Non-metal Themed Mixtape Game

[arg]

Hank Williams - Alone and Forsaken - dude sounds lonely alright but i dont wanna hear him sing about it 4
Creation of Sunlight - Light Without Heat - 5 hippie shit
Ricky Martin - Nobody Wants to be Lonely - modern song, popular singers, production value... better give it a shit score even if it has a beautiful melody, sexy beat and amazing vocal performances!!! jackasses 10
Devics - Forget Tomorrow - pretty and sad 9
Sayuri Ishikawa - Tsugaru Kaikyo Fuyugeshiki - it's interesting hearing japanese and reading french while translating into english in my head. painfully lovely song 9
Velvet Underground - After Hours - simple and pleasant 8
The Cure - The Drowning Man - 9 melancholic in a wonderful way
God - My Pal - 7.5 pretty good. a bit kurt cobainey
Sandy Denny - Fotheringay - 8 quite nice

 

[Omni]

More rating, please. You guys are lazy.

 

[Serjeant Grumbles]

Hank Williams - Alone and Forsaken
9/10
Proto gothic country

Creation of Sunlight - Light Without Heat
7.5/10
Wistful psychadelia

Ricky Martin - Nobody Wants to be Lonely
5.5/10
It's not what I would call good, but it's not dogshit either. Latin-influenced pop of that era was by and large devoid of that insipid happy-go-lucky aesthetic that dominates pop from most other eras in recent memory.

Devics - Forget Tomorrow
9/10
Very noir and even a bit ominous.

Sayuri Ishikawa - Tsugaru Kaikyo Fuyugeshiki
8/10
Weeaboos ought to jerk off to this rather than jpop, but I guess it's not kawaii enough.

Velvet Underground - After Hours
6/10
Even though it does bear that hallmarks of twee shit, it's at least better executed than most of its ilk.

The Cure - The Drowning Man
8/10
I must confess that I've never listened that much to The Cure.

God - My Pal
8/10
Geez, we've had two "my pals" songs in a row. Can we lay off the racism, guys?

Sandy Denny - Fotheringay
8.5/10
Raw melancholy

 

[HamburgerBoy]

Not sure when this is closing but I'll r8 2nite

 

[Omni]

Not sure when this is closing but I'll r8 2nite

Depending on where you live, there is a chance that it's technically the next day. Get on it, man.

 

[HamburgerBoy]

I'm still at work and my definition of midnight is more like 4AM.

 

[HamburgerBoy]

Hank Williams - Alone and Forsaken – alright but plain, heard this kind of thing too many times, 5/10

Creation of Sunlight - Light Without Heat – not much into hippie shit but this song seems particularly lush and textured compared to a lot of what I’ve heard, really enjoying this, 9/10

Ricky Martin - Nobody Wants to be Lonely – fantastic all around, I need to add Ricky Martin to my iPod for my commute, 8/10

Devics - Forget Tomorrow – did nothing for me, cookie-cutter creepy-dollhouse music, 4/10

Sayuri Ishikawa - Tsugaru Kaikyo Fuyugeshiki – her voice makes it, 7.5/10

Velvet Underground - After Hours – I’m more partial towards Jane’s Addiction and Bush, but this is pretty good alternative rock, 7/10

The Cure - The Drowning Man – was going to say I like the earlier Cure stuff to their more famous material but this still dragged, maybe they pioneered this stuff but others did the gloomy jangle thing better, very tiring, 3/10

God - My Pal – this was a fantastic perfect little song, will explore further, 10/10

Sandy Denny – Fotheringay – also excellent, listened to this one twice because it went too quickly the first time, really captivating, 10/10

Great playlist overall, even though there’s some stuff I didn’t like it felt particularly cohesive.

 

[Vegard Pompey]

@no country for old wainds
@Slayed Necros

just waiting on the two of you now.

 

[Slayed Necros]

Unlikely that I'll get around to this, sorry.

 

[no country for old wainds]

Hank Williams - Alone and Forsaken
undeniable 8/10

Creation of Sunlight - Light Without Heat
grew on me a lot despite my general aversion to drugged out psych pop. 7.5/10

Ricky Martin - Nobody Wants to be Lonely
it's no 'maria' that's for sure. un, dos, tres/10

Devics - Forget Tomorrow
probably not something i would normally enjoy, but it succeeds through vaguely reminding me of several things i love. 7.5/10

Sayuri Ishikawa - Tsugaru Kaikyo Fuyugeshiki
lol it's so obvious who submitted basically all of these 8/10

Velvet Underground - After Hours
i enjoy this kind of brittle lo-fi twee, and this was the grandmother of that scene. ridiculous how VU manage to sound more modern than virtually everyone in the '70s and '80s, let alone the '60s. 7.5/10

The Cure - The Drowning Man
more of a PORNOGRAPHY man myself, FAITH is too much of a grey mopey dirge for me these days but i still like it a fair amount. production elevates it a little. 6.5/10

God - My Pal
lol at this being the actual title. 9/10

Sandy Denny - Fotheringay
yes 9.5/10

 

[Vegard Pompey]

I'm going to wrap this up since everyone who was going to rate has already done so.

The winner is @arg with Ricky Martin - Nobody Wants to be Lonely!

RIcky Martin (@arg) - 10.00
Sandy Denny (@CASSETTEISGOD) - 9.00
God (@Satanstoenail) - 8.64
Sayuri Ishikawa (me, duh) - 8.36
Hank Williams (@Slayed Necros) - 7.57
The Cure (@Omni) - 7.50
Devics (@Serjeant Grumbles) - 7.50
Creation of Sunlight (@HamburgerBoy) - 7.00
Velvet Underground (@no country for old wainds) - 7.00

For the record, my ratings: 10, 6, 0, 6, 10, 9, 9, 9, 10

 

[CiG]

Ricky fucking Martin won? Disgraceful.

 

[no country for old wainds]

congratulations, a worthy winner.

 

[Omni]

I hope the same thing happens in the metal game with that "Interstellar Meets Metal" song.

 

[arg]

Oh wow I can’t believe I won. This is so surreal. I’d like to thank my colleagues, the academy, and my savior Jesus Christ

And the fans! Without you I wouldn’t be here. Much love, mwah!

 

[arg]

APOLOGIES

 

[TechnicalBarbarity]

But didnt NoWainds give that shitty ricky martin song a 3? How does it have a 10?

 

[Serjeant Grumbles]

It's impossible for it do get a ten average. He's just jerking everyone's chain. The Denny's song is the real winner.

 

[Omni]

Way to go, Serjeant Buzzkill. I wanted to see how far this would go and you broke it. You also broke poor little Augusto's heart. You are a cruel man.

 

[TechnicalBarbarity]

It's impossible for it do get a ten average.

Nooooo. Realllyyy????