Metro's Gourmet Roulette - AND THE WINNER IS...

[Metro]

FINAL THOUGHTS AND SCORES


Buddyhunter1 - 13

Main Entry: Psychedelic Porn Crumpets - Cornflake
9/10

Wine Pairing: Psychedelic Porn Crumpets - Bill’s Mandolin
4/5

Great riffs, catchy melodies. I love the 5-6-5-8 section of Cornflake. I’m a sucker for stuff with revolving time signatures. Parts of both songs remind me of King Gizz, but with better production.
By fair my favorite pairing of all the submissions.

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ariich - 13

Main Entry: Amorphis - Sacrifice
7/10

Wine Pairing: Amorphis - The Wanderer
3/5

+3 Secret Menu

And here’s the first artist from the Secret Menu! Amorphis is a name I’ve seen around here many times, but never checked them out. After listening to just these two songs, my thoughts are….”it’s alright”.
So congrats, ariich, you get 3 bonus points!

Both songs are solid instrumentally, still not sold on the vocals. I know you asked if I was picky about vocals, and I said no…but maybe I am

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Puppies - 12.5

Main Entry: Mew - Why Are You Looking Grave?
9/10

Wine Pairing: Mew - Am I Wry? No

3.5/5

Really enjoyed both songs. I like the riffs, I like the dreamy vocals, and the addition of J. Mascis on the ME is a nice touch. You’ve changed my mind about a band I had written off for over a decade.

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Sacul - 12.5

Main Entry: Sui Generis - Cancion Para Mi Muerte
8.5/10

Wine Pairing: Sui Generis - Rasguña las Piedras
4/5

I don’t understand a word they’re saying but I love every minute of it. 2 really great, light, catchy songs. More of this, por favor.

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Lizzo - 12.5

Main Entry: Emma Ruth Rundle - Shadows of My Name
9/10

Not much to add that I didn’t say in my first impression. Love the haunting, cinematic vibe of this song. This is the song I’ve gone back to the most out of all the submissions.

Wine Pairing: John Mayer - The Heart of Life
3.5/5

Never been much of a John Mayer guy outside his handful of hits. Very talented and tasteful guitar player. This song is nice.
Love the pairing of these two songs together. Light and dark. They work well together.

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TAC - 12

Main Entry: Lumsk - Das Veilchen
8/10

Wine Pairing: Lumsk - Trolltind
4/5

LOVE the vocals. Love the operatic-ness. Love the guitar work. Melodic and beautiful. Both great submissions.

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HOF - 11.5

Main Entry: Sweet Billy Pilgrim - Just Above Midtown
8.5/10

Woke up with this stuck in my head today, and it hasn’t left. Love the vocals, love the funkiness. The chorus is catchy, I just wish it had a bit more to say.

Wine Pairing: The Clientele - I Wonder Who We Are
3/5

This song makes me wanna go to the beach.

HOF wins this round in terms of catchiness. Both songs are just infectiously catchy. Get the CDC on the phone.

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Evermind - 10

Main Entry: Kalandra - Brave New World
9/10

I love the vocals, the groove, and the dynamics. I love everything but the abrupt ending. Feels like it could have kept building up to something.

Wine Pairing: Ghostly Kisses - The City Holds My Heart
1/5

This one didn’t do it for me. I find the vocals too breathy and sleepy, and the music behind it just uninteresting.

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ProfessorPeart - 9.5

Main Entry: The Cure - Lovesong
6/10

I gotta thank you again for solving a musical mystery that’s been bugging me for years (the keyboard melody), unfortunately this song just didn’t go anywhere interesting for me.

Wine Pairing: Bruce Soord & Jonas Renkse - Stacked Naked
3.5/5

Really like the vibe and vocals. My only real complaint was the lyrics, which I found kind of dumb. And what does the title even mean?

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lonestar - 9

Main Entry: Protest the Hero - Underbite
8/10

First song submitted to the roulette, and it’s a very fitting opener, with the opening line “SO HOW YOU FUCKING FEELING TONIGHT?!”
 I’m feeling great, thanks for asking.
Love the energy, love the guitar playing, love the vocals for the most part. Didn’t love the vocals in the ending section. Is that a guest vocalist? Someone else in the band? Either way, didn’t love that part, but it doesn’t ruin the song for me. It also feels like they didn’t know to end the song, so they just stopped playing.

Wine Pairing: Amahiru - WTTP
1/5

Why would you aspire to be Nickelback? This isn’t wine, this is a flat, room temperature, generic, store brand Diet Coke.

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wolfking - 9

Main Entry: Vega - Explode
6/10

I also miss the 80’s. I wasn’t even there. I stand by my Rocky Balboa training montage comment. If Rocky VII ever happens (it shouldn’t), someone send this to Sylvester Stallone.

Wine Pairing: Edguy - Superheroes
3/5

Thought this one was cheesy as hell at first. Still do, but it’s grown on me a lot. Pairs well with the ME.

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romdrums - 9

Main Entry: Marillion - A Collection
6/10

Wine Pairing: Marillion - Cover My Eyes
3/5

I’m only familiar with the Fish-era of Marillion, and I do prefer the more cinematic and proggy style of that era. These songs are nice for what they are. Goes without saying they pair well together.

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King Postwhore - 8.5

Main Entry: The Rembrandts - New King
6/10

I found myself humming this one to myself a lot throughout the day. Simple, jangly 90’s pop rock. Nothing wrong with that.

Wine Pairing: The Rembrandts - Lost Together
2.5/5

I like the Beatles vibe to this one.

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twosuitluke - 8

Main Entry: Frank Turner - Don’t Worry
5/10

This ended up growing on me, but not much. Despite me being a millennial, millennial pop has never appealed to me much.

Wine Pairing: Frank Turner - Photosynthesis
3/5

This one I liked from the get go. I relate to the lyrics a lot, and I like the music a lot more.
I think both songs pair well together, not just because they’re from the same guy. It’s like a call and response thing.
A: “It’s ok if you don’t know what to do.”

B: “I’M GONNA DO WHAT THE FUCK I WANT.”

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faizoff - 7

Nirvana - All Apologies
6/10

Dave Grohl, Kirst Novoselic, and Steve Albini were on Conan O’Brien’s podcast recently talking about the 30th anniversary of this album, and I’ve been meaning to give it a listen. I really like the main guitar riff. I’m not a huge Nirvana guy, but I’ve always thought Nirvana had some great riffs. I know Kurt isn’t known for his guitar abilities, but I’ve always appreciated sloppy guitar playing just as much as super-precise, technical playing.

Wine Pairing: Nirvana - Dumb
1/5

Fitting title.

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Stadler - 7

Main Entry: Blackmore’s Night - Self Portrait
5/10

Wine Pairing: Blackmore’s Night - Under a Violet Moon
2/5

I don’t have much to say about either of these. Nice, catchy, folksy, medieval songs. They didn’t stand out much to me though.

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jingle.boy - 5.5

Main Entry: Yargos - Time Drops
2/10

This one just did nothing for me. As I said before, melodramatic, and I don’t love the vocals.

Wine Pairing: Headspace - Soldier
3.5/5

This was better. I like the melancholy vibe, and definitely prefer these vocals over the main entry.

[Buddyhunter1]

Fuck, now I’ve gotta follow this up. I unfortunately don’t have much else Gizz-esque psych rock so… not sure what I’ll be doing yet.

[King Postwhore]

Ready for the next round. Lol

[twosuitsluke]

Fuck, now I’ve gotta follow this up. I unfortunately don’t have much else Gizz-esque psych rock so… not sure what I’ll be doing yet.

Oh, I do 

[ProfessorPeart]

Middle of the pack. Well, not last.

[lonestar]

Interesting... A bit surprised by the Nickleback comparison, but it won't make me stray from my Saki pairings, just hope the rest Fare better

[Sacul]

Woah finally someone that does value my current obsession, guess this means you'll get more Argentine cuisine

First song translates as "Song for my death", he sings as an older version of himself, looking back on his life and pondering about what he's done and hasn't. Second one means "Scratch the stones", as in with your nails, and it's him singing to himself, how he feels that society is being too restrictive for artists, and that he hasn't accomplished his artistic dreams.

[TAC]

I'll take that!

[HOF]

Nice! Glad someone else enjoys the pop goodness that is Just Above Midtown! If you want something like that but more substantial, they have some similar songs on their latest album in that vein. And lots of other stuff that is nothing like that because they are a really diverse and hard to pin down band.

The Clientele are also pretty diverse, but that’s probably a more representative track for them than the Sweet Billy Pilgrim track is for them.

[lonestar]

We doing the Google form thing again?

[Metro]

Yeah the form goes out at midnight EST. Metro’s busy in the kitchen right now

[Evermind]

Wanted to laugh at Chad's 2/10 but then again, my wine pairing got 1/5.

[LithoJazzoSphere]

Of course ariich stumbles upon the secret menu.   

If you haven't already, check out the live Audiotree performance of "Shadows of My Name" as well.  I love the subtle studio enhancements of the original, but it's also a great song in a more restricted environment, contrary to my normal qualms about live music.  Some Heavy Ocean also has lots of other great songs to dive into. 

[jingle.boy]

I guess Mac’s voice isn’t for everyone.

Stay away from Threshold then …. Especially if Wilson was only slightly better for you.

[TAC]

Mac > Wilson

[jingle.boy]

Mac > Wilson

Mac < everything in this round it seems.

[TAC]

Of course ariich stumbles upon the secret menu.   

This did not go unnoticed.

[wolfking]

Mac > Wilson

Mac < everything in this round it seems.

A bit harsh, poor bloke isn't even around to defend himself.

[King Puppies and the Acid Guppies]

Mac > Wilson

Fixed that for me...

[ProfessorPeart]

Wilson > Glynn > Mac

Proper order right there.

[Dr. DTVT]

Wilson is the best vocalist of the three and has done a ton of great albums, but probably the worst fit for Threshold. 

For Threshold: Mac > Glynn > Wilson
Non Threshold: Wilson >> the other two

[King Puppies and the Acid Guppies]

Wilson is the best vocalist of the three and has done a ton of great albums, but probably the worst fit for Threshold. 

For Threshold: Mac > Glynn > Wilson
Non Threshold: Wilson >> the other two

I'm about to derail the other thread you just started to start a fight about Damian Wilson 

[TAC]

Everyone > Wilson

[twosuitsluke]

[Buddyhunter1]

Which Wilson are we talking about?

[Metro]

If you submit Steven Wilson, you will be asked politely, yet FIRMLY, to leave.


Fun fact, when I was planning this roulette, I considered a round called "Meatloaf Again?" where you send me something I've already heard before. Scrapped it because that's a dumb idea.


Also, 5/17 submissions so far. Let me know if you didn't receive the link to the Google Form.

[twosuitsluke]

Which Wilson are we talking about?

Owen.

[LithoJazzoSphere]

Ann Wilson destroys most of those other vocalists.

[lonestar]

I sent sometime in the last 13 hours.

[LithoJazzoSphere]

I may send sometime soon.  Or maybe I sent last night?  Or maybe I just sent now?  You'll just never know...

[King Puppies and the Acid Guppies]

I may send sometime soon.  Or maybe I sent last night?  Or maybe I just sent now?  You'll just never know...

[Sacul]

I may send sometime soon.  Or maybe I sent last night?  Or maybe I just sent now?  You'll just never know...

[Buddyhunter1]

I may send sometime soon.  Or maybe I sent last night?  Or maybe I just sent now?  You'll just never know...

[HOF]

I may send sometime soon.  Or maybe I sent last night?  Or maybe I just sent now?  You'll just never know...

[twosuitsluke]

I may not send ever.  Or maybe I sent when the time continuum was altered?  Or maybe I just sent in a parallel universe?  You'll know for I am the Lizard King Dayman...