Pop Premiership Week 4 RESULTS
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hauntedballroom's results, a quick mention that the response for week 5 so far has been VERY LOW! (by the first four weeks' standards) - I won't list all the names but I'll try and send reminders out tomorrow.
Revelations for this and the Chart Championship at about 2.
"Thank you for all the tracks; I like how incoherent it sounded overall. I didn't recognise any of the songs except that one was a cover of 'Love is the Drug'. I found it easy to decide which songs I loved and hated but there were a few that I was ambivalent about. The placings between seven and ten were especially hard.
01. Polysics - "Married To A Frenchman": I liked the robot noises and crackles and pops a lot on this but felt that it was a little bit self-consciously busy. I wasn't too keen on the guitar either. I used to really like Bis which this sounds a lot like but isn't I don't think, and I would have enjoyed this track a lot more when I did. 8th Place - LOSE -katstevens done too much fanny dangle.
02. Built Like Alaska - "Mistake #2". I don't know how this relates to any of the stuff that I said I liked at all! It really isn't to my taste. It seems to attempt plaintive and mournful and ends up being dreary and whiny. Sorry I really think it deserves 11th place - LOSE - tactical disaster forbengraham.
03. Appleton - "Blow My Mind". I really liked this after a second listen. It's slick and shiny with a really good pop chorus and fun lyrics. I like that I couldn't decide whether I loved it or hated it at first. 5th Place - WIN - game of two halves seesdubdobdee sneak a win.
04. Asian Dub Foundation ft Sinead O Connor - "1000 Mirrors". I really liked the music but not the vocals, if this track was an instrumental I would have liked it a lot more. 10th Place - LOSE - red card for striker leavesbraisedbywolves high and dry.
05. Bill Orcutt - "Yes Blues". This is something that I would definitely listen to normally, a really good choice. The sparseness and the intersection of the voice and instruments reminded me of Throbbing Gristle or someone like that. Easily a winner. 2nd Place - WIN - Direct tactics pay off forxyzzzz_
06. Six Finger Satellite - "Paralysed By Normal Life". Another really good track. I enjoyed it all especially the cheesy keyboard. A good-fun-to-dance-to song a bit like the Fall. 4th Place - WIN - Carefree play makes it all look so easy forjel_bugle.
07. Georgy Ligeti - "Lux Aeterna". My favourite track. It's really strange but I thought about requesting interesting choral music in my introduction but thought it didn't seem pop enough. I love the sinister wash of sound, how unsettling it is, like an underwater cathedral. I am really, really pleased with this track. Thanks! 1st Place - WIN - unconventional tactics create dominant win forinhibitorylinks.
08. Tori Amos - "Datura". Angsty overblown vocals over the top of some muttering and music that sounds a bit like a corporate video. Then it stops and then another four minutes that sound a bit like a different song. It reminded me of a soundtrack to a mini soap opera or something with mood changes. I thought about it a lot and can't place it higher because I don't really like it, but in terms of interesting to think about it comes high. 9th Place - LOSE - inconsistency costsalexmacpherson dear.
09. Nobukazi Takemura - "Croon". Pretty and pleasant enough but kind of bland. Liked the vocals and the xylophone but somehow it added up to less than the sum of its parts. I liked it enough to draw. 6th Place - DRAW - not one for the neutral as draw specialiststrange_powers nets another point.
10. Millionaire - "Wake Up The Children". I like things like this if they are a bit sparser. It's kind of cheesy because of the melody. Emptier I would have liked it a lot. 7th Place - LOSE -fugitivemotel in first defeat of the season.
11. Kate Wax - "Catch The Buzz". A cover of 'Love is the Drug' by Roxy Music. The only thing I recognised but I didn't know who it was by. An interesting reworking I think – the throwaway, emotionless vocalisation provides an interesting counterpoint to the lyrics and sense of the original. 3rd Place - WIN -zenith's experienced back line delivers the goods.
hauntedballroom's results, a quick mention that the response for week 5 so far has been VERY LOW! (by the first four weeks' standards) - I won't list all the names but I'll try and send reminders out tomorrow.Revelations for this and the Chart Championship at about 2.
"Thank you for all the tracks; I like how incoherent it sounded overall. I didn't recognise any of the songs except that one was a cover of 'Love is the Drug'. I found it easy to decide which songs I loved and hated but there were a few that I was ambivalent about. The placings between seven and ten were especially hard.
01. Polysics - "Married To A Frenchman": I liked the robot noises and crackles and pops a lot on this but felt that it was a little bit self-consciously busy. I wasn't too keen on the guitar either. I used to really like Bis which this sounds a lot like but isn't I don't think, and I would have enjoyed this track a lot more when I did. 8th Place - LOSE -
katstevens done too much fanny dangle.02. Built Like Alaska - "Mistake #2". I don't know how this relates to any of the stuff that I said I liked at all! It really isn't to my taste. It seems to attempt plaintive and mournful and ends up being dreary and whiny. Sorry I really think it deserves 11th place - LOSE - tactical disaster for
bengraham.03. Appleton - "Blow My Mind". I really liked this after a second listen. It's slick and shiny with a really good pop chorus and fun lyrics. I like that I couldn't decide whether I loved it or hated it at first. 5th Place - WIN - game of two halves sees
dubdobdee sneak a win.04. Asian Dub Foundation ft Sinead O Connor - "1000 Mirrors". I really liked the music but not the vocals, if this track was an instrumental I would have liked it a lot more. 10th Place - LOSE - red card for striker leaves
braisedbywolves high and dry.05. Bill Orcutt - "Yes Blues". This is something that I would definitely listen to normally, a really good choice. The sparseness and the intersection of the voice and instruments reminded me of Throbbing Gristle or someone like that. Easily a winner. 2nd Place - WIN - Direct tactics pay off for
xyzzzz_06. Six Finger Satellite - "Paralysed By Normal Life". Another really good track. I enjoyed it all especially the cheesy keyboard. A good-fun-to-dance-to song a bit like the Fall. 4th Place - WIN - Carefree play makes it all look so easy for
jel_bugle.07. Georgy Ligeti - "Lux Aeterna". My favourite track. It's really strange but I thought about requesting interesting choral music in my introduction but thought it didn't seem pop enough. I love the sinister wash of sound, how unsettling it is, like an underwater cathedral. I am really, really pleased with this track. Thanks! 1st Place - WIN - unconventional tactics create dominant win for
inhibitorylinks.08. Tori Amos - "Datura". Angsty overblown vocals over the top of some muttering and music that sounds a bit like a corporate video. Then it stops and then another four minutes that sound a bit like a different song. It reminded me of a soundtrack to a mini soap opera or something with mood changes. I thought about it a lot and can't place it higher because I don't really like it, but in terms of interesting to think about it comes high. 9th Place - LOSE - inconsistency costs
alexmacpherson dear.09. Nobukazi Takemura - "Croon". Pretty and pleasant enough but kind of bland. Liked the vocals and the xylophone but somehow it added up to less than the sum of its parts. I liked it enough to draw. 6th Place - DRAW - not one for the neutral as draw specialist
strange_powers nets another point.10. Millionaire - "Wake Up The Children". I like things like this if they are a bit sparser. It's kind of cheesy because of the melody. Emptier I would have liked it a lot. 7th Place - LOSE -
fugitivemotel in first defeat of the season.11. Kate Wax - "Catch The Buzz". A cover of 'Love is the Drug' by Roxy Music. The only thing I recognised but I didn't know who it was by. An interesting reworking I think – the throwaway, emotionless vocalisation provides an interesting counterpoint to the lyrics and sense of the original. 3rd Place - WIN -
zenith's experienced back line delivers the goods.
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If it had been me...
Date: 2007-03-28 06:16 pm (UTC)I guessed #3 might be Appleton. This song didn't click with me on first listen, but it might grow on me with repeat plays.
Of the rest, #10 was the stand-out for me - great slice of noisy guitar pop that reminded me of Silverfish a bit. #11 very good too. #2 surprisingly good: this is far from the sort of thing I would choose to listen to, but it was very well structured. Unlike some of the other songs, the lengthy running time seemed fully justified. I quite liked the understated vocals too.
I skipped rapidly through #5. Not really the sort of noise-fest I like.
My winners then (based on one listen) would have been:
Millionaire
Kate Wax
Built Like Alaska
Polysics
Nobukazi Takemura (with potential for Appleton to replace him)