This could easily been on both categories
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I guess anonymity is gone not that you all would have been surprised with my pick (Letās call the whole thing off).
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Well itās supposed to be anonymous so as not to bias the judge (me) but it didnāt quite work out, so Iām doing my best.
I could give you plenty of songs that fit both categories. This is a live performance by Carly Simon, who suffered from stage fright. I love how she and this song bring out a side of James Taylor that you wouldnāt expect from someone known for more melancholy music.
Also of note, Inez and Charlie Foxx, who did the original, were siblings.
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This was my second pick that couldnāt quite overcome the sweet siren song of a J-Lo / Ja Rule trash collab. Seems rather campy these days tho? JTās was fresh.
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Initial impression of category 3: I wasnāt missing much during that time period!
Iām not sure Iāve played a single song yet that Iām looking forward to listening to again.
OK while I was typing this I opened a song that Iām enjoying, although I was already familiar with it.
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You must not have gotten to mine yet. 
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I can guarantee that wouldnāt change if I was playing.
I blame the time period more than the individuals who submitted or even the artists who made the music. Sometimes you can only work with what youāre given. Shooting for a Tuesday or Wednesday reveal but itās very much in flux. On the one hand I donāt want to listen too many times but at the same itās going to be hard to come up with a proper ranking.
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12-way tie for LAST.
On to category 4!
Also:
Based on Walrus OP, this should be DISQUALIFYING (unless it was mine).
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Your submission from last category would have won this round handily after beating out duets that I actually enjoyed. Really having a hard time with these for the most part.
Donāt stress or feel like you need to listen to songs you hate 5 times each, imo. Give us a roast and move on, if you want.
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Oh donāt worry it will not be five times, but it will be enough so I can feel confident in the rankings. Iāve gotten through one full listening and now I need a break.
Why does everyone want to be roasted? In any case I donāt think any of it is like roast-worthy terrible, just exceedingly mediocre.
I donāt know if anyone is actually pining for a roastā¦itās more like, donāt overthink it. Feel free to say the songs suck and move on if that makes things easier. The last two abandoned Walruses didnāt do that. So I guess itās kind of trying to preempt what has gone wrong in the past.
Also feel free to just ignore me and do whatever you want.
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Someone must have sent a song from okay computer so just give him the all the points and move on.
Iāll probably just run through everything 1-2 more times and hopefully get to the writeup soon after that. Hopefully other people will enjoy the songs more than I did!
Itās actually been sort of an interesting exercise as I think this round explains some of my high school persona, in that I was only really into one type of music and thought derisively of people who liked other types of music. I feel badly for thinking that way because the people themselves were fine, but I didnāt like their music then and I donāt like it now.