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Final Round 11

Posted: 03 May 2021, 2:54pm
by WestwayKid
5 songs remain and we're done!!

Re: Final Round 11

Posted: 03 May 2021, 2:55pm
by Flex
Fuck it, time for Strawberry Fields Forever to go. Let's slay a king.

Re: Final Round 11

Posted: 03 May 2021, 3:04pm
by Dr. Medulla
"A Day in the Life." I thought it'd be an easier choice but I listened to it this weekend and the build-up of strings is incredibly anxiety-producing. Really effective sense of the walls closing in. Still, of the five remaining, I can probably generate the most reservations.

Don't get the voting against SFF, tho, save for some kind of principled(?) contrarianism. If that's the stance, why not go after it in the initial rounds and instead rally around "Your Mother Should Know"? Once the songs have made it this far, that kind of killing sacred cows seems daffy to me.

Re: Final Round 11

Posted: 03 May 2021, 3:11pm
by Sparky
Today I said goodbye to SFF.

Re: Final Round 11

Posted: 03 May 2021, 3:28pm
by Silent Majority
Happiness Is A Warm Bye.

Re: Final Round 11

Posted: 03 May 2021, 3:45pm
by Flex
Dr. Medulla wrote:
03 May 2021, 3:04pm
"A Day in the Life." I thought it'd be an easier choice but I listened to it this weekend and the build-up of strings is incredibly anxiety-producing. Really effective sense of the walls closing in. Still, of the five remaining, I can probably generate the most reservations.

Don't get the voting against SFF, tho, save for some kind of principled(?) contrarianism. If that's the stance, why not go after it in the initial rounds and instead rally around "Your Mother Should Know"? Once the songs have made it this far, that kind of killing sacred cows seems daffy to me.
Well, for me, I'd probably reach to listen to any of the other remaining songs before SFF. I dunno if I'd go so far as to call it "overrated" exactly (as we've all said time and again, we're in the "these are all great" portion of the voting now) but I definitely don't find it as fun as these other tunes. Overexposure, maybe.

Re: Final Round 11

Posted: 03 May 2021, 4:03pm
by Flex
Also, it'd be fun for a rolling stone staff writer to see SFF get ousted and have an aneurysm

Re: Final Round 11

Posted: 03 May 2021, 4:07pm
by Dr. Medulla
Flex wrote:
03 May 2021, 4:03pm
Also, it'd be fun for a rolling stone staff writer to see SFF get ousted and have an aneurysm
Okay, I can buy that completely. And, sure, personal preference is personal preference, tho (and perhaps this is just me) historical context and significance should factor in there, too.

Re: Final Round 11

Posted: 03 May 2021, 4:22pm
by Wolter
Flex wrote:
03 May 2021, 2:55pm
Fuck it, time for Strawberry Fields Forever to go. Let's slay a king.
“You have selected “REGICIDE.” If you know the name of the king or queen being murdered, press 1.”

Re: Final Round 11

Posted: 03 May 2021, 4:23pm
by Wolter
Flex wrote:
03 May 2021, 3:45pm
Dr. Medulla wrote:
03 May 2021, 3:04pm
"A Day in the Life." I thought it'd be an easier choice but I listened to it this weekend and the build-up of strings is incredibly anxiety-producing. Really effective sense of the walls closing in. Still, of the five remaining, I can probably generate the most reservations.

Don't get the voting against SFF, tho, save for some kind of principled(?) contrarianism. If that's the stance, why not go after it in the initial rounds and instead rally around "Your Mother Should Know"? Once the songs have made it this far, that kind of killing sacred cows seems daffy to me.
Well, for me, I'd probably reach to listen to any of the other remaining songs before SFF. I dunno if I'd go so far as to call it "overrated" exactly (as we've all said time and again, we're in the "these are all great" portion of the voting now) but I definitely don't find it as fun as these other tunes. Overexposure, maybe.
honestly same. It’s my personal least favorite of the remaining. It’s still very good. There are no bad ones.

Re: Final Round 11

Posted: 03 May 2021, 4:24pm
by Heston
More lunacy.

Re: Final Round 11

Posted: 03 May 2021, 4:24pm
by Flex
Dr. Medulla wrote:
03 May 2021, 4:07pm
Flex wrote:
03 May 2021, 4:03pm
Also, it'd be fun for a rolling stone staff writer to see SFF get ousted and have an aneurysm
Okay, I can buy that completely. And, sure, personal preference is personal preference, tho (and perhaps this is just me) historical context and significance should factor in there, too.
Well, we already voted off the TNK, which is the "historical significance" song I had slotted in for beatles-in-psych mode. I'd rather stake my chips on the pleasures of day in the life or happiness, historical power of she loves you, or political sincerity of revolution.

Re: Final Round 11

Posted: 03 May 2021, 4:26pm
by Wolter
Flex wrote:
03 May 2021, 4:24pm
Dr. Medulla wrote:
03 May 2021, 4:07pm
Flex wrote:
03 May 2021, 4:03pm
Also, it'd be fun for a rolling stone staff writer to see SFF get ousted and have an aneurysm
Okay, I can buy that completely. And, sure, personal preference is personal preference, tho (and perhaps this is just me) historical context and significance should factor in there, too.
Well, we already voted off the TNK, which is the "historical significance" song I had slotted in for beatles-in-psych mode. I'd rather stake my chips on the pleasures of day in the life or happiness, historical power of she loves you, or political sincerity of revolution.
If the whole point of this was just to rubber stamp the historical importance of SFF, we’d be even more of a circle jerk than we already are.

Re: Final Round 11

Posted: 03 May 2021, 4:27pm
by Flex
Wolter wrote:
03 May 2021, 4:26pm
Flex wrote:
03 May 2021, 4:24pm
Dr. Medulla wrote:
03 May 2021, 4:07pm
Flex wrote:
03 May 2021, 4:03pm
Also, it'd be fun for a rolling stone staff writer to see SFF get ousted and have an aneurysm
Okay, I can buy that completely. And, sure, personal preference is personal preference, tho (and perhaps this is just me) historical context and significance should factor in there, too.
Well, we already voted off the TNK, which is the "historical significance" song I had slotted in for beatles-in-psych mode. I'd rather stake my chips on the pleasures of day in the life or happiness, historical power of she loves you, or political sincerity of revolution.
If the whole point of this was just to rubber stamp the historical importance of SFF, we’d be even more of a circle jerk than we already are.
We should do this voting stuff with the circle jerks next

Re: Final Round 11

Posted: 03 May 2021, 4:29pm
by Wolter
Flex wrote:
03 May 2021, 4:27pm
Wolter wrote:
03 May 2021, 4:26pm
Flex wrote:
03 May 2021, 4:24pm
Dr. Medulla wrote:
03 May 2021, 4:07pm
Flex wrote:
03 May 2021, 4:03pm
Also, it'd be fun for a rolling stone staff writer to see SFF get ousted and have an aneurysm
Okay, I can buy that completely. And, sure, personal preference is personal preference, tho (and perhaps this is just me) historical context and significance should factor in there, too.
Well, we already voted off the TNK, which is the "historical significance" song I had slotted in for beatles-in-psych mode. I'd rather stake my chips on the pleasures of day in the life or happiness, historical power of she loves you, or political sincerity of revolution.
If the whole point of this was just to rubber stamp the historical importance of SFF, we’d be even more of a circle jerk than we already are.
We should do this voting stuff with the circle jerks next
Ready to do my part as America’s #1 apologist for WÖNDERFUL.