Song Contest Part XIII, Host: JoshWoodenSpoon, Theme: Woodblocks/Cowbells, Noms Due: Mon 8:45pm AEDT

[Plugger35]

With all these people pulling out or struggling to think of a nom I might end up with a podium by default.

 

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Little River Band - The Other Guy

Good stuff, except… I wish it was Glen Shorrock singing and not f**king Farnham



Jethro Tull - Aqualung

Good stuff, except… for the muffled, megaphone effect on the vocals during the second half



Nirvana - The Man Who Sold The World

Good stuff, except… for the dickhead who goes WOOOO!! at the 22sec mark and how badly Kurt slips into the solo



Smashing Pumpkins - Drown

Good stuff, except… I can never get through the distortion finish.

 

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Run The Jewels - Close Your Eyes (And Count To F**k)

Good stuff, except… for the constant loop in the background




Dub FX - No Rest For the Wicked

Good stuff, except… for the s**t lyrics




Eb Davis - What You Gonna Do

Good stuff, except… it goes about 2 minutes too long




Adriano Celentano - Prisencolinensinainciusol

Good stuff, except… it's complete gibberish!

 

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Big Star - September Gurls

Good stuff, except… for the dated 60's guitar tone on the lead break




Weezer - The Greatest Man That Ever Lived

Good stuff, except… for that f**king closing monologue




Marvin Gaye - Inner City Blues (Makes Me Wanna Holler)

Good stuff, except… for the la da da daaa la da dadadadada la da dad dada la dadadadada da daa da.




The Fray - How to Save a Life

Good stuff, except… for the bad vocals and overdone video

 

[Hoos]

Good stuff, except… I wish it was Glen Shorrock singing and not f**king Farnham

Lol!

 

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Imagination - In the Heat of the night (Virus Mix)

Good stuff, except… for the tame piano solo




of Montreal - Heimdalsgate Like A Promethean Curse

Good stuff, except… for Kev's voice and the random synth rumbling just before the bridge




Hockey Dad - I Wanna Be Everybody

Good stuff, except… for the riff similarity to Smells Like Teen Spirit




Bee Gees - Stayin' Alive

Good stuff, except… their voices get a bit shrieky

 

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R.E.M. - Leave

Good stuff, except… for the annoying siren-like noise that kicks in after a minute




MGMT - Kids

Good stuff, except… for the kids screaming just before the last chorus




John Farnham - Help

Good stuff, except… for the way he says "appreciate"





That's all 19 nominations I've received.

Could someone please create a playlist on youtube?
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLzvm0fV_1k5gIKuRbKxf2MsWft7WGE05f
(Thanks DroopStDanny!)


Votes due Sunday 9pm AEDT
roo2macca , please update thread title

 

[Plugger35]

John Farnham copping a couple of whacks there, harsh on old Farnesy.

Also harsh picking on the Bee Gees for being a bit shrieky when singing falsetto was their signature sound, that's like picking on James Reyne for mumbling.

 

[ChappyUK]

#songcontestnominations



Imagination - In the Heat of the night (Virus Mix)

Good stuff, except… for the tame piano solo




of Montreal - Heimdalsgate Like A Promethean Curse

Good stuff, except… for Kev's voice and the random synth rumbling just before the bridge




Hockey Dad - I Wanna Be Everybody

Good stuff, except… for the riff similarity to Smells Like Teen Spirit




Bee Gees - Stayin' Alive

Good stuff, except… their voices get a bit shrieky

Lol at that Hockey Dad song. 'Noone will notice'

 

[Back One Out]

Lol at that Hockey Dad song. 'Noone will notice'

Cobain himself was pretty good about admitting he'd (inadvertently) appropiated that same riff from Boston's "More Than A Feeling" and gave them a songwriting credit. [edit: this is bullshit. I was thinking of Radiohead vs Hollies]

And then there's the 'time-travelling' bassline from "Come As You Are" which was remarkably similar to Killing Joke's "Eighties" which itself was a direct lift from The Damned's "Life Goes On"

 

[DroopStDanny]

#SongContestPlaylist

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLzvm0fV_1k5gIKuRbKxf2MsWft7WGE05f

Good stuff, except.........for the gratuitous use of the F word in the title.

 

[Back One Out]

Also harsh picking on the Bee Gees for being a bit shrieky when singing falsetto was their signature sound

Nah, they've got a point. At times, Barry Gibb's falsetto on that song was higher and more 'shrieky' than was normal for him and verging on self-parody

 

[DroopStDanny]

Cobain himself was pretty good about admitting he'd (inadvertently) appropiated that same riff from Boston's "More Than A Feeling" and gave them a songwriting credit.

I wonder how Men Without Hats feel about that.

 

[Back One Out]

#SongContestPlaylist

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLzvm0fV_1k5gIKuRbKxf2MsWft7WGE05f

Good stuff, except.........for the gratuitous use of the F word in the title.

Cheers, mate!

 

[ChappyUK]

I wonder how Men Without Hats feel about that.

All sounds like Wild Thing tbh.

 

[JoshWoodenSpoon]

Thought there'd be way more shenanigans in this batch o' noms.

With all these people pulling out or struggling to think of a nom I might end up with a podium by default.

Didn't you know ND, Hoos and Raven all have flawless taste??

 

[Back One Out]

I wonder how Men Without Hats feel about that.

That wasn't true about Cobain admitting he accidentally stole the riff and shared the credit with Boston. I was thinking of Thom Yorke with "Creep" and The Hollies' "The Air That I Breathe"

People were on Cobain's back about the similarity, so he did a tongue-in-cheek cover version of "More Than A Feeling" at their famous Reading show.

I don't know how Hunters & Collectors got away with "The Holy Grail"

 

[William Wonka]

All sounds like Wild Thing tbh.

Only so much variety you can get out of a guitar.

 

[Loonerty]

To be fair I think the Hockey Dad thing is intentional given the lyrical content of the song.

 

[ChappyUK]

I was thinking of this. Good s**t... but I've always wanted the change @ 2:25 to go longer.

 

[ChappyUK]

Good s**t....but you campaigners gave it donuts.

 

[ChappyUK]

Good s**t....but it wasn't featured on GTA

 

[TubbsFarquhar]

Good s**t....but it wasn't featured on GTA

DQ.

 

[ChappyUK]

DQ.

Cos it podiumed?

 

[Hoos]

Didn't you know ND, Hoos and Raven all have flawless taste??

Thank you for noticing.