BONUS ROUND - Caelan’s results, part 1Alright so a few things.
Caelan liked every song, so well done and thank you to everyone - it was really quite fun sitting with him and listening to/watching each song. Most I didn’t know myself and so it was a bit of discovery for both of us. I'm sure it'll be the same for both of us.
We used the music video for every song that had one, which was most, but he also enjoyed seeing the album art for those that didn’t have one. A lot of his comments about what he liked related to the video/art, but he did react to the music too.
The “write-ups” are basically verbatim what he said, generally in response to questions I asked him like “what did you like about the music?” or “was there anything fun about the video?”. I’ve added a few comments of my own in square brackets to help translate.
His scores are hilariously arbitrary and fickle and he has no real sense of scale.
He went in hard at 1 trillion for his favourite after the first few, and then had no choice but to up the ante each time he liked one more.
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Crow: Bent Knee – Queer GodsLooks like sweets. Like sweet people. The sweet people are dancing! That song was quite good. My favourite was the sweet people dancing.
Score: 10
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lonestar: Nemophila – Night FlightI liked when the man was showing his muscles off and when he ripped his shirt off like the Hulk! The song was good, it was loud
[translation: energetic].
Score: 20
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King: Imagine Dragons – ThunderI liked it because it was tuneful and because they said about lightning
[by pure chance we'd just had a thunderstorm!]. I liked the aliens! I like how they weren't all boys and there was a girl as well. The dancing was weird.
Score: 29
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Vmadera: JoJo Siwa – D.R.E.A.M.I liked when the girl went through the screen! I liked the bit where she sings D E E E M
[in his defence, she sings it fast]. It was fun!
Score: 40
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Puppies: Rush – The Spirit of RadioI liked the lady with the hands clapping!
[I explained that it was in fact a man ] The music was strong. That's it.
Score: 50
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faizoff: Original Broadway Cast of Hamilton – You'll Be BackThe song was bouncy and I liked it when he said I will kill your friends and family HAHAHAHAHA.
[he literally did an evil villain cackle at this point]Score: 100
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nick_z: Edge of Paradise – Digital ParadiseReally really good. I liked the girl because she had a nice voice a bit like Sharon
[den Adel from Within Temptation, one of his favourites] Score: 1,000,000
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soupy: April Smith – ColorsI like the singing, it was nice. It was tuneful, kind of like slow and fast. I like the cover!
Score: 1,000,008
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Litho: Unlucky Morpheus – Unending SorceressThat's the best song. I liked the screaming and the lady who was singing. I liked when they were playing in front of the moon! The video was fast!
Score: 1 trillion
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Evermind: Ensiferum – IronActually that was my favourite. I liked the screaming and it had a slow bit and the fast bit as well. I liked it really a lot!
Score: 4 trillion
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HOF: Prefab Sprout – The King of Rock N RollActually that was the best because it had hot dogs dancing! I liked when the man jumped into the water.
Score: 5 trillion
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seneca: Dream Evil – Chasing the DragonNo this is the best one! I like the sign at the top
[on the album cover] and I like when they were saying they were looking everywhere for a dragon.
Score: 9 trillion
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