Songs Joseph would love

Joseph Harvey: A beautiful proggy journey to catharsis

• Regina Scime +3 — I can hear him singing this
• judd.baker +2 — 7+ minutes of prog-ish metal with high register male vocals and a whole 1 minute of Dune soundtrack outro. Diagnostic specimen of the Josephcore genre
• Edward James +2 — This to me is the type of music Joseph strives to make. It’s a dangerous statement, but in persona Joseph I must trust my instinct and reward.
• [DELETED] +2
• Claire +1 — Hell yeah
• SamRobertsND +1 — This is what Joseph’s music sounds like to me
• Joseph Harvey 0 — Best bass tone of all time
• fionmul 0 — joseph would like this but hasn’t he heard it? probably

Claire: Curious to see what the man himself thinks of this song, but in my mind this is pure Josephcore

• Joseph Harvey +2 — Giant soaring chorus? Pop infused metalcore? Unrequited love?? Claire understood the assignment.
• SamRobertsND +1 — Yeah this sounds like the bullshit I have to listen to on the way home from Saint Joe Mish
• ared56 +1
• fionmul +1 — love this actually
• Sam Ary +1
• Edward James 0 — This guy has the bad version of millennial voice.

• Claire +1 — The harmonies in this are so good and we know Joseph loves a good harmony
• judd.baker +1 — Good song and I think Joseph would like but it’s just not as memorable. Still upvoting for diversity in interpreting the theme tho
• [DELETED] +1
• Sam Ary +1
• Joseph Harvey 0 — Good song, but kind of an unsatisfying arrangement. The king may need to look into getting better singers
• Edward James 0 — Joseph’s English blood will only allow him the appropriate amount of enjoyment here. Impossible for it to ascend to the necessary heights to unseat other options.
• fionmul 0 — the lack of effort in this selection is relatable but yeah… lacking

judd.baker: Putting all my chips on 80s/90s new wave.

• Claire +1 — This feels like a Joseph vibe and also I loooooove midnight oil, whoever submitted this is my goat
• ared56 +1
• Edward James +1 — I see exactly what you’re doing, and you clearly did too. I am not sure if this is an artist specific Joseph love, or a genre specific love. However, given the paucity of other options, I give it one vote.
• Sam Ary +1
• SamRobertsND 0 — I wanted to vote for this but I have a distinct memory of Joseph not like Talking Heads or other new wave bands. Or that he’s indifferent to most of them except for the Police for whatever strange reason. So no vote.
• fionmul 0 — this is cool

• Joseph Harvey +1 — Oh my gosh yes. Thank you Corey for introducing me to jungle. This track has everything you could possibly ask for
• SamRobertsND +1 — I think this more accurately pins down Joseph’s basic musical principles more than any other song on here.
• ared56 +1
• Claire 0 — Funky but idk if I see the vision here
• judd.baker 0 — This put me to sleep which probably means Joseph would love it
• Edward James 0 — To me this is not a song Joseph would like. BUT it gets an honorable mention for perfectly presenting what I imagine Joseph’s internal monologue to be: constant drum and bass tracking interrupted only by thoughts like “other world lifeforms” and “a new era of scientific technology”
• fionmul -1 — stressful. no. is this even music?

Sam Ary: 🎧

• Claire 0 — This scratches my indie pop brain
• SamRobertsND 0 — Idk this doesn’t resonate with anything I know about his tastes
• judd.baker 0 — I’m curious to hear the canonical judgment on this one because I’m just not seeing it
• Edward James 0 — Meh
• fionmul 0 — i had to go listen to Judy You Hung the Moon after this to remind myself of their song that I actually like

fionmul: trying to navigate the minefield of Joseph’s pop opinions, duc in altum or whatever (mostly I like this song and Joseph is a 1989 boi)

• Joseph Harvey 0 — This is music as lyrics delivery mechanism. Taylor has done much better - maybe this one should have stayed in the vault
• Claire 0 — Devastating lyrics but Joseph probably doesn’t care 💅
• SamRobertsND 0 — Fiona doing the Alex BNL bit but with Taylor.
• Edward James 0 — This person correctly identifies in their song choice and in their description that Joseph is an indecipherable fan of girl pop. The 1000s of inputs that spit out love or hatred at the end of that algorithm are entirely unknowable. Based on the single mention of astrology, I am willing to bet this falls into the “no” category.
• fionmul 0 — yeah i care about lyrics sorry not sorry
• [DELETED] -1

• fionmul +1 — a relief after the last one. pretty ✨
• Joseph Harvey 0 — Love that it’s a Sting song, but it’s not clear to me what this cover adds and it fails to earn the extra minute of runtime over the original.
• Edward James 0 — Joseph would find this pleasant and nothing more imo
• Claire -1 — This is cheating bc it’s not sting but it’s also sting
• SamRobertsND -1 — Cop out with a cover, you rat bastard. Nice cover, though.
• judd.baker -1 — I suppose this counts but it still feels like cheating

Edward James: Let not the metal facade obscure the theater kid within

• Joseph Harvey 0 — Mmmm this is great and resonates on several levels. It was almost enough
• Claire 0 — I love this song but it doesn’t feel maximally Joseph coded so didn’t get a vote
• SamRobertsND 0 — Very true, Eddie, very true. He has the muscles for it.
• fionmul 0 — ok so fair but this isn’t even the one to pick from this act
• Regina Scime -1 — I would be *mostly* surprised if Joseph hasn’t heard this before
• ared56 -1

• fionmul +1 — Joseph has never been up in the club and it shows
• Claire 0 — JH europop era. I see the vision
• SamRobertsND 0 — French Riviera Joseph, sweat drenching through his purple button up shirt, dancing his heart away in a discothek, making small talk with a beautiful, hair swoop Ukrainian girl who will spike his Scotch and steal his kidney.
• judd.baker 0 — Brave choice
• Joseph Harvey -1 — Uh what
• Edward James -1 — This song sucks, and is made worse by the Zoo Tycoon type noises constantly blaring in the background.
• Sam Ary -1