ariich’s fogey roulette (v7) – FINAL RESULTS

[ariich]

It's one of the ones you eliminated.

[Crow]

 

[King Postwhore]

I have eliminated the ones that I am pretty sure do not apply.


Relatively Positive...

This isn’t a style I normally go for as evidenced by an almost complete lack of it in my RYM, but this was actually quite cool.

A couple of weaker songs melodically, but a nice energy and groove and there’s some great stuff in here.

This sounds like the sort of thing you’d send me in a normal roulette, and that’s no bad thing.

This rocks! One of these really taps into a style I’ve been digging recently.

Cool change of pace - pretty sure I’ve never heard this band before and yet I’m familiar with half the songs.


Relatively Negative..

Entertaining enough and a fun energy, but I was hoping for stronger hooks.

I’m digging the production and the rich sound, but it’s a little… unexciting maybe?

Great vibe, love the sound, but musically it’s not doing anything for me on first listen.

More upbeat than I was expecting - pleasant but a bit of a mixed bag.

TAC: Gary Moore
    1: Blood of Emeralds
    2: Empty Rooms (Live)
    3: The Loner

Well this is certainly not "More upbeat."

[TAC]

It's one of the ones you eliminated.

 

 

[ariich]

Ok I should be able to post results by Friday, so tomorrow I'll reveal the full hangman and first impressions.

[wolfking]

By the way, here are:

Round 1 first impressions
This sounds like the sort of thing you’d send me in a normal roulette, and that’s no bad thing.

Maybe this one for me.

Guessing this one isn't mine then?

[ariich]

Indeed not.

[wolfking]

Indeed not.

This means mine sucks then.  Good to know. 

[wolfking]

By the way, here are:

Round 1 first impressions

This rocks! One of these really taps into a style I’ve been digging recently.

Entertaining enough and a fun energy, but I was hoping for stronger hooks.

Great vibe, love the sound, but musically it’s not doing anything for me on first listen.

A couple of weaker songs melodically, but a nice energy and groove and there’s some great stuff in here.

One of these maybe?  Don't think it's the first one but leaning towards the second one.  Maybe the fourth one though also.

[lonestar]

By the way, here are:

Round 1 first impressions

This rocks! One of these really taps into a style I’ve been digging recently.

Entertaining enough and a fun energy, but I was hoping for stronger hooks.

Great vibe, love the sound, but musically it’s not doing anything for me on first listen.

A couple of weaker songs melodically, but a nice energy and groove and there’s some great stuff in here.

One of these maybe?  Don't think it's the first one but leaning towards the second one.  Maybe the fourth one though also.

I was feeling the second one for my submission too

[ariich]

The second one is Kade's, but yours is one of the others RJ.

[Buddyhunter1]

Question for next round:

Would you accept a live version of a song from the 70s, recorded in the 80s, and not released until the 2000s?

[ariich]

Question for next round:

Would you accept a live version of a song from the 70s, recorded in the 80s, and not released until the 2000s?

As long as the recording was from before 1990, then yes I'll allow it.

Others have asked me about live versions as well so I'll also say here for everyone's benefit: absolutely fine to include them - it's rare that I prefer a live version to the studio version, but it does happen very occasionally.

[wolfking]

The second one is Kade's, but yours is one of the others RJ.

Bugger.

[jingle.boy]

Indeed not.

This means mine sucks then.  Good to know. 

Glad you beat me to them!

[wolfking]

Indeed not.

This means mine sucks then.  Good to know. 

Glad you beat me to them!

In a street fight, you'd be the biting type or squirrel grip kinda guy hey?

[jingle.boy]

Indeed not.

This means mine sucks then.  Good to know. 

Glad you beat me to them!

In a street fight, you'd be the biting type or squirrel grip kinda guy hey?

I'd be the fleeing type!

[King Postwhore]

Indeed not.

This means mine sucks then.  Good to know. 

Glad you beat me to them!

In a street fight, you'd be the biting type or squirrel grip kinda guy hey?

Chad is Canadian.   They surrender. 

Edit: Chad ninjas me!

[wolfking]

Haha, fair call.

[jingle.boy]

Indeed not.

This means mine sucks then.  Good to know. 

Glad you beat me to them!

In a street fight, you'd be the biting type or squirrel grip kinda guy hey?

Chad is Canadian.   They surrender. 

Edit: Chad ninjas me!

[King Postwhore]

Chad's a lover.  Ask RJ.

[lonestar]

Chad's a lover.  Ask RJ.

                           

[King Postwhore]

 

[Shadow Ninja 2.0]

Entertaining enough and a fun energy, but I was hoping for stronger hooks.

Is this one mine?

[TAC]

Chad's a lover.  Ask RJ.

You know he voted for Gore because he loves a hanging chad.

[King Postwhore]

Chad invented the internet with Gore.

[Crow]

Entertaining enough and a fun energy, but I was hoping for stronger hooks.

Is this one mine?

this is the one ariich just confirmed was wolfking's 

i'm surprised nobody figured out who i sent yet but i guess hangman kinda stopped being a thing

[King Postwhore]

Entertaining enough and a fun energy, but I was hoping for stronger hooks.

Is this one mine?

this is the one ariich just confirmed was wolfking's 

i'm surprised nobody figured out who i sent yet but i guess hangman kinda stopped being a thing

I'd assume Killing Joke.

[jingle.boy]

Entertaining enough and a fun energy, but I was hoping for stronger hooks.

Is this one mine?

this is the one ariich just confirmed was wolfking's 

i'm surprised nobody figured out who i sent yet but i guess hangman kinda stopped being a thing

I'd assume Killing Joke.

That’s Stadler’s job.

[King Puppies and the Acid Guppies]

Entertaining enough and a fun energy, but I was hoping for stronger hooks.

Is this one mine?

this is the one ariich just confirmed was wolfking's 

i'm surprised nobody figured out who i sent yet but i guess hangman kinda stopped being a thing

I'd assume Killing Joke.

That’s Stadler’s job.

[ariich]

Entertaining enough and a fun energy, but I was hoping for stronger hooks.

Is this one mine?

this is the one ariich just confirmed was wolfking's 

And Shadow is the one not actually playing in this roulette.

Hi Shadow! *waves*

i'm surprised nobody figured out who i sent yet but i guess hangman kinda stopped being a thing

Yep, here's the completed hangman:

Stadler: Billy Joel
    1: Vienna
    2: An Innocent Man
    3: Scandinavian Skies
    4: The Night is Still Young

lonestar: Triumph
    1: Allied Forces
    2: Somebody’s Out There
    3: Fight the Good Fight
    4: Lay It on the Line
    5: Magic Power

Puppies: Judas Priest
    1: Exciter
    2: Beyond the Realms of Death
    3: Dissident Aggressor
    4: The Hellion
    5: Electric Eye
    6: The Sentinel

Elite: Chet Baker
    1: Do It the Hard Way
    2: All the Things You Are
    3: But Not For Me
    4: My Funny Valentine
    5: Stella By Starlight
    6: There Will Never Be Another You

wolfking: W.A.S.P.
    1: On Your Knees
    2: Mean Man
    3: Restless Gypsy
    4: Hellion
    5: Rebel in the F.D.G.

Kwyjibo: Level 42
    1: 43
    2: A Pharaoh's Dream (Of Endless Time)
    3: A Floating Life
    4: Man

Cyril: Jim Croce
    1: One Less Set of Footsteps
    2: Operator (That’s Not the Way It Feels)
    3: I Got A Name

romdrums: Tears for Fears
    1: Shout
    2: Mothers Talk
    3: Sowing the Seeds of Love
    4: Swords and Knives

Nekov: P’cock
    1: The Prophet
    2: The Actors Fun
    3: N 1,4
    4: Ban’cock

Evermind: Joan Baez
    1: Love is Just a Four-Letter Word
    2: Sweet Sir Galahad
    3: Diamonds and Rust
    4: Honest Lullaby

Sacul: Kate Bush
    1: Running Up That Hill (A Deal With God)
    2: Hounds of Love
    3: The Big Sky
    4: Cloudbusting
    5: Jig of Life

Buddy: Slayer
    1: Angel of Death
    2: South of Heaven
    3: Raining Blood

king: Supertramp
    1: Give a Little Bit
    2: The Logical Song
    3: Breakfast in America
    4: Take the Long Way Home
    5: Crime of the Century

Luke: Operation Ivy
    1: Knowledge
    2: Sound System
    3: Unity
    4: Healthy Body

Ruba: Killing Joke
    1: Love Like Blood

TAC: Gary Moore
    1: Blood of Emeralds
    2: Empty Rooms (Live)
    3: The Loner

HOF: The Blue Nile
    1: Over the Hillside
    2: Tinseltown in the Rain
    3: Heatwave
    4: The Wires Are Down

jingle: Styx
    1: AD 1928
    2: Rockin’ the Paradise
    3: Blue Collar Man (Long Nights)
    4: Fooling Yourself (The Angry Young Man)
    5: Renegade
    6: Pieces of Eight

[ariich]

And here are the revealed first impressions:

By the way, here are:

Round 1 first impressions

Very cool, very laid back, pretty nice stuff. [Elite – Chet Baker]
Simple, but elegantly sincere and rather lovely. [Cyril – Jim Croce]
More upbeat than I was expecting - pleasant but a bit of a mixed bag. [Sacul – Kate Bush]
This slaps! One of these could end up being the best song of the round. [Kwyjibo – Level 42]
This rocks! One of these really taps into a style I’ve been digging recently. [TAC – Gary Moore]
Entertaining enough and a fun energy, but I was hoping for stronger hooks. [wolfking – W.A.S.P.]
Warmth, good melodies and a slight quirkiness that’s up my alley - strong start. [king – Supertramp]
I’m digging the production and the rich sound, but it’s a little… unexciting maybe? [romdrums – Tears for Fears]
Nice collection of songs, each a little different, some more interesting than others. [Stadler – Billy Joel]
Didn’t blow me away but has a really cool fusion of styles that I very much enjoyed. [Nekov – P’cock]
Great vibe, love the sound, but musically it’s not doing anything for me on first listen. [HOF – The Blue Nile]
This sounds like the sort of thing you’d send me in a normal roulette, and that’s no bad thing. [Evermind – Joan Baez]
Rather cheesy and rather theatrical and rather great – I’m liking this more than I thought I might. [jingle – Styx]
A bit lacking in melody for my tastes, but I found myself enjoying the riffing more than I expected. [Buddy – Slayer]
A couple of weaker songs melodically, but a nice energy and groove and there’s some great stuff in here. [lonestar – Triumph]
Wow, so I weirdly hated the first track, but it got a lot better after that although I’m not sold on the vocals. [Puppies – Judas Priest]
Cool change of pace - pretty sure I’ve never heard this band before and yet I’m familiar with half the songs. [Luke – Operation Ivy]
This isn’t a style I normally go for as evidenced by an almost complete lack of it in my RYM, but this was actually quite cool. [Ruba – Killing Joke]

[Ruba]

 

Yeah, I did look at your RYM and saw that lot of stuff I like is in 2,5-3,5 range. And because you didn't have much post-punk or gothic rock this was bit of a wild card but hopefully it works.

[jingle.boy]

Upon further reflection, the majority of those impressions are rather positive.

[lonestar]