Nah, not less fun at all! I enjoy making people listen to stuff I like lol
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I am 2:24 through the song and thinking is this still going on? Then I noticed it‘s more than 7 minutes long. 
Philistine!
(Roy Bailey singing it, I think)
((It is too long, I’ll admit that))
In 13th place, scoring 3 points, suzzer99 with Here We Go by Stakka Bo
Suzzer provided me with a Vimeo link for this because he didn’t know what his own song was called (he named it “Temple of Consumption”). Olds, huh? 
This is I guess a pop song in a broad sense. Obviously pop is very subjective and this wasn’t doing it for me. The production sounds pretty dated and not in a charming way, just in a dated way. Also, there were very simple rules about doing white rap in the early 90s. If your name is not the Beastie Boys, don’t do it.
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Thanks Johnny. Er, while you’re here…
In 12th place, scoring 4 points, JohnnyTruant with Headaches & Woes by Aceyalone
In a way I feel bad that this is this low down, I can see what you like about it. I just don’t like this guy’s rapping. Whenever I would put this on I would quickly become disengaged, just not feeling the flow at all. So, here we are.
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In 11th place, scoring 5 points, NotBruceZ with James K. Polk by They Might Be Giants
Not a fan of They Might Be Giants or of sort of “jokey” bands in general. This is a great category fit though and was a fun listen from that point of view. I like the concept more than the execution. The song itself is well-constructed but never adds up to something I want to hear again.
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This is definitely going to be a handicap for me in judging this competition, but we will press on.
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I am already way more invested in this reveal than I thought I would be. 
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That concludes the songs I didn’t like. It’s all stuff I enjoyed from here on out.
In 10th place, scoring 6 points, microbet with Southern Man by Neil Young
I had fun digging into the history of this. I never realised that Sweet Home Alabama was in part responding to this song, because I never knew what the words were to this verse:
Well I heard Mister Young sing about her
Well I heard old Neil put her down
Well, I hope Neil Young will remember
A southern man don’t need him around anyhow
This seems to be one of those things where it’s like “leave the shit-talking to people who are from here” since Sweet Home Alabama isn’t really pro-South, Lynyrd Skynyrd were anti-Wallace:
In Birmingham they love the Gov’nor, boo boo boo
Now we all did what we could do
Now Watergate does not bother me
Does your conscience bother you?
Tell the truth
I always thought the reference to Watergate was an attack on Republicanism/the right in general, but of course that makes no sense as George Wallace was a Democrat. Wikipedia suggests that it’s like “we don’t judge you in the North by your shitty political leaders, do us the same courtesy” which makes sense.
Back to Southern Man, though. Defend yourself, Neil. SMACK THEM DOWN!
“I’d rather play ‘Sweet Home Alabama’ than ‘Southern Man’ anytime.”
OH SHIT! HE… oh. OK.
Anyway. Solid classic rock song. Quite enjoyed it, that’s as far as it went. I feel validated in that that’s apparently as far as it went for Neil Young, as well.
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In 9th place, scoring 7 points, skydiver8 with Red Hill Mining Town by U2
I’m not the biggest U2 fan, and I felt like when it came time for the trademark BIG U2 CHORUS this one didn’t quite hit the mark for me. Finding things to say about the songs in the middle of reveals can be tough because generally the feeling is “solid but unremarkable song” and so it is here.
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Wait - am I in a thread or an email chain? I’m soooo confused.
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Hello, this is Facebook. Would you like to buy some workout shorts?
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13th is higher than I was expecting for that one. I hate political songs so I just pulled a weird song I like out of my ass. I’ll call it a win!
Also it’s not rap it’s more just straight dance music than anything else.
I feel like I am a contestant at the Eurovision song contest.
Nice job finding that needle in a haystack - a political U2 song.
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In 8th place, scoring 8 points, Master3004 with Testify by Rage Against The Machine
Well now. I like RATM a lot and I have seven songs in my Spotify likes list off the 12-track Battle of Los Angeles. This isn’t one of them. I’ve always found it a bit of an awkward sounding song, missing RATM’s trademark groove. Since it was the third single, it’s probably just me. Unfortunately for you, “just me” is also who is judging this Walrus.
If I was picking a song off Battle of Los Angeles, and I wanted to avoid the singles, I’d definitely go with New Millennium Homes, a song which does bring the funk.
A FIRE IN THE MASTER’S HOUSE IS SET! Not your house, Master.
Mother fuck. I ALMOST chose New Millenium Homes
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I almost submitted a Rage against the Machine song (Renegades of Funk).
Hahaha likewise, though I figured they were too obvious. They wouldn’t have fit with the rest of my submittals anyways