schadd walrus 2: feast of the invisible cats (join biancospino walrus!)

[MUSHSHAGANA]

Submissions in. I went at this completely brains-free, because I'm running on 3 hours of sleep a night for 3 nights running now, and I think it's likely that I could not have done worse at anything but catfit if you paid me. But for 5 of those submissions, the catfit is probably maxed out.

[Invisibility]

submitted B)

[schadd_]

the first submitter to my last walrus was chickadee who submitted 4 days after i posted the thread & i seem to have 3 submissions to this already

[Invisibility]

you have employed a good marketing strategy

[schadd_]

as i receive my fifth submission i'll gently restate that you're allowed to change your submission any time in the next like 4 weeks

[MUSHSHAGANA]

Normally I would stand my ground but there were some weak songs in there, and I was not considering your enjoyment in the least -- pure catfit. I'll probably make use of this month long reconsideration time for the ones I have the least faith in.

[Pink Ball]

i think i didnt bother to do this last time but i'll try to get a translation of songs where its clear the lyrics have something to do with the catfit, though it's generally harder for something to land particularly well when there's that extra step btwn hearing a lyric in its musical context and understanding what it is

I'll have that in mind, but my main focus will be sharing music that I think you'll like and that maybe you haven't had the access to it, and given that you both liked Natalia Lafourcade and Rosalia I think I can get something that will be fun

[Skygazer]

am i allowed to reveal songs that i unsubmit when i realize i've sent them to you before

[Skygazer]

also i have a fun fact tied to two of my submissions that i'll reveal after the judging if that's okay

if schadd wants to guess what songs the fact is linked to and guesses correctly i'll uhhhh venmo him 75 cents and send him a picture of camden yards

[Infinity 324]

rejected entry: cat 2 - fifty fifty - cupid (sped up)

[schadd_]

am i allowed to reveal songs that i unsubmit when i realize i've sent them to you before

sure

[Invisibility]

reject entry for cat 8, section 3:

it's a cool medley

[Skygazer]

cat 1 rejection: https://youtu.be/Aq3LEC0T3Fw (tony williams emergency). love this song and love this album but suddenly realized i recced it to schadd not too long ago.

cat 6 rejection: https://youtu.be/nbkwDIsDy7o (michael jackson & paul mccartney the girl is mine). this song is about them fighting over a lover but it has a very friendly tone? as if they're saying "now now... we'll get through this and forgive each other." if this was two other singers id probably still have submitted it

[DeathRowKitty]

as i receive my fifth submission i'll gently restate that you're allowed to change your submission any time in the next like 4 weeks

when i revise my entry for a single category 50 times should i just send you the one thing i'm changing or should i resend the entire list each time

[schadd_]

just the new thing is fine

[Isis]

I have 4 weeks to listen to music

[DeathRowKitty]

TECHNICALLY there's no rule that you have to only submit things you've heard

[Invisibility]

it's true. I asked 8 complete strangers for a song, one for each category.

[MUSHSHAGANA]

REJECTED SUBMISSIONS: The Curse Edition

Cat 6: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Xw39KMMvQU
It's about not forgiving someone for selling out their purported beliefs for money, but it's a weak example of the theme and while it's a good song, it's not an AMAZING song. I felt ashamed submitting this.

Cat 8: Seasons (Summer): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jWl8Oo_Ja10
It's such a cop-out choice. "Let's pick something that's trying to be a summer rock hit. It doesn't need to mention the season, everyone already knows what it's about." It's a really good song as those go, but it's so blatant about its intentions that it might as well be called "June" and mention beaches. Weak shit. Even weaker than the original Cat 6 submission. Much happier with what replaced it.

Still thinking which of the 2 categories with too much overlap I should swap out.

ETA:

Cat 3: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z-o1hP5C02k
Absolutely bonkers. What would happen if you pushed Dragonforcey technical power metal to the utmost limits of speed and shred? Now what if you gave it a brutal death vocalist and one of the absolute fastest tech death drummers ever? I've been calling this "hobbitgrind" and if you listen you'll get it. But I could do better in terms of completely excessive alien-brained magnificence -- and I have. So here it stands, a triumphant and joyous monument to "also-ran".

[Pink Ball]

I got two rejections for cat 7, both dismissed for the same reason: too mainstream. Both great though!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qzbre6qzRQM (Dave Matthews Band - Grey Street). I used to listen them a lot when I was in 6th-7th grade while playing games (I played a lot of Tibia lol) and this one in particular I loved because of the sax. I grew out of them but I listen to this song from time to time, and recently realized how good the drums are.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s1tAYmMjLdY (Blink 182 - Miss You). When I read "drums" I immediately thought of Travis Barker. His abuse of the snare drum may be divisive, but it's undeniably recognizable and that's a lot to say about a drummer. And I personally love it, it gives the instrument a personality of its own.

The last song I got was cat 1 mainly because I couldn't think of an anglo song that schadd hasn't listened before and even the first in spanish I thought of had to be discarded (seriously, how did you find Serú Girán?). I finally found one that I have NO idea how well known is, but at least it wasn't in schadd's list. Here are a couple of songs I considered:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E-B58va_xxs (Charly García, Pedro Aznar - Tu amor). Since they started playing together in Serú Girán, Charly and Pedro showed that they are like bread and butter. I like Charly more as a musician, his compositions, his style, but Pedro compliments him with bass lines that only he could come up to, and his voice is lovely, Charly's voice is an acquired taste so having Aznar at his side makes it easier to listen. This song in particular gives Aznar more liberty to show himself, something that only him could achieve with a dude with a massive ego like Charly (fun fact: Charly made his pianist to play facing the other way during concerts 'cause he didn't want to lose protagonism... that pianist turned out to be Fito Paez, another great artist from Argentina). "Mientes" (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cBMf2aIr4SE) is another example of this (from the same album that they recorded together after both became successful solo artists).
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SNZ6Qd58ixI (Charly García - Inconsciente Colectivo). Picture yourself in the early 80s going to the music store and buying this album, the first of Charly as a solo artist after founding three successful bands (Sui Generis, La Máquina de Hacer Pájaros and Serú Girán). You know it will probably be great given its predecessors, but maybe he won't keep up with your expectations, right? WRONG. This song may be the best album-closing that I'll ever listen along with the Abbey Road medley, you'll have to listen to the whole album to understand what I mean though. The next album starts with Nos Siguen Pegando Abajo (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4thPmfT3_BQ) which makes this song even more special to me, the contrast is absurd. I decided to not submit this one because the lyrics are way too important in this case.

Edit: Tomorrow Never Knows is the greatest album-closing song of all time, sorry for forgetting it for a second.

[schadd_]

LOL i have no memory whatsoever of what prompted me to listen to seru giran but i did think they were great. also i liked the charly garcia song you did for song contest and had no idea he was in that. cool!

[N]

do songs have to be from this year

[wgeurts]

im deffo in

[schadd_]

do songs have to be from this year

they do not!

[Infinity 324]

rejected entry: cat 8 (seasons): nfl on fox theme