I’m the Martin O’Malley of walruses 
And now for an intermission while my impression of cooking takes place.
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I’m going to drop some classic Ween in here later and there’s nothing you can do about it.
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This track is an obv podium choice because if it didn’t even get submitted that’d be total fucking banananas:
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“Oh, ok. Brandy. Let’s think of 2nd place.”
Let’s not
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I think they’re posting Mandy by Westlife.
I’m sure it’s great though. I’ll investigate while people take their podium places and spray champagne over each other.
In 3rd place for 9 points, suzzer99 with “Lola” by The Kinks
A musically and lyrically brilliant and daring single from North London’s finest, what else is there to say? Way too familiar of course, but ‘objectively’ the best song here.
As suzzer points out “she identifies as female and that’s all that matters”
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Ad hoc related quiz question.
What’s this?
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And the answer is
The Kinks unassuming recording studio in North London named Konk, a hundred yards from where I lived.
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In 2nd place for 10 points, another Marmite merchant zikzak with “Aisha” by Death In Vegas
A 1999 track from these Brits. I guess it’s a better name than Death In Slough but although I’m not usually a huge fan of them/him the inclusion of Iggy’s vocals over the top of a resolutely heavy funk works for me here, and they pull off a keyboard solo at the end.
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How did I not think of that?! I would have submitted The Raincoats version though as that’s my style. (Meant for Lola but I really really love that Zizak track too, I played this round terribly.)
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This is madness.
Which leaves us with only one, the winner of this round, skydiver8 with 11 points for “Murder Me Rachael” by The National
sky says she “decided to go … and find a track from a Cincinnati band”.
A nice decision, as it worked out.
I have one small problem with this track. Is it Murder Me, Rachael or a song about a girl with a death wish called Murder Me Rachael? I suspect the latter.
For those who don’t know (which included me), they’re an indie rock band from skydiver’s Cincinati and they do a very decent job here of channelling their inner John Cale with the sort of dissonant electronic noise that I’m a sucker for (well spotted skydiver) as the murder-to-be becomes clearer.
There was enough in the music and lyrics for me to want several extra listens before ranking it, as is usually the case with these category winners.
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Well played all, sorry for the awkward choice of category.
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Standings before the nail-biting final round:
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Nice reveal! Yeah…tough category. It doesn’t help that I don’t really listen to lyrics, making this a tougher one for me especially.
I’m going to leave my favorite Guitar Moves jam/discussion here for anyone willing to give it 13 minutes. If Dean Ween sweating and telling you how to wear a guitar doesn’t make you smile then the band isn’t for you.