As a reminder, here are the categories: #1. A song released in 2019 or 2020. #2. A song for a long walk (doesn’t have to be a long song). #3. A song to listen to at the gym (or to pump you up for a similar occasion). #4. A sad song. #5. A song you liked in high school, and still do now.
First up, old people evaluate the music of The Kids These Days, aka 2019/2020 songs.
In 10th place and one point, mjiggy with Local Natives – “When Am I Gonna Lose You”
This is a really tough type of song to pull off imo. There’s a super fine line to walk here and these guys don’t quite feel authentic to me. A bit FPS. Still, not awful or anything. Just a bit try-hard.
In 9th place and two points, DodgerIrish – The Chemical Brothers – “Got to Keep On”
I feel unequipped to judge this. Is this really boring? Is it hypnotic in a good way? I think I’m supposed to be dancing and not sitting in a quiet room typing. Felt a bit long.
First Walrus first last place finish! Maybe I should’ve gone with the poppier non-acoustic version which gets some radio play but i like this one better.
In 8th place and three points, Smrk4 – Dido – “Give You Up”
A beautiful voice and the backing vocals are nice too. The piano and drums sound a bit like canned samples from a Garage Band pack or something, but she has so consistently done this, and with a big budget, that it is obviously intentional rather than lazy. Not my taste, exactly, but I get why you like this.
In 7th place and four points, Pauwl - Weyes Blood – “Andromeda”
Feels like a poor man’s Lana Del Ray. The singer is obviously talented, and it would be fun to hear her over some more interesting music. The guitar, bass, drums are a bit too upscale elevator music for me. Looking at the rest of your picks, though, I know we share a lot of tastes in common. Maybe I need to give this one a few more listens…the lead guitar does do a couple interesting things here and there.
In 6th place with five points, seities – Slothrust – “Peach”
Another track that surprised me. The first three sections all go in different directions, and not in a bad way. I assume this is an indie band of some sort as the production feels a tad low-budget. But yeah, a solid rock song. I really like the intro riff. Would have liked to hear a bit more of that somewhere along the line.
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In 5th place with 6 points - TheDuker – Masked Intruder – “Dream a Little Dream”
A nice riff. I can dig this. I bet these guys play this about 10% faster in front of a crowd and it slays. Minus a couple points because I could never wear a “Masked Intruder” t-shirt.
I mean I didn’t have much hope for myself but you’re telling me microbet made the top 5 with a song from 2019? I sense collusion with microdaughters, J’accuse!
In 4th place and 7 points… beetlejuice - SUPERBODY – CHAMPAGNE
Normally I hate goofy upbeat songs like this, but for some reason listening to this while thinking of beatlejuice fertilizing his plants puts a smile on my face. Includes the start of a nice guitar solo in the middle section. I wish it had gone on a little longer! Still, a nice bouncy track. 5 bags of popcorn.
