Dead - *a** *tra*
???: Cardiacs - The Duck And Roger The Horse
???: World Trade - Open The Door
Kattelox: Aliotta Haynes Jeremiah - Lake Shore Drive
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I see Michel Camilo up there. Excellent choice.
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I see Michel Camilo up there. Excellent choice.
Maniac?
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Deliver the S
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I see Michel Camilo up there. Excellent choice.
You see correctly!
Maniac?
:lol
And S happens:
jingle.boy: Triumph - Magic Power
???: *e*da *r*a - T*ta ** T*e M**a
Shadow Ninja 2.0: Red House Painters - Katy Song
???: Anglagard - **** **re
???: Michel Camilo - **t *et
Parama: Porcupine Tree - The Moon Touches Your Shoulder
???: S**ee*e - ** T*e ****t***
???: Kyuss - Gardenia
???: Shooting Star - Last Chance
???: Savatage - Labyrinths / **ll** Me
???: Marillion - Beyond You
???: Iced Earth - Dante's Inferno
lonestar: Grateful Dead - *a** Stra*
Elite: Cardiacs - The Duck And Roger The Horse
???: World Trade - Open The Door
Kattelox: Aliotta Haynes Jeremiah - Lake Shore Drive
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I see Michel Camilo up there. Excellent choice.
Maniac?
You want to dance for us Tim? :lol
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Savatage, don't know the song.
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Cardiacs is surely Elite.
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Yes and yes!
We're dancing like we've never danced before
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Cardiacs is surely Elite.
(https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/750x500q90/922/CJSXtY.png)[/URL (https://imageshack.com/f/pmCJSXtYp)
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Arlright, comrades. No shows this week, hence no bus, but I'm gonna spend the next four hours relaxing and listening.
Make me find a completed hangman when i'm back and I'll give you Couch Impressions.
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Kung Bore
Not Yet
Follow Me
Jack Straw
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Savatage
(https://i.ytimg.com/vi/-LrOc4XlFd8/hqdefault.jpg)
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Kung Bore
Not Yet
Follow Me
Jack Straw
Poker!
jingle.boy: Triumph - Magic Power
???: *e*da *r*a - T*ta ** T*e M**a
Shadow Ninja 2.0: Red House Painters - Katy Song
???: Anglagard - Kung Bore
???: Michel Camilo - Not Yet
Parama: Porcupine Tree - The Moon Touches Your Shoulder
???: Squeeze - Up The Junction
???: Kyuss - Gardenia
???: Shooting Star - Last Chance
???: Savatage - Labyrinths / Follow Me
???: Marillion - Beyond You
???: Iced Earth - Dante's Inferno
lonestar: Grateful Dead - Jack Straw
Elite: Cardiacs - The Duck And Roger The Horse
???: World Trade - Open The Door
Kattelox: Aliotta Haynes Jeremiah - Lake Shore Drive
See? Bizarro Hangman is easier and involves way less work on my end.
Anyway, 33% songs are on/about drugs, 33% songs think I'm a depressed wuss, 33% songs are focking bonkers.
The 90's, ladies and gentlemen.
Since we went vanilla about the hangman, let's get retro weird with:
The Uatu The Observer's "What If" Couch Impressions:
“What If the Madcap were allowed a wee less acid?”
“What If the Four Horsemen replaced dead Cliff with alive Charles Manson?”
“What If Baby Groot weren't so damn cute and I could focus on the song better?”
“What If Ken Loach ghost-wrote lyrics for the Fab Four?”
“What If Trevor Rabin wore the Infinity Gauntlet?”
“What If someone built a Tower of Power in the Caribbean?”
“What If the Joker were into The Mothers of Invention?”
“What If Tony Iommi were a teenager in '89 Seattle?”
“What If Steve Harris were born in Kansas?”
“What If Lou Reed met Laurie Anderson before meeting the White Duke?”
“What If the Sunset Strip were populated by hard-working, good natured dudes?”
“What If Ian Curtis found solace in mild prog?”
“What If Fripp, Squire, Palmer, and the Shulman Bros formed the Avengers?”
“What If science finally realised Italian-American guitarists have the highest % chance to sport the Virtuoso DNA?
“What If every band were so tight live that we didn't need to buy studio albums anymore?”
“What If Howe, Rutherford, Hammer, and Giles formed the Justice League?”
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“What If every band were so tight live that we didn't need to buy studio albums anymore?”
Unless someone else sent live tracks this is definitely mine.
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I'll take Hard Working Sunset Strip Trio's for $400, Alex.
I'm liking the 1/3-1/3-1/3 categories, because mine ain't about/on drugs, and is far from depressing.
What is "Bonkers in a good way?"
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Mine is definitely in the depressed category
But I mean, it's less that I picked this song specifically for you and more that I had very, very few options :P
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“What If every band were so tight live that we didn't need to buy studio albums anymore?”
Unless someone else sent live tracks this is definitely mine.
He said tight, bro. Can't be yours. ;D
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“What If Steve Harris were born in Kansas?”
This one is mine.
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“What If the Four Horsemen replaced dead Cliff with alive Charles Manson?”
Dante's Inferno.
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Squeeze?
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Squeeze?
Up The Junction
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LSD ain't about drugs, but they are cleverly referenced once, arguably twice
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Oh and this is absolutely 100% LSD because the song is on the Guardians 2 soundtrack
“What If Baby Groot weren't so damn cute and I could focus on the song better"
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“What If every band were so tight live that we didn't need to buy studio albums anymore?”
Unless someone else sent live tracks this is definitely mine.
He said tight, bro. Can't be yours. ;D
Careful bro...dem's fightin words...
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(https://i.pinimg.com/236x/a1/6f/fa/a16ffaa31c8729a65398b5d0ec4ae196--bird-people-grateful-dead.jpg)
:P
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:lolpalm:
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In all seriousness, I regret not taking in ONE Dead show. Every year I was in college, they basically took over Providence for 4 or 5 days. I had suite mates that begged me to go with them, but I was too Metal Stuckup.
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“What If every band were so tight live that we didn't need to buy studio albums anymore?”
Unless someone else sent live tracks this is definitely mine.
I sent a live version as an additional bonus, but my main submission was the studio track. So yeah this is likely yours, in which case mine is:
“What If someone built a Tower of Power in the Caribbean?”
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Good morning, bedlam. A little Q&A!
“What If every band were so tight live that we didn't need to buy studio albums anymore?”
Unless someone else sent live tracks this is definitely mine.
Dead on, and I know it's a live recording only 'cause you told me.
I'll take Hard Working Sunset Strip Trio's for $400, Alex.
I'm liking the 1/3-1/3-1/3 categories, because mine ain't about/on drugs, and is far from depressing.
What is "Bonkers in a good way?"
Ding ding ding! You're 400$ richer, sir.
Yours definitely thinks I'm a depressed wuss, 'cause it's one of the most uplifting tunes I've ever heard.
"Bonkers in a good way" I'm taking as personal title, thank you.
Mine is definitely in the depressed category
But I mean, it's less that I picked this song specifically for you and more that I had very, very few options :P
Yeah, I left you no choice. But you got classic hangman!
“What If Steve Harris were born in Kansas?”
This one is mine.
It sure is, and you guessed Dante and Junction right too!
Squeeze?
Oh, yes, thank you! ;D
LSD ain't about drugs, but they are cleverly referenced once, arguably twice
They were cleverly used during the writing process, trust me. :)
Right about Groot.
“What If every band were so tight live that we didn't need to buy studio albums anymore?”
Unless someone else sent live tracks this is definitely mine.
I sent a live version as an additional bonus, but my main submission was the studio track. So yeah this is likely yours, in which case mine is:
“What If someone built a Tower of Power in the Caribbean?”
Exactly. And, speaking of tight, it doesn't get any tighter than your song.
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Good morning, bedlam. A little Q&A!
“What If every band were so tight live that we didn't need to buy studio albums anymore?”
Unless someone else sent live tracks this is definitely mine.
Dead on, and I know it's a live recording only 'cause you told me.
The crowd was that quiet, eh?
I'll take Hard Working Sunset Strip Trio's for $400, Alex.
I'm liking the 1/3-1/3-1/3 categories, because mine ain't about/on drugs, and is far from depressing.
What is "Bonkers in a good way?"
Ding ding ding! You're 400$ richer, sir.
Damn.. for once I should've bet next week's pay cheque!
"Bonkers in a good way" I'm taking as personal title, thank you.
By all means, sig it!
“What If every band were so tight live that we didn't need to buy studio albums anymore?”
Unless someone else sent live tracks this is definitely mine.
I sent a live version as an additional bonus, but my main submission was the studio track. So yeah this is likely yours, in which case mine is:
“What If someone built a Tower of Power in the Caribbean?”
Exactly. And, speaking of tight, it doesn't get any tighter than your song.
Rich's song > anal sex?
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I could thoroughly elaborate, but I feel a host permaban would hinder this roulette's flow.
Let's just say ariich's song stays tight for the whole duration.
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:lol
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Geez, no wonder the thread title has been changed to Couch The Rainbow.
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I could thoroughly elaborate, but I feel a host permaban would hinder this roulette's flow.
Let's just say ariich's song stays tight for the whole duration.
Like a horn section? :lol
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:lol
Finally, the ideal tone for this roulette is set.
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Geez, no wonder the thread title has been changed to Couch The Rainbow.
:zydarscouch:
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In all seriousness, I regret not taking in ONE Dead show. Every year I was in college, they basically took over Providence for 4 or 5 days. I had suite mates that begged me to go with them, but I was too Metal Stuckup.
Boom. You and me both (though I did take in a five-night stand in Hartford when I was in college because I was working as a security guard at the Civic Center, but it still went over my head).
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:lol
Finally, the ideal tone for this roulette is set.
Re: Indiscipline's Roulette: The Toot Man - v. Stinky Couch The Rainbow
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I'm THIS close to changing the title into something shattering the crass scale, but I can see a couple of Bosk's NOMACs floating outside my window.
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I could thoroughly elaborate, but I feel a host permaban would hinder this roulette's flow.
Let's just say ariich's song stays tight for the whole duration.
Like a horn section? :lol
When I was at uni, the big band was called the Hornstars.
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Mine is def about and on drugs :metardica:
No clue of which of the snippets fit tho.
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I could thoroughly elaborate, but I feel a host permaban would hinder this roulette's flow.
Let's just say ariich's song stays tight for the whole duration.
Like a horn section? :lol
When I was at uni, the big band was called the Hornstars.
A double entendre no doubt. :lol
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I could thoroughly elaborate, but I feel a host permaban would hinder this roulette's flow.
Let's just say ariich's song stays tight for the whole duration.
Like a horn section? :lol
When I was at uni, the big band was called the Hornstars.
Ever play a rusty trombone? :rollin :rollin
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Chad, where, oh where were you during my high school days?
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Chad, where, oh where were you during my high school days?
Probably cooking bottle tokes then playing Beach Head II on my C64.
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Chad, where, oh where were you during my high school days?
Probably cooking bottle tokes then playing Beach Head II on my C64.
Is that a euphemism for something fun?
Is that Canadian for something not fun?
Is that a felony of some kind?
Is that something TAC would say "WTF?" to?
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Chad, where, oh where were you during my high school days?
Probably cooking bottle tokes then playing Beach Head II on my C64.
The lamest of all the systems. I bet Canadians loved to play Utopia. The only way Canada would be able to invade a country.
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Chad, where, oh where were you during my high school days?
Probably cooking bottle tokes then playing Beach Head II on my C64.
Is that a euphemism for something fun?
Is that Canadian for something not fun?
Is that a felony of some kind?
Is that something TAC would say "WTF?" to?
I'm pretty sure it's all of the latter 3.
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Well damn... turns out this is/was a local custom
https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=bottle%20toke
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Well damn... turns out this is/was a local custom
https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=bottle%20toke
Weird, totally thought you were referring to a gravity bong.
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Well damn... turns out this is/was a local custom
https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=bottle%20toke
Weird, totally thought you were referring to a gravity bong.
Same :rollin
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I thought exactly the same. We used to call it "the bucket" here, while its companion game du-jour was absolutely Worms (turn based videogames are conceived for one reason only: to facilitate bongs passing around)
Ahem. Good morning, bedlam.
Being this the throwback round, timestamp snippets will deal about actual moments in time. Mine.
Time Travel Snippets (aka Reasons why this wasn't banned):
A bunch of home-made bamboo bong sessions would have featured this.
There is no chance my brother would have liked and brought home this album.
My father had already stopped checking out new music, otherwise he would have loved this.
My brother always considered this “brain-hurting” music.
My parents were already too regretful about having kids, wouldn't have appreciated this.
My parents were too distant, geographically and culturally, to even know this.
My mother would have chased me out of the house, wielding crucifix and garlic.
Nobody knew about this where I lived, but I don't feel I've missed on a seminal act.
My brother was too young and my father too old to buy this. They would have loved it.
This song would have found its way to my house only via my sister.
A dozen years later, I would have loved to dedicate this to girlfriend#1.
Now I know why I stopped researching their repertoire after a precise date.
If they had published it when they actually recorded it, this album would have definitely had its place of honour among my father's best.
I was into full Image and Words discovery/obsession. This was just obsolete.
This was about being in a specific place and culture at the right time. My father just wasn't there.
I suspect this wasn't even distributed in my neck of the woods at that time. And, again, Images and Words monopolised everything.
Results on monday, all of them.
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I can certainly rule out a few of those for Magic Power, but there are a couple good, and a couple mediocre that could apply.
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Any of the bad ones could be mine.
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I thought exactly the same. We used to call it "the bucket" here, while its companion game du-jour was absolutely Worms (turn based videogames are conceived for one reason only: to facilitate bongs passing around)
Ahem. Good morning, bedlam.
We called it "The Devil's Triangle", but I understand that term is not universally recognized.
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"My parents were too distant, geographically and culturally, to even know this."
I guess that could be mine but I mean it could be any number of others, too. I just hope Indiscipline likes this one.
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I thought exactly the same. We used to call it "the bucket" here, while its companion game du-jour was absolutely Worms (turn based videogames are conceived for one reason only: to facilitate bongs passing around)
Ahem. Good morning, bedlam.
We called it "The Devil's Triangle", but I understand that term is not universally recognized.
I don't know about that, but I do know Worms is an awesome series of video games. Good times playing Armageddon with friends 10+ years ago...
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Katt nailed his snippet.
For general information, they're not meant to be positive/negative. They're snapshot of where I (or my music sources in case I was too young/not alive yet) was when the songs came out and why they weren't in the mansion.
Except for those openly full of praise, which we know are 7s. ;)
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"A dozen years later, I would have loved to dedicate this to girlfriend#1."
If this is mine, I know I have done something similar.
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Nobody knew about this where I lived, but I don't feel I've missed on a seminal act.
I hope this isn’t mine. :|
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"If they had published it when they actually recorded it, this album would have definitely had its place of honour among my father's best."
This is mine.
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Katt nailed his snippet.
For general information, they're not meant to be positive/negative. They're snapshot of where I (or my music sources in case I was too young/not alive yet) was when the songs came out and why they weren't in the mansion.
Except for those openly full of praise, which we know are 7s. ;)
So you're saying I'm getting another 6? :neverusethis:
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I'm laying claim to this one...
"This was about being in a specific place and culture at the right time. My father just wasn't there."
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I want this one....
"My mother would have chased me out of the house, wielding crucifix and garlic."
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I want this one....
"My mother would have chased me out of the house, wielding crucifix and garlic."
That's got to be Dante's Inferno
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I want this one....
"My mother would have chased me out of the house, wielding crucifix and garlic."
That's got to be Dante's Inferno
Your Profile Pic..... wtf is that?!?! Think we need some garlic of our own!
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It's Vinz Clortho! What, you never seen Ghostbusters?
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It's Vinz Clortho! What, you never seen Ghostbusters?
Not in decades.... but wow... I see that now.... pic was a lil blurry. Should have read the accompanying text.
Now wtf is yours?
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Ghostbusters is the world's most overrated movie.
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My parents were too distant, geographically and culturally, to even know this.
My brother was too young and my father too old to buy this. They would have loved it.
A dozen years later, I would have loved to dedicate this to girlfriend#1.
Those are the best options I see for Magic Power. Since it was released in '81, and girlfriend #1 was around '93/'94 .... I'm going with the latter.
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What version of Jack Straw was sent? There's like a gazillion versions out there.
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From Europe '72
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OK, cool.
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Good morning, bedlam.
"A dozen years later, I would have loved to dedicate this to girlfriend#1."
If this is mine, I know I have done something similar.
It isn't, as I hope it isn't the same girlfriend we're talking about.
Nobody knew about this where I lived, but I don't feel I've missed on a seminal act.
I hope this isn’t mine. :|
You are hoping right
"If they had published it when they actually recorded it, this album would have definitely had its place of honour among my father's best."
This is mine.
Bingo!
Katt nailed his snippet.
For general information, they're not meant to be positive/negative. They're snapshot of where I (or my music sources in case I was too young/not alive yet) was when the songs came out and why they weren't in the mansion.
Except for those openly full of praise, which we know are 7s. ;)
So you're saying I'm getting another 6? :neverusethis:
What gave it away?
I'm laying claim to this one...
"This was about being in a specific place and culture at the right time. My father just wasn't there."
Correctomundo
I want this one....
"My mother would have chased me out of the house, wielding crucifix and garlic."
You want it, you've got it.
I want this one....
"My mother would have chased me out of the house, wielding crucifix and garlic."
That's got to be Dante's Inferno
Nice to meet you, sir. Correct guess.
Ghostbusters is the world's most overrated movie.
*cough*Star Wars*cough*
My parents were too distant, geographically and culturally, to even know this.
My brother was too young and my father too old to buy this. They would have loved it.
A dozen years later, I would have loved to dedicate this to girlfriend#1.
Those are the best options I see for Magic Power. Since it was released in '81, and girlfriend #1 was around '93/'94 .... I'm going with the latter.
And we hit the girlf ... sorry, the jackpot!
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Ghostbusters is the world's most overrated movie.
(https://i.ytimg.com/vi/5zGf5fFD2F0/maxresdefault.jpg)
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:lol
Suck it Tim.
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I’m sorry.
Dan Ackroyd-not funny
Bill Murray-not funny
His scenes in Caddyshack are the equivalent of NOMAC tracks.
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Groundhog Day though.
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Damn, just when I thought my opinion of you couldn't get any lower....
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Groundhog Day though.
I love that movie
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I’m sorry.
Dan Ackroyd-not funny
Bill Murray-not funny
His scenes in Caddyshack are the equivalent of NOMAC tracks.
this should be :tac2:
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I'll put $10 toward the site to make that a thing
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Good morning, bedlam.
A little sunday tease before I actually find the time to write everything down:
We have both the best song and the worst song in the roulette by now.
Some very nice surprises, some interesting long-overdue discoveries, some prejudices confirmed.
A couple of okays.
A couple of songs I could like more if I didn't lack some traditions in my cultural luggage.
A couple of profound disappointments.
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A couple of okays.
I guess mine falls into this category.
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Very excite. Great success.
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I lied. Here's the first half, with some due help from throwback early nineties TV.
Mullet Round Results, 1 of 2:
:metal: DestinyOfChaos - The One Trick Ponies:
Iced Earth – Dante's Inferno:
Couch Impression: “What If the Four Horsemen replaced dead Cliff with alive Charles Manson?”
Time Travel Snippet: My mother would have chased me out of the house, wielding crucifix and garlic.
Peaks: There's some excellent technical thrashy riffing, almost And Justice for All's ideal natural evolution. Rythm guitar work is constantly stellar.
Valleys: I like evil music, not too much music trying hard to be evil. The occasional well measured maleficent interval could work wonders, while sixteen straight minutes of it neuter the sense of menace and open the door to unvoluntary comedy. I would like to eradicate growls, keyboards and chants from the whole tune and see what happens.
Vote: 5.8 - Roseanne
(https://i.imgur.com/Dc273Hd.jpg) romdrums - Seedy Rom and The Hard Drives:
Marillion – Beyond You:
Couch Impression: “What If Ian Curtis found solace in mild prog?”
Time Travel Snippet: Now I know why I stopped researching their repertoire after a precise date.
Peaks: Trevawas is a hero, giving life and purpose to a plodding golem. Production is state-of-the-art, considering the publishing year. Fading out is an excellent songwriting choice for this tune, maybe the only one.
Valleys: It's atmosphere for atmosphere's sake, featuring musical ideas worth a pedestrian Ultravox neo-romantic tune. The more Hogarth tries to push emotions, the more he sounds contrived to these Fish-biased ears. Where was my man Rothery in all of this?
Vote: 6.0 – Saved by the Bell
:shadowninja: Shadow Ninja 2.0 - Wayward Vagabonds:
Red House Painters – Katy Song:
Couch Impression: “What If Lou Reed met Laurie Anderson before meeting the White Duke?”
Time Travel Snippet: This song would have found its way to my house only via my sister.
Peaks: Nice tremolo work all around. When it gets spacey around minute four (but before it gets too Radioheady), it channels everything I like in The Moody Blues.
Valleys: It spends too much time ripping off Walk on the Wild Side, but whereas the original had a naughty lively soul, this one is seriously hemorraging life. I'm a picky bastard with vocals, and I must honestly state that – albeit I can acknowledge someone may like it – this is not singing, as far as I'm concerned.
Vote: 6.3 – Full House
(https://i.imgur.com/Di2RXDi.gif) Kattelox - The Rainbow Warriors:
Aliotta Jeremiah Haynes – Lake Shore Drive:
Couch Impression: “What If Baby Groot weren't so damn cute and I could focus on the song better?”
Time Travel Snippet: My parents were too distant, geographically and culturally, to even know this.
Peaks: Nice fun foot-tapping device and tasty piano work. The chorus and the violin solo make me think of Dylan's Stuck in a Mobile and Hurricane, respectively. I also admire the ability to provide excitement without “raising your voice”.
Valleys: Folk music needs ears with the same folk identity to be fully appreciated, and mine belong to many but different folk traditions. If you can't work that magic marriage, you can still enjoy sheer musical quality, but evocative power goes totally lost.
Vote: 6.5 – Family Matters
(https://scontent-sjc3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.15752-9/42916546_272430593399267_8960817559314104320_n.jpg?_nc_cat=103&oh=e60b99d2a793334ec885df528ef59317&oe=5C57B3AA) lonestar - Team Fuck Canada:
Grateful Dead – Jack Straw:
Couch Impression: “What If every band were so tight live and we didn't need to buy studio albums anymore?”
Time Travel Snippet: This was about being in a specific place and culture at the right time. My father just wasn't there.
Peaks: Beautiful vocal harmonies. I've rarely heard such tightness and dynamics control in a live recording. Also, the orchestration sounds incredibly refined: a job either by top level professionals or trascendent jammers. Or both, who knows. What I like here are the same intangibles I like in early Steely Dan, and that's one of my Top 20 acts ever.
Valleys: Partially, the same considerations expressed for Katt. I will add I really can't access this act's unique mystique, and I feel this song will never be more than “okay” without that step.
Vote: 6.5 – Married … with Children
(https://i.imgur.com/Sh7foEN.jpg) Stadler - The Hartford Walers:
Squeeze – Up the Junction:
Couch Impression: “What If Ken Loach ghost-wrote lyrics for the Fab Four?”
Time Travel Snippet: My parents were already too regretful about having kids, wouldn't have appreciated this.
Peaks: I don't give lyrics a lot of weight, unless they're focking brilliant, and I mean “Gotta be good-looking 'cause it's so hard to see” brilliant. Pre-Rubber Soul Beatles irriverent fun principles married with heavy pounding rythm. Nice subtle work changing every verse's orchestration accordingly to the plot. The Weezer guys owe everything to this act.
Valleys: Why not playing the same verse-mutation trick on some choruses? It feels a bit rushed and thrown away without them. The Lennon vocal channeling feels almost like a gentle mockery this time.
Vote: 6.8 – Mad About You
(https://i.postimg.cc/fTH2s4C7/5927758528_a2060423e7_b.jpg) Parama - Six Roaming Owls:
Porcupine Tree – The Moon Touches Your Shoulder:
Couch Impression: “What If the Madcap were allowed a wee less acid?”
Time Travel Snippet: Nobody knew about this where I lived, but I don't feel I've missed on a seminal act.
Peaks: It takes a lot of balls to play on Pink Floyd's ground (even though Camel sounds like a better point of reference here and there), but they display the same innate ability to understand times and spaces. There is not one nanosecond on this tune an audiophile can't enjoy, and – as DT music should be sold in musical instruments stores – this tune should be sold in mixing engineering tech stores. I love the surprising riff towards the end.
Valleys: After a bunch of listens, vocals miracolously stop being annoying, but the real crime here is the lack of good vocal lines. Floyds could write them, their genius engineer couldn't. Wilson, the new Parsons?
Vote: 7.0 – The X-Files
(https://mommyfleur.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/hangman.jpg) Sacul - Hangmanen Addicts:
Kyuss – Gardenia:
Couch Impression: “What If Tony Iommi were a teenager in '89 Seattle?”
Time Travel Snippet: A bunch of home-made bamboo bong sessions would have featured this.
Peaks: Wildly uncomprmisingly heavy as fock, with a main riff I'm instantly forbidden to listen to while driving my beloved Alfa Romeo for obvious safety reasons. Before losing itself inside a senseless mid section, it could really represent for 90's kids what early Black Sabbath represented for my dad's generation. Despite despising his following works, I'm loving Josh Homme's tone and attitude here.
Valleys: Why the fock did you try to be Whole Lotta Love in that middle section? That's not your schtick. If you have decided to keep you groove going and get jammy, please jam! Can't recall dates, but either they owe Beastie Boys a lot of money in Sabotage royalties, or it's the other way around.
Vote: 7.0 - Frasier
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Top 8, huh? I'll take that.
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Yup. Same here.
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not in the bottom 4 is better than i could really hope for when i had nothing to send :P
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Go Cardiacs :metal
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I can live with that.
Magic power is a top ten all time track for me, so it better be scored very high....
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Wow, I might not be last in the division after this round.
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Well, guess I'm shit outta luck. 6.5 seriously?!
I would like to eradicate growls, keyboards and chants from the whole tune and see what happens.
From Dante's fucking Inferno?! You are high.
I'll probably send another huge embarrassing failure tonight or tomorrow
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Well, guess I'm shit outta luck. 6.5 seriously?!
I would like to eradicate growls, keyboards and chants from the whole tune and see what happens.
From Dante's fucking Inferno?! You are high.
I'll probably send another huge embarrassing failure tonight or tomorrow
There's nothing embarassing in what you sent so far, mate.
All your submissions were - each in its own fashion - very hit or miss or "extreme" in a way. That's all. :)
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I'm certainly not taking offense, I'm just stunned, I thought for sure LSD would've scored higher than that :lol Or perhaps I'm still not used to your ways of scoring. It's going to be a 'YES!' moment if/when I find something that really impresses you, so I'm thinking hard.
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Send me something that made YOU go "YES!" ;)
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I did, last round! :lol
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Send me something that made YOU go "YES!" ;)
That's my plan for Round 4. Except it's more like "Yeeeeah... Oh wow, yeah. Yes! Fuck yes. Fuck yes! HOLY FUCKING SHIT YES! YES! YES! YES! FUCKING BRILLIANT WOW!"
I'm not kidding. That's my best shower-singing song which I can never do justice because I'm not quite as good as the singer.
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for round 4, i sent a song i like
i know what album my round 5 song is coming off of but there's so many good picks for that round i can't decide on one
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OH FOCK NO
"GOES INTO CROWD AND STARTS SWINGING ON FANS"
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I did, last round! :lol
:lol
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Ok sent one of my biggest guns. If this doesn't do it then we are not a match...
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Magic power is a top ten all time track for me, so it better be scored very high....
Top 5 for me.
The real shame in the above scores is that Frasier is only a 7.0. Whatever Magic Power is, it better be Cheers or Seinfeld-worthy, and not Blossom.
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Oh, Chad. Maybe you will like the vote, but you're gonna focking HATE the show comparison. :lol
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:lol
I've got to be Newman on Seinfeld. Lol
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Oh, Chad. Maybe you will like the vote, but you're gonna focking HATE the show comparison. :lol
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Oh, Chad. Maybe you will like the vote, but you're gonna focking HATE the show comparison. :lol
All that matters is the vote. You could call my show could be Winger Goes Shopping if you have to..
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Alas, I read that too late, Tim.
Mullet Round Results, 2 of 2:
(https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/550x300q90/922/9UZ8aD.png) (https://imageshack.com/f/pm9UZ8aDp) kingshmegland - King Kongshmegland:
World Trade – Open the Door:
Couch Impression: “What If Trevor Rabin wore the Infinity Gauntlet?”
Time Travel Snippet: My brother always considered this “brain-hurting” music.
Peaks: The intro is the very definition of lush and epic, promising way more than eventually delivered, but it's a grandiose piece of music nonetheless. The “crossing over” double tritone section is like an irresistable spice whose aftertaste you just can't stop coming back to. There is a painstakingly crafted depth of textures resembling an alien mosaic filling up every second. Someone must have spent a whole year planning this cut.
Valleys: The majestic opening trot never becomes a galop, but it settles on a comfortable parade pace, sometimes too enamored of its gorgeous sound to care about flow. Black Light Machine had the same musical and production DNA, but it actually moved with a distinct sense of direction this tune could really borrow.
Vote: 7.3 – E.R.
:scio: Evermind - Cockroach Sympathizers:
Savatage – Labyrinths / Follow Me:
Couch Impression: “What If science finally realised Italian-American guitarists have the highest % chance to sport the Virtuoso DNA?”
Time Travel Snippet: I was into full Image and Words discovery/obsession. This was just obsolete.
Peaks: The Labyrinth section is simply the way I would have loved every post-Seventh Son Maiden album to begin. Follow Me is a beast of contrasts, creating a sort of lucky fascinating mix. We have the most abused chord progression in pop and rock history kept alive by enchanted arpeggio islands and impressive moments of genuine '80s Metallica rage. Beauty of the ball is the pure heavy metal section, featuring a uniquely toned solo I'm kicking myself for not knowing when I actually had the chops to have fun with it.
Valleys: Well, the most abused chord progression in pop and rock history, plus a vocalist juggling soft storyteller and berserk thunderer identities, often fumbling.
Vote: 7.5 – NYPD
:ariich: ariich – Sexin'-You-Laters:
Michel Camilo – Not Yet:
Couch Impression: “What If someone built a Tower of Power in the Caribbean?”
Time Travel Snippet: My father had already stopped checking out new music, otherwise he would have loved this.
Peaks: The main leading phrase is absolutely the best riff of the roulette so far, dramatic, funny and spunky at the same time. A pianoman I could describe as the optimist Petrucciani, a great second sax soloing “outside” with rare levity, and a bassman from Titan. The big band is incredibly tight and I love the way it makes me realise it's “big” only when strictly needed (the dedicated brass ensemble unison spots are a joy).
Valleys: In order to make the leap to a superior tier of rankings, this one really needs some smooth vocals, specifically when it goes on that soft groove Jamiroquai have built a career on. And, of course, more main riff, always, all the time.
Vote: 7.8 – The Fresh Prince of Bel Air
(https://www.myemoticons.com/images/patriotic-military/firepower/jeep.gif) TAC - The aTACkers:
Shooting Star – Last Chance:
Couch Impression: “What If Steve Harris were born in Kansas?”
Time Travel Snippet: My brother was too young and my father too old to buy this. They would have loved it.
Peaks: Deep Purple is my favourite band on odd days, and I'm here stating this is what DP should have done in the eighties. An introductory violin (and later main) melody giving life to a couple of Neal Morse daydreams, definitely PieceofMindish guitar riffing, a classy progressive veil drawn upon a solid hard rock core. Why the fock I know Journey, Styx, Boston and hear of this guys only now? Heads are gonna roll.
Valleys: In order to make the leap to a superior tier of rankings, this tune needs a wee less confusion in the keyboards/orchestral instruments sound department and, above all, a Schenkeresque showstopping guitar solo detonating at the song's climax.
Vote: 8.0 – Cheers
:crypt: Elite - Rich and The Poor Tastes:
Cardiacs – The Duck and Roger The Horse:
Couch Impression: “What If the Joker were into The Mothers of Invention?”
Time Travel Snippet: There is no chance my brother would have liked and brought home this album.
Peaks: Batshit crazy in the best possible way, hiding a cold evil brilliant method. Everything looks like chaos, but nothing is casual. There's an invisible manipulative grasp dragging our senses from anxiety to ecstasy, from punk milkshakes to ice-creamy melodic openings. Giants like Patton and Claypool would have never attained their cult statuses (stati?) without songs like this, and old Frankie would have killed to groom these madmen inside his circus.
Valleys: Without real dynamics, this monstrous blow to musical conventions stays a two-dimentional assault. With real dynamics it would have changed the world.
Vote: 8.4 – Twin Peaks
(https://i.ytimg.com/vi/xmOf4D91Zz4/hqdefault.jpg) jingle.boy - Boston Bruins Blow:
Triumph – Magic Power:
Couch Impression: “What If the Sunset Strip were populated by hard-working, good natured dudes?”
Time Travel Snippet: A dozen years later, I would have loved to dedicate this to girlfriend#1.
Peaks: This gets the Kiske treatment, because when a song catches my heart I stop giving a fock about mundane aspects and I proceed by sketches of sense. Thank you for an intro channeling Thank You, thank you for a ton of The Who hidden inside, thank you for THAT three-notes descent. The rest is tear-inducing musical honesty turning hair metal into heart metal. How the fock the world audience chose to idolise, say, U2 over these guys is proof of human race being a colossal mistake.
Valleys: I still have to listen to my brain, and it says a change-of-pace rumbling middle-eight would have made this tune perfect.
Vote: 8.6 – Beverly Hills 90120
:metardica: Puppies_On_Acid - West Coast Lost Marbles:
Anglagard – Kung Bore:
Couch Impression: “What If Howe, Rutherford, Hammer, and Giles formed the Justice League?”
Time Travel Snippet: I suspect this wasn't even distributed in my neck of the woods at that time. And, again, Images and Words monopolised everything.
Peaks: What DT was doing in '92 with Rush and Maiden is exactly what these guys were doing with classic brit prog. Hell, you can tell some passages are not Genesis only by virtue of not English vocals. A million astounding melodies never letting their grip on noble classical references, movements joined with religious responsibility, a central flute theme straight from heaven. This is how prog should have instantly reacted to Hiroshima (early punk) and Nagasaki (disco).
Valleys: Cut that damned spoken segment messing up the final's flow and you've got yourself a fat 10.
Vote: 8.8 – Seinfield
(https://i.imgur.com/rVTsQpr.jpg) Aefenwelg - The Uhhhh.. Wildcats:
Yezda Urfa - Tota In The Moya:
Couch Impression: “What If Fripp, Squire, Palmer, and the Shulman Bros formed the Avengers?”
Time Travel Snippet: If they had published it when they actually recorded it, this album would have definitely had its place of honour among my father's best.
Peaks: My favourite song in the roulette so far. Classy instrumental choices, myriads of details worth great songs, a robust '70s vinyl feel, perfect essential arrangements (almost like a jazz ensemble), a magical introductory theme (imagine Bruford mixing the best of his two main bands' melody catalogues), a crazy part featuring one of the best bass melodic lines ever heard, a Bach interlude, a majestic Yessish grand finale. This is what Haken should do.
Valleys: Despite trying to ignore the issue for at least ten listens, I can't help but notice the mixing is a clusterfock here and there. Me still ranking this over nine really goes to show how great this song is.
Vote: 9.2 – The Simpsons
My body is ready for your all-star submissions.
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my last chance to send a good song :metal
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Alright, I've got to narrow the songs down for this round.
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Sent something smooth and cheerful.
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Valleys: In order to make the leap to a superior tier of rankings, this tune needs a wee less confusion in the keyboards/orchestral instruments sound department and, above all, a Schenkeresque showstopping guitar solo detonating at the song's climax.
Pretty much can be said about every song ever recorded!
Vote: 8.0 – Cheers
Yay, Boston!
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Of course, what you all really care for:
The Tranquility Old Farts Conference:
(https://www.myemoticons.com/images/patriotic-military/firepower/jeep.gif) TAC - The aTACkers: 8.4 + 8.3 + 8.0 = 24.7 - WestEndSlut: :tup :tup, MetalHead: :tup
(https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/550x300q90/922/9UZ8aD.png) (https://imageshack.com/f/pm9UZ8aDp) kingshmegland - King Kongshmegland: 8.6 + 8.0 + 7.3 = 23.9 - ProgPipe: :tup :tup :tup
(https://i.ytimg.com/vi/xmOf4D91Zz4/hqdefault.jpg) jingle.boy - Boston Bruins Blow: 7.8 + 7 + 8.6 = 23.4 - WestEndSlut: :tup, :tup
(https://scontent-sjc3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.15752-9/42916546_272430593399267_8960817559314104320_n.jpg?_nc_cat=103&oh=e60b99d2a793334ec885df528ef59317&oe=5C57B3AA) lonestar - Team Fuck Canada: 8.8 + 7.5 + 6.5 = 22.8 - MetalHead: :tup :tup
(https://i.imgur.com/Sh7foEN.jpg) Stadler - The Hartford Walers: 6.6 + 8.5 + 6.8 = 21.9 - BaroqueWig: :tup
(https://i.imgur.com/Dc273Hd.jpg) romdrums - Seedy Rom and The Hard Drives: 7.0 + 8.3 + 6.0 = 21.3 - MetalHead: :tup
:metal: DestinyOfChaos - The One Trick Ponies: 7.3 + 7.5 + 5.8 = 20.6 - MetalHead: :tup
(https://i.imgur.com/Di2RXDi.gif) Kattelox - The Rainbow Warriors: 6.8 + 6.0 + 6.5 = 19.3
The Cetaphil Young Turks Conference:
(https://i.postimg.cc/fTH2s4C7/5927758528_a2060423e7_b.jpg) Parama - Six Roaming Owls: 9.0 + 6.8 + 7.0 = 22.8 - BaroqueWig: :tup
:scio: Evermind - Cockroach Sympathizers: 8.0 + 7.3 + 7.5 = 22.8 - WestEndSlut: :tup, MetalHead: :tup
:metardica: Puppies_On_Acid - West Coast Lost Marbles: 6.2 + 7.7 + 8.8 = 22.7 - WestEndSlut: :tup, ProgPie: :tup
(https://i.imgur.com/rVTsQpr.jpg) Aefenwelg - The Uhhhh.. Wildcats: 6.4 + 6.8 + 9.2 = 22.4 – ProgPipe: :tup
:ariich: ariich - Sexin'-You-Laters: 7.0 + 7.5 + 7.8 = 22.3 - HeroinBop: :tup :tup
:crypt: Elite - Rich and The Poor Tastes: 7.3 + 6.6 + 8.4 = 22.3 – HeroinBop: :tup
(https://mommyfleur.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/hangman.jpg) Sacul - Hangmanen Addicts: 9.0 + 6.2 + 7.0 = 22.2 - HeroinBop: :tup
:shadowninja: Shadow Ninja 2.0 - Wayward Vagabonds: 7.6 + 6.4 + 6.3 = 20.3 - MetalHead: :tup
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how am i still at the top of the division, that's absurd
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Only one under 20 points and I've actually been trying! :lol Sorry to let my elders down.
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Fun fact:
Old Farts Points Average: 22.2375
Young Turks Points Average: 22.2250
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wowee, top score of the roulette so far.
Well, I'll rectify that mistake with what I just submitted.
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First... I'll take it. Best fogey submission. Cha-ching
Second... I hope none of what I'm about to say impacts my chances for the all-star score.
If I was gonna get a faux-teenager school drama as my TV Show, the least you could've done was come north of the 49th, and award me one solid Degrassi Jr. High ;). None-the-less, since the show was Beverly Hills 90210 (not sure where 90120 is... perhaps it's around the corner from 90125??), I'll assign my own TV Show - Star Trek: TNG... no, wait... Party of Five. If it was 80s throwback, I would have insisted on Airwolf.
Sending shortly.
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Freely admits I wanted to get laid and watched 90120.
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Freely admits I wanted to get laid and watched 90120.
I was more of a Melrose Place guy, but I feel you.
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Oh that was my dating for a while, still getting laid show.
I also married her and today is our 24th wedding anniversary. :metal
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If I was gonna get a faux-teenager school drama as my TV Show, the least you could've done was come north of the 49th, and award me one solid Degrassi Jr. High ;). None-the-less, since the show was Beverly Hills 90210 (not sure where 90120 is... perhaps it's around the corner from 90125??), I'll assign my own TV Show - Star Trek: TNG... no, wait... Party of Five. If it was 80s throwback, I would have insisted on Airwolf.
Would you STFU? :lol
Freely admits I wanted to get laid and watched 90120.
I'm 50/50 with you on that proposition.
Some of us didn't have to sit through 90210 to get laid..:neverusethis:
Just sayin'.. :lol
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It's like you don't understand the game bro. It's who your with and how to please.
Padawan, you have failed me.
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If I was gonna get a faux-teenager school drama as my TV Show, the least you could've done was come north of the 49th, and award me one solid Degrassi Jr. High ;). None-the-less, since the show was Beverly Hills 90210 (not sure where 90120 is... perhaps it's around the corner from 90125??), I'll assign my own TV Show - Star Trek: TNG... no, wait... Party of Five. If it was 80s throwback, I would have insisted on Airwolf.
Would you STFU? :lol
(https://media.tenor.com/images/d70d3a7d98f856e398427950c7c1a871/raw)
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Nah, I was just laughing when I read your post. Like you practically won the round, and you're complaining about the TV show.. It was just funny.
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It's like Tim is Manny Machado. :lol
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(https://farmerstanproductions.files.wordpress.com/2013/05/manny.jpg)
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Nah, I was just laughing when I read your post. Like you practically won the round, and you're complaining about the TV show.. It was just funny.
You'd be complaining too if you were 90210! :rollin
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Nah, I was just laughing when I read your post. Like you practically won the round, and you're complaining about the TV show.. It was just funny.
You'd be complaining too if you were 90210! :rollin
Hell f'n yes!! :rollin
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(https://farmerstanproductions.files.wordpress.com/2013/05/manny.jpg)
Like looking in mirror. :lol
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Yeah, well... you know how it is.....
(https://epicpix.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/ff_5712.jpg)
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I'm modern dude. You'd know that if you were on Facebook.
:neverusethis:
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I'm modern dude. You'd know that if you were on Facebook.
:neverusethis:
Oh shit. :lol
Now I owe you TWO stories... :lol
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Couldn't be happier with my score! I hear you on the spoken word bit, that was really the only part I was worried about.
I will think if something to send for round 4 now.
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9.2? Holy fock! However, Haken shouldn't do that, as they're doing just fine now.
Sending Round 4 in a few minutes.
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Sent! Hopefully Evermind didn't beat me to the punch :corn
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Nope, got distracted at work. Sending now.
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Good morning, bedlam.
I woke up to a shitload of music in the mail and the thrilling realisation this round will be:
1) The real "How the fock is that not banned? What do you listen to all day long?" festival
2) A true all-star clash of titans.
My basic response to 1 hereby will be "I let music come to me at its own time, stop whining."
Everybody loved Beverly Hills 90210, the rest is abject revisionism.
Was Party of Five where Jack from Lost learned to cry like a bitch? Riveting.
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Go Cardiacs :metal
YEAAAAH
Still way too far behind, thanks to Agent Fresco. If you liked the Cardiacs (which considering the score, I'm assuming you did), go check out the album 'Sing to God', which is brilliant. I just couldn't send anything from it, because it's from 1996.
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Was Party of Five where Jack from Lost learned to cry like a bitch? Riveting.
Never watched Lost, but you're probably right. It's also where we were treated to the discovery of Jennifer Love Hewitt. And though she was way too young back then, Lacey Chabert grew up to be incredibly drool-worthy.
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I'm not going to quote the picture, but I'd use one of those phones in a heartbeat. That's bad ass. :)
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Sent something that is probably the complete opposite of what I sent last round.
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All the poor people sent their songs, Kings and Riches didn't.
Plus, Better Call Sa(c)ul.
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Better Call Sacul :lol Season 5: Indiscipline's Roulette.
I love this. Genuinely laughed out loud at this. :lol
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All the poor people sent their songs, Kings and Riches didn't.
Plus, Better Call Sa(c)ul.
I will send tonight after work good sir!
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Plus, Better Call Sa(c)ul.
(https://media1.tenor.com/images/6c11884ee8fd9a7bc797d8ba5c01b3ab/tenor.gif)
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I will send tonight after work good sir!
Thenk ye uncoly, m'lord!
Plus, Better Call Sa(c)ul.
(https://media1.tenor.com/images/6c11884ee8fd9a7bc797d8ba5c01b3ab/tenor.gif)
:lol
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Sent one of my favorite songs :2metal:
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All the poor people sent their songs, Kings and Riches didn't.
I only saw my result like half a day ago.
Sending tonight!
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Sent one of my favorite songs :2metal:
6.9/10
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Sending shortly. Will try to beat the other Rich again.
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Send me some thoughts on the list of albums I sent you :getoffmylawn:
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Send me some thoughts on the list of albums I sent you :getoffmylawn:
romdrums asked about too. :lol I'm just starting to listen to the post-roulette submissions. It was 3rd priority after (1) catching up on new albums I'd ignored during my roulette and (2) exploring the catalogues of the artists that made up my favourite submissions (basically the 8.5+ ones). Now I'm doing post-roulette submissions and then I'll come back to the 8.0s and maybe some of the 7.5s.
Anyway sent!
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Sent one of my favorite songs :2metal:
6.9/10
I'd prefer 4.20/10 :neverusethis:
Send me some thoughts on the list of albums I sent you :getoffmylawn:
romdrums asked about too. :lol I'm just starting to listen to the post-roulette submissions. It was 3rd priority after (1) catching up on new albums I'd ignored during my roulette and (2) exploring the catalogues of the artists that made up my favourite submissions (basically the 8.5+ ones). Now I'm doing post-roulette submissions and then I'll come back to the 8.0s and maybe some of the 7.5s.
I'm looking forward to your disappointments on mine :metal
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Sent.
You're welcome Indiscipline.
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Happiness is a full roster, bang bang shoot shoot.
Gonna catch some sleep before the inevitable bizarro low hanging man.
You are nothing but princes, folks.
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Haken - Atlas Stone
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Sent one of my favorite songs :2metal:
6.9/10
I'd prefer 4.20/10 :neverusethis:
You mean 4.33/10 right :biggrin:
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4/33 tbh
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Good morning, bedlam.
We're once again in the biz for arrows:
???: The Stag Cause – Relaxation
???: Legend – Monad
???: Well-Known – Shallows
???: Blind Minstrel – Night One: Community = Ayreon - Day Two: Isolation
???: Aprèsafrica – The Only Demon Standing
???: wetogether – The Cockroach Queen in Palm Beach
???: Newfound Borders – Connor MacLeod
???: Equal Blockades – David Dunn
???: Pleasure of Damnation – Blasphemous Process
???: My Wife's Thought Patterns – Silhouette of the Pond
???: Roquefort – Penguin Murdock
Stadler: Cyrano's Low Crawling Fish – A Convoluted Battle of Obtuseness = Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds - A Simple Game of Genius
???: Prog Bee Gees – Demon's Nose
???: Wolves – Found in Ages
???: Excommunication – Eliot Ness pt1
???: Repel – Ascending Boulders
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Well, mine will be guessed pretty easily.
Ayreon - Day Two: Isolation
I was about to ask how the hell it wasn't banned, but then again, my song wasn't banned either. :lol
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Hey people, John Petrucci just said guitar soloing is easy. ;D
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Repel = Accept?
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Does this count as a guess? :)
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Repel = Accept?
Negative, mate.
Does this count as a guess? :)
Look up, already edited.
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No, I mean, does Bolsters message mean I can guess the next one?
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Sure!
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Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds - A Simple Game of Genius
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Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds - A Simple Game of Genius
That's Stadler for sure
I see mine, but no others.
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Repel = Accept?
Excellent!!
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Mine is great. :lol
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Mine is great. :lol
Ditto.
One song is likely called The Highlander.
Might the Unbreakable song be by Stratovarius?
Pain of Salvation is up there, but I can't be bothered to look up the song.
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You actually aren't allowed to guess more than one.
But yeah, now that it's out, Highlander is Lost Horizon, Unbreakable is Sieges Even. As for my guess:
Mystery - Shadow of the Lake sent by Chad
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TAC sent Lost Horizon.
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You actually aren't allowed to guess more than one.
Correction.... *YOU* aren't allowed to guess more than one. :lol
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:lol Fair enough.
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Chad, you should know my song very well.
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I can't even see mine :lol
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???: The Stag Cause – Relaxation
lonestar: Legend – Monad = Ostura - Duality
???: Well-Known – Shallows
???: Blind Minstrel – Night One: Community = Ayreon - Day Two: Isolation
???: Aprèsafrica – The Only Demon Standing
???: wetogether – The Cockroach Queen in Palm Beach = mewithoutYou -
TAC: Newfound Borders – Connor MacLeod = Lost Horizons - Highlander
Puppies_On_Acid: Equal Blockades – David Dunn = Sieges Even - Unbreakable
Evermind: Pleasure of Damnation – Blasphemous Process = Pain of Salvation - Iter Impius
jingle.boy: My Wife's Thought Patterns – Silhouette of the Pond = Mystery - Shadow of the Lake
???: Roquefort – Penguin Murdock
Stadler: Cyrano's Low Crawling Fish – A Convoluted Battle of Obtuseness = Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds - A Simple Game of Genius
???: Prog Bee Gees – Demon's Nose = Von Hertzen Brothers - Angel's Eyes
???: Wolves – Found in Ages = Ulver - Lost in Moments
???: Excommunication – Eliot Ness pt1 = Anathema - Untouchable pt1
kingshmegland: Repel – Ascending Boulders = Enchant - Sinking Sand
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the Pain of Salvation song is Idioglossia. I think Parama sent it.
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Anathema - Untouchable Pt. 1
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The Dear Hunter
mewithoutyou
Accept
Obscura maybe? :lol
was waiting when someone would notice Ayreon wasn't banned
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Ulver - Lost In Moments
Sent by Sacul?
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The Dear Hunter
mewithoutyou
Accept
Obscura maybe? :lol
was waiting when someone would notice Ayreon wasn't banned
Mine is the last one (I see what you're getting at) but it isn't Obscura.
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Von Hertzen Brothers - Angel's Eyes
I'm fairly sure I know the Repel one and it's not Accept. :P
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i'm not very good at bizarro man :P
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did Puppies send the Sieges Even?
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the Pain of Salvation song is Idioglossia. I think Parama sent it.
It isn't, he didn't
Anathema - Untouchable Pt. 1
Boom
The Dear Hunter
mewithoutyou
Accept
Obscura maybe? :lol
NYNN
Ulver - Lost In Moments
Sent by Sacul?
Yes and no
Von Hertzen Brothers - Angel's Eyes
Boom 2, The Vengeance
did Puppies send the Sieges Even?
The Return of the Son of Boom
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Genuinely no clue what the PoS song could be but it should've been Idioglossia
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Damn, someone sent Ulver. I considered them for the round where you send two contrasting somgs by the same band. IF I would even get that far. They’d be a great candidate there.
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I don't know if there was a guess already or not, but I just want to know if I'm right about the Repel song. :lol
Enchant - Sinking Sand
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Damn, someone sent Ulver. I considered them for the round where you send two contrasting somgs by the same band. IF I would even get that far. They’d be a great candidate there.
Yep, someone beat you to it. Guess who?
I don't know if there was a guess already or not, but I just want to know if I'm right about the Repel song. :lol
Enchant - Sinking Sand
My amazing friend, next time I forget who sent what I'm gonna ask you via PM.
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Damn, someone sent Ulver. I considered them for the round where you send two contrasting somgs by the same band. IF I would even get that far. They’d be a great candidate there.
Yeah definitely send one of their black metal songs to indiscipline
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Or one of the pop ones from their last record :metal
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I don't know if there was a guess already or not, but I just want to know if I'm right about the Repel song. :lol
Enchant - Sinking Sand
Enchant is either Lonestar or Kingshmegland.
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Damn, didn't even think about Enchant..they should do very well. (and yeah, it wasn't me lol, but it could've been Chad as well)
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Damn, didn't even think about Enchant..they should do very well. (and yeah, it wasn't me lol, but it could've been Chad as well)
Except for the fact my Mystery submission was already solved. Therefore it was Shmegland in the conservatory with the lead pipe.
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Yup.
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Damn... Enchant, Ostura, Mystery, Ayreon, Pain of Salvation and easily a top ten song lifetime song from Anathema. I really don't envy you having to judge this round, that's a gang of top contending artists.
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Damn... Enchant, Ostura, Mystery, Ayreon, Pain of Salvation Lost Horizon and easily a top ten song lifetime song from Anathema. I really don't envy you having to judge this round, that's a gang of top contending artists.
Yeah!
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i didn't figure out which one was mine for a bit but now that i have haha i get it
i'm gonna be like last place this round with what i'm going against
also i figured out the Pain of Salvation song is Iter Impius and evermind sent it i bet
good pick
incidentally a song named blasphemous process (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_m6muP0ygq8) exists and i don't think indiscipline would like it but i could be wrong
also just sent out my Trash Round song :tup
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Good morning, bedlam.
Parama guesses right, but I am afraid opening that link is the equivalent of solving the Hellraiser Puzzle Box.
True, a lot of big names this round. Something overwhelming, something underwhelming, something ... just whelming.
There will be a bus, and there will be impressions.
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Makes sense now! I was considering sending Iter Impius for this round too actually, so I'll be interested to see how it does and how terrible my decision was to send something else instead.
:corn
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Damn... Enchant, Ostura, Mystery, Ayreon, Pain of Salvation and easily a top ten song lifetime song from Anathema. I really don't envy you having to judge this round, that's a gang of top contending artists.
Yeah, we definitely hit the mark on the 'all-star' round (gotta add in Sieges Even). The names you mention are easily 'all-stars' of the prog-metal genre, with yours being a hot rookie. And since you outed yourself, I do believe Ostura / Duality is the 'Legend' description - though would've never guessed if not for imdb.
Not sure how Lost Horizon made the all-star squad though! :biggrin:
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Well, even Chris Gatling managed to make an all-star team in the nineties ...
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Damn... Enchant, Ostura, Mystery, Ayreon, Pain of Salvation and easily a top ten song lifetime song from Anathema. I really don't envy you having to judge this round, that's a gang of top contending artists.
It's a gang of top contending contestants. Not sure I could personally get on board with the artists. I've listened to everything so far submitted, and it's an eclectic and diverse group of songs to say the least.
Indiscipline has some wide ranging tastes, so you never know what's going to connect.
But after this round, he has plenty of great avenues to explore. The road is wide open.
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Good morning, bedlam.
Parama guesses right, but I am afraid opening that link is the equivalent of solving the Hellraiser Puzzle Box.
True, a lot of big names this round. Something overwhelming, something underwhelming, something ... just whelming.
There will be a bus, and there will be impressions.
I will have a centaur dance upon your crotchal region if you give me another 6.
:hug:
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My crotch can take that dance, baby. :hat
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My crotch can take that dance, baby. :hat
He says without a single worry about the head stomping Mrs Indiscipline is gonna take!
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I feel I speak for both myself and my better half saying you deserve a standing ovation, sir.
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:lol
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Damn... Enchant, Ostura, Mystery, Ayreon, Pain of Salvation and easily a top ten song lifetime song from Anathema. I really don't envy you having to judge this round, that's a gang of top contending artists.
It's a gang of top contending contestants. Not sure I could personally get on board with the artists. I've listened to everything so far submitted, and it's an eclectic and diverse group of songs to say the least.
Indiscipline has some wide ranging tastes, so you never know what's going to connect.
But after this round, he has plenty of great avenues to explore. The road is wide open.
And I will never stop thanking you guys for that.
I feel like Desmond Miles experiencing 400 years inside the Animus during a two weeks span.
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I feel like Desmond Miles experiencing 400 years inside the Animus during a two weeks span.
Love it.
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Damn... Enchant, Ostura, Mystery, Ayreon, Pain of Salvation and easily a top ten song lifetime song from Anathema. I really don't envy you having to judge this round, that's a gang of top contending artists.
It's a gang of top contending contestants. Not sure I could personally get on board with the artists. I've listened to everything so far submitted, and it's an eclectic and diverse group of songs to say the least.
Indiscipline has some wide ranging tastes, so you never know what's going to connect.
But after this round, he has plenty of great avenues to explore. The road is wide open.
That's what I love about the roulettes. I get to test out music I've never heard of.
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I think the best thing about having a roulette is that I've been sent a number of bands where I was like :\. But sometimes even if it ends up not being compatible, I can usually find something to appreciate.
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I feel like Desmond Miles experiencing 400 years inside the Animus during a two weeks span.
Love it.
Who??
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I feel like Desmond Miles experiencing 400 years inside the Animus during a two weeks span.
Love it.
Who??
Assassin's Creed reference. Video games.
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An English guy. He had a barrow in the market place and dated a singer in a band.
After marrying her - and having a couple of kids fond of running in the yard - he legally changed his surname into Jones.
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Who??
Assassin's Creed reference. Video games.
:loser: :natalieportman:
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Alex... choose your next post wisely - it'll be #1000.
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Free 9's for everyone!!
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Who??
Assassin's Creed reference. Video games.
:loser: :natalieportman:
I'm with TAC on this one... Who gives a fuck...
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Who??
Assassin's Creed reference. Video games.
:loser: :natalieportman:
I'm with TAC on this one... Who gives a fuck...
Apparently our host. FWIW, I love the AC franchise. I'm with Indiscipline.
Ass kissing helps, no?
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I'm surprised for this roulette that you didn't change your avatar from "your Mom" to "Indiscipline".
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I'm ecstatic to spend my 1000th post celebrating the flattering feeling of having message board buddies envisioning acts of deliberate assault against my nutsack and bunghole.
:-*
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I'm ecstatic to spend my 1000th post celebrating the flattering feeling of having message board buddies envisioning acts of deliberate assault against my nutsack and bunghole.
:-*
We can make it look accidental. Just throwing it out there...
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I'm envisioning me picking him up like a bowling ball.
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(https://i.imgur.com/bCh6gCB.gif)
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I'll tell you to squeal once i get my results. :lol
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I'll tell you to squeal once i get my results. :lol
Your results may cause YOU to squeal.
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A couple of submitted singers are squealin' alright.
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A couple of submitted singers are squealin' alright.
Lovin', Touchin'?
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Bowling?
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Bowling?
Just knock down one pin.
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Deliverin'
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Deliverin'
The outro song on the credits. :lol
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I'm lost. :lol
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Of course. Keep up old man.
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:lol
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I'll tell you to squeal once i get my results. :lol
Your results may cause YOU to squeal.
When I get an 8.8?
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I'll tell you to squeal once i get my results. :lol
Your results may cause YOU to squeal.
When I get an 8.8?
So Enchanting
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:lol
I never asked. Have you ever dug into Enchant's music?
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I'll tell you after the results.
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Got it.
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Sorry guys, dress rehearsals today and test audience première on saturday. Not a lot of time to fock around, but impressions I promised and impressions you get:
“This is how DT would sound if Kevin never left and Mike fulfilled his Russell Allen fantasy in 2002”
“A brazen celebration of artistic theft”
“A magical Cohenesque/Croceish parable. Who focking cares if it turns preachy”
“Is it good or bad when your favourite instrument is the mixing board?”
“The token wonderful song featuring vocals I'm not crazy about”
“The sun is up, the sky is blue, it's beautiful and so are you ...” Sorry, couldn't help it.
“The elevator is so hip and cool that you almost forget it's elevator music”
“That bassist's name and cell phone on my desk, posthaste”
“My ears are arguing with my guts over this”
“Baby, I want to have babies with your larynx”
“The criminally unappreciated Wild Ranger would ask: is this generic heavy metal?”
“An attempt to cram Manowar's discography inside a single song”
“That way of singing is as authentic as Pamela Anderson's floaters”
“Alex, stop focking groove dancing like a madman in the bus' aisle. We want to sleep!”
“Julian plays dice while Victoria and Edward get naughty: the spin-off”
“A third base date mix-tape in an era that has forgotten mix-tapes”
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I see mine! :lol
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I don't. :lol
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This is mine.
“The elevator is so hip and cool that you almost forget it's elevator music”
I've had dinner with him before and he talks to me all the time on Facebook. Way cool dude.
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You have dinner with elevators?
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I copied and pasted the wrong one! :rollin
It was the bassist one. Lol
I do have a friend that works on elevators though. :lol
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:lol
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No clue which is mine but there are a couple brilliant snippets in there.
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“The elevator is so hip and cool that you almost forget it's elevator music”
yeaaaaah boy
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No no no, mine for sure has to be the elevator one. Or the larynx babies. Y'all didn't even guess what I sent though :biggrin:
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“An attempt to cram Manowar's discography inside a single song”
This has to be mine, right?
I hope that's not a bad thing. :(
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I can easily rule out a few, but nothing sticks out as blatantly obvious for mine.
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Catching up with this thread makes me feel like Howard after finally getting Uncle Alfie to the toilet...
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"It's touch and go!"
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“This is how DT would sound if Kevin never left and Mike fulfilled his Russell Allen fantasy in 2002”
I'm very curious about this one
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“A magical Cohenesque/Croceish parable. Who focking cares if it turns preachy”
This is mine, although it's a fable, not a parable.
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It's a fable until it starts preaching, then it's a parable ;)
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"It's touch and go!"
I thought that reference was sufficiently obscure that I'd probably get crickets. I might have known that you would get it instantly. Ha!
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If not for IMDB, I'd have had no clue.
So... are we going to get full disclosure on submissions since we're either A) stumped, or B) lacking any focks to give?
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"It's touch and go!"
I thought that reference was sufficiently obscure that I'd probably get crickets. I might have known that you would get it instantly. Ha!
Should be no surprise that I didn't get it.
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If not for IMDB, I'd have had no clue.
So... are we going to get full disclosure on submissions since we're either A) stumped, or B) lacking any focks to give?
In the immortal words of Warren Oates, why not?
Parama: The Stag Cause – Relaxation = The Hirsch Effect - Agitation
lonestar: Legend – Monad = Ostura - Duality
Kattelox: Well-Known – Shallows = Incognito - Deep Waters
DestinyOfChaos: Blind Minstrel – Night One: Community = Ayreon - Day Two: Isolation
Shadow Ninja 2.0: Aprèsafrica – The Only Demon Standing = Avantasia – Another Angel Down
Aefenwelg: wetogether – The Cockroach Queen in Palm Beach = mewithoutYou - The King Beetle on a Coconut Estate
TAC: Newfound Borders – Connor MacLeod = Lost Horizons - Highlander
Puppies_On_Acid: Equal Blockades – David Dunn = Sieges Even - Unbreakable
Evermind: Pleasure of Damnation – Blasphemous Process = Pain of Salvation - Iter Impius
jingle.boy: My Wife's Thought Patterns – Silhouette of the Pond = Mystery - Shadow of the Lake
romdrums: Roquefort – Penguin Murdock = Blue Food – Joker Face
Stadler: Cyrano's Low Crawling Fish – A Convoluted Battle of Obtuseness = Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds - A Simple Game of Genius
ariich: Prog Bee Gees – Demon's Nose = Von Hertzen Brothers - Angel's Eyes
Elite: Wolves – Found in Ages = Ulver - Lost in Moments
Sacul: Excommunication – Eliot Ness pt1 = Anathema - Untouchable pt1
kingshmegland: Repel – Ascending Boulders = Enchant - Sinking Sand
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Who is Warren Oates?
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I love you so much, man.
Have you ever watched The Wild Bunch?
"Let's Go!"
"Why Not?"
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What’s The Wild Bunch? :lol
No seriously..
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Sacul chose a freaking beautiful song and although I don't listen to it much anymore Another Angel Down was on my brain for weeks on end when I was a teen - very fun song.
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What’s The Wild Bunch? :lol
No seriously..
One of the best westerns ever made. 1969, Sam Peckimpah.
It makes your chest hair grow muscles.
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What’s The Wild Bunch? :lol
No seriously..
I swear you were buried in a time capsule and escaped recently. :lol
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:lolpalm: @ the Avantasia descriptor. Ev and I should've gotten that one!
I was <this> close to sending The Scarecrow from The Flying Opera as an Avantasia submission, but chose the Learning To Live-esque Shadow of the Lake instead.
That said, I really hope that Another Angel Down is the 'groove dancing in the aisle' comment, and not 'generic heavy metal' (though, I'm guessing the latter :sadpanda:)
Having just spun most of these, I'll put forth the following guesses
Ostura / Duality - This is how DT would sound if Kevin never left and Mike fulfilled his Russell Allen fantasy in 2002
Mystery / Shadow of the Lake - A brazen celebration of artistic theft (for the thieving of the LtL vibe)
Ayreon / Isolation - My ears are arguing with my guts over this
PoS / Iter Impius - The token wonderful song featuring vocals I'm not crazy about (dat piano!)
Anathema / Untouchable Pt1 - The sun is up, the sky is blue, it's beautiful and so are you ...
Von Hertzen Brothers / Angel's Eyes - A third base date mix-tape in an era that has forgotten mix-tapes (everyone can make bank on this)
Enchant / Sinking Sand - Baby, I want to have babies with your larynx (I do too!)
Sieges Even / Unbreakable - That bassist's name and cell phone on my desk, posthaste
<though, you could easily swap the two of those - I'd hump either Ted or Arno's voices>
Ulver / Lost in Moments - The elevator is so hip and cool that you almost forget it's elevator music
Incognito / Deep Waters - Alex, stop focking groove dancing like a madman in the bus' aisle. We want to sleep!
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Damn, romdrums beat me to sending Blue Food, which I've been considering.
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Always cheat
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Chad: 2 (or 3 with the swap) on 10
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:lolpalm: @ the Avantasia descriptor. Ev and I should've gotten that one!
I was <this> close to sending The Scarecrow from The Flying Opera as an Avantasia submission, but chose the Learning To Live-esque Shadow of the Lake instead.
Yeah, goddamn it, I should've gotten Avantasia for sure.
I was that close to sending some Avantasia and then just on a whim decided on PoS because I love this song.
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Chad: 2 (or 3 with the swap) on 10
.300 gets most people into that Hall of Fame. I'll take it.
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Ostura / Duality - This is how DT would sound if Kevin never left and Mike fulfilled his Russell Allen fantasy in 2002
Definitely. So glad Russell Allen stayed as far away from DT as possible.
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Good evening, bedlam.
The most important week-end of the year at "work" is spectacularly over, and I can finally focus on important internet things. Funny story: after an excellent test audience debut I had roughly 60 people extremely worried for their future in the bus, watching their director intensely taking notes with ear-buds on. They will never know it was this round and not their work I was judging. Well, the wife knows, but she's an even worse cunt than yours truly and won't tell anybody.
Speaking of virdicts, having established that 7 is "I'm not touching myself yet, but I'm not forgetting this in 20 years", there is not one single submission I'm ranking BELOW that mark. 50% of your songs are from the right kind of left field, 50% just couldn't exist without Dream Theater. In fact, if I had the time to give you timestamp snippets, some songs would have featured 37 DT riffs, not mentioning Stadler's usual staple Beatles' quote (but I've already taken care of that in the bus impressions).
Apologising for these last days' scarce updates, I'm pretty confident results will be up around tomorrow night.
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Glad you're alive and things went well.
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Things went well indeed, I have to check whether I'm actually still alive :D
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See the post something funny thread. Lol
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I'm still giggling like a moron, man. :lol
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Funny story: after an excellent test audience debut I had roughly 60 people extremely worried for their future in the bus, watching their director intensely taking notes with ear-buds on.
That's funny. Suckahs!
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Funny story: after an excellent test audience debut I had roughly 60 people extremely worried for their future in the bus, watching their director intensely taking notes with ear-buds on.
That's funny. Suckahs!
Absolutely hilarious :lol
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Good morning, bedlam.
Very strange round to rank, with very distinct groupings. I had to slightly warp my usual voting style (not the meter) in order to fairly assess the various enjoyments (I feel finally everybody's got a hang on my tastes), thus there's a lot of ex-aequoing going on.
Let me tease/spoil you fine patient people. There will be:
Four 7s
Two 7.5s
Three 8.0s
Four 8.5s
Two 9.0s
One 9.5
KIND REQUEST: I know you are itching to send the "Hate Round" turds as soon as writeups are on, but please appeal to your sense of honour and send me something you can comfortably go on the record saying YOU like, with a straight face.
Thank you.
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Four 7s
Two 7.5s
One of these again perhaps, unless I can somehow break that elusive 8.0 mark.
KIND REQUEST: I know you are itching to send the "Hate Round" turds as soon as writeups are on, but please appeal to your sense of honour and send me something you can comfortably go on the record saying YOU like, with a straight face.
Of course, as that's what the round is. In my second roulette (when I did songs) I did a round of simply "send me something terrible" but you've been very clear that it should be something that WE like but think YOU will hate.
I haven't thought too much about it yet but I might even try and find something I love, or at least from an album I love, rather than merely like. But no promises.
If you think it's approrpriate, we could try and self-police/peer review a little, once the submissions are done and hangman completed. As in, if something sticks out as "Wait, that person actually likes that song?", we could challenge them.
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If you think it's approrpriate, we could try and self-police/peer review a little, once the submissions are done and hangman completed. As in, if something sticks out as "Wait, that person actually likes that song?", we could challenge them.
I suspect that's exactly what's going to happen, whether I find it appropriate or not :D
In fact, I'm counting on that. You all have played countless roulettes together, and know each others' tastes far better than I do, therefore I doubt something fishy could escape the collective control.
Plus, there's potential for great bickering with me smugly pop-corning on the sidelines with glee :corn
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If you think it's appropriate, we could try and self-police/peer review a little, once the submissions are done and hangman completed. As in, if something sticks out as "Wait, that person actually likes that song?", we could challenge them.
Well, that would never work for me and Parama - cuz that's prolly EXACTLY what we'd think of each others' songs! :lol
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If you think it's appropriate, we could try and self-police/peer review a little, once the submissions are done and hangman completed. As in, if something sticks out as "Wait, that person actually likes that song?", we could challenge them.
Well, that would never work for me and Parama - cuz that's prolly EXACTLY what we'd think of each others' songs! :lol
Well, Alex has correctly interpreted, I meant in relation to what we know about each other's tastes. :lol
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Glad you're alive and things went well.
Things may have went well. But I wouldn't call that living.
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How would you call it, bro?
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If you think it's appropriate, we could try and self-police/peer review a little, once the submissions are done and hangman completed. As in, if something sticks out as "Wait, that person actually likes that song?", we could challenge them.
Well, that would never work for me and Parama - cuz that's prolly EXACTLY what we'd think of each others' songs! :lol
In fact, without even hearing it, I'm probably able to say that about Parama's song right now. "Bro, you've listened to that - of your own volition - more than once? GFTFO.". :)
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i sent my trash round song a week or so ago and indiscipline had this to say about it:
:omg: Mother of God ...
i'm already on record as liking it considering i have the album rated as 4.5 out of 5 on RYM, anyways, so good luck challenging it :corn
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I'm already loving next round.
Plus, I feel like banning the following acts for shattering my personal dislike scale without providing at least a funny element of surprise:
Radiohead, Pantera, Coldplay, Slayer
:corn
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meh, bleh, meh, kill it with fire
My thoughts on the above
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Solid, decent, OK I guess, lol
My thoughts on the above
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I don't really know what to send honestly. In any other roulette where this was a thing, I'd send a Mr. Bungle song (ad I know exactly which one), but it turns out Indiscipline loves that sort of stuff. I also don't want to be predictable and send a full-on growly track that Indy wouldn't appreciate.
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that Indy wouldn't appreciate.
Isn't that rather the point of the round?
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I'll prob send something electronic or punk.
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Well, yeah, but if everybody's sending growls it kind of defeats the purpose, right?
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TAC had a growly round and then started sending death metal to everyone in roulettes
Maybe we can break Indiscipline too :corn
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In a battle with Ivan Drago (growls), Indiscipline is Rocky; TAC is Apollo.
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I'm already loving next round.
Plus, I feel like banning the following acts for shattering my personal dislike scale without providing at least a funny element of surprise:
Radiohead, Pantera, Coldplay, Slayer
:corn
Take out "Coldplay" and I'm right there with you, 200%.
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TAC had a growly round and then started sending death metal to everyone in roulettes
I know, right! :lol
It wasn't so much the Growlie Round, but I really appreciated you guys doing my roulette, what with me not knowing any of you. But I wanted to show my appreciation by joining you guys' roulettes. It's really led me on quite a journey, and I haven't sent anything that I personally haven't been comfortable with. Plus, I've actually done pretty well too! ;D
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Tank round sent. I'm very interested to see what Indiscipline thinks of it. :corn :corn :corn
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Tank round sent as well, this is gonna be fun...
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Why not rationing the news while you send me ear poison?
I suffer, everybody suffers.
Round 4 Results, 1 of 5:
:scio: Evermind - Cockroach Sympathizers:
Pain of Salvation – Iter Impius:
Bus Impression: “That way of singing is as authentic as Pamela Anderson's floaters”
As far as sheer songwriting is concerned, this puppy should be right up my doghouse. Constructed like many quintessential show-stopping musical theatre male stool ballads, elegantly orchestrated, with a steady but smooth crescendo as dramatic as they come. We're talking about a 10 so far, now let's talk about what makes up the 4 bringing the average down. I swear (and I'm sorry if I read offensive), I can't stand the vocals. From languid soft to passionate angry, they're everything I would define as utterly phoney. I can't hear a speck of emotion in the actual (weak) sound, everything is on mannerism. Plus, the middle vocal melody is quite, ehm, ugly, really. I've always stayed away from this act due to some sort of generational distrust, and maybe my instincts weren't so wrong. I'm not surprised the singer is the same fellow who annoyed me to death with his continous diva poses while playing background utility parts in the Live Whirlwind DVD.
Vote: 7.0 – Please, someone make Drew Sarich sing this.
(https://www.myemoticons.com/images/patriotic-military/firepower/jeep.gif) TAC - The aTACkers:
Lost Horizon – Highlander:
Bus Impression: “An attempt to cram Manowar's discography inside a single song”
I have two guilty pleasures in life: Manowar and Sacher Torte, and they both must adhere to a strict formula in order to be successful: no shame over the top all out all the time bordering on ridicule (offensive epicness and overwhelming chocolate/orange jam, respectively). Anything but that and they're just ok pleasures, no middle ground. Speaking of this song, a lot of yummy ingredients are there: the heroic vocal melodies, the hooks, a steam powered cyborg drummer we can compare to the great (underrated) Scott Columbus. Alas, the chef was a bit shy. The guitar is underused (the beautiful hint of outro makes you wonder where the guy's been the 10 minutes before), the keyboards are childish and sound like a toy, and the focking “hey” that should bring the house down is wimpy, almost self-conscious. Plus, if even the great Eric Adams needs double-triple tracking to brig the point across, who does this (very gifted) guy think he is to never resort to backing vocals?
Vote: 7.0 – All man play on 10, below that you get just an enjoyable ok demo.
:ariich: ariich – Sexin'-You-Laters:
Von Hertzen Brothers – Angel's Eyes:
Bus Impression: “Julian plays dice while Victoria nad Edward get naughty: the elaboration”
Songwriting-wise, this is a nice compact little beauty, made both interesting and flawed by a strange underlying tension between straightforwardness (is it a word?) and confusion. I'm a real sucker for arabian scale based riffing, and this one delivers its goods, BUT it's not terribly original. The chorus hook is solid, BUT vocals suffer from a certain lack of personality. There is a constant droning buzz messing the verse up, BUT it works like a charm during the potent instrumental interlude. The guitar solo's tone before the final chorus is bloody painful, BUT it redeems itself with that beautiful baroquish super-arpeggio section. A lot of BUTS, both positive and negative. Call me a musical pervert, but I can't shake the feeling this entire tune would fit gorgeously in the middle of Home, replacing the hideous dicing & moaning notorious lazy waste of time segment. I haven't checked and may be wrong, but my ear suspects it's even in the same key.
Vote: 7.0 – You were almost there with the classy jazzy path you had taken.
:shadowninja: Shadow Ninja 2.0 - Wayward Vagabonds:
Avantasia – Another Angel Down:
Bus Impression: “The criminally unappreciated Wild Ranger would ask: is this generic heavy metal?”
Funny piece, composed with undeniable craftmanship and mastery of the genre's Xs and Os. Musically speaking, everything is pleasing and everything is incredibly formulaic. For example, you can find the same exact main riff in every post-reunion Maiden album (I would quote titles if I were willing to deal with post-reunion Maiden albums), while the main chorus is simply fun 80's vanilla metal's common denominator. I promise I've heard a slight variation of that “We Rock The Ball” in at least a score of my brother's records, and I could listen to those only when the ogre was absent, risking my own incolumity. Nice double guitar solos, so nice I'm mildly disappointed by the lack of a glorious harmonised section. The singers turn this tune from not bad to somewhat memorable. They're perfect for the style, milk every last drop from their lines, and show an exciting competitive edge reminding me of Larry and 'Nique lighting up the Eastern Playoffs in the mid '80's. I feel I have to mention my sister could have written the lyrics at 14.
Vote: 7.0 - We need a poll
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:omg: :omg: :omg: :omg: :omg:
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Those are for the post-reunion Maiden diss, right?
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No comprende.
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He cut us PoS fam. He cut us deep!
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No comprende.
That's a blow to you, leader of fogies.
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Okay glad I got over a 7 but sad that Iter Impius got such a criminally low score :lol
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He cut us PoS fam. He cut us deep!
I'm just glad I'm not the only one that put that song last in a roulette round, though I do think this may be the last time Evermind sends that one...
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I'll admit, Indiscipline, I'm starting to wonder if there are any vocals you actually like. :lol
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He cut us PoS fam. He cut us deep!
I'm just glad I'm not the only one that put that song last in a roulette round, though I do think this may be the last time Evermind sends that one...
I'm glad you put it last, because it put mine 2nd last!
And PoS is an entirely appropriate acronym in my books. I just can't get into them.
@ Shadow... he liked Lande, just not the lyrics or musical structure.
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He liked the vocals in Hail Spirit Noir (except the whispered ones) :P
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He cut us PoS fam. He cut us deep!
I'm just glad I'm not the only one that put that song last in a roulette round, though I do think this may be the last time Evermind sends that one...
I'm glad you put it last, because it put mine 2nd last!
And PoS is an entirely appropriate acronym in my books. I just can't get into them.
@ Shadow... he liked Lande, just not the lyrics or musical structure.
I'm stupid and can't read, I thought he said the vocals were bad to somewhat memorable. Whoops. :lol
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For example, you can find the same exact main riff in every post-reunion Maiden album (I would quote titles if I were willing to deal with post-reunion Maiden albums)
Them's fightin' words, pard. :)
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Finally not in the bottom 4 :rollin
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He cut us PoS fam. He cut us deep!
I'm just glad I'm not the only one that put that song last in a roulette round, though I do think this may be the last time Evermind sends that one...
Not really, I had a lot of successes with this one in the past, so two failures won't be enough.
That being said, looking forward to my last round!
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Evermind sent Native Construct - Mute
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Damn, even my tank song won't be able to compete with that.
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And here I thought considering 7 a bad mark was just a Canadian thing ..
Round 4 Results, 2 of 5:
:crypt: Elite - Rich and The Poor Tastes:
Ulver – Lost in Moments:
Bus Impression: “The elevator is so hip and cool that you almost forget it's elevator music”
Not matter the genre or the means adopted, when a song sets up to paint a sonic landscape I'm always on board, or at least interested. This one starts the job in flying colours: after a distinct promise of industrial claustrophobic mazes, the painter plays with fog, conveyed by a pretty astute saxophone hell bent on phrasing every staple lick from classic noir movies' scores with a futuristic cold attitude. There's a great sense of sonic research, especially at the end when an amazing vocal collage (absolutely my favourite section) makes you wonder why the concept wasn't expanded further. The ceiling for this song could have been set higher, maybe with a gret vocalist wisely used a la Massive Attack, surely with a more poignant middle section, which I've found too much focused on a rather flat beat diluting the painting's strong colours for too much precious song time.
Vote: 7.5 – It's fantastic you thought someone else sent this.
:metal: DestinyOfChaos - The One Trick Ponies:
Ayreon – Day Two: Isolation:
Bus Impression: “A brazen celebration of artistic theft”
I think I know the first guy singing. Jokes aside, either this Lucassen fella grew up listening to the same exact records I grew up whorshipping or he's the greatest honest thief in the history of rock music. What can I say, it starts like Morse, teases with some Emerson comments, becomes Supper's Ready, transforms into On The Run, and lifts a world famous lick from Learning to Live focking verbatim. The funny thing is that the result is successfully endearing, a bit like Andrew Lloyd Webber's infamous robberies of Giacomo Puccini's operas becoming pretty amazing musical achievements. Although this song doesn't stand to the incredible standard set by all the gushing I read about Ayreon (I'm finding out modern acts tend to be ridicolously hyped), this is a very good piece. There isn't a wrong vocal melody, and pace and drama are managed by a maestro. The placid calm part owned by the lady singer is really beautiful, but Big James wins the vocal match right from the start.
Vote: 7.5 – I may check this Ayreon act guys seem to like a lot
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hmmm.. 'next time' I might try a different track from that same album :P maybe 'Hallways of Always' or 'The Future Sound of Music' (my personal favourite) would have done better, but I picked this one specifically for the use of the saxophone and its quite varied sections. It opens the album wonderfully, and I think you might actually enjoy the full thing really. :)
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Okay glad I got over a 7 but sad that Iter Impius got such a criminally low score :lol
Especially on the basis that Gildenlow's vocals lack emotion. :sadpanda:
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I'm glad I'm not alone in not getting PoS, and Indi hit the nail on the head (imo) with respect to Gildenlow.
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Glad that you liked the Ayreon song. With the All-Star round, wanted to give you some Big James and other talented singers! And James sounds fantastic on the track/album considering the time period that it was released.
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Okay glad I got over a 7 but sad that Iter Impius got such a criminally low score :lol
Especially on the basis that Gildenlow's vocals lack emotion. :sadpanda:
I guess we just have to settle whether a great fake orgasm actually conveys emotions :D
Which, joking aside, leads me to this:
I'll admit, Indiscipline, I'm starting to wonder if there are any vocals you actually like. :lol
I'm grateful for that comment, 'cause it allows me to shed some light on my apparently foppish vocal standards. It may sound weird from someone making a living by acting through singing, but I really detest "vocal posturing". Genuine emotions need only the right sound and dynamics, providing the composer has done his job (and in PoS case, said job was perfect). Everything else is void mannerism, going from mildly exciting in the luckiest case to down right cringeworthy.
I'm giving you a couple of well-known examples, always in my opinion and taste:
Kiske, LaBrie, Lake, Morse and Cornell are the golden standard for straight soul to sound shooters.
Russell Allen, although the most talented and gifted vocalist in his generation from a physical instrumental standpoint, can't escape the trappings of vocal posturing. From what I've heard so far, Gildenlow (well endowed himself) is on that track.
Dickinson, Dio, Adams, Coverdale and Ian Anderson have mastered the art of compromise. Sometimes they're exciting, sometimes irritating, rarely not great anyway.
Other fun quirky bits, if you will:
Deep Purple is my favourite act on odd days (DT on even), but I can't focking stand Ian Gillian
Robert Plant is either celestial or infuriating, no middle ground, and I love Led Zep.
Before someone turns the mannerism blame on my favourite Patton, I will say that's not mannerism. That's focking research on the limits of human voice, and the man should be revered as Einstein is.
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Before someone turns the mannerism blame on my favourite Patton, I will say that's not mannerism. That's focking research on the limits of human voice, and the man should be revered as Einstein is.
You are baked, man.
Give me something to prove your point because I'm apparently not aware of who this Patton guy is.
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I live to serve, you know the rest. :D
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uDgPeUCF0sc
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I live to serve, you know the rest. :D
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uDgPeUCF0sc
So the guy can sing scales. That's great.. Has he ever made a song that was remotely listenable?
There was something in that mix from some soundtrack that sounded interesting, but honestly, that was nothing but noise.
Give me a song dammit! ;D
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I'll give you plenty in your roulette, my friend. :corn
Round 4 Results, 3 of 5:
(https://i.imgur.com/Di2RXDi.gif) Kattelox - The Rainbow Warriors:
Incognito – Deep Waters:
Bus Impression: “Baby, I want to have babies with your larynx”
It starts like porn music (not necessarily a bad thing), then a wonderful ladyvoice possessing every harmonic available to human females hits my ear's G spot like a pro. Past the wave of aural pleasure, this tune could seem like your average classy nondescript smooth jazz track, but it hids a couple of treasures. The main melody could have been carried by a very standardised harmonic progression, but the gang went the extra mile and concocted a series of extremely interesting and hard to handle changes and permutations. The result is not a “look at me” display of harmony mastery, but an actual improvement on the musical whole. What I enjoyed even more is the strict orchestration discipline: bass as absolute crossroads of Melody/harmony/rythm, piano and guitars wisely dividing voicings and colours, a muted trumpet licking with a Knopfleresque knack for completing/commenting the vocal lines. Too bad the theme is not developed enough to allow this tune to make the leap to great composition territory.
Vote: 8.0 – I want everything sung by this fine lady
(https://i.imgur.com/Sh7foEN.jpg) Stadler - The Hartford Walers:
Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds – A Simple Game of Genius:
Bus Impression: “The sun is up, the sky is blue, it's beautiful and so are you ...” Sorry, couldn't help it.
There are choice individuals the gods have chosen to carry the instinctive pop songwriting gift, no matter what, and the gods seem to look for them in Great Britain. I feel we can let Noel join John, Paul, Elton, Freddie, Mike and Matt in that club. The intro is magic in simplicity, then we go Dear Prudence through some Fat Bottomed Girls stomping. The rest is not only huge sound, but huge sonic space opened without borders with no more than three focking melodic ideas. Oasis were incredibly popular while I was coming of age, but I've always been torn between Noel's perfect writing and Liam's terrible vocals. Well, the dilemma is solved right here. Noel isn't even close to being an accomplished singer, but his unassuming voice allows the actual tune to breathe. Another trait of the pop genius? Knowing when stopping painting the picture, when you miss a brush or another one could ruin everything.
Vote: 8.0 – You keep appelaling to my Beatles sense. Smart move.
(https://i.ytimg.com/vi/xmOf4D91Zz4/hqdefault.jpg) jingle.boy - Boston Bruins Blow:
Mystery – Shadow of the Lake:
Bus Impression: “The token wonderful song featuring vocals I'm not crazy about”
Holy DT Compendium! Not mentioning the obvious Learning to Steal sequence, the first minute feels like a quotation of every Dream Theater album, before picking one and settling on WDADU riffing. But, again DT is my favourite act on even days. Then we land on the “They Cannot Feel The Pain” bit, the first truly original moment and incidentally the best hook in this round. The only gripe I have with the song's first half is it's written for vocals way more powerful and extended than the guy is actually gifted with, and it often shows. The second half is beautiful smooth sailing. After a Mitchellesque solo (always a bonus with me) we keep the Arena gimmick turning things into Unquiet Sky vibe, before climaxing in a comfortably numb final sequence boasting some surprising harmonised guitar wailing that simply clenches your heart. The moment the singer asks his buddies to throw him a bone in the range department, this act is set for great things.
Vote: 8.0 – How can you send this and not like Arena is beyond me.
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Looks like Ostura is gonna save my ass. :metal
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Top 6!!! WOOOT!!!
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I FINALLY broke out of the 6s into a solid 8! Everything's coming up Milhouse
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I FINALLY broke out of the 6s into a solid 8! Everything's coming up Milhouse
This is the point when Nelson usually says "HA HA!"
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Looks like Ostura is gonna save my ass. :metal
When you first started pimping Ostura, I checked them out, but I couldn't get into it. That said, I listened to the song you sent and it was fantastic. I may have to give that album another look.
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the hirsch effekt strikes again, apparently
back in business this round :metal
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I'm grateful for that comment, 'cause it allows me to shed some light on my apparently foppish vocal standards. It may sound weird from someone making a living by acting through singing, but I really detest "vocal posturing". Genuine emotions need only the right sound and dynamics, providing the composer has done his job (and in PoS case, said job was perfect). Everything else is void mannerism, going from mildly exciting in the luckiest case to down right cringeworthy.
I'm giving you a couple of well-known examples, always in my opinion and taste:
Kiske, LaBrie, Lake, Morse and Cornell are the golden standard for straight soul to sound shooters.
Russell Allen, although the most talented and gifted vocalist in his generation from a physical instrumental standpoint, can't escape the trappings of vocal posturing. From what I've heard so far, Gildenlow (well endowed himself) is on that track.
Dickinson, Dio, Adams, Coverdale and Ian Anderson have mastered the art of compromise. Sometimes they're exciting, sometimes irritating, rarely not great anyway.
Other fun quirky bits, if you will:
Deep Purple is my favourite act on odd days (DT on even), but I can't focking stand Ian Gillian
Robert Plant is either celestial or infuriating, no middle ground, and I love Led Zep.
Before someone turns the mannerism blame on my favourite Patton, I will say that's not mannerism. That's focking research on the limits of human voice, and the man should be revered as Einstein is.
Dude, brother, compadre.... other than the Ian Gillan - who is better than "can't focking stand" but isn't my favorite singer (that would be Freddie, Paul Rodgers, Bono...) I could have absolutely written that word for word. Perfect. There is nothing I hate worse than melismatic singing (you know what I'm talking about; that holding one syllable but singing 8,452 notes. Basically every singer on American Idol, plus Ariana Grande.) except maybe the screaching over-emoting of singers like Janis Joplin, who is basically unlistenable to me.
Oh, and Patton; when he sings, he is SO good; "Ashes To Ashes", most of "Angel Dust". Can I send "Everything's Ruined" in this roullette? :) :) :)
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Looks like Ostura is gonna save my ass. :metal
When you first started pimping Ostura, I checked them out, but I couldn't get into it. That said, I listened to the song you sent and it was fantastic. I may have to give that album another look.
Duality is aptly named. The first half in amazing... the second half loses me. But in total... a great song. I do prefer Erosion.
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Looks like Ostura is gonna save my ass. :metal
When you first started pimping Ostura, I checked them out, but I couldn't get into it. That said, I listened to the song you sent and it was fantastic. I may have to give that album another look.
Duality is aptly named. The first half in amazing... the second half loses me. But in total... a great song. I do prefer Erosion.
The definition of Erosion. ;D
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There are no songs on that Ostura album that are at least half as good as Iter Impius. :P
Avantasia and Ayreon are also below 8... I'm playing in the wrong roulette.
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I must say, criticizing Benoit David's vocal talents would have been the absolute last thing I would have expected out of this submission. I mean, he was good enough to tour for Yes, so ... yeah.
TASTES!!!
Still, I'll take the 8, even if it is (barely) middle of the pack.
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I'll give you plenty in your roulette, my friend. :corn
But I'm not having a Tank Round.
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Looks like Ostura is gonna save my ass. :metal
When you first started pimping Ostura, I checked them out, but I couldn't get into it. That said, I listened to the song you sent and it was fantastic. I may have to give that album another look.
Duality is aptly named. The first half in amazing... the second half loses me. But in total... a great song. I do prefer Erosion.
There are a few songs I like more than Duality on the album, Let There Be and Surge specifically, I just felt Duality was a better fit for this round.
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I must say, criticizing Benoit David's vocal talents would have been the absolute last thing I would have expected out of this submission. I mean, he was good enough to tour for Yes, so ... yeah.
But the vocals in Yes blow.
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Oh, and Patton; when he sings, he is SO good; "Ashes To Ashes", most of "Angel Dust". Can I send "Everything's Ruined" in this roullette? :) :) :)
Can I send "Detroit Rock City" in yours? ;)
Avantasia and Ayreon are also below 8... I'm playing in the wrong roulette.
Well, there must be some reason if some acts failed to pierce my filters during the last 20 years. It's not like I've been in jail :D
I must say, criticizing Benoit David's vocal talents would have been the absolute last thing I would have expected out of this submission. I mean, he was good enough to tour for Yes, so ... yeah.
TASTES!!!
Still, I'll take the 8, even if it is (barely) middle of the pack.
I like the dude's voice and delivery in his comfort zone. I believe I've criticised his buddies for writing him in a corner :P
I'll give you plenty in your roulette, my friend. :corn
But I'm not having a Tank Round.
I'm at work without my gifs, otherwise I would have TedLanged you ;D
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Round Four Results, 4 of 5:
(https://i.imgur.com/rVTsQpr.jpg) Aefenwelg - The Uhhhh.. Wildcats:
mewithoutYou – The King Beetle on a Coconut Estate:
Bus Impression: “A magical Cohenesque/Croceish parable. Who focking cares if it turns preachy”
Strange intriguing unique piece of song, this one. It starts like a revisited medieval ballad a la John Barleycorn, but the brilliantly timed comments from fiddle, harp, bassoon and french horn make you realise you're in for a tale with a pretty larger (not only musical) scope. I should be annoyed by the singer's delivery, but (as demonstration of the importance of context and the impossibility to like/dislike anything in a vacuum) that modest yet passionate soryteller's tone is a perfect fit. The absolute best part is the climatic interludio eventually seared by the electric guitar. Sadly that energy went someway lost during the finale (dunno, maybe shifting vocals one octave up? More guitars?) resulting in a payoff a wee less satisfying than its setup. Whether I agree or not with the lyrical message is irrelevant, since the way it's brought across is genuine, efficient, and touchingly powerful. That's what I love about art: every “what” and “why” is praiseworthy as long as the “how” is competent.
Vote: 8.5 – Wet dream #4782: Ian Anderson singing this tale.
(https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/550x300q90/922/9UZ8aD.png) (https://imageshack.com/f/pm9UZ8aDp) kingshmegland - King Kongshmegland:
Enchant – Sinking Sand:
Bus Impression: “That bassist's name and cell phone on my desk, posthaste”
Risin' up, back on the streets, did my time, took my chances ... Sorry, couldn't help it. Kidding aside, I am struggling to find a single note out of place here. The arrangement and song structure are simply perfect and I can't find a frequency conflict after 10 listens (and I still have my 14k range). Haunting original guitar riffing (and tasty solo work, and I mean DeGarmo tasty), the ability to prog things up with just a piano and few seconds of synth, dynamics-conscious drums. Let me please single the bassman out: not mentioning the impressively elegant solo, the man pumps out beautiful melodies all tune long and still manages to be organic and at song's service. Next time you have dinner with the bloke, beers are on me. I'm focking getting predictable, but the only thing standing between this track and a 9.5 is the slightly under stress singing: please copy&paste my vocals comment from Chad's submission.
Vote: 8.5 – You haven't sent me something not sounding stunningly beautiful yet.
:metardica: Puppies_On_Acid - West Coast Lost Marbles:
Sieges Even – Unbreakable:
Bus Impression: “Is it good or bad when your favourite instrument is the mixing board?”
I will first write the first thing I thought at first listen: this song sounds absolutely fantastic. Glacial yet lively, like a flame incapsulated inside a diamond. In many aspects, production is very similar to FII, and it may be not accidental it features a veeeery Trial of Tears groove and a couple of moments veeery reminiscent of New Millennium. What impressed me the most is the handling of spots of complete silence. If musical elegance can be defined as “ruining silence only when strictly necessary and in the best possible way”, well, this song is pretty elegant. What ruined possible perfection (here's the difference from FII's production) is the mildly tedious overcompression. Anyway, great backing vocals work, moments of quality Rush, brave and excellent choice to exclude keyboards, sense of theatre, Whitewalkers' icy blades guitar slashes.
Vote: 8.5 – See? I don't mind the vocals! They're right for this!
(https://mommyfleur.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/hangman.jpg) Sacul - Hangmanen Addicts:
Anathema – Untouchable pt1:
Bus Impression: “A third base date mix-tape in an era that forgot mix-tapes”
Too simple to get a 10, so perfectly executed to exceed its 8 ceiling and scrap a half bonus point. This is what rock aficionados around the world should have forced U2 to do at gunpoint during the last 20 years in order to honour their first 20 years of career. I'll tell you more, put this baby in IWBY's place inside Octavarium and I may be marginally willing to get on board with that awful genre-spanning style excercise/project instead of treating it like an EP featuring only the title track and TALW. But I digress. The acoustic intro is honey to hungry ears, guitars barge on the scene with the perfect amazing violence, vocal harmonies are top focking notch and the whole final section has the right amount of Muse magic powder on it. It's very difficult to base a whole tune on one single idea and a crescendo, this one succeeds.
Vote: 8.5 – Yours must be the widest range of submissions so far.
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I got a live version of Untouchable in my first roulette and it was incredible, and I didn't want to say it earlier, but it had an energy that this studio version lacked.
I found the Enchant incredibly boring. ;D
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Boo Hoo Tim. :lol
Another solid score. Sweet. Also, here is the wife and I with Doug Ott (guitarist) on the left and Ed Platt (bassist) on the right at Progstock this year.
(https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/550x400q90/922/rducEM.jpg) (https://imageshack.com/f/pmrducEMj)
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WE IN THERE BOIS TOP THREE :metal
Amusingly enough I could've also sent The Hirsch Effekt in the next round :corn
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Boo Hoo Tim. :lol
Another solid score. Sweet. Also, here is the wife and I with Doug Ott (guitarist) on the left and Ed Platt (bassist) on the right at Progstock this year.
(https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/550x400q90/922/rducEM.jpg) (https://imageshack.com/f/pmrducEMj)
Do you have to have two T's in your name to play in that band? What are they called again? Enchantt?
Nice shirt! :lol
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Too bad you couldn't have attached Untouchable Pt2 to that, that's what brings it together.
In other news, a 9 MOTHERFUCKERS!!!!
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Me, lonestar, and romdrums all left I think?
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Let's get this over with.
I must've thought this was the Tank Round. :facepalm:
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I'm excited for my upcoming 10 next round
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Me, lonestar, and romdrums all left I think?
Damn, I may have to re-think my tank submission now.
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I've sent my round 5 tank entry. I don't think you'll like it. I love it.
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Hell yeah :2metal:
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Jebus!! Now you're criticizing Ted Leonard's vocals!?!?!
:youfail:
I shoulda let Shadow's question stand! :D
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I like the dude's voice and delivery in his comfort zone. I believe I've criticised his buddies for writing him in a corner :P
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:corn
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the song's first half is it's written for vocals way more powerful and extended than the guy is actually gifted with, and it often shows.
:P
:-*
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He's focking right, you know?
:biggrin:
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Ted would never say that. :lol
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Avantasia and Ayreon are also below 8... I'm playing in the wrong roulette.
I think 8 is gonna be the highest I score so you're not alone :lol
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I'm excited for my upcoming 10 next round
I think I can match that. I thought about sending some Deathspell Omega, but Indiscipline may find something to like in that, thus not getting a 10... I have something better in mind.
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Yes I'm anxious, but I must say I'm glad I'm one of the three waiting till morning for results.... :biggrin:
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btw indiscipline - why the switch from full-scale scoring to .5 scoring? is that just how it worked out this time? :lol
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btw indiscipline - why the switch from full-scale scoring to .5 scoring? is that just how it worked out this time? :lol
Too many ex-aequos and very clear levels of liking this time. Next round we'll switch back to the fine points, with new parameters:
10: Lost for words, big horror
9: Butt-ugly, but I can manage to make it alive through the end
8: Amidst the feces there's at least one thing I'm saving
7: It sucks with moderation
6: Flawed song with several good things going
5: Ehm, I kinda like it
4: Good song, why do you think I wouldn't enjoy this?
3: This is great, you should have sent this the round before.
2: This is an all time classic, I'm feeling insulted
1: Deep Purple
0: Dream Theater
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yeah i'm expecting nothing less than pushing at a 9 or higher based on that but i'm always in the mood to be surprised
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Anyone who sends growls this round is taking an easy way out.
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i sent a full six-meal course of fogey headache and growls are only like the second course
i hope to leave such a bitter aftertaste that all my prior scores are retroactively made 0/10's just to prevent any possibility of sending something equally offensive in future rounds
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Anyone who sends growls this round is taking an easy way out.
I sent some shrieks and some wails.
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I sent something arguably cheesier than the Luca Turilli's Rhapsody I sent in the first round. I don't think Indiscipline will like it at all. :lol
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Good day, bedlam. I thank you all for your patience, but I was secretly procrastinating in fear of next round's listening sessions.
Round Four Results, 5 of 5:
(https://i.postimg.cc/fTH2s4C7/5927758528_a2060423e7_b.jpg) Parama - Six Roaming Owls:
The Hirsch Effect – Agitation:
Bus Impression: “My ears are arguing with my guts over this”
The guts won. This is a visceral intense sense-raping experience flowing like a chaotic stream of consciousness, yet painstakingly crafted with subtle musical touches. Only after the feelings stop pounding you can start to attempt a kind of cold analysis, but the real magic is to really lay down your body to the song, on its conditions. The best way to describe its intensity is late King Crimson + The Wall + solo John Lennon + Tool and still wouldn't give a faithful description. From the very start the brilliant synth work tells you this is not Smashing Pumpkins weak ass angst, while the nervous animal riffing tells you're not in for some nu metal crap. By the time the glorious “Aahh ahhh ahhh” arrives, I've lost my marbles, and only because I forced myself to take notes I can remember (and not just being destroyed by) the Mermaid segment, the electric Stravinskij instrumental section, and the monstrous gravestone finale. What a focking journey.
Vote: 9 – For someone who signed up to make me regret running a roulette, you sent pretty awesome shit.
(https://i.imgur.com/Dc273Hd.jpg) romdrums - Seedy Rom and The Hard Drives:
Blue Food – Joker Face:
Bus Impression: “Alex, stop focking groove dancing like a madman in the bus' aisle. We want to sleep!”
I'm incapable of foul mood and I've sometimes risked literal jailtime not resisting the urge to slip a joke at the worst time, but I must admit this tune makes me even happier than me old folks focking made me. The perfect mix of electric sexy grimy funk and a horny horn section blending with rock as anybody this side of Chicago before they lost their mind. An inebriating feeling of dirty sweaty mess held together by Jamiroquaish organisation. A lot of my teen favourite acts – Extreme, Living Colour, … - could have taken this train but someway missed it. Conversely, at first listen I thought: it's a shame they lack a guitar alpha dog like Nuno, Vernon Reid or Terry Kath, then I realised how foolish the thought was. That's exactly this act's strenght. They are a panoramic happy orgy scene without a single close-up, and no one is fluffing. And, before I forget, THOSE handclaps!
Vote: 9 – Potentially my favourite newfound act with Snarky Puppy
(https://scontent-sjc3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.15752-9/42916546_272430593399267_8960817559314104320_n.jpg?_nc_cat=103&oh=e60b99d2a793334ec885df528ef59317&oe=5C57B3AA) lonestar - Team Fuck Canada:
Ostura – Duality:
Bus Impression: “This is how DT would sound if Kevin never left and Mike fulfilled his Russell Allen fantasy in 2002”
This should be called Trinity, for it's threefold (symphonic metal assault – prayer – heroic crescendo sunset ride) and divine. We throw the “epic” monicker too easily around, but in this case it scarcely is enough to do the tune justice. Before I single out individual terrific moments, let me state that FINALLY a song is planned for an orchestra integrating metal gear, and not the other (lame) way around. It begins like a Hans Zimmer track for desert action movies, then the classical instruments lay down the law before a chorus sporting my favourite kind of hook: the apparently unsatisfying but secretly titillating elusive harmonic resolution. Moments of Illumination Theory riffing, of course, and I believe someone else has already copyrighted that soloing tradeoff. The central prayer (very touching) is the perfect way to cleanse the palate and allow the finale to take all the time it needs to expand in its glory. Great muscular singer, amazingly capable of shifting gears and adapt his energy to quieter moods.
Vote: 9 – First The Cave, then this. State-of-the-art prog metal is in the middle east, people.
I'm not updating the standings. I'm not even looking at them before round five is over, for my soft heart needs to determine eliminations in the dark. Plus, next round will be quasi-lightning (like I want to sit through shit for a whole week) and won't feature Hangman. I want you people comment on the turds right from the start, so full disclosure as soon as the roster's full. As compensation, I'm giving you my impressions live, right after first complete listen (I've already sampled submissions in order to check the links) for each song.
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Anyone who sends growls this round is taking an easy way out.
Agreed. I legit love the song I sent - it's well documented here - and it's perhaps the polar opposite of what many send frequently. Growls aren't a stretch for this. Remember, the scuttlebutt was about questioning whether the sender REALLY liked the music being sent. It's not even a question for some of you whether you really like "growls" or not.
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Sent.
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"Reunited, and returned, to the black womb of the abyss" :metal
Sent my AOTY, which I maintain is not growls, but "Heavy Lemmy".
Indiscipline will probably love it and I'll be eliminated.. :(
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My grandma smoked two packs a day. She sang in Heavy Lemmy.
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"Before I single out individual terrific moments, let me state that FINALLY a song is planned for an orchestra integrating metal gear, and not the other (lame) way around."
Yeah, you should listen to the whole thing bro, this for me was the defining hallmark of the album and comes through much more in other tracks, specifically Let There Be.
Glad you enjoyed it, and I hope it makes up for what I sent you this round...
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Alright, which of you guys sent Meshuggah?
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Did you try to send it?
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Of course. Someone beat me to it.
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That's what you get for sending earlier than usual.
Oh wait.
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There is so much stuff I considered sending that it doesn’t really bother me, but I thought Meshuggah’s ‘Bleed’ in particular would do really ‘well’.
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That's what you get for sending earlier than usual.
Oh wait.
:lol
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Good morning, bedlam.
Very strange round to rank, with very distinct groupings. I had to slightly warp my usual voting style (not the meter) in order to fairly assess the various enjoyments (I feel finally everybody's got a hang on my tastes), thus there's a lot of ex-aequoing going on.
Let me tease/spoil you fine patient people. There will be:
Four 7s
Two 7.5s
Three 8.0s
Four 8.5s
Two 9.0s
One 9.5
KIND REQUEST: I know you are itching to send the "Hate Round" turds as soon as writeups are on, but please appeal to your sense of honour and send me something you can comfortably go on the record saying YOU like, with a straight face.
Thank you.
Did you change some scores since this? I just don't want somebody to lose out on .5 points.
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:corn
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There is so much stuff I considered sending that it doesn’t really bother me, but I thought Meshuggah’s ‘Bleed’ in particular would do really ‘well’.
To be fair, it is one of the worst songs I've ever heard.
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Sent. I'd be surprised if Indiscipline finds anything to like in this track. :corn I on the other hand love it!
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Sent one of my favourite songs by a very well-known band. Hopefully it's not banned.
This roulette was fun while it lasted!
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There's eliminations right? I'm biting it after this round so I kinda whiffed and went with the first thing that popped in my head for this one.
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Could we please have a scoreboard update good sir? *Tip of the cap*
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Good morning, bedlam.
Very strange round to rank, with very distinct groupings. I had to slightly warp my usual voting style (not the meter) in order to fairly assess the various enjoyments (I feel finally everybody's got a hang on my tastes), thus there's a lot of ex-aequoing going on.
Let me tease/spoil you fine patient people. There will be:
Four 7s
Two 7.5s
Three 8.0s
Four 8.5s
Two 9.0s
One 9.5
KIND REQUEST: I know you are itching to send the "Hate Round" turds as soon as writeups are on, but please appeal to your sense of honour and send me something you can comfortably go on the record saying YOU like, with a straight face.
Thank you.
Did you change some scores since this? I just don't want somebody to lose out on .5 points.
Ooops, I forgot to rectify. Many thanks, mate. Last couple of top tier listens made me realise I was over-ranking one particular song. Naturally, I'm not telling which one :corn
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Could we please have a scoreboard update good sir? *Tip of the cap*
He said he wasn't doing one.
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Could we please have a scoreboard update good sir? *Tip of the cap*
Afraid not, m'lord. I don't want to know the standings until round five's end. I'd rather give scores without knowing whether/how much they're decisive. I'm such a softie. :heart
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Ah, you cheeky devil.
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*purrs*
Any submissions for me, by the way?
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Could we please have a scoreboard update good sir? *Tip of the cap*
I did it!
Distracting Alex with crazy clown face. Standings at bottom!
Everyone can check their own math...
(https://i.ytimg.com/vi/DxjqMv-jm7U/maxresdefault.jpg)
Fogeys Kids
King 32.4 Par 31.8
RJ 31.8 POA 31.2
TAC 31.7 Aef 30.9
J-boy 31.4 Sac 30.7
Rom 30.3 Ev 29.8
Stad 29.9 Elite 29.8
DOC 28.1 Ariich 29.3
K-lox 27.3 Ninja 27.3
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Catching up with the fogeys again :metal
idc about round 3 since a 7 is about what I'd give that song too but round 2 hurt, still on top tho and should be staying there after this round
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Hey, I thought I already sent ManureWar last round?!
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Well, pretty much as expected.
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Could we please have a scoreboard update good sir? *Tip of the cap*
Fogeys Kids
King 32.4 Par 31.8
RJ 31.8 POA 31.2
TAC 31.7 Aef 30.9
J-boy 31.4 Sac 30.7
Rom 30.3 Ev 29.8
Stad 29.8 Elite 29.8
DOC 28.1 Ariich 29.3
K-lox 27.3 Ninja 27.3
I think you're off on Stadler's total by .1.
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Fixed!
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Oooooooooh, crazy clowns!
*turns the other way as the math commences*
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Could we please have a scoreboard update good sir? *Tip of the cap*
Distracting Alex with crazy clown face. Standings at bottom!
Everyone can check their own math...
(https://i.ytimg.com/vi/DxjqMv-jm7U/maxresdefault.jpg)
I didn't know your side gig was working as a scary clown. :lol
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I just realized I should have sent this https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bIgBj-G1Vj0
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My word. :lol
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I should have sent this.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VyAHULpMXKQ
I'm not even joking, I love this song for some inexplicable reason
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But he probably would have loved it.
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More than yours, at least! :lol
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I'll prob send some avant-jazz with theatrical vocals or something, that will piss him off :metal
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Oh maybe I should've sent Cleric :corn
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I just realized I should have sent this https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bIgBj-G1Vj0
Horse the Band did it better.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rm-dmgoYxJw&list=PLxcXUy7qiiA9SZAtRk7MweGIMldt8L5I8
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For pointless speculation, if the whole "you must like the song" rule wasn't in play, what piles of shit would you guys have sent?
I'm thinking the crabcore song or Brokencyde.
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For pointless speculation, if the whole "you must like the song" rule wasn't in play, what piles of shit would you guys have sent?
I'm thinking the crabcore song or Brokencyde.
Native Construct - Mute
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Merzbow
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For pointless speculation, if the whole "you must like the song" rule wasn't in play, what piles of shit would you guys have sent?
I'm thinking the crabcore song or Brokencyde.
By crabcore, do you mean the Attack Attack song?
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For pointless speculation, if the whole "you must like the song" rule wasn't in play, what piles of shit would you guys have sent?
I'm thinking the crabcore song or Brokencyde.
By crabcore, do you mean the Attack Attack song?
I think so, I sure as fuck ain't searching it to find out, might chance it getting in my head.
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I should have sent this.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VyAHULpMXKQ
I'm not even joking, I love this song for some inexplicable reason
Pffft, like it's not banned as immortal classic ... :P
I'll prob send some avant-jazz with theatrical vocals or something, that will piss him off :metal
It sounds wonderful, please send it!
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Two cards are missing from the deck:
(https://i.imgur.com/pSLJqj9.jpg) (https://i.imgur.com/CuJjqsw.jpg)
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Just about to send, and can't find it, but what's the length limit? Cuz I got a 30-min piece you'd deeply hate :metal
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Oh come on, I would have sent Dopesmoker :lol
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:lol doubt he'd have allowed such long track. Sent something shorter (10 mins) that i'm pretty sure our host will loathe deeply.
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Sorry, couldn't respond in time. Yeah, 30 minutes of hateful sounds would get you DQed :D
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I would have sent either side three of "Metal Machine Music" by Lou Reed, or the 20-minute ambient piece on the end of Yes' "Open Your Eyes" (though that is admittedly better than anything on the album proper).
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or the 20-minute ambient piece on the end of Yes' "Open Your Eyes" (though that is admittedly better than anything on the album proper).
This is quite true.
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Sorry, couldn't respond in time. Yeah, 30 minutes of hateful sounds would get you DQed :D
(https://media1.popsugar-assets.com/files/thumbor/L2ysmXDCRzSkgxuFUc7vm97fhHk/fit-in/2048xorig/filters:format_auto-!!-:strip_icc-!!-/2018/03/09/726/n/24155406/0eb16f0a5aa2b58a8ba0d1.80035032_/i/Dairy-Queen-Free-Cone-Day-2018.jpg)
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I would have sent either side three of "Metal Machine Music" by Lou Reed
this would be a 'great' submission as well
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My song is 12+ minutes, I think.
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I don’t know how long mine is off the top of my head, but I looked it up and it’s a little over 5 minutes. More than enough.
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Indiscipline, this is a strange idea for a round. I'd hate to be eliminated because you liked my song better than someone else's.
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This entire roulette is strange :biggrin:
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My song is short. I feel like really long songs that Alex hates are just cruel.
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My long song pick is pretty deliberate. It's not about ~13-14 minutes of drivel. There are two distinct halves of the song instead. The first half is fantastic (although our host may dislike the vocals), the second half is something very different. I actually asked him about that part and he assured me it's going to be at least an interesting choice.
Plot twist: he loves both of them (as I do) and I get a 2.
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my song is over 10 minutes long but it has like, 5 or 6 different parts to it that are all "awful" to our host in different ways
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My song is short. I feel like really long songs that Alex hates are just cruel.
But strangely appropriate.
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Sorry, couldn't respond in time. Yeah, 30 minutes of hateful sounds would get you DQed :D
(https://media1.popsugar-assets.com/files/thumbor/L2ysmXDCRzSkgxuFUc7vm97fhHk/fit-in/2048xorig/filters:format_auto-!!-:strip_icc-!!-/2018/03/09/726/n/24155406/0eb16f0a5aa2b58a8ba0d1.80035032_/i/Dairy-Queen-Free-Cone-Day-2018.jpg)
That is vaguely arousing.
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When I sent my song, his blunt two word reply was "Focking hell..."
Feeling pretty confident I'll make the cut.
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Indiscipline, this is a strange idea for a round. I'd hate to be eliminated because you liked my song better than someone else's.
I hear you, and you're not the only participant feeling at odds with this reverse mechanic. I believe trying one time to guess what I don't like is fairly balanced by having tried four times to guess what I like. Plus, as I've been capable to shot down good songs for a single tiny aspect, I'm perfectly capable of salvaging shitty ones for a bit I may love.
All this simmetry is making me dizzy now.
To semi-quote Ramsey Bolton, "if you expected a sensible roulette, you haven't been paying attention" :D
EDIT: One more thought, especially for the growls-peddlers. I haven't been throwing tens around for gems, can't see why I should easily do it for turds.
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When I sent my song, his blunt two word reply was "Focking hell..."
Feeling pretty confident I'll make the cut.
You sent the Meshuggah?
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My response from Alex was "God have mercy on my soul".
I mean based on my position I'm pretty sure I won't make the cut, but hopefully I can at least go out with a bang. :lol
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Indiscipline, this is a strange idea for a round. I'd hate to be eliminated because you liked my song better than someone else's.
I just embraced the strange.
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All I got was: :tup
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My response from Alex was "God have mercy on my soul".
I mean based on my position I'm pretty sure I won't make the cut, but hopefully I can at least go out with a bang. :lol
That's what I was thinking as well. :tup
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Embrace the strange!
(https://i.imgur.com/tmCXzyg.jpg)
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I suppose you're just gonna subtract what score you'd actually give the song out of 10, from 10? :P
2/10 is 10 - 2 = 8/10, for example
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btw indiscipline - why the switch from full-scale scoring to .5 scoring? is that just how it worked out this time? :lol
Too many ex-aequos and very clear levels of liking this time. Next round we'll switch back to the fine points, with new parameters:
10: Lost for words, big horror
9: Butt-ugly, but I can manage to make it alive through the end
8: Amidst the feces there's at least one thing I'm saving
7: It sucks with moderation
6: Flawed song with several good things going
5: Ehm, I kinda like it
4: Good song, why do you think I wouldn't enjoy this?
3: This is great, you should have sent this the round before.
2: This is an all time classic, I'm feeling insulted
1: Deep Purple
0: Dream Theater
Well, this tells me otherwise
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Rich beat me to it.
I will add I'm also rewarding whatever is able to ignite a genuine spark of hate, ugliness notwithstanding.
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Oh crap, I sent Dream Theater - Build Me Up, Break Me Down
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You can feel pretty safe for this round, then.
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F---. I may only get a four.
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I predict Indiscipline will hate the vocals on my song.
But seriously, the album it's from is one of my absolute favorite albums.
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Devil Doll?
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No. :lol I thought about it, but I figured they'd all be too long.
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Now it's time to see what you have done ...
As previously stated, no hangmama. I'm naming sins, but not the sinners, though. I want you to point each other out in horror.
TAC: Tribulation - Lacrimosa
Meshuggah - MonstroCity
uneXpect - The Quantum Symphony
Justin Bieber - U Smile (acoustic)
Between the Buried and Me - Foom Born (b): The Decade of Statues
William Shatner - Mr Tambourine Man
Orbs - People Will Read Again
Sunn O))) - Bathory Erzsebet
Parama: Shining - Blackjazz Deathtrance
lonestar: Babymetal - Road to Resistance
Cradle of Filth - Tortured Soul Asylum
Strapping Young Lad - You Suck
Millenium - Power to Love
jingle.boy: Star One - It All Ends Here
Evermind: Nightwish - Song of Myself
Sacul: Swans - Mother of the World
Starting listening now (not in the above order, obviously), impressions in real time.
Whatever happens, I have loved you dearly.
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Interesting choices in Nightwish and BtBaM.
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Tribulation is TAC
Swans is Sacul
Some bands I see that I considered as well. (Really, no Bleed by Meshuggah? I was cockblocked by MonstroCity? At least send Born in Dissonance or Nostrum :biggrin:)
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Tribulation is TAC
Swans is Sacul
Double right.
Impression #1: Make it a complete instrumental, and this is actually an amazing composition.
Impression #2: Heavy Metal Tourette
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Impression #1: Make it a complete instrumental, and this is actually an amazing composition.
Definitely fits mine.
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BTBaM-Wolfking
Nightwish-Evermind
Babymetal-Lonestar
Star One-J Boy
Shining-Parama
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Everything right, I mean, except wolfking's participation.
Impression #3: I've been raised by a catholic dad and an atheist mum. They BOTH would have forbidden this.
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I say this with love, respect and a genuine affection, but you people are idiots. :)
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You people? What do you mean you people?
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You people? What do you mean you people?
:lol
Easy Robert Downey Jr. :lol
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Impression #4: You could fit China's population in the gap between pretentiousness and actual value
I need a break, and a bath.
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I say this with love, respect and a genuine affection, but you people are idiots. :)
(https://media.giphy.com/media/4WHkXdDx8wjS0/giphy.gif)
Oh and...
Impression #3: I've been raised by a catholic dad and an atheist mum. They BOTH would have forbidden this.
:rollin
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Impression #4: You could fit China's population in the gap between pretentiousness and actual value
I need a break, and a bath.
This feels like mine. :lol
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The bus has a bathtub?
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I'm listening to all these in order and just got to The Quantum Symphony. It reminded me of this lyric:
Under the influence of a fantastic amount of TRENDY CHEMICAL AMUSEMENT AID, they proceed to perform lewd acts, rip each other off of small personal possessions, and dance with depraved abandon in the vicinity of a six-foot pile of transistor radios (each one tuned to a different station).
Edit: I find it difficult but probable to believe there is someone who likes these selections. But, so far, one has got to be a simple Troll and should be disqualified.
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Impression #2: Heavy Metal Tourette
Could be mine. :lol
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Impression #3: I've been raised by a catholic dad and an atheist mum. They BOTH would have forbidden this.
:metal :metal :metal
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I'm listening to all these in order and just got to The Quantum Symphony. It reminded me of this lyric:
Under the influence of a fantastic amount of TRENDY CHEMICAL AMUSEMENT AID, they proceed to perform lewd acts, rip each other off of small personal possessions, and dance with depraved abandon in the vicinity of a six-foot pile of transistor radios (each one tuned to a different station).
Edit: I find it difficult but probable to believe there is someone who likes these selections. But, so far, one has got to be a simple Troll and should be disqualified.
I can guarantee that my entry is not a Troll in the slightest.
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Neither is mine. I think Sunn was sent by Puppies
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I'm listening to all these in order and just got to The Quantum Symphony. It reminded me of this lyric:
Under the influence of a fantastic amount of TRENDY CHEMICAL AMUSEMENT AID, they proceed to perform lewd acts, rip each other off of small personal possessions, and dance with depraved abandon in the vicinity of a six-foot pile of transistor radios (each one tuned to a different station).
Edit: I find it difficult but probable to believe there is someone who likes these selections. But, so far, one has got to be a simple Troll and should be disqualified.
I can guarantee that my entry is not a Troll in the slightest.
Same. Although it may seem trolly, I really do enjoy the song I sent.
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Stad sent justin bieber btw.
I really like that swans track and think it :metal. I wanted to send The Seer but would have gotten me outright disqualified :P
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Sunn O))) is total useless garbage, good pick
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Okay, I've listened to them all and think they all have something to recommend them...except one. That was actually pretty enjoyable morning of listening to y'all's turds. Thank you.
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No troll here. Sent something from my AOTY.
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If any of these are troll-jobs, it's gotta be the Shatner.
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If any of these are troll-jobs, it's gotta be the Shatner.
:iagree:
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Mine isn't a troll, it's delightfully cheery and upbeat and I love it.
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You people? What do you mean you people?
All the non-white, and/or Jewish people. Duh.
No, seriously, none of that nonsense. I was just saying, after seeing that list of songs, if people didn't know that I sent Justin Beiber, they just weren't paying attention. And for the record, it's not in any way, shape or form a troll. I LOVE that song.
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like tbh some of justin bieber's non-helium-voice songs are passable at the very least but i don't actually know this one and i assume from the title it's very helium-voice :lol
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Well Babymetal isn't a troll song, I sent it in Jingle's roulette as well. Fucking love those kids.
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mine is obviously not troll, blackjazz is a killer album :metal
i was considering omen too but i sort of feel like indiscipline could like that on accident
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I considered Converge or GY!BE :P
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like tbh some of justin bieber's non-helium-voice songs are passable at the very least but i don't actually know this one and i assume from the title it's very helium-voice :lol
Yeah, it kind of is. I think he was 12 when he cut it. :) But I'm a melody guy, and that chorus just gets me. Personally? I'd love to hear a John Wetton or a Greg Lake (both, RIP) sing that over an acoustic guitar, but that's just me.
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The song I sent is in no way meant to troll anyone.
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I told Alex that if I would have been playing along, I would have sent him Blood and Thunder by Mastodon because I love that song and I think he'd hate it. After listening to this collection, I think I would have come in last place. :lol
Seriously though, I think there is some really cool music in here. Blackjazz, for instance, is right up my alley.
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It's a weird selection of songs for sure.
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If someone truly loves the Shatner selection (I won't call it a tune) then that's the greatest tank job since the '97 Spurs!
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I considered Converge or GY!BE :P
Strong choices, both of them. Dillinger Escape Plan would have been solid as well.
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I considered Converge or GY!BE :P
Strong choices, both of them. Dillinger Escape Plan would have been solid as well.
I was expecting to see DEP.
Well Babymetal isn't a troll song, I sent it in Jingle's roulette as well. Fucking love those kids.
This is just an actually good song. It doesn't even have that many death-vocals, compared to some of their other songs.
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I told Alex that if I would have been playing along, I would have sent him Blood and Thunder by Mastodon because I love that song and I think he'd hate it. After listening to this collection, I think I would have come in last place. :lol
Seriously though, I think there is some really cool music in here. Blackjazz, for instance, is right up my alley.
Dammit, Gregg. You were my secret guest participant but went and spilled the beans! :'(
The bus has a bathtub?
It would be great, bro. No bus today, but a couple of tough ones tomorrow and sunday. Today I got to dub the silliest videogame I've ever seen, Snack World. Anybody knows it?
Updated for new page:
TAC: Tribulation - Lacrimosa
Meshuggah - MonstroCity
uneXpect - The Quantum Symphony
Stadler: Justin Bieber - U Smile (acoustic)
Between the Buried and Me - Foom Born (b): The Decade of Statues
William Shatner - Mr Tambourine Man
Orbs - People Will Read Again
Puppies_On_Acid: Sunn O))) - Bathory Erzsebet
Parama: Shining - Blackjazz Deathtrance
lonestar: Babymetal - Road to Resistance
Cradle of Filth - Tortured Soul Asylum
Strapping Young Lad - You Suck
Millenium - Power to Love
jingle.boy: Star One - It All Ends Here
Evermind: Nightwish - Song of Myself
Sacul: Swans - Mother of the World
Resuming listening. If anything happens to me, my daughter gets my records collection and my nephew my guitars.
Impression #5: Thank you, now my throat hurts by proxy
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Dammit, Gregg. You were my secret guest participant but went and spilled the beans! :'(
Oops. Sorry master! Try to remember, if want Renfield to not spoil your evil plan, you must open the lid and tell him what it is!
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HA! Your punishment shall be ten listens of what I've just listened too. In fact ...
Impression #6: This is focking evil punishment
Impression #7: Having that level of musicianship and electing to use it THIS way is like being a world class surgeon and going around mutilating bystanders with your scalpel.
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Impression #7: Having that level of musicianship and electing to use it THIS way is like being a world class surgeon and going around mutilating bystanders with your scalpel.
This could be mine, or, at least, this is the type of reaction I was hoping to elicit.
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Impression #7: Having that level of musicianship and electing to use it THIS way is like being a world class surgeon and going around mutilating bystanders with your scalpel.
This could be mine, or, at least, this is the type of reaction I was hoping to elicit.
So you sent BTBAM?
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Impression #8: I think a distinguished gentleman just appeared in my living room. He's pleased to meet me and hopes I guess his name.
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Impression #7: Having that level of musicianship and electing to use it THIS way is like being a world class surgeon and going around mutilating bystanders with your scalpel.
This could be mine, or, at least, this is the type of reaction I was hoping to elicit.
So you sent BTBAM?
Nope, if I had sent BTBAM, it wouldn't be Decade of Statues. I think it's one of their more one-dimensional songs.
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Impression #9: What if Billy Corgan stole Muse from Matt Bellamy?
Need another break. I think I'm losing several k's of low frequencies.
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Oh also I should say that star one song is great lol
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Impression #8: I think a distinguished gentleman just appeared in my living room. He's pleased to meet me and hopes I guess his name.
(https://www.nndb.com/people/632/000022566/William_Shatner.jpg)
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Impression #8: I think a distinguished gentleman just appeared in my living room. He's pleased to meet me and hopes I guess his name.
Oh, that one may be mine. :)
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Impression #10: Do androids dream of electric shit?
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Oh also I should say that star one song is great lol
Indiscipline disagrees as of his last post
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Impression #7: Having that level of musicianship and electing to use it THIS way is like being a world class surgeon and going around mutilating bystanders with your scalpel.
This could be mine, or, at least, this is the type of reaction I was hoping to elicit.
So you sent BTBAM?
Nope, if I had sent BTBAM, it wouldn't be Decade of Statues. I think it's one of their more one-dimensional songs.
I think it’s the worst song on Colors, for what it’s worth.
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Impression #11:
(https://i.imgur.com/zFlc3Zs.jpg)
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I bet that one is about Justin Bieber!
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It is absolutely the worst song on colors
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Impression #10: Do androids dream of electric shit?
:lol
This has to be Sunn O))) - Bathory Erzsebet
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Impression #12: I'd rather have my daughter pole-dancing on crack than listening to this. Seriously.
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Impression #12: I'd rather have my daughter pole-dancing on crack than listening to this. Seriously.
This could be the winner! :lol
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Impression #10: Do androids dream of electric shit?
Make bank... this is Blade Runner.
And FWIW, I *don't* like It All Ends Here, but know others that do. I'm hoping it makes our host schizophrenic, and for that, he'll hate me, and by extension, my submission.
After having seen the Shat submission, it almost makes me wish I'd sent Christopher Lee!
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(https://i.imgur.com/zFlc3Zs.jpg)
I didn't think home was in this roulette.
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Impression #13: I underestimated your powers.
Who is home?
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Who is home?
DTF member. Here's his avatar.
(https://www.dreamtheaterforums.org/forumavatars/avatar_10519_1459164106.jpeg)
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Oh. Sorry home, I wasn't giving you the finger!
Impression #14: Now you send me a writeup about what you like in this song or I won't be able to sleep
Impression #15: Unvolontary comedy scale shattered for ever.
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Are you gonna post results right after all the impressions are done? :lol
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I'm gonna muster the courage to sit through all of this another couple of times on the bus and - if still relatively sane - I will! :lol
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:metardica:
If you want a writeup about why I like the song I sent it's 1. organized chaos that's so tightly played it sounds like it's constantly on the verge of falling apart 2. ok it's the drums I friggin just love the drums 3. omen is my favorite on the album probably though, that or fisheye
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Yours isn't the one with the writeup request (and, yep, the drumming may indeed be the only thing I like about it)
Impression #16: This submission could have done better than a couple you sent in the previous rounds
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:metardica:
If you want a writeup about why I like the song I sent it's 1. organized chaos that's so tightly played it sounds like it's constantly on the verge of falling apart 2. ok it's the drums I friggin just love the drums 3. omen is my favorite on the album probably though, that or fisheye
Fisheye is fantastic
Who is home?
I'm home. Who else is?
And telling you want I like about my track can be done, but I don't want to spoil what I sent.
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Yours isn't the one with the writeup request (and, yep, the drumming may indeed be the only thing I like about it)
Impression #16: This submission could have done better than a couple you sent in the previous rounds
Heck yeah I made a good choice it seems :metal
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Yours isn't the one with the writeup request (and, yep, the drumming may indeed be the only thing I like about it)
Impression #16: This submission could have done better than a couple you sent in the previous rounds
Potentially me but I doubt it
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Nah, that's the Star One song
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Here are the impressions neatly assembled:
Impression #1: Make it a complete instrumental, and this is actually an amazing composition.
Impression #2: Heavy Metal Tourette
Impression #3: I've been raised by a catholic dad and an atheist mum. They BOTH would have forbidden this.
Impression #4: You could fit China's population in the gap between pretentiousness and actual value
Impression #5: Thank you, now my throat hurts by proxy
Impression #6: This is focking evil punishment
Impression #7: Having that level of musicianship and electing to use it THIS way is like being a world class surgeon and going around mutilating bystanders with your scalpel
Impression #8: I think a distinguished gentleman just appeared in my living room. He's pleased to meet me and hopes I guess his name
Impression #9: What if Billy Corgan stole Muse from Matt Bellamy?
Impression #10: Do androids dream of electric shit?
Impression #11: FU Bieber
Impression #12: I'd rather have my daughter pole-dancing on crack than listening to this. Seriously.
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I have NO IDEA which one is mine!
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"Impression #5: Thank you, now my throat hurts by proxy"
Nevermind - this is it. Jorn Lande is the singer on mine, and I am 100% positive this is Millenium.
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Y'all star one is #10
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Thank you Tim!
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Nah, that's the Star One song
It could've been... but since the It All Ends Here is the 'Blade Runner' song on Victims, it would make logical sense for the 'android' comment to be about It All Ends Here.
Then again, our host is quite illogical at times. :P
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I think either #3 or #4 would be mine, most likely the former.
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"Impression #5: Thank you, now my throat hurts by proxy"
Nevermind - this is it. Jorn Lande is the singer on mine, and I am 100% positive this is Millenium.
(https://i.imgflip.com/2m5ud5.jpg) (https://imgflip.com/i/2m5ud5)
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:rollin
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Impression #7 feels like BTBAM. Maybe Unexpect or Nightwish.
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Nah, that's the Star One song
It could've been... but since the It All Ends Here is the 'Blade Runner' song on Victims, it would make logical sense for the 'android' comment to be about It All Ends Here.
Then again, our host is quite illogical at times. :P
I think Chad is the only one who guessed his impression right.
Had to fix the comment though
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That's because I just listened to my song again while reading the Impressions and none apply. :P
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Okay, so wait. Were we supposed to send the songs we hate from the bands we love? Because I'm pretty sure Chad loves Star One but hates It All Ends Here with fucking passion.
https://www.dreamtheaterforums.org/boards/index.php?topic=77.msg2482970#msg2482970 (recent)
https://www.dreamtheaterforums.org/boards/index.php?topic=50442.msg2331948#msg2331948
https://www.dreamtheaterforums.org/boards/index.php?topic=50470.msg2333992#msg2333992
I mean, just saying. :biggrin:
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Nah I think he didn't follow the rules here, you were supposed to send something you like that you think indiscipline would hate
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*Be honest here, send me a tune you rate at least 6/10 but you consider my kryptonite. The point is showing you got to know my tastes, not to send literal shite.
Mr Jingle, would you give It All Ends Here at least a 6/10? :police:
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I feel like a dick tbh, I just saw this post by Chad. I'm not very good at looking at other people's posts after a working week.
And FWIW, I *don't* like It All Ends Here, but know others that do. I'm hoping it makes our host schizophrenic, and for that, he'll hate me, and by extension, my submission.
So it wasn't really necessary for me to point that out. I guess it's up to our host now.
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(I made my decision but I want to :corn a bit)
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:corn all you want
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Always cheat, but don't get caught cheating :yarr
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Impression #11: FU Bieber
Hmmm. Mine? Maybe?
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To be honest, my pic was way subtler than a blunt FU.
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*Be honest here, send me a tune you rate at least 6/10 but you consider my kryptonite. The point is showing you got to know my tastes, not to send literal shite.
Mr Jingle, would you give It All Ends Here at least a 6/10? :police:
Barely. I dislike it the most from an album and band/project that I absolutely adore.
And the theme of the round was "Give me your steaming turds. The song I hate the most wins.... The point is showing you got to know my tastes, not to send literal shite." There was no requirement for our submissions to be songs that we *like*... it just couldn't be literal shit (like ariich asked for in his 2nd roulette).
So, I don't consider it to be "literal shite", but I'm not in love with it - and I don't think Alex will love it either. He knows the method of my madness for this submission so
(https://media.tenor.com/images/98b55371132aad9c75be9518236c79ea/tenor.gif)
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*Be honest here, send me a tune you rate at least 6/10 but you consider my kryptonite. The point is showing you got to know my tastes, not to send literal shite.
Not to be an opportunist here, but I think I get a 10. I was honest. Check. I sent you a tune that I would rate at least a 6/10. Check. I think you'd call bubble gum pop your kryptonite, based on some of the write-ups, and the songs that I didn't connect with as being "light weight". Check. And yet I think it might be something you'd give a second listen to, because you seem to appreciate a well-written song and a melody that sticks in your head. Check.
I'm not great at math, but as I understand it, "4 * Check = 10".
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*Be honest here, send me a tune you rate at least 6/10 but you consider my kryptonite. The point is showing you got to know my tastes, not to send literal shite.
Mr Jingle, would you give It All Ends Here at least a 6/10? :police:
Barely. I dislike it the most from an album and band/project that I absolutely adore.
And the theme of the round was "Give me your steaming turds. The song I hate the most wins.... The point is showing you got to know my tastes, not to send literal shite." There was no requirement for our submissions to be songs that we *like*... it just couldn't be literal shit (like ariich asked for in his 2nd roulette).
So, I don't consider it to be "literal shite", but I'm not in love with it - and I don't think Alex will love it either. He knows the method of my madness for this submission so
(https://media.tenor.com/images/98b55371132aad9c75be9518236c79ea/tenor.gif)
I knew I should've sent Native Construct!
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Chad perfectly explained his rationale when he submitted, and got my ok days ago. Furthermore, he so openly whined about 7 scores that I have no problems believing he sees 6 as proper vote for a song he dislikes :P
*Be honest here, send me a tune you rate at least 6/10 but you consider my kryptonite. The point is showing you got to know my tastes, not to send literal shite.
Not to be an opportunist here, but I think I get a 10. I was honest. Check. I sent you a tune that I would rate at least a 6/10. Check. I think you'd call bubble gum pop your kryptonite, based on some of the write-ups, and the songs that I didn't connect with as being "light weight". Check. And yet I think it might be something you'd give a second listen to, because you seem to appreciate a well-written song and a melody that sticks in your head. Check.
I'm not great at math, but as I understand it, "4 * Check = 10".
4 checks, 5 checks ... whatever it takes
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Well, that's fair and totally up to you. I didn't interpret the rules the way Chad did, so I thought I had to send a song I truly loved.
However, as this is probably going to be my last song anyway—if the standings are any indication—no harm done.
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Ev, your song sucks ;D
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Does mine suck too? ::)
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It blows goats, man.
In fact, there is only one song in this round I would call not-sucky, and in a regular round I'd give it a 6.5
Another one is terrible, but I focking love it.
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It blows goats, man.
(https://www.veterantv.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/f5d784aa1eabbde15ba5e2d90c3ba828.jpg)
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Does mine suck harder than 75% of the other songs here?
I know for sure I can't top sunn o))) in sucking but I put up a decent effort I think
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You put up an amazing effort.
The real variable, except for a couple of tunes, will be the hate factor.
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The sunn O))) song is kinda just a boring suckage, though. You eventually just stop paying attention. I think it gets Impression #4.
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Indiscipline, you'll probably like my song so much that I get eliminated, but in the off chance I get to the next round, what if what I would like to send is not on YouTube? Can you get Spotify on the bus?
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Wow Tim. The pity sex posts I see. :lol
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I know that you, my brother, have never refused pity sex. Just sayin'.
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Still really funny that indiscipline "assembled all the impressions neatly" and then missed four
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But you're on the other end of it.
Begging. :lol
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Indiscipline? Hello?? You there?
(https://d2v9y0dukr6mq2.cloudfront.net/video/thumbnail/jtoGUUy/man-falls-asleep-while-working-on-computer-at-night-in-hotel_h_evyn2x__F0000.png)
Apparently results tomorrow.
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Well, that's fair and totally up to you. I didn't interpret the rules the way Chad did, so I thought I had to send a song I truly loved.
However, as this is probably going to be my last song anyway—if the standings are any indication—no harm done.
It was definitely never a requirement that we had to LOVE the song, but we do have to like it and rate it at least 6/10.
In my case, I do love the song I sent, and I know a lot of us did. To be honest I just think it's more fun that way.
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Another one is terrible, but I focking love it.
Babymetal for sure.
A question for our illustrious host....what is the approximate length you expect out of the custom EP? And are there any parameters we should know about. I got a pick for the quarters and a few epics in mind for the semis (curse the asshole who sent Frost* and ruined using Milliontown)...just want to fill out the big one.
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...just want to fill out the big one.
Yeah, tell me about it! :lol
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i've only barely thought about my EP because i don't really expect to get that far but we'll see. i have a lot of options, i feel like, anyways, so i'm not super stressed about it regardless
the epic round i have nothing for though, more than likely
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Good morning, bedlam. I apologise for the questions left pending, but night time comes earlier around here.
A question for our illustrious host....what is the approximate length you expect out of the custom EP? And are there any parameters we should know about. I got a pick for the quarters and a few epics in mind for the semis (curse the asshole who sent Frost* and ruined using Milliontown)...just want to fill out the big one.
I have no time limits for the EP round, but the format request is: Five songs from five different acts (a starting 5, this is a NBA inspired playoff after all), a title, and a detailed concept/angle
Indiscipline? Hello?? You there?
TIME ZONES!
Still really funny that indiscipline "assembled all the impressions neatly" and then missed four
'Cause I didn't assemble 'em :P
1. Make it a complete instrumental, and this is actually an amazing composition.
2. Heavy Metal Tourette
3. I've been raised by a catholic dad and an atheist mum. They BOTH would have forbidden this.
4. You could fit China's population in the gap between pretentiousness and actual value
5. Thank you, now my throat hurts by proxy
6. This is focking evil punishment
7. Having that level of musicianship and electing to use it THIS way is like being a world class surgeon and going around mutilating bystanders with your scalpel.
8. I think a distinguished gentleman just appeared in my living room. He's pleased to meet me and hopes I guess his name.
9. What if Billy Corgan stole Muse from Matt Bellamy?
10. Do androids dream of electric shit?
11. *me flipping bird to wax Bieber in 2012*
12. I'd rather have my daughter pole-dancing on crack than listening to this. Seriously.
13. I underestimated your powers.
14. Now you send me a writeup about what you like in this song or I won't be able to sleep
15. Unvoluntary comedy scale shattered for ever.
16. This submission could have done better than a couple you sent in the previous rounds
Now I did.
Indiscipline, you'll probably like my song so much that I get eliminated, but in the off chance I get to the next round, what if what I would like to send is not on YouTube? Can you get Spotify on the bus?
Spotify link or just tell me author and title. My bus has ways. ;)
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Did I screw up the impressions? :lol
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:corn
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:corn
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I should have sent this, because I 100% no bullshit love this song by some chick named Angela Via
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qbmGl26FXU0
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Good morning, bedlam
This round gives me fits, but it's a focking blast nonetheless. It got progressively less disturbing to sit through after every listen, and a lot of surprising things happened to some of my prejudices.
Basically, you all failed. There is nothing I really "hate" here. There are songs intended to be silly which I like or damn straight fell in love with. All the growlies have something musically amazing underneath redeeming much of the horror. There are good songs with unsufferable sections or premises, there is one plain good song. Even the most extreme submissions (and I believe there are a couple of obvious trolls) are either featuring one interesting thing or boring/irrelevant, not hatefully ugly.
Organising my writeups right now because I want to be extremely clear in my judgements here and respectful to my set parameters.
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I'm not hugely surprised by that, Alex. For people with a pretty open-minded interest in all sorts of different styles (like me, you and Puppies), it's perhaps easy enough to find stuff that we won't particularly like very much, but I think really bloody hard to find stuff that we'll hate unless it really is just noise. Even with the things that you're not keen on, like vocals you consider to be melodramatic, it's not like it's 1/10 territory hatred as far as I can tell. It just holds things back.
Really interested to see the results now.
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Rich, you've just described my listening habits to a tee. Why aren't you winning this? :P ;)
First batch of results. Please, my friends, don't post math until I do. I just don't want it to be spoiled until I discover the final standings myself.
Turd Round Results, 1 of 4:
(https://i.imgur.com/Di2RXDi.gif) Kattelox - The Rainbow Warriors:
Millenium – Power to Love:
Bus Impression: “This submission could have done better than a couple you sent in the previous rounds”
Vote: 4 - “Good song, why do you think I wouldn't enjoy this?”. I indeed like this tune, and may have loved it if it wasn't mixed by a drunken deaf 9 years old. I don't dislike cheese (I loved Manowar in my teen years and I still love Helloween), and that's not what submarined Luca Turilli's song. Pretentiousness was the key there.
(https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/550x300q90/922/9UZ8aD.png) (https://imageshack.com/f/pm9UZ8aDp) kingshmegland - King Kongshmegland:
William Shatner – Mr Tambourine Man:
First Impression: “Unvoluntary comedy scale shattered for ever.”
Vote: 5 – “Ehm, I kinda like it”, which is the perfect average between “0: all time comedic sublime classic I'm addicted to now for its divine absurdity” and “10: lost for words, big horror”. Even the over the top late 60's uber kitsch arrangement lives on this wonderful duality. I fell in love with this horrible piece of music and you should have known it.
(https://i.imgur.com/rVTsQpr.jpg) Aefenwelg - The Uhhhh.. Wildcats:
uneXpect – The Quantum Symphony:
First Impression: “Make it a complete instrumental, and this is actually an amazing composition.”
Vote: 5 – “Ehm, I kinda like it”, which is the perfect average between “3: This is great, you should have sent it the round before” (as far as music is concerned) and “7: It sucks with moderation” (the evil imp vocals). One thousand beautiful musical ideas and stellar instrumental intricacies. I will check this act out.
(https://scontent-sjc3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.15752-9/42916546_272430593399267_8960817559314104320_n.jpg?_nc_cat=103&oh=e60b99d2a793334ec885df528ef59317&oe=5C57B3AA) lonestar - Team Fuck Canada:
Baby Metal – Road to Resistance:
First Impression: “Heavy Metal Tourette”
Vote: 5 – “Ehm, I kinda like it”, which is the only way I can describe a good power metal tune losing every trace of instrumental sense of moderation, redeeming itself with the perfect kind of vocals to mantain a credible level of absurd mecha stunt. Evil (like all Japanese music is at its core) but uniquely endearing (ditto).
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Oh boy. Bad score there. I should have known your sense of humor.
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That song is a gift, man. I'm not joking. :lol
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Good morning, bedlam
This round gives me fits, but it's a focking blast nonetheless. It got progressively less disturbing to sit through after every listen, and a lot of surprising things happened to some of my prejudices.
I also find that one can find enjoyment in virtually anything with enough listens. Many times in my roulettes I would find very little appealing with a song after 1 or 2 listens, but then by the 6th or 7th go, it's either worn on me, or something 'clicked'.
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Exactly. I've discovered things that, although I suspect I will never buy, I won't liquidate at first glance anymore.
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Rich, you've just described my listening habits to a tee. Why aren't you winning this? :P ;)
Just because we share a general attitude towards music, doesn't mean we understand or relate to each other's precise tastes. :lol
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Turd Round Results, 2 of 4:
:shadowninja: Shadow Ninja 2.0 - Wayward Vagabonds:
Orbs – People Will Read Again:
First Impression: “What if Billy Corgan stole Muse from Matt Bellamy?”
Vote: 6 - “Flawed song with several good things going”, and several goog things go places indeed. Songwriting, construction, melodies are really enjoyable, bordering on Muse mastercraft at times. Naturally, the whole flawed thing is up to those really annoying Corganish vocals and attitude. I've been disliking the man since he was playing with child androids.
(https://i.imgur.com/Sh7foEN.jpg) Stadler - The Hartford Walers:
Justin Bieber – U Smile (Acoustic):
First Impression: “*me flipping bird to wax Bieber in 2012*”
Vote: 6.5 – Between good flawed song and sucking in moderation. Good because, c'mon, it's a solid pop song with a strong hook, period. Flawed because – like a lot of solid pop songs – it's incredibly derivative (Fleetwood Mac want 74 of their chord progressions back). It touches the suckage realm because – the Bieber phenom nothwitstanding – pre-teen vocals passion-posturing are highly disturbing.
(https://www.myemoticons.com/images/patriotic-military/firepower/jeep.gif) TAC - The aTACkers:
Tribulation - Lacrimosa:
First Impression: “I think a distinguished gentleman just appeared in my living room. He's pleased to meet me and hopes I guess his name.”
Vote: 6.5 – Similar math as above, extremised. Pretty good because it's a well executed homage to 70's proto-heavy metal and the central galloping meody is gorgeous, heavily flawed because five minutes of evil intervals is boring, blowing goats because of shitty vocals and amateurish production. You're lucky: another week of listens and I may have liked this more.
(https://i.imgur.com/Dc273Hd.jpg) romdrums - Seedy Rom and The Hard Drives:
Meshuggah - MonstroCity:
First Impression: “Having that level of musicianship and electing to use it THIS way is like being a world class surgeon and going around mutilating bystanders with your scalpel.”
Vote: 6.5 – The imperfect average between 3: great and 8: I like only one thing. But, being the only one thing, well, the whole instrumental execution, I can turn things around and say: this is great, but ruined by crazy kobold vocals. I have never heard a more interesting and technically superb rythmic interplay this side of DT. Why wasting it in gratuitopus brutality?
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That song is a gift, man. I'm not joking. :lol
I love it. I can't stop laughing ever time I listen to it. :lol
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So is that a good score or a bad score?
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So is that a good score or a bad score?
Bad, second lower tier. He liked it too much.
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(https://media1.tenor.com/images/a22354c6a644fe772e38af36d699024e/tenor.gif?itemid=3540492)
Good... Bad... Al's the one with the gun.
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So is that a good score or a bad score?
(https://i.imgflip.com/2mcecg.jpg)
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Top 8 with my shitty song :metal
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i mean if you listen to anything enough you'll like it more, that's just how it works :corn
regardless i see i'm still ending up with a decent enough score
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Mother trucker. Seriously?! :lol
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That's a good assessment of Babymetal, I'll take it. I think it endears to me more cause I love that sporadic all over the place style of metal music the band plays. The band did their own instrumental album of metal jazz that's pretty off the hook.
Patiently awaiting to see if I move on now, wasn't expecting to score that low. :lol
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Cool top half for this round!
I'm more interested in my result/write-up for this round than possibly any round in any roulette I've ever previously participated in. :lol
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I'm more interested in my result/write-up for this round than possibly any round in any roulette I've ever previously participated in. :lol
I actually feel the same. Eagerly awaiting the shit hitting the fan. :biggrin:
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I’m confused.
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I've already "translated" the scores, Tim. Your 6.5 is a 6.5.
In a minute I'm posting the third batch, all sevens - i.e. the ephemereal "sucking in moderation" category. Those are either apparently good songs I disliked for particular reasons or apparently ugly songs failing to be hated.
:corn
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Turd Round Results, 3 of 4:
(https://i.ytimg.com/vi/xmOf4D91Zz4/hqdefault.jpg) jingle.boy - Boston Bruins Blow:
Star One – It All Ends Here:
First Impression: “Do androids dream of electric shit?”
Vote: 7 – Boring as fock, I'd say. It only sucks in moderation because – despite said boredom – No one can deny it's well played and, yes, well sung. The most irritating thing is the completely wrong way to approach its subject, wrong on so many levels. It's so wrong that I'll have to listen to Vangelis' sax theme for a whole week in order to cleanse my ears.
:crypt: Elite - Rich and The Poor Tastes:
Between The Buried And Me – Foam Born (b): The Decade of Statues:
First Impression: “Thank you, now my throat hurts by proxy”
Vote: 7 – I will repeat here what I've being saying for a lifetime about Death. It's such a a pity that an act with chops and imagination worth the absolute elite of progressive elaborate heavy metal have to resort to absolutely comical ways of “singing”. Top riffage, great melodies, top notch songwriting, vocals in need to be internationally banished.
:scio: Evermind - Cockroach Sympathizers:
Nightwish – Song of Myself:
First Impression: “You could fit China's population in the gap between pretentiousness and actual value”
Vote: 7 – Pure aural schizophrenia. A decent (yet banal) musical first part spoiled by one of the most irritating (and devoid of actual talent, don't be baffled) ladysinging I've heard, followed by a beautiful melodic relaxing second part ruined by a machine gun salve of awfully spoken chinese cookies banalities. The pure pretentiousness is simply off the chart.
:metardica: Puppies_On_Acid - West Coast Lost Marbles:
Sunn O))) – Bathory Erzsebet:
First Impression: “I've been raised by a catholic dad and an atheist mum. They BOTH would have forbidden this”
Vote: 7 – Whether you really like it or not (and I chose to believe you), this is a troll submission, but it failed someway. Sure, it's unsignificant background noise, but as such eminently ignorable and causing only mild indifference. Nothing to like here but no real substance to dislike. In a way, it made me rest the ears between other people's growlies.
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Okay, that's alright.
The Decade of Statues is honestly the worst song on the album it came from. There's some stuff on there that's both mind-blowing and gorgeous, but yeah, you'll have to deal with the vocals. And this may be heresy on any other forum, but really BTBAM > Death.
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Hell yeah top 4 bois :metal
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TOP FOUR BOIS
i out-sucked Meshuggah, Justin Bieber, and Sunn O))). I'm proud
i knew having a song that you'd hate in about five different movements would do better than 10 minutes of rororo growls, heck yeah
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Yeah, I should have sent some terrible black metal indeed.
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Parama: Shining - Blackjazz Deathtrance
Cradle of Filth - Tortured Soul Asylum
Strapping Young Lad - You Suck
Sacul: Swans - Mother of the World
hmm yeah
6. This is focking evil punishment
12. I'd rather have my daughter pole-dancing on crack than listening to this. Seriously.
13. I underestimated your powers.
14. Now you send me a writeup about what you like in this song or I won't be able to sleep
:metal :metal :metal
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I finally make the top 4 and of course it's in the turd round! :lol
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It's not really surprising to have those as the last four to be honest, even though Mother of the World is amazing and Blackjazz Deathtrance is quite alright too. Cradle of Filth are terrible and that's a mediocre SYL song if I remember correctly.
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yeah who the heck sent cradle of filth :lol
ariich? or who's the other person left besides me and dacul
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I finally make the top 4 and of course it's in the turd round! :lol
*bites tongue* :lol
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I finally make the top 4 and of course it's in the turd round! :lol
You're the cream of the crap!
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Turd Round Results, 4 of 4:
:ariich: ariich – Sexin'-You-Laters:
Strapping Young Lad – You Suck:
First Impression: “This is focking evil punishment”
Vote: 7.5 – There is only one thing I like in this terrible tune, and that's the punk-hardcore attitude. That would warrant a 8, but said attitude is so coherently carried by the terrible components to give this song a nice purpose anyway. Plus, I won't insult you making you finally step on 8 territory with a crap submission.
(https://i.postimg.cc/fTH2s4C7/5927758528_a2060423e7_b.jpg) Parama - Six Roaming Owls:
Shining – Blackjazz Deathtrance:
First Impression: “I underestimated your powers”
Vote: 8 – This is the poster song for 8: I only like one thing here, and that's the trascendent extreme jazz drums. Anyway, this may be crappy, but you can spot the clear presence of a genius behind the crap, albeit an evil and misguided one. A couple more listens and I may even come to appreciate the second half synth riff.
:metal: DestinyOfChaos - The One Trick Ponies:
Cradle of Filth – Tortured Soul Asylum:
First Impression: “I'd rather have my daughter pole-dancing on crack than listening to this. Seriously.”
Vote: 8.5 – The absolute worst vocals in this round, and that's really saying something. Stupid banal teenage evil music for posture's sake. This is not a full 9 only by virtue of thirty seconds of good melody towards the end. Anyway, I feel you could have sent me this one in a regular round without a second thought.
(https://mommyfleur.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/hangman.jpg) Sacul - Hangmanen Addicts:
Swans – Mother of the World:
Bus Impression: “Now you send me a writeup about what you like in this song or I won't be able to sleep”
Vote: 9 – I'd gladly have colostomy than sitting through this one more time. The last part “could” have some merit, but everything is utterly smeared by too many minutes of repetitive, disturbing, pretentious sweet focking musical nothing. If there's a deep meaning about this, I'd happily like to know. Worst song of the bunch. Congratulations, I guess.
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First Impression: “I underestimated your powers”
I'm so glad this was mine :lol
i can tell from the scores i am very comfortably into the next round so i guess i'll work on picks for that round
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Still couldn't crack an 8. :lol
Anyway glad you hated it at least a reasonable amount.
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also for what it's worth i agree that swans is total freaking trash that hipsters love the hell out of for no apparent reason other than "it's so deep guys" but :corn
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I mean, I could have sent Swans, but I don't like any of their stuff enough to justify sending it. Also if pre 1996 wasn't banned, sending anything from Swans' Public Castration is a Good Idea should easily get an 11/10 for this round.
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Can't really argue with any of those rankings. You gotta say one thing about Indiscipline, he really knows how to consume and critique crap. Congratulations!
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also for what it's worth i agree that swans is total freaking trash that hipsters love the hell out of for no apparent reason other than "it's so deep guys" but :corn
My thoughts exactly. :tup :tup
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I've never really thought of Swans as particularly deep, as much as Michael Gira wants to make it seem like so, I just enjoy the raw ferocity and the unashamed experimentation. So I'm glad they did so well this round :metal
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yeah congrats you officially sent the worst song of the roulette
if i wanted to send the absolute worst thing i could think of i probably would've sent Merzbow of course
or Slint - Don, Aman, which is to this day the worst thing i've ever been sent in a roulette and I doubt that will change
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I did the math, and here's what transpired:
The Tranquility Old Farts Conference:
(https://i.ytimg.com/vi/xmOf4D91Zz4/hqdefault.jpg) jingle.boy - Boston Bruins Blow: 7.8 + 7 + 8.6 + 8 + 7 = 38.4 - WestEndSlut: :tup, :tup, ProgPipe: :tup*
(https://www.myemoticons.com/images/patriotic-military/firepower/jeep.gif) TAC - The aTACkers: 8.4 + 8.3 + 8.0 + 7 + 6.5 = 38.2 - WestEndSlut: :tup :tup, MetalHead: :tup
(https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/550x300q90/922/9UZ8aD.png) (https://imageshack.com/f/pm9UZ8aDp) kingshmegland - King Kongshmegland: 8.6 + 8.0 + 7.3 + 8.5 + 5 = 37.4 - ProgPipe: :tup :tup :tup :tup
(https://scontent-sjc3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.15752-9/42916546_272430593399267_8960817559314104320_n.jpg?_nc_cat=103&oh=e60b99d2a793334ec885df528ef59317&oe=5C57B3AA) lonestar - Team Fuck Canada: 8.8 + 7.5 + 6.5 + 9 + 5 = 36.8 - MetalHead: :tup :tup, BaroqueWig: :tup
(https://i.imgur.com/Dc273Hd.jpg) romdrums - Seedy Rom and The Hard Drives: 7.0 + 8.3 + 6.0 + 9 + 6.5 = 36.8 - MetalHead: :tup, HeroinBop: :tup
:metal: DestinyOfChaos - The One Trick Ponies: 7.3 + 7.5 + 5.8 + 7.5 + 8.5 = 36.6 - MetalHead: :tup
(https://i.imgur.com/Sh7foEN.jpg) Stadler - The Hartford Walers: 6.6 + 8.5 + 6.8 + 8 + 6.5 = 36.4 - BaroqueWig: :tup :tup*
(https://i.imgur.com/Di2RXDi.gif) Kattelox - The Rainbow Warriors: 6.8 + 6.0 + 6.5 + 8.0 + 4 = 31.3 – HeroinBop: :tup*
The Cetaphil Young Turks Conference:
(https://i.postimg.cc/fTH2s4C7/5927758528_a2060423e7_b.jpg) Parama - Six Roaming Owls: 9.0 + 6.8 + 7.0 + 9 + 8 = 39.8 - BaroqueWig: :tup, WestEndSlut: :tup
(https://mommyfleur.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/hangman.jpg) Sacul - Hangmanen Addicts: 9.0 + 6.2 + 7.0 + 8.5 + 9 = 39.7 - HeroinBop: :tup, WestEndSlut: :tup
:metardica: Puppies_On_Acid - West Coast Lost Marbles: 6.2 + 7.7 + 8.8 + 8.5 + 7 = 38.2 - WestEndSlut: :tup :tup, ProgPie: :tup
:scio: Evermind - Cockroach Sympathizers: 8.0 + 7.3 + 7.5 + 7 + 7 = 36.8 - WestEndSlut: :tup, MetalHead: :tup
:ariich: ariich - Sexin'-You-Laters: 7.0 + 7.5 + 7.8 + 7 + 7.5 = 36.8 - HeroinBop: :tup :tup
:crypt: Elite - Rich and The Poor Tastes: 7.3 + 6.6 + 8.4 + 7.5 + 7 = 36.8 – HeroinBop: :tup
(https://i.imgur.com/rVTsQpr.jpg) Aefenwelg - The Uhhhh.. Wildcats: 6.4 + 6.8 + 9.2 + 8.5 + 5 = 35.9 – ProgPipe: :tup, BaroqueWig: :tup
:shadowninja: Shadow Ninja 2.0 - Wayward Vagabonds: 7.6 + 6.4 + 6.3 + 7 + 6 = 33.3 - MetalHead: :tup
As you can see, we have two senior citizens and three young bucks tied up. I know I must have written somewhere the silly thumbs-up would help untie even scores, but fock that. No one has cared about that stupid gimmick, it's deeply unfair and I want more music. Don't like it? Well, I come from the land where modern music and fascism were invented, so there. Hence, in order to determine the playoff grid I need bonus submissions from:
lonestar vs romdrums
Evermind vs ariich vs Elite
I'm even giving you a theme: today the man who gave me a big chunk of teenage dreaming - Mr Stan Lee - has left us. Let's celebrate him with some wonderful touching ballads.
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well congrats to Evermind on his bonus round win
also woo first place overall now :metal my power of sucking is unmatched
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Oh good, this will give me more time to come up with something for the next round.
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Amazing that it's also the exact same score that all 5 ended up with. I smell shenanigans!
It's reassuring that the youngins came from behind to take the lead in the overall standings because they sent shittier music than us old farts.
:jingleboy:
I've known what act I was going to send from the moment I saw this round. Just need to decide which two songs (which again... I think I know).
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I def sent shitty shitty song songs
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a ballad? You want *me* to send a ballad?
Congrats to my contestors :)
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Please, let me honour and thank the fine gentlemen who didn't make the cut.
Katt, you've been always a positive presence in this thread, and you took my blows with a smile, like a true man. I feel we share way more musical universe than the results speak for, and I believe you've often circled around the right spots landing elsewhere by misfortune.
Shadow, you never failed to send extremely interesting music, and your very first and last submissions I consider acts I will certainly check out and enjoy. You've been damaged by my unpredictable quirks maybe more than anybody else, and I'm a bit sorry.
Stadler, I can't believe you're out, for in a way I feel you're one of the participants I share more musical background with. I think that Bieber song was just too good for your sake, but I really appreciate your sticking to your guns. I will miss my weekly dose of Beatles nostalgia.
Aefenwelg, despite a terrible start, you went on and sent me a couple of magical tunes, possibly the most memorable so far. If there's a participant I'm regretting not receiving an EP from, that's you. I'm sure it would be totally unpredictable.
DOC, my brother, you took the heavy metal path and never betrayed it. I must honour the determination, and a couple of face-melting focking excellent tunes you gave me. Plus, as required from every good Scenes Thread aficionado, you are a focking funny crazy dude this roulette will miss.
Please, everybody, stick around until the end.
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Damn, a playoff round cause my song appealed too much to your inner Japanese 16 year old. And I'm gonna have to burn a ballad I was saving for my EP. Well crickey.
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EDIT: Self-censored rather vulgar and unfunny joke.
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*sits back and waits*
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Ballad sent.
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Ballad sent.
Sorry in advance Chad.
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Wait, you mean I actually have a chance to make it through? That's unexpected. :lol
Presumably the 1996 rule applies to the ballad like the other rounds?
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Wait, you mean I actually have a chance to make it through? That's unexpected. :lol
Presumably the 1996 rule applies to the ballad like the other rounds?
Yessir, same rules as for regular rounds.
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yeah congrats you officially sent the worst song of the roulette
if i wanted to send the absolute worst thing i could think of i probably would've sent Merzbow of course
or Slint - Don, Aman, which is to this day the worst thing i've ever been sent in a roulette and I doubt that will change
I'm assuming you've never heard Public Castration is a Good Idea.
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Katt, you've been always a positive presence in this thread, and you took my blows with a smile, like a true man. I feel we share way more musical universe than the results speak for, and I believe you've often circled around the right spots landing elsewhere by misfortune.
I do whinge like anyone else when I get a surprisingly low score but it is definitely all in fun which is what these things are all about anyway :biggrin: I believe we share more in common musically than what was put on display here, for sure, as evidenced by your first round in my roulette. Hopefully next time I do better! :metal
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yeah congrats you officially sent the worst song of the roulette
if i wanted to send the absolute worst thing i could think of i probably would've sent Merzbow of course
or Slint - Don, Aman, which is to this day the worst thing i've ever been sent in a roulette and I doubt that will change
I'm assuming you've never heard Public Castration is a Good Idea.
i haven't been sent it in a roulette but anyways i wouldn't ever willingly listen to swans again
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Early Swans is focking weird.
anyway, I sent something weird
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Ok sent. Of the various options I had, it was the only one that felt right lyrically for the theme.
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Ballad sent.
Sorry in advance Chad.
Why? You used "Your couple's song" when you two first met? :lol
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:rollin
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Na, saving that for the finals.
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So we're just waiting on Evermind right?
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So is there gonna be hagmanameneman? Or what? Just curious what ballad I'm up against...
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I just noticed the thread title. I guess Indiscipline wasn't satisfied without a little pain. :lol
Cool Ranch Dressing.
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I just noticed the thread title. I guess Indiscipline wasn't satisfied without a little pain. :lol
Cool Ranch Dressing.
The perils of chip n' dip decadence
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I have no idea what happened but I'm glad I made it.
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Hey Indiscipline no need to apologize, your tastes are your tastes. It's been fun, and I'm glad you've enjoyed at least some of my submissions!
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Just woke up, give me a few hours.
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Good day, bedlam. A little lightning bizarro hangmama if you will:
???: Outspan Foster - Fish of Joy = Glen Hansard - Bird of Sorrow
???: Disconnectin Avenue - Much Less Darkness = Linkin Park - One More Light
???: Lieutenant Alzheimer - Cherry Homicide
???: Wet Curve - Writings = Flaming Row - Pictures
???: Modern Alan Parson - Exposition = Steven Wilson -
Needless to say, five ballads (or kinda) after last round are nothing but balm for sore ears.
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Linkin Park - One More Light is the second song.
The fourth is Flaming Row - Pictures. Fantastic tune.
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Yes and yes. Welcome, mate. We always need more Bizarro Hangman enthusiasts!
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Interested to see who the modern Alan Parsons is.
I might have tried sending an actual Alan Parsons song had there been no 1996 rule.
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Cheers! I've always been lurking, but usually Evermind finishes any hangmanen before I even see it. :P
I'm doing my best. :D But I'm having trouble with the other three.
Cherry Homicide made me think Banana Life for some reasons but apparently that's not a real song title. :(
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Indiscipline has referred to someone as the modern Alan parsons before. I just can't remember who that was.
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Indiscipline has referred to someone as the modern Alan parsons before. I just can't remember who that was.
Right on the money!
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flaming row is ev
Glen Hansard - Bird of Sorrow
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Glen Hansard - Bird of Sorrow
Didn't know seneca was playing ::)
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flaming row is ev
Glen Hansard - Bird of Sorrow
Yeah of course someone sent this
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Please, let me honour and thank the fine gentlemen who didn't make the cut.
Katt, you've been always a positive presence in this thread, and you took my blows with a smile, like a true man. I feel we share way more musical universe than the results speak for, and I believe you've often circled around the right spots landing elsewhere by misfortune.
Shadow, you never failed to send extremely interesting music, and your very first and last submissions I consider acts I will certainly check out and enjoy. You've been damaged by my unpredictable quirks maybe more than anybody else, and I'm a bit sorry.
Stadler, I can't believe you're out, for in a way I feel you're one of the participants I share more musical background with. I think that Bieber song was just too good for your sake, but I really appreciate your sticking to your guns. I will miss my weekly dose of Beatles nostalgia.
Aefenwelg, despite a terrible start, you went on and sent me a couple of magical tunes, possibly the most memorable so far. If there's a participant I'm regretting not receiving an EP from, that's you. I'm sure it would be totally unpredictable.
DOC, my brother, you took the heavy metal path and never betrayed it. I must honour the determination, and a couple of face-melting focking excellent tunes you gave me. Plus, as required from every good Scenes Thread aficionado, you are a focking funny crazy dude this roulette will miss.
Please, everybody, stick around until the end.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR KIND WORDS. YOU HAVE BEEN A GRACIOUS HOST!
ENJOY THE BALLADS. I TYPICALLY DO NOT.
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flaming row is ev
Glen Hansard - Bird of Sorrow
Yeah of course someone sent this
I've never heard this.
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It was used basically in every roulette like two years ago. It was the new Kevin Gilbert - Song for a Dead Friend, which was used basically in every roulette three years ago. :lol
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Katt, you've been always a positive presence in this thread, and you took my blows with a smile, like a true man. I feel we share way more musical universe than the results speak for, and I believe you've often circled around the right spots landing elsewhere by misfortune.
I do whinge like anyone else when I get a surprisingly low score but it is definitely all in fun which is what these things are all about anyway :biggrin: I believe we share more in common musically than what was put on display here, for sure, as evidenced by your first round in my roulette. Hopefully next time I do better! :metal
I just can't believe you blew him and you're STILL out. That's harsh. :)
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GAME OVER
RETURN OF GLEN
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Katt, you've been always a positive presence in this thread, and you took my blows with a smile, like a true man. I feel we share way more musical universe than the results speak for, and I believe you've often circled around the right spots landing elsewhere by misfortune.
I do whinge like anyone else when I get a surprisingly low score but it is definitely all in fun which is what these things are all about anyway :biggrin: I believe we share more in common musically than what was put on display here, for sure, as evidenced by your first round in my roulette. Hopefully next time I do better! :metal
I just can't believe you blew him and you're STILL out. That's harsh. :)
Yeah, that really sucks.
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Indiscipline has referred to someone as the modern Alan parsons before. I just can't remember who that was.
I don't even know when/where Indiscipline mentioned it, but I bet all my money that it's Steven Wilson. They even worked together in The Raven That Refused To Sing.
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Katt, you've been always a positive presence in this thread, and you took my blows with a smile, like a true man. I feel we share way more musical universe than the results speak for, and I believe you've often circled around the right spots landing elsewhere by misfortune.
I do whinge like anyone else when I get a surprisingly low score but it is definitely all in fun which is what these things are all about anyway :biggrin: I believe we share more in common musically than what was put on display here, for sure, as evidenced by your first round in my roulette. Hopefully next time I do better! :metal
I just can't believe you blew him and you're STILL out. That's harsh. :)
Whoa there sonny Jim. He said I took HIS blows. And I definitely took them with a smile. You could say I taught him.... indiscipline. :hat
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Indiscipline has referred to someone as the modern Alan parsons before. I just can't remember who that was.
I don't even know when/where Indiscipline mentioned it, but I bet all my money that it's Steven Wilson. They even worked together in The Raven That Refused To Sing.
Well he called him the modern day Alan Parsons, not the modern day stuck up whiney bitch.
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The modern Alan Parsons is indeed Steven Wilson.
Plus, general acts of sexual predation towards the host are so round 4. We moved on to ballads lightning round.
Your friendly neighbourhood roulette host.
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Snd Parsons engineered The Raven....
Edit: ninja'd
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It was used basically in every roulette like two years ago. It was the new Kevin Gilbert - Song for a Dead Friend, which was used basically in every roulette three years ago. :lol
Yeah, this basically. It killed every single roulette (and it was used in every one). I even considered sending it noe, even though I’ve never heard it :’)
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Someone sent Captain & Tenille !?!? :omg:
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who?
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I think I have my songs for the quarterfinals. I think....
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Good day, bedlam. Among tears induced by your beautiful songs, I'm gonna give you both full submission disclosure ...
romdrums: Steven Wilson - Refuge vs lonestar: Flaming Row - Pictures
Elite: Major Parkinson - Strawberry Suicide vs ariich: Linkin Park - One More Light vs Evermind: Glen Hansard - Bird of Sorrow
... and impressions, Marvel Comics Themed in honour of Stan the Dreamweaver:
"Scott and Jean on the Moon's Blue Zone"
"Victor Von Doom bares his humane soul"
"Puny Banner hulks out with the solos section"
"Peter Parker mourns Uncle Ben and stops being a teenager for ever"
"Matt Murdock and Elektra Natchios finally find peace on a Greek beach"
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"Peter Parker mourns Uncle Ben and stops being a teenager for ever"
I imagine this is probably mine.
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Marvel Comics AKA Geek Round.
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Hey, without Marvel Comics I could have grown up weird! :D
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good luck scoring those songs :)
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Yeah, at least you're not competing against Steven Wilson. Fucking nervous here....
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Yeah, at least you're not competing against Steven Wilson. Fucking nervous here....
Yeah, that's a tough draw.
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Yeah, at least you're not competing against Steven Wilson. Fucking nervous here....
Yeah, that's a tough draw.
Right? Here's hoping my plucky noob can take down the giant.
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Maybe I'm weird, but I don't see Steven Wilson as that tough a challenge. Maybe if he was remixing someone else's work, but...
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Maybe I'm weird, but I don't see Stephen Wilson as that tough a challenge. Maybe if he was remixing someone else's work, but...
Stephen Wilson isn't a challenge. Steven Wilson, on the other hand....
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Yeah, at least you're not competing against Steven Wilson. Fucking nervous here....
Yeah, that's a tough draw.
Right? Here's hoping my plucky noob can take down the giant.
I wouldn’t worry. Wilson blows chunks.
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Yeah, at least you're not competing against Steven Wilson. Fucking nervous here....
Yeah, that's a tough draw.
Right? Here's hoping my plucky noob can take down the giant.
I wouldn’t worry. Wilson blows chunks.
Saying it out loud wont make it right Tim. LOL
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Yeah, at least you're not competing against Steven Wilson. Fucking nervous here....
Yeah, that's a tough draw.
Right? Here's hoping my plucky noob can take down the giant.
I wouldn’t worry. Wilson blows chunks.
How do you know? This is the only view we've ever gotten of him:
(https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/thumbor/UOGIzJPZ8c1gyPlXrnGzBzv2N6k=/0x0:281x219/1200x0/filters:focal(0x0:281x219):no_upscale()/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_asset/file/12357267/item_1_original.0.jpg)
;)
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Maybe I'm weird, but I don't see Stephen Wilson as that tough a challenge. Maybe if he was remixing someone else's work, but...
Stephen Wilson isn't a challenge. Steven Wilson, on the other hand....
That's how much I care... :)
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Most songs from SW's last three albums are hard to beat... hehe
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I don't envy RJ, yeah. Refuge is an excellent song.
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I don't envy RJ, yeah. Refuge is an excellent song.
Pictures is an equally excellent song, I don't envy our esteemed host for having to choose.
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Of all the songs here I mostly am thinking Indiscipline will not like the linkin park song much at all :P
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I’ve listened to every song. The winners are easy choices. Not sure it’s even close.
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I’ve listened to every song. The winners are easy choices. Not sure it’s even close.
Not sure you even have a say in it. :neverusethis:
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Fogey on fogey crime! :lol
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I didn’t even find a couple of them sad.
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well, what is a ballad really? to be honest, I don't consider Refuge by Steven Wilson to be a ballad, but I honestly have no idea what standard I'm using either, it's just that it doesn't 'feel' like one. Is it supposed to be a sad song? Or merely a slow moving song? Is a power ballad a 'ballad' as well?
I guess we'll find out tomorrow. All I know is that I'm losing :)
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the only thing sad about one more light is that the singer killed himself a few months later but it's pretty mediocre even for a pop song, which is what it is
Unless ariich sent like some alt version I've never heard of something
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I thought Indiscipline was looking for a sad song, no?
the only thing sad about one more light is that the singer killed himself a few months later but it's pretty mediocre even for a pop song, which is what it is
I was quite pleasantly surprised by this song.
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well, fair enough then :P
he just said ballads though
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well, what is a ballad really? to be honest, I don't consider Refuge by Steven Wilson to be a ballad, but I honestly have no idea what standard I'm using either, it's just that it doesn't 'feel' like one. Is it supposed to be a sad song? Or merely a slow moving song? Is a power ballad a 'ballad' as well?
I guess we'll find out tomorrow. All I know is that I'm losing :)
Drive Home is more of a ballad. At least I think so.
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the only thing sad about one more light is that the singer killed himself a few months later but it's pretty mediocre even for a pop song, which is what it is
Unless ariich sent like some alt version I've never heard of something
You have no soul. :(
The band wrote it about people they had lost. I find it incredibly moving, and only even more so after Bennington killed himself.
And yeah I had some other options, including power ballads and another very delicate song but that was mourning a relationship that had ended. This was by far the saddest of the options and it felt right for the round, given the reason Alex chose the theme.
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I've only actually heard it like once or twice tbh but I wasn't too impressed with it, sorry
And like I guess his death would hit harder if I had ever been a fan of the band but, I wasn't
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They are all ballads, my friends, and beautiful at that.
The fogey duel wasn't that hard to decide, the youngsters' gave me fits, but I think I made up my mind.
Naturally, results and writeups tomorrow because I'm devastated by having to work with the flu.
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The fogey duel wasn't that hard to decide
Crap.
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The fogey duel wasn't that hard to decide
Crap.
No it wasn’t hard to decide.
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The fogey duel wasn't that hard to decide
Crap.
I wouldn't be too worried lonestar. I listened to both today and thought that Alle probably wouldn't enjoy Wilson's amateur vocalizations and his hyper-pretentiousness. Your tune, while different, had better melodies and much better singers. I may be wrong, but I assume you won.
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I hear ya, here's hoping I appealed to his tastes. But that Wilson song is damn good.
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man if this had been released earlier it would've been an amazing pick for the trash round
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Qo_M9n3pCY
except the fact that i absolutely loathe it. what the hell, tommy
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also @ indiscipline for round 6, is there gonna be like some bonus for how different the songs are from one another? this may impact what i decide to send :corn
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also @ indiscipline for round 6, is there gonna be like some bonus for how different the songs are from one another? this may impact what i decide to send :corn
The difference between songs is just a pre-requisite, like "multiple songs" is a pre-requisite for the EP round. The important thing is I like them. Nonetheless, in case of a really tied-up match, diversity could be a factor for picking a winner.
Lightning Round Results, 1 of 2:
The Old Farts Conference:
(https://i.imgur.com/Dc273Hd.jpg) romdrums - Seedy Rom and The Hard Drives:
Steven Wilson – Refuge:
Marvel Impression: "Puny Banner hulks out with the solos section"
With a certain degree of arrogance (it was the first time I sampled the gentleman's work, after all) I called Mr Wilson “the modern Alan Parsons” when reviewing Parama's Porcupine Tree submission. I guess I wasn't that wrong. A cold scheming genius of sound, genuinely effective when stripped to the bone (the introductory verse), entirely disregarding the concept of solid vocal line as main songwriting tool, better suited for instrumental moods and arranging other people's instinctive playing (the magnificent harmonica/guitar/moog solos). Everything between the very start and the solos section (arguably my favourite minute of the round) feels sterile and distant, albeit sonically immaculate.
Romdrums, you've never been able to send NOT interesting music in this roulette, and I really enjoyed your participation. I thank you and salute you.
(https://scontent-sjc3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.15752-9/42916546_272430593399267_8960817559314104320_n.jpg?_nc_cat=103&oh=e60b99d2a793334ec885df528ef59317&oe=5C57B3AA) lonestar - Team Fuck Canada:
Flaming Row - Pictures:
Marvel Impression: "Matt Murdock and Elektra Natchios finally find peace on a Greek beach"
You fretted in vain, mate. Almost ten minutes of mild mannered prog rock boasting an astounding complete lack of pretentiousness, in ¾ (the pace of beauty, as far as I'm concerned), full of folky overtones, flute & moog, tear-inducing memorable melodies, and a classic ballsy guitar solo out of the focking blue. I'm going out on a limb and say this is dead right up my favourite alley. In case Chad finds it in his heart to forgive you for this submission, can you please tell him this song does everything his Evership tune should have done in order to win the first round? Thank you, and congratulations for making it to the playoffs.
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Indiscipline, it was an honor to participate and try to figure out your tastes in music. I'm glad I was able to provide a few highlights for you. :hat :tup :metal
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Beating put that track is a huge accomplishment, I almost feel like sending the link to the guitarist hahaha. Well played rondrums!!
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And a question for our host, are the playoff rounds elimination ones, or are we all playing to the bitter end?
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Every round is direct elimination from now on. :corn
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Yikes.... Might change my game plan then haha...
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Yikes.... Might change my game plan then haha...
Pussy. LOL
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Absolutely have no problem saying Flaming Row > Evership. I'll take a warm smile away with RJ's victory, since (I believe) I was the one that introduced him to Flaming Row.
Yikes.... Might change my game plan then haha...
Come and Fuck Canada (if you can) my culinary compadre. :bringiton:
I probably shouldn't have tipped my hand to you earlier. :doh:
(https://media1.tenor.com/images/95c194f1e61ba3466b31deea2b1cf8cf/tenor.gif?itemid=5453432)
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You did introduce me to them, and I'm eternally grateful for it.
As to tipping your hand, I'm going in a completely different direction, so I think we're bot standing on bands we brought to the table.
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Lightning Round Results, 2 of 2:
Young Turks Conference:
:ariich: ariich – Sexin'-You-Laters:
Linkin Park – One More Light:
Marvel Impression: "Peter Parker mourns Uncle Ben and stops being a teenager for ever"
It was just impossible being alive during the 00's and escaping Linkin Park's terrible radio hits, which I instantly liquidated as fastidious, eminently forgettable screamy plastic pimple metal a la carte. You can therefore imagine my surprise hearing such a delicate, restrained and sensibly played/sung ballad. It strikes a beautiful balance between sorrow and discretion, tiptoeing the tragic matter at hand while making a powerful statement. Those noteworthy features are the reason I can call this a pretty good tune, despite it standing on otherwise rather banal musical content. I would have never thought they had something like this in them.
Rich, I think I got this: our tastes in modern sounds are pretty afar, but we share a wide ranging curiosity in quality styles (especially on the jazzy front). That's why you never had a smash submission, but neither a dud. I'm eager for the opportunity to find further common ground. Until then, thank you!
:crypt: Elite - Rich and The Poor Tastes:
Major Parkinson – Strawberry Suicide:
Marvel Impression: "Victor Von Doom bares his humane soul"
I had to request a ballad in order to have you submit your absolute best. Pure utter class from start to finish. A haunting piano marrying Chopin with Tom Waits, an atmosphere so real and powerful it almost materialises inside the room while you're listening. And let me state i focking love the vocals: timbre, narration and delivery. Dark beautiful sophisticated cabaret music no one even thinks anymore. Bravo.
Rich, you are not winning this round only because of the special song I'm reviewing below, but I feel you would have got this 99% otherwise. I feel a wee bad about this and God knows how many times I've listened to both tunes in order to be absolutely certain. You are the participant sharing more of my appreciation for the kinky side of music, and you gave me a couple of gems. Thank you, man.
:scio: Evermind - Cockroach Sympathizers:
Glen Hansard – Bird of Sorrow:
Marvel Impression: "Scott and Jean on the Moon's Blue Zone"
The song above is musically more interesting, intellectually more intriguing, vocally more fascinating, and if songwriting were a science and not an art, it would have probably gotten the edge. Unfortunately for both the Riches, this submission is the focking reason human race has created the concept of “song”. A journey of melody, hope and pain delivered with a dying man's urgency and truth. It lifts you up, throws you down and leaves you beautifully destroyed. Caught in the storm, you don't know what a verse, a chorus, arrangement and instruments are anymore, just like – when truly making love – your senses just can't distinguish who's inside whom.
I don't score elimination rounds, but this is a focking ten. Congratulations Evermind.
Playoffs Grid:
Old Farts Conference:
Boston Bruins Suck vs Team Fuck Canada
The aTACkers vs King Kongshmegland
Young Turks Conference:
Six Roaming Owls vs Cockroach Sympathizers
Hangmanen Addicts vs West Coast Marbles
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Glen Hansard strikes again. :lol Sorry Rich.
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Oh fuck... Head to head with the Hoser. This is screaming for a side bet.
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Oh fuck... Head to head with the Hoser. This is screaming for a side bet.
And I'm against Crankshaft.
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I must say the cheat is strong with the next round, and I love it. :corn
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I must say the cheat is strong with the next round, and I love it. :corn
(https://media.giphy.com/media/y8fXirTJjj6E0/giphy.gif)
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Go Glen
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Glen Hansard strikes again. :lol Sorry Rich.
I knee it would happen, but I’m very glad Indiscipline enjoyed my submission as well :)
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GAME OVER
RETURN OF GLEN
to be fair that is the song that pretty much single-handedly won seneca the roulette in my very first roulette :corn
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Um... okay... just listened to a song I've never heard before, and - at the risk of being dismissed as a "contrarian" - what am I missing? Is it good? Sure. Does it have emotion? Sure. Is it "the reason that mankind invented song"? GTFO. I can list ten songs off the top of my head that qualify just as legitimately.
Me And Bobby McGee (Kristofferson)
Drops of Jupiter (Train)
The Show Must Go On (Queen)
Sunsets On Empire (Fish)
Neverland (Marillion)
Angie (Stones)
Goodbye Yellow Brick Road (Elton John)
Without You (Nilsson)
All I Want Is You (U2)
Downbound Train (Springsteen)
Fields of Gold (Sting)
Chloe/Crown Of Thorns (Mother Love Bone)
Black (Pearl Jam)
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Maybe I should have phrased that like this, which is closer to what I intended and went lost in translation (Italian to Mum's Geordie English to Flu Meds English to Barely Acceptable English):
"Songs like this are the reason human race invented the concept of song"
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I must say the cheat is strong with the next round, and I love it. :corn
(https://media.giphy.com/media/y8fXirTJjj6E0/giphy.gif)
If you sent what I think you did, then I feel better about my chances. Talk about beating a horse to death....
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Hashtag tastes
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Thanks for the roulette! It was fun to participate. I will follow, obviously, because it’s highly enjoyable. I’m glad I could go out with a bang. I thought it would go well with you and I’m happy you liked that. There’s not many people on here I would consider sending that particular song to.
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Maybe I should have phrased that like this, which is closer to what I intended and went lost in translation (Italian to Mum's Geordie English to Flu Meds English to Barely Acceptable English):
"Songs like this are the reason human race invented the concept of song"
Well, it's far less about what you said than the concept that this song is magic and "roulette over". Granted, the roulette IS over for me, so there you go, but it's a good song, and not much more than that. I can tell you that it probably would not have won any specific round in my last roulette.
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I agree with Stadler. Nothing about the song is very interesting. In fact, the entire youngster tiebreaker was sort of boring. The Major Parkinson song was the most intriguing, but not something I would come back to.
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Hashtag tastes
:lol
The only song off that SW album I remember is Pariah which is pretty good
Also I realized i got the Linkin Park song confused with another one off that album and haven't actually heard the one in question, oops :P
The Flaming Row song is pretty good too but not one of my favorites off that album either
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If you sent what I think you did, then I feel better about my chances. Talk about beating a horse to death....
Yeah well... you thought Brickyard Road was repetitive too. Wait... nevermind.
Though, you were worried last round and got thru no problem. I like my chances, given that YOU like YOUR chances. :lol
Finally, Parama and I agree on something...TASTES!!
Speaking of tastes... Edan's exotic vegetables now available. Good prlice. Grlate taste. Come come. Trly trly!!
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Chad's playing dirty with his avatar. Lol
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Also I realized i got the Linkin Park song confused with another one off that album and haven't actually heard the one in question, oops :P
Yeah I had wondered if you were thinking of Heavy, which was the lead single for the album, and very much a pop song.
Anyway I didn't expect to win the round really, but I'm glad you enjoyed the song Alex and I was able to surprise you. Thanks for having me, this has been a very cool roulette!
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Yeah that's the one I've heard :lol
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Beating put that track is a huge accomplishment,
(No offense romdrums...don't read this)
It wasn't a huge accomplishment at all. That song blows big purple chunks. Flaming Row was never in doubt.
I gotta admit, that Glen whatever song blew too.
Elite, WTF did you send? :lol That was a weird song.
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Um... okay... just listened to a song I've never heard before, and - at the risk of being dismissed as a "contrarian" - what am I missing? Is it good? Sure. Does it have emotion? Sure. Is it "the reason that mankind invented song"? GTFO. I can list ten songs off the top of my head that qualify just as legitimately.
Me And Bobby McGee (Kristofferson)
Drops of Jupiter (Train)
The Show Must Go On (Queen)
Sunsets On Empire (Fish)
Neverland (Marillion)
Angie (Stones)
Goodbye Yellow Brick Road (Elton John)
Without You (Nilsson)
All I Want Is You (U2)
Downbound Train (Springsteen)
Fields of Gold (Sting)
Chloe/Crown Of Thorns (Mother Love Bone)
Black (Pearl Jam)
Wow, you got two songs deep on your list and lost all credibility. ;D
Another song that blows chunks.
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Jesus Tim. That's a cool song. Not enough distortion? :lol
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That is NOT a cool song. :loser: :natalieportman:
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for once i'm gonna agree with stads, drops of jupiter is a good song. not like, best of all time or anything but i've always liked it
pretty much every other song train's ever put out blows chunks, though
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Yeah, you're wrong there.
Like Parama states, after the first 4 albums they are unlistenable but they have some good songs.
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Pearl Jam's Black makes me sleep :cow:
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for once i'm gonna agree with stads,
I'm gonna read this over and over until it actually makes sense.
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for once i'm gonna agree with stads,
I'm gonna read this over and over until it actually makes sense.
The stubborn can read?! :lol
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for once i'm gonna agree with stads,
I'm gonna read this over and over until it actually makes sense.
The stubborn can read?! :lol
Reading is one thing. Believing is altogether different. ;D
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:lol
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for once i'm gonna agree with stads,
I'm gonna read this over and over until it actually makes sense.
The stubborn can read?! :lol
Reading is one thing. Believing is altogether different. ;D
Agreeing with Stadler doesn't make me feel dirty like it used to. Don't knock it 'til you've tried it Tim.
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Ooh, I'm up against Dacul. Really eager to see how this round goes :corn
I'm curious if Parama considered sending the same artist I did....
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I'm curious if Parama considered sending the same artist I did....
knowing what artist you sent, curious to see what songs you picked :metal
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I'm mulling over few songs before I send tonight.
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Good day, bedlam. Last couple of days have been a feverish blur, but now that my body has scaled back to an acceptable temperature, I'd love to address a little something:
Maybe I should have phrased that like this, which is closer to what I intended and went lost in translation (Italian to Mum's Geordie English to Flu Meds English to Barely Acceptable English):
"Songs like this are the reason human race invented the concept of song"
Well, it's far less about what you said than the concept that this song is magic and "roulette over". Granted, the roulette IS over for me, so there you go, but it's a good song, and not much more than that. I can tell you that it probably would not have won any specific round in my last roulette.
NO, IT ISN'T!
You - as well as other eliminated players who have chimed in - are continuing your participation through comments and discussions like the one about Glen's song, and for me that's really a gift. For that I thank you and everybody else, and I beg more to come. I was too sick to elaborate yesterday, but I couldn't be farther from considering your opinion "contrarian", and I appreciate strong comments outside the general consensus (a place where I very often enjoy finding myself while judging submissions). Actually, one of the things I'm loving most running this thing is having my tastes (which are relevant only by virtue of hosting) and reviews contested. It allows fun debate, socialisation and, above all, further elaboration on my part. Hence I joyfully elaborate:
I get you about finding nothing special in that song, for it's exactly how I feel about more than half your list (using it as example, not polemic device, mind you). In my opinion, thats a kind of guarantee we are both talking about great tunes. In my experience, pieces of music everyody agrees about liking seldom are life-changing stuff. More often than not, a mood, a colour, a peculiar delivery or song structure inside a pretty simple cut catches you at the right time, connects (or even disturbs) in a trascendent way, and it becomes personal top 10 material for eminently subjective reasons. What do these songs have in common, in my opinion? A urge, a crazy drive to take the shortest and straightest musical way to express a feeling on the verge of explosion. That dyonisian need (and not apollinean objective musical beauty) is what I was referring to when I wrote about "reasons to create the concept of song". I don't like Black very much, but I surely acknowledge it belongs in the category I just tried to explain, for example.
tl,dr: Please, everybody, do like Stadler arguing, Gregg protesting, or even Tim endearingly pissing over songs and my take on them. I am, after all, the fool considering In The Light a superior song than Stairway to Heaven and loving to defend that stance. There are few things I like more than confronting views about music. Mine is decisive in this particular contest, but without yours I wouldn't have songs to taste and new horizons to explore.
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The REAL tl;dr .... TASTES!!! Please keep commenting anyway.
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tl,dr: Please, everybody, do like Stadler arguing, Gregg protesting, or even Tim endearingly pissing over songs and my take on them. I am, after all, the fool considering In The Light a superior song than Stairway to Heaven and loving to defend that stance. There are few things I like more than confronting views about music. Mine is decisive in this particular contest, but without yours I wouldn't have songs to taste and new horizons to explore.
:umno:
Protesting? When have I protested anything, you slandering, thread prancing, ponce-prince? I've protested exactly two things. Jack and Shit! Just because this is your thread, doesn't mean your opinion on music is correct.
I'm just pointing out how wrong you are.
With signs.
While marching.
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I love you
(https://i.imgur.com/ZGSQIpw.jpg)
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Gregg was a gentleman when I met him. Weird. :lol
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for once i'm gonna agree with stads, drops of jupiter is a good song. not like, best of all time or anything but i've always liked it
pretty much every other song train's ever put out blows chunks, though
I'm going to continue the bro-mance here; "Drops of Jupiter" makes me cry every time I hear it, I like "Calling All Angels", and the rest of the Train catalogue is a serious waste of talent (because no doubt, Pat Monahan CAN sing). That "Hey Soul Sister" song, whatever it is, makes me gag. I fucking hate that song with a passion.
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Pearl Jam's Black makes me sleep :cow:
it's got one of my favorite lines of all time: "I know someday you'll have a beautiful life, I know you'll be a star (I think Ed says "sun") in someone else's sky". Heartbreaking for anyone who's loved someone that carried a torch for someone else.
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The REAL tl;dr .... TASTES!!! Please keep commenting anyway.
Agreed, but it goes a little deeper for me; I'm continually fascinated how someone can make some noise with a bunch of wires and taut skins and it makes someone else, sometimes years and thousands of miles away, feel sharp emotions? Just using an example (and all very respectfully) I don't share very much in terms of tastes with Parama, but his passion and his investment in his music is sincerely awe-inspiring. Who cares if I think it noise (and vice versa!)? That he can lose himself in those songs even for a couple minutes is still an amazing wonderful thing to me.
I've listened to "Tonight" by Ozzy maybe 1,000 times, and it STILL touches me. The "In The Cage Medley" from 3SL STILL gives me goose-bumps, and I find that as fascinating as anything on this planet (besides Margot Robbie).
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ok
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I love you
:iknow:
Gregg was a gentleman when I met him. Weird. :lol
:lol I only throw the Rickles routine at him because he loves it so. Look at him, he's positively beaming... I mean, I make fun of his name with pictures and he ends up sig'n it.
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:lol
He's lucky I don't pull a Dom Deluise in Cannonball Run on him. "Captain Chaos!"
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I love you
:iknow:
:itsatrap:
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:lol
He's lucky I don't pull a Dom Deluise in Cannonball Run on him. "Captain Chaos!"
Huh, huh, HUUUUUUH!
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Thoroughly entertaining gents, please carry on....
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(https://i.imgur.com/9ACV2oz.jpg)
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So, is anybody using Thrice this round?
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I considered them but went with a different band
Ev hates me now cause I stole his band :corn
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(https://i.imgur.com/ZGSQIpw.jpg)
(https://www.myemoticons.com/images/patriotic-military/firepower/jeep.gif)(https://www.myemoticons.com/images/patriotic-military/firepower/jeep.gif)(https://www.myemoticons.com/images/patriotic-military/firepower/jeep.gif)
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Anyway I didn't expect to win the round really, but I'm glad you enjoyed the song Alex and I was able to surprise you. Thanks for having me, this has been a very cool roulette!
You should have.
Agreeing with Stadler doesn't make me feel dirty like it used to. Don't knock it 'til you've tried it Tim.
I generally agree on most things with Stadler. I just do it with much less punctuation.
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I generally agree on most things with Stadler. I just do it with much less punctuation.
You don't venture over to P/R, do you?
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It's pretty smart to not venture into a toxic waste dump, I'd think
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I generally agree on most things with Stadler. I just do it with much less punctuation.
You don't venture over to P/R, do you?
Every now and then I do. Yes.
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Elite, WTF did you send? :lol That was a weird song.
It is, right? But I think it's amazing, even for its short length. Sending the weird stuff does work with Indiscipline; I knew this because he enjoys stuff like Captain Beefheart, Mr. Bungle and Zappa. The Cardiacs song I sent did quite well, so rather than send a regular ballad, I thought I would go with something a little unexpected. And that vocalist has a great voice. Very unique sound :)
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Sent bitches. TAC, it's on like Donkey Kong!
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Sent bitches. TAC, it's on like Donkey Kong!
You sent bitches? That's going to be distracting for our host.
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If he can run this zoo, he can handle multiple bitches.
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Touche' good sir
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Sent bitches. TAC, it's on like Donkey Kong!
(https://i.redd.it/va4b1xon16sz.png)
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Sent a pretty risky submission :metal
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So, is anybody using Thrice this round?
I mean, after my The Dear Hunter entry was cockblocked, I went with Thrice.
I considered them but went with a different band
Ev hates me now cause I stole his band :corn
As I said yesterday, this should be entertaining at least. And if I lose, well, I lose to the band that I tried to send. :lol
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It'll be interesting to see what songs you picked, same for The Dear Hunter.
That's going to be a good matchup.
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i probably picked really badly because due to the theme i didn't get to send the specific song i -really- wanted to send but i really like the two songs i did send
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I had an artist in mind for this round but felt it'd fit better the Epic round, if I make it :P
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That new Thrice song "The Grey" has such a great chorus.
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That new Thrice song "The Grey" has such a great chorus.
You might say it's a...…
Greyt chorus. :neverusethis:
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:facepalm:
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Is there no hangman'g in Ohio??
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Hey... pisano. 1/2 of us are going to need to know your definition of "loooong epic".
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Hey... pisano. 1/2 of us are going to need to know your definition of "loooong epic".
John Holmes noodling.
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Mine's rock hard, er..I mean Hard Rock.
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So we gonna get some song titles here? I already know what I'm up against, but I'm curious to see whose added to the ban list for after I finish kicking Chad's ass.
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(https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/650x400q90/924/DfYSZk.jpg) (https://imageshack.com/f/poDfYSZkj)
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yeah can't wait to see what other thrice song besides daedalus evermind sent
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Daedalus is a better ballad than any sent by the youngsters.
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i don't know if i would call daedalus a ballad but sure :P
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If he can run this zoo, he can handle multiple bitches.
Strongly tempted to sig that. Apologies, gents. My job is a multiple bitch sometimes.
Is there no hangman'g in Ohio??
There isn't. You all already know 50% of the submissions and I've dragged this for too long. I know, it's roulette blasphemy, but "Gotta get down to it ..."
Here's the field:
Jingle: the man with a plan, running for governor of Minnesota: Frameshift - 1) La Mer 2) Miseducation
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lonestar: Ba-cong guerilla specialist, herald of middle-eastern metal: Voices from the Fuselage - 1) Epicinium 2) Meteorites
TAC: knows my tastes like my brother, has my brother's same tastes: Thoughts Factory - 1) No Way Out 2) The Mire
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King: the unrelenting prog pusher, Photoshopper extraordinaire: Karmakanic - 1) Let in Hollywood 2) Wheel of Life
Parama: surprisingly turning paramacore into paramasutra for this roulette: The Dear Hunter - 1) Mustard Gas 2) Son and Father
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Evermind: master of melody, knows submissions before they hit my PM box: Thrice - 1) Firebreather 2) Dedalus
Sacul: the branching out specialist, last second killer: Boris - 1) Pink 2) Jackson Head
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Puppies: the crescendo aficionado, always from left field: Devin Townsend Band - 1) Deadhead, Devin Townsend Project* - 2) Heart Baby
* Don't whine, please. I've sanctioned it. It's irrelevant in the great scheme of things.
Hey... pisano. 1/2 of us are going to need to know your definition of "loooong epic".
Over 12 inches minutes. "Pisano" is how you call an inhabitant of Pisa.
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I'm having an aneurysm :rollin
I was considering like, Child of Dust and then a heavier one like Firebreather or Daedalus or something
I'm gonna guess you did send Daedalus though
:rollin
heart baby wouldn't have been my pick from Ghost but it's a good one regardless and deadhead ofc is great
also i don't like boris at all so let's see what happens
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Before I left this mortal coil, I was considering Firebreather and Digging My Own Grave
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everyone and their mum: "firebreather is the heavy thrice song i'd send to indiscipline"
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Not sure how Epicinium will fare with our host, but Meteorites blows both those Frameshift songs out of the water. Very curious to see how this plays out, and whether I get to send the epic to end all epics.
And Tim, do I get an assist for turning you on to Thoughts Factory? ;)
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And Tim, do I get an assist for turning you on to Thoughts Factory? ;)
Oh yeah!
(https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/650x400q90/924/DfYSZk.jpg) (https://imageshack.com/f/poDfYSZkj)
Consider me turned on. ;D
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Not sure how Epicinium will fare with our host, but Meteorites blows both those Frameshift songs out of the water. Very curious to see how this plays out, and whether I get to send the epic to end all epics.
So says you, Fruity Pebbles.
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voices from the fuselage bore the hell out of me personally, but :lol i know i got sent meteorites in like, my first roulette and i don't remember a single thing about it
i also don't remember those Thoughts Factory songs at all even tho I was sent that album in my roulette
can't comment on the rest :corn
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Not sure how Epicinium will fare with our host, but Meteorites blows both those Frameshift songs out of the water. Very curious to see how this plays out, and whether I get to send the epic to end all epics.
So says you, Fruity Pebbles.
Bam, Bam!
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And Tim, do I get an assist for turning you on to Thoughts Factory? ;)
I honestly would've felt bad if I had to use it against you, but not as bad as I feel for reserving The Seventh House. :P
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IQ is banned, already barked up that tree
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Not sure how Epicinium will fare with our host, but Meteorites blows both those Frameshift songs out of the water.
La Mer is pretty awesome.
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Thrice vs. The Dear Hunter is an epic battle.
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Thrice vs. The Dear Hunter is an epic battle.
Yeah, kind of like the Cleveland Browns and the New York Jets. They both can't lose.
Hardly epic.
That winner is easy.
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Since you're old I'll let you in on a secret. Youngsters like bands you don't. :lol
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I'll let you in on a secret. I have done very well in the youngster's roulettes.
I is hip.
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Let me rephrase. Youngsters are more diverse that your old ass. :lol
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TAC did pretty well at guessing what kind of stuff i don't hate in my last roulette, to be fair
but also Thrice and TDH are both great :P like i said i was considering literally the same two songs Ev sent (though I wouldn't have sent both of them, since Child of Dust is fantastic and a lot better for the theme here :P)
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heart baby wouldn't have been my pick from Ghost but it's a good one regardless and deadhead ofc is great
I went back and forth on a few songs from Ghost. I also considered something from Ki, like Trainfire. I also thought about sending something from Casualties of Cool, but that might have been pushing the same artist rule a little too far.
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i'd definitely have sent blackberry from ghost, tbh
but if i could pick from casualties of cool, moon for sure
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i'd definitely have sent blackberry from ghost, tbh
but if i could pick from casualties of cool, moon for sure
Blackberry and Feather were the other 2 I was considering. I just felt like Feather was a little too long for this round.
Casualties of Cool has so many great songs, it would be hard to pick. That's pretty close to a perfect album for me actually.
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casualties is devin's best, yep
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TAC did pretty well at guessing what kind of stuff i don't hate in my last roulette, to be fair
but also Thrice and TDH are both great :P like i said i was considering literally the same two songs Ev sent (though I wouldn't have sent both of them, since Child of Dust is fantastic and a lot better for the theme here :P)
Child of Dust is good, but I really wanted to send Daedalus. :lol I would've probably gone with Come All You Weary instead of Child of Dust though.
I can't stand Let in Hollywood. Always skip it. Curious to see how that goes.
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daedalus is really good, so
hope you beat me because i don't have crap for the epic round
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Not sure how Epicinium will fare with our host, but Meteorites blows both those Frameshift songs out of the water.
La Mer is pretty awesome.
I think so too... and the piano line is something that I hope clicks with Big Al.
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Not sure how Epicinium will fare with our host, but Meteorites blows both those Frameshift songs out of the water.
La Mer is pretty awesome.
I think so too... and the piano line is something that I hope clicks with Big Al.
I think you're probably safe with La Mer, jingle, but... Miseducation is not only bad English, it's a pretty risky tune.
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Yeah, that matchup really comes down to Meteorites vs La Mer. I think the other two tracks are throwaways. But who knows. Indiscipline may like the electronica.
Gonna be tough for Indiscipline to pick against Big James there. But Meteorites is really strong and diverse.
That's a tough call.
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Very tough call.
Meteorites is fantastic, but I really have no idea what Alle will think of the "boy band" type vocals. To me they sound sincere (probably because I'm a big fan of TYS), but he may find them a bit contrived. He's scored "poser" vocals pretty low.
It shall be interesting.
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And Tim, do I get an assist for turning you on to Thoughts Factory? ;)
... says the player that already mowed another man's lawn in this roulette.
This guy...
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Good day bedlam. A whole week-end on the bus = scarce hosting, but boy did I go through your songs!
First off, I am glad to inform you I have been sent 3 acts whose discographies I'm definitely going to suck dry. Fantastic stuff.
Matchup impressions:
One match is very hard to judge, both excellent contenders.
One match is mildly hard to judge, both meh contenders.
One match is very easy to judge, pretty lopsided.
One match is mildly easy to judge, the less ugly wins.
And now, a bit of bus impressions, the "sorry, couldn't help it" edition. Always in jest, of course.
"So come on, jump in the fire ..."
"Shed your light on me ..."
"Good morning, the Worm, your honour ..."
"I was dreaming of the past ..."
"SO YOU THINK YOU CAN TELL ..."
"So the world goes round and round ..."
"I met this girl on monday, took her for a drink on tuesday ..."
"Hey look at me lady, I'm just your little baby ..."
"It's not like you killed someone ..."
Sorry, got nothing here.
"Lights go down, it's dark, the jungle is in your head ..."
"I may make you feel but I can't make you think ..."
"My tendency for dependency is offending me ..."
"How does it feel to treat me like you do?"
"Blue jean baby, LA lady, seamstress for the band ..."
"Into the fire from the frying pan ..."
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I can live with being less ugly than cheffy-poo. Though in reality, we are both most excellent.
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Well, I'm broken. I can't figure out which is mine.
Yup. Broken.
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Matchup impressions:
One match is very hard to judge, both excellent contenders.
Jingle: the man with a plan, running for governor of Minnesota: Frameshift - 1) La Mer 2) Miseducation
vs
lonestar: Ba-cong guerilla specialist, herald of middle-eastern metal: Voices from the Fuselage - 1) Epicinium 2) Meteorites
One match is mildly hard to judge, both meh contenders.
TAC: knows my tastes like my brother, has my brother's same tastes: Thoughts Factory - 1) No Way Out 2) The Mire
vs
King: the unrelenting prog pusher, Photoshopper extraordinaire: Karmakanic - 1) Let in Hollywood 2) Wheel of Life
One match is very easy to judge, pretty lopsided.
Parama: surprisingly turning paramacore into paramasutra for this roulette: The Dear Hunter - 1) Mustard Gas 2) Son and Father
vs
Evermind: master of melody, knows submissions before they hit my PM box: Thrice - 1) Firebreather 2) Dedalus
One match is mildly easy to judge, the less ugly wins.
Sacul: the branching out specialist, last second killer: Boris - 1) Pink 2) Jackson Head
vs
Puppies: the crescendo aficionado, always from left field: Devin Townsend Band - 1) Deadhead, Devin Townsend Project* - 2) Heart Baby
Indiscipline, how'd I do??
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2/4. Just make one permutation and you're perfect.
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OK. Before I do so, answer me this.
Are either the Seniors or the Juniors 2/2?
In other words, did I get the top 2 right, or the bottom two right?
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OK. Before I do so, answer me this.
Are either the Seniors or the Juniors 2/2?
In other words, did I get the top 2 right, or the bottom two right?
Why don't you just outright ask him to tell you which descriptions are for which groups? :lol
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In other words, you're asking for the solution. :D
juniors 2/2. Invert the seniors.
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In other words, you're asking for the solution. :D
juniors 2/2. Invert the seniors.
Well well Tim. It's a tight race then.
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In other words, you're asking for the solution. :D
juniors 2/2. Invert the seniors.
(https://media.tenor.com/images/71d7c55ebea8c3a0c99ec36fab278f36/tenor.gif)
i mean
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Yeah, I only slotted the Seniors that way in the first place to appear humble. :lol
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congrats ev :metal
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congrats ev :metal
Don't think so...
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Yeah, I only slotted the Seniors that way in the first place to appear humble. :lol
It was only slightly less obvious than how you fished for the answers to the groupings.
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Don't worry. I'll be the humble one Chad. :lol
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congrats ev :metal
Don't think so...
Well, I won in either case, because The Dear Hunter was my initial entry for this round. And I'm fairly sure TDH will win this. The only thing I'm curious about is how my submitted TDH tracks would've fared against Parama's.
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i just really wanted to avoid sending an oompa loompa song myself
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After I saw Sacul sent Boris, I thought I had this round in the bag. Now I'm not so sure...... :|
Maybe he hated Deadhead so much it tanked my score. :(
But how could you hate Deadhead? >:(
:sadpanda:
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congrats ev :metal
Don't think so...
Well, I won in either case, because The Dear Hunter was my initial entry for this round. And I'm fairly sure TDH will win this. The only thing I'm curious about is how my submitted TDH tracks would've fared against Parama's.
I'll gladly oblige.
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:tup :tup
They're probably more enjoyable than my Thrice tracks anyway. :lol
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You guys should have just coordinated a Deer Hunter playoff.
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You guys should have just coordinated a Deer Hunter playoff.
I offered Alex to let us both submit TDH. I don't think I've got a response so apparently it was a no. :biggrin:
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You guys should have just coordinated a Deer Hunter playoff.
(https://i.imgur.com/XsYgD3M.jpg)
I offered Alex to let us both submit TDH. I don't think I've got a response so apparently it was a no. :biggrin:
Sorry, mate, I totally missed that message. :blush I didn't mean to be rude or dismissive, believe me. It was probably good old fashioned absent-mindness. Anyway, I wouldn't allow it 'cause I like different acts for different participants.
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You guys should have just coordinated a Deer Hunter playoff.
(https://i.imgur.com/XsYgD3M.jpg)
Brutal.
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:corn
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I made up my mind, good people. Results tonight, with some NBA-themed bells and whistles to reward your patience.
Push Play (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fZKX-cf_p90)
"It's Faaaaantastic! I LOVE THIS GAME"
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Yup, after this one if us us going home... With a stupid avatar...
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I'm excited :corn
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Yup, after this one if us us going home... With a stupid avatar...
If yours is even 1/2 as embarrassing to me as mine would be for you, I just might have to publicly mock Bosky, and take a 1-week vacation.
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Yup, after this one if us us going home... With a stupid avatar...
Proclaiming a winner between your submissions was hard as fock, but it just pales compared to judging your avatars. :D
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Two songs vs two songs in a playoff? This shit just writes itself:
(https://i.imgur.com/ilTvsQw.jpg)
[insert coin]
“BOOM-SHAKALAKA!”
“HE'S ON FIRE!”
[insert coin]
Ehm, right.
Younguns first, 'cause they were easier:
(https://i.postimg.cc/fTH2s4C7/5927758528_a2060423e7_b.jpg) Parama - Six Roaming Owls: The Dear Hunter:
(https://i.imgur.com/JSTj5YW.jpg)
Son and Father Mustard Gas
Mustard Gas: What if Roger Waters and Brian May songwrote for Muse at the end of the millenium? A masterclass in tension-release management sporting a rock opera worthy chorus and some beautiful dark cabaret music. Bonus points for a couple of guilty pleasures of mine: diminished sixth fetish and original chord progressions disguised as accessible epic hooks
Son and Father: What if Paul McCartney joined the above mentioned all-star songwriting team to show everybody how to make 367 melodic clichès huge by sheer power of orchestration? We have lost our way as music users nowadays, because this song would have created a world spread cult in the late seventies, while I had to wait to be 40 and focking around on the internet in order to discover it.
vs
:scio: Evermind - Cockroach Sympathizers: Thrice:
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Daedalus Firebreather
Firebreather: Opens with a stunning pure impact Morello riff, then slips into pretty safe young man metal territory. I hear some Tool (an act I despise) as well as some Soundgarden (an act I adore). Banality is redeemed by a rather infectious (and poppish at its core) epic outro. They sound tight, but the guitar sound is just grating.
Daedalus: The guitar tone suddenly turns into brilliant and extremely pleasing sound, conveying 90% of the song's passion. They go ¾ (always a winner to the moron writing) and in a moment of really inspired songwriting (perfect progressions, beautiful and touching vocal lines) they create something very original and moving. Love the bass ostinato section. The second best song about the Icarus myth, being the best just unreachable.
Match Summary: One all-star and one star starter beat one star starter and one bench warmer.
Winner: Parama
Honour of the arms to the always gracious Evermind, who sent me some unforgettable melodies all roulette long and made concocting bizarro hangmans a real pleasure and challenge. You were unlucky with the POS song (and my idiosincracies) and with this matchup, 'cause you would have easily won versus the other two youngsters this round. I'm sorry to see you go, but I'm glad to free you from regret: your TDH songs would have lost anyway, even though by a lesser margin (only The Bitter Suite is on par with Parama's songs). I was forgetting, I will be forever grateful for The King of Swords. I left footprints on the ceiling.
:metardica: Puppies_On_Acid - West Coast Lost Marbles: Devin Townsend:
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Deadhead Heart Baby
Deadhead: It opens with the winner of the “Impersonate Van Halen's tone” award, then it launches itself in a desperate quest to occupy every frequency in my ear, basically metalling up Wish You Were Here's theme ad nauseam. This Chinese Wall of Sound is focking impressive, but it leaves me without wiggle room to appreciate musical objects. Very positive note: I can definitely spot the Patton's Mad Vocals Scientist Gene in this crazy dude.
Heart Baby: We go full Enya and suddenly everything I was missing sound-wise in the previous offering is here for the joyful taking. Great ambient piece, airy yet incredibly dense, creating beautiful atmospheres without any trace of easy delicacy, but with cocky sonic thrusts. I love the strong licks in strong opposition to the (simple) main harmony, really interesting. A grower.
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(https://mommyfleur.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/hangman.jpg) Sacul - Hangmanen Addicts: Boris:
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Jackson Head Pink
Pink: The grimy stepchild to the dirty violent late sixties Detroit Garage Sound. I can appreciate the attitude and the vintage aggression, as I will acknowledge this would be great if the vocals were part of the evil assault. Sadly, they're rather wimpy and monotone. The result is a sort of orgasm denial to my ears. All in all, a wasted opportunity for a memorable monster destructor track.
Jackson Head: Man, you've won the tank round, but you would have fared even better (or worse, it depends on the point of view) with this … thing. Let's just say that there's music enhancing drugs and there's music enhanced by drugs. This one needs drugs to be tolerated. I realise I may sound harsh, but I owe you honesty.
Match Summary: One rotation guy and one role player beat one bench warmer and one summer camp cut.
Winner: Puppies
Sacul, your submissions were always exciting, surprising and run a pretty wide spectrum. They were always a thrilling anticipation. This was a very risky pick, since I've never manifested love for these peculiar sounds, but you made it so far bravely, and it's only fitting you bravely fell. If there's an eliminated contestant I would love to keep receiving kinky songs from, that's you. Salute.
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Good to know I'm finally out! That was one round too many, thanks to that Glen Hansard song. No regrets too, I love both my TDH songs way more than what Parama sent. I guess we're just that incompatible tastes-wise.
Good luck to the rest of the gang, I'll be following.
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Dammit, now I'm annoyed with myself that I never thought to send The Dear Hunter or Devy, two of my favourite artists. :lol
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:metardica:
Time to kill some puppies with an epic
Right after I find an epic indiscipline would like
I think it was asked before but what are the rules for the epic round
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Just send Dimension Act.
I think the only rule is that it has to be over 12 minutes long.
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Good to know I'm finally out! That was one round too many, thanks to that Glen Hansard song. No regrets too, I love both my TDH songs way more than what Parama sent. I guess we're just that incompatible tastes-wise.
Good luck to the rest of the gang, I'll be following.
I hope I'm misreading, but are you happy to be out? :-[
:metardica:
Time to kill some puppies with an epic
Right after I find an epic indiscipline would like
I think it was asked before but what are the rules for the epic round
Over 12 minutes. Not to send until all the writeups are up.
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Oh, 12 minutes is pretty lenient then, I'm sure I can find something :metal
Are the EP rules up anywhere as well? May as well get started on that at this point even if I do get cut :P
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Good to know I'm finally out! That was one round too many, thanks to that Glen Hansard song. No regrets too, I love both my TDH songs way more than what Parama sent. I guess we're just that incompatible tastes-wise.
Good luck to the rest of the gang, I'll be following.
I hope I'm misreading, but are you happy to be out? :-[
It's not that this wasn't heaps of fun, because it absolutely was, and I enjoyed playing; but it's more of a "know your audience" case here. After the first four rounds it was clear to me that I'm in a wrong roulette, and I even felt kind of bad getting through the tiebreaker, because I don't have a lot of stuff that would fit right in your wheelhouse, or whatever the saying is.
So yes, I'm glad that I'm out and Parama got through, because you seemed to enjoy his weird metal submissions more, and he's more likely to deliver the goods in the next two rounds.
That being said, if Chad doesn't send Dimension Act, I'm going to do it despite being eliminated. :)
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Oh also Indiscipline, check out Child of Dust by Thrice and let me know how that would've fared, i would probably have sent that one & Daedalus for this round if I'd sent thrice instead
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Personally, me and my University pals defaulted to NBA Hangtime. I'd always play as Kevin McHale... that dude could knock down the threes all night long. It was the perfect pre-evening out drinking activity - we had a whole drinking game around it, and were totally smashed before even stepping out the door.
Edit... If not McHale, I'd play as Dan Majerle - he was also lethal from 3-point land.
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Good to know I'm finally out! That was one round too many, thanks to that Glen Hansard song. No regrets too, I love both my TDH songs way more than what Parama sent. I guess we're just that incompatible tastes-wise.
Good luck to the rest of the gang, I'll be following.
I hope I'm misreading, but are you happy to be out? :-[
It's not that this wasn't heaps of fun, because it absolutely was, and I enjoyed playing; but it's more of a "know your audience" case here. After the first four rounds it was clear to me that I'm in a wrong roulette, and I even felt kind of bad getting through the tiebreaker, because I don't have a lot of stuff that would fit right in your wheelhouse, or whatever the saying is.
So yes, I'm glad that I'm out and Parama got through, because you seemed to enjoy his weird metal submissions more, and he's more likely to deliver the goods in the next two rounds.
That being said, if Chad doesn't send Dimension Act, I'm going to do it despite being eliminated. :)
All clear now, thank you! :)
Oh also Indiscipline, check out Child of Dust by Thrice and let me know how that would've fared, i would probably have sent that one & Daedalus for this round if I'd sent thrice instead
Will do!
Personally, me and my University pals defaulted toNBA Hangtime. I'd always play as Kevin McHale... that dude could knock down the threes all night long. It was the perfect pre-evening out drinking activity - we had a whole drinking game around it, and were totally smashed before even stepping out the door.
Kevin McHale is my third favourite human player in the history of the game.
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Implying you have a list of favorite non-human players? Space Jam references are upcoming?
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Yeah I knew I fucked up once I realized my score in the previous rounds didn't matter for this :lol . Should have sent John Wayne Gacey Jr and Vesuvius by Sufjan Stevens, but was trying to save Impossible Soul for the epic round. Give those songs a try once the roulette's done (or before, doubt anybody would send them :P).
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Implying you have a list of favorite non-human players? Space Jam references are upcoming?
EDIT: The last thing I want is to be misinterpreted in a light fun context
Yeah I knew I fucked up once I realized my score in the previous rounds didn't matter for this :lol . Should have sent John Wayne Gacey Jr and Vesuvius by Sufjan Stevens, but was trying to save Impossible Soul for the epic round. Give those songs a try once the roulette's done (or before, doubt anybody would send them :P).
Will do!
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Are the EP rules up anywhere as well? May as well get started on that at this point even if I do get cut :P
repost since it was missed I think
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Now the geezers, 'cause they made me crap sea urchins:
(https://www.myemoticons.com/images/patriotic-military/firepower/jeep.gif) TAC - The aTACkers: Thoughts Factory:
(https://i.imgur.com/kX1oJYt.jpg)
No Way Out - The Mire
No Way Out: Sometimes the recipe for excellent prog metal is simple: DT Kevin era patterns riding Metallica riffage. Classic yet new. The song goes on making right choice (no guitar solo) after right choice (vocal lines written with the vocalist's limitations in mind, hence enhancing him instead of hampering him). Great hooks, with a focking cherry on top represented by a piano/bass section pulled straight outta Images and Words, followed by a shameless Derek synyh solo. A relentless beast checking all my secret metal boxes.
The Mire: Imagine my excitement when I heard this starting like Total Eclipse of the Heart (the greatest secretly-prog-but-easypop ladytune in history), and imagine it doubled listening to the return of Young Mixolydian Vai Tone. After a brief stroll through magical ambient forest, it settles into Mangini era DT ballad territory (The Bigger Picture chorus). Strange and very good convoluted languid piece.
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(https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/550x300q90/922/9UZ8aD.png) (https://imageshack.com/f/pm9UZ8aDp) kingshmegland - King Kongshmegland: Karmakanic:
(https://i.imgur.com/d2b4pxh.jpg)
Wheel of Life - Let In Hollywood
Let in Hollywood: What a focking chimera. Whoish strumming, Police pace, late U2 riffage, Squire bass capers, Harold Faltenmeyer's Axel Foley's theme looming like a prankster ghost. Add roughly 764 tiny instrumental bits in every nook and cranny and it's almost beautifully maddening. When it decides what it is (the rock synth solo over an unforgettable rock riff) it really hits its stride. Fascinating yet undecided.
Wheel of Life: The song of the round, checking every prog box just like Tim's song checked the metal ones. How to explain ... it bests Neal Morse when he tries to best Genesis. And that's only the first station before turning into a Colosseum ambient piece full of major sevenths with Larry Carlton on wah duties, then into a Pink Floyd 6/8 patented ode, and back to Brit Prog glory. Before I forget, Jonas Reingold may be the most underrated bassist on the whole rock prog scene.
Match Summary: Two star starters beat an all-star and one role player.
Winner: TAC
King, you sent me wonderful prog bliss after wonderful prog bliss. Fock, I even loved your tank round song. It feels almost unfair seeing you lose while submitting the best song of the round, but TAC played two great tunes, while your second one was weaker. It was an unfortunate pairing, 'cause you would have crushed any other fogey this round. I have to thank you for all the laughs you generously provided in this roulette, and please keep happily busting chops from the Green Monster.
(https://i.ytimg.com/vi/xmOf4D91Zz4/hqdefault.jpg) jingle.boy - Boston Bruins Blow: Frameshift:
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La Mer - Miseducation
La Mer: Fock me if this isn't dress rehearsals for the Astonishing, i.e. the second best album by DT, and come at me bros. Big James' undefeated airy tone surfing some wise Elton John chicanery. Maybe a little too compressed in the verse and too reverbed in the chorus, but we're splitting sacred hairs here. Not a big fan of the drum machine, a great fan of the final electric explosion. I love piano driven tasty serenades, I love LaBrie. Focking cheater.
Miseducation: Mister Sebastian Bach has been one of my favourite vocalists while NBA Jam was fresh. Here he mostly sounds on his last leg, but the devilish spunk is still there to be reckoned with. There's a good sleazy rock chorus idea and the beginning of a good melodic guitar solo I would salvage, but the song wastes those goodies feeling its way among unconclusive industrial prog temptations. We are the youth gone wry.
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Meteorites - Epicinium
Epicinium: Sorry mate, but unbearably nasal languid vocals on a r&b base could be the very definition of “not my cup of tea”. This is the classic tune I hear every Thursday on X-Factor, making the wife and me go: “Do kids like this? We don't know songs anymore, but it must be popular”, then the daughter replies: “I don't like it”, and I thank God and hug my family. Back to the song, it's a shame, 'cause the lyrics are rather noteworthy.
Meteorites: Huge improvement, actually a very brilliant and unique song doing a lot of things real good. The more it gets heavy, the more the vocals get better, and I can finally spot a great instrument inside the guy's throat. The heavy part is “heavy with lots of atmospheric space”, like something taken from The Real Thing (Top 10 modern albums for me), the hooks are solid, and the instrumental mid section is great when angry and sounds great when placid (finally a good use of vocoder trickery). Nice surprise.
Match Summary: One star starter and one bench warmer beat one star starter and one summer camp cut
Winner: Jingle
Lonestar, with the exotic prog metal grasp you have on my tastes, you had this in your hands, but you managed to send me something even worse than Miseducation, while staying on La Mer's level with your best output. The gratitude I feel for all the great acts you made me know is rivaled only by the regret of not receiving your epic and EP. It's been a great pleasure, please stick around!
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Congrats Tim and Chad. Alex, thanks for letting me play. I had a blast.
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Are the EP rules up anywhere as well? May as well get started on that at this point even if I do get cut :P
repost since it was missed I think
Ooops, my apologies. 5 songs from 5 different acts, a title, a concept explanation.
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That's perfect, I love my 5 track EPs
Any length limit?
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Let's say after 45 minutes it' a LP.
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Fuck, knew u should've gone with Destrage.
Thanks for having me, and your loss cause I was holding on to a ton of goods for the end. Congrats Hoser give me my punishment...
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Fuck, knew u should've gone with Destrage.
Thanks for having me, and your loss cause I was holding on to a ton of goods for the end. Congrats Hoser give me my punishment...
Which picture will he use. Lol
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Totally fair assessment of Miseducation. There's a certain Je ne sais quois about it that I love, but I should've known better now thinking about some of the similarities with It All Ends Here (ie, the 'industrial' sound to it).
Phew, that was close.
Now to narrow my choice down. I've got it down to 7 choices. Decisions decisions.
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Just send Dimension Act.
That's certainly one of my options.
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Ok as my dad used to say, a debt is a debt, but a bet is a debt of honor, you always pay them...
There you go Hoser, happy? As I said in PMs, it hurts more to lose to that contrite, pretensious pile of shit La Mer. Not only does Henning fuck the metaphorical horse into the dirt, he pees on the corpse. I get it, it's the ocean and shit, you don't have to say it a billion fucking times. Just to make it more pretensious, he calls the song The Ocean...in fucking Spanish. I hated that song when you sent it in my first roulette, and I hate it more now. Fuck.
Alex, I sent you my epic anyways cause it's too fucking killer not to share.
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Aw c'mon... the chorus is only sung thrice. You didn't hate it that much... you gave ita 4/5. Or maybe you were just in a grateful mood that day. :lol
Either way.... THESE CHEESE FRIES ARE GANGSTA!!!
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:zeltar:
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Alex, I sent you my epic anyways cause it's too fucking killer not to share.
continued from PM
... it's definetly getting the Scenes Thread treatment.
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Oh man....dis gonna be good...
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Alex, I sent you my epic anyways cause it's too fucking killer not to share.
I can validate this statement.
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Oh man....dis gonna be good...
Seeing that beside your avatar made me pee a little I was laughing so hard.
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oh fuck off.
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I. Have. Sent. :natalieportman:
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Steven Wilson - TAC. Has. Sent.
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Geez, I've never seen the episode of Triple D where Guy Fieri gets a blowjob.
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Geez, I've never seen the episode of Triple D where Guy Fieri gets a blowjob.
Flavortown.
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Fuck, knew u should've gone with Destrage.
Actually, you should've gone with Thoughts Factory. :neverusethis:
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Indiscipline, when would you like to get these epics in by? I'm going to be visiting family for the next 2 days and may not get anything to you until Friday evening or Saturday.
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Fuck, knew u should've gone with Destrage.
Actually, you should've gone with Thoughts Factory. :neverusethis:
Actually I had them on my list for the EP round, though I wasn't sure they'd make the cut
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Indiscipline, when would you like to get these epics in by? I'm going to be visiting family for the next 2 days and may not get anything to you until Friday evening or Saturday.
I want you to visit your family without worrying about my epic :D
Even monday's alright by me.
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Fuck, knew u should've gone with Destrage.
Actually, you should've gone with Thoughts Factory. :neverusethis:
Actually I had them on my list for the EP round, though I wasn't sure they'd make the cut
I've used The Mire before on one or two roulette EP's. That is such a great song. I love that entire album.
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Let's say after 45 minutes it' a LP.
Parama's EP will be 44:59.99999.
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I'm in.... all 32 glorious minutes.
(https://thumbs.gfycat.com/IncredibleGloriousBluebottlejellyfish-small.gif)
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Sounds like Dimension Act!
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I wanted to do writeups Scenes Timestamps Style this round, but so far I have two submissions and a whopping hour of music ... :eek
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indiscipline in general what kind of epics do you tend to like, anyways? it seems to vary between people a lot so might as well ask :corn
and will flow be a factor in the EP? i'd assume so but just making sure/curious how much effort i should put into transitions etc.
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I don't have a trend for epics I like. As for EP's, flow is very important to me, as I tend to live EP songs like movements of a whole coherent piece.
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Seems J Boy sent his EP this round.
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i'm actually pretty sure i know what puppies is going to send and i wonder if i should beat him to it just to piss him off & do the same thing i did to ev
unless he already sent :P i know for sure the artist in question isn't banned though
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Seems J Boy sent his EP this round.
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i'm actually pretty sure i know what puppies is going to send and i wonder if i should beat him to it just to piss him off & do the same thing i did to ev
unless he already sent :P i know for sure the artist in question isn't banned though
I think I know what song you are talking about, and for quite a while I planned on sending that if I made it to this round. Now I'm not so sure. I need to look through my options again.
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you're probably gonna beat me by default as i don't really have anything i'm that confident about for this round (and i don't have an EP i'm that confident about either, really :lol)
for the record if i were to send that band, i would send their epic that's only half as long off the album right after it :P dunno, i've never been as big of a fan as the one i know you like
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you're probably gonna beat me by default as i don't really have anything i'm that confident about for this round (and i don't have an EP i'm that confident about either, really :lol)
for the record if i were to send that band, i would send their epic that's only half as long off the album right after it :P dunno, i've never been as big of a fan as the one i know you like
That would be a good one too.
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Let's go kids, we ain't getting any younger!
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Maybe I'll send Devil Doll :)
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Sent!
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let me know if you sent that one so i know whether or not trying to send them is a waste of my time :P
edit: okay sent, i also did not send that band because there's an artist who's pretty decisively shoved off any potential EP i'd make now & need to get something in before everyone gets mad at me for being slow again
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Good morning, bedlam. All submissions in, just in time for a furious week-end bus trifecta.
Long pretentious philosophical songs call for a long pretentious philosophical bizarro hangmeow:
Artist: Ancient Egypt or present day North Korea, now that I think about it
Song: Eyes, if you think about it.
Artist: According to Urban Dictionary, I am one. Maybe James Harden too.
Song: The best way to get mugged or lynched in my country
Artist: Assessing lenght, or height, or depht, even time.
Song: Probably the only positive use for death.
Artist: Always a mystery to me, even Mono
Song: An even bigger mystery | A perfect motto for the whole advertising industry
Have fun.
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Well , the fogeys know what each other sent. I see Chad’s. I think I see mine.
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Well , the fogeys know what each other sent. I see Chad’s. I think I see mine.
Yeah, I see ours. No clue on the younglings though... as usual.
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I assume I know Chad's, and no idea about the rest of these.
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Yeah, I'm lost.
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I know mine and no others
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I see mine :lol
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This is going swell. :lol
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I'm in.... all 32 glorious minutes.
(https://thumbs.gfycat.com/IncredibleGloriousBluebottlejellyfish-small.gif)
Jingle sent Gorguts - Pleiades Dust :corn
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Alex, I sent you my epic anyways cause it's too fucking killer not to share.
continued from PM
... it's definetly getting the Scenes Thread treatment.
:corn
:biggrin:
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Show's over, just sat on the bus, listening begins in 3 seconds.
Lonestar, your writeup will come up with the others.
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:caffeine:
So what happens when mine blows the others out of the water?
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That's low bro. Low. Lol
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:lol
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I might know one of those but no one else is solving anything, so.... :corn
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The only one that I could guess in the Bizarro Hangman is Dimension Act - Drawing the Lines of Mortal Existance.
Evermind, maybe?
EDIT: Just read Bolsters' post. Now I'm not sure if I should have kept quiet. :lol
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Everybody can see theirs, everybody knows their opponent's, they all keep quiet.
Welcome to junior high locker room showers!
Seriously, Scorpion gets the song, not the player. Guess away!
Now, before I have to go back to this ...
(https://i.imgur.com/Vl8y1y0.jpg)
... A few preliminary impressions:
. I may have just listened to the best song of the whole roulette
. Lonestar wins the fogey battle
. The youngsters' duel is the most interesting.
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Dimension Act is Chad's. He sends that song a lot.
I think I might see another one now though. :justjen
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. I may have just listened to the best song of the whole roulette
. Lonestar wins the fogey battle
Geez... kick a man while he's down why don't ya! :lol
And... that implies neither Tim or I gave the best song in the whole roulette!
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Artist: Ancient Egypt or present day North Korea, now that I think about it
Song: Eyes, if you think about it.
Since Tim and I compared ...uh ... packages?? earlier, I'll identify Theocracy / Mirror of Souls.
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Now we're talking!
TAC:
Artist: Ancient Egypt or present day North Korea, now that I think about it = Theocracy
Song: Eyes, if you think about it. = Mirror of Souls
???:
Artist: According to Urban Dictionary, I am one. Maybe James Harden too.
Song: The best way to get mugged or lynched in my country
jingle.boy:
Artist: Assessing lenght, or height, or depht, even time. = Dimension Act
Song: Probably the only positive use for death. = Drawing the Lines of Mortal Existance
???:
Artist: Always a mystery to me, even Mono
Song: An even bigger mystery | A perfect motto for the whole advertising industry
Bolsters, give it a shot!
Supplementary considerations:
. The longest song feels the shorter
. The shortest song feels the longer
. One song is dense with singing
. One song is is half fat to trim
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Oh boy, I guess I can stop working on my EP.
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Well, Dimension Act is the winner of the fogies match up in my book.
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My song is only 13 minutes so unless puppies sent something shorter, I can tell which comment is mine :P
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Well, Dimension Act is the winner of the fogies match up in my book.
Хуй тебе!
ебать себя
;D
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Well, Dimension Act is the winner of the fogies match up in my book.
Хуй тебе!
ебать себя
;D
:rollin
The second one ended up being in the indefinite tense, you basically said "to fuck yourself". But the first one is perfect, I actually did a double take at that one. :lol
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It’s indefinite tense so you can go fuck yourself indefinitely. :lol
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I wonder if the thread title is related to this exchange somehow. :lol
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. One song is dense with singing
That could be mine. But it's great singing!
. The longest song feels the shorter
Yay Chad.
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i'm just really curious what puppies sent. he told me it wasn't the one we were both being vague about so i have no clue :lol
indiscipline left a really obvious clue for mine in the bizzaro but you'd have to already be familiar with the act in question to know what it is, which i know puppies is, so
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i'm just really curious what puppies sent. he told me it wasn't the one we were both being vague about so i have no clue :lol
indiscipline left a really obvious clue for mine in the bizzaro but you'd have to already be familiar with the act in question to know what it is, which i know puppies is, so
First thing that came to mind was Poly-Math - Science | We Are the Devil
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and your impulses were correct
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and your impulses were correct
Indeed:
TAC:
Artist: Ancient Egypt or present day North Korea, now that I think about it = Theocracy
Song: Eyes, if you think about it. = Mirror of Souls
???:
Artist: According to Urban Dictionary, I am one. Maybe James Harden too.
Song: The best way to get mugged or lynched in my country
jingle.boy:
Artist: Assessing lenght, or height, or depht, even time. = Dimension Act
Song: Probably the only positive use for death. = Drawing the Lines of Mortal Existance
Parama:
Artist: Always a mystery to me, even Mono = Poly-Math
Song: An even bigger mystery | A perfect motto for the whole advertising industry = Science | We Are the Devil
. One song is dense with singing
That could be mine. But it's great singing!
. The longest song feels the shorter
Yay Chad.
But Chad's is not the longest song :omg:
I wonder if the thread title is related to this exchange somehow. :lol
:lol Nope, but bonus points to whomever guesses what the thread title's last two iterations are related to.
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I have no more faith.
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I have no more faith.
Faith is what my song is about. :angel:
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I have no more faith.
Faith is what my song is about. :angel:
Apparently Alex will have no more of it.
Man that song was a massive radio hit (at least around here... and apparently in a few other places too).
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Stupid meme. Don't use that anymore.
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Mike Patton is a fish killer.
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And yet he pales compared to, say, Led Zep's fish treatment.
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Alex hates George Michael. Duh.
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Revenge. Perfect. :lol
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... and in this corner, Diamond Dave.
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Who will win the arse battle?
Epic Conference Finals Round Results, One Shot:
Older Bros:
(https://www.myemoticons.com/images/patriotic-military/firepower/jeep.gif) TAC - The aTACkers:
Theocracy – Mirror of Souls:
Seen from the perspective of virtous marriage between storytelling and songwriting, this is a perfect template for a properly satisfying “epic”. Totally driven by lyrics (beyond compelling for whomever has “been there”) dictating every (never superflous) musical choice, not differently from the way my niche of trade works. Although nothing to write home about as far as technical chops (and maybe that's the charm), the sequence of always different and tasty riffs and melodies is amazing, despite (and because) they are far from original, but heartfelt callbacks to the giants of metal serious narration. You can spot Orion, The Prisoner, Heaven and Hell, and a hundred more 80s staples tied together by good taste, strong purpose, and a vocalist who's got an astounding 28% Kiske in him (impressive feat, if you ask me). The result is something classic yet fresh, never feeling padded. The impressive proportion of sung time could feel a bit crammed, but being the lyrics the all-encompassing deciding force here, everything strangely falls into place. All in all, the 20 minutes touching heroic and vaguely cheesy straight metal behemoth I was waiting for in my teens before DT came in shattering rules and expectations.
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(https://i.ytimg.com/vi/xmOf4D91Zz4/hqdefault.jpg) jingle.boy - Boston Bruins Blow:
Dimension Act – Drawing the Lines of Mortal Existance:
First bus trip: this gave me headache, blamed it on the wee hours, being generally weary, and listening fatigue. Second bus trip: Started from this in order to avoid fatigued judgement, lost the plot after ten minutes, couldn't remember anything. Third bus trip (first leg): I ONLY listened to this, setting the score even with the other submissions on the second leg. Finally, I got it. The first ten minutes are gorgeous: majestic opening featuring 2007 DT covering Rush, classy jazzy yacht solo quiet section, monster technical instrumental segment, cool ballady sung part (the guy is slightly out of tune, the lady is nice and underused). Trim the following twenty minutes, paste the last three minutes of glorious Helloween galloping outro, and you possibly win this matchup. What's the problem with those 20 minutes, you may ask with a bucket full of fock you Indy? They always sound exactly the same, always loud, occupying every possible frequency with exagerated rythm riffing, constant background synth buzzing, and messy cymbals saturation. Amidst the headache, the obsessive insistance on basically a IV-V-IVm repetitive progression doesn't let anything impress the memory, except for an impressive impression of Marco Sfogli making an impressive impression of a Johnny P solo.
Match Winner: TAC. Less is less, more is more. But sometimes less wins when more focused.
Chad, I had the privilege to witness your background work on roulette submissions, and it's been a joy. Furthermore, I discovered a fun nice gracious dude behind the deceased asian dictator, which is as valuable as discovering great music. You are probably gonna shower me with barbed complains for the next 35 posts, nonetheless I still thank you for the wonderful participation (even if you called my mum "Welsh") and still want your EP.
Younger Bros:
(https://i.postimg.cc/fTH2s4C7/5927758528_a2060423e7_b.jpg) Parama - Six Roaming Owls:
Poly-Math – Science | We Are the Devil:
Oh, what a focking beautiful unpredictable and original piece of art. There is more Robert Frippish intellect inside this than in 50% of King Crimson's most recent offering. There are many distinct islands of brilliance here: from the quirky opening planting the seeds for a brand new strain of “fusion”, to some great heavy groove riffage concealing a rythming sophistication (and top notch rythm sections are your submissions' signature, now that I think about it) not hindering a bit its visceral impact. A masterful manipulation of emotional and musical pulse in the second part, and DAT SAX! Only one thing doesn't work for me, that is those beautiful islands are sorrounded by pretty noisy waters, which I can appreciate are great mood manipulators, but – for the way I'm wired – weaken the whole piece's intensity and muddy up the discourse, contributing to a certain feeling of “plodding”. That's why, although enjoying many musical and expressive (expressionist, even?) moments a lot, the pace seems shackled and the whole tune feels considerably longer (and more diluted) than it actually is. Anyway, there is clearly a genius behind this work, and if you promise no orc vocals, I'm definitely gonna check the whole catalogue out.
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:metardica: Puppies_On_Acid - West Coast Lost Marbles:
Beardfish – Sleeping in Traffic:
Black Exploitation, Golden Age of Porn, Classic Prog, New Wave, Balcans Wedding Music, Godfather Waltz, Sabbath Stomp, Silent Hill Credits, Half-Patton Half-Lake Vocals, Tight like Phish, Jefferson Airplane, The Three Gallaghers, Living Colour, Blue Oyster Cult, Traffic, T-Rex, Purple, Edgar Winter, Ozric Tentacles, Ummagumma, Oye Como Va, Lennon, Neil Diamond, Montana Dental Floss, Patrick Hernandez, a Bee-Focking-Gees Parody, Slovak RHCP. Does it or DOES it sound like something I would inevitably fall in love with? Or, in less words, Zappa playing his inspired version of the Abbey Road Medley. Epics are often serious pretentious business, this one - accomplished and tight like the best of 'em - is a miracolous celebration of anarchy and irony.
Match Winner: Puppies. It happens when you submit my favourite song in the roulette in a direct elimination round.
Parama, you never EVER ceased to throw surprising fascinating stuff my way. On paper, our tastes (albeit broad) reside on opposite sides of the spectrum, but you immediately identified what I love in the music you love and went on delivering the goods. You never sent progressive rock or progressive metal, but you absolutely always sent progressive music. It's been a pleasure, and I'd really love to try the same feat on reversed roles.
So, Puppies will challenge TAC in THE Finals. The prize will be selecting your favourite album to either be given the Scenes Treatment or NOT EVER be given the Scenes Treatment, depending on where you stand on, you know, the Scenes Treatment.
Speaking of which, I promised lonestar his special writeup, but I don't want to give it my half-arsed tired by work sunday night. You will get my undivided free monday morning, buddy.
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poly-math is an instrumental band so there are no vocals period (except like one voice clip)
anyways if i'm going down i wouldn't wanna lose to anyone else :metal
and at the very least it means I don't have to worry about putting together an EP that wasn't working out anyways :P i might send you a few tunes i'd been holding onto though, anyways
curiosity question: how would I have fared against TAC? :corn
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poly-math is an instrumental band so there are no vocals period (except like one voice clip)
Instant purchase, then. :tup
anyways if i'm going down i wouldn't wanna lose to anyone else :metal
and at the very least it means I don't have to worry about putting together an EP that wasn't working out anyways :P i might send you a few tunes i'd been holding onto though, anyways
Please please do. There is certainly going to be a review of woulda EP's after the credits roll.
curiosity question: how would I have fared against TAC? :corn
Won by a tiny tiny margin, due to the whole "never heard before" factor.
Oh, I was forgetting, Child of Dust left me speechless. That plus Daedalus would have given Ev's hypothetical Deer Hunter picks a serious run for their money.
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Alex, I need a another 24 hours on my EP. I'm not happy with it just yet.
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Too soon. I need another 48 before starting listening to DTF music again :D
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Too soon. I need another 48 before starting listening to DTF music again :D
Great. I have to be at work at 5AM for ten hours the next two days.
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Too soon. I need another 48 before starting listening to DTF music again :D
Oh good I need time to finish up the EP round in my roulette :lol
I have a working concept for your EP round, but I just need to finalize it.
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anyways i'm gonna try and run my next roulette early next year, though it'll be an EP roulette :corn
so make sure to sign up for that, or don't
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anyways i'm gonna try and run my next roulette early next year, though it'll be an EP roulette :corn
so make sure to sign up for that, or don't
I'm in :metal
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That Theocracy track had zero appeal for me, but hey, that's tastes for ya. I've been sent shorter Beardfish songs and liked them, I'll check that out, as well as Paramas, that one intrigues thoroughly.
Now to anxiously await the writeup...
On a side note, can't say part of me isn't delighted jingle lost...good to have Thrusty back...
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what did you send anyways :corn
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anyways i'm gonna try and run my next roulette early next year
It's supposed to be your turn now. Shall I send Ev on ahead then?
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yeah i thought i said in-thread i wouldn't be ready until january at the earliest & i'm 99% sure ev said the same, he's running his top 50 list before he does his roulette for that reason
edit: yepp
I don't plan to start until at least January at the earliest so
I plan to start in January, as early as possible. I'd love to run the whole thing in winter.
puppies will probably finish at around that time anyways so it works out
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Time to PM Scorpion then.
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what did you send anyways :corn
Silent Memorial - Retrospective
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... Which I haven't forgotten, but it's turning out to be a 50 timestamps tarrasque, so Roadrunner, I guess. :angel:
anyways i'm gonna try and run my next roulette early next year, though it'll be an EP roulette :corn
so make sure to sign up for that, or don't
Sweetness! Time to go through the archives
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Or, in less words, Zappa playing his inspired version of the Abbey Road Medley.
Louisiana hooker with herpes
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Bingo!
By the way, I'm very interested in your opinion about that Beardfish tune.
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Beardfish is great. Full stop.
I also agree that Sleeping in Traffic is the best song in this roulette even though I don't quite hear all the same references you do. Still, it is amazing how much musical diversity is in the song while still managing to sound cohesive. On paper, it shouldn't work but it does.
I'm a huge fan of the tone of the guitars. I don't know what equipment they're using but it sounds like they just plugged in an SG or korina wood Flying V into an old Marshall stack at about half gain and called it good. It just sounds... genuine? Warm? Hard to describe...
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Great point. They sound like a single P90 on a Junior LP possibly, absoutely not focked around with on the mixing table.
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As promised, opening the Big Finals match, please everybody stand for our threadtional anthem, performed by lonestar, as cool as Marvin Gaye in his immortal rendition during the 1983 NBA All-Star Game:
Silent Memorial – Retrospective:
0:00 – 0:16: You hear that watery sound? Let's pretend it's 2009 (when this beauty came out): it's the sound of my tears, mourning DT at their rock bottom. I was also divorcing, but BC&SL hit me harder than losing a shitload of money, a house, and a cat.
0:16 – 0:35: If the fictionalised Experiment is subbing for ailing and full of Tension DT, starting out with Acid Rain after the Liquid sound of my tears is nothing but appropriate.
0:35 – 0:47: Big focking epic progression, right from the start, 12 seconds of it, never to return. I, as well as Orson Wells in his wonderful The Third Man monologue, didn't know Swiss people could be so bold.
0:47 – 0:59: A sip from the Glass Prison, s'il vous plait.
0:59 – 1:17: Is it me, or this is a ACOS copycat sound?
1:17 – 1:25: No, it isn't me.
1:25 – 1:36: It only lacks that little ride bell hit at the end, signing the beginning of The Inevitable Summer.
1:36 – 1:51: Ricky was a young boy, he had a heart of stone … sorry, couldn't help it.
1:51 – 2:08: You know those power chords at the beginning of Voices? Same feeling. I love these guys, what they're doing, and why they're doing it.
2:08 – 2:40: I Remember a time, my frail virgin mind ... Sorry, I couldn't help it.
2:40 – 2:56: The snow has now fallen, and my sun's not so bright ... Sorry, THEY couldn't help it.
2:56 – 3:13: Ok, I'm not joking anymore. This is actually ACOS 2: Carpe Another Diem.
3:13 – 3:30: We skipped album! Young child won't you tell me why I'm here?” I may mail this song to Wife #1 with a note: “Sorry for being a selfish asshole, and for not listening to these guys back then. Maybe we would be still together. How's the cat?”
3:30 – 4:02: I have to specify I'm not accusing these guys of plagiarism whatsoever. I'm in fact amazed by their ability to mimic impossible beautiful music. This chorus is all theirs, and it's gorgeous. Ok, it's a bit on the Queensryche side, but still!
4:02 – 4:26: This is richer and richer. Raise your hand if you expected Myung's LTL line after that last chord. Thought so.
4:26 – 5:08: Tears keep being a theme here. A whole Trial of them.
5:08 – 5:22: Well, that's tasty and full of personality. Are we really sure they're Swiss?
5:22 – 5:38: DOWN IN A HOOOOOOLE! FEELING SO SMAAAAAAAL!
5:38 – 6:14: And how come you don't understand me? And how come I don't understand you? This is focking amazing.
6:14 – 6:51: I am speechless. The great riffs to minutes ratio is 3/1 so far. Pantheon stats.
6:51 – 8:00: Same pre-chorus & chorus, hence time for some considerations. All silly jokes aside, this is DT songwriting when they don't rush the songwriting, i.e. Nothing I've had the pleasure to consistantly listen to between 2002 and 2011, with the exception of a couple of tunes per album. There, I said it [/chrisrock]
8:00 – 9:10: Ladies and gentlemen, the LTL KevMo/Johnny P solo trade off on a different time signature, disguised by SLIGHTLY different notes.
9:10 – 9:50: I'm focking going crazy or this is Metropolis crazy instrumental's launch stage played a bunch of bpms slower. Or both.
9:50 – 10:17: IT IS! Slowed down solo, focking verbatim! I'm having so much fun I could ask my ex out!
10:17 – 10:37: Back to LTL! I'm literally dialing her number right now ...
10:37 – 11:08: “Hello?”
“Hi, it's Aless...”
“Fock you lurid piece of shit die in a fire I focking hate you if I could make you catch cancer by sacrificing an eye I would gladly spend the rest of my life as a blind bitter bitch. Goodbye.”
“How's the cat?”
11:08 – 11:35: Ok, first half of the song spent in wonderful homage, the second one starts with their own personal brand of instrumental madness. They should be playing arenas by now. Please tell me they are.
11:35 – 12:03: Jumping between TDOE and BTL, for nostalgia's sake, anyway.
12:03 – 12:40: MINISTRY!
12:40 – 13:10: Now I'm a bit worried for my cat.
13:10 – 13:28: SYMPHONY X!
13:28 – 13:42:
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13:42 – 14:00:
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14:00 – 14:30: My cat is focking toast.
14:30 – 14:38: Creeping Focking Death? Retrospective indeed.
14:38 – 15:12: We're back into Acid Rain territory apparently ...
15:12 – 15:32: … Forecasting Illumination Theory, even ...
15:32 – 16:00: … Killing every hope to see my dear ex cat in this life.
16:00 – 17:15: This just reeks of Aqua Net, glorious Aqua Net.
17:15 – 17:32: Out of the focking blue, the second best album of the nineties: Angel Dust.
17:32 – 18:03: STRATOVARIUS!
18:03 – 19:17: Back to the “usual” bigass chorus. Some more considerations: There are tunes that seem just made to be Timestamp Scenes Thread fodder. This one I suspect was even born as a Timestamp Scenes Thread chart. I should cross the Alps just to investigate.
19:17 – 19:49: We focking overkill with yet another bigass new chorus right at the end, because we make kickass clocks, cheese, chocolate, and tax-evading financial consulting!
19:49 – 20:05: MEGADETH!
20:05 – 20:25: No, it can't be true ...
20:25 – 21:13: BUT IT IS! Last time I heard this same epic outro, Michael Jordan had just brazenly covered the Reebok logo on his jacket, standing on the Olympic podium.
21:13 – 22:19: We added a different outro riff because, you know, we'd hate to give the impression we're quoting Dream Theater …
Great song, lonestar. Like Ocean Airlines 815 castaways , you've been focked by voices from the fuselage, but this one is a winner, and a joy to recap. Chapeau.
Dear people from Switzerland and dear ex-wife, I was just kidding.
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Fucking brilliant mate, thanks for doing that. And glad you enjoyed it, it's a beast of a song, a 20 minute ass whooping for sure!!!
I lost it at Inspector Gadget, and I know that exact moment hahaha!!!
For those unfamiliar with it, here's the track.... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LrwsSJBzvLQ&t=156s (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LrwsSJBzvLQ&t=156s)
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Sleeping in Traffic is amazing. I might have sent that as well if I had come this far. Then again, I might have gone with Cassandra Gemini by The Mars Volta as well.
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Yes, that was the one me and puppies were referring to earlier :lol
Was also considering some TMV for my EP so
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Sleeping in Traffic is amazing. I might have sent that as well if I had come this far. Then again, I might have gone with Cassandra Gemini by The Mars Volta as well.
I almost sent that, but chickened out after how well it went over in jingles roulette. Then again jingle is probably the wrong audience for the Mars Volta.
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Oh yeah I think Indiscipline would at least like TMV
Only concern I really have is the vocals :P
Which is why I sent Poly-math who are kinda similar but also instrumental (and not as weird)
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Problem is, I love Mars Volta. :corn
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Good thing I didn't send a banned band then
I'm also not surprised
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Too soon. I need another 48 before starting listening to DTF music again :D
OK, I'll take the extra 24 and send tomorrow night. Seems my "editor" had too much homework to work on my EP.
I have my songs finalized. You did say 5 songs right?
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Too soon. I need another 48 before starting listening to DTF music again :D
OK, I'll take the extra 24 and send tomorrow night. Seems my "editor" had too much homework to work on my EP.
I have my songs finalized. You did say 5 songs right?
Your Editor :lol Is that the same editor that fixed up your EP for my last roulette?
And yeah it's 5 songs. You better double check with him that all songs are good to go. He already veto'd one of my songs.
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I got my bands approved a few days ago.
Yeah, the same editor. He's a year older now. :lol
He only followed my direction. For the most part, the only rough transition was Tribulation. The production was so far off the previous track.
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sent what my EP looked like the last time i touched it
hoping Indiscipline likes it more than the two EPs he's judging just because it'd be funny
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sent what my EP looked like the last time i touched it
hoping Indiscipline likes it more than the two EPs he's judging just because it'd be funny
I had my EP perfect, but apparently Symphony X is banned :yeahright I found a song that works almost as well. I think I like the music more in the song I replaced Symphony X with, but the lyrics don't quite fit as perfectly. :P
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i hope you crush TAC :tup
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That’s not nice.
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sent what my EP looked like the last time i touched it
hoping Indiscipline likes it more than the two EPs he's judging just because it'd be funny
I had my EP perfect, but apparently Symphony X is banned :yeahright I found a song that works almost as well. I think I like the music more in the song I replaced Symphony X with, but the lyrics don't quite fit as perfectly. :P
Good choice. Music always comes before lyrics for me.
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Hey I have music too!! Well I will in 12 hours. ;D
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As much as I like you TAC, I'm rooting for Puppies as the young turk representative.
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As promised, opening the Big Finals match, please everybody stand for our threadtional anthem, performed by lonestar, as cool as Marvin Gaye in his immortal rendition during the 1983 NBA All-Star Game:
Silent Memorial – Retrospective:
*snip scenes treatment*
Well, I have a new appreciation for that song. Still don't think it's a God-tier 'epic', but it's a damn fine song, made better by our host.
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Listened to the Beardfish track, very nice stuff, gonna check out Paramas next.
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I sent my EP. I'm actually pretty happy with the way it turned out, even though I had to do a last minute story re-write. :biggrin: That Symphony X song was the core of the story. I think it turned out for the better though. Hope you enjoy it.
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hey I had to completely change half the story of my EP when you banned the conclusion the first time around so :P
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I sent my EP.
Just got mine back from my editor ;D and have emailed it.
Good luck Chris!
Also, it is a humble honor to represent the Fogeys.
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never bring a fogey to a dogfight
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I sent my EP.
Just got mine back from my editor ;D and have emailed it.
Good luck Chris!
Also, it is a humble honor to represent the Fogeys.
I hope you proof listened to it, before you sent it off. You never know what those pesky editors might sneak in. :biggrin:
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never bring a fogey to a dogfight
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Good morning bedlam. I just woke up to a couple of EPs!
Let's see whether they can best Parama's one :P
Do you fine people like a last round of bizarro hangmana?
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hang me up inside
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I think bizarro hang man will be interesting with the EP's :metal
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Let's go slightly hybrid:
Puppies_On_Acid:
EP Title: ********* ** *** ********
1: From Victoria to Alexandria - Chained Lizardmen
2: Autumnleaves - Johnny P's next solo album
3: Dusk Rays - Raquel Welch
4: Anti-Aliens Party - A Nightmare in HD = Earthside - A Dream in Static
5: Latin Balance - Nerd Magic Points = Equilibrium - Mana
TAC:
EP Title: *** *** D*** *****d
1. Smells of Babylonian Equinox - From Here to Japan
2. Line 6 Helix Digit - This Roulette?
3. The Scenes Thread - Sideral Engineer
4. Gigalabyrinth - This Roulette! = Teramaze -
5. Jin's Wife for 5 Seasons - Pussy Vampires
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Yikes!
I think I see mine. It’s 50/50. :lol
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Just to be sure, is it song-band, or band-song?
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Teramaze
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Sunn O))) ?
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Just to be sure, is it song-band, or band-song?
I can confirm it's Band - Song
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Just to be sure, is it song-band, or band-song?
I can confirm it's Band - Song
Yeah... I quickly gathered that from the Teramaze comment. 50/50 shot, but I'll guess Puppies is on top, and TAC s the bottom EP.
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I'm always on top ;)
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Yikes!
I think I see mine. It’s 50/50. :lol
Too easy. Guess who's the other one! :D
Just to be sure, is it song-band, or band-song?
I can confirm it's Band - Song
I confirm it too. :D
Teramaze
Naturally :Evermind superpowers emoticon:
Sunn O))) ?
Nope, but that's a better bizarro twist than mine :tup
Just to be sure, is it song-band, or band-song?
I can confirm it's Band - Song
Yeah... I quickly gathered that from the Teramaze comment. 50/50 shot, but I'll guess Puppies is on top, and TAC s the bottom EP.
I can confirm those are the positions
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I have no clue on any of them, just like old times
Give me a D for the titles :metal
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Equilibrium - Mana
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Equilibrium - Mana
Yeah buddy! :hefdaddy
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Teramaze (too many) options:
Broken :neverusethis:
Punishment by Design
Order out of Chaos
Through the Madness
Egostatic
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I have no clue on any of them, just like old times
Give me a D for the titles :metal
Updated with the D
Equilibrium - Mana
::)
:laugh:
Teramaze (too many) options:
Broken :neverusethis:
Punishment by Design
Order out of Chaos
Through the Madness
Egostatic
:lol :clap:
Aaaaaaaalmost there
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Earthside - A Dream in Static
No clue why you'd send specifically this one and not like, Mob Mentality or Skyline but whatever :P
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Correct!
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you owe it to yourself to check out mob mentality btw, can't believe I never considered that one myself at some point
they played with the moscow studio symphony orchestra on that one and it's kind of amazing
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Will surely do.
I can't believe you never considered sending 75% of your EP at some point :D
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I mean, the epic on the EP I did consider for the epic round :P
Actually most of it was stuff I was considering for the roulette but there weren't a ton of rounds here for it all :P
but I'm excited to see which of the songs I sent you hated especially since I sent 5 and not 4 songs so 75% doesn't make a ton of sense :corn
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I hated nothing. I'm especially loving 3 songs (60%). THE transition is worth a 15% all by itself.
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Haha :lol
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What are we talking about? Did parama send an EP too?
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Yep, he sent it before you guys, but it's pleasure only. It isn't running for the prize.
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OK..just trying to follow along. ;D
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here's what my EP looked like last time i touched it
https://mega.nz/#!jFlH1SzC!cllaDq0WEj8XKzS7feLjPg5hGPk1LaIAyBwKFZELOB8
it's a bit incohesive i guess but the songs i picked are all stuff i feel like you'd dig? but maybe not.
songs are;
David Maxim Micic - Where is Now?
Bent Knee - Being Human
OWEL - Float
Amadeus Awad - Lonesome Clown
fun. - Take Your Time (Coming Home)
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Amadeus Awad, huh? Alright.
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fun. - Take Your Time (Coming Home)
You sent this to me. This is a cool song. I think it did pretty well. It didn't hit me the first time, but it really grew on me.
I hear that band at work over my store's intercom EVERY day.
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yeah, sorry about their second album lol
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I hear Carry On all the time. It's not bad. Strange they've never done anything since.
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Amadeus Awad, huh? Alright.
Also yeah in memory of the evermind i killed
I sent some amadeus awad :metal
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There is only one Carry On :metal
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There is only one Carry On :metal
What... were you born in 1518 on the shores of Loch Shiel?
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Earthside - A Dream in Static
No clue why you'd send specifically this one and not like, Mob Mentality or Skyline but whatever :P
I love A Dream in Static. It also fits my ep lyrically. Those other songs are great too.
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Fair I guess, I find it one of the more forgettable songs on the album personally :lol
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Is Autumn Leaves Wintersun?
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Earthside - A Dream in Static
No clue why you'd send specifically this one and not like, Mob Mentality or Skyline but whatever :P
I love A Dream in Static. It also fits my ep lyrically. Those other songs are great too.
Mana's lyrics also fit pretty well too. ;D
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Earthside - A Dream in Static
No clue why you'd send specifically this one and not like, Mob Mentality or Skyline but whatever :P
I love A Dream in Static. It also fits my ep lyrically. Those other songs are great too.
Mana's lyrics also fit pretty well too. ;D
Indeed! Plus it's probably the coolest 15+ minute instrumental metal track of all time. :2metal:
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Pussy Vampires = Twilight?
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Yup.
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Good day, bedlam. I absolutely love oversleeping.
There is only one Carry On :metal
What... were you born in 1518 on the shores of Loch Shiel?
It's a kind of magic ;)
Is Autumn Leaves Wintersun?
Nay
Pussy Vampires = Twilight?
Yup.
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First Superficial Impressions:
One EP is all crescendo, one EP is all symmetry
One is all story, one is all concept
Both EP's feature one song I'm going crazy for.
This is focking tough.
Puppies_On_Acid:
EP Title: As***s*** ** T** ***sa***
1: From Victoria to Alexandria - Chained Lizardmen
2: Autumnleaves - Johnny P's next solo album = Witherfall -
3: Dusk Rays - Raquel Welch
4: Anti-Aliens Party - A Nightmare in HD = Earthside - A Dream in Static
5: Latin Balance - Nerd Magic Points = Equilibrium - Mana
TAC:
EP Title: S** T** Da** *****d
1. Smells of Babylonian Equinox - From Here to Japan
2. Line 6 Helix Digit - This Roulette?
3. The Scenes Thread - Sideral Engineer
4. Gigalabyrinth - This Roulette! = Teramaze -
5. Jin's Wife for 5 Seasons - Pussy Vampires = - Twilight
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Both EP's feature one song I'm going crazy for.
Just one?? :| :lol
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I mean, really really crazy.
And I don't need to tell you I am not exactly starting from "sane" :D
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A shot in the dark, but is Johnny P's next solo album Minus the Bear?
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Nope, but kudos on the bizarro interpretation :lol
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2: Autumnleaves - Johnny P's next solo album
Novembre-Ursa
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If I were to send anything from Novembre it wouldn't be from Ursa. That album is OK, but not nearly as good as the ones that came before.
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2: Autumnleaves - Johnny P's next solo album
Witherfall is a name I've seen regularly lately, and might fit??
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2: Autumnleaves - Johnny P's next solo album
Witherfall is a name I've seen regularly lately, and might fit??
Winner winner, chicken dinner!
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Thanks Puppies!
I'm proud of you guys. Even when guessing wrong, your general bizarro translation skills are off the charts :clap:
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A shot in the dark, but is Johnny P's next solo album Minus the Bear?
Something tells me our host might actually like Minus the Bear. Their Planet of Ice album is amazing.
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If I were to send anything from Novembre it wouldn't be from Ursa. That album is OK, but not nearly as good as the ones that came before.
Honestly I was shocked to think you had sent it to Indiscipline. I used something from that album in a recent EP Round myself.
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Is Witherfall Sacrifice?
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No sir!
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I’ll take a T in the titleman.
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Just two, and one you already know ;D
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Oh yeah... right ... letters.
Give me the S while ur at it.
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Four s for you
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A me up
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Triple A!
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Repost hangman, it's way back on a different page now :lol
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Both titles have a "The" in them. :P
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Strange, I have it in this page, 21 posts above. Nonetheless ...
Puppies_On_Acid:
EP Title: As***s*** ** The ***sa***
1: From Victoria to Alexandria - Chained Lizardmen
2: Autumnleaves - Johnny P's next solo album = Witherfall -
3: Dusk Rays - Raquel Welch
4: Anti-Aliens Party - A Nightmare in HD = Earthside - A Dream in Static
5: Latin Balance - Nerd Magic Points = Equilibrium - Mana
TAC:
EP Title: S** The Da** *****d
1. Smells of Babylonian Equinox - From Here to Japan
2. Line 6 Helix Digit - This Roulette?
3. The Scenes Thread - Sideral Engineer
4. Gigalabyrinth - This Roulette! = Teramaze -
5. Jin's Wife for 5 Seasons - Pussy Vampires = - Twilight
And Rich is right!
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I use 50 post pages, so :P
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Yeah, and now you've changed MY page :lol
Puppies_On_Acid:
EP Title: As***s*** ** The ***sa***
1: From Victoria to Alexandria - Chained Lizardmen
2: Autumnleaves - Johnny P's next solo album = Witherfall -
3: Dusk Rays - Raquel Welch
4: Anti-Aliens Party - A Nightmare in HD = Earthside - A Dream in Static
5: Latin Balance - Nerd Magic Points = Equilibrium - Mana
TAC:
EP Title: S** The Da** *****d
1. Smells of Babylonian Equinox - From Here to Japan
2. Line 6 Helix Digit - This Roulette?
3. The Scenes Thread - Sideral Engineer
4. Gigalabyrinth - This Roulette! = Teramaze -
5. Jin's Wife for 5 Seasons - Pussy Vampires = - Twilight
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The first band in Puppies'.... The Fall of Troy?
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Trying to think what Witherfall song would be clued to JP's next solo album.
It's not Vintage, is it?
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Any Witherfall song is great. Vintage is next level though.
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Witherfall's tune is in fact my favourite in his EP, "Line 6 Helix Digit - This Roulette?" being my favourite in yours.
Those EP's are so focking good and well-structured that the match is going to be determined by tiny details, in the bus.
Meanwhile, Chad has sent me a serious contender for best song of the roulette :D
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Meanwhile, Chad has sent me a serious contender for best song of the roulette :D
I have no regrets about Drawing the Lines, but ...
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I'll offer the assist to Tim on that one. I knew of the album on my own, but he reminded me that I needed to stop daydreaming while listening to it, and give it a solid listen. 2017's AOTY for me, and the track of the year in question.
Hindsight is 20/20, eh cheffy?
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Daydream XI :metal
Witherfall's tune is in fact my favourite in his EP, "Line 6 Helix Digit - This Roulette?" being my favourite in yours.
It’s funny doing EP’s. The song you think the host will absolutely love ends up falling flat and the song you may not think is the strongest is the one that gets the most praise. Happens all the time.
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Did you really think a song mixing mannerisms from 2 of my top 3 acts* as not the strongest? :o
By the way, nothing really fell flat in both EP's.
EDIT: Top 3 acts of the 90's
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Meanwhile, Chad has sent me a serious contender for best song of the roulette :D
I have no regrets about Drawing the Lines, but ...
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I'll offer the assist to Tim on that one. I knew of the album on my own, but he reminded me that I needed to stop daydreaming while listening to it, and give it a solid listen. 2017's AOTY for me, and the track of the year in question.
Hindsight is 20/20, eh cheffy?
RIght? again, should've gone with Destrage.
What song are we talking about btw?
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Daydream XI - The Circus of the Tattered and Torn
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Great tune. I actually like their first album better. Indiscipline, you should check them out. I actually had Phoenix on my short list for my EP.
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It’s funny doing EP’s. The song you think the host will absolutely love ends up falling flat and the song you may not think is the strongest is the one that gets the most praise. Happens all the time.
This is pretty accurate, because I originally had a Symphony X song where the Witherfall song now sits on my EP. I wasn't sure how much Indiscipline would enjoy Witherfall. Plus the Symphony X song was the centerpiece of the EP.
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What was the S-X tune and what is the Witherfall tune?
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I feel pretty comfortable saying I'm enjoying that Witherfall tune more than SX. :corn
Contestants, are you OK with full bizarro disclosure?
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What's your fave on mine :corn
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I feel pretty comfortable saying I'm enjoying that Witherfall tune more than SX. :corn
Contestants, are you OK with full bizarro disclosure?
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What's your fave on mine :corn
Take Your Time (Coming Home), undisputed.
As if I needed to tell you
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I feel pretty comfortable saying I'm enjoying that Witherfall tune more than SX. :corn
Contestants, are you OK with full bizarro disclosure?
Yes.
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Not too surprising there, no :P
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Daydream XI - The Circus of the Tattered and Torn
@RJ... I FB msg'd this to you a couple weeks back.
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I feel pretty comfortable saying I'm enjoying that Witherfall tune more than SX. :corn
Contestants, are you OK with full bizarro disclosure?
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I agree with Picard
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The other song I knew I had to have on my EP was bent knee (tho lonesome clown was in most of my drafts too) so I'm curious if that was one of the other three you said you liked a lot :corn
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Puppies_On_Acid:
EP Title: Ascension of the Forsaken
1: From Victoria to Alexandria - Chained Lizardmen = Nile - Spawn of Uamenti
2: Autumnleaves - Johnny P's next solo album = Witherfall - End of Time
3: Dusk Rays - Raquel Welch = Solstafir - Goddess of the Ages
4: Anti-Aliens Party - A Nightmare in HD = Earthside - A Dream in Static
5: Latin Balance - Nerd Magic Points = Equilibrium - Mana
TAC:
EP Title: See the Dawn Beyond
1. Smells of Babylonian Equinox - From Here to Japan = Breath of Nibiru - Road to Sunrise
2. Line 6 Helix Digit - This Roulette? = Fractal Cypher - The Grandeur of It All
3. The Scenes Thread - Sideral Engineer = Structural Disorder - The Architect of the Skies
4. Gigalabyrinth - This Roulette! = Teramaze - Delusions of Grandeur
5. Jin's Wife for 5 Seasons - Pussy Vampires = Drifting Sun - Twilight
The other song I knew I had to have on my EP was bent knee (tho lonesome clown was in most of my drafts too) so I'm curious if that was one of the other three you said you liked a lot :corn
Of course. That and DMM.
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Fractal Cypher, huh. The third track on that EP is the real jam IMO but it's pretty solid stuff
I was actually considering Kerosene off that Structural Disorder album for my EP too
And also hah, so you like the start and end of my EP a lot but not the middle as much, huh :corn
Also I don't remember which Solstafir track that is :lol but I'd always send Djakninn myself
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Since the cat's out of the bag I'll share my EP file for anyone else who is interested. :corn
https://drive.google.com/open?id=1bWA6RJ8qmCXJIQDCTRl35Zviv2zojdzh
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I made a Spotify playlist of your's, Chris.
Here's mine as a Spotify playlist.
https://open.spotify.com/user/tacdtf/playlist/2VDOt2rjO35zyomcivWKTc?si=omicQaS5Qna4RmfZkZJ_VA
I thought the songs flowed pretty well on their own. I did try to edit them together, but I don't think they even needed it. Hopefully any editing will not be held against me. :)
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Good day, bedlam. Well, we have a winner.
Naturally, I'm gonna spend my free afternoon organising the final writeups, so I'm leaving you with a little annoying suspense.
Meanwhile, let me thank everybody for all the music, the laughs, and the patience to put up with my crazy ways. I had an incredible amount of fun and wholly satisfied my expectations for a crash course in "new" music and in terrific message board people.
This is my overdue parting gift for you all, to be read through the meter of Traffic's John Barleycorn Must Die (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=icyPFsIcAV0)
There were sixteen men came out of the west, their fortunes for to try
And these sixteen men made a solemn vow, Indy must evolve or die
They signed up, they've memed up, they chose a silly team, split up by whim and age
And these sixteen men made a solemn vow, no banned list's a sheer outrage.
They've sent him PM's for a very long time, 'till crapshoot first songs did fall
And Little Sir Ponce twisted the hangman's head, and so annoyed them all
They've sent him curses 'till judgement day, 'till he looked both pale and wan
And Little Sir Ponce threw some timestamps there, no one became a fan
They've submitted acts with their sounds so sharp, to cut him off at the knee
They've rolled him and tied him with superb tunes, serving him most graciously
They've took great pains to find their way, to his taste as quirky as sparks
And the focker has served them worse than that, with his babbling foolish marks
They've wheeled him around and around a field, one made of aural joy
And there they made a solemn oath on poor ponce whipping boy
They've hired Gregg with his wiseman stick to cut him skin from bone
And the host he has served them worse than that, for half of them were gone
And Little Sir Ponce had a focking ball with some epics and EP's
And Little Sir Ponce had a focking ball, and he thanks you gratefully
For two months wouldn't be so filled with fun, and the long bus a joyous van
And the host couldn't spend a wondrous time, without those sixteen men
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My body is not well.
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lol Nile
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I think Prince Ponce works better... :lol
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lol Nile
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Alright, gentlemen, it took a while, but it's not my fault you both sent me album-of-the-year material. I listened to your offerings so many times that I believe I could wing-play them by memory, but it was the least I could do given the fantastic care you took crafting the product for my personal enjoyment. Muchas gracias. Said that, I WON'T compare them song vs song. Of course, I'm going to elaborate on every tune's musical value, but the real comparison will be about each song's function inside the tracklist/narrative, and how well said function is performed. You sent the package as a whole, I'm judging it as a whole.
Before starting breaking things up and exploring stories and concepts, a quick simple musical overview of our submissions. As always, age before beauty:
(https://www.myemoticons.com/images/patriotic-military/firepower/jeep.gif) TAC - The aTACkers:
See the Dawn Beyond EP:
Not a linear tale, but a deep reflection on the potential/realisation dynamic and its consequences on our sense of purpose and self-worth. Dense with lyrics, and even the sole instrumental piece speaks volumes when put in context. Well conscious of my fiery passion for all things guitar (I'm a singer/actor/comedian by trade, but my childhood dream has been being a rock guitarist since I watched Marty McFly ripping at the 1955 ball) the sly submitter crammed 35 minutes with at least 7 god level solos.
1. Breath of Nibiru – Road to Sunrise: As instrumental opener, a blatant manifest of technical virtuosity, featuring some Metropolis-worthy unison ballets enhanced by a drummer on crystal meth. Musically, it's extremely daring and dense without losing an ounce of melody. As usual, if you promise no kobold vocals in this act's sung tunes, I may enthusiastically check the whole catalogue.
2. Fractal Cypher – The Grandeur of It All: I could roughly finish uttering: “Focking Steve Winwood on Rhodes?” before the tune smashed my rock'n'roll G spot. I just love when elaborate progressive musicianship marries sexy rocking elements, that's why I used to love early Mr Big so much and I just wet myself when DT indulge in rock riffing (see Fatal Tragedy or Illumination Theory for reference). Add to that an orgy of melodic vocal lines when necessary, a beast of solo trade-off (a la Racer X if they had keyboards) and a panzer groove riff in the middle, and you have my cheesy heart forever. Song of the EP.
3. Structural Disorder – The Architect of the Skies: A very touching piece, carried by a very touching and catchy melody … based on the most commonly used chord progression in pop-rock history. Very elegant piano work until we lose elegance along the way when the songs transforms into IWBY, with a singer slightly out of his depht. It would be ironic if this were the tune you hoped to leave the deeper mark, because – albeit highly enjoyable – I kinda consider it the weakest of the bunch.
4. Teramaze – Delusions of Grandeur: When progressive metal behaves this way it should win itself a new label: Glory Metal. Ridicolously rich in orchestration, arrangement, melody, and chops. It feels like opening a thousand skies in its scope, while managing necessary moments of void with consummate class. I can't get enough of that fragmented ascending riff, quite unique. Add a great vocalist, an amazing solo, and YET another more amazing solo spruced with Gary Moorish sense of melodic drama on top and you have an almost untouchable song.
5. Drifting Sun – Twilight: Absolutely the most original tune in the EP. Unique riffing, unique harmony singing, quirky changes of pace and direction astutely disguising a core entirely based on the immortal 007 line clichè. Unique is also the way the second part mixes a very Camelesque landscape with a rather Floydian sense of space and development. Also, naturally, another great guitar solo, in deep debt with Comfortably Numb, but still. Totally unexpected way to conclude an EP.
:metardica: Puppies_On_Acid - West Coast Lost Marbles:
Ascension of the Forsaken EP:
Not a concept, but a dystopian tale of rebellion to imposed destiny, featuring an absolute protagonist in his classic voyage from awakening to treshold crossing. Almost completely driven by music, and even the few sung parts explain lyrically what is already evident in the instrumental bulk. Well observant of my morbid affection for tertiary meters (music is the only human product on the same level of God's creation, moreso when in ternary subdivisions), the sly submitter filled a 45 minutes juggernaut with at least 70% of ¾ and 6/8 galore.
1. Nile – Spawn of the Uamenti: There's not much musically beyond the duties of a horror flick's background score, but I won't hold that against this tune. This track is 100% narrative EP function, hence it will be talked about later.
2. Witherfall – End of Time: Not just the song of the EP, but the song of the finals. After an astonishing neoclassical explosion (Yngwie with guidance, an utopian perfection), you get acoustical bliss, great hooks, incredible guitar work, a singer who can do everything, and the most fascinating thing: the ability to shine on different styles' boundary lines. It's Power, but darker; it's thrashy, but melodically hopeful; it's epic, but bittersweet. There's magic in those contrasts, a kind of 1984-1988 Metallica's ephemereal magic. What a focking good thing was banning Symphony X.
3. Solstafir – Goddess of the Ages: The quintessential mixed bag. The first part does provide great atmosphere, but it lacks something important, like a competent singer, or even an iconic guitar solo (the progression just demands it) to work. The second part succeeds in what your very first submission in this roulette failed, that is creating a powerful emotional crescendo worth of an elaborate EP's centerpiece. Weakest track of the bunch, curiously the third like in TAC's case.
4. Earthside – A Dream in Static: A rather sudden turn to a way more modern sound and songwriting I've been not very generous with in this roulette (see Karnivool, Caligula's Horse), hence risky. Anyway a great hooky chorus and a hairy beast of a riff in the middle part make this a highly enjoyable “young” tune. The hidden gem is definitely the hook's harmonic progression's connection with the previous track, but it's a EP flow thing, and it will be discussed in the Transitions discussion. By the way, it's the second time I have to postpone a comment for such reasons, a testament to your EP's strong cohesion as an independent entity.
5. Equilibrium – Mana: I know you know I love my instrumentals long and pompous, but I really didn't expect a track of such magnitude. I have to proceed by impressions to do it justice: Cyborg Stamina Drumming, Epic Horde Chants, Zamfir, Japanese Happy Cavalcades, JRPG Final Boss Fight Themes, Far Oer Islands Dance, New Age Escapades, Bandeanon Galore, Final Fantasy Fanfare, Firth of Fifth. Have I mentioned Senseless Steroids Drumming? What a breathtaking way to conclude an EP.
Comparisons and results later. What? You expected the suffering to end so soon?
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Comparisons and results later. What? You expected the suffering to end so soon?
Oh... you beautiful bastard! Here's my Tim impersonation:
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That Fractal Cypher EP is surprisingly good tho, I ordered it in my last order a week or so ago & hopefully it'll be coming in the mail this week :B
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Are those all real songs? :) ;)
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...but it's a EP flow thing, and it will be discussed in the Transitions discussion. By the way, it's the second time I have to postpone a comment for such reasons, a testament to your EP's strong cohesion as an independent entity....
So we're going to have a Transitions discussion?
Which will flow into a sticking a needle in my eye discussion...
Apparently I had no transistions.. :|
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Are those all real songs? :) ;)
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...but it's a EP flow thing, and it will be discussed in the Transitions discussion. By the way, it's the second time I have to postpone a comment for such reasons, a testament to your EP's strong cohesion as an independent entity....
So we're going to have a Transitions discussion?
Which will flow into a sticking a needle in my eye discussion...
Apparently I had no transistions.. :|
You submitted 5 songs, whether you want it or not you do have 4 transitions ;D
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Comparisons and results later. What? You expected the suffering to end so soon?
Oh... you beautiful bastard! Here's my Tim impersonation:
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Enough playing with my food! Here we are with the final breakdowns:
I – The Opener: Puppies' song is the perfect introduction to the dystopian crapsack hopeless world he's setting our tale in, illustrating in a couple of minutes the horrific predictment our hero is forced to overcome. If the function is setting the stage (and it is), I'd say mission coincisely and effectively accomplished. In TAC's case – not a tale, but stages of self-knowledge – the starting scenery is the whole of our creative potential, as chaotic and violently optimistic as it can be. Every choice and consequence laid down at the same time in the same place, the exhilarating core of possibilities and will inside our head. The super convoluted and dense tentacular instrumental is the best possible choice this side of atonal or aleatory music.
Edge: Draw
II – The Firestarter: The play's real beginning, amazingly the best musical offering from both contestants. Theatrically speaking, it needs to be both “I am song” (what I feel and where I find myself) and “I want song” (a transformative act or intent of will). Puppies' song is a great reflection of rebellious suffering's energies, continously going back and forth from gloomy hope to beautiful sadness. The musical contrasts I wrote about before are a great portrait of the crossroads between revolution and desperation. TAC gives us the most enpowering and uplifting tune in order to describe the inhebriated state of human choice (or artistic creation, because I read the whole concept in that key). The exagerated high coming from results and validation, the self-aggrandising satisfaction in overcoming the blank page.
Edge: Draw
III – The Emotional Centerpiece: The key moment of great enlightment/enterprise with no turning back. The “moment of betrayal”, if you will. Amazingly – again – the weakest offering from both our contestants. Puppies went with the (almost) instrumental atmospheric crescendo, our hero's mounting desperation leading him to the brink of suicide, one second before finally turning the tide. The emotional strenght is there, but the tune lacks a proper climax to such a long descent. TAC shows us the man (the artist) facing the loneliness and sterility of control, the delusional hope his work will live forever, the emptiness you feel when you find out you're back to the start after reaching the stars. Even though the song could have done a lot of things better, it fills that function to the hilt, both musically and lyrically.
Edge: TAC
IV – The 11 o'Clock Number: If you think a good play's big payoff depends on its finale, you don't know your theatre. You need to wake your audience's senses with a sudden spark/twist in order to properly prepare it for the end. Puppies' hero finds his answers inside a fever dream, he knows his way out now. The tune, if not great per se, does a good job shifting the mood from depression to action leaving intact a certain feeling of discomfort, thus avoiding to spoil the happy ending. TAC's philosophical voyage goes where the man (artist, dammit!) realises his creation can't be his life, but it can swallow his life's truth if believed so. The answers are still distant, but the necessary step to reach them is to tear everything down, as beautiful it may be, because there's no authentic life (art, dammit!) if marred by the delusion of being more than human. The song does this desperate act justice, but it's so glorious and gorgeous to usurp the finale's own function someway.
Edge: Puppies
V – The Grand Finale:
Edge: Puppies' hero flies away from his sad destiny and reaches for the stars, and the song is nothing but a full adrenalising arsekicking space voyage at warp speed, full of both hope and fear. What I absolutely love is the story is left open. We'll never know whether our protagonist has found salvation, we just need to witness his beautiful act of taking flight. TAC gives us one of those finals that leave you awake for hours. Nothing ends, no one wins. The artist knows (and he's able to forgive himself for being) human. He discovers he can't go on living as either the best thing since sliced bread or the worst shit who ever lived (i.e. my ex-wife's disease). Life/art is light and dark, constant compromise. Endless sacrifice. The tune is thus both joyous and dark, full of subtle mystery, taking us through winding turns, never giving resolutive pompous final bangs, but leaving a small musical open window: the rest of your life.
Edge: Draw
VI – Narration: Puppies' stage-setting and presentation sections are borderline perfect. A gloomy jingle opening courtains and the sudden kick in the balls. The central segment is unique enough to stop everything and force reflection. It's not that powerful, but combined to the rekindling and the epic flight it works pretty well. The amazing feat has been telling the less original hero tale towards an extremely original and satisfying not-conclusion. A great journey from a horrific cell to sideral infinity. TAC's concept lives on a beautiful lyrical symmetry, exploring profound themes without banal oversemplification, yet easily compartimentalising every stage with amazing clarity. The amazing thing is the music succeeds in keeping up with the same exact project.
Edge: Draw
VII – Flow: Puppies' tracks 1,2,3 and 5 are absolutely cohesive and organic. I would have cut song 3's vocals in order to keep the illusion of a common author. Song 4 is a definite jump sideways in terms of sound, which would have been perfect with song 5 following suit, marking our story's turning tide. Too bad song 5 too strongly belongs to the first three songs' family in order for that to work. Every song in TAC's EP sounds differently, but each one sounds as its relative concept's stage requires it to sound. That, my friends, is flow.
Edge: TAC
VIII – Transitions:
Puppies:
. Between 1 and 2: from an ominous Em to a neoclassical Am explosion. Apparently clunky, but hold that thought.
. Between 2 and 3: flawless Gm sadness to Gm sadness
. Between 3 and 4: one tone up, borderline grating, BUT: song 4's hook does move exactly like song 3's verse, in a different key. Brilliant.
. Between 4 and 5: Ominous Am to Em fireworks. Apparently clunky, but read point 1 again and you discover the clever plan. Bonus points: song 5 finishes with a big Emajor, while the whole tale began with a bleak Em. Focking brilliant.
TAC:
. Between 1 and 2: From Bm to a Bbmajor in subdominat function. Possibly terrible, but that Rhodes sanitises everything
. Between 2 and 3: Flawless Dm to Dm by drumfill. Kudos to your editor, he rocks.
. Between 3 and 4: One key up, but very well disguised. Bonus points: song 4 shares subtle harmonic movements with both song 2 and 3. Brilliant.
. Between 4 and 5: From Em to Cm, brutal but at least mediated by one second of silence.
Edge: Puppies
IX – Musical Appreciation: Even though I completely like 5 songs in TAC's EP and 3 in Puppies', the latter's peaks are higher than the former's. Both collections are better than the sum of their parts and terrific as a whole, and that's what really matters at the end of the day. I honestly can't say which one is musically better, and that's basically the reason I'm writing a longarse breakdown post at midnight while my wife is calling the lawyer (whether for him to fock her or me is irrelevant at this point).
Edge: Draw
X – Emotional Appreciation: Puppies' hero's journey succeeded in making me feel for every step of the way, masterfully manipulating my mood at the precise required nodes. It kept me captive during the first 3 songs (best sequence in the round), lost me a bit during song 4, but I've never been able to not stand up and pump my fist for the whole last song. TAC just killed me. Listening to those lyrics on those melodies was an equally painful and healing look into everything I've been and done in the last twenty years. If you selected and elaborated that concept the same way I interpreted it, then you must have been inside an artist's mind for a very long time; if not, you still must be a scrupolous observer of human nature, 'cause you hit your marks with surgeonlike grace and precision. I never succeeded in escaping your EP untouched.
Edge: TAC
Tim, you won this crazy thing. Given my lunatic tastes and quirks, I really don't know whether I should congratulate or be worried for you. Nonetheless, I thank you for the great music you sent my way, and the way it always felt carefully tailored on my nature.
Puppies, honour to you. You started this roulette with the worst vote; from there you kept climbing up with great submission after great submission, climaxing with the undisputed best song of the tournament. Your EP is excellent, and you probably lost this round (by a smidge) only because your opponent follows my ramblings since 2011 and knows where to hit slightly better. Chapeau.
I can't believe I've been able to see this through.
Fin
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Nah, not done yet. I will pay my homage to Parama's and Jingle's EPs soon. But first, there's a Scenes Thread I need to unbury.
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Exactly! Congrats Tim!
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Uhh. By my count, this mysterious "Draw" person should've won, though? :hat
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Fogey's representin!!!!
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Though, the Bruins still suck. C's too. :biggrin:
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Fogey's representin!!!!
:hifive:
Though, the Bruins still suck. C's too. :biggrin:
Pats? :lol
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Fogey's representin!!!!
:hifive:
Though, the Bruins still suck. C's too. :biggrin:
Pats? :lol
The NFL in general sucks.
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Anyways, thanks for having me in roulette. I'm glad you enjoyed most of what I sent you. Seems like the EP round was really really close. Congrats to Tim! :hefdaddy
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Someday youll win a roulette puppies
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Seems like the EP round was really really close. Congrats to Tim! :hefdaddy
You had a great submission Chris. Obviously the Witherfall track is amazing, and that instrumental :metal
I am interested what Sym X track you switched out..
I know how much it sucks getting so close, especially dodging eliminations along the way.
But I must say, I was very happy with my EP, and have been listening to it in the car for the last week straight.
Alex, you have set the bar on how roulettes should be run. You were entertaining, committed, and this thread never got boring. Every future roulette host take heed. I always say that when you run a roulette, it's YOUR party. YOU are the host and it's YOUR duty to maintain its pace. So outstanding job.
It was an honour to represent the Fogeys, one of the finest groups ever assembled. And it was great having the Kids playing along side.
Thanks for the great roulette.
Oh, BTW, Alex, the Breath Of Nibiru is an instrumental album.
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The Symphony X song was Paradise Lost. I'm actually glad it was banned. I think my EP turned out better for it. The story/concept also changed for the better.
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Cool. Not knowing the lyrics off the top of my head, at least musically, Witherfall for the win.
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. Between 4 and 5: Ominous Am to Em fireworks. Apparently clunky, but read point 1 again and you discover the clever plan. Bonus points: song 5 finishes with a big Emajor, while the whole tale began with a bleak Em. Focking brilliant.
I'm actually really glad you picked up on that, the original opening track (which was an Agalloch instrumental by the way) didn't quite work in the same way. The transitions between 1 and 2 then 4 and 5 were what I was most proud of, at least musically. Then the Bleak to Triumphant difference between the first and last tracks.
I feel like I need to explain my reasons for including the Earthside track. That point in the story was supposed to be more surreal than the rest. Like a hallucination. I wanted it to sound different from the rest of the EP. I figured it may come across as a bit jarring, but I rolled with it anyways. That quick transition from Earthside to Equilibrium was meant to be the protagonist being jolted awake both literally from sleep and awakened to the realization of what he needed to do. Kind of like an AHA! or Eureka! moment, but also a call back to the musical transition of the first 2 songs (nice pick up on that by the way!). I knew what I was going for in my own mind, even if no one else knew :lol
Cool. Not knowing the lyrics off the top of my head, at least musically, Witherfall for the win.
Absolutely! :metal
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Alex, you have set the bar on how roulettes should be run. You were entertaining, committed, and this thread never got boring. Every future roulette host take heed. I always say that when you run a roulette, it's YOUR party. YOU are the host and it's YOUR duty to maintain its pace. So outstanding job.
You're too kind. I do several colourful things with bars, but I do not set any :D
A party is as good as those invited, especially - like in this case - when they're the ones providing the drinks. I am so happy everybody had a good time, but the credit really belongs to everybody involved.
It was an honour to represent the Fogeys, one of the finest groups ever assembled. And it was great having the Kids playing along side.
Thanks for the great roulette.
*Paging King's Photoshop Powers* Fogey Avengers Assemble *Paging King's Photoshop Powers*
I feel like I need to explain my reasons for including the Earthside track. That point in the story was supposed to be more surreal than the rest. Like a hallucination. I wanted it to sound different from the rest of the EP. I figured it may come across as a bit jarring, but I rolled with it anyways. That quick transition from Earthside to Equilibrium was meant to be the protagonist being jolted awake both literally from sleep and awakened to the realization of what he needed to do. Kind of like an AHA! or Eureka! moment, but also a call back to the musical transition of the first 2 songs (nice pick up on that by the way!). I knew what I was going for in my own mind, even if no one else knew :lol
You actually succeeded in your intent, especially with the "eureka" moment, and I'd like to reiterate how much I admire the subtle musical work you put into the sequence. In hindsight - and factoring how focking weird and menstrual I am assessing those things - It's a matter of degees of jarring. Paradoxically, an even harsher change of pace would have made me focus solely on the "Aha!" factor and consider the tune 100% function as in song 1's case (which worked perfectly).
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*Paging King's Photoshop Powers* Fogey Avengers Assemble *Paging King's Photoshop Powers*
King's Photoshop powers are akin to a three year old cutting faces out of photographs with the edge of a dull spoon and pasting them in place with garden shovel full of Gorilla Glue.
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*Paging King's Photoshop Powers* Fogey Avengers Assemble *Paging King's Photoshop Powers*
King's Photoshop powers are akin to a three year old cutting faces out of photographs with the edge of a dull spoon and pasting them in place with garden shovel full of Gorilla Glue.
This is the best review in the entire thread.
No disrespect to Alex.
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*Paging King's Photoshop Powers* Fogey Avengers Assemble *Paging King's Photoshop Powers*
King's Photoshop powers are akin to a three year old cutting faces out of photographs with the edge of a dull spoon and pasting them in place with garden shovel full of Gorilla Glue.
That's what makes it glorious! :lol On my cell and done in a few minutes. Cheesy! :lol
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Ooooooooooooooohhhhh
There we go:
Indiscipline Roulette, Part 2: The Photoshop Challenge
Theme: "Fogey Avengers Assemble"
Gentlemen, to the plate.
*Paging King's Photoshop Powers* Fogey Avengers Assemble *Paging King's Photoshop Powers*
King's Photoshop powers are akin to a three year old cutting faces out of photographs with the edge of a dull spoon and pasting them in place with garden shovel full of Gorilla Glue.
This is the best review in the entire thread.
No disrespect to Alex.
Nope, yours above is the best review in the entire roulette :lol
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*Paging King's Photoshop Powers* Fogey Avengers Assemble *Paging King's Photoshop Powers*
King's Photoshop powers are akin to a three year old cutting faces out of photographs with the edge of a dull spoon and pasting them in place with garden shovel full of Gorilla Glue.
This is the best review in the entire thread.
No disrespect to Alex.
Nope, yours above is the best review in the entire roulette :lol
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I mean, your review of Podaar's review is the best review. :D
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Get a cyber room you three.
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I confuse.
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Someday youll win a roulette puppies
You know, it's funny, I've been thinking about this roulette and I have come to a conclusion. After years of collecting and enjoying music of numerous genres I realize from participating in roulette's, win or lose, I just like sharing music with people. If they enjoy it, great! If not, well I know I have something else in my collection that could appeal to them. I also realize how much I enjoyed putting that EP together. Coming up with a story/concept made up of seemingly unrelated songs is challenging and fun. In fact, I'm making an Episode 2 of the EP I sent Indiscipline right now. Have I become an EP junkie? :corn
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i sure hope you've become an EP junkie because my next roulette is an EP roulette and i'm expecting some good (read: non-Absu) things from you :tup
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Trust me, I've learned my lesson with Absu :lol
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Yeah, yeah.
Where are my photoshops? :D
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Yeah, yeah.
Where are my photoshops? :D
Tonight. I was at a concert last night good sir!
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Nah, not done yet. I will pay my homage to Parama's and Jingle's EPs soon. But first, there's a Scenes Thread I need to unbury.
:corn
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A couple of timely buses ahead, so Monday!
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So parama and J Boy are battling for the Bronze? Cool.
Looking forward to this matchup.
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Interesting.
Let's hear it from the boys: do you want your EP's to be pitted one against the other or you're fine with a simple parade?
(Anyways, roulette's over, Bolster. I'm not stagehamming :D)
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I'd love to have the satisfaction of losing to jingle, yeah
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I'd love to have the satisfaction of losing to jingle, yeah
That's what she said.
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I'd love to have the satisfaction of losing to jingle, yeah
Let us know how it feels. Not sure anyone has ever experienced that before. ;D
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I'd love to have the satisfaction of losing to jingle, yeah
Let us know how it feels. Not sure anyone has ever experienced that before. ;D
You're just begging me to resurrect the Mrs TAC schtick, aren't you?
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You can't resurrect anything, brother. :lol
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I'd love to have the satisfaction of losing to jingle, yeah
Let us know how it feels. Not sure anyone has ever experienced that before. ;D
It feels like being forced to listen to redemption
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Nah, not done yet. I will pay my homage to Parama's and Jingle's EPs soon. But first, there's a Scenes Thread I need to unbury.
:corn
So, I just finished reading through this thread over the past couple of weeks, and my my... some glorious laughs.
And the realization that Indi NEVER provided Parama Crow and my showdown. Which actually turned out ok, because iirc, I used one of the songs from my EP submission in Indi Roulette v2.
Tomorrow, I start the Indi Royal Rumble Roulette thread. If memory serves correctly, that was the best Roulette thread I've ever been part of (and as of Indi v2, I'm up to 88 Roulettes - though, does it really count when Rich eliminates me in Round 1?)