Song Contest 140 (Results posted!)

[Formerfish]

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[Formerfish]

The deadlines are one week long instead of two weeks which I am still perfectly fine with, but it still is a very long wait when nothing interesting happens in my life.

I hate waiting.

I feel like the deadline is good for voting, but I think a shorter submission period would be ok.

I feel like most of us who participate would be able to handle the shorter time frame because we know we are going to join and usually have an idea of what we are submitting.

[Formerfish]

whats a side submission?

You didnt know? Their alts are half the submissions, just different aspects of a single personality.

[Formerfish]

Are we predeadline rabbling now?

[Formerfish]

I always thought rabble was saved for postdeadline but prestart?

[Formerfish]

I always thought rabble was saved for postdeadline but prestart?

it's kind of a whenever you want thing.

Well then.

Rabble.

[Formerfish]

Then no rabbling from you yet.

[Formerfish]

Chad- Ghost- such a great song, ive watched this video a shit load of times, dug further into the group because of this song, watched interviews with Papa and introduced this song to my daughter who overheard it one day and asked what it was. Its just such a powerful song and it hits me in all the feels. It was one of those songs that from the first listen I knew was going to be one that sticks with me for awhile. I could listen to it back to back to back like the Proclaimers tape stuck in Marshall's Fiero.

USA- Sycamour- I liked this a lot. From the initial melody sounding like FoB of PatD and then seeing some balls attached where they usually arent was a nice change of pace. Why the masks on the band?

Australia- Flowerkid- that fucking story man... devastating lyrics. That was fantastic. How old is that kid?

Finland- Poets of the Fall- This got my attention when the vocals started, not what i expected, but in a super good way. I liked this a lot actually, and i felt like it had a good build to it very satisfying last note.

Hutt River- Racoon- Song 1, very listenable, and watching the guy sing out loud when he was walking was nice because i find myself doing the same thing from time to time. Beautiful song too, I think it speaks to that unknown we sometimes leave in our lives for too long. Song 2, dug the first so I stuck around for the second. It was ok, a decent b side to the 1st song.

Iraq- Bon Iver- i had to listen to this one twice, because it wasnt what i know BI to sound like. I liked this.

Solomon Islands- Radio Birdman- nice 80's punk sound, but less raw, which is a nice. I could totally hear some Ramones chords in there and dug it.

Iceland- Glass Beach- I liked this, but it sounded very busy and it kinda put me on edge. I would have liked it a bit more stripped down, but I get that they were going for something different. I did find myself continuing to listen through the break to see what came on the other side though, did not finish.

Poland- Saint Phnx- never heard the original, imma listen to it after this. I dug the original more. The cover was good, but Billie made me tingle.

Turkey- Misfits- Never got into the Misfits, its ok.

Uruguay- Adrianne Lenker- this was ok, a little to coffee shopy for me.

North Korea- The Buoys- I've always said "Can't we have more upbeat songs about cannibalism?" How did I now know about the Buoys? Classic 70's story telling poprock.

Comoros- Greta Van Fleet- I always hear that if you like Zepplin then you should listen to GVF, i agree that the sound is similar, i just dont know if that is a good thing. I love LZ because they sounded like nothing else id heard a that time, this reminds me of a cover band playing an original that ends up sounding just like the cover songs.

Netherlands- Daisuke Ishiwatari- wow, not what I was expecting at all. I didn't hate this, but I can't take it seriously either? I would watch this set to highlights from the anime, kinda like they used to do with dragon ball videos.

Portugal- Naseer Shamma- 15 minutes of lute music. Looking up the best lute players took up four minutes of the 15. Figuring out what you call a lute player took another minute and a half, its a lutenist or lutist. Left it on in the bacground for awhile and was glad i did when it hit 12 minutes. The tone it took on around 14 minutes killed it for me. couldnt even finish it.

Belarus- Melodicka Bros- Another cover, I feel like ive seen this one on guitar hero or rock band, let me check, yup rock band 3. I never made it this far, but my brother liked to play it, I dont hate this song, but again I can't take it seriously, I dont think an acoustic version makes it better.

Costa Rica- Metronomy- This is ok, I would dig it as background music, like walking around a store, but id feel like the store was too hip for me.

Djibouti- Veil of Maya- its ok, i like the idea, but its something i would listen to while working out, but not something id have on my own playlist.

Kosovo- Capsule- its ok.

Japan- Master- Its ok.

[Formerfish]

Well, since everyone is able to tell which submission is mine, I might as well not spoiler my thoughts on my own song this time round, but I'll spoiler them anyways because of good manners.

Spoiler: My thoughts

So this is the only version of the first song that I could find that was good, but it also had another song added to it. Well, two for the price of one. I wasn't planning on submitting the other song in a future contest anyway, but it's a great addition.
I've sung this song quite a lot for the past year and a half. There was this girl in high school which was really helpful to me when I was struggling in the first year with a new group. (for those who don't know, I have social struggles). She even was my 'buddy' at some point. We could get along well and I was really glad that I got her as a pal.

And then things changed. The second year with this new group (also my last year of high school), I quickly fell in love with her. Her beauty, her intelligence, her personality, it was all so inspiring and charming and at the same time overwhelming and frightening to me. Some sort of jealousy, maybe, as I wasn't happy with who I was and what I did.
That's where it went wrong. We started to grow apart, I chose another 'buddy' (who is still my best buddy as of speaking), I started to speak to her less... I never chatted with her during lunch breaks. She always hung out with her friends.
I couldn't handle these feelings of love which I had never experienced before, at least, not so crushing. I noticed with every word I said to her that I felt so ashamed just sitting next to her with no one else around. I guess that's what separated us more.
When I had the intuition that I might lose contact with her, all I wanted to show her was that I was grateful for our friendship and that I knew that my love wasn't possible as she didn't love me back. But I guess I gave her the wrong signals.
The bigger that feeling of separation got, the more I started to freak out in high school. I had a time-out card for when I didn't feel comfortable in class, well, I tell ya, I used it a lot in the last few months. At one point, I didn't even show it to the teachers anymore, I just ran out, threw over a chair and slammed the door back with tears in my eyes. That's also why at one point the school direction decided it was better for me to stay at home for a while because everybody who saw it was shocked.

Today, she's no longer a part of my life. We're living our own lives now, quite a few miles apart. I had to say a sorrowful goodbye to her. The things I said to her, mostly, along the lines of 'I wish you all the best of luck in your future' and 'you will always stay with me in my mind, in my heart'.
I still miss her very much to this day, and I hope with all hope that I get to see her beautiful smile again some time. In the meantime, I'm singing this song about once a week, when I'm going for a stroll, or under the shower, or when no one's home in my room. I sang it a lot in the last few weeks of high school and during final exam week.
Do I sing it to her? Well, not always, sometimes I just sing it to myself to settle with my thoughts for her and sorrow, and sometimes I just sing it because it's a helluva good song. I hope you guys will like it as much as I do, but for me, there's some personal stuff going behind it, and I just wanted to share that with you, and the beauty of this song.

In my eyes, this song is as beautiful as the girl I love so much.

[Formerfish]

Sorry, getting my vis mixed up

[Formerfish]

That reminds me a lot of dethklok

[Formerfish]

i hope there aren't 21 because

i only have 20

anyways i voted. can we introduce a rule about not allowing two literally completely separate songs in one entry in the future? i feel like that's intentionally trying to bend the rules. can i just submit an entire album as long as it's in one music video? 'cause if you let two songs in one entry then i don't see why i can't just send an entire album by the same logic

You counting your own?

And I agree with the 1 song. I feel like you need to specify which song you want to be judged on.

I would love to submit

some

all of

Locked in a Closet

.

[Formerfish]

can we introduce a rule about not allowing two literally completely separate songs in one entry in the future? i feel like that's intentionally trying to bend the rules. can i just submit an entire album as long as it's in one music video? 'cause if you let two songs in one entry then i don't see why i can't just send an entire album by the same logic

I'd rather not rule against this. Sometimes two songs in an album flow into each other in a way that makes both better. I also see no problem with submitting an entire album, since it has to overcome the listener's impatience anyways. If you think the album all together is that much better than any single track, then try it. I'd prefer a hard time constraint, though I don't want either.

If we are talking about a song like off of Justin Timberlakes album where some songs were legit 2 songs in 1, or Clutches One Eye $/00110110 then I agree that the song should be allowed.

If it is two songs that are tracks 5 and 6 and they are separate songs no.

And an album is not a song, which this is the contest of. If you want an album contest you can start a different thread for that.

And a hard time limit is even worse. If I wanna submit a 32 minute live version of Zepplin playing

Heartbreaker

I will.

[Formerfish]

so, i'm going to send a two hour album next contest then since apparently that's fine

Same here but mine is going to be one of those silent CDs people made to game the online system.

[Formerfish]

Japan

Vi

12 - USA
10 - Chad
8 - Belarus
7 - The Netherlands
6 - Finland
5 - Poland
4 - Costa Rica
3 - Solomon Islands
2 - North Korea
1 - Kosovo

Turkey

Amrun

12 - Iraq
10 - Australia
8 - Comoros
7 - Belarus
6 - Uruguay
5 - USA
4 - Iceland
3 - Chad
2 - Solomon Islands
1 - Poland

Poland

VashtaNeurotic

12 - Chad
10 - Costa Rica
8 - Comoros
7 - Belarus
6 - North Korea
5 - Finland
4 - USA
3 - Solomon Islands
2 - Uruguay
1 - Australia

Portugal

tris

12 - Costa Rica
10 - Japan
8 - Kosovo
7 - Chad
6 - Uruguay
5 - North Korea
4 - Comoros
3 - USA
2 - Djibouti
1 - Iraq

Final Scores:

96 Chad

89 USA

66 Costa Rica

62 Iceland
61 Belarus

56 Australia
49 North Korea
47 Finland
41 Japan
39 Portugal

35 Djibouti
33 Comoros
32 Kosovo
30 The Netherlands
30 Iraq
29 Uruguay
27 Solomon Islands
27 Poland
23 Turkey
8 Principality of Hutt River

Congratulations to Formerfish!

Panzerjager (The Netherlands), Aristophanes (Comoros), schadd_ (Uruguay) and vizIIsto (Principality of Hutt River) failed to vote. They take a 12-point penalty, and must wash the Thanksgiving dishes. ALL of them.

Whoo hoo! This is my 2nd win!