Song Contest 156 (Results posted!)

[Davsto]

yay i have the funny 42 number

near to no high point-givers for me but a lot of mid-range votes saved this from being a huge loss

[toolenduso]

tool I have a couple more Del tracks lined up for the next few

Hell yea

SHEEPLE

toolenduso (the organizer and the last person to vote? H4X)

Finally! I feel like I'm usually dead center in these

[Elbirn]

i did it again woohoo

congrations
I wanted to rank you #1 but I already listen to mouse on the keys and I thought the purpose of the contest was to find NEW music so my brain didnt know what to do and put you 3rd.
what are the guidelines to this thing this song contestant thing

Judging by this people on MS don't really like rock or my particular song at least

rip chester
the song was okay, I liked linkin park long ago

[Errantparabola]

I wanted to rank you #1 but I already listen to mouse on the keys and I thought the purpose of the contest was to find NEW music so my brain didnt know what to do and put you 3rd.

i think that's a reasonable way to do it, it makes sense to want to reserve one's 12 for the most excitingly good new song

[toolenduso]

no rules on the subject, but my personal approach goes like this:

-if it's a song that's super well known, I won't vote for it even if I love it (eg: Bohemian Rhapsody, Uptown Funk)
-if it's a song that I personally like but it's not super well known, I rank it a few spots lower than where I'd normally rank it in the contest (eg: anything by FKA Twigs or BTBAM)

[Vi]

I mean you already know this but you can assign your points however you want without justification.

I don't agree with "it's popular so I will downrate it to compensate". It's not like Carry On Wayward Son has gotten worse because people have heard of it. (That said, I've heard of virtually nothing so this rarely applies in my world.)

I also don't agree with "I already know I like this so I will downrate it to compensate"; I already know I vote for novelty over styles I'm already familiar with so there's no need to deliberately push that effect further.

When comparing entries, when in doubt I ask which one I'd rather listen to again.

[Raya36]

Judging by this people on MS don't really like rock or my particular song at least

i kinda liked the song. gave me linkin park vibes? it's the sort of thing where i would put a couple of bangers from the genre on a playlist but certainly couldn't fill a playlist with it.

Fair enough. My preferred style of music is rock/metal that belongs to or sounds like it could belong to the 2000s. And yes, same lead singer as linkin park

[PJ.]

It's not like Carry On Wayward Son has gotten worse because people have heard of it

this is false.

[toolenduso]

I mean you already know this but you can assign your points however you want without justification.

I don't agree with "it's popular so I will downrate it to compensate". It's not like Carry On Wayward Son has gotten worse because people have heard of it. (That said, I've heard of virtually nothing so this rarely applies in my world.)

I also don't agree with "I already know I like this so I will downrate it to compensate"; I already know I vote for novelty over styles I'm already familiar with so there's no need to deliberately push that effect further.

When comparing entries, when in doubt I ask which one I'd rather listen to again.

This is totally valid. I treat the contest as a place for new music* so I feel less inclined to give points to songs that most people have heard. It's just a difference on our goals with the contest, I guess you could say.

*new = music I haven't heard before

[Errantparabola]

It's not like Carry On Wayward Son has gotten worse because people have heard of it

this is false.

It's a good song jager

[SnowStorm]

My second last place; my second last place with a Finnish artist. No more Finnish music for you.

[Elbirn]

My second last place; my second last place with a Finnish artist. No more Finnish music for you.

darn I liked the weird accordian man music thing

[Raya36]

I actually kind of liked it. It was unique compared to what I'd typically listen to

[Tatsuya Kaname]

Someone named CaptainMeme submitted the fake Eurovision song. Well played.

WHAT?

[Vi]

Someone named CaptainMeme submitted the fake Eurovision song. Well played.

WHAT?

It's from a recent movie spoofing Eurovision. If I remember the reviews correctly, the Europeans really liked that part in particular.

a true meme submitted by a true captain of the subject

[Drench]

i have to admit i downrated that entry somewhat because it was making fun of my beloved eurovision, a cultural institution that a) is, yes, off the rails; b) serves up some incredible diva bangers sometimes; c) is a legitimately good time; d) has some excellent electoral entertainment and e) will pay for robbing dami im

[Nahdia]

im in loooovee... with a fairy taaaalleee...

[Drench]

dont

[Tammy]

Congratulations Hiraki!

And yay, I'm very happy noname did so well! I wasn't really expecting her to do so well. So yay

Oh and Vi - There was no trauma in listening! Not being allowed to listen to much music or celebrate halloween are two things from my childhood that I find amusing more than anything else.

[Hiraki]

Someone named CaptainMeme submitted the fake Eurovision song. Well played.

WHAT?

It's from a recent movie spoofing Eurovision. If I remember the reviews correctly, the Europeans really liked that part in particular.

a true meme submitted by a true captain of the subject

it is a BANGER THOUGH

[AGar]

I also don't agree with "I already know I like this so I will downrate it to compensate"

I do the opposite, if you submit something I've heard and love, have my points and I will not pretend otherwise. I like finding new good music here, but I also admit that if someone submits something that's already in my odd wheelhouse, I'm gonna jam with it and find it hard to take away from that.

[het]

Really thrilled to see mouse on the keys and Noname do so well in the contest, both great submissions I wasn't familiar with prior.

[CaptainMeme]

i have to admit i downrated that entry somewhat because it was making fun of my beloved eurovision, a cultural institution that a) is, yes, off the rails; b) serves up some incredible diva bangers sometimes; c) is a legitimately good time; d) has some excellent electoral entertainment and e) will pay for robbing dami im

The movie felt pretty on point actually! More of a homage to Eurovision's wackiness rather than making fun of it. There are definitely better songs than this one (my home town is solid) but I really liked this one too

Although, agreed that sound of silence was robbed

[PJ.]

It's not like Carry On Wayward Son has gotten worse because people have heard of it

this is false.

It's a good song jager

Not saying it isn't. I think it being in Supernatural has made the somg worse.