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Posted: **Thu Oct 17, 2019 11:03 pm**

Miley Cyrus is hard pass. I gave that 30 seconds. Oof.

Posted: **Thu Oct 17, 2019 11:05 pm**

I liked it more than other Miley Cyrus songs I know of. I am a bit of a poptimist, so it's not a big surprise I suppose.

Posted: **Thu Oct 17, 2019 11:05 pm**

Epignosis wrote: ↑Thu Oct 17, 2019 11:03 pm Miley Cyrus is hard pass. I gave that 30 seconds. Oof.

To be entirely fair the first bit is not really representative of the song as a whole. Try a bit in the middle. But it still won't be your cup of tea.

Posted: **Thu Oct 17, 2019 11:06 pm**

nutella wrote: ↑Thu Oct 17, 2019 11:05 pm
Epignosis wrote: ↑Thu Oct 17, 2019 11:03 pm Miley Cyrus is hard pass. I gave that 30 seconds. Oof.
To be entirely fair the first bit is not really representative of the song as a whole. Try a bit in the middle. But it still won't be your cup of tea.

The thirty seconds I tried was in the middle.

Posted: **Thu Oct 17, 2019 11:06 pm**

7th Place

Homestuck Soundtrack - Oppa Toby Style

Well, nice to know one person has a gimmick going, hahaha. Honestly I feel like this could have fit cat 1, and maybe the corresponding cat 1 sub could have swapped with it here. But this works here as well in a sense; my main descriptor would be "frenetic." Fast-paced chaos. Disorientingly, overwhelmingly fast and all over the place, which can definitely fit this prompt. It's almost like an anxiety attack put into musical terms.

7.5

Submitted by: sprityo

Posted: **Thu Oct 17, 2019 11:10 pm**

6th Place

Outkast - SpottieOttieDopaliscious

Oh yeah I can chill to this. The beat, the horns! I can definitely get lost in that. It's not really my genre and I feel like it carries nostalgia for a time and culture that I have little to no connection to/can't entirely appreciate, but musically I really dig it.

7.8

Submitted by: Epignosis

Posted: **Thu Oct 17, 2019 11:10 pm**

I had pegged a different submission as Epi's. My first incorrect guess.

Posted: **Thu Oct 17, 2019 11:11 pm**

Yes yes yes

I’m sticking with my gimmick

You can expect another seven homestuck songs

I can’t wait to go back and listen to all of these once I’m off work

Posted: **Thu Oct 17, 2019 11:12 pm**

I adore Outkast.

Posted: **Thu Oct 17, 2019 11:16 pm**

5th Place

XTC - Grass

Ahh this is one of those albums I should go back and relisten to more. Also gonna go ahead and guess this is Jay's submission. Definitely gives me a good vibe, evocative of memories of being high on a nice day outside in college. Very pleasant, maybe lacking in the "weird" factor I was sort of going for in the prompt but I can't really fault that since it fits in its own way.

8.4

Submitted by: JaggedJimmyJay

Posted: **Thu Oct 17, 2019 11:20 pm**

6, 5, 5

I am the Jeff Fisher of Walrus

Posted: **Thu Oct 17, 2019 11:21 pm**

4th Place

(vimeo embed doesn't work for me, here is the link https://vimeo.com/281945476)

James McAlister, Sufjan Stevens, Nico Muhly, Bryce Dessner - Jupiter

Ooooh this is a pleasant surprise. I absolutely LOVE Planetarium, and this is my favorite track from it (Neptune is up there but this one wins out). Never seen it with this video though, and it is totally awesome -- syncs up very well. And I've never actually seen 2001 but this is making me want to. Damn this is epic. Did I mention I love this song a lot?? Musical perfection. I think it falls just a little bit short on cat fit, but my heart says to give this a high score for beauty.

8.9

Submitted by: Keldeo

Posted: **Thu Oct 17, 2019 11:21 pm**

Turnip Head wrote: ↑Thu Oct 17, 2019 10:55 pm I'm disappointed that nutella didn't get high for this category lol

I’d say the rankings shouldn’t count, but it’s my best round yet.

Oh I’m on the podium. I didn’t try to give nutella anything new this time.

Posted: **Thu Oct 17, 2019 11:30 pm**

Top 3: iaafr, Sloonei, speedchuck

Posted: **Thu Oct 17, 2019 11:31 pm**

I'm excited. I wasn't even sure I qualified!

Posted: **Thu Oct 17, 2019 11:31 pm**

3rd Place

Wolfgore Show - When does a dream become a nightmare?

....Uhhhhhh. What on earth is this lmao hahahahhahaha this is so bizarre and unsettling
Welp, that answered the prompt quite literally and effectively. Jesus. O_O
I feel like I've at least seen/heard part of this before and relegated it to some dark corner of my memory lol (I definitely remember "whipped cream pouring like waterfalls!" -- yeaaahhh this is a classic meme isn't it heh). It absolutely appeals to my sense of humor and category-wise I really can't deny that this sub is right on.

9.0

Submitted by: iaafr

Posted: **Thu Oct 17, 2019 11:32 pm**

Posted: **Thu Oct 17, 2019 11:39 pm**

2nd Place

Radiohead - Lotus Flower

This is Sloonei right? Lol. I'm onto you guys. Anyway, this is another case where I'm intimately familiar with the artist and the particular song so it's a little hard to evaluate fairly, but it definitely works and I definitely love it. The percussion/rhythms on this album are some of the most engaging of all time, and this is the kind of music that no matter how many times I've heard it I just want to close my eyes and let it envelop my brain in its soothing embrace. Damn near perfection.

9.3

Submitted by: Sloonei

Posted: **Thu Oct 17, 2019 11:41 pm**

A Sloonei comeback for the ages.

Posted: **Thu Oct 17, 2019 11:44 pm**

1st Place

Gentle Giant - So Sincere

Oh man this is delightfully weird. (Hard Epi read if that even needs to be said.) It's musically goofy and lyrically perplexing. Definitely somewhere between an acid trip, a disjointed dream, and a riddle. I'm really not sure what this is supposed to be, and that's kind of exactly what this cat was going for.

9.4

Submitted by: speedchuck

Posted: **Thu Oct 17, 2019 11:44 pm**

I hope speed isn't offended that I thought his entry was Epi's.

Posted: **Thu Oct 17, 2019 11:45 pm**

I don't care if Epi is offended.

Posted: **Thu Oct 17, 2019 11:46 pm**

nutella wrote: ↑Thu Oct 17, 2019 11:44 pm I hope speed isn't offended that I thought his entry was Epi's.

I am most definitely not.

Especially with a 1st place spot!

Posted: **Thu Oct 17, 2019 11:47 pm**

your opinion on my first sub is objectively incorrect but that's your burden to bear, not mine

Posted: **Thu Oct 17, 2019 11:47 pm**

Dragon D. Luffy wrote: ↑Thu Oct 17, 2019 10:12 pm I liked Sloon's song for this category, I'm putting in my to-check-again list.

This is a better song from the same band, imo.

Posted: **Thu Oct 17, 2019 11:48 pm**

Understandable to associate a classic prog group with Epignosis

Neat! Nice job gang! Thanks for the fun walkthrough nutella! Looking forward to listening more when I can.

Posted: **Thu Oct 17, 2019 11:49 pm**

JaggedJimmyJay wrote: ↑Thu Oct 17, 2019 11:41 pm A Sloonei comeback for the ages.

Radiohead is cheating.

Posted: **Thu Oct 17, 2019 11:50 pm**

Thank you nutella. I’m already anxious for the rest of these. I also look forward to sitting down to listen to what others have submitted.

Posted: **Thu Oct 17, 2019 11:52 pm**

looking forward to the rest of the reveals

Posted: **Thu Oct 17, 2019 11:53 pm**

Standings through Round 3

Posted: **Thu Oct 17, 2019 11:57 pm**

Cant wait for the next round!

Posted: **Fri Oct 18, 2019 12:04 am**

Surviving on consistent mediocrity.

Posted: **Fri Oct 18, 2019 12:07 am**

If my trend holds true, y’all better watch out. I’m about to have a 14 point song in round 4.

Posted: **Fri Oct 18, 2019 12:15 am**

nutella wrote: ↑Thu Oct 17, 2019 11:44 pm 1st Place

Gentle Giant - So Sincere

Oh man this is delightfully weird. (Hard Epi read if that even needs to be said.) It's musically goofy and lyrically perplexing. Definitely somewhere between an acid trip, a disjointed dream, and a riddle. I'm really not sure what this is supposed to be, and that's kind of exactly what this cat was going for.

9.4

Submitted by: speedchuck

It's a political protest. So sincere becomes so "sin."

The sincere politician is shown to be a sinner.

Posted: **Fri Oct 18, 2019 12:15 am**

The Power and the Glory is my favorite GG album.

Posted: **Fri Oct 18, 2019 12:27 am**

Thanks for the reveal, nutella! Excited to listen to everyone else's tracks.

Apologies for subbing Planetarium, I was trying to go for things you probably hadn't heard before - Bryce Dessner's involvement was probably cutting it close, haha. I'm glad you think the video's cool, I like it a lot!

Posted: **Fri Oct 18, 2019 12:48 am**

#not last

Posted: **Fri Oct 18, 2019 7:34 am**

Sprityo what happens if I beat you in one of the catagories with a VERY sprityo song?

Posted: **Fri Oct 18, 2019 8:11 am**

If you didn't know it was Miley you might think oh this is pretty good. I almost submitted it in the Circe category, I wonder if it would have been more appreciated there.

4-6 are the weakest stretch of songs on my playlist, I hope I can maintain my pace. Looking forward to everyone else's picks

Posted: **Fri Oct 18, 2019 9:42 am**

Dragon D. Luffy wrote: ↑Fri Oct 18, 2019 7:34 am Sprityo what happens if I beat you in one of the catagories with a VERY sprityo song?

I’d like to see you try

Posted: **Fri Oct 18, 2019 11:06 am**

nutella wrote: ↑Thu Oct 17, 2019 10:56 pm 9th Place

Grimes - REALiTi

Video was blocked for me so I found a working one here

Never listened much to Grimes, so this was interesting. I liked it, pretty catchy and her video was fun. Not feeling the category fit that strongly, if anything it's more on the dream side than the drugs side but that's fine. Overall this is a decent track that unfortunately doesn't stand out a ton in my head.

7.2

Submitted by: Texas Cloverleaf

It's too bad the video was blocked, the version you linked is pretty significantly different from the album version, much more dreamy as you said. Album version is much more up tempo, and much better.

Posted: **Fri Oct 18, 2019 12:31 pm**

Oh interesting. I assumed it was the same, it's too bad there had to be a discrepancy there :/ I'll try to find it!

Posted: **Fri Oct 18, 2019 1:43 pm**

When is reveals pt. 2?

Posted: **Fri Oct 18, 2019 2:46 pm**

I found the album version of "REALiTi"

https://vimeo.com/178893108

Posted: **Fri Oct 18, 2019 5:30 pm**

JaggedJimmyJay wrote: ↑Thu Oct 17, 2019 11:01 pm I am presently listening to a song by Miley Cyrus.

Posted: **Fri Oct 18, 2019 5:39 pm**

Dragon D. Luffy wrote: ↑Fri Oct 18, 2019 5:30 pm
JaggedJimmyJay wrote: ↑Thu Oct 17, 2019 11:01 pm I am presently listening to a song by Miley Cyrus.

Posted: **Fri Oct 18, 2019 6:11 pm**

Turnip Head wrote: ↑Fri Oct 18, 2019 2:46 pm I found the album version of "REALiTi"

https://vimeo.com/178893108

Confirming

Posted: **Sat Oct 19, 2019 1:10 pm**

FInally listened to it all. Got some really cool new songs here. I think I'm gonna join every Walrus from now on.

Posted: **Sat Oct 19, 2019 1:12 pm**

Sloonei wrote: ↑Thu Oct 17, 2019 11:47 pm
Dragon D. Luffy wrote: ↑Thu Oct 17, 2019 10:12 pm I liked Sloon's song for this category, I'm putting in my to-check-again list.
This is a better song from the same band, imo.

THis one is pretty good, too. I fell in love in the intro.

Posted: **Sat Oct 19, 2019 9:02 pm**

I came up with some ideas for a few categories and then matching the concepts became to time-consuming for me. Do you have to win the competition to get to be the next judge?

Here's how I started out before giving up:

#1 Battle Song

Spoiler: show

#2 Ocean/Water Song

Spoiler: show

#5 Wind Instrument

Spoiler: show

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