Song Contest - BOTB 5! (Results are in!)

[Cephrir]

Really late entry & also ego.

[Tammy]

obligatory rabble

[quadz08]

Will try to get this up today

[toolenduso]

There's a lady who's sure
All that glitters is gold
And she's rabbling her way...to heaven

[Song Contest]

Entries are up!

[InflatablePie]

Welp, USA gets my 12. I was deciding between Let Go and Hey Mario. I went with Hey Mario, but alas I was too late regardless.

I was also considering Anthems for Broken Social Scene (high five!), Black Sheep for Metric and Freaks and Geeks or Fire Fly for Gambino (Bonfire as a third, so... low five?).

Seems my top 4 is locked in, so that's nice.

[InflatablePie]

Damn, I'm gonna need to find second-best songs from new bands so I have something for the next BotB now.

[Empire]

Madagascar
The Gambia
Republic of Kugelmugel
Western Sahara
India
Taiwan
Italy
Mali
Fiji
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Chile
Netherlands
Burkina Faso
Greece
Singapore
Slovenia
Cote d'Ivoire
Wales
Hungary
USA
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France
St. Lucia
Belarus
Scotland
Qatar
Ecuador
Gabon
Iceland
Uruguay
Portugal
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Chad
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N/A

I remember when I thought The National was going to get my 12. Oh how wrong I was!

[Willowmeadow]

Iceland submitted the exact same song I was first going to submit.

Starting my listening marathon now.

[Iso]

I was kind of amazed to find that Queen had not been in a top 3 before.

[T-Bone]

If I wanted to vote for 'Random'....how can I? The option doesn't seem to be there.

[quadz08]

Oh, shit. Let me fix that one, hang on.

[quadz08]

The entry formerly listed as Random is actually Qatar. The entry post now reflects this.

[Parama]

Iceland submitted the exact same song I was first going to submit.

yeah it's fairly easily one of my favorite songs ever so i basically had to

i am not hyped to hear another venetian snares song
i am super hyped to hear another algiers song.
i am super sick of woodkid
i am dreading tom waits
biffy clyro is something i should've laready checked out bcuz mike vennart worked with them for a while
F+TM is eligible? since when i thought they were already in a BotB too lol
that is not the kimbra song i would've selected tbh though iirc the live version was better than the album version
ahh, rishloo again, nice
i have heard nothing but horrible things about lana del rey

this sounds like "fun."

[Iso]

I checked and it looks like all but Infected Mushroom and Rob Dougan (amongst my top 5/6) were submitted, and of course, the one that I submitted.

I was thinking of submitting Artillery or Release Me by Infected Mushroom, and Speed Me Towards Death as far as Rob Dougan goes.

[JDodge]

the picture for my entry comes directly from my phone, right up next to the stage at house of blues orlando on nov 1, one of two concerts i attended there that weekend (along with CHVRCHES supported by mansionair)

emily haines is fucking amazing

[Natirasha]

Iceland(Mew)--Slow song stuff doesn't work for me, sorry.
USA(Patent Pending)--Pretty good, I think it could use a little more oomph to it though. +
Fiji(Venetian Snares)--This...was a bit much for me.
Wales(San Cisco)--It's the new-fi indie sort of thing. *
Spain(Algiers)--I actually like this better than the last time they were submitted. +
Italy(The National)--Never liked them, actually.
Uraguay(Woodkid)--I remember not minding the last song by them, but this is another one of those long ballady things like Mew I don't have the attention span for.
Madagascar(Tom Waits)--Tom Waits will forever be, Tom Waits.
Hungary(Esti Kornel)--Even in the BotB, there is just meh.
Ecquador(Biffy Clyro)--It tried. *
Cote d'Iviore(The Vincent Black Shadow)--I chose a weird one for this contest. I dunno, TVBS is the best and I had a lot of choices.
Qatar(XYLO)--Bless America.
Mali(Arthur Beatrice)--Ooooh, Beeaaaatoorrriiiceeeee. +
Scotland(Florence+The Machine)--Florence is kind of an easy target, to be fair. I like her, though, so it'll get points. *
Burkina Faso(Aimee Mann)--This...actually was decent? *
Chad(Childish Gambino)--It's Gambino.
Belarus(Matthew Good)--I don't like this.
St Lucia(Melanie Martinez)--It needed to go a few more places. *
Greece(Rasputina)--I mean, I love Rasputina. +
Gambia(RX Bandits)--Took a little to get into at first, but yess. +
India(Estradasphere)--Not what I expected...huh. It actually reminded me of Mario? *
Taiwan(Hop Along)--ABout the same as the last time I heard them. *
France(Metric)--This was a weird metric song.
Gabon(Of Monsters and Men)--Definition of one-hit wonder, I guess.
Singapore(Kimbra)--Another song that kinda should have cut off ~30 seconds or so. *
Republic of Kugelmugel(Mic Jenkins)--Another middling song I liked more than the last time.
Slovenia(Rishloo)--It didn't have the sick lyricalness Feathergun had *
Western Sahara(Broken Social Scene)--Ew.
Netherlands(Bright Eyes)--Hell yeah. +
Chile(Patrick Wolfe)--Well, at least it's not Sufjan Stevens...+
Portugal(Lana Del Ray)--This song was born to die.

[TheWayItEnds]

oh god that missing lyric in the Florence song is killing me.

Why would they do that.

[toolenduso]

Sorry totally forgot to do this until now. Here's the YouTube playlist with all the entries in order:

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=P ... ZiZJ01inlz

The only one not on the list is USA - Patent Pending - Let Go because the entry link was to Vimeo.

[pickemgenius]

yeah like uh.

i just wanted to have the video for my song and for some stupid reason it was taken down from youtube which makes....absolutely no fucking sense, so I found it elsewhere and had it autoplay on a different site.

[xRECKONERx]

Iceland - Mew - Comforting Sounds

USA - Patent Pending - Let Go

Fiji - Venetian Snares - Abomination Street

Wales - San Cisco - Fred Astaire

Spain - Algiers - And When You Fall

Uruguay - Woodkid - The Golden Age

Madagascar - Tom Waits - Chocolate Jesus

Hungary - Esti Kornel - Akkor hagylak el

Ecuador - Biffy Clyro - Know Your Quarry

Cote d'Ivoire

The Vincent Black Shadow - This Road Is Going Nowhere[/b]

Qatar - XYLO - America

Mali - Arthur Beatrice - Who Returned

Scotland - Florence + The Machine - No Light, No Light

Burkina Faso - Aimee Mann - Save Me

Chad - Childish Gambino - Bonfire

Belarus - Matthew Good - 99% Of Us Is Failure

St. Lucia - Melanie Martinez - Soap

Greece - Rasputina - A retinue of moons/the infidel is me

The Gambia - Rx Bandits - Hope is a Butterfly, No Net its Captor

India - Estradasphere - Super Buck II

Taiwan - Hop Along - The Knock

France - METRIC - Cascades

Gabon - Of Monsters and Men - Empire

Singapore - Kimbra - Two Way Street

Republic of Kugelmugel

Slovenia - Rishloo - The Great Rain Battle

Western Sahara - Broken Social Scene - Anthems For A Seventeen-Year Old Girl

Netherlands - Bright Eyes - Sunrise, Sunset

Chile - Patrick Wolf - To the Lighthouse

Portugal - Lana Del Ray - Born to Die

[InflatablePie]

yeah like uh.

i just wanted to have the video for my song and for some stupid reason it was taken down from youtube which makes....absolutely no fucking sense, so I found it elsewhere and had it autoplay on a different site.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WmEn1N63GLE

[pickemgenius]

ya the songs there. if you wanna add it to the playlist thats fine.

i just prefer having the video cause its fun.

I know the video was up at one point, so I have no clue why they took it down.

*shrug*

[toolenduso]

all right i added it to the number two spot on the playlist -- music video still linked on the first page.

[Iso]

it's beatle not battle