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2023 March Madness Survivor: Gigaton Finals
Posted: Sun February 12, 2023 9:56 pm
by stip
Round 5 - choose 1 songs to ELIMINATE. Voting open until 8pm EST 3/19
Re: 2023 March Madness Survivor: Gigaton Round 1
Posted: Sun February 12, 2023 9:57 pm
by stip
This is probably my only easy round, with the caveat that I like 3 of these 4 songs, and even Take the Long Way is a perfectly fine lowpoint
Take the Long Way
Never Destination
Retrograde
Alright
Re: 2023 March Madness Survivor: Gigaton Round 1
Posted: Sun February 12, 2023 10:53 pm
by JuanHamm
This is actually one of the hardest albums for me. It's a very consistent album.
Never Destination for sure. I'll have to think about the rest.
Re: 2023 March Madness Survivor: Gigaton Round 1
Posted: Sun February 12, 2023 11:26 pm
by LetMeSleep
SBWM
Never Destination
Comes The Goes
River Cross
Who Ever Said is damn lucky to survive. Ed is the weakest link songwriting wise for me.
Re: 2023 March Madness Survivor: Gigaton Round 1
Posted: Sun February 12, 2023 11:57 pm
by bada
I don't know this album well enough half the songs I don't remember what they sound like. Abstain.
Re: 2023 March Madness Survivor: Gigaton Round 1
Posted: Mon February 13, 2023 4:27 am
by Anders
Retrograde, River Cross, Alright, Comes Then Goes
Re: 2023 March Madness Survivor: Gigaton Round 1
Posted: Mon February 13, 2023 11:06 am
by Mike
QE
Alright
Retrograde
7 O Clock
Re: 2023 March Madness Survivor: Gigaton Round 1
Posted: Mon February 13, 2023 11:23 am
by Anders
Buckle Up is a serious candidate for the best song on the album. Of the songs with 9-10 votes currently, it’s by far the best.
Re: 2023 March Madness Survivor: Gigaton Round 1
Posted: Mon February 13, 2023 12:13 pm
by stip
i prefer river cross but it is great
Re: 2023 March Madness Survivor: Gigaton Round 1
Posted: Mon February 13, 2023 12:43 pm
by Farmer John
River Cross
Retrograde
Superblood Wolfmoon
Who Ever Said
Re: 2023 March Madness Survivor: Gigaton Round 1
Posted: Mon February 13, 2023 3:37 pm
by Jorge
bada wrote:I don't know this album well enough half the songs I don't remember what they sound like. Abstain.
Some sound like The Who. Some sound like Bruce Springsteen. One sounds a lot like Talking Heads
Re: 2023 March Madness Survivor: Gigaton Round 1
Posted: Mon February 13, 2023 4:02 pm
by Coach
This is a very top heavy album, most of the songs eliminated are on the back end for me.
Re: 2023 March Madness Survivor: Gigaton Round 1
Posted: Mon February 13, 2023 4:43 pm
by Jaeti
Jorge wrote:bada wrote:I don't know this album well enough half the songs I don't remember what they sound like. Abstain.
Some sound like The Who. Some sound like Bruce Springsteen. One sounds a lot like Talking Heads
And they're all good-to-great-to-spectacular.
Re: 2023 March Madness Survivor: Gigaton Round 1
Posted: Mon February 13, 2023 4:47 pm
by Leatherhead
Jorge wrote:bada wrote:I don't know this album well enough half the songs I don't remember what they sound like. Abstain.
Some sound like The Who. Some sound like Bruce Springsteen. One sounds a lot like Talking Heads
Somebody show me a Talking Heads song that actually sounds a lot like DOTC.
Re: 2023 March Madness Survivor: Gigaton Round 1
Posted: Mon February 13, 2023 4:51 pm
by dad
Leatherhead wrote:Jorge wrote:bada wrote:I don't know this album well enough half the songs I don't remember what they sound like. Abstain.
Some sound like The Who. Some sound like Bruce Springsteen. One sounds a lot like Talking Heads
Somebody show me a Talking Heads song that actually sounds a lot like DOTC.
I think it's not necessarily the song that sounds like Talking Heads. It's more the inflection Ed uses when singing some parts of DOTC that are David Byrne-esque.
Re: 2023 March Madness Survivor: Gigaton Round 1
Posted: Mon February 13, 2023 4:54 pm
by Leatherhead
dad wrote:Leatherhead wrote:Jorge wrote:bada wrote:I don't know this album well enough half the songs I don't remember what they sound like. Abstain.
Some sound like The Who. Some sound like Bruce Springsteen. One sounds a lot like Talking Heads
Somebody show me a Talking Heads song that actually sounds a lot like DOTC.
I think it's not necessarily the song that sounds like Talking Heads. It's more the inflection Ed uses when singing some parts of DOTC that are David Byrne-esque.
Re: 2023 March Madness Survivor: Gigaton Round 1
Posted: Mon February 13, 2023 4:57 pm
by Jorge
It's like a Weird Al, "Dare to Be Stupid" thing. A stylistic pastiche
Re: 2023 March Madness Survivor: Gigaton Round 1
Posted: Mon February 13, 2023 5:09 pm
by Anders
Speaking In Tongues-era Talking Heads. Both the groove and Ed’s performance. Not sure which song is most similar.
Re: 2023 March Madness Survivor: Gigaton Round 1
Posted: Mon February 13, 2023 5:13 pm
by tragabigzanda
The vocal round at the end is lifted right out of Born Under Punches, while Mike’s guitar seems to be inspired by the guitar on America Is Waiting (admittedly from a Byrne/Eno side project)
Re: 2023 March Madness Survivor: Gigaton Round 1
Posted: Mon February 13, 2023 5:24 pm
by Anders
