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Zach

Submissions
128 total, 127 scored
Games
19
Votes cast
1013 total
Points received
730

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Notable picks

Submission history

New beginnings

Fun with Friends Near and Far!

Music Through the Decades

The Singularity

  • I See A DarknessJohnny Cash - Irreplaceable - #4 - 4 points - On his second to last album, Cash sings about traditional male friendship. Stoic masculinity can create barriers: don't share, don't ask or look for help. The most interesting part of the song is emotionally complex: despite being desperate for help, he's unsure whether his lifelong friend can help or is even aware of his struggle. I don't think AI can replicate this emotion, or sing it the right way.
  • This Is AmericaChildish Gambino - Irreplaceable - #1 - 8 points - The mishmash of styles might be hard to copy without a human touch. But the real difficulty is in replicating the lyrics and music video. It requires a lot of difficult context, is highly critical of both those in power and those out of power, and would definitely violate sensitive content restrictions.
  • The Lazy SongBruno Mars - This is Fine - #4 - 3 points
  • Never Let You Go - 2008 RemasterThird Eye Blind - This is Fine - #3 - 4 points - AI Stephan Jenkins is never gonna give you up, but unlike Rick Astley, he seems somewhat likely to let you down, or turn around and hurt you.
  • Paranoid Android - RemasteredRadiohead - John Henry - #1 - 8 points - Radiohead decided they wanted to be artists instead of musicians and this was the turning point.
  • The Legend of John Henry's Hammer - Live at Folsom State Prison, Folsom, CA (1st Show) - January 1968Johnny Cash - John Henry - #7 - 0 points - **no need to give this song points, this is a bonus song** Do engines get rewarded for their steam? Before you complain this is too on the nose, this is the song that inspired this round and indirectly the whole league. The round title 'John Henry' is too good though; I didn't want to rename this round. so I gave myself a third song slot to share this with you. The artistic aspect of Cash playing a show for prisoners could also fit the 'limit pushing' theme
  • People Everywhere (Still Alive)Khruangbin - John Henry - #3 - 5 points - Still alive, still alive
  • StarseedOur Lady Peace - Embiggened Language Model - #2 - 6 points
  • De Do Do Do, De Da Da DaThe Police - Embiggened Language Model - #4 - 4 points - Sting was an English teacher. He says that simple lyrics have power ("Doo Wah Diddy").
  • Nobody Gets MeSZA - Man vs Machine - #3 - 6 points - Has a few electronic effects but I thought it was still a nice acoustic addition to the playlist
  • Instant Crush (feat. Julian Casablancas)Daft Punk, Julian Casablancas - Man vs Machine - Unranked - Score pending - Did someone say 'robots'?

Into the Void

  • DanceThe Lovemakers - Sweet Leaf - #6 - 8 points - NorCal legends, still playing live. Hope there are multiple hedonistic dancing songs this round.
  • FameIrene Cara - Wishing Well - #11 - 0 points
  • All Comes CrashingMetric - Neon Knights - #5 - 10 points - shades of tron: legacy. combat baby -> help i'm alive -> all comes crashing is metric's hero journey
  • Love SpreadsThe Stone Roses - Spiral Architect - #12 - 2 points - Skip to 4:10 if you're impatient. Ignore genius.com lyrics interpretations, all you need to know is that sisterly Love is his messiah, and for whatever reason, he chose to imagine a controversial appearance for her.
  • Sleeping in the FlowersThey Might Be Giants - Fairies Wear Boots - #6 - 7 points - Bizarre, whimsical and surreal? These guys got you covered.
  • Arsonist's LullabyeHozier - N.I.B. - #2 - 12 points

Beginnings

  • Do I Wanna Know?Arctic Monkeys - If At First You Don't Succeed - #7 - 3 points - The Arctic Monkeys didn't break out in the US until their fifth album, and they never became a household name. Still, AM is a leading candidate for the Last Great Rock Album, near the top of the daily streaming charts 12 years and 12 billion streams later.
  • The Last TimeAndrew Oldham Orchestra - Original - #5 - 7 points - a straightforward pick this time!
  • Baby DriverSimon & Garfunkel - Summer Starts - #8 - -1 points - summer is the season of sweet harmonies and swinging grooves
  • Girl, We Got With Your MomBig Mouth Cast, Ed Helms, Matt Rogers, Adam Levine - Beginnings - #10 - 2 points - before you got this party started before you were born this way me and adam levine banged your mom
  • Fire In CairoThe Cure - Debut - #9 - 3 points - teenage robert smith was H-O-T-T-O-G-O

Hey DJ!

  • 99 ProblemsHugo - Cover Me Badly - #8 - 4 points - what's wrong with this catchy bluegrass cover? first, it takes a song about discrimination and violence and turns it into a song about nothing. second, the guy covering the song is part of the Thai royal family and a soap opera star, who has at most one or two problems, neither of which are discrimination and violence.
  • These Walls (feat. Pierre de Maere)Dua Lipa, Pierre de Maere - $@#?! - #6 - 7 points - Look for a partner who sings 'I love you' as sweetly as Dua Lipa sings 'you're fucked'
  • Shooting StarsBag Raiders - The Big Ask - #7 - 4 points - Planetarium group outing! Flashmob is optional. The musical note falls from high to low, you ask the question, and when they say 'yes', everybody does a happy dance as the chorus comes in. Otherwise, comedic sad dance.
  • Everybody Bounce高爾宣 OSN - Tongue Twists - #9 - 5 points - The smoothest language switches you'll ever hear between two of the most different languages. Taiwan's OSN ('awr-shwen') can do Nu-Metal and raunchy R&B, but found the most commercial success with sensitive heartbreak rap-ballads. His swagger songs are better and suit you guys more. I bet you bounced!
  • 4 In The MorningGwen Stefani - Guilty Pleasures - #9 - 3 points

Change of Pace

Movie Music Magic

2024, we hardly knew you

Lady Chatterwhistle's Gossip-Drama League

  • PompeiiBastille - Drama, Actually... and Tease (Epilogue and Cliffhanger) - #2 - 9 points - Our three characters gather to say goodbye. But Martin had tampered with forces beyond understanding, and Lizzie and Evangeline neglected their duties (Falklands and the Church). As a result, an Argentinian Divine Time Paradox occurred, and London turned to ash. Alas, alas! Where do we begin, the rubble or our sins?
  • Heavenly Kind Of State Of MindLewis Capaldi - Bad Habit (the Nun's Tale) - #1 - 11 points - Confronted with a choice between devotion and earthly love, she chooses... BOTH. Whatever mental gymnastics are necessary.
  • Burn BrightThe Heavy - Bondage and Duty (the Queen's Tale) - #3 - 9 points - It's a love triangle with her coworker, Maj. Rocketman and her target, Cpt. Sparrow. But Lizzie can't go back to who she was before she met Jack, so she chooses the ocean over the sky. It may lead to a shorter life, but the flame that burns shortest also burns brightest...
  • Somewhere Only We KnowLily Allen - Bedroom Experiment (The Scientist's Tale) - #5 - 4 points - He succeeded in saving his long-ago love, the uptown girl, but at the cost of all her memories of the time they spent together. In the new future, she finds their old spot on an East London riverside. "Wait... I know this place, but how...?"
  • Footloose - From "Footloose" SoundtrackKenny Loggins - Grasping and Heaving (Story Goals) - #5 - 6 points - Just dance! Learn how to break rules and live life instead of doing what the sheriff tells you! Quit your job! (or maybe not that last one)
  • EvangelineMatthew Sweet - Throbbing Attraction (Character) - #1 - 8 points - This song was written about a fictional badass vigilante nun with a strong connection to the divine. Think of the possibilities! She can solve our story problems with a combination of prayers and violence!
  • Welcome to ParadiseGreen Day - Play Submission (Setting) - #4 - 5 points - Wild urban wasteland

SacramentoJam Vol 7 - Honorary Sacramentan Edition

  • Disintegration - Band Instrumental DemoThe Cure - No vocals needed - #7 - 2 points - My premature victory lap song: an indulgent, slightly repetitive, moody track. Quite possibly I'll get negative score and slip to a lower place. The original version with vocals is even longer and devastatingly emo. New Wave didn't end because the '80s ended, it ended because everyone locked themselves in a dark room with their eyes closed listening on repeat to this, THE GREATEST ALBUM EVER MADE, and gave up trying to top it. My only complaint is that this song needs more Robert Smith meowing.
  • Low SunHermanos Gutiérrez - No vocals needed - #3 - 6 points - I think this round will favor pure instrumentals and non-covers (unless those covers are AMAZING). I found this Swiss-Ecuadoran artist through another music league. They create a really complex, full sound with just two guys. I stayed away from the Spanish-sounding song titles because I thought a few of you might have Español trauma.
  • You Got ItRoy Orbison - Childhood nostalgia - #3 - 6 points - I didn't know until this week that this was released posthumously in the late 80s! I just always assumed my dad was listening to an old classic.
  • Mrs. Robinson - From "The Graduate" SoundtrackSimon & Garfunkel - Childhood nostalgia - #2 - 8 points - So many songs to choose from, but I'm going with one of the most obvious Si-funk-on songs. All the signature Gar-mon-kel elements are there: poetic, somewhat cerebral lyrics, playful acoustic guitar, close harmonies. Random fact: This version doesn't actually appear on The Graduate soundtrack - recording was finished after the movie was released.
  • The NightsAvicii - Party picks - #3 - 8 points - Some songs are guaranteed to get the party started. But this one is more "they're tired, keep them dancing for one more song." I think this particular song probably gains and loses appeal depending on your stage in life, and I'm betting you all are in the right life stage for this. Would you play this at a birthday party?... Maybe? 🤔
  • Push It - Radio VersionSalt-N-Pepa - Party picks - #8 - 3 points - I'm fully expecting you guys to come up with even better bangers, but I chose this song because this might be my favorite beat ever, and I think it could be an underrepresented genre this round.
  • ZITTI E BUONIMåneskin - Words don't matter - #1 - 8 points - My mainstream pick this round. Hopefully hits a lot of people's sweet spot: Glam rock, Eurovision, and they also did that cover of Frankie Valli's Beggin'...
  • Baba YetuPeter Hollens, Malukah - Words don't matter - #4 - 4 points - As the theme song for the video game Civilization IV, this is aimed at a global audience who won't understand Swahili. But even if you didn't know that the words are the christian Lord's Prayer, I think the song gets its spirituality across. For me, the subtext of the song is that even though we have vastly different traditions and values, every culture and every human is driven to seek sustenance and then higher needs. Humanity strives, struggles, and transcends.

SacramentoJam Vol 6 - Whoa

SacramentoJam Volume 5 - Mr. Wiffles' Catnip Jams

  • Hey Ya - solo versionObadiah Parker - Cover me! - #3 - 6 points - This is a popular song to perform as a stripped down acoustic cover. This is the first such version I remember hearing on the radio, and it kind of blew everybody's mind how dark the song was. Scrubs did a similar version and used it totally inappropriately...
  • Forever YoungScary Pockets, Madison Cunningham - Cover me! - #6 - 3 points - I considered a lot of more unique genre covers. Out of all the funk covers to choose, why this one? Original is a familiar 80s song. It's fine, but the cover is definitely better in my opinion. Many of the other songs I can't say theyre actually better than the original, so...
  • Love Theme From "The Godfather"Nino Rota, Carlo Savina - Let's go to the movies! - #5 - 4 points - Just when I thought I was out of music league, they pull me back in. An unforgettable film series, except for that third one.
  • Soul Bossa NovaQuincy Jones - Let's go to the movies! - #3 - 6 points - Any of my friends who downvotes this must have been replaced by a FemBot.
  • Comedown - RemasteredBush - Say what now? - #4 - 4 points - This one's for The Other (Australian) Elaine. The 90s were a wild time for music lyrics. Interpretation: this song is about Gavin Rossdale failing to write understandable poetry and coasting by on his good looks.
  • ChocolateThe 1975 - Say what now? - #7 - 1 points - IMO this song is better if you don't look up the lyrics and meaning. I've been trying to fit this song into the league FOREVER, since before the food round. Lyrics are part misheard, part confusing, and not actually about chocolate :(
  • You Oughta Know - 2015 RemasterAlanis Morissette - We're going HARD! - #2 - 6 points - Emotionally hard! This is me having fun with the category. Thanks Yorick! It was either this or 2pac & Biggie. I don't know about you guys, but on a scale of You Oughta Know to Someone Like You, most people seem to be more like Alanis than Adele after a breakup. Maybe that's just the cities I've lived in though? What do you think?
  • Show Me How to LiveAudioslave - We're going HARD! - #2 - 6 points - I will be surprised if this gets a lot of upvotes, but this supergroup comprised of Rage Against the Machine members + Chris Cornell of Soundgarden was mind-blowing at the time. It's not the hardest of their songs, but I think some of you might appreciate this one.

SacramentoJam Volume 4 -Alicorn Stardust

  • Nothing's Gonna Stop Us NowStarship - Guilty Pleasures - #1 - 7 points - Written for the 80s film Mannequin, about a guy who falls in love with a mannequin who (he thinks) comes to life after the department store closes. It's fair to say that this song has far outlasted both the movie and department stores. I thought about Hot Topic anthems and shallow teenybopper love songs, but I think this one is more embarrassing than MMMbop or wearing black eyeliner. I definitely would laugh at you if you told me this was one of your favorite songs - but I'd sing along too.
  • Let's Get It StartedBlack Eyed Peas - Guilty Pleasures - #3 - 5 points - Would you boogie down to a song that told you to get retarded? The world collectively lost its mind with this song (which has been scrubbed from the internet and replaced with a clean version). At some point the Black Eyed Peas became uncool, but this _is_ a bop. Bonus: watch the music video and see Fergie, 8-time Grammy winner, dancing like she's Smeágol and just caught a fish. Hire a choreographer!
  • One More Sleep ’til ChristmasKermit - But Wait—There’s Myrrh - #1 - 7 points - This is actually a pretty great movie if I remember correctly, it's been a while...
  • Back Door SantaClarence Carter - But Wait—There’s Myrrh - #4 - 4 points - Jingle All the Way I'm paranoid this is a duplicate. But it was either this or Star Wars Holiday Special.
  • Our HouseMadness - I Love You, Man? - #5 - 3 points - I couldn't find any Matchbox Twenty for Elaine's enjoyment, so, instead, I'm forced to submit a song that is actually listenable. It's an old favorite: Endlessly singable, infectious bass and horns (a missed opportunity for the "Horn-y" round), and makes you smile. It's cheesy in a good way. Irrelevant trivia: Morrissey wrote a song about his friendship/crush on this band's singer called "You're the one for me, fatty" which I was considering for the infatuation round a few games ago.
  • White Woman’s InstagramBo Burnham - I Love You, Man? - #5 - 3 points - Slightly stretching the category here for a reminder that excessively loving "basic" stuff like avocados, latte art and Rob Thomas songs is A-OK. But also funny. (The music video is a trip). This has a bit of a shared theme with Our House. While Our House says that the people close to us created a precious thing, WW'sI is partly about how being able to appreciate little precious things can be a way of honoring the memory of those who were close to us. It's not basic, it's just living life.
  • Blister In The SunViolent Femmes - Back to Basics: School of Rock 101 - #5 - 3 points - I heard that the majority of us might not really "get" guitar music. So I'm staying conservative with songs. Rock 001A: Riffs/Rhythm guitar Unlike other genres, rock emphasizes a lot of texture chords on top of, but following, the bass&drums. That's the role of riffs and/or rhythm guitars: chords to get your head nodding ("Zombie") or be a sweet groove to come home to ("Layla") A lot to say about this song, but basically this guitar lick is unforgettable and instantly makes people happy.
  • Corazon Espinado (feat. Mana)Santana, Maná - Back to Basics: School of Rock 101 - #8 - -1 points - Mansplain Rock 001B: Solos/Lead guitar The lead guitar, unlike rhythm guitar, is meant to contrast with other instruments/take the song new places. Usually through a solo, but also thru call-and-response melody. I don't care much about how fast a lead guitarist can play, but about how expressive and dynamically they choose to play - Santana's guitar sings for him! In music nerd friend league, I won the guitar solo round with this song. The biggest nerd said using Santana was like cheating.

SacramentoJam Disk 3 - Hamster Edition

  • Too Bad On Your BirthdayJoan Jett & the Blackhearts - Happy Birthday! - #9 - 1 points - I fixed our league's tragic lack of Joan Jett songs. You're welcome.
  • Feliz CumpleañosNelly Furtado - Happy Birthday! - #4 - 7 points - I was choosing between either this or a happier song from an artist that I like but wouldn't have gotten any points. So you all get this, another unhappy birthday song! I'm sure everybody's high school Spanish is up to the task. Nelly has a lot of good songs on Mi Plan and Loose! Bit of a guilty pleasure for me.
  • Pork And BeansWeezer - Hungry for more - #1 - 12 points - Mike Sugar knows the way to the top of the round / Maybe if I play like him I won't get voted down This one's only slightly about eating food, but it is literal about it. (When I was young my family always tried to stop me from putting butter & cinnamon sugar on my onion-flavored bagels)
  • Cookie JarDoja Cat - Hungry for more - #10 - 1 points - C is for Cookie, and cookies are for me. I don't know why you guys are posting so many sex-metaphor songs, this one is clearly about Oreos and tacos.
  • DuetRachael Yamagata - It takes two - #7 - 2 points - Ok, so this is one of the first songs that comes up when you search Duet on Spotify (at least for me, but I frequently listen to this artist.) The male part is sung by Ray LaMontagne. When you get into a fight with Big Mouth Woman/Man, listen to this harmony and make up!
  • Long-Legged Guitar Pickin' ManJohnny Cash, June Carter Cash - It takes two - #3 - 7 points - I hope this has caused somebody to think their spouse picked it, and then get annoyed at their Big Mouth Woman/Man. I wanted to pick Jackson from the Folsom Prison live but I think this captures June & Johnny's fiery dynamic while being more of a love song.
  • Singing In My SleepSemisonic - I have a dream! - #2 - 9 points - My favorite Semisonic song. Maybe people will argue about whether this song is about dreams or merely has the word dream in it, but I think it is right on target: the song is about how he's hearing the person and songs in his dreams. Re-release the Sugar mixtapes! Fun fact: the frontman Dan Wilson would go on to write a lot of songs for other people, including one ditty called "Someone Like You".
  • Dream A Little Dream Of MeMama Cass Elliot - I have a dream! - #7 - 4 points - Mama Cass' solo recording is a little swingier and has more jazz in the melody and chords than the track she recorded for The Mamas and The Papas, which is basically a pop song. Ella Fitzgerald's classic take is great too, but I think this crowd will like this one more.

"Sacramen-toJam - Disk 2, hidden tracks - Halloween"

Sacramen-toeJam

  • EverlongFoo Fighters - I Want to Love You - #1 - 14 points - Dave Grohl wrote this contender for "best song of the 90s" in 45 minutes. He was newly divorced, no bank acct access, semi-homeless,& his FF bandmates were leaving him. At that lowpoint he wrote about how it felt to be so crazy about someone that being together feels like singing together in harmony ("breathe out so I can breathe you in"), and the result became the final encore of every Foo Fighters concert. I like the Rick Astley and acoustic versions too, but the original is still the best.
  • PhysicalDua Lipa - I Want to Love You - #8 - 2 points - Dua Lipa is my guilty pleasure. The chorus "let's get physical" is confirmed as a homage to the Olivia Newton-John song.
  • Here With MeDido - Sittin' on the Dock of the Bay - #4 - 5 points - Dido is Lump. A list of things Dido can't/won't do until you're resting here with her: *Move a thing *Call friends *Leave bed *Hide *Go *Sleep *Breathe *Be
  • LumpThe Presidents Of The United States Of America - Sittin' on the Dock of the Bay - #4 - 5 points - Your relaxing vacation songs merely adopted the sloth. Lump was born in it, molded by it.
  • SatisfiedRenée Elise Goldsberry, Original Broadway Cast of Hamilton - I Want It All - #5 - 5 points - This is Lin Manuel Miranda's world, and we're just living in it. Obviously you could submit My Shot (or Lose Yourself) here and it would be great, and that was my first thought, but even though My Shot is more relevant, Satisfied is the more interesting narrative and genre. Alexander is free to pursue his ambition but Angelica is not. They both have to marry for wealth and social status, but Angelica is cautious of Alexander's motives.
  • RoyalsLorde - I Want It All - #6 - 4 points - I like the minimalist, almost a capella feeling to this song. Definitely an intentional aesthetic choice to emphasize the song's meaning. I was going to pick something a bit more obscure, but this song was popular for good reason...
  • Can't Tell Me NothingKanye West - You're So Vain - #5 - 5 points - One of our most prominent contemporary egoists (he has a song called "I Am A God") . The song title has a few meanings, one of which is self-criticism over his arrogance and self-destructive tendencies. He is a real-life example of the literary "difficult man": from "Rabbit, Run" to "The Sopranos", we love art that shows monsters who feel bad about being monsters, and then double down on their behavior. It resonates with our own self-criticism. Kanye loves and hates himself, but mostly loves.
  • Sk8er BoiAvril Lavigne - You're So Vain - #3 - 7 points - People think this song is just like You Belong With Me, but what makes them different is the hubris and pride of Sk8er Boi's mean girl, whereas TSwift's nemesis just has compatibility problems.

Sacramen-toeJam

  • Another One Bites The Dust - Remastered 2011Queen - Next! - #3 - 6 points - No commentary needed here, I think. A VOTE FOR THIS ONE IS A VOTE FOR DISCO2000 (hey I'm gonna get you too)
  • AnimalNeon Trees - Next! - #1 - 8 points - This is my attempt at tricking those of you guessing who submitted which song. But I did tell you I'm a sucker for these kinds of pop songs, right? EAT YOUR HEARTS OUT (take a bite of my heart tonight). A VOTE FOR THIS IS A VOTE FOR DISCO2000
  • Sad Trombone (with Shaggy)Sting, Shaggy - Horn-y - #5 - 4 points - Same Shaggy from 90's meme song "It Wasn't Me", but a different kind of 'boning. It's an interesting album. I like to think of this song as "Killing Me Softly With His Womp-Womp."
  • Close To MeThe Cure - Horn-y - #3 - 6 points - The Cure is still my favorite band. They have several versions of this song with and without trumpets, including an acoustic version which just has Robert Smith making trumpet noises.
  • Ode to My Family - Acoustic VersionThe Cranberries - Back in time - #1 - 10 points - I like this stripped down version. I think the vocals are more confident, less reliant on fancy technique and just letting the melody speak for itself.
  • Disco 2000Pulp - Back in time - #7 - 0 points - I think around '11 I did karaoke once with Mike and.. Fok? and I sang this song. He was like, I guess it's a cool song but nobody knows it. Unfamiliar, despite the fact that Pulp are one of the top 13 bands to come out of the 90s Brit-rock scene! Ever since that day, at karaoke I mostly stick to songs everybody knows. But now you all know this song, and if this group ever does KTV again, I'm making you all sing along to the chorus.
  • Come Back HomePete Yorn - Haven't seen you in a while - #8 - 0 points - I randomly had this song in my mp3 library for many years, so even though it's not the most unique or popular song for this week's theme, it's the one I associate the most with it.
  • Return of the MackMark Morrison - Haven't seen you in a while - #6 - 3 points - Pretty sure someone else will put in my first choice, "Take Me Home Country Roads". This one isn't as pretty a song but it's just as much of an earworm IMO.

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Happy Lucky810-191.13
  • Sacramen-toeJam / You're So Vain - I can smell what The Rock's cooking, and it's Kahlua pork with a side of upvotes. This was what I wanted to pick! I thought about replacing it with Gaston (Beauty and the Beast), but this is just too good to compete with. It's a very LMMiranda song.
  • Sacramen-toeJam / You're So Vain - I'm conflicted, because this is a great song with an interesting message that I personally interpret as humble and empathetic. But interpretations are subjective, so giving it the benefit of the doubt.
  • Sacramen-toeJam / I Want It All - Funny that this came right after Material Girl in the playlist, and the first line is a reference to it. I think in this first album they weren't sure about how to brand her. The song itself didn't do much for me tho
  • Sacramen-toeJam / I Want It All - I'm glad I heard this. Eddies vocals are way clearer than in Pearl Jam, and his lyrics are slightly more comprehensible! If you take away Eddies singing, this is just your average guitar bro song, but he really elevated it. Nice find!
  • Sacramen-toeJam / Sittin' on the Dock of the Bay - (8/10 laziness) Things girl does with her records on: * Tells favorite song * Lets hair down * Sips tea This was my 2nd favorite of the songs that played on repeat in the store when I was working retail (#1 was Nelly Furtado - Say It Right).
  • Sacramen-toeJam / Sittin' on the Dock of the Bay - Margaritaville is a state of mind, not a place, right? Deep. I liked this song more and more after listening on repeat - from a 1-pointer to a 3-pointer! (6/10 laziness) Things to do in Margaritaville * Nibble spongecake * Strum six-string * Search for salt shaker * Get Mexican cutie tattoo * Waste away * Blow out flip-flop * ...more
  • Sacramen-toeJam / I Want to Love You - Famously mismatched tone between music and lyrics! Unfortunately I ran out of points to give.
  • Sacramen-toeJam / I Want to Love You - I wasn't sure where to put my -1, but Beliebers are used to being downvoted, so I have no problems putting my downvote here. I don't really get what his selling point is compared to, say, Shawn Mendes, now that Bieber's old. I bet he still is a good performer live and on video, but I didn't watch the video for this. Did Off My Face catch on as slang, I wonder?
Yorick89091.13
  • Sacramen-toeJam / You're So Vain - I'm calling Jason on this one. Something about Highlander and Queen just stays with the inner 11-year old boy. My one complaint is, is it really narcissism if your song is actually about an immortal prince of the universe?
  • Sacramen-toeJam / You're So Vain - Never played Beat Saber, but I'm looking forward to it after hearing this song. This and You're Welcome were my favorite of the "I have a huge ego, and I'm great" songs.
  • Sacramen-toeJam / I Want It All - Still a great pop song. I like it more than the other 1 point songs, but not as much as the 2 point songs.
  • Sacramen-toeJam / I Want It All - This song sounds super weird because it's got happy chords which are sad in relation to each other (Mixolydian mode, another example is Coldplay's Clocks which uses similar chords to achieve the happy-sad effect). I don't know whether Linkin Park are the kind of people who do this on purpose or on accident (more likely this). But it stands out, so +1 for a very very weird sound.
  • Sacramen-toeJam / Sittin' on the Dock of the Bay - (10/10 laziness) Things that happen instead of getting a job: * Sit on ass * Doing nothing at all But I never really liked this song, so no points
  • Sacramen-toeJam / Sittin' on the Dock of the Bay - (10/10 lazy) Things that lazy bones can't do: * be tired * be bored * go crazy * be pure * sleep tonight * ...many more I think Billy Joel is a lot more autotuned than he used to be, but these guys still sound really good. This was probably the best head-bop of the songs new to me on this playlist.
  • Sacramen-toeJam / I Want to Love You - Will always love this song, but not feeling it for this category.
  • Sacramen-toeJam / I Want to Love You - I gave serious thought to submitting this one, so this gets an automatic 2 for being on my wavelength. I like Henry Lee (ft PJ Harvey) slightly better but yeah, great pick.
etnlnight88-170.88
  • Sacramen-toeJam / You're So Vain - I prefer Hiphop-apotamus vs Rhymenocerous as a parody brag song
  • Sacramen-toeJam / You're So Vain - Points for the drop at 3:16 and for letting me know the Killers are still making music
  • Sacramen-toeJam / I Want It All - Strange that the only place I can find this song on Spotify is on the Godzilla soundtrack. That must be an intentional statement about selling out, right? Looking forward to the comments on this. I didn't like Rage when I was young, but liking them a lot more as I get older. Seems backwards.
  • Sacramen-toeJam / I Want It All - Still a bit too hipster for my liking - I think I heard panpipes??. I can smell the IPA and see the goatees and thick black glasses from a continent away... Still, this should do better than Arcade Fire did last game!
  • Sacramen-toeJam / Sittin' on the Dock of the Bay - (8/10 lazy) Dear Lion in a Hammock: * your lies are lazy * you don't wanna change * you treat me like a magazine This song didn't sound good to me, particularly the melody.
  • Sacramen-toeJam / Sittin' on the Dock of the Bay - (8/10) Ways to run away from 7 women and your own sex addiction: * loosen load * climb in to new woman's Ford * look for lover who won't blow cover Fun song, and now I know more about Winslow, Arizona.
  • Sacramen-toeJam / I Want to Love You - New to me. Yorick? I don't think it fits with my interpretation of the theme much, but it's a pretty cool song.
  • Sacramen-toeJam / I Want to Love You - This one's gotta be Elaine, right? I think the theme was intended to be about capital-L Lust, so even though I like some other songs more I'm giving this one full points for music, theme, uniqueness/novelty, and the Leonard Cohen-like introspective helplessness.
Michael Sugar87070.88
  • Sacramen-toeJam / You're So Vain - I don't think he's being very arrogant, he's just being Kenough. I guess it's about learning not to be arrogant? Anyway, great movie, good song. I'm glad Gosling has a spotify hit other than that City of Stars song which I can't stand for some reason.
  • Sacramen-toeJam / You're So Vain - No points for the song that explicitly inspired the category, but I've never actually listened to it before today so no downvotes either. Also I'm pretty sure this song was written about me
  • Sacramen-toeJam / I Want It All - Gotta give 2 points, you're on my wavelength. Criticize the people who create jobs? Dolly must be a Marxist who hates freedom!
  • Sacramen-toeJam / I Want It All - I don't think this will get many votes, but I'm giving it one because A) John Williams??! B) now I understand why I've only heard people sing one line of the song - because the next line is Yubba dibby dibby dibby dibby dibby dibby dum C) commitment to the farm animal squawking
  • Sacramen-toeJam / Sittin' on the Dock of the Bay - (9/10 laziness) Things to do in Lodi: * Singing and playing while people sat there drunk * Nothing else Taught me the original definition of "one night stand" +1 Lodi -1 Complaining about Lodi +1
  • Sacramen-toeJam / Sittin' on the Dock of the Bay - (8/10 laziness) Things that DO happen because I got high: * Being a paraplegic * Jacking off * Singing this whole thing wrong
  • Sacramen-toeJam / I Want to Love You - He's definitely down to pound in this song, but I don't have enough points to reward this fun but kinda repetitive song
  • Sacramen-toeJam / I Want to Love You - I wanted to see this song at some point in Music League. One point for the song, one point for the memories
lainey3eb86060.75
  • Sacramen-toeJam / You're So Vain - Creative thinking, but I hate both Lil Wayne and Drake / red flag. Wayne coming at us with lazy-ass rhymes / hashtag I don't even remember Drake in this song / Millie Bobby Brown This song is still catchy & a unique genre / I won't vote it down
  • Sacramen-toeJam / You're So Vain - A classic that I never really understood why people liked so much.
  • Sacramen-toeJam / I Want It All - First impression is a bit negative. Too fake-retro? But I started bopping my head after a few listens. I'm not going to overthink it, it gets a point. I bet they're great live.
  • Sacramen-toeJam / I Want It All - I used to have a lot of 80s pop in my playlist, including this song. Years later, I'm not sure I like this song much.
  • Sacramen-toeJam / Sittin' on the Dock of the Bay - (7/10 laziness) Things that happen while sleep walking: *Sleeping *Walking +1 point for taking a risk with no vocals
  • Sacramen-toeJam / Sittin' on the Dock of the Bay - (10/10) ways it's easy to be green: * lack speed * stand around til 2012 AD * wait for written invitation * procrastinate The lyrics to this one are pretty good but I couldn't get into the song itself. I think it's the style of singing.
  • Sacramen-toeJam / I Want to Love You - I'm probably not the only one who'd only ever heard the Lauryn Hill version before and loved this one.
  • Sacramen-toeJam / I Want to Love You - Ladies and gentlemen, Mr. Burt Bacharach! I had assumed Dusty was black. Hmm. I bet that's pretty common.
Emily Neubauer Sugar84-130.38
  • Sacramen-toeJam / You're So Vain - I like the thinking here - found a song that fits the theme like a glove! I don't like the song itself though. I'm happy if I never hear this song again except in movie montages
  • Sacramen-toeJam / You're So Vain - I've literally never heard of this apparently mega-successful artist before, but I like it. Can't give more points because it's not very on-theme. I like this song is the inverse of Dua Lipa's (IDGAF and Don't Start Now).
  • Sacramen-toeJam / I Want It All - I couldn't really get into this one.
  • Sacramen-toeJam / I Want It All - I've just now theorized that a big part of the appeal of Stones songs is their attitude & personality whereas Beatles songs are often more interesting on other dimensions - they have to be, because Paul is boring as hell (and I approve). I'm probably weird for this, but I don't like Mick and his singing at all & most Stones songs.
  • Sacramen-toeJam / Sittin' on the Dock of the Bay - (7/10 laziness) The Last Barman Poet recommends: * Fall in love to steel drum band * Put out to sea and perfect chemistry * Tropical contact high Beach boys couldn't beat CCR, Eagles and Warren Buffett this round. Side note, this song is from the movie Cocktail, which was Tom Cruise's first movie after joining Scientology.
  • Sacramen-toeJam / Sittin' on the Dock of the Bay - (7/10) Things to do under the boardwalk: * Have some fun * Fall in love * Almost taste hot dogs We're sitting on the dock of the bay because the area under the boardwalk is sticky. Wish I had another point to give here. Apparently Ben E. King was a Drifter at one point, so it makes sense that this song has a similar style to Stand By Me (lead bass, string instruments). Side note - someone wrote a whole damn book for the Drifters' spotify bio.
  • Sacramen-toeJam / I Want to Love You - Not feeling it one way or another.
  • Sacramen-toeJam / I Want to Love You - + callback to my sk8er boi submission + FANTASTIC karaoke song - A true Swiftie would stream Taylor's Version BUT + Baby Taylor has more character, country twang and less pop than current Taylor - for the theme and her early catalog, I think there are better songs (ex. many songs off Speak Now or the title track from Fearless would get a 3 from me) but I get why one would pick the big hit
Jason84-130.38
  • Sacramen-toeJam / You're So Vain - Totally forgot about this song. Good but pretty dated in that early 00's way. The best of the "You have a huge ego, and you suck" songs this round.
  • Sacramen-toeJam / You're So Vain - This is more like an A Star is Born song than a You're So Vain song, so I put my downvote here.
  • Sacramen-toeJam / I Want It All - A bit too long, but I respect it. I heard they have songs about wizards and fairies? And young Ozzy was actually hot instead of looking like a ghoul?
  • Sacramen-toeJam / I Want It All - I liked this song more after repeated listens, and MJ singing about groupies is about as bizarre as Kanye in the last round talking about self-awareness.
  • Sacramen-toeJam / Sittin' on the Dock of the Bay - (1/10 laziness) On a good day, Ice Cube: * Got grub on * Hit switch and made car's ass drop * Played basketball (no triple double or fucking around today) * Hit showers * Ran the intersection * Played dice and watched Yo! MTV Raps * Pulled out the jammy and killed the punani * .. more, that's only 2/3 of the song so far I like the song and will probably put it in my song rotation, but can't give it more because Ice Cube is an extremely busy man who probably needs a personal assistant.
  • Sacramen-toeJam / Sittin' on the Dock of the Bay - (?/10) Whoa * Whoa This was a tough no-points decision but I think the lyrics are kind of inconsistent with the theme, even if the music is very on point.
  • Sacramen-toeJam / I Want to Love You - I love and hate 80s nonsense songs ("Safety Dance"). Why this one narrowly avoided a downvote: I like the Oompa-Loompa on the album cover art.
  • Sacramen-toeJam / I Want to Love You - I will be surprised if this is not by Emma. I never resonated much with Heart, unfortunately. Another case of "I *should* like this, but...".

Votes received - Sacramen-toeJam

Votes received - Sacramen-toeJam
VoterVotesPositiveNegativeNetAverageComments
Yorick8110111.38
Michael Sugar7100101.43
Emily Neubauer Sugar710-191.29
etnlnight76-150.71
  • Sacramen-toeJam / I Want It All - Feel like this song has the opposite message of greed and want for status. “We’re fine with this.” “We don't care We aren't caught up in your love affair.” All seems to be pointing to a rejection of greed and status.
  • Sacramen-toeJam / Sittin' on the Dock of the Bay - Haven't heard her in such a long time. Classic song. Two from me.
  • Sacramen-toeJam / I Want to Love You - Love this but couldn't give it points. Davey G discussed this song in an interview and discussed how the song is about connecting with someone and harmonizing with someone you love.
lainey3eb76-150.71
Happy Lucky85-140.50
Jason34-131