Jingle Boy's Roulette v. drum rolll... pass the envelope please.

[Sir GuitarCozmo]

a flying attack

A feline specialty, known as the "flying bitchslap".

[lonestar]

 

nah... that can't scare me... then you must have forgotten to brush your teeth... and trying to kiss me.... eek... now that's scary...

 













You can't resist me, admit it.

[obscure]

I don't think I can...



then we kinda proved that it's not us in the picture.... 

[lonestar]

ok, we should stop before someone tells us to get a room again.

[Nekov]

Here, I think this is one you both will like

[lonestar]

Where's the swing?








and to chad, when are results coming?

[Nekov]

Where's the swing?

I asked for it to be removed. I was afraid you would break your hip

and to chad, when are results coming?

Judgment will come sometime on Saturday.

[jingle.boy]

Let me foresee a part for you

Nekov: Your song rocks!!! Here is a 5

There could be more words but that's basically what will happen

just need a few seconds of this clip

and to chad, when are results coming?

Judgment will come sometime on Saturday.

Paying attention:  You suck at it too.

Yo... Mason.

[lonestar]

Where's the swing?

I asked for it to be removed. I was afraid you would break your hip.

Ouch!!!

[Dr. DTVT]

In lonestar's defense, these threads are getting too spammy to keep up with the actual roulette nowadays (or maybe just the ones with the moms and dads  )

Thursday is my fun day.  I go out right after work so I wasn't home to send anything.  I'll send something tonight if I remember, but if I get my new textbook I might get preoccupied with that (and no, that's not a joke).

[jingle.boy]

In lonestar's defense, these threads are getting too spammy to keep up with the actual roulette nowadays (or maybe just the ones with the moms and dads  )

What do you know about defense?  Wait.  Never mind.   

[jingle.boy]

Now that everyone is in, your anonymous competition this week:

WPaPU: It Bites - Map of the Past
last.fm: Sun Caged: Lyre's Harmony

Reviews should be up by end of day tomorrow.

Another tough fuckin round.  Not a bad song in the bunch.  Now I know why I picked you 10... you did not disappoint.

[Dr. DTVT]

Funny enough, I seriously thought about sending something from the last It Bites album before I decided to be a complete asshole.

[jingle.boy]

You never answered my email?  Test of Wills?

[Dr. DTVT]

I only check that email to send stuff for roulettes.  It's probably the worst way to get a hold of me.

But yeah, that's the one.

[jingle.boy]

You guys have made this ranking scoring system insanely difficult (as I knew you would).  So, I want to remind everyone of a couple of ground rules I laid out to start.

I know what I like, and you'll see from my Top 50 and last.fm that I'm a Classic/Glam/Melodic/Progressive Rock kinda guy.  Splash a little metal and symphonic rock along with it, and those are my tastes. I'm doing this mainly to just listen to some great songs

Throughout the competition, some songs strayed from this - some clicked; some didn't.  Risks don't always come with the reward.  Doesn't mean I didn't like those songs that strayed outside of my normal genre preferences.  Just perhaps that I didn't like them as much.

One thing I do want to stress is that this is for fun ... for all of us.  As RJ said in his Roulette, no getting all "butt-hurt" if your song ranks low, or if I don't like it as much as you do - "we are different people, and that's what makes communities like this so special."  So, let's just have some fun with this.

Here's the thing.  Trying to rank the songs has been like a 100M race at the Olympics.  For the most part, the margin of difference on how much I like each of the songs is miniscule.  Ranking 5th does not mean the #1 ranked song is 5x better.

This final round before the playoffs has been the best so far, and yet again, I will disappoint/annoy some of you with the rankings.  That's inevitable.  It would be easy to just hand out 4s and 5s every round, but I decided I would take the hard route and stack rank the songs.  I know everyone thinks their song is the bomb - you wouldn't send it otherwise.  No one sends me a song thinking it's gonna be a 4 or a 5, but unfortunately 4 songs have to fall into that ranking.  So, suck it up, take the bruise to your ego with compliment that I still think these are excellent songs, and will get lots of replay value from almost all 70 songs I've received.

I've accomplished everything I wanted to with this Roulette - listened to 70 excellent tracks, had a lot of fun, and have explored a few new bands (bought four albums as a result of the roulette so far... and another 5 on my radar that I will get).  So, my I give you all my eternal gratitude and thanks  for that.  Hope everyone else had fun too.

Reviews will come later tonight.  Still need some more listens.

[obscure]

bahahah this scoring thing is taking its toll on you, isn't it?  my poor dear 

[jingle.boy]

It ain't easy or fun to be pissing people off.   

I didn't know which emot's to put in with my post, but if it came across all serious and such, it wasn't meant to.  It was meant to be light-hearted (and hopefully not to spammy for Mason )

[King Postwhore]

Your a bastard!!

Well I'm stressed out this morning.  One of our forklifts went down and we are busy as all hell. Called the forklift guy and he's going in to fix it but it going to cost us a billion dollars for weekend service.

[jingle.boy]

Your a bastard!!

Expecting results were you? 

The mind fuck continues !! 

[Nekov]

It ain't easy or fun to be pissing people off.   

Not true. It's pretty easy and fun as hell 

[King Postwhore]

Your a bastard!!

Expecting results were you? 

The mind fuck continues !! 

 

I have to leave in a bit and I'll have to use my dad's computer to see the results.............I think.

[lonestar]

 

[obscure]

What are we seeing tonite hun 

[lonestar]

Very cute luv.

[obscure]

 

[lonestar]

[jingle.boy]

Thread goes 9 hours without activity, and it's considered a ghost town!?!?   

Writeups done, final rankings established.  I should start typing, yes? 

 

[lonestar]

In my defense, I was working those hours.

[jingle.boy]

And so ends the round robin.  Not much more to say other than what I said a few posts up.  Thanks to everyone for participating.  You've all given me some great music, and now have lots more to go and explore.

Coz: Racer-X - Bolt in my Heart
Very solid rock track, with (obviously) seriously mad guitar action with Gilbert again.  It pains me to have this in the bottom half, because I really love Gilbert's handiwork.  I can't really pinpoint why it's near the bottom, but in turn, can't pinpoint a reason why it should be near the top.
Ranking: 4

Zydar: Bloodbound - Nosferatu
If immitation is the sincerest form of flattery, then Maiden should certainly feel flattered.  That galloping feel that is such a trademark of Maiden's songs is unmistakable, along with the simple (but very nice) guitar melody and solo along with a quick unison at the end of the solo.  Really liked this one, great power metal tune .  The only Maiden element that was missing was the repetitive chanting/chorus. 
Ranking: 1

Doc: Power of Omens - Alone I Stand
The Doc pulls out the insanely technical prog metal again.  Great tune, incredible musicianship, and the chops on the lead singer!!!  Aye Carumba!  But like the Clockwork song in round 1, I think it's just too much to take in with only a few listens to truly appreciate.  Eumeria took me a lot of spins to get past the "holy hell this is insane" stance, and just love the music.  This is going to be the same too.  I will come back to this (and to Test of Wills - that was even twice as insanely technical).  But I better not be relegated to only being able to find them on MySpace. 
Ranking: 4

JJ: Vicious Rumours - Ship of Fools
I don't know who's a more 'meat-and-potatos' rock 'n' roll guy ... You or Coz.  Liked this long time.  It was 'complex' by glam rock standards (certainly not by prog standards).  Good vocals, nice guitar melody.
Ranking: 3

King: Magic Pie - Without Knowing Why
Nothing wrong with a little pie ().  And Zydar was the one that told me his song felt like Hallowed Be Thy Name.  Man, this had feelings of Maiden and DT all through it.  Definitely they put their own spin on it though. Killer instrumental section.  Production was a little hollow sounding during the intro section, but this was a great track.
Ranking: 2

Ytse: Conception - Under a Mourning Star
Now that's a nice heavy song, without feeling thrashy.  But damn you... Can't find these guys anywhere online - no Spotify or my normal purchase place (edit, found them on Grooveshark).  Very nice song.  Really good prog and technical metal.  Will be checking these guys out
Ranking: 3

Lonestar: Martin Orford - Grand Designs
RJ finishes the open rounds just as he started - with another down and dirty, classic-prog style tune (hhmmm... His story ends where it began... NUGGET!!!).  I don't know what sounds I liked better here ... The keys or the axe.  Both were awesome, and they were in perfect complement to one another.  Sorry you got a 2 again, but still lost the one-on-one matchup.
Ranking: 2

Wolf: Edguy - Down to the Devil
I recall reading someone on the forum crapping on Edguy (don't remember who), but I'm beginning to realize I really like Tobias' voice, and writing.  Obviously, very Avantasia-like, which isn't going to hurt.  Nice vocal melodies, good guitar work, and catchy hooks.  Another winner by the Koala
Ranking: 1

Nekov: Illegal Aliens - Retrace
Different than the rest, but not something I didn't like.  This seemed to be your trend for the most part this roulette.  This felt like metal-meets-salsa.  Honestly man, there wasn't a single song that I didn't like of yours - they just strayed a few degrees off course from my usual tastes.  They'll all get some replay for sure.  Not sure how much deeper I'll dig into the bands, but every song you sent was solid.  Straight up scoring, you probably would've finished higher.  But, stack ranked... other songs just shone a little brighter.  Have me in your Roulette, and you can get revenge ... or not, since our compatibility isn't all that tight based on these 7 songs.  I'd be happy to try though.  But no worries if not.
Ranking: 5

Obscure: Beyond Twilight - Section X
Llove Kelly Sundown's voice.  The song itself felt kinda choppy though, never really getting into its groove.  I just didn't get any flow or rhythm going.  Much like the Theocracy song last round, for as much as I loved about it, there were other parts that didn't quite click with me.  Guess this was Papa bear's chair.
Ranking: 5

last.fm: Sun Caged - Lyre's Harmony
Very good heavy prog-metal, but nothing that really jumped out at me.  A month ago, this probably would've really stood out, but not now with all the good and great shit you guys have provided.  This would've been a 4.
WPaPU: It Bites - Map of the Past
Another nice one, but not as good as what you guys sent.  This one hit the softer side of prog.  Really nice guitar melody.  This would've been a 3.


Final Ratings:

Total     Playa
7    The Koala/wolf
11   The Skipper/chef
12   The DJ/obscure
12   The Guitar Hero/coz
13   The Viking/zydar
14   The Quack/doc
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15   The Tarantula/ytse
15   The Blue Bomber/jj
16   The Monarch/King
20   The Maradona/Nekov

Side competition final standings, an Playoff launch in a subsequent launch.

[King Postwhore]

Well I'm glad you liked the pie Chad, but I am a  that I didn't make the playoff.  Had a blast and good luck to the rest.  I will be following you.

[jingle.boy]

Thanks King.  You definitely gave me some beauty tracks, but those first two rounds killed you.

Ok, side competition results

Nekov v Obscure
Halved
Lonestar v wolfking
wolfking 1UP
King v Ytse
King 1UP
Doc v JJ
jj 1UP
Zydar v Coz
Zydar 3UP

Final Win/Loss standings:
Wolf:  4-1
Coz:  3-2
jj:  3-2
Obscure:  2-1-2
Nekov:  2-2-1
Zydar:  2-2-1
Ytse:  2-3
Chef:  2-3
King:  1-2-2
Doc:  1-4

Final Team standings

by wins/losses:
Team America - 10.5
Team ROW - 14.5

by ranking points
Team America - 94
Team ROW - 86

So either way, Team America is taken down by the international community.  Fuck NOOOOOOOO!!!!!   

Observations on the standings... wins/losses, while fun, weren't consistent with overall song ratings.  Doc only won once, but is in.  JJ with 3 wins is out.  Chef got hosed a couple of times by going up against the best song of the round.  King finally got a win in the final round.

Quarter Finals
So, wolf and chef get a bye this round.  No need to submit a song, unless you want to just for the hell of it.

The rest of the seeding is as follows
3 - Coz (coz wins the tiebreaker for having a better win/loss record)
4 - obscure
5 - Zydar
6 - Doc

So, it's Coz vs Doc, and obscure vs Zydar.  No ranking any more, the better song wins, and goes on to face Kade or RJ.

Theme - Riffer Madness
I likes me a good riff.  Be it a heavy resounding series of chords, or an arpeggio like run; guitar or piano only, or the the whole band... there's nothing like a great riff.  It's still the overall quality of the song that will win or lose it for you, (I'm not going to judge the riff), I just want a tune with a killer riff.  Fire away.

[jjrock88]

Thanks for inviting me!!

[lonestar]

Right on,any day I finish on top of Nem is a good day.

[obscure]

whoahahahaha       you bet your arse silly....






damn man.... I thought that I woke up to a beautiful day..... 5 again   holy crap