jingle.boy's 4th roulette: That's all she wrote folks - another happy ending

[jingle.boy]

To be honest, listening to 16 tunes wasn't overly onerous, and so long as I don't have a bunch of 15+minute songs in a given round, it won't be.  So it's possible we may see 16 people to the very end.

Hold my beer....

 

Doesn't this take away the advantage given by finding the secret bands though?

Nah... the bonus received by the band still will accumulate towards total score/ranking.  So, if you would've finished 8th, and take the two point improvement, your score/rank is now 6th.

I'm still thinking Stadler's pick could be one of the secret bands...

You go and keep thinking that.

Once all is revealed, I'll update the last 3 'bonus' bands

[The Walrus]

TAC - Slough Feg?
Puppies - Choirboys?
Bolsters - Wolf?

total shots in the dark 

[jingle.boy]

TAC - Slough Feg?
Puppies - Choirboys?
Bolsters - Wolf?

total shots in the dark 

Amazingly, 0 for 3

[The Walrus]

I am a miserable no good failure. 

[Indiscipline]

Nitrovolt / The Wolf?

[jingle.boy]

Nitrovolt / The Wolf?

Yes!!!


And by "yes", I mean "No".

[Indiscipline]

[lonestar]

All songs have been guessed, only one thing to do now...

 

[Evermind]

All songs have been guessed, only one thing to do now...

[Lowdz]

Did Kade sent ACT?

Kingshmegland send Wolverine?

I though ACT and Helloween would be banned.

[The Walrus]

Did Kade sent ACT?

Kingshmegland send Wolverine?

I though tACT and Helloween would be banned.

I swore I looked at Chad's banned list and saw Helloween. Must be mixing it up with Lethean's. Checked his Last.FM and he doesn't even have the best Helloween (imo) on there, but he has the Keepers! I would've sent something from Gambling or Dark Ride, personally. Or Ride the Sky because that's early Helloween at its finest

[jingle.boy]

Did Kade sent ACT?

Kingshmegland send Wolverine?

I though tACT and Helloween would be banned.

I swore I looked at Chad's banned list and saw Helloween. Must be mixing it up with Lethean's. Checked his Last.FM and he doesn't even have the best Helloween (imo) on there, but he has the Keepers! I would've sent something from Gambling or Dark Ride, personally. Or Ride the Sky because that's early Helloween at its finest

I don't own any Helloween, so there's no way it would've made it to the banned list.  Any Helloween I've tried was on Spotify, which would trigger into my last.fm stats.  Never been too fussed over anything I heard from them, hence the "how the hell did I miss them" award.

Tomorrow will bring the final disclosure of who sent what (since ya'll seem to have given up on that), details on the Handicap twist, and first impressions.

[wolfking]

To tell you the truth, I think I might dumb that twist down a little.  I had put it in place in case anyone was repeatedly sending me stuff I didn't like, and still want that option.  Nothing this round was outright tripe, so if it stays this way, I don't see the need to eliminate anyone.  Instead of finishing in the bottom 1/3rd, I think I'll make it the bottom 3.  And rather than making eliminations a for sure thing, I'd like to reserve the right to axe anyone who finishes in the bottom three 3x.  To be honest, listening to 16 tunes wasn't overly onerous, and so long as I don't have a bunch of 15+minute songs in a given round, it won't be.  So it's possible we may see 16 people to the very end.

This sounds like a challenge.

[jingle.boy]

First, the final list:

(TAC) - Nahtram / The Wolf
(lonestar) - Orphaned Land* / The Cave
(kingshmegland) - A.C.T. / The Effect
(Elite) - Caligula's Horse / All is Quiet By the Wall
(Evermind) - Wolverine / Your Favorite War
(Train Of Naught) - Soen / Sectarian
(Kattoelox) - Time Requiem / Sin to Sin
(Bolsters) - Choirboys / Run to Paradise
(Puppies_on_Acid) - The Lord Weird Slough Feg / High Passage/Low Passage
(Indiscipline) - Helloween* / Dr. Stein
(jjrock88) - Fifth Angel* / Time Will Tell
(Lowdz) - Eric Gillette / The Great Unknown
(Lethean) - Katatonia* / Old Heart Falls
(Stadler) - Wetton/Downes / Under the Sky
(wolfking) - Amorphis* / Amongst Stars
(Parama) - The Hirsch Effekt / Agitation

I have jj's and wolfking's answer to the bonus reward.  The other three need to let me know their preference.

First impressions after 3 listens:

The only pure <genre> song sent this round, this was mighty enjoyable, but faced some tough competition

I see you’re following the ‘win if you can; lose if you must, but always cheat’ path with this submission.  I admire that

Foot tapping goodness

Heavy as fuck; totally not what I was expecting from this

Solid

This did nothing to change my opinion that this act is over-rated by the DTFs

Not often a fan of the doom-and-gloom style but this was pretty decent

There’s a certain je ne sais quoi missing with this song

There is a lot going on with this tune… in a very good way

There is a lot going on with this tune… not always in a good way

It's not a bad song, but something has to finish at the bottom

That solo melted my ears

This puts the fun in funky

This is right in the jingle wheelhouse - everything about this song clicked

This is going to suffer a similar fate to a song TAC sent me in a previous roulette, and I feel bad for it

Normally, this is the kind of mood/atmosphere that wouldn’t work, but it did, and what a great solo

[The Walrus]

I have a bad feeling Time Requiem just didn't click, so I'm expecting bottom rank. Should've chosen one with better lyrics maybe.

[Evermind]

Mine could be one of the "great solo" ones, the guitar solo in my song is its absolute highlight in my opinion.

[Stadler]

It's not a bad song, but something has to finish at the bottom

History would suggest that this is me.

[Crow]

i'm guessing somewhere in the mid-to-low rankings but not at the bottom

prove me wrong 

[jingle.boy]

i'm guessing somewhere in the mid-to-low rankings but not at the bottom

prove me wrong 

[TAC]

This is going to suffer a similar fate to a song TAC sent me in a previous roulette, and I feel bad for it

Sorry, Indiscipline.

You probably didn't know that J Boy dosn't like Kiske.

[jingle.boy]

This is going to suffer a similar fate to a song TAC sent me in a previous roulette, and I feel bad for it

Sorry, Indiscipline.

You probably didn't know that J Boy dosn't like Kiske.

Love him in Kiske/Somerville; love him in Avantasia; love most of Unisonic; love Place Vendome; loved him in Revolution Renaissance.

[King Postwhore]

I can't tell which snippet is for my song.

[TAC]

This is going to suffer a similar fate to a song TAC sent me in a previous roulette, and I feel bad for it

Sorry, Indiscipline.

You probably didn't know that J Boy dosn't like Kiske.

Love him in Kiske/Somerville; love him in Avantasia; love most of Unisonic; love Place Vendome; loved him in Revolution Renaissance.

Then you must've had an epiphany on one of your sabbaticals. I know you told me you could not get into him.

[jingle.boy]

Then you must've had an epiphany on one of your sabbaticals. I know you told me you could not get into him.

That was just your song. 

Nah... I think I've come to appreciate him more, though I still wouldn't put him in my Top 10 favorites amongst active vocalists.

[TAC]

Then you must've had an epiphany on one of your sabbaticals. I know you told me you could not get into him.

That was just your song. 

Nah... I think I've come to appreciate him more, though I still wouldn't put him in my Top 10 favorites amongst active vocalists.

Glad I could help.


No biggie that he's not in your Top 10.


But I have a long history with him. Keepers Pt.1 changed my musical life.

[wolfking]

I don't think there is many in there that could be mine honestly.  Still, Amorphis could go either way.

[Indiscipline]

Sorry, Indiscipline.

Don't be, brother. So far I'm having massive doses of fun and I've literally fallen in love with ACT and Orphaned Land. Very thankful for that.

Oh, you mean getting me into Cosmic Wimpout?
I will never forgive you.

This did nothing to change my opinion that this act is over-rated by the DTFs

Mine could be this, and wouldn't be that bad.


EDIT: Syntax, smartphone, tour bus.

[wolfking]

I should start looking ahead to round 2.  No fucking clue what else I could send.  Might have to expand on the growls.  Amorphis is just a teaser.

[jingle.boy]

I should start looking ahead to round 2.  No fucking clue what else I could send.  Might have to expand on the growls.  Amorphis is just a teaser.

Resultz will be no later than tomorrow morning - sometime in the next 24-26 hours.  There's a fairly strong 1/3-1/3-1/3 trend playing out here... 1/3 are fantastic; 1/3 are really really good; 1/3 between decent and not working.

As I said, nothing totally grossed me out, but some didn't improve with multiple listens.

[wolfking]

I should start looking ahead to round 2.  No fucking clue what else I could send.  Might have to expand on the growls.  Amorphis is just a teaser.

Resultz will be no later than tomorrow morning - sometime in the next 24-26 hours.  There's a fairly strong 1/3-1/3-1/3 trend playing out here... 1/3 are fantastic; 1/3 are really really good; 1/3 between decent and not working.

As I said, nothing totally grossed me out, but some didn't improve with multiple listens.

Maybe I'll wait to see how Amorphis goes as to how many growls I end up sending. 

[Indiscipline]

I have a couple splendid potential failures in mind for round 2, and I dare ask our gracious host how does he feel about oddities as foreign language / not adult male sung tunes?

I apologise in advance if such questions are trespassing roulette etiquette.

[TAC]

He likes female singers, and prefers that all songs are sung in Canadian.

[King Postwhore]

Words like "hoser", "eh"? "And going to Timmies"?

[Indiscipline]

He likes female singers, and prefers that all songs are sung in Canadian.

Too bad Rush are banned.

*grin first strike emoticon*

[lonestar]