Song Contest 145 (Results posted!)

[Plotinus]

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I can't listen to England either, Firefox doesn't like soundcloud i guess

[Plotinus]

thank you!

[Plotinus]

I'm dreading having to find NZ metal from 2000.

I'll do it if we theme the next one reggae because there's loads of that.

Alright boys, girls and beautifuls, let's see what's in the candy shop today.

Only reggae or other Carribean styles like Soca too?

[Plotinus]

I think Soca is pretty different from reggae. Different beat, different musical origins (soca comes from calypso), different mood.

[Plotinus]

i voted!

(Tbh these contests have shown that I don't fully understand why people give the ratings they do. I think my ratings are fairly straightforward but they probably look as opaque to others...)

I upvote instrumental stuff, non English stuff, stuff with good lyrics. i downvote painful noise especially if it's yellow.

[Plotinus]

I can't muster much feeling about most words either way. The only word in this post that isn't bland is muster.

[Plotinus]

at least, not on their own. the thing about words is how you combine them.

[Plotinus]

I'll admit to generally not caring about lyrics much either unless they're obviously bad or really good but I also don't get as much out of instrumental music so it's interesting to me to see people who prefer instrumental music almost exclusively

oh, the reason i upvote instrumental music is that I most often listen to music when I'm trying to block out some other noise and i want to concentrate. My brain really focuses in on words if i'm hearing them and it gets in the way of what i'm trying to do.

But what's even better than instrumental music is when a song really speaks to where i'm at on an emotional level and the lyrics are just right for something i'm thinking about or (somewhat more rarely) i just get really stuck on a bit of lyrical play (waves in which you drown me shouting waves in which you drown me shouting) or (toy like people make me boy like toy like people make me boy like) and then i can listen to the same song in repeat for weeks because it's just so perfect

but it's pretty rare for something to be that perfect

[Plotinus]

Btw, what’s yellow noise?

sounds that are yellow:

the pitch of the beeping noise at the cashier when they're scanning your items BEEP BEEP BEEP BEEP
The sound of doing maintenance on the tram tracks: jackhammer on metal
ambulance sirens
some other kinds of drilling and whirring

many shrill mechanical noises are yellow

[Plotinus]

yeah let's do rap after the Carribean contest