Walrus Grab Bag 4 Reveal

Pauwl and I have a very love-hate relationship: I love the songs he submits to me and he hates mine. C’est la vie!

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Synthpop FTW. C’mon, this was a layup category, folks!

I would have submitted because omg BABY DAVE GAHAN so smol

or for a newer/lesser known track

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Welp

I’m starting off strong with 1 point

At least I didn’t use my joker there…or did I?

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Missed this last night as I was unexpectedly taken drunk, but obviously an excellent bit of judging.

I’ve been a fan of The singer of Roxanne Clifford for a while, she used to be in a criminally underrated indie guitar band Veronica Falls, who I saw a bunch of times in front of a handful of people, and I always thought they deserved to do better

When they split up she moved to LA and decided she wanted to make songs that sounded like Robyn. I struggled to chose between my submission and this one-glad I decided the way I did

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Conjure One - I Believe

Its a great song, but you can’t improve on the original when it’s Buzzcocks

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Glad you liked this. I remember being surprised to see a Frusciante song in the previous grab bag but didnt remember who submitted it.

In any case, this one has been sitting in my “Submit to Walrus” playlist for over a year now, biding its time. Its one of those songs I can stick on repeat.

Thanks as always for the reveal.

Congrats to Mr Consistency for the win, and to nano for a podium in the very first reveal she is a part of. Rare air!

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Is there a reveal today?

5 PM EST

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Nano got her second shot yesterday and has a mild/moderate fever and is in bed, but says she’s up for it.

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I submitted a Frusciante song last walrus but it didn’t do well

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Gather round, the game will begin shortly.

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I’m being censored here.

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Category host name: nano
Category: Something with orchestral elements that may be non-traditional to the genre.

This what I would have chosen:

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Nano plays guitar and sings a really good version of this song.

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In 12th place with 1 point

Carla Bozulich – Evangelista 1

I respect the artistic choice of the song, but it sounds a bit nightmarish. I’m not too fond of the overlapping sounds in that fashion. I sort of got a headache from it. Sorry

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Not me, but I’m enjoying it.

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At least I’m not last

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“Marianne Faithful-meets- Patti Smith -meets-your-worst-nightmare vocals”

Sounds about right. I kinda dig it.

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In 11th place with 2 points

Billy Joel - The Downeaster “Alexa”

This is probably a bad judge move but I find it particularly silly Billy Joel has a ballad about him being this hardworking sailor. Not a big fan of the song.

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Yeah, I liked that first one, but to be fair to nano you would expect noise violin to have a violin in it.

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