Stan Rogers

• Peter Seeley +3 — A true classic. Stan Rogers has a beautiful voice and his lyrics are unique. Who else could make such a bittersweet song about economic decline (which does benefit the whales)? For that matter who else sings about economic decline and whales in the same song?
• fionmul +2 — Stan is my one that got away 🫰 Flukes mentioned!!?
• ared56 +1
• judd.baker +1 — Beautiful. Tremendous pull
• Edward James +1 — No notes. It's just too perfect.
• Claire +1 — This is sweet and he has a lovely voice
• shea nowicki +1
• Joseph Harvey +1 — Gorgeous. Even though this has been submitted before (by yours truly), cannot resist
• Sam Ary +1
• Regina Scime +1 — Ok there’s something about Stan Rogers that just soothes my soul
• Brad Stalcup +1

• ared56 +1
• Edward James +1 — This was my favorite by a large margin. Well done. I had considered 2 other Stan Rogers songs for my own submission, but this one beats them both.
• fionmul +1 — Eh it’s ok
• Joseph Harvey +1 — Hauntingly beautiful and leaves me with many questions. It’s a simple and brief story and but well told with just the right admixture of detail and vagueness
• Claire +1 — I hadn’t heard this before. Enjoyed it
• Brad Stalcup 0 — This was another story that was really just told with a musical background. Great storytelling though.

Peter Seeley: Rodin’s “Belle Heauimiere” is a statue of an aged beauty.

• Edward James +2 — Thank you Peter Seeley. What a gem. How did this man create so many bangers in his short life?
• Joseph Harvey +2 — Staggeringly beautiful
• fionmul +1 — I love Stan
• Sam Ary +1
• Regina Scime +1
• Claire 0 — I love this song. But I’m gonna be really pedantic here and say that this feels more like a vignette than a story properly speaking
• judd.baker -1 — Beautiful but it’s giving me, out of all those assembled here, the least impression of narrative

Joseph Harvey: The male heart yearns for more expeditious shipping routes

• Peter Seeley +3 — DEAR OLD STAN! DEAR OLD STAN! DEAR OLD STAN!
• Corey +2
• Spicey Riche +2 — Yearning is in the voice. And this voice yearns
• SamRobertsND +1 — Peter is doing Alex's BNL bit from the first season of Music League with Stan Rogers, and I am here for it. Fantastic song.
• shea nowicki +1
• Edward James +1 — A beautiful read on the category. Men can only truly yearn for 2 things: women and the sea.
• Brad Stalcup +1 — That guy in the background (you know exactly which one I'm talking about) is really doing all the work to cultivate an atmosphere of longing. An interesting take on the category. Most are about vague desire or longing for a lover. This is about longing to explore for one born too late to explore the world. I like the creativity of the pick.
• judd.baker +1 — Yup this counts. This is certainly a kind of yearning
• Claire 0 — I love this version of the song. But this just wasn’t the kind of yearning I was looking for. Hard to explain
• fionmul -1
• Sam Ary -1

Peter Seeley: Notably NOT about the Edmund Fitzgerald.

• fionmul +1 — This is making me wish I had submitted an Irish or Scottish song sorta (I know this isn’t Irish but it’s folky) This is something like the songs my brothers play in the living room and just break your heart
• Joseph Harvey +1 — Stan is very good at this
• SamRobertsND +1
• Edward James 0 — Hadn’t heard this and it’s so good. I don’t think this is something that would make me cry, but did make me deeply reflective.
• Brad Stalcup 0 — I should probably be more moved at the sinking of a ship, but It really didn't jerk any tears from my eyes.
• Regina Scime -1 — Sorry, maybe it’s because I’m a woman but I don’t really get it

Peter Seeley: This song saved a member of the Marine Electric crew.

• Joseph Harvey +2 — Yes, this is what we’re looking for, even if it is a little on the nose. Thank you Peter
• fionmul +1 — My brother Patrick wants you to know you know ball
• Claire +1 — I don’t always love this genre of song but it’s a clever read of the theme, and for that I give it a vote
• shea nowicki +1
• judd.baker +1
• SamRobertsND 0 — Peter?
• Brad Stalcup 0 — This is maybe better fitting for "We will be so back"