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| Umbrella Contest 2021 Round 12: 11 Umbrellas Each
2 more out, 3 left, and the rules are different this round. | | 1 |  | The Kinks
Lola vs. Powerman and the Moneygoround
The final round has totally new rules! Make me a playlist consisting of 1 song per genre covered in the order of the rounds. All of your choices must be songs I don't already know. The playlist can be on Spotify, Youtube, or any place where I don't have to download anything.
That means: Song 1: Lo-fi
Song 2: Psychedelic
Song 3: Sampling
Song 4: Sentimental Ballad
Song 5: Instrumental
Song 6: Show Tunes
Song 7: Traditional/Cultural
Song 8: Comedy
Song 9: Dance
Song 10: Easy Listening
Song 11: Experimental
All 11 songs will be averaged for your final score.
And now for some honorable mentions: | | 2 |  | Beat Happening
You Turn Me On
This album is now on my "need to eventually check" list because āGodsendā is amazing. Thanks, dedex! | | 3 |  | Linda Perhacs
Parallelograms
I've loved "Chimacum Rain" for a while, so knowing another song on here (the t/t) ruled too pushed me to check this in full and it's a 4/5 album for sure. Thanks, bgillesp! | | 4 |  | Comus
First Utterance
"Song to Comus" was a truly what the hell kind of song in the best way and the album's a 4/5. Thanks, Aberf! | | 5 |  | Egberto Gismonti
Sonho 70
Really pretty song, I'll try to check the album eventually. This is a good list for safekeeping. Thanks, protokute! | | 6 |  | Nina Simone
I Put a Spell on You
āMarriage Is for Old Folksā was caught in my head for a week after that round happened and it's amazing. If I ever dive into Nina, I guess it'll be with this album. Thanks, Tifolium! | | 7 |  | Eels
Beautiful Freak
"Your Lucky Day in Hell" and "Novocaine for the Soul" are both amazing, why haven't I checked this album yet? I'm gonna do it sometime before 2021 ends! Thanks, SlothcoreSam! | | 8 |  | Burt Bacharach
Living Together
It's too bad that this album on the whole is boring as hell and a solid 2.5/5, but "Something Big" is hands down the best song I learned from this round. It's perfect. Thanks, Zig!
And now for what you guys are waiting for: | | 9 |  | Henry Cow
In Praise of Learning
SlothcoreSam
āWarā
Proggy off the bat and kinda Zappa inspired. High pitched cartoonish German vocals are cool. Random scraping sounds and a saxophone solo, okay cool. This is pretty fun.Definitely experimental, but in a realm that feels personally familiar.
4/5 (Finalist!) | | 10 |  | Arrigo Barnabe
Clara Crocodilo
Zig
āAcapulco Drive-inā
Funky and jazzy. I like how offbeat everything sounds and the bass is awesome. Great vocals too. This is weird in a familiar way again, but itās amazing and jazzy and that piano solo is fun as hell so, Iām digging this.
4.4/5 (+.5 for winning last round) = = 4.9/5 (ROUND WINNER, but no BONUS going forward cuz the final round is different!) (Finalist!) | | 11 |  | Stereolab
Sound-Dust
Trifolium
āSpace Mothā
Twinkly and foreboding so far. Good vocals as expected from Stereolab and I like the buildup that brought us there. Very spacey, and while it fits, it wasnāt shockingly experimental or anything, mostly just pretty and chill, I did like it though.
3.8/5 (ELIMINATED!) | | 12 |  | Arthur Russell
World of Echo
Ryus
āBeing Itā
Weird and echoey. So the liner notes say this is the cello Iām hearing, but it sounds like guitar, thatās mad weird, is it an electric cello? His voice is okay, but I canāt say I like it, but it seems like something that could grow on me. More on the minimal side of experimental for sure, but pretty impressive conceptually regardless.
4/5 (Finalist!) | | 13 |  | Moor Mother
Circuit City
botulist
āNo More Wiresā
More jazz. āNo more wiresā a guy frantical chants over a jamming saxophone. This is scary as hell now with all of the intensity and the crashing sounds. This might be dragging on too much for me. Not bad, but not amazing.
3.5/5 (ELIMINATED!) | |
ArsMoriendi
09.26.21 | SlothcoreSam vs Zig vs Ryus
***The winner of the competition can recommend me whatever 2 albums they want and I'll listen to them no matter the album as long as it's not impossible to find and as long as neither exceeds 3 hours.***
Next round will declare said winner! :D | SlothcoreSam
09.26.21 | Sweet, I can almost taste victory.
How long do we have to submit the entry | botulist
09.26.21 | lame | ArsMoriendi
09.26.21 | @Slothcore: til Sunday like always | Trifolium
09.26.21 | Aaaiiyyyeeee, just missed out! Glad you enjoyed it though, it's a superb song.
And if you ever start with Nina (which you totally and utterly should do!!!!!) that album is a great place to start. Very diverse, as we know her. | SlothcoreSam
09.26.21 | Ok tell me if you know any of these
1. Neutral Milk Hotel - In The Airplane Over The Sea
2. Shuggie Otis - Strawberry Letter 23
3. Eels - Last Stop This Town
4. The Panics - Don't Fight It
5. The Lounge Lizards - Do The Wrong Thing
6. Slapp Happy - Casablanca Moon
7. Alash Ensemble - Dynggyldai
8. Kevin Bloody Wilson - You Can't Say Cunt in Canada
9. Duchess Says - Tenen Non Neu
10. Elysian Fields - Black Acres
11. Magma - Ima Suri Dondai
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3ikJ0OGHFKwKTwZ2uMzwhX?si=1DoqARSoQXeAlsse3X-o0Q&utm_source=copy-link&dl_branch=1 | ArsMoriendi
09.26.21 | 1. Yes
2. OMG YES LOVE IT, 10/10 song
The rest, no | Divaman
09.26.21 | Did I win? | SlothcoreSam
09.26.21 | Ok, will find a couple more | SlothcoreSam
09.27.21 | Fixed
1. Royal Headache - High
2. Baby Huey - Running
3. Eels - Last Stop This Town
4. The Panics - Don't Fight It
5. The Lounge Lizards - Do The Wrong Thing
6. Slapp Happy - Casablanca Moon
7. Alash Ensemble - Dynggyldai
8. Kevin Bloody Wilson - You Can't Say Cunt in Canada
9. Duchess Says - Tenen Non Neu
10. Elysian Fields - Black Acres
11. Magma - Ima Suri Dondai
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3ikJ0OGHFKwKTwZ2uMzwhX?si=PrMxjeAATSm3fC74JVIDLw&utm_source=copy-link&dl_branch=1 | ArsMoriendi
09.27.21 | Yeah I don't know any of those, perfect
And of course you have until Sunday to rechoose any of them | SlothcoreSam
09.27.21 | Cool, but nope I'm happy.
Lock em in.
Often the first thing that comes to my mind is the best, if I over think things, I end up muddling it all up. | ArsMoriendi
09.27.21 | Fair enough
Now let's see what Ryus and Zig come up with :P | fogza
09.27.21 | Trif had so many round wins, but has fallen at the final hurdle š„ | Ryus
09.27.21 | oh man this is gonna be hard | SlothcoreSam
09.30.21 | OK I got a compendium for my tracks.
1. Aussie lo-fi garage punk
2. Psychedelic soul by a legend who helped inspire the Hip Hop movement
3. Another Eels song, this time off a different album, with a different feel. It sampled 2 tracks, Bounce, Rock, Skate, Roll by Vaughan Mason and Crew. As well as, Bananeira by Emilio Santiago.
4. Another Australian indie ballad.
5. An ear worm of a track, this is experimental Avant-garde jazz. So addicitve.
6. Slapp Happy are a German/English avant-pop group, formed in Germany in 1972. They later formed with Henry Cow, I chose their song "War" for the experimental round. This song is Cabaret Pop, so could be used in a musical show easily.
7. Some more classical Tuvan Throat singing.
8. 80s Australian Comedy. You might hate this one, but it is funny.
9. French Canadian Arty Dance Punk band. This song will get you first bopping your head and feet, and as it gets louder and heavier you will find yourself jumping around the room banging into things, or maybe your head into things. It is one of those crazy stupid songs you will go mental too.
10. The slow pace of this next song is the perfect come down from the last song, and you should recognize Jennifer Charles voice. However, it is not just the vocals that makes this great, the instruments add a creepy gloomy atmosphere.
11. Prog Rock out of France, experimental in the fact they made up their own language, and incorporated operatic elements and other non traditional rock to develop their own style of progressive rock that they termed Zeuhl. | Ryus
09.30.21 | i have three midterms and a job interview tomorrow so count on saturday for me lol | ArsMoriendi
09.30.21 | Okay Ryus, sounds good
Someone find Zig lol, or I guess donāt and thereāll be be less completion for you 2 | SlothcoreSam
10.01.21 | Where's Ziggy?
I don't want to win by default. | Divaman
10.01.21 | I'm Ziggy. What are we picking? | Divaman
10.01.21 | Forget it. I just looked at the rules for this round. I'm definitely not Ziggy. And I think I saw him at the airport, booking a flight to Borneo. | fogza
10.01.21 | Diva, you are ryus | Zig
10.01.21 | it was actually to Bologna | Zig
10.01.21 | Ars, just give a quick check here
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/7vmLu3wAtdJPpEt36Sq8iZ?si=58fa1c4a0e1e4136 | ArsMoriendi
10.01.21 | @Zig:
-I know "The Number Song" by DJ Shadow
-I know the "Lumberjack Song" from Monty Python
-I just learned "Auguas De Marco" by Elis Regina + friend from Song of the Day this week lol
Gotta change those 3, but the rest work
| Zig
10.01.21 | so, my counterproposal:
- Ridden Pony, by Fila Brazillia
- My Pink Half of the Drainpipe, by The Bonzo Dog Band
- O LeĆ£ozinho, by Caetano Veloso | Divaman
10.01.21 | I knew it started with a "B". | Zig
10.01.21 | to be honest, it was Bronson, Missouri. | ArsMoriendi
10.01.21 | @Zig: those all work
You're all set
Now all we need is Ryus's playlist, which he said he'd post tomorrow. :) | Divaman
10.01.21 | Really? That's disappointing, Zig. | dedex
10.01.21 | real glad you liked "Godsend" man even though I was ruthlessly eliminated!!!!! :( | Divaman
10.01.21 | It's true. Ars squashes our hopes and dreams like he was just stepping on an ant. | SlothcoreSam
10.01.21 | My playlist only goes for about 35 minutes.
You should thank me with bonus points | ArsMoriendi
10.01.21 | @Zig: this prob won't affect your score, but can you update your playlist to reflect your song changes? | Ryus
10.02.21 | alright arsy
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-y2u5gDE40A&list=PLS0WqQ62ANpvr9G_fA4lXoFUiIfHo5fBW
1. alex g - gnaw
2. xtc - summer's cauldron
3. the byrds - draft morning
4. joni mitchell - a case of you
5. taylor mcferrin - degrees of light
6. jesus christ superstar - heaven on their minds
7. toumani diabate and bauake sissoko - bi lambam
8. dead milkmen - big lizard
9. prince - i wanna be your lover
10. joni mitchell - all i want
11. this heat - horizontal hold | fogza
10.02.21 | I think this list is gonna be good, I have a good feeling about it | Zig
10.02.21 | playlist updated. however, got to do a little change. nevermind the sue me track.
are you okay with Maxence's Song from the musical The Young Girls of Rochefort? | Zig
10.02.21 | just one more thing (i'm listening my playlist), forget frusciante.
now, for the lofi song, can i get Inside Out by Duster? | ArsMoriendi
10.02.21 | @Ryus: I know nothing on that list, you're good.
@Zig: both of those changes are fine since I don't know them. | Zig
10.02.21 | here it is the updated playlist (44 min): https://open.spotify.com/playlist/7vmLu3wAtdJPpEt36Sq8iZ?si=16d8fa4f8aaf4cfa
have fun! | ArsMoriendi
10.02.21 | I will announce a winner tomorrow!
Previous winners:
2018: NeroCorleone - chose Nina Nastasia - Run to Ruin (back when the reward was only 1 album, I loved it, 4/5, still listen to stuff by her to this day.)
2020: LordePots - chose Hampster Dance - The Album and Kidz Bop 40 (reward was 2 albums and a review for one of them and I reviewed Hampster Dance -T he Album, albums were a 1.5 and 1 respectively)
(I like to think of Gazelle Twin - Unflesh and Stereolab - Dots and Loops as his real recs because their songs did so much heavy lifting for him in the final round and I love both albums, especially Dots and Loops.)
2021: ?????
Hope guys thought of your 2 albums, but DONT SAY THEM, my excitement or apprehension about them might subconsciously affect your scores. | JohnnyoftheWell
10.02.21 | nina nastasia p good mm | ArsMoriendi
10.03.21 | No more changes allowed, I'M STARTING THESE NOW :D
Results up in a few hours or less idk, they're collectively only 2 hours |
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