Song Contest 116 (RESULTS POSTED!)

[Aristophanes]

I once called lights a less glittery ke$ha.

Am I still allowed to compete?

[Vijarada]

oh wow who entered polina gagarina lol? also, wow, who entered back to black, but this time in a negative sense. what have scs come to.

[Vijarada]

also, 21 entries, what have scs come to 2.0.

[xRECKONERx]

Lebanon (Studio Killers) - Not bad. I don't hate it by any means. It's catchy. I think it lacks a real punch, but it's not bad at all. (B)

Iceland (Huntsmen) - This kind of dissonant sparse metal never really clicks with me. I'm sure it's great but I just can't get into it. (C-)

Hungary (Peter Murphy) - It's a little boring and muddled. Maybe something I'd put on shuffle but it'd be 50/50 whether I'd skip it. (B-)

São Tomé and Príncipe (Jim van der Zee) - This guy has a voice like Johnny Cash, which is great. It's unfortunate the musicality of it is really bland. But points for a good interesting voice and style. (B)

Japan (Amy Winehouse) - I can't believe this was never submitted before? It feels like cheating. Rest in Peace, Amy. What a fucking goddess. (A-)

Greece (Polina Gagarina) - Don't hate this at all. I feel like it takes a weird tonal shift midway through? Not understanding the language is a barrier for me to get the whole song. (B-)

Slovenia (Avatar) - As soon as I saw this band preview I knew I'd hate it. (F)

United Kingdom (Emily Haines & The Soft Skeleton) - Has potential. Could be generic, could be good. And... it didn't go anywhere. Missed opportunity. (C+)

Burkina Faso (Paus) - This is pretty great. Like, actually good? I wish I could understand it though, it would heavily increase my enjoyment. (B+)

Yemen (Art Blakey & the Jazz Messengers) - I'm sure this type of stuff is like jizzworthy to the people who can appreciate it. I'm an idiot though. (C+)

Djibouti (Tessa Violet) - I don't even know. This feels like something I should be in love with but it's just SO generic and has no bite to it, even when it's trying to be sassy. I'm sure that means 2 months from now it'll be on one of my Spotify playlists. (B)

USA (Greyhaven) - This certainly has an audience. I assume. (F)

Singapore (CIKI) - Anime? In my Christian song contest? Voice is super generic, so is the music. (C+)

Democratic People's Republic of Korea (Mike B) - Mike B isn't half bad. Probably not the best pick? But with a contest this meh so far, this is probably getting points. (B)

Egypt (Semisonic) - I mean sure. It's fine. Everyone has heard this already. It's nothing special. Maybe if I hadn't been desensitized to it by every single bar in America playing this at 2AM to get people out, I would welcome it as some nostalgiac blast from the past. (C)

Luxembourg (Blind Guardian) - This certainly has an audience. I assume. (F)

Central African Republic (Talking Heads) - Great pick. Getting points. (B+)

Anguila (J.I.D.) - Digging this. Not revolutionary, but good enough. (B)

Chad (Lights) - This is exactly the type of thing I should love but it just hits too many cliches for me. Plenty of other pop artists released similar songs in the past year and did it better. (C+)

Latvia (Pendulum) - This feels like a track that was cut from the original Matrix movie. It's a lot of noise? And then more noise comes in on top of that noise. (C)

[Parama]

dissonant is a weird word to use for huntsmen imo lol

[KidAmn]

Goddess is a weird word to use to describe Amy Winehouse too

[xRECKONERx]

no it isn't

[KidAmn]

"Crackheads who waste a middling talent and are stupid enough to shack up with Pete Doherty" isn't my definition of goddess

[xRECKONERx]

then you're bad

[PJ.]

"Crackheads who waste a middling talent and are stupid enough to shack up with Pete Doherty" isn't my definition of goddess

[xRECKONERx]

then you're bad

[KidAmn]

then you're bad

Gosh, what a witty, well considered rebuttal. Here's where I'd put one if I cared at all for your thoughts on the subject.

[xRECKONERx]

then you're bad

[toolenduso]

then you're bad

Gosh, what a witty, well considered rebuttal. Here's where I'd put one if I cared at all for your thoughts on the subject.

1. Reck is being chill about this and you keep responding like he's not, so maybe stop.
2. I'm not an Amy Winehouse fan and even I know she was a hell of a singer. "Middling" is a pretty silly way to describe her talent.
3. If you're really gonna start dragging musicians for {abusing drugs, abusing alcohol, dying from it, making bad relationship decisions} you're gonna head down a road that leads to hating a ton of talented musicians.

[KidAmn]

then you're bad

Gosh, what a witty, well considered rebuttal. Here's where I'd put one if I cared at all for your thoughts on the subject.

1. Reck is being chill about this and you keep responding like he's not, so maybe stop.
2. I'm not an Amy Winehouse fan and even I know she was a hell of a singer. "Middling" is a pretty silly way to describe her talent.
3. If you're really gonna start dragging musicians for {abusing drugs, abusing alcohol, dying from it, making bad relationship decisions} you're gonna head down a road that leads to hating a ton of talented musicians.

1. Nah, Reck is doing this "quote myself again" schtick for the amusement of whatever little clique they're part of here, so they're about 6 fuckwads from chill and know it, and are presumably a big enough boy/girl/attack helicopter to not need you to leap to their defence
2. I grew up in London and had the opportunity to hear her live at various points on her slide of a career and wouldn't personally describe her as a "hell of a singer" or even a particularly unique talent, but w/e,

opinions

3. i was saying that calling her a "goddess" is ridiculous, for fuck sake

Man, if this is how whiny you people get when someone has the gall to merely

hold an opinion contrary to the groupthink

, no wonder this place is dying off now

[toolenduso]

1. Nah, Reck is doing this "quote myself again" schtick for the amusement of whatever little clique they're part of here, so they're about 6 fuckwads from chill and know it, and are presumably a big enough boy/girl/attack helicopter to not need you to leap to their defence

Clique? You and Panzer are here dragging Amy Winehouse and Reck has, up to this point, been the only one responding. Are you dragging experiences from other parts of the site here?

I wouldn't call it leaping to the defense of Reck so much as leaping to the defense of reasonable discourse. Here's what I saw: Reck said he liked somebody (fine) -> You said you didn't (fine) -> he disagreed (fine) -> you insulted her three times in one sentence (aggressive) -> Reck made a joke, indicating he didn't want to make a big deal out of it (fine) -> you insult his intelligence and say you don't care about his musical tastes in contest based around exploring each other's musical tastes (aggressive and unnecessary)

You went after an artist he liked way more than you had to, in an insulting manner and then called him an idiot with bad tastes. If he were responding proportionally he would've done a hell of a lot more than make a jokey non-response, yet here we are.

2. I grew up in London and had the opportunity to hear her live at various points on her slide of a career and wouldn't personally describe her as a "hell of a singer" or even a particularly unique talent, but w/e,

opinions

Opinions, sure. Let's leave it at that.

3. i was saying that calling her a "goddess" is ridiculous, for fuck sake

Fair enough, but I still find it weird to judge a musician's musicianship/music based on non-musical things. Especially when a lot of people who are definitely all-time talents have done a lot of the same shit.

Man, if this is how whiny you people get when someone has the gall to merely

hold an opinion contrary to the groupthink

, no wonder this place is dying off now

There's a difference between expressing an unpopular opinion and calling somebody an idiot with bad tastes while insulting somebody they like.

I have no problem with you being here, and that's why I responded on this account instead of the song contest account. I welcome your participation and opinions. Just cool it down.

[Parama]

Amy Winehouse is dead anyways what does it matter

[xRECKONERx]

My clique has spoken

[Shadoweh]

Hello I heard we're stanning Amy Winehouse today

[KidAmn]

My clique has spoken

Go forth and procreate.

E: okay, I get the hint, last time I waste bandwidth on a site where you need to have either been here since at least 2011 or kissed enough of the assholes that have been to be allowed to speak out

[Aristophanes]

I would eat at Amy's Winehouse!

[Davsto]

i dont think this site is cliquey

does that mean ive been in the clique this whole time and never known?? dam

[drealmerz7]

i dont think this site is cliquey

then you don't pay attention

[Creature]

Song Contest or Artist Contest?

[xRECKONERx]

i dont think this site is cliquey

does that mean ive been in the clique this whole time and never known?? dam

did your membership card get lost in the mail?

sorry, ill send another one