So, here are the results!! The points are pretty packed together here, you all sent in such great songs!
First place: Gorille & TheVoxyn
Into The Stream & Troubles Will Be Gone by The Tallest Man On Earth
These two songs were just so lovely! I took some getting used to to the voice, but I love everything about these songs now! I love how they’re so simple yet so beautiful! Not much more to say I guess, good picks! 13 points
Third place: sonatafanica
Good Heart by the Mynabirds
Amazing track! I love the little jazzy elements, and I love the deep voice, especially with the harmonies in the choruses. Again this song is so simple yet it appeals to me a lot! 12 points
Fourth place: dtismajesty
Doubtful by Gregory & The Hawk
Another song with female vocals, which I normally kind of dislike, but I love them here, even though they’re so different than sonatafanica’s track. Like you said, this song has an amazing beat which is perfect when walking, especially when the sun is shining! It’s just a really easy lisntenable, very fun track, I love it! 11 points
Fourth place: Quadrochosis
Scared by Thomas Giles
Well I remember listening to some Between the Buried and Me a few years ago and this is indeed nothing at all like it. The atmosphere is pretty much the opposite of dtismajesty’s pick, but that doens’t really matter. A really sad song, which I like a lot, but I think that because of it’s lengh it fails to bring over the message it wants... Still a great pick though! 11 points
Sixth place: Jamesman
The Dryness and the Rain by mewithoutYou
When this song started I was like ALRIGHT I LOVE THIS BEAT and I like the vocals a lot as well, but I just couldn’t get myself to like the refrain.. It kind of ruined the marchingoveryou-like pace of the song. I would’ve liked it a lot more if it just continued with the verses. The clapping part is indeed pretty awesome! 10 points
Seventh place: dethklok09
Spitting Fire by The Boxer Rebellion
I love the pace of this song, this along with the kind of distorted guitar cords and simple bass drum beat give this song an amazing rock-song vibe. It makes me picture this band playing this song live on a big festival in the summer, and it really makes me want to be there! Great pick! 9 points
Seventh place: Nic35
For He That Wavereth by The Ocean
You decided to let me give this band a second chance, and I must say I like this song a lot more than the previous one! The only thing I don’t really like is the voice, it sounds so metal-like, as if he’s going to start screaming and growling any second. 9 points
Ninth place: Marvellous G
Ballade 4 part 2 - Tosca Tango Orchestra
Well this certainly was a weird pick! It’s a great classical piece, and I like it, but it just iddn’t have the same replay value as the other songs did. It was still pretty good though! 8 points
Tenth place: zxlkho
Weak and Powerless by A Perfrect Circle
You were kind of hyping this song to me, and with good reason, as I could norice it was a pretty good song, but it just wasn’t my style at all. I don’t know, it just didn’t do anything for me. Sorry! Kind of remarkable that you went from first to last place (in one round), but I’m sure you’ll take yourself up again! 7 points
Scoreboard:
sonatafanica - 9 + 12 = 21
TheVoxyn - 8 + 13 = 21
Gorille - 7 + 13 = 20
Jamesman - 10 +10 = 20
Marvellous G - 11 + 8 = 19
Quadrochosis - 8 + 11 = 19
zxlkho - 12 + 7 = 19
dtismajesty - 6 + 11 = 17
Nic35 - 6 + 9 = 15
dethklok09 - 4 + 9 = 13
Round 3: I'm feeling nostalgic! Even though I wasn't born yet, send me a song from before 1986. That's the only limitation, so surprise me! Depending on the number, I'll give out bonus points to older songs (like pre 1975 = +1, pre 1960 = +2, etc) ... but I'm not sure yet as a song from 1920 won't get 11 bonus points. Also, save classical recordings from like the 17- and 18-hundreds for later, pretty sure I'm going to do a classical round.
Good luck!!