ArsMoriendi
08.01.21 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sentimental_ballad
For a type of music no one talks about, it sure is EVERYWHEREEEEE |
Pangea
08.01.21 | love sentimental ballads but finding one that appeals to ars might be a bit more challenging. gotta think about this one for a little bit |
Colton
08.01.21 | damn is Desert Ars really post rock to you? I never aimed to make a particular genre but it sounded more like a dark folk thing to me if I had to label it. thatās interesting though. happy with a 3/5 Pog |
JohnnyoftheWell
08.01.21 | aww you've been on this site actively for over a year now and are still acting surprised at ars' offwack genre classifications, mucho adorb
if in doubt
joni mitchell - river
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F8MqF7xEGhs
may switch if i have a less lazy idea |
Divaman
08.01.21 | Re/Utah Saints eliminated - sigh. Oh well. At least I know that next year when I rec it to SOTD, you'll probably 3.5 it. |
Kompys2000
08.01.21 | Tbh I'm more upset about your measly 3/5 for Black Steel than I am about being eliminated |
budgie
08.01.21 | just find the worst ballad possible and submit it you will probably win the round tbh |
budgie
08.01.21 | also aw yeah my rec was better than johnnys EAT IT johnny of the BUTT EATER |
ArsMoriendi
08.01.21 | @johnny: I know River, you gotta repick |
SlothcoreSam
08.01.21 | Sweet, glad you dug handsome boy modeling school.
You need to check the whole album, it's good stuff |
SlothcoreSam
08.01.21 | I'll throw down a track.
Augie March - One Crowded Hour
off the album Moo, You Bloody Choir
I think this counts as a sentimental ballad
https://youtu.be/1dGHMmdb-Ko |
Ryus
08.01.21 | isley brothers - highways of my life
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LDCN68X7Wy4 |
Trifolium
08.01.21 | Yipppeeeee you liked Praise You it's so lovely (and I'm sure you've actually heard it before, because it's a classic!).
Ok, now for ballads. Loooovely, let's see...
My placeholder-ballad is going to be the fantastic, the amazing:
Natalia Lafourcade - Soledad y El Mar
https://youtu.be/gd4jntP0tco
From the album: Musas
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someone
08.01.21 | damn you're right, Deltron do have that Clint Eastwood vibe |
someone
08.01.21 | anyway, i rec Antonio Carlos Jobim - A Felicidade, a song about the unreachability of happiness. fuck i love bossa nova and Tom Jobim especially
https://youtu.be/TxNfGHhETk0 |
Aberf
08.01.21 | Cigarettes After Sex - Nothing's Gonna Hurt You Baby
https://youtu.be/QI8VrXkffcg
Dream pop is fine right? |
ReturnToRock
08.01.21 | This is my round. I got backups for my backups.
My favourite ballad of all time is a fairly mainstream pick:
Nirvana - Where Did You Sleep Last Night
https://youtu.be/iaCzydWesVA
So here are three backups, in order of usage:
Firehouse - Love of a Lifetime
https://youtu.be/i_RLpEfMs1g
Cinderella - Through the Rain
https://youtu.be/iArsylwqoP8
Fisc - Across A Crowded Room
https://youtu.be/svJghFUuew4
Get ready to feel some feels.
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ArsMoriendi
08.01.21 | @Aberf:
Should be fine if its a dream pop ballad ;) |
ArsMoriendi
08.01.21 | @Return to Rock: I know the Nirvana one, so I guess ill go with Firehouse |
Colton
08.01.21 | define ballad |
ArsMoriendi
08.01.21 | "define ballad"
"2. The theme this round is Sentimental Ballads. Slow, melodic and romantic. They're in stark contrast with the upbeat fun pop song, but often just as poppy. Pop, R&B, soft rock, country, and electronic have ballads. The music where you hold your partner while slow dancing."
Also they prob should have a chorus and verses cuz they're pop structured |
Aberf
08.01.21 | It fits the theme of "hold your partner while slow dancing." imo |
ArsMoriendi
08.01.21 | I skimmed it, it should be fine |
Divaman
08.01.21 | Wtf, I'm gonna give you one anyway. Up to you if you give it a listen.
Joe Jackson - A Slow Song
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dSkvnmDpDrU |
protokute
08.01.21 | There are a few possibilities with this interesting round, but I'll go with:
Shoes - Your Very Eyes
(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-sBENxp7GWU) |
Lord(e)Po)))ts
08.01.21 | Damn there were a lot of sick choices this time around |
ArsMoriendi
08.01.21 | @Diva: I listened to it and it's cool, but not nearly as good as "Real Men" or "Is She Really Going Out With Him?" but yeah Joe Jackson's a class act |
Divaman
08.01.21 | Saw him live right before the pandemic. He's still damned good. |
protokute
08.02.21 | 16 is amazing, i was meaning to check these guys for a looong time, now i have some motivation |
JohnnyoftheWell
08.02.21 | t.rex - cosmic dancer
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hJrc44huoLc |
dedex
08.02.21 | oof, that was close |
fogza
08.02.21 | I'll go with my wedding first dance song. Wilco - One by One (live version from Kicking Television). From your ratings Ars, I see you like a bit of Wilco, so let me know if this doesn't count, or it's not ballady enough.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MS4QYPqQmPY |
dedex
08.02.21 | I've got no other idea than The National - Slow Show, will likely change it at some point but until then:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rCR0Tr2HTfA |
fogza
08.02.21 | Lol I sang slow show at my wedding. Getting all teary eyed. |
dedex
08.02.21 | You know I dreamed about you
For 29 years
Before I saw you
ššš |
fogza
08.02.21 | Yeah modified the age a bit, and some of the other lyrics, but pretty much not a dry eye in the house ššš |
ArsMoriendi
08.02.21 | @fogza: don't know it, so it works for sure, also I skimmed it and it sounds ballady enough |
protokute
08.02.21 | how slow does a ballad need to be? i mainly picked for the romantic and dancing with your lover vibes |
ArsMoriendi
08.02.21 | Yours is fine proto,
I'm not using the tightest definitions, but if you can romantically slow dance to it without it looking out of place, it should be fine |
bgillesp
08.02.21 | One of the songs I considered switching to was actually on the same album as the winner. Oh well, great choice for the round winner.
Gotta avoid the temptation to rec the Susan Boyle cover of wild horses because I know most people on sput hate her, but Iāve actually been listening to that on repeat today |
bgillesp
08.02.21 | Does it have to be slow-danceable or could it be a little upbeat as long as it is definitely sentimental |
ArsMoriendi
08.02.21 | It's about it being a ballad
I almost just named this round the ballad round, but I didn't want people choosing Story Ballads that weren't sentimental ballads like "The Ballad of John and Yoko" by The Beatles since the word has 2 unrelated definitions |
protokute
08.02.21 | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tdIQTEYXDP4 this one tho...
norma been in a big house phase it seems huh |
bgillesp
08.03.21 | Nat King Cole- Stardust
https://youtu.be/DjU6ZjrQulc
Tough round |
ArsMoriendi
08.03.21 | Assuming proto's 2nd link isn't a submission, and so far everyone's current recs work fro skimming/me not knowing them |
garas
08.03.21 | "The music where you hold your partner while slow dancing."
Fuck me. I not just fucking hate dancing, but this theme will wreck me, since I have no idea what could I drop here. |
JohnnyoftheWell
08.03.21 | follow ars' guidance and state blankly at wikipedia definitions until something occurs to you |
Pangea
08.03.21 | maybe he is from ghost would count lol. def not a safe pick though |
garas
08.03.21 | But still bleh. There are cool rock and metal ballads, but they're not SOFT enough. |
garas
08.03.21 | Btw @Pangea, I'm not even mad, but that's an interesting to consider! |
JohnnyoftheWell
08.03.21 | be a true boi and rec Floods |
ArsMoriendi
08.03.21 | If you're that stuck, metal ballads are a thing ;)
Like Fade to Black by Metallica is a ballad, I know it, but something similar I don't know would count
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JohnnyoftheWell
08.03.21 | such as Floods |
ArsMoriendi
08.03.21 | TBH "Sentimental Ballad" is just a way to differentiate from "Story Ballad" (ie: something like "The Ballad of John and Yoko" which is obviously the latter and not the former since it's jaunty and fun, rather than slow dancy) |
garas
08.03.21 | Ugh, I still have to think about this a LOT. I don't want to be dropped out yet! |
Pangea
08.03.21 | might change later but for now i'll put in Sharon van Etten - Tarifa
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WiwsQSXivmI |
protokute
08.03.21 | Sorry, it's not a submission, don't listen to it. (maybe later?) |
ArsMoriendi
08.05.21 | I figured! :P |
Aberf
08.05.21 | I should rec hyperpop ballad. |
Ryus
08.05.21 | rec him ringtone by 100 gecs |
ArsMoriendi
08.05.21 | I know Ringtone already (as well as the remix) and uhhhhhhh I have 1000 Gecs 1'd so |
JohnnyoftheWell
08.05.21 | rec bladee |
ArsMoriendi
08.05.21 | I'm starting to think Johnny's advice in this comp is tailored into tricking people into picking recs that I'll hate after that Panzuzu endorsement
Playing hardball Johnny? ;) |
JohnnyoftheWell
08.05.21 | Mwahaha you have no idea how happy I was when I saw Panzuzu get rec'd
and rekt
Abe rec for this round is gonna be interesting, the dude has high swoongaze value but zero romantic cred. personally think he's doomed but I'm sure there's something in the archives of 2011era baselinecore that can save him |
JohnnyoftheWell
08.05.21 | That said, this round has me on edge and I'm playing safe as poss, leaching off your Bowie ratings big time |
Zig
08.05.21 | Gino Paoli - Senza Fine
https://youtu.be/r13gL81HfO0 |
ArsMoriendi
08.05.21 | Still waiting on:
1. Minushuman24
2. Lord(e)Po)))ts
3. garas
4. budgie
5. botulist
6. nol
7. Colton
8. Sinternet |
ReturnToRock
08.05.21 | I totally forgot Two Steps Behind by Def Leppard! That should have been right below Firehouse on my list >_<
With that said, I'm still going with Firehouse as my rec because that song bangs. |
nol
08.05.21 | Bill Evans - What Are You Doing the Rest of Your Life?
https://open.spotify.com/track/6fGqxkBPqoIq4SQ3mtbHMI?si=X9W4o9GFRyahIQF9wGpqiQ&dl_branch=1 |
ArsMoriendi
08.06.21 | Long title :o |
ArsMoriendi
08.06.21 | Less than 48 hours and we're still missing 7 people
They know who they are
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Divaman
08.06.21 | I had my pick in, and I'm not even in the tournament anymore. |
ArsMoriendi
08.06.21 | haha yeah and it would've done decently probably |
Minushuman24
08.06.21 | https://youtu.be/DWk0r8L29z0
Big star - thirteen
Like my 5th favorite song ever, itās simple and cute, perfect for the situation |
Divaman
08.06.21 | Might even send Ars my pick for the next round before he even names a topic. |
Divaman
08.06.21 | >haha yeah and it would've done decently probably
(Silently sobbing a rocking myself back and forth)
And all because the guy in Utah Saints screamed over Katie. |
garas
08.07.21 | The Misery Shows (Act 2) by Trouble
I think I might have heard this in a music party, but I doubt if you'd still remember.
https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=cglqEWnjqt8&feature=share |
ArsMoriendi
08.07.21 | Last day and we're still waiting on:
1. Lord(e)Po)))ts
2. budgie
3. botulist
4. Colton
5. Sinternet |
Sinternet
08.07.21 | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Nfc_J7qlhQ
laura nyro - stoned soul picnic |
ArsMoriendi
08.07.21 | I know Easy REALLY well, great song, gotta choose again |
Sinternet
08.07.21 | yeah i figured everyone does as soon as i hit post, changed |
botulist
08.07.21 | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C1x5Q-9oN4I |
ArsMoriendi
08.07.21 | @Sint: ooh I don't know the original by Nyro, only the 5th Dimension Version (and barely) so that has me excited haha |
Colton
08.07.21 | Cosmic Jared - "Ars Swoons Interdimensionally to the Rhythm of This Post-rock Ballad (what is a ballad) (feat. JohnnyoftheWell)" will be done soon |
ArsMoriendi
08.07.21 | WAIT is Johnny gonna be the singer on it |
Colton
08.07.21 | no he just gave me two of the chords I use for the verse lol |
Colton
08.07.21 | unless you wanna add vocals in the next 11 hours @johnny |
ArsMoriendi
08.07.21 | I assume Colton and budgie will make it, but I'm not so sure about Potsy
Saw him online yesterday so I hope he pops in today or y'know |
Colton
08.08.21 | is it cool if itās a little past midnight? youre not listening until tmo anyway |
JohnnyoftheWell
08.08.21 | my voice is trash so yes yes will most certainly sing over this boi
its shittiness will probs inadvertently remind ars of ween and get you through though, can't be too careful |
ArsMoriendi
08.08.21 | "is it cool if itās a little past midnight? youre not listening until tmo anyway"
Sure, just make sure it's before I start listening (which could be as early as 11am tbh) |
budgie
08.08.21 | good.. luck to me
W.A.S.P. - the idol
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cv8yg4s-6h8
genre: hair metal |
ArsMoriendi
08.08.21 | Nice |
Colton
08.08.21 | lol sorry johnny I didn't see this until now, would have been fun
idk what this is I recorded it yesterday and tried to make it sound sentimental and shit idk just eliminate me already tbh https://drive.google.com/file/d/10e26aEbdmBoXmXZQr5VlcPMrBRqX7eut/view?usp=sharing |
ArsMoriendi
08.08.21 | I was about to disqualify you for being mega late, but I haven't started listening to these yet, so you made it, haha!
I have 0 belief Potsy even remembers this comp is happening, so I'm gonna start this NOW :D |
JohnnyoftheWell
08.08.21 | girigiri boi |
Colton
08.08.21 | johnny if you can do something with it before Ars listens to it you totally should lol |
ArsMoriendi
08.08.21 | Well it'll be the last one I get to, so you can try, but I've already started (still on Sloth's which is the first one haha) |
ArsMoriendi
08.08.21 | Colton it's 12:23pm right now, you have until 1pm to un-private that link |