Song Contest 90 (Results up!)

[SnowStorm]

I've listened to all of the entries but still have to sort them. About 5 songs stood out, but there wasn't a clear winner. Then there were some more songs I liked, but all added up it makes more than 10, so I have some sorting out to do.

[Empire]

Pala, the soundcloud version is way different (for example, it's at a faster tempo, the audio quality is much better, and the playing is different). It's the version that I originally listened to and found on the album "China Gate".

[Empire]

FWIW, the version I submitted is also on Spotify so that might work better for you?

[Pala]

Ah, this one is from the album "I don't want to go to bed" according to the youtube description. I actually really like the more lo-fi sound in this.

Spotify is not available here. I'll try soundcloud again tomorrow maybe and see if I have better luck. If not, I'll just rank based on this.

[Bicephalous Bob]

The other one.

[Pala]

That's the same video I posted. So it's the same as the soundcloud track?

[Parama]

holon agnosie is such a good album omg

[Bicephalous Bob]

That's the same video I posted. So it's the same as the soundcloud track?

Huh, I missed that post for some reason. It's the same. I wasn't aware that soundcloud doesn't work with spotty internet connections. Doesn't a muted play-through buffer the entire song?

[ChannelDelibird]

Better listen to these

[inte]

literally as soon as i got to 6 points i just started clicking random countries

[xRECKONERx]

we didnt start the rabble

[The Bulge]

it was always rabble

[Parama]

votes aren't closed yet gosh wait 6 more hours -then- rabble

[xRECKONERx]

i rabble when i want

[SnowStorm]

Finally done! Votes sent.

[Marquis]

going bottom up and god sri lanka is a blessing

st lucia too somewhat, at the very least i'm not falling asleep anymore after those first few

ISLE OF MAN

MAN

[Pala]

Huh, I missed that post for some reason. It's the same. I wasn't aware that soundcloud doesn't work with spotty internet connections. Doesn't a muted play-through buffer the entire song?

You'd think it would, but no such luck.

Anyway, I voted. My top 5 are the first discoveries I've made in this contest in a long time. Thanks to Chile, Kugelmugel, NZ, Spain and Western Sahara.

[fferyllt]

OK here's the youtube playlist in case anyone is interested:

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=P ... 9wW2QjW95G

Left out: Spain, Western Sahara

All the songs are in order, but there's a randomize button in the playlist window once you start playing it that will automatically shuffle them for you.

Thanks for doing this. I enjoyed listening to all the songs non-critically a few times via your playlist. Listening and trying to rank songs takes some of the enjoyment out of it.

[Tammy]

rabble all day and rabble all night I'm gonna rabble by the breaking light.

[Bicephalous Bob]

Sleeplessly
Embracing
You
(I'm a female rabble)

[Parama]

i expended all my rabble before i got cut

[Mina]

Mina's half-assed thoughts while relistening to these with shitty barely working earbuds in a loud coffee shop, while rushing madly to beat quadz:

-Burkina Faso: Well, I remember liking it back when I could hear it, particularly the intro!

-Serbia: Ehhh, it's mildly pleasant children's music.

-Central African Republic: Pretty good--kind of one-note, though.

-Italy: Why didn't you submit this song instead? Pretty cool and quirky, though, although the vocals jarred me at first.

-Switzerland: I groaned when the emo-style vocals came in, but this is pretty decent. Nothing special, although the music video is great.

-Comoros: This is normally not my style of music, but a cut above most of the genre. I like how it evolves throughout the song and has actual emotion at parts.

-New Zealand: This appealed to me despite myself, even though I'm generally more susceptible to the "white person pandering" kind of rap (as Reck put it). Cool and unique and fun.

-Slovenia: My sister used to be a huge AFI fan. All right, and I love the passion of their clean vocals in the chorus, but I prefer their non-screamy stuff (the screaming detracts from the chorus to me, and makes it feel a bit generic and scenester-ish).

-Philippines: Pretty. It feels like it's missing something (maybe it's the sort of unfocused melody that doesn't have much of a build).

-Chad: Like Comoros, not really my style of music, but unlike Comoros, there's nothing that makes it stand out to me. His vocals are pretty, at least.

-Laos: On paper, this seems like something that SHOULD be terrible, pretentious, indie intellectual masturbatory fodder (to the point I almost wonder if Knight of Cydonia has returned from retirement to troll the contest)...but oddly, it

works

for me. The story is compelling, the chorus is powerful, and I like the overall feel.

-Columbia: Pretty-ish. Okay.

-Mali: This is pretty cool, and stands out more upon a second listen. I didn't even notice that the playlist changed from Columbia to Mali, though. Occupies a similar space in my mind as CAR, although it suffers from being dead in the middle.

-India: I liked this a lot more upon a second listen, but that might be because I have more trouble hearing it and so the harshness doesn't bug me as much! I actually like the vocals more than the instrumentation, for some odd reason.

-USA: This is awful and amazing at the same time. It's just so infectious. And the video is...special.

-Republic of Kugelmugel: Doesn't quite live up to the hype for me (probably because I still haven't heard it with decent headphones, so all the details of the production are lost on me), but still really cool.

-Isle of Man: I love this. A bit messy and heavy-handed, but it sticks with me. I love the synths.

-St. Lucia: I've heard only one other song by Panda Bear, but he's great. I'm a sucker for layered vocals. My only gripe is that the song is a bit repetitive.

-Sri Lanka: This is basically the token Quilford song (which isn't a bad thing). I like the "ahahahahahahs". Cute and has a nice vibe, but forgettable.

-Netherlands: Nah.

-Ukraine: Pretty good, although.

-Greece: His voice is just slightly off-pitch, and it bugs me. The tone is nice, though, and I like the eighties vibe.

-Russia: Kind of like Greece but more boring.

gtg, will relisten to Spain and Western Sahara at home.

[Mina]

*panics*

-Spain: Most of this is great, although the weird electronic part early on was a bit too, um, much for me.

-Western Sahara: The vocals are a bit idiosyncratic, but the rest is really good...wtf is the brass cacophony? I

think

I like it? Whoa, the last minute is amazing.

A lot that was pretty good, not much that outright stood out for me.

[Mina]

Whoa, a lot of songs I wanted to give points to were squeezed out. (Just submitted a second ballot because I changed my mind on my 1.)

[Parama]

rabb... ehh... not feeling up to it right now, sorry.......