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even with the superior version of the song, Two Way Street still isn't one of the better tracks on the album
Settle Down, Cameo Lover, Sally I Can See You, and Warrior are all better tracks IMO, aside from the obvious Come Into My HeadShowEver wanted a playlist full of a lot of music I really dig? Here you go.
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yup, that's the one that would've easily been top 3 in this contest
i do think as a whole i was a bit underwhelmed by this contest though, my top points went to artists who got top points from me the first time aroundShowEver wanted a playlist full of a lot of music I really dig? Here you go.
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anyway, everything i considered giving points to, in alphabetical order and scores redacted
Chile // Patrick Wolf - To the Lighthouse //
Cote d'Ivoire // The Vincent Black Shadow - This Road Is Going Nowhere //
Ecuador // Biffy Clyro - Know Your Quarry //
France // Metric - Cascades //
Gabon // Of Monsters and Men - Empire //
Iceland // Mew - Comforting Sounds //
Mali // Arthur Beatrice - Who Returned //
Portugal // Lana Del Rey - Born to Die //
Scotland // Florence and The Machine - No Light, No Light //
Slovenia // Rishloo - The Great Rain Beatle //
Spain // Algiers - And When You Fall //
St. Lucia // Melanie Martinez - Soap //
Taiwan // Hop Along - The Knock //
USA // Patent Pending - Let Go //
Wales // San Cisco - Fred Astaire //link in bio- Parama
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it's the 19th already!The failure mode of clever is asshole.
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In post 146, Cephrir wrote:I don't listen to the radio ever, I didn't even know it was well-known >_>
It being well known wasn't the problem for me, it was that I have listened to it a lot and it hasn't aged well. It sounds pretty dated compared to her newer stuff, like West Coast, Cruel World or Shades of Cool, which I also think have a more interesting sonority (Not even mentioning the even newer stuff which I haven't given a proper listen to yet). The reason I also think Born to Die's been exhausted it's because it wasn't just one song, but a whole album repeating the same sounds and same themes over and over. I liked it and I still do, but when I know there's more and better to Lana, it was disappointing seeing Born to Die in a BotB.
Also, she was much bigger on the Internet than on the radio. I thought by now anyone who frequently uses the Internet (social media/youtube/etc) would be familiar with her and her most known songs.- Cephrir
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I've kind of reached the age where you mostly just listen to the stuff you listened to in your youth and don't seek new stuff unless someone shoves it in your face.
I know some people manage to keep seeking out new stuff and enjoying new things even when they are decades older than I am but I didn't really. The song contest is the first "listening to new things on purpose" event that has happened to me in the past 7 years or so.The failure mode of clever is asshole.
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i am at the age where i have bought over 50 albums this year with the vast majority of them being from artists i didn't know about until this year
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In post 144, Cephrir wrote:I'm surprised by the extent to which I randomly internalize negative commentary on songs I enter in this.
I feel the same but then i realized that my reviews of all songs would be almost the opposite of anyone who disliked my song
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