Best Song Ever Bracket!! (Walrus of Walri). All Welcome.

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Vanity-Sound like something from a Tony Hawk Pro Skater song track. Dig it. (Yeah looking it up a quick Bad Religion was a part of THPS2, yeah this song is hitting on THPS nostalgia)

Call Me the Breeze-A fun classic, but not getting my vote.

Blood-Song definitely take a turn around the 3 minute mark that is cool.

Call Me-Hell yeah. Motown with a spin is right. I was grooving and smiling.

Walk-Pantera never been quite my type of thing. Except for Cowboys from Hell. But maybe that just comes from playing that song hundred+ times on guitar hero 1. Song was a blast to play.

Diamonds and Rust-Man, Baez has a beautiful voice.

Close. Master calling stumping for Vanity is working on me. Voting that and Call Me.

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argh, I cannot believe Alternative Ulster didn’t advance. I hate everyone.

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Just to say to the three people that slightly care, I haven’t forgotten. Figured the election was a thing and will probably restart Monday. Unless we’re still waiting obvs.

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Way more than 3 people care.

And if we’re still waiting on news organizations to call it for Biden on Monday, I’m making a mini-walrus about songs that you want to hear in the background when you go on a stabbing rampage.

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Def 4 people care. Plus my dog, he likes to listen to new music.

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This selection did nothing for me.Disliked the Joan Baez the least but not enough to swing a vote.

Gave one to Bad Religion because I only had to suffer through a minute

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Count me as another person very grateful for this thread, and looking forward to its resumption next week.

Seems entirely appropriate to have this run by the goat!

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Yeah, I’m in, anticipating the one song I won win with to appear hopefully

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All winners are in.

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I’m a winnar?

yay

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You’re in Group 7!

(Up next.)

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I am ready for the next group this weekend

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I was thinking a lot doing something similar although I admittedly forgot about this thread while the election was going on.

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OK, first some delighted victors going bonkers in celebration.

Bad Religion

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St Paul & the Broken Bones

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And then we’re off again, after a minor other voting matter was cleared up.

Group 7

First up Dimash Kudaibergen telling us of a Sinful Passion.

@smrk4 has their moment in the sun thanks to @LouisCyphre thinking this was the most outstanding outstanding vocal performance.

I am absolutely blown away. I had very little doubt this will be the eventual winner. What an incredible range, a complete freak of nature. Simply beautiful. Nothing I could write here would it justice.

The lad can sing, alright.

Then it’s Suicidal Tendencies being Institutionalized.

@JohnnyTruant submitted this angry song, and @seities thought it was the angriest angry song.

I mean this just perfectly encapsulates the category for me. And if you don’t like it then I’m not crazy, you’re the one that’s crazy.

This was in first place from the moment I first went through the category and it never waivered from that position. Great submission, Mr Truant.

Confirmed furious.

And owards with Sabaton serenading us about Night Witches.

@LouisCyphre (of course he was involved here) persuaded @CanadaMatt3004 this has a killer guitar solo.

Not even close, a complete massacre of the category. Really hit on what I was looking for in the category almost to a T. Moving full body from moment 1, Solo was fantastic, juist a little short and I wish it tried a few more things. Other than that, I danced, I rocked, I air guitared, and I smiled from moment 1.

Oh, and its fucking Swede Rock. Well Done LC.

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Now some laughs with Dream Warriors and Wash Your Face in my Sink.

@seities realy tickled @Yuv funny bone with this, when the goal was something called ‘humour’ (but not comedy songs).

Okay, how did I miss this gem? I blame it on them being Canadian and therefore invisible to the rest of the world.

Somewhere in high-school I discovered that girls aren’t very interested in hearing my stories about how Crass are actually anarchists who live in abandoned buildings. For a few very fun months I moved my musical interests from angry punks to late 80s early 90s “jazz-rap” or whatever you wanna call it. I downloaded all the a tribe called quest, de la soul, arrested development, jurassic 5, pharcyde,
digable planets, brand nubian I could find online.

Turns out it wasn’t the music’s fault.

I don’t know if “Wash your face in my sink” is a Canadian saying, but it really should be. I think they mean it in a ‘mind your own business’ way or maybe musical plagiarism, either way it’s really a good catchphrase.

Loved every second of this. The jazzy sample at the beginning sounded almost ‘ska’ to me. The delivery is perfect and humorous as fuck (even the way he says “when doves cry” or “you just can’t reach”). The cute twist on the last verse. A great song from start to finish.

I’m not sure the person who sent it thought it would win, but he did write - “I think this captures the spirit of your category”. It sure did. Congratulations on a well deserved win, you actually undersold the track in your commentary.

Then back, back, back in time with Gilberto Gil and Expresso 2222

This was @MimosaDef’s selection from the decade that saw all the best people born, the 70s. @CanadaMatt3004 again gave out the honours.

Holy shit you guys. This was not my number one on first listen, or second, or third. But it is INFECTIOUS. When the maracas kick in, it is impossible to keep from moving if you hadn’t already started. Whats he singing? Fucked if I know, and I don’t care. This is my childhood wrapped up in the perfect song. My dad played the maracas in a band with his brothers and cousins at family reunions in Hawaii while my gramps sang. He had a voice like this when he was younger.

This is fantastic.

And finally Ball Park Music’s It’s Nice To Be Alive. A fine sentiment, most of the time.

@eyebooger took down @skydiver8’s uplifting category with this one.

This is exactly what I was looking for. This song lifts my mood, and I find myself singing it all the time.

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Rest assured only legal votes will be counted!

Group 7
  • Dimash Kudaibergen - Sinful Passion
  • Suicidal Tendencies - Institutionalized
  • Sabaton - Night Witches
  • Dream Warriors - Wash Your Face in my Sink
  • Gilberto Gil - Expresso 2222
  • Ball Park Music - It’s Nice To Be Alive

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I am never not casting a vote in support of Dream Warriors. Those guys are elite and must not be forgotten.

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Yeah I’m kinda proud of that submission. I first heard it in the early 90’s on JJJ, which is an Australian alt-radio station. I was doing that thing where you record hours of radio onto a cassette, and then transfer the songs you end up liking over to another cassette, which is the only way I could have caught this gem as I have never heard it played anywhere since.
It’s been popping into my head randomly ever since, leading me to quickly add it to whatever I am using to compile playlists at the time (currently spotify).

Little did young seities know that random event would one day lead him to the pinnacle of pinnipeds, winning a Walrus category. A story I’ll no doubt be telling my grandkids one day as they look at me with confused faces and try to offer me more of my dementia medication…

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Toughest round yet imo.

I know most people arent going to have the same nostalgic love I do for Expresso 2222. But hot damn, is that a killer track.