Yeah, this category seemed pretty suicidal.
My general thinking on categories is that it’s better to use them to help people think of songs by narrowing the choice a little rather than setting people a challenge to complete.
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You’re telling me now? 
In 9th place, scoring 8 points, @Jalfrezi with My Sweet Lord by George Harrison
We’re back in the cheese aisle. I can’t deny Harrison’s voice has the ability to lull me into not hating this song. I will feel guilty about this until I come back to my senses.
Tier 4: We the jury find the defendant not guilty
In 8th place, scoring 9 points, @pyatnitski with Carte Postale by George Pringle
This kind of minimalist song usually doesn’t resonate with me. If it weren’t for the lyrics, this wouldn’t either. What pyatnitski calls stupid, I call brilliant. Her aloof stream of consciousness contains so many great lines. It took me a few listens to get that this is a very non-cliché song about dealing with a break-up. At least, the clichés are articulated very differently.
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I’ve always found the lyrics pretty sixth-form-poetry-esque, but then lyrics and poetry aren’t really my thing. I’ll admit than when listening to it more closely than I have for a while to see if it was worth a submission I did find some stuff better than I remembered. Still makes me cringe, though.
In 7th place, scoring 10 points, @smrk4 with Valley of the Damned by Dragonforce
I know Dragonforce mainly from that impossible song in Guitar Hero. I looked into some of their other stuff but singer’s-pants-too-tight-power-metal isn’t my cup of tea. They’re like upside down Bob Dylans. Technically proficient but mediocre songwriters.
As a side-dish we get some generic Dungeons & Dragons lyrics (*). The instrumental part in the middle is quite good. The song is too long though.
To me, metal is a bit like pizza in the sense that even bad pizza is still good/ok.
(*) I thought I came up with this description but when copy&pasting your comment I noticed you already used that same phrase.
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In 6th place, scoring 11 points, @skydiver8 with Shake It Off by Taylor Swift
You all know this a catchy ass tune. If this means skydiver and I get shunned then we will just build our own forum with Blackjack and Buttigieg t-shirts.
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In 5th place, scoring 12 points, @ChrisV with To the Moon & Back by Savage Garden
This got a lot of airplay in Germany back in the day. So much that I would not have been surprised if it was a no.1 hit. I checked but it only got to no. 14.
Any song that contains a line like “if you be my baby” is immediately suspect. They mix just enough rock elements in there to make this enjoyable. This should have faded out much earlier though at some point past the 4 minute mark.
Tier 5: Pleasure
In 4th place, scoring 13 points, @ microbet with Nothing Compares 2U by Sinéad O’Connor
Again a case of oversaturation but this time it’s oversaturation by a great song. No idea why anyone would feel guilty liking this. If anyone wants to protest this is objectively better than the songs on the podium then I can’t even disagree. I’m just a tiny bit sick of it. The podium ranking will be very much decided by what would I like to listen to right now.
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Nothing Compares 2 U doesn’t seem like an embarrassing song to like.
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In 3rd place, scoring points, @miliboo with Crazy In Love by Beyoncé (Feat. Jay-Z)
From the first note we get the energetic horns and a forceful beat which make this song great. Beyoncé beautiful voice is almost unnecessary. Let’s call it a bonus. I don’t think anybody cares about Jay-Z’s contribution.
This is how pop(*) music should be.
(*) My catch-all for anything you typically hear on the radio.
omgomgomg podium!!1
eta lol at my typo, crack = track ldo
In 2nd place, scoring 15 points, @Lawnmover_Man with Move Your Feet by Junior Senior
I admit this is a silly song. The rap part is … not great. At first I thought this might be aimed at children. The chorus is what hooked me and then I got into the groove. This could very well be just the flavor of the week for me but today I award it 15 points.
… and the gold medal goes to:
In 1st place, scoring 16 points, @Twist with Ca Plane Pour Moi by Plastic Bertrand
I remember this from back in the day. Apparently this is considered a punk song!? I never would have guessed. To me it has always been a fast and fun pop song with a cheery vibe. The staccato singing is what sets is apart from so many other pop songs. I have really been enjoying this the past couple of weeks.
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don’t you try to Sinéad-shame
lol oops misread the above. it kinda does to me, so I’m the one shaming by misreading and believing it to be a pretentious performance or wtfever
All the guilty parties have been apprehended and received the appropriate punishments. This concludes the Walrus for today.
The next reveal will take place on Wednesday around the usual time.
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It was probably shameful to like that song in 1990 if you were under 30, but microbet submitted it so we should be skeptical
micro has the most in-the-pocket walrus game, u know?
lol bless his heart, he’s gotta better things to do
@smrk4 unrelated! read that you were born in Belarus in some thread earlier… had no clue and that’s too cool
I went to Lithuania and Belarus shortly after 9-11 chasing women lol I was in Mogilev iirc and there on my bday which is may 9th and also the day they celebrate victory in WW2, i think 
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There are a few songs that I listened to an extra time and realized there’s no shame in liking, for example
