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03-23-2015 , 03:15 AM
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I'm almost ready for next reveal btw but I think it best if I leave it til tomorrow night (i.e. another 20 hours or so) because there are instrumental submissions and such that need a while to get my head around.
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03-23-2015 , 05:57 AM
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wow Nick I LOVE that song!
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03-23-2015 , 06:13 AM
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Reveal def tonight sometime local, meaning in the next 3 hours sometime.
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03-23-2015 , 06:15 AM
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03-23-2015 , 06:47 AM
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Don't trust him. He kills children.
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03-23-2015 , 06:48 AM
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I, for one, am outraged that Chris is revealing OVER TWO HOURS LATE. Don't think we should stand for it.
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03-23-2015 , 06:59 AM
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Go back to your corner and be quiet there, Bloobird!
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03-23-2015 , 07:48 AM
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OK bros LETTUCE REVEAL.
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03-23-2015 , 07:50 AM
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03-23-2015 , 07:52 AM
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03-23-2015 , 07:54 AM
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CATEGORY 2: 2) A song that showcases my favourite instrument, the piano, at its best. (Ben Folds = 0).

This was generally a bit easier to rank, although it was a bit too stacked up top. There were 4 podium-worthy submissions and after several counts my pet walrus assures me that podiums only have three places.

What would I have submitted?

Spoiler:
Since I'm too lazy to think of something else, here's something I actually have submitted to a walrus:

Dream Theatre - Wait For Sleep



I generally hate Dream Theatre and this is the only song of theirs in my collection. It's a little overwrought and overproduced, but it captures the calming, slightly dream-like quality that I love about the piano.

Yeah, that has a few of you rethinking your submissions I bet :P
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03-23-2015 , 07:57 AM
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In 11th place, scoring 1 point

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I think I like this game.
Well ****, we can't have that, can we.


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Crimson Fox with Cancer by Joe Jackson



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Ugh. I've never liked what I've heard of Joe Jackson. Find him generally dull and middle-of-the-roadish. This song also features a very irritating and repetitive vocal line, and that faux-jazz thing it has going on really rubs me up the wrong way as well. Couldn't find much to like about this I'm afraid.
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03-23-2015 , 07:59 AM
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ZOMG reveal.

I really wanted to go Shearwater here but figured it'd be cheating given how much Chris loved The World in 1984.
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03-23-2015 , 08:01 AM
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As with the previous round, that concludes the songs I actively disliked. I'm more "ehhhh" about the next few songs than I was on round 1 though.

In 10th place, scoring 2 points

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Willi with At The Ivy Gate by Brian Crain



You probably thought you were good to go after that little speech about dream-like tracks in the intro, but I'm not feelin' this.

Simple at heart and more "pretty" than actually having much emotional resonance. It was in Shrek apparently? Even though I don't think it was purpose-written for a score, it has that same sound. It would do a great job on a score but I'd never just sit and listen to this.
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03-23-2015 , 08:02 AM
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ZOMG reveal.

I really wanted to go Shearwater here but figured it'd be cheating given how much Chris loved The World in 1984.
I've listened to some of their other stuff, haven't liked any of the rest close to as much. I will work through their albums at some point. I have so little time now, partly I wanted to run a walrus as a commitment to actually sit and listen to some new music.
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03-23-2015 , 08:04 AM
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In 9th place, scoring 3 points

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Dexy with If you ever need a stranger (to sing at your wedding) by Jens Lekman



First of all, Jesus Christ, what is going on with the production on this? It sounds like the vocals were recorded on an iPhone in a bathroom. I don't usually notice such things but this really distracts.

I have some other issues with the song. I don't really like him as a singer, I feel like the song would be better sung an octave up, and the lyrics are... like, this is a line in the song: ""I would cut off my right arm to be someone's lover"". Cue eye roll. Pretty sure his right arm IS his lover.

The piano in this song is nice for sure, and I feel like there's a good song trying to get out. This is unfortunately a rare case of style overruling substance on a song. I find it hard to overlook the list of things that annoy me.
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03-23-2015 , 08:14 AM
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In 8th place, scoring 4 points

I dunno man. I haven't even listened to most of the rest of your submission yet but this might not be your walrus.

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Jabonator with Out of Sight, Out of Mind by The Reign of Kindo



As with your last submission, it's hard to point to anything concretely wrong with this. It feels a bit style over substance to me again - I don't find it engaging. I can imagine other people liking it a lot, I'm just not that guy.
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03-23-2015 , 08:17 AM
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Is Dexy an irl friend of yours or just a new Walruser? He's off to a pretty good start.

Edit: imo, not so much in Chris' opinion
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03-23-2015 , 08:21 AM
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03-23-2015 , 08:26 AM
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All the songs from this point on I enjoyed quite a bit.

In 7th place, scoring 5 points

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SMUTTTT with Perpetuum Mobile - Penguin Cafe Orchestra



This is hard to judge after how overplayed that Avicii track has been. I didn't realise that was a total ripoff.

I do like it quite a bit but it sits at the bottom of the songs I enjoyed in part because I don't think it's a good category fit. To me the strings are very much the driving force of the piece.
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03-23-2015 , 08:28 AM
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Is Dexy an irl friend of yours or just a new Walruser? She's off to a pretty good start.
FYP. And yeah, irl friend. Big music lover and a woman of eclectic taste.
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03-23-2015 , 08:31 AM
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In 6th place, scoring 6 points

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DonkDonkDonkDonk with Bike Ride by Dark Dark Dark

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The first time it dawned on me there weren't going to be any vocals I was like "wtf is this, this is too minimalist to have no vocals". It definitely grew on me, it's a nice piece. I still feel like it underdelivers a hair and it's not mixing it with the top few songs because of that.
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03-23-2015 , 08:33 AM
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FYP. And yeah, irl friend. Big music lover and a woman of eclectic taste.


Always fun with some fresh blood in Walrus.
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03-23-2015 , 08:37 AM
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Indeed. I hope she reads the thread. I suspect she isn't so far. (If you are, post!). I'll remind her to read it at some point. She's a busy person.
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03-23-2015 , 08:44 AM
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In 5th place, scoring 7 points

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WesleyC with Carol of the Bells by George Winston



I find it mildly amusing that having listed classical as a dubious genre, people's reaction to this category was to deluge me in instrumentals (there's one more to come).

Nice piece. One of my favourite bits - and I know it's simple - was just that slightly menacing repeated 4-note riff that makes up the backbone of the song. I'd have preferred it if the song explored that menacing feel a bit more and maybe went a little more experimental. It stayed in fairly straightforward territory though. But yeah, I like it a lot and it falls just outside the elite top 4.
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