Song Contest 112 (RESULTS POSTED!)

[Parama]

welcome to hell, jurgen

time to submit something else electronic-y

[Parama]

i like trash metal

[Parama]

the song I entered has a very 80s vibe to it, marking the first and probably only time I will be entering something in this vein

might do one more electronic entry next round then get back to bad metal nobody likes

[Parama]

Winner by Nuttin but Stringz

I should submit Loser by Ayreon or Failure by Devin Townsend for some lolz sometime

[Parama]

Who did it

[Parama]

So the deadline is 11/21 since you won't have entries up on 11/20 :B

[Parama]

haha, i was considering entering lorde in this contest too

perfect places will get high points but i prefer hard feelings by just a little bit

i'm pretty sure that alt-j song was a minor hit a few years back because i vaguely recognize the title

[Parama]

i mean 20 people isn't exactly a small number of entrants but it's also not the max so everyone is freaking out or something cool

[Parama]

Italy – I mean, this isn’t quite the best song off Melodrama but it’s pretty damn good. I’ve heard it like a billion times by now so I’m not bothering relistening now but yeah. (GOOD)

China – I know this was like a minor hit but I dunno if I actually heard it? Don’t like the vocals at all if I’m being honest but musically it’s kinda cool, a bit off-kilter and with a decent energy to it. On the whole I’m pretty okay with this, don’t love it and the vocals hold it back a bit but it’s solid. (DECENT)

Bhutan – This was pleasant and had a nice energy to it, especially dug the percussion. I wouldn’t say the vocals are bad but not really to my taste, but aside from that I did enjoy this. (DECENT)

Latvia – This is like a remix of one of those meme songs I think. I vaguely recognize it. The base song isn’t exactly anything that special and it feels like the remix just exists to pile layers of repetitive synth on top of that. There’s some decent moments with guitar towards the end I guess but the bleepy synths even ruin that somewhat. No thanks. (MEDIOCRE)

Iraq – It’s a bit all over the place and there were moments where I liked it quite a bit alongside moments where it was just okay. It feels like the kind of thing where taking a single song outside of the context of the album probably doesn’t work in its favor but I still found this pretty pleasant for the most part. (DECENT)

South Korea – Ahh, this song. One of those low-key classic rock songs I didn’t know by name at all and only occasionally hear but still have heard enough to recognize at least parts of it. It’s…. fine. I dunno what else to say about it. (AVERAGE)

Hong Kong – Literally what the heck are you doing trying to remake Bring Me To Life in 2014? Like that’s definitely what this wants to be. Strings that sound fake (either they are or the production ruins the tone), some piano stuff, female vocals because of course. It’s not that it really sounds awful? The male vocals do, actually, they’re pretty bad but otherwise it’s okay but at the same time feels painfully lame. (AVERAGE)

not off to an awful start though odds are Lorde will keep that 12 lol

[Parama]

Iceland – I didn’t find myself too into the rest of this album but this one is damn good. Great atmosphere, strong hook, feels like a very complete song overall. Not really much else to say about it, even the 80’s feel works considering it’s basically a terminator tribute.

India – The percussion in the intro fails to establish a solid rhythm so I’m a bit annoyed off the bat. More than anything else though the vocals just make this not work too well for me. Instrumentally it’s generally solid, nothing really standing out though. It’s not really bad but it’s pretty meh on the whole. (AVERAGE)

Greece – The production on this is just all over the place, a lot of small elements that just seem to be present for the sake of it but don’t come together well. And I can’t say I’m a huge fan of the vocals either. Bassline is solid at least and there are moments where the production comes together, but not enough throughout. (AVERAGE)

Slovenia – Brass instruments are far and away my least favorite type of instrument so it’s really no surprise I don’t care for this at all. I sat through the entire thing for some reason but I could’ve stopped after the first minute and not missed out on anything I care about. (BAD)

Macau – I would like to congratulate you on finding the single most indie-sounding song in existence. That makes it pretty dang featureless unfortunately. Not very interesting either. I mean it sounds fine but it sounds like every other indie pop song ever made. (AVERAGE)

Wales – Don’t disagree with the sentiment of the song but in the hostile political climate we live in it’s pretty understandable to hide sexual preferences if you feel it poses a risk to your own personal safety. I don’t think there are any ill intentions here though. Anyways. I don’t find her very pleasant to listen to as a singer and instrumentally this just doesn’t do much special so I can’t particularly say I’m interested in revisiting it. (MEDIOCRE)

Zimbabwe – Yeaaahh a white guy rapping over acoustic guitar is about the last thing I wanna hear at any given time. It doesn’t sound -awful- and it isn’t as tedious as the brass song but it’s far from something I’d wanna hear again. (BAD)

[Parama]

Egypt – Cover image makes this look like some punchable teen pop idol. Song itself is almost worse somehow, this is just an unmitigated disaster with nothing in the song coming together and so many individual elements being unpleasant that it doesn’t make the stuff that’s at least decent really worth it at all. In particular I do not like the vocals but there’s just, so much wrong here, this was way more unpleasant than I would expect from something in this style. (BAD)

Guatemala – This picture is even worse than the last one though not as bad as that one from last contest. Song itself is fine though, a bit generic, it’s just very standard 80’s pop, but I mean it’s, fine. I have nothing else to say about it. (AVERAGE)

United Kingdom – Only way to describe this is as very generic hard rock type stuff except the singer is kind of unbearable. I don’t like this style of vocals much at all. Besides that though it’s got decent energy and okay if a bit uninspired riffing & soloing so ehh. (AVERAGE)

Central African Republic – I mean yeah it’s fine but honestly this entire song came and went and I barely noticed it happening. It’s just… standard. I’ve heard plenty of classic rock & this absolutely does exist. (AVERAGE)

USA – Not the slightest bit surprised to find these guys signed to Blue Swan records because this is exactly what Blue Swan bands sound like. Probably better than average though, the vocals especially. I dunno if this is particularly good or unique for the sound they’re going for but I enjoy it well enough and it’s leagues better than anything else in this group so far. (GOOD)

Burkina Faso – Yeah, this is just generally pleasant. A nice track to end on. I don’t really have anything to complain about other than that I didn’t really find much emotional connection here? It’s just nice. (DECENT)

this definitely was "a contest"

[Parama]

i'm guessing there's a lot of people who still haven't voted yet

[Parama]

God I'm sorry I just really hated egypt so let's agree to disagree

[Parama]

Yeah there were a few too many bland rock tunes, I gave a few points just due to lack of competition but really my top 3 were the only ones I liked a lot

[Parama]

i hope i rabble

[Parama]

I'm getting mid points from basically everyone but no 12s or 10s lol

[Parama]

Great top 5 tbh & Lorde winning is great

[Parama]

Lorde is eligible for the next BOTB now so that's rad