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08-15-2017 , 02:25 AM

#301

xander biscuits

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Originally Posted by Gadarene

popcorn

howdy gad

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08-15-2017 , 09:12 AM

#302

Gadarene

bussing tammates

Join Date: Sep 2004 Posts: 83,007

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Originally Posted by xander biscuits

howdy gad

supppp

you are a fundamentally decent man who seems to have a lot of things figured out about life, and I envy and admire you

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08-15-2017 , 09:19 AM

#303

Gadarene

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Originally Posted by RAORoman

Bleh. I have four submissions left to score. And I'll just spoil you right now and say that the reason this is taking so long is because I decided to listen to the entire albums you guys submitted. 1) Because I couldn't help myself and 2) Because I thought it'd be fun to let you guys know where you messed up when choosing songs.

Anyway, almost there. Also, I am unreliable. Rip.

I like this post a lot

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08-15-2017 , 09:22 AM

#304

xander biscuits

watching a movie

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thanks a lot

I'm not so sure how much of life I've got figured out except going with the flow and trying to find some pleasure every single day.

Admire away, but don't waste your time on envy

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08-15-2017 , 11:09 AM

#305

Gadarene

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Originally Posted by xander biscuits

thanks a lot

I'm not so sure how much of life I've got figured out except going with the flow and trying to find some pleasure every single day.

Admire away, but don't waste your time on envy

You can't tell me what to do

YOU'RE NOT MY REAL DAD

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08-15-2017 , 11:18 AM

#306

JMurder3

not god, probably jebus

Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 53,649

So many sentences ending without periods. You guys might just be related. Hope all is well with Gad, mini xander & Roman.

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08-15-2017 , 11:36 AM

#307

Monkey Banana

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Oh I see

I don't use periods either you know

sometimes

Are you going to play walrus if I run one? I am feeling a bit inspired

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08-15-2017 , 11:46 AM

#308

JMurder3

not god, probably jebus

Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 53,649

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Originally Posted by Monkey Banana

Oh I see

I don't use periods either you know

sometimes

Are you going to play walrus if I run one? I am feeling a bit inspired

Welcome to the xanderene family. Me personally? I could. Doubt my entry would be particularly inspired, though.

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08-23-2017 , 10:01 AM

#309

Gadarene

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Bump

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08-23-2017 , 10:38 AM

#310

RAORoman

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Plan on doing some reveals later today. Somewhere between 5 to 8 reveals. Think it's better for me to do this than just keep delaying it which makes finishing the whole task more daunting.

I asked you guys to submit four songs from an album but I just ended up listening to the whole album. I then picked out my four favourites, so we'll see how well your submissions matched up! Also, I thoroughly enjoy listening to albums more than just a solo song. I think because these songs were complemented by other songs, it allowed me to better understand/enjoy them. So I likely scored stuff higher than I normally would have.

Anyway, glgl.

(I was gonna do this before I saw the bump.)

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08-23-2017 , 10:41 AM

#311

Bloobird

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zomg

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08-23-2017 , 05:04 PM

#312

RAORoman

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Last category - Album songz

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08-23-2017 , 05:07 PM

#313

RAORoman

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In 22nd,

xander biscuits submits Angles by Dan Le Sac vs Scroobius Pip

1. Beat That My Heart Skipped [3.1]
2. Thou Shalt Always Kill [4.4]
3. Letter From God To Man [7.6]
4. Waiting For The Beat To Kick In [4.8]

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I think some of beats are okay - particularly the one from Letter From God To Man which I enjoyed quite a bit. My main issue with these songs are the speaking/rapping. It just comes off as obnoxious to me and I often find the lyrics really pretentious. Beat That My Heart Skipped features off-putting parts where the guy seems to be rapping faster than he's capable of and ends up tripping over his own words. The other two songs failed to impress.

Score: 19.9

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08-23-2017 , 05:11 PM

#314

RAORoman

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In 21st,

Weatherguy submits All You Can Do by Watsky

1. Right Now [7.7]
2. Never Let It Die [7.0]
3. Sarajevo [6.0]
4. Cannonball [5.2]

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Some okay stuff, some less so. On Sarajevo and Cannonball, it's not that I think the songs are bad... they just mostly fail to keep my interest very long. Right Now and Let It Die are both feelgood songs with cute choruses; however, I think Let It Die's instrumentation sounds kinda shallow and holds it back from scoring higher.

Score: 25.9

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08-23-2017 , 05:12 PM

#315

rtspurs

Stats Amore

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zomg

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08-23-2017 , 05:15 PM

#316

RAORoman

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In 20th,

KarmaDope submits Do You Wanna Start A War by Fozzy

1. Do You Wanna Start A War [7.4]
2. Lights Go Out [6.6]
3. One Crazed Anarchist [7.1]
4. Witchery [6.0]

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Huh, I didn't know Chris Jericho had a band. I had low expectations but listening to this wasn't too bad. Plenty of good moments here and there. Lights Go Out would have scored higher with a better chorus. And the really awesome bass playing in Witchery seems wasted by having it at the very end of a song that wasn't keeping my interest very well before that.

Score: 27.1

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08-23-2017 , 05:20 PM

#317

RAORoman

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In 19th,

4maskwolf submits The Unforgiving by Within Temptation

1. Shot In The Dark [6.4]
2. Iron [7.1]
3. Sinéad [6.5]
4. A Demon's Fate [7.4]

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So there's a recurring theme here among the submitted songs... And that is that the weakest part of all four songs is the chorus, imo. A Demon's Fate has the most forgivable chorus. But it's most disappointing in Iron because I feel that song had more potential but the chorus holds it back so much. There's plenty of stuff outside the choruses that I like - particularly the verses for the songs sans Shot In The Dark.

Score: 27.4

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08-23-2017 , 05:25 PM

#318

RAORoman

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In 18th,

Xicor submits Peace Is The Mission by Major Lazer

1. Lean On [8.2]
2. Powerful [7.0]
3. Night Riders [5.5]
4. All My Love [7.5]

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I hadn't actually heard Lean On before this although I was aware that it was a huge hit and I can see why - great song and MØ sounds great as usual (so this walrus has taught me). I think I only like All My Love because Ariana's singing helped carry the song - definitely didn't have as good instrumentation as Lean On. Night Rider's hook is just... not good and that hurt it.

Score: 28.2

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08-23-2017 , 05:29 PM

#319

RAORoman

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In 17th,

gbsfranca submits Take Off Your Pants And Jacket by blink-182

1. Anthem Part Two [7.4]
2. Online Songs [6.8]
3. Story Of A Lonely Guy [6.5]
4. Stay Together For The Kids [8.0]

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These songs sound like standard blink-182. Pop-punk songs where some are catchy like Anthem Part Two and some are a bit more miss like the following two songs. Stay Together For The Kids scores higher for actually making me feel unlike the other songs and the chorus is kickass; piano at the end is a nice touch too.

Score: 28.7

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08-23-2017 , 05:29 PM

#320

xander biscuits

watching a movie

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This was the category I was least happy with but the problem is that I don't listen to albums much

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08-23-2017 , 05:31 PM

#321

RAORoman

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I have one more reveal written out but I'm not sure if this next placement is right.. so we'll stop here for today. I believe I should have another ~6 reveals ready for tomorrow. Probably around evening server time.

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08-23-2017 , 07:48 PM

#322

Gadarene

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Really enjoying this cat reveal

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08-24-2017 , 09:29 PM

#323

RAORoman

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Will do some 5 reveals soon.

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08-24-2017 , 10:52 PM

#324

RAORoman

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In 16th,

Gadarene submits WHB by We Have Band

1. Divisive [7.3]
2. Oh! [6.4]
3. Honeytrap [7.4]
4. You Came Out [8.0]

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Oh! is one of those songs that makes you cringe but also manages to get you swaying a bit. The other songs have less cringe and more swaying so it's a plus. Honeytrap had potential... just needed something more. You Came Out earns best song here for being fun and quirky - they did a really good job on the instrumentation here.

Score: 29.1

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08-24-2017 , 10:57 PM

#325

RAORoman

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In 15th,

CrimsonFox submits A Trick Of The Tail by Genesis

1. Dance On A Volcano [6.5]
2. Squonk [7.5]
3. Mad Mad Moon [8.1]
4. A Trick Of The Tail [7.2]

Quote:

I guess Dance On A Volcano is okay but my mind never fails to wander off when listening to it so that hurts it a bit. Mad Mad Moon is a relaxing trip - really enjoyed the piano here. Squonk gets the "had lots of potential but is missing something" critique.

Score: 29.3

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