ARE YOU GUYS READY TO FUCKING ROCK??!??! IT'S RESULTS TIME
Okay, so like I said, the songs I got this time around were a little more on the complex, dark, and hard to digest side. This made ranking the tunes pretty difficult, but I think I'm at a place where I know the songs pretty well and can judge them fairly. For the next round, I'm going to place some additional restrictions so this doesn't happen again (I'll elaborate on that later). However, now that I've had a chance to absorb them, I can report that I found all of these songs very good, which doesn't bode well for the people who submitted songs that were good but not quite as good as the others. Anyway, here we go:
7. Scorp's submission: Helloween -- The Departed: Some pretty cool classic-sounding metal. Nothing too special, but it's appropriately catchy and I rather like the spoken-word bridge ("I would die for you, would you die for me?").
6. Lolz's submission: Riverside -- Escalator Shrine: I've heard some Riverside before, but not this one. I liked it. Very Floyd. It's also a very long song, and I'm not sure it warrants the length -- I was fully expecting the song to be over at the 7 minute mark when they hold out that power chord. I wasn't particularly enthused when the drums came back in, which isn't the best sign for a roulette submission.
5. Jingle's submission: Echoes -- Rude Awakening: This one had to go down here, which is a shame, because I thought this song was very well-done. Very talented musicians -- I particularly enjoyed the vocals, the chorus in particular being pretty awesome. The songs which won places 4 through 1 were more consistently strong by my count.
4. Elite's submission: Beardfish -- South of the Border: A lot of fun, this one. Very Zappa. Very, very Zappa. I like Zappa so there's no problem there. The story encouraged me to listen to the lyrics, which is pretty notable since I rarely pay attention to them. Gotta love that hoedown-breakdown before the outro. 'CAUSE HE WAS GAYYYYYYY
3. Ninja's submission: Ark -- Burn the Sun: Really damn tasty. That bass solo, man.
2. DTVT's submission: Fair to Midland -- Dance of the Manatee: This one has a really interesting sound. Incredible vocals on the chorus. That bridge ("the bigger they are, the harder they fall") kind of put me off at first, but I was singing (grunting?) along by the end of my first listen. Fantastic submission.
1. First place goes to Chef, with Disperse's Message from Atlantis. Truly awesome stuff here. I was captivated by every moment of this piece, from the fusion-esque verses to the arious harmonic-laden breakdowns, and that's what I'm judging you guys on, anyway: consistent strength. I also love that I'm hearing so much interesting music from this year that I never would have heard otherwise, so thanks for that, guys.
Scoring!
1. DTVT - 65 + 20 = 85
2. Elite - 65 + 0*10 = 65
3. Lonestar - 40 + 15 = 55
4. jingle - 65 - 20 = 45
5. Ninja - 30 + 10 = 40
6. Scorp - 35 - 20 = 15
7. Lolz - 15 - 14 = 1
Alright, so round 4 starts now. Special instructions for this round, so please pay attention:
1) Nothing over 10 minutes, please (preferably shorter).
2) I still haven't settled on how many rounds to do, so I'll leave it to you guys. With your song and wager, please also tell me how many rounds you'd like this roulette to last (anywhere from four to... well, I guess there's no upper limit). I'll go with whatever the majority says because we live in America. I'll just decide for myself if there's a tie or the poll is otherwise inconclusive.
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