Non-metal Themed Mixtape Game

[CiG]

It's cool you've been busy with the year threads.

 

[no country for old wainds]

Korn - Daddy (demo)
laughably dark and shrill to the point of parody, and it's probably metal, and in places it verges on the southern fried groove i uniformly hate, and it's gay. i don't actually hate this musically but i prefer some of the other korn songs that use basically the exact same beat lol 3/10

UGK - One Day
swallowed under city lights. 10/10

Violent Femmes - Death Country Song
i should check out this album, i was never impressed with the debut but this is pretty wild, and yeah, sardonic in that 'maggie's farm' way i rather like. songs about killing children are never not fun, and the great production really helps. 8.5/10

Marty Robbins - They're Hanging Me Tonight
greatness is pretty self-evident, maybe too one-note to have much replay value tho? 8.5/10

Meiko Kaji - Atashi Umarete Fushiawase
オーロラ！今年の今の時？この日の時刻？国のこの部分では？完全にあなたの台所の中にローカライズ？7/10

Serge Lama - Je Suis Malade
such a fucking arg pick lmao. he's an odd fellow. 5/10

Abner Jay - I'm So Depressed
no kidding. 10/10

Dark Sanctuary - D'Une Mère à Sa Fille
i know this band very well but they're way too flowery and overwrought for me these days. 3/10

Isabel Bayrakdarian and The Minasyan Duduk Quartet - Dle Yaman
dead can dance and co wish they were this. 10/10

Gillian Welch and Dave Rawlings - The Way It Will Be
surprised by how lovely this is. 9/10

didn't judge 'thematicness' too hard this time since mine was a little iffy. quality playlist anywho.

 

[Vegard Pompey]

Meiko Kaji - Atashi Umarete Fushiawase
オーロラ！今年の今の時？この日の時刻？国のこの部分では？完全にあなたの台所の中にローカライズ？7/10

I've apparently made it far enough into my Japanese studies to figure out this that this was a steamed hams reference without looking anything up. All my hard work is finally paying off!

 

[CiG]

@Vegard Pompey and @dwellerINTHEdark ending this in the next couple of days.

 

[Vegard Pompey]

Not gonna rate this one, sorry.

 

[dwellerINTHEdark]

I'm out too. Should've rated yesterday but I forgot.

 

[Omni]

Does that mean nobody else who played is going to rate? If so, I think it's pointless to keep it open.

 

[dwellerINTHEdark]

Hold up I'm gonna try to get this done at work if possible.

 

[viewerfromnihil]

Not in on this, but I listened to everything anyways. Anybody else notice that the Dark Sanctuary song was just a shitty rendition of the first nine bars of Beethoven's Moonlight Sonata?

 

[Omni]

@Black Orifice

You should also rate the songs since you listened to it.

 

[dwellerINTHEdark]

Korn - Daddy (demo)
Not without its merits. 5/10.

UGK - One Day
Rather boring. 3/10.

Violent Femmes - Death Country Song
Love the darkness and the twang. 9/10.

Marty Robbins - They're Hanging Me Tonight
I like a good murder ballad but this is a little too subdued. 6/10.

Meiko Kaji - Atashi Umarete Fushiawase
Cool flutes and nice voice. 6/10.

Serge Lama - Je Suis Malade
I likes me the French language, and great instrumentation. 7/10.

Abner Jay - I'm So Depressed
What a whiney whino. He can play guitar adequately. 4/10.

Dark Sanctuary - D'Une Mère à Sa Fille
Melancholy and ethereal vocals usually work. 6/10.

Isabel Bayrakdarian and The Minasyan Duduk Quartet - Dle Yaman
Dead Can Dancey indeed. Real sorrowful, beautiful stuff. 8/10.

Gillian Welch and Dave Rawlings - The Way It Will Be
She looks ruff. Not super engaging. 4/10.

 

[viewerfromnihil]

@Black Orifice

You should also rate the songs since you listened to it.

Just for you boo:

Korn - Daddy (demo)
Not non-metal, but a solid pick. 7/10

UGK - One Day
Good on the theme, great lyrics, not big on the music. 6/10

Violent Femmes - Death Country Song
Whimsical and dark at the same time. Never a bad combination. 8/10

Marty Robbins - They're Hanging Me Tonight
Lyrics are great and the voice is impeccable. 9/10

Meiko Kaji - Atashi Umarete Fushiawase
No thanks. 3/10

Serge Lama - Je Suis Malade
My French is almost non-existent, but he mentioned smoking in the first line. Quite french. Instrumentation is meh. Corny. The singer is great though, and from what I can pick up in the lyrics it's more than fitting. 8/10

Abner Jay - I'm So Depressed
Speaks for itself. 10/10

Dark Sanctuary - D'Une Mère à Sa Fille
Low-energy. Can't even play Beethoven right. Sad! 2/10

Isabel Bayrakdarian and The Minasyan Duduk Quartet - Dle Yaman
Good stuff. 9/10

Gillian Welch and Dave Rawlings - The Way It Will Be
It's good, but it's not exceptional. I like that they start out with unison before jumping into harmony. That's not too common. Having tenor sing above alto also sounded great. 7/10


Overall, not bad, but not awesome. How did Elliott Smith or Nick Drake not this list?

If I had participated and felt like being an ass, I totally would picked this:

 

[CiG]

Does that mean nobody else who played is going to rate? If so, I think it's pointless to keep it open.

Ending it today.

 

[CiG]

How did...Nick Drake not this list?

Agreed. Had I been playing I actually had a Nick Drake song in kind.

 

[CiG]

The winner is: TechnicalBarbarity.

Isabel Bayrakdarian and The Minasyan Duduk Quartet - Dle Yaman (@TechnicalBarbarity) 84.5
Abner Jay - I'm So Depressed (@Omni) 81.5
Marty Robbins - They're Hanging Me Tonight (@Dazed and Brutal) 80
Gillian Welch and Dave Rawlings - The Way It Will Be (@Satanstoenail) 68
Meiko Kaji - Atashi Umarete Fushiawase (@Vegard Pompey) 64.5
UGK - One Day (@no country for old wainds) 63.5
Violent Femmes - Country Death Song (@dwellerINTHEdark) 61.5
Serge Lama - Je Suis Malade (@arg) 58
Korn - Daddy (demo) (@HamburgerBoy) 48
Dark Sanctuary - D'Une Mère à Sa Fille (@Serjeant Grumbles) 45

 

[Omni]

I'm so glad that @dwellerINTHEdark helped me avoid the onerous task of hosting one of these even though I think it's amazing that someone could consider Abner Jay whiny while submitting that Violent Femmes song.

 

[Dazed and Brutal]

Damn that was a reaaallly close round. Kudos to @TechnicalBarbarity

 

[CiG]

Fitting win, considering the link between TB, Armenians and tragedy. Great song too, he really deserved this win.

Also, that kid up there is HBB and that ice cream on the floor is his shitty Korn submission.

 

[TechnicalBarbarity]

 

[CiG]

Good luck running one of these fucking things, cunt.