looks like bloo was able to lift us out of 'the great walrus depression of 2014'. so let's keep this going.
while he is revealing, here is a new sign-up.


how to play:

you pick one song for each of the 7 categories i post and send them to me in a pm (with youtube links)
i will rank the songs. ranking is based on 1) how much i like the song, 2) category fit, 3) uniqueness of the pick (no strict rule about obviousness, but try to not submit songs that we've all heard a hundred times)


categories:

1) a wake up song - i'm not talking about 7 am on a cold monday morning in february here. think sunny saturday morning, you slept in, in all likelihood it's going to be a glorious day. so with which song would you like to start it?

2) a 2014/15 song - unfortunately we didn't have a 'best of 2014' walrus. i blame nick and bloo for going to asia during the time when that should have happenend to eat spiders and whatever else they were doing . but here is your chance to submit a 2014 song. and since we are already a couple of month into 2015 let's include that time as well

3) a song that builds - a song where in some way the intensity builds over time. (sigur ros = 0, i love sigur ros and songs that build are obviously their thing but i don't want this to be a "rank these sigur ros songs" category)

4) a melancholic song - let's bring down the mood

5) a sweet song - so in his reveal bloo described a song as 'almost offensively twee' which made me question if such a thing even possible. we will see. give me something cute, sweet, adorable, whatever you want to call it

6) a travel song - a song about travelling or a song that inspires you to travel

7) an album closer - i like listening to complete albums. for an album to be really outstanding it has to have a great closer. something you look forward to


my taste:

first of all i would say: who cares what i like? just submit something you like and laugh at me if i hate it.
anyway, some might want to describe my taste as hipsterish i usually lean towards the various forms of indie and alternative music with a lot of electronic and folk music mixed in. also some post-rock and punk. and a good popsong is always welcome. hiphop and rnb could work but it's pretty hit and miss. i have basically zero exposure to country music and so far no one convinced me that i should change that. usually metal isn't my thing. same goes for jazz and soul. if a song could be described as funky you probably want to save it for a different walrus. that's all i can think of right now.


deadline: february 26 (assuming that bloo is done by then. otherwise until his reveal is finished)

HERE WE GO

I will probably kill my entry with soul and jazz and funk since those seem to be the most glaring holes in your taste, but maybe I'll pander. (HTF can you not like funk?)

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you can always try to change my mind. i'm probably more interested in entrys like that, than the ones that consist of the latest tracks liked by pitchfork. (though i can't promise that will be evident in the rankings)

Excellent categories, mods should look at this and learn how to keep it simple.

I'm bagsieing Hey QT for number 5 so hands off bitches

Already submitted it for number 2.

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Seems like my kinda walrus. Will attempt to put something together.

Oh man. So many super long songs to submit for 3). Will that be a negative though?

no, that's fine

In, just sent you my list

Posting to remind myself to in at some point

I'll hopefully remember to in this.

Welcome to the world of Walrus, based on you contributions in Bloo's game I think you'll fit in.

ditto

I am not really sure if I understand cat. 7 correctly. Do I have to submit the last song of an album's tracklist?

Also, what is your stance on non-English lyrics?

yes, that's correct.

fyp

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are there rules about picking live versions of songs?

there is definitely no rule against it. if you think the live version adds something to the song or is more interesting than the studio version i would encourage submitting the live version.