Once categories are all in I’ll collect them together in one post and @ you all along with the submission details. I’m leaning towards a deadline of 29th of March for entries in, but open to discussion.
I would now also ask for a volunteer to receive and pass on the entries to my category.
Category: A song from the year of your birth or your 18th Birthday
Musical Tastes: Pop, Reggae, Hiphop, dance, new wave, post punk, pre punk, only things i don’t really go for are Jazz and Metal, and I am willing to be convinced on those
Any other judging notes: I will be looking more kindly on anything I am less familiar with. Ideally something a bit out of left field with a bit of pop-sensibilty -if that actually means anything
Just to make sure I completely understand, whatever we submit should still be a category fit for the category we would be trolling, correct? Seems like that is the case based on
To use an example, Pauwl’s electronic category explicitly says no techno/trance, so submitting that would be a huge penalty. Songs with lyrics are preferred, but not outright banned, so I might penalize instrumental songs less or maybe not at all, but I would probably give a higher rating to someone who could find a way to stay completely within the lines and give a judge the kind of song they say they want and yet make them regret it.
Category: A song that references science, philosophy or religion in the lyrics, song title, artist’s name or album title. The song will be primarily judged by how much I like it but I reserve the right to hand out bonus points for category fit or use it as a tie-breaker.
Musical tastes: I mainly listen to rock and metal (from vanilla to extreme) and their siblings, cousins and bastards. I also listen to pop, hip-hop, some classic, a tiny bit of opera and I can generally find something I like in most genres.
Basically no-hoper genres: hardcore techno/gabber, Operetta
Dubious genres: Electronic (although some electronic music did well in the previous categories I judged), Jazz, country/western, disco, RNB, Soul
Any other judging notes:
There are two rules that if broken will lead to a low score.
The song should not annoy me.
The song should not bore me.
Warning: I might judge very well-known songs harshly.
@Yuv I’m not going to do any homework and check up on your picks. It’s the honor system unless I know for sure you picked something ineligible.
Here’s the idea: pick a song by a band that was good for a long time. I was originally going to ask for a band that was good in the 90s and still good now, but then decided to make it easier.