AND WE HAVE RESULTS
Top Pick: contest_sanity
Band: Brave Saint Saturn
Song Name: Daylight
Wow! This song was really, really awesome. Lyrics painted a really great story while being totally relate-able. And the delivery and music....especially the end where he gets it super emotional. That whole bit after the samples was so well done! Love the whole space-rock feel of the song, this was an immediate "winner!" reaction from me...
Second Place: Quadrochosis
Band/Artist: Phil Wickham
Song Name: True Love
Good thinking getting a Christian song.
Lyrics are very well-written. Delivery is spot-on for the genre. I've heard of Wickham, and probably have heard something on the Christian radio station I listen to...but this is my first exposure. This is so much better than other music in Christian music circles.
Next Three:(+6 pts.)
-Ytsebitsyspider
Band: Dreamscape
Song Name: You Don't Know Me
Yes, prog rock done very well. Could barely tell his accent was there. Lyrics were great and encouraging, and prog rock done like this is perfect for lyrics like this, IMO. Reminds me of a more optimistic Redemption, maybe that's just me though.
-ariich
Band/Artist: Joanna Newsom
Song: Does Not Suffice
The first few times I listened and read along, I was really bored with this...but then the final listen through smacked me in the face...I loved reading along with it and hearing the story. The end is weird and unexpected after hearing her sing all of that stuff, by the way!
Is that what attracts you to her music, the way she writes the lyrics (such great choices for words, even the subtle or little choices had me going "nice!") and tells the story?
Also, you didn't send me lyrics, so you lose all your points forever and you're banned as well.
-Marvellous G
Band: Pearl Jam
Song Name: Black
Gonna be honest, when I saw you sent Pearl Jam, I was gonna ask you to send another song because...I really don't like them (from the radio stuff I've heard). But considering the round theme and just trying to be openminded, I went into this. Good job man! You sent me a PJ song where I liked his voice, and the subject matter, actual lyrics and delivery (vocally and music) worked wonderfully together! Paints a good picture of a breakup.
Next 3 (+5 pts.)
-Zantera
Band: Radiohead
Song Name: Pyramid Song
I only know a few songs by Radiohead, and love those songs. This wasn't up to the caliber of the songs I have heard...but something tells me that Radiohead is a band I would have to let grow on me...there's probably something I am missing but will get eventually. The music and lyrics worked very well together...really out there stuff but it worked fine. Good pick!
-Ravenheart
Band: Depeche Mode
Song Name: Waiting for the Night
A band I've heard of before...unlike what I thought they would be (actually, not sure what I did think they would be like!). I could definitely see myself driving on a quiet, cool night, listening to this song. That said, only ranking it down a bit because the lyrics weren't as good (IMO of course) as other songs in this round. A VERY good relation between the lyrics and music, though!
-kari
Band: Frightened Rabbit
Song Name: Poke
This was good stuff...a bit different, and flowed very nicely...the lyrics were a bit too...I don't know...poetic for me to appreciate in how they were delivered. They are really good lyrics. (About love and moving on, right?). Just unsure about the delivery, so yeah. Overall liked it, though! And the end was very nice, I could hear something like distorted guitar coming in but never fully developing, which was a nice touch.
Last:(+4 pts.)
Space Invader
Band: A Perfect Circle
Song Name: 3 Libras
Don't get me wrong. Loved the song, good lyrics...but compared to the other songs sent, this was a bit more run of the mill. Don't be disappointed too much, it reminded me that I need to check out APC (I've only heard "Blue" and I love it).
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Standings:
Space Invader - 7+5+8+6(+1)+8+4=39
contest_sanity - 6+4+4+5=19(+4)+7+8=38
Zantera - 6+6+5+8+6+5=36
Kari - 5+8+7+6+4+5=35
Quadrochosis - 8+4+4+5=21(+2)+5+7=35
Ariich - 5+6+5+7+5+6=34
Ravenheart - 6+5+5+6(+1)+6+5=34
Marvellous G - 4+7+6+5(+1)+5+6=34
YtseBitsySpider - 5+5+6+4=16(+6)+6+6=34
ROUND SEVEN: THREE MINUTES OR LESSCan be anything really! Not a second longer than 3 minutes, I'll be strict about that actually.
Protip: Make it pack a punch or go somewhere enough (like with a purpose and resolution). Lyrics will probably help more than an instrumental, but who knows? Pop music may work well here. Honestly, something with driving energy would work here well I think..but looking at Foobar, acoustic does it for me as well. But whatever, it's open, so go with what you think i will like best. We are seven rounds in, so you should have something of an idea of what I would like best from what you can choose from. Good luck and godspeed you black emperors!
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