round 1 results
theme - a song that makes you want to kill yourself
1. Seth - Elliot Smith - Waltz #1
Listening to this song made me want to stab myself in the chest twice. Your description of him in a PM was totally accurate and I knew I'd like it just from that description. He's most certainly on my list of MUST check out music now. I loved how layered and eerie and just overall depressing and saddening this was. 10 points.
2. Rich - Billie Holiday - Gloomy Sunday
Songs like this are the reason why I specifically invited you into my roulette. I have a BIG soft spot for 50s music and although I already knew of her (from Fallout 3
) I let this slide because I only knew one song of hers. I definitely have to check out more of her stuff. Dat voice. dat fucking voice. 9 points
3. Marc - Music for Money - La Marche
omg this was so good. Even though it came in third, I really really liked this piece. The instrumentation was fucking brilliant and the production was absolutely wonderful. Everything about this song made me want to stuff a glock in my mouth. Just what I was looking for. 8 points
4. Iarwain - Whitehouse - The Avalanche
This was actually pretty cool. I've never heard anything about this band or this genre before, but it was actually pretty disorienting to listen to, and I was pretty suicidal after hearing it. I give you huge props for taking a risk on a song like this, and it definitely paid off because I really enjoyed it. I really really liked how it built up and morphed over the course of the 4 minutes, and the higher register noises really made me pretty creeped out. 6 points
5. Matt - Dethklok - Go Into the Water
4 points
6. contest_sanity - Soundgarden - 4th of July
It was an OK song, and it was at least sad, unlike the song that got last place. Overall, I'm not too crazy about grunge, but this song definitely had some good moments. Not really a big fan of Chris Cornell (know him from Audioslave) either, but it was definitely a nice song, and I wasn't bored or anything by it. 3 points
7. cup - Chick Corea/Return to Forever - Return to Forever
I already know RTF, but I don't really listen to them THAT much, and I never knew this song, so its OK this time. Anyway, the song didn't make me want to kill myself at all, and I don't really understand why it had to be 12 minutes long. Other than that, parts of it were cool, but most of it was just kind of there. 1 point
Roulette Rankings
1. Seth - 10 pts
2. Rich - 9 pts
3. Marc - 8 pts
4. Iarwain - 6 pts
5. Matt - 4 pts
6. sanity - 3 pts
7. cup of noodles - 1 pts
Next round: Songs that are good when you are stoned. Yes I will be stoned when I hear them