League 10 (Jul 2026)

• fionmul +2
• Peter Seeley +2 — A masterpiece
• Claire +1 — This is a really neat pull. So eerie
• Joseph Harvey +1 — Wow. Haunting
• shea nowicki +1
• Sam Ary +1
• Regina Scime +1 — yeah ok I see why it was named “Song of the Century”
• judd.baker +1
• Edward James 0 — I really liked this one, but I have to be pedantic and note that it was not about killing someone but about a killing

• Joseph Harvey +2 — This body is yours and mine
• Peter Seeley +2 — I hate voting for this but it fits the prompt and is less bad than the other ones
• Regina Scime +2
• ared56 +1
• Claire +1 — This was on my shortlist. The “this body is yours” line is so perfect. I feared people wouldn’t get it/wouldn’t like that it was the riptide guy so I chickened out. But I commend the person who was braver than I
• judd.baker +1 — I didn’t like it at first, and I’m really not a fan of Vance Joy, but I was won over by the repeated Eucharistic imagery. That’s pretty spot-on

• Edward James +2 — The apex of late 2000s ukulele twee slop. There are at least five distinct elements in this song that alone would warrant it being chosen. Incredible incorrect restraint Schoen to wait for this round instead of the millennial round. Bravo.
• SamRobertsND +1
• fionmul +1 — Knew this would suck from… well everything about it Made me laugh aloud
• Joseph Harvey +1 — Ok, well done. Atrocious lyrics, totally banal musically, annoyingly millennial. A civilization that can produce this deserves to be destroyed
• Sam Ary +1
• Claire +1 — At first I thought “he’d find this saccharine and annoying but idk if he’d *hate* it.” But when they started to bring in the gang vocals and the stomp claps I was sold
• shea nowicki +1
• judd.baker +1 — Kind of lazy but I don’t care, this is exactly the kind of hot garbage I would expect to see here

• Edward James +3 — Perfection. Best submission by far imo. I haven't come up for the word for it yet, but this is another entry in my very narrow category "Songs that sound exactly like the thing they are trying to describe". Not only do the lyrics perfectly capture falling in love, but the song sounds exactly like it feels.
• Regina Scime +2 — I love this song so much
• fionmul +1 — Ugh I’ve been waiting to do this since last time we did this round… well played obviously
• Sam Ary +1
• Claire +1 — Absolutely perfect pick. Was my second choice for this round
• Joseph Harvey 0 — I feel like everyone will vote for this so I won’t

• Joseph Harvey +2 — Yes. So obvious I’m sad I missed it. This is the definition of this round folks. Props for the movie version, there will be haters but I support you
• Peter Seeley +2 — I will pay $5 for a video of brad singing this at the hanger
• shea nowicki +2
• SamRobertsND +1
• Claire +1 — Yeah this worked on me
• Regina Scime +1
• fionmul 0 — Even just the first line…
• ared56 -1 — Should have gone with "What Have I Done" or "Javert's Suicide" and for that you are punished

• Peter Seeley +2 — This is one of those songs whose popularity obscures its pathos.
• Joseph Harvey +1
• SamRobertsND +1
• fionmul +1 — Missed opp to submit the Mumford cover (jk)
• Regina Scime +1
• judd.baker +1 — “After changes upon changes, we are more or less the same” Oof. Great stuff
• shea nowicki +1
• Claire 0 — I love this song but to me it reads as resilient more than despairing

• fionmul +2 — There are several Dylan songs that would have worked. Perhaps this is the perfect one? Love it
• SamRobertsND +1
• Claire +1 — His voice in this annoys me and yet it feels fitting for the porch sit
• Sam Ary +1
• shea nowicki +1
• Regina Scime +1
• Joseph Harvey 0 — I still don’t get how anyone can tolerate this voice

• Peter Seeley +4 — yes
• ared56 +1
• judd.baker +1 — Best shout on the list.
• Regina Scime +1
• Claire 0 — If I’d seen the movie this might work better for me. I know it’s about an 18 wheeler but I feel like this would only make me speed if I were driving a buggy
• Edward James 0 — Great choice and good song but doesn't win out for me
• fionmul 0 — Makes me wanna go a bit too fast on a dirt road ig but got beat out

• ared56 +2
• Sam Ary +2
• Claire +1 — This started off super hype but the effect wore off after a while. It didn’t help that I spent the middle ~5 minutes of the songs stuck at a temporary construction light on the 150. Gets a vote anyway bc I feel like I have quibbles with almost all the songs and this was still one of the better ones
• Edward James +1 — Sadly this is a millennial sleeper agent activitation song. I was there.....Guitar Hero 3.....2007....
• Regina Scime +1
• Peter Seeley 0 — Joseph no
• fionmul 0 — This one makes me wanna drive directly into a brick wall, not drive fast and live

• Joseph Harvey +2 — Magical
• SamRobertsND +1
• ared56 +1
• Edward James +1 — I have to reward this. First, it's a banger. Second, I like the identification of the small moments as where love is really found. Reminds me of John 1:39 "Come," he replied, "and you will see." So they went and saw where he was staying, and they spent that day with him. It was about four in the afternoon." Why note it was 4 in the afternoon other than because it's a moment so vividly remembered as a the moment your very life was altered by a single encounter? It's so utterly human.
• Claire +1 — Hell yeah slaughter beach dog. The way I read this song it’s kind of dream/trance like but I enjoy that as a take on what falling in love feels like
• shea nowicki +1

• Peter Seeley +3 — Really only unique one on this list. Also enjoyable
• Sam Ary +1
• Joseph Harvey +1 — Cute
• judd.baker +1 — I liked this
• Claire +1 — This is sweet
• Edward James 0 — Good tune but seemed to me to be more about the performance than about the feeling.

• ared56 +1
• SamRobertsND +1
• fionmul +1 — Yep
• Peter Seeley +1
• Edward James +1 — Hard to describe the stranglehold this song had on millennial girls with mental health problems (~30%) in 2009
• Sam Ary +1
• shea nowicki +1
• Joseph Harvey 0 — Bland, tiresome melody bludgeoned to death. Obnoxious vocal delivery. Limpwristed instrumentation. And somehow everyone but me loves it

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

• ared56 +1
• Joseph Harvey +1 — Wow that’s an annoying chorus
• Sam Ary +1
• Claire +1 — Upvote for vegetarian slander
• Regina Scime +1
• judd.baker +1 — If this artist was already mentioned in a previous round then I confess I’ve forgotten, but I’m confident Joseph would hate this and I think it gets a lot of the particulars of anti-Josephcore right
• Edward James 0 — I can see why you would pick this, but I don’t actually think it has the elements that make this type of music annoying to Joseph. I think he will be ambivalent to this, and will think the vocal talent is impressive.
• fionmul 0 — This made me laugh. I would force him to bop to this if I played it in the car. But yeah it’s anti joseph fs. In the end got beat out by asscheek or whatever that band with the goats was.

• Joseph Harvey +2 — Not expecting this to go this hard
• ared56 +1
• SamRobertsND +1
• fionmul +1 — no me gusta the intro/instrumentation but the kid's vocals went off (reminds me of the A Million Dreams kid in The Greatest Showman) and this won me over by the end bigtime
• Sam Ary +1
• Peter Seeley 0 — Weird but enjoyable. Feels very Brad coded for some reason
• Edward James 0 — They got those 12 year olds singing for their lives

• Joseph Harvey +1 — I don’t like Counting Crows but it’s hard to deny this is Hangar core.
• SamRobertsND +1
• Claire +1 — Damn. Teared up a little
• judd.baker +1 — Practically half this album works as a Hangar Porch Sit soundtrack. Daylight Fading was a previous submission (my submission, in fact) but this one works just as well and I’ll choose not to penalize a song from the same album since I think it works so well.
• shea nowicki +1
• fionmul 0 — Songs like this make me reflect with gratitude and love on how lucky I am to have friends like you!

• Joseph Harvey +2 — Absolute masterpiece. This is song is gorgeous and unique from start to finish, and the country vibes would nicely complement a Hangar porch sit. Sammy submission I’m guessing
• judd.baker +1 — Sammycore submission in the best way. Would 100% down a Fat Tire and watch the dying embers of a July sun to the strains of “I hear you singing in the wire…”
• Sam Ary +1
• Regina Scime +1
• fionmul 0 — Wichita mentioned! I liked this a lot but it got beat-out for me by some others that landed for me as better for the category. It’s a pretty subjective category though, thanks for this song. I added it to a playlist of mine :)

• Claire +1 — Assuming this is a Sammy pick? I think the 80s angle works well for this round
• Edward James +1 — This brings to mind beautiful memories of "Songs Corey Would Love"....good times. A particular sound that calls to mind driving in a way other sounds can't. Great pick.
• Sam Ary +1
• judd.baker +1
• Regina Scime +1
• Joseph Harvey 0 — It’s so boring! Fast tempo alone can’t make me speed. Also singing in German always sounds like a bit
• fionmul 0 — I think I see the vision, but it was not quite it for me

• Joseph Harvey +3 — Hm I wonder what decade this was recorded in
• Regina Scime +1
• fionmul +1 — Yeah always but maybe too obvious? But I gotta
• Peter Seeley 0 — Somewhere, Jimmy McGrath is twitching
• Edward James 0 — Too cliche for me tbh

• ared56 +2
• Claire +1 — A song that birthed a new word that has become a cultural mainstay. Shakespearean really
• Joseph Harvey +1 — Seems fitting for our parasocial era
• judd.baker +1
• Peter Seeley 0 — Reminds me of how my fifth graders would

• ared56 +2
• SamRobertsND +1
• Peter Seeley +1
• judd.baker +1 — I forgot how hard this song bangs. 2009 Lady Gaga is an inspired shout for this list
• Claire +1 — She is truly one of the best to ever do it
• fionmul 0 — Love this one ofc but it’s not exactly in the niche I was looking for (my made up theme in my head that’s within the original theme)
• Edward James 0 — Not the Lady Gaga song I would’ve gone with Alejandro or Telephone
• Sam Ary -1

• SamRobertsND +1
• Edward James +1 — I smile warmly at the idea of Joseph getting to this and then realizing with dawning horror that it's actually an 80s Bob Dylan song.
• Sam Ary +1
• judd.baker +1 — Sick
• shea nowicki +1
• Claire 0 — It’s fine. Didn’t knock my socks off. Sorry Bob
• Joseph Harvey 0 — This was hard to listen to after Stan

• ared56 +1
• SamRobertsND +1
• Edward James +1 — Not gonna lie this is a gimmicky pick and it totally got me. Used to watch this with my family in the mid 2000s and you caught me at the perfect moment to capitalize on that nostalgia.
• Claire +1 — Okay this is clever and fun
• Regina Scime +1 — Iconic
• fionmul 0 — Not into it
• Joseph Harvey 0 — Couldn’t focus

• Peter Seeley +2 — Deranged. This is what we're here for
• Edward James +1 — This is garbage. Incredible choice. How did you even find this?
• SamRobertsND +1 — I love this! It’s like baby weird Al
• fionmul +1
• Joseph Harvey 0 — Annoying but unworthy of wrath. It is slightly clever
• Regina Scime 0 — Why did this feel like AI:(

• SamRobertsND +1
• Peter Seeley +1 — This was quite enjoyable. Turns out, pop can be quite fun
• fionmul +1 — Ugh a bop ofc. I can’t explain but this is also millennial core to me.
• Edward James +1 — Wow I forgot this is a whole song. This is probably the one I enjoyed the most. Very evocative of that specific early online era.
• Claire +1 — Thought about submitting this one. It really feels like a relic of a bygone era
• Regina Scime 0 — Enjoyed experiencing the source of the meme
• Joseph Harvey 0 — Europeans will start two world wars and then produce this

• Peter Seeley +2 — I don't really like opera, and I loved this
• SamRobertsND +1
• fionmul +1 — ofc
• Sam Ary +1
• Edward James 0 — I can't pretend I enjoy this. Incredibly talented of course but I'm not drawn to it.
• Joseph Harvey 0 — Hard to argue with but feels a little basic. This round is an opportunity to introduce others to the weird and wonderful unknown

• Joseph Harvey +1 — Not a song I would seek out on my own, but I can 100% picture this playing from a Bluetooth speaker on the Hangar porch
• Claire +1 — Maybe this wouldn’t have affected me as much a year ago but the wistfulness and melancholy in this one really worked. I miss being on the porch with you guys
• Sam Ary +1
• shea nowicki +1
• fionmul 0 — This is more of a driving song to me

• fionmul +1
• SamRobertsND +1
• Claire +1 — This isn’t to necessarily say that Alex submitted this, but this is a song Alex would queue during this porch sit
• judd.baker +1 — This feels very Hangarite.
• Joseph Harvey 0 — A little generic and not quite hitting the mark

• SamRobertsND +3
• Edward James +2 — I feel bad for saying "Danger Zone" is too cliche and then voting for this, but the bit chooses you, and I 100% would commit to the bit and feel compelled to speed if listening to this
• Peter Seeley 0 — Admiral Perry made a mistake
• Claire 0 — The instrumentals got me excited but the lyrics for the most part were annoying, sorry
• judd.baker 0 — I know it’s like, literally part of the movie title but I don’t know if I’m really going all that fast to this
• fionmul -1 — Makes me want to throw myself out of a moving car

• fionmul +3
• Claire +1 — There are some lines that don’t quite work which is fine—but the hook works, pretty well imo
• judd.baker +1 — Good shout. You win this time Joseph
• Peter Seeley 0 — No
• shea nowicki -1

Peter Seeley: Similar in theme to "one I love" but with a different emphasis

• SamRobertsND +2
• Joseph Harvey +2 — Something about the vibe of this just works. Major Song of Songs vibes
• Claire 0 — Technically not a repeat but this one feels less impressive bc we had another similar song by her in the St Therese round. I feel like I’d have to be really blown away by the submission for it to make my podium given that context
• judd.baker 0 — Personally I’m partial to the “Jesus was unattractive and simple looking” patristic take

• Sam Ary +1
• judd.baker +1 — Ugh she’s so good
• Regina Scime +1 — Mm yeah
• shea nowicki +1
• Edward James 0 — So when I converted this to Apple Music, it pulled a teen angst cover of this song, which actually went kind of hard, and I assumed it was Joseph or Claire's submission. Just went back and listened to the original version, which is better for sure, but I kind of like the idea of Joseph identifying the idea of falling in love with hardcore music, like a 16 year old in 2008.
• Joseph Harvey 0 — Great song but somehow not perfect for this round
• Claire 0 — This is perhaps very picky but the experience this song is describing feels like pre-falling in love

• SamRobertsND +2
• Regina Scime +1
• judd.baker +1 — Listened to this in my apartment late at night and was not expecting this sound, really haunting. I liked
• fionmul 0 — The talking part is cute haha

• fionmul +1 — I almost did this haha
• Joseph Harvey +1
• judd.baker +1 — I have never liked this song but I think it’s my favorite pick on this list. There is something so weirdly specific to this time period about this song. I’ve heard it a million times. Instantly transports me to riding in the backseat of dad’s Buick in 2013 while my sister controls the music choice
• Edward James +1 — You just had to be there. This is the sound of college to me.
• Sam Ary +1
• Claire 0 — Idk about you but this song activates me like a sleeper agent
• shea nowicki -1

• Claire +1 — Absolutely classic, this makes me think of driving down the 150 in the early days of college
• Edward James +1 — This is the millennial hopefulness mixed with the ennui of the Indie vibe of that time. Hard to describe, but really emblematic. Am I biased because I happen to be 20 years old at the time? No questions.
• Regina Scime +1
• Sam Ary +1
• Joseph Harvey 0 — Lyrics do seem pretty millennial

• Peter Seeley +1 — Hilariously banal.
• Joseph Harvey +1 — He did not, in fact, become a billionaire.
• Claire +1 — It’s remarkable how many songs that we think of as Bruno’s iconic hits are features on another artist’s track. He too is one of the best to ever do it
• Sam Ary +1
• shea nowicki +1
• fionmul 0 — I had a hard time thinking of something but wanted to go outside of the stomp clap genre
• judd.baker 0 — Narrowly beat by others, would be my next upvote. What could be more millennialcore than a scathing indictment of the Bush admin’s handling of Katrina
• Edward James -1 — Again, absolutely atrocious. I also don’t think it fits the vibe as well as the others.

• Peter Seeley +1 — The song of my people
• Claire +1 — Classic story song. I didn’t initially want to vote for it bc it’s an obvious pick but in terms of telling a good story it does make the top 4 for me
• fionmul +1
• Sam Ary +1
• Regina Scime +1 — Classic
• Edward James 0 — I hate Eagles man
• Joseph Harvey 0 — “We haven’t had that spirit here since 1969” is like us talking about 2019.
• ared56 -1

• fionmul +1 — Yeah this is bad
• Joseph Harvey +1 — Degenerate filth. Lord have mercy on me, a sinner
• Claire +1 — Yeah I can’t imagine him not grimacing at this
• shea nowicki +1
• Regina Scime +1
• Edward James 0 — I don’t like submissions that rely entirely on content alone. Needs to be deeper than that.
• SamRobertsND 0 — Unmemorable
• judd.baker -1 — I think this is just crass without getting anything special about what makes a song “a song Joseph would hate.”

• Regina Scime +2
• Claire +1 — This was cool. Enjoyed the guitar solo
• shea nowicki +1
• Peter Seeley 0 — Love me some African music. With that said, a slightly lethargic pick from that exuberant continent. Still, would have been my fifth vote.
• fionmul 0 — Again not enough votes and this didn’t stick out quite enough
• Edward James 0 — I liked this a lot but it just didn't seem to be something I'd call out as exceptional. Great easy listening.

• fionmul +2 — We need to start making more specific playlists “it’s 1985 and you’re about to get a DUI and a speeding ticket”
• Claire +1 — This worked for me
• Sam Ary +1
• Peter Seeley 0 — Mid
• Edward James 0 — I actually really enjoyed this but don't see the speeding angle
• Joseph Harvey 0 — The kind of song that makes me question whether I even like music
• SamRobertsND -1 — blasphemous

• Peter Seeley +2 — I hate voting for this
• Claire +1 — Maybe my inner theatre kid is just unable to resist but I like this take. Even if the lyrics aren’t explicitly Jesus esque, this really is how Jesus looks at you
• Regina Scime +1
• ared56 -1

• fionmul +1 — Junior year of college Fiona probably listened to this twice a day
• judd.baker +1 — Admirably Fionacore and sounds great. This has a different version of the “falling in love” sound but I think it still gets the feeling right
• Regina Scime +1
• shea nowicki +1
• Edward James 0 — Banger. Seems to be about navigating feelings, not surrendering, which seems like a key distinction. Just misses my vote.
• Claire 0 — I realize now that this is thematically very similar to I won’t say (I’m in love) which was an excellent pick last time
• ared56 -1

• ared56 +2
• judd.baker +1 — Five stars. One of the best tracks on a phenomenal album, and this is just what falling in love *sounds* like. It’s not enough for the song to be “about” falling in love, there is a certain cadence that just captures the feeling and the movement of falling in love. This is it
• Edward James 0 — Just sublime. This whole album is a masterpiece.

• Claire +1 — This song is so creepy sonically and lyrically
• Sam Ary +1
• Edward James +1 — Good pick Joseph
• judd.baker +1 — I’ll give you this one, Joseph.
• ared56 -1

• SamRobertsND +1
• Joseph Harvey +1 — Medieval, eery, horrifying
• Sam Ary +1
• Edward James 0 — This one sounded cool, but I could not identify a moment when someone was actually killed

• SamRobertsND +1
• Claire +1 — I didn’t want to submit this one bc it almost felt too obvious…but since “female country revenge killing” was clearly the vibe this round, this one gets my vote both because the story is so well crafter and also because this song always makes me think of Bruce, who maintains it’s one of the best songs ever
• Peter Seeley +1 — Enjoyable
• judd.baker +1
• Joseph Harvey 0 — Seems cool enough, but the story is very confusing. Maybe it’s just me. Also some awkward phrasing
• Edward James 0 — I also couldn’t really follow this one
• shea nowicki -1

• ared56 +1
• Peter Seeley +1 — Johnny what have you done :(
• shea nowicki +1
• Edward James 0 — Why he do that

• ared56 +1
• Claire +1 — I know I keep saying I’m not looking for romantic songs but I’m making an exception for this one bc it’s such a plaintive cry
• judd.baker +1 — Powerful
• Joseph Harvey 0 — Wasn’t sold until the end. There is some real angst in the vocal delivery. Still hoping for more from this round than “stay with me”
• fionmul 0 — My style used to be that I would have all this time and energy to listen to the words and listen to the song and go read the words of the song. But these days I have to just make a judgment off of the vibe and for whatever reason this wasn’t it for me. Like the sound of the song doesn’t sound like the theme. Neither did I really like the song itself very much. But I would be very impressed if I heard someone sing this live.

• fionmul +2 — No notes
• Joseph Harvey +1 — Ouch. These lyrics embody a deeply millennial ethos
• Regina Scime +1
• shea nowicki +1
• Edward James 0 — I don’t know if this is the millennial in me, but I expected this round to be bangers only. And this is absolute garbage.
• SamRobertsND -1
• Claire -1 — I feel bad downvoting because this is a perfectly fine submission, but of all the songs this time this was the one that just didn’t get me super excited musically and also wasn’t as interesting of a pick genre wise. I’m fine with it staying in 2015

• judd.baker +1 — Avicii is a diagnostic specimen of the millennialcore genre. Much like Clarity, this instantly transports me to a time and place
• Regina Scime +1
• shea nowicki +1
• Peter Seeley 0 — This is the millennial equivalent of Bolero. Ravel would be proud
• Claire 0 — Maybe I’m a hater but the full version feels too long and kinda disunified to me. Still such an iconic melody

• ared56 +1 —
• SamRobertsND +1
• fionmul +1 — Love
• shea nowicki +1
• Peter Seeley 0 — The skaters were the gamers of their day, but never developed class consciousness. As such they faced discrimination without a coherent political movement to combat it. In this essay I will examine how the works of Lavigne display this class tensions while failing to address the inherent contradictions in the system that led to such heartless discrimination.
• Edward James 0 — Absolute classic, and would never have actually thought of it as a story, but mostly since I've been hearing it endlessly since I was a child.
• Claire 0 — I wanted to go with this one because it has multiple levels of storytelling—the fictional character who’s supposedly singing the song is herself writing a song to tell a story, down to the opening line acknowledging the cliche framing
• Sam Ary -1

• ared56 +1
• SamRobertsND +1
• judd.baker +1
• Edward James 0 — I know this is Irish, but side note - Jake Xerxes Fussell is discovering/documenting forgotten American folk music in a way no one has done since the 70s, American gem
• Claire 0 — No shade to St Brendan but I find this one kinda corny

• Claire +1 — One reason this is an interesting pick is that it gets a bit “meta” with the story bit—the song is not only telling a story in the sense of talking about a sequence of events but also self consciously framing itself as a story
• Joseph Harvey +1 — Extremely creative and enjoyable listen
• shea nowicki +1
• Peter Seeley 0 — Kill it with fire
• Edward James 0 — I liked this a lot but it's not narrative!

• ared56 +2
• fionmul +1 — Yeah even I hated this
• Regina Scime +1
• Edward James 0 — This is a good pick, it fits the millennial mumbo-jumbo category that Joseph can’t stand.
• Joseph Harvey 0 — More inoffensively bland than hate-worthy. Not quite offensively bland. Also already a well known object of my derision
• Claire 0 — Another known Joseph dislike. But yeah, this is pretty annoying
• judd.baker 0 — Almost got me until I clocked the call back to a previous submission
• SamRobertsND -1 — Lazy we know he hates this

• Edward James +1 — I would punish this for being a lazy pic since Joseph’s hatred of Sammy Rae is already known, but then the message of “whatever I feel, whatever I want to do” is also the most anti-Joseph thing I could ever imagine. So I will reward it.
• Joseph Harvey +1 — Finally, a worthy opponent. Questionable submission because my hatred of Sammy Rae is already known, but I can’t resist all the same. What drives me crazy is that she obviously has an amazing voice but chooses to use it in the most obnoxious way possible with the most grating lyrics
• Sam Ary +1
• shea nowicki +1
• SamRobertsND 0 — Lazy we know he hates this
• fionmul 0 — Ok past artist seems not allowed (in any case it’s not that bad to me)
• Claire -1 — An artist that Joseph explicitly said would win this round just is too easy of a submission, sorry

judd.baker: Embarrassment of riches here, really struggled to find something positively vile. So I trusted my gut that if I like a song Joseph will probably dislike

• SamRobertsND +1
• ared56 +1
• Claire +1 — Yeah I think this works
• Edward James 0 — I recognize this album cover, I remember liking the song or two, but this was not good lol. Narrowly loses to a few others on the list.
• fionmul 0 — A mild offense
• Joseph Harvey 0 — Is it even worthy of my hatred

• Edward James +2 — This was my favorite of the bunch by far. What an amazing pop song.
• judd.baker +1 — Probably my favorite on this list
• shea nowicki +1
• fionmul 0 — Didn’t stand out a ton against the others
• Claire 0 — I am definitely an enjoyer of girly pop but this was just okay as girly pop goes
• Joseph Harvey 0 — It’s surreal hearing the occasional f word bubble up from this murky soup of unknown words
• Peter Seeley -1 — It sounds like an American pop song that happens to be in Spanish.

• Joseph Harvey +2 — Chilling, surreal, whimsical. Something I could picture playing in an abandoned mall in a quirky dystopian sci fi movie I would love
• ared56 +1
• Peter Seeley +1 — Very strange and original
• Claire +1 — Feels wrong to vote for this but it’s a bop
• Edward James 0 — Heck yeah
• fionmul -1 — not for me at all
• Regina Scime -1 — I can’t think about North Korea without getting weirded out

• SamRobertsND +1
• Sam Ary +1
• Regina Scime +1
• Claire 0 — Obviously good vibe but weirdly almost feels too upbeat for this specific purpose
• judd.baker -1 — Steely Dan feels like low hanging fruit, and this song even moreso. I even think there’s much better Steely Dan submissions for the category.

• Claire +1 — Feels in the same vein as the Motley crue that swept last time but doesn’t have quite the same energy. Still made top 4 for me
• judd.baker +1
• Peter Seeley 0 — Prurient and cliche
• Edward James 0 — Sadly a banger.
• Joseph Harvey 0 — This is more of a cruising song than a speeding song
• Regina Scime 0 — Runner up for me
• fionmul 0 — Yeahhhh I see but like not fully feeling/got beat

• ared56 +1
• SamRobertsND +1
• shea nowicki +1
• judd.baker +1 — Thank you for the reminder that I need to listen to more Black Keys, I like most everything I’ve heard. Lyrically this is exactly the kind of thing that makes this category so fun and interesting to me
• Joseph Harvey 0 — Aggressively mediocre
• Claire -1 — This might be me misunderstanding the song, but I feel like the religious allusions are intentional. So while they’re being used to talk about someone who’s not Jesus, I think this isn’t quite the right fit for this round bc the way in which the lyrics can be taken religiously was both foreseen and intended
• Peter Seeley -1 — Honestly great song but certainly not unintentional

• fionmul +1
• Claire +1 — I see the vision. Part of me feels like it’s so short and simple that it’s not actually that impressive. But what lyrics there are are pretty on target
• shea nowicki +1
• Peter Seeley 0 — yo brah, this lolo
• Joseph Harvey -1

• ared56 +1
• SamRobertsND +1
• shea nowicki +1
• Regina Scime +1
• Joseph Harvey 0 — Annoying interpretation
• Peter Seeley 0 — Gay
• fionmul -1 — Just annoys me
• judd.baker -1 — Respectfully, nah

Sam Ary: RIP Glen Hansard

• fionmul +2 — AWW
• Claire +1 — RIP. This one’s a classic for a reason
• Edward James 0 — Went triple platinum at every millennial high school talent show.
• Regina Scime 0 — This was sad
• judd.baker -1 — See above: the song may be about falling in love but this just isn’t what falling in love *sounds* like to me.

• Regina Scime +2 — Was going to submit this song, but was too slow:(
• shea nowicki +1
• Sam Ary +1
• Edward James +1 — A classic, and also just a really good song
• Claire 0 — It’s good but it’s the lesser of the country options for which I could vote
• SamRobertsND -1
• Joseph Harvey -1 — I don’t like a killer song with no remorse. Need more gravitas
• Peter Seeley -1

• SamRobertsND +1
• Regina Scime +1
• Claire 0 — I distinctly remember watching Carrie Underwood sing this on American Idol in 2005…young Claire had no idea what the song was actually about and assumed it was just a patriotic anthem
• Joseph Harvey 0 — I don’t feel it
• Edward James 0 — I couldn’t really follow this one while I was driving TBH

• fionmul +2
• ared56 +1
• SamRobertsND +1
• Edward James +1 — What’s wild is that this was still somehow like the best one
• Peter Seeley 0 — A classmate of my younger brothers performed this live at a school dance. There were complaints.
• Regina Scime 0 — Damn
• Claire -1 — It’s a millennial classic and imo a genuinely good song but in a round where all the options are on theme, I’m gonna downvote the one that’s imo the most obvious pick
• Sam Ary -1
• judd.baker -1 — It’s not a bad submission per se, but feels obvious compared to most of the others and I’m afraid the hammer must fall somewhere.

• Joseph Harvey +1 — This was a little more impactful than the Johnny Cash song with a similar story. The ending build up is very effective.
• Edward James +1 — Forgot about this guy, I like the Appalachian theme
• judd.baker 0 — Crazy that this guy is Canadian

• SamRobertsND +1
• Joseph Harvey +1 — A clever read and although this means nothing to me I will reward it
• Edward James +1 — This is such an absolutely brilliant pick in every way. Maybe the defining song of the millennial cultural mythos.
• Peter Seeley 0 — I appreciate what you're going for but no upvote
• Claire 0 — Clever. But I’m out of votes
• fionmul -1 — Huh?

judd.baker: I can’t say how popular this song actually was at the time, but to me this captures a specific subset of Millennialcore that was really important to me anyway.

• Peter Seeley +1
• Regina Scime +1
• fionmul 0 — Idk if I’ve ever heard this tbh. It’s p mid
• Joseph Harvey 0 — I’m probably wrong, but this doesn’t hit me over the head as extremely millennial like some others
• Edward James 0 — I like this one, and it’s an uncommon pick. But the move here was forgotten hits I think.

Joseph Harvey: This will get no votes but this is a cool and subtle narrative song that was the first to come to mind for me

• Peter Seeley +2 — Thanks Joe
• Regina Scime +1
• Claire 0 — Musically super cool song but to be honest the story is just okay
• Edward James -1 — I didn't find this very narratively compelling...not really a story song. And I also thought it was just an alright song.

• Joseph Harvey +1 — As one who understands the mysterious kinship between man and machine, this speaks to me
• judd.baker +1 — I really like this one as a submission and love this story song, although this is not my favorite version. This resurrected a memory for me of hearing this song in college and I’m kicking myself that I can’t remember which version it was that I heard then.
• shea nowicki +1
• Edward James 0 — Don't like these characters.
• Claire 0 — Well this is sad
• fionmul 0 — Ugh I just love this song. “Red hair and black leather, my favorite color scheme”
• Regina Scime 0 — Freaking sad
• Peter Seeley -1 — Down voting because they took a masterpiece and made it meh You don't do that to my habibi Richard Thompson

• Peter Seeley +1 — I strongly dislike Irish nationalism, but this is a baller song.
• fionmul +1 — Chieftains and sinead is the only licit version of this for me but I appreciate an Irish song being here
• Sam Ary +1
• Edward James 0 — Didn't really strike me tbh. I think the style just doesn't really stand out to me.
• Joseph Harvey 0 — Trying to do too much, no emotional punch. The delivery doesn’t help
• Claire -1 — I guess this technically tells a story in the sense that it talks about an event that happened but it just doesn’t feel like a *story.* idk quite how to articulate it. Not really a unified narrative with beginning, middle, end

• Peter Seeley +2 — Finally, a song both Joseph and Alex can hate together. I imagine this is what the Ghibbelines sounded like when they wanted to duss the Guelphs
• judd.baker +1 — Not Portuguese
• fionmul 0 — My bro showed me this once and I was just like hmmm and it came to mind as something joseph would hate (sorry it’s in another language but hopefully that’s not going to disqualify me) but I’ll probs workout to this in Italy cuz when in Rome yktv but yeah just seemed like he would be like “this is everything wrong with rap”
• Joseph Harvey 0 — Boring and terrible, but not especially remarkable
• Claire 0 — This wasn’t actually that musically offensive? Like yeah Joseph isn’t gonna *like* it but I’m not sure it will disgust him either
• Edward James -1 — This was kind of awesome. I don’t think Joseph will hate this, even if he doesn’t really prefer it. Seems wasted on this round instead of waiting for the next.

• ared56 +2
• judd.baker +1
• shea nowicki +1
• Peter Seeley 0 — Judd, this was fun, but not outstanding. Still I enjoyed it.
• fionmul 0 — I danced to this before I could walk and sang it before Spanish was more than syllables to me. The percussion is one of my fave parts. And the meaning is funny.
• Claire 0 — This song has a chill vibe but started to feel kind of meh and repetitive after a bit
• Edward James -1 — Found this generally uninspired
• Joseph Harvey -1

• SamRobertsND +1
• fionmul +1 — Perhaps obvious but a classic for a reason. As I sit in the villa classroom working on some stuff with the windows open letting in the warm Tuscan air and natural light, it fit my vibe well
• Regina Scime +1
• Peter Seeley 0 — This song would be great if it weren't sung in a weirdly american way(despite the artist being French). Great tune, in French, but sung in a weirdly constricted way.
• Edward James 0 — Just don't really like the trad style French songs that much
• judd.baker 0 — I
• Joseph Harvey 0 — Cute but forgettable
• Claire -1 — Last time we did this round I did in fact mention this song as the superior Camille movie soundtrack song. Whether or not this player remembered said comment when they made this submission, it feels slightly unoriginal in light of the previous round, though it is a great song in itself

• fionmul +1 — This was the right vibe for me fs
• shea nowicki +1
• Joseph Harvey 0 — This would depress me and I would ask Eddie to skip.
• judd.baker 0 — One of my all time favorite songs, but I don’t think it really fits the vibe of a porch sit. Maybe if I have the aux, but if I have the aux is it really doing justice to the porch sit?
• Claire -1 — Feels like it goes on just a tad too long to work in this context (ik the Dylan is longer but it’s longer in an ambient way that works better somehow)

• Regina Scime +1
• Joseph Harvey 0 — Dang what a voice! Not quite as thoughtful (or thoughtful sounding) as the Glen Campbell, so that one gets the nod.

• shea nowicki +1
• Claire 0 — I see the read here, it just didn’t strike me as much as others

• ared56 +1
• Claire +1 — So at first I wasn’t sure about this one bc I think of this as more of a romantic yearning song, but I do think lyrically and musically it takes that romantic longing into more of an existential register. Also this album is just generational
• judd.baker +1 — I am just a sucker for this particular ELO sound, and I think it fits the round nicely. Good play from Dr. Roberts
• Joseph Harvey 0 — This song doesn’t sound like it’s from the depths. Gotta be more than lyrics in this round
• fionmul -1 — Nehh
• Regina Scime -1

• ared56 +1
• Claire +1 — Joseph I think this is a great pull for this round
• fionmul 0 — 🥱
• SamRobertsND -1

• ared56 +1
• Regina Scime +1
• Joseph Harvey 0 — Another one where the vibe is just off
• Claire 0 — Love this song but I’m looking for existential angst in this round more so than relationship angst
• shea nowicki -1

• fionmul +2 — 🖤🖤🖤
• Joseph Harvey +1 — I went into this skeptical but there’s definitely something to this
• Peter Seeley -1 — Not offensive but nothing distinguishes it musically.
• Claire -1 — I don’t see anything like desperation or lamentation here. I love this song immensely and I’ve wanted to submit it multiple times for other rounds (eg yearning, accidentally about Jesus) but feared it would be too obvious that it was me. Bummed that this was used on a round for which imo it was a poor fit

• ared56 +1 — Crazy how much better this is in studio than live. I saw them open for the Black Keys.
• judd.baker +1 — This one, Cage the Elephant and Florence + The Machine all playing in the same space of indie millennialcore (and all certified bangers, let the record state) but I’m picking this one because it’s my favorite
• Claire +1 — I particularly like this as a pull for this round bc it encapsulates a slightly earlier era of millennial music than most of the other submissions
• Joseph Harvey 0 — Throwback to my Hillsdale sophomore year housemate Montie Montgomery choosing this song for the setlist of our band “gulf.” (Period included)
• Edward James 0 — This is a great pick because it really is the bridge into the millennial sound from more of a Gen X perspective. I think this just misses out on beating Florence and the machine, because they are more of an actual millennial band.
• Peter Seeley -1 — Something had to get the down vote
• Regina Scime -1

• SamRobertsND +1 — Songs Sammy would love
• shea nowicki +1
• judd.baker +1 — Upvoting this for being more creative than some other submissions without simply being nasty like some of the other submissions
• Edward James 0 — Amazing. I should have pulled out my Eddie does William Shatner doing rocket man ages ago. But it does seem like it would be relying entirely the gimmick to vote for this.
• fionmul 0 — Lol
• Joseph Harvey 0 — Isn’t this just ironically bad? Not hitting the mark
• Claire 0 — Wait I actually kinda rock with this. Will Joseph? Idk
• ared56 -1
• Sam Ary -1

• Edward James +1 — There's a level of vocal power that black choirs seem to be able to achieve that isn't replicated anywhere else. Beautiful.
• judd.baker +1
• Regina Scime +1
• fionmul 0 — Not enough votes bro. Was sort of waiting for some instruments to come in and tempo to change but it didn’t really.
• Joseph Harvey 0 — I expect this will do numbers
• ared56 -1
• Sam Ary -1

• shea nowicki +1
• Sam Ary +1
• fionmul 0 — Kinda goes off -- something about Russian rap. In the end was won over
• Edward James 0 — I hope these boys have made it through the Russian invasion alright
• Claire 0 — Umm…interesting. Beat had me bobbing my head a little but I feel without knowing the lyrics I’m not really “getting” this song
• Joseph Harvey 0 — Can the Russians not sing in tune
• judd.baker -1 — I just did not enjoy this at all, with apologies to the submitter

• judd.baker +1 — Yeah I’d say this rocked
• Claire +1 — Joseph this is cool
• Sam Ary +1
• Peter Seeley 0 — Beautiful singing ruined by the industrial machinery in the background. Sorry Joseph
• fionmul 0 — some of the background music was sorta unpleasant to my ears but I acknowledge this is very cool and skillful
• Edward James 0 — le juxtaposition!
• SamRobertsND -1
• shea nowicki -1

• judd.baker +1 — Not typical for this round but I like it. Speeding is more than just hard rock/heavy metal
• Claire 0 — The instrumental intro made me hit the gas but lost momentum during the chorus
• Edward James 0 — Song that plays during the trailer for direct to Netflix movie about a white person looking for their lost dog and discovering adventure along the way
• Joseph Harvey 0 — I’m sorry Fiona, but no
• fionmul 0 — This one slaps on a small hwy with the windows down, trust. It was an extreme relief when my song came on. I’m not going to lie. I think this is the best submission.
• Peter Seeley -1 — I would speed in a covered wagon to this I guess

• judd.baker +1 — Alright this is what I came for, this is a cool read
• Claire 0 — I wanted to be super into this. The lyrics are just so odd that it’s hard to see what the Jesus read of them would be bc it’s hard to know what they’re saying in the first place? Idk, it just didn’t fully click for me
• Joseph Harvey 0 — Interesting…
• Peter Seeley 0 — Fun song but I don't think it fits the prompt
• Regina Scime -1 — Didn’t fully see it

judd.baker: It’s always sounded vaguely to me like a song about a woman discerning the religious life (she used to run around and carry on, before she realized everything here on Earth disappears, and she’s left with only the eternal things)

• ared56 +1
• Claire 0 — Feels more like “unintentionally about the Christian life” than “unintentionally about Jesus.” Nitpicky? Perhaps. I see what you’re doing here but doesn’t make podium for me
• Joseph Harvey 0 — There’s like one line that works
• SamRobertsND -1

• SamRobertsND +1
• shea nowicki +1
• Edward James 0 — I feel like this might have been submitted before? Or I just heard it recently and feel like the only way would have been via ML. Either way, not a fan tbh.
• Claire 0 — I considered this last time we did this round. Now it’s a repeat though, alas
• Peter Seeley -1
• fionmul -1 — Cannot stand this song

• SamRobertsND +1
• Peter Seeley +1
• Sam Ary +1
• judd.baker 0 — Almost got there for me, this is a banger let it be said
• Edward James -1 — Here I make my stand. I ain't translating that.
• Claire -1 — Call me crazy but I’m not convinced that “falling in love” is necessarily happening here, it could very well be an amorous dalliance
• Regina Scime -1

• ared56 +1
• Joseph Harvey +1 — Was that a land acknowledgment lol
• Edward James 0 — Lyrically I can't really fault this one, but the guy has terminal Gen Z voice and I wasn't a huge fan of the sound
• fionmul 0 — Perhaps wedding is too far along for this category
• SamRobertsND -1
• Sam Ary -1

• fionmul +1 — Almost as good as Patrick Mulholland‘s cover. I liked this idea.
• shea nowicki +1
• Joseph Harvey -1 — I don’t believe this guy is even a little sad. Some of these lyrics suggest a soul unfamiliar with the depths Throwback to when I played chess with my friend in college every night and he would play young the giant every time. I didn’t tell him for weeks that I can’t stand young the giant
• judd.baker -1 — Great millennialcore submission and I really liked this, but it’s almost too hopeful, it’s desperate but packed with a little too much fighting spirit. It really doesn’t deserve the downvote but kind of nothing here does, hammer had to fall somewhere.

• Sam Ary +1
• Regina Scime +1
• fionmul 0 — Not egregious enough even for him. Also lol because I knew this was on the playlist but I was listening to Noah before I started this and then got confused when he came back on.
• Claire 0 — Eh, I imagine it annoys him, but feels too mainstream
• judd.baker 0 — Noah Kahan feels too easy
• Joseph Harvey -1 — This is a nice, competently written song that hooked my attention and kept it. Nice attempts at ragebait with the weed and Covid references
• shea nowicki -1

• judd.baker +1 — It’s not a slam dunk but it’s such a great song, just recently discovered it (overheard playing in a Belizean coffee shop) and immediately liked it. I’m feeling generous
• Joseph Harvey 0 — Wow this was beautiful! Hard to imagine Eddie, Sammy, or Alex queuing this up however. Closer to “Fort Porch Sit” if such a thing had ever existed.
• fionmul 0 — I love this song but it’s just really not landing for me in this category
• Regina Scime 0 — Didn’t have enough upvotes:(
• SamRobertsND -1
• Sam Ary -1

Regina Scime: makes you want to go faster than a speeding bullet

• SamRobertsND +1
• Joseph Harvey +1 — Most of this is chilled out and slow… but this playlist is quite painful so I guess it gets a vote
• fionmul +1 — This might play in a movie while a race car is in flowstate on a straightaway, and it happened to come on when I was driving a windy paved section of a country drive so it worked
• Peter Seeley 0 — Somnolent
• Claire 0 — If you’re gonna submit Hans Zimmer for this round it should’ve been something from the Spirit soundtrack (I’m being dead serious)
• ared56 -1
• Edward James -1 — You know what I'm gonna say it. Hans Zimmer doesn't do it for me. Never really has. I think he's overhyped. ""It insists upon itself." - Peter Griffin" - Sammy Roberts
• Sam Ary -1
• judd.baker -1

Peter Seeley: Strangely enough, Peter Paul and Mary did a cover of this making it one (briefly) the most known G and S song in America

• SamRobertsND +1
• Edward James 0 — I don't know what this song is about
• Claire 0 — This tells a story but it doesn’t feel like it really captures the feeling of falling
• Joseph Harvey -1 — What
• shea nowicki -1

• ared56 +1
• Peter Seeley 0 — Hmm
• Edward James 0 — What are you speeding away from....what are you speeding towards... Maybe this one is just me
• fionmul 0 — I really appreciate a JB inclusion but this makes me wanna set my cruise to 55
• Claire -1 — This felt like cruising down the highway at a pleasant but legal speed
• Joseph Harvey -1 — Only way I could speed to this is if I fell asleep with my foot on the throttle
• Regina Scime -1 — This is the song least likely to make me speed, but thank you for reminding me of my dad:) He would always play Jackson Browne on car trips… often the tribute album

• shea nowicki +1
• Joseph Harvey 0 — There are some big city prosecutors who need to listen to this song
• fionmul -1
• Regina Scime -1
• Edward James -1 — I have no idea what was said in any part of this song

Sam Ary: 😎🔥😎🔥

• SamRobertsND +1
• Peter Seeley 0 — If it makes you happy joe, ok
• Claire 0 — I like the different genre choice but this wasn’t quite hype enough to do it for me
• Edward James 0 — Eh
• ared56 -1
• Joseph Harvey -1
• judd.baker -1 — Least resonant on the list for me.

• ared56 +1
• Claire +1 — I wish I were brave enough to submit this absolute masterpiece
• judd.baker +1 — Asked why he did not approve of the use of the n-word, The Poet once said: “A Hispanic guy said it to me once, and I didn’t like that.”
• Peter Seeley 0 — Earthy lad, that Afroman
• Edward James 0 — Absolutely insane move to submit this. Bonkers, raving mad. Can't downvote simply because of that audacity, even though it deserves it. I haven't heard this all the way through since high school when it was played in a van full of high school guys and I intend to never hear it fully again. The chorus is so insanely good though and I like to listen to that part from time to time.
• SamRobertsND -1
• fionmul -1
• Joseph Harvey -1 — Too explicit for me to consider
• shea nowicki -1
• Regina Scime -1 — I wish I had never read those lyrics

• Edward James 0 — I feel like Joseph probably doesn’t like Metallica, and this was a very lackluster song, but did not stand out from the rest.
• SamRobertsND 0 — Lazy we know he hates this
• Claire 0 — Maybe he likes Metallica though? If he ever explicitly said he dislikes them then I missed it. (But if that were the case I also wouldn’t give it a vote on grounds of lack of originality)
• fionmul -1 — Guitar riff is too cool for him to fully hate
• Peter Seeley -1 — Somehow the least bad (probably because Joe submitted it)
• Regina Scime -1

• Claire 0 — Experimental indeed
• judd.baker 0 — I did not really enjoy this personally and I’m not sure I could envision hearing it at a porch sit. But it’s an out of the box submission, not obvious, downvoting feels too cruel. I am ambivalent
• Joseph Harvey -1 — This is both a kind of lame song and I can’t imagine it playing on the hangar porch. Aside from the Beatles, 60s music just ain’t it for me
• fionmul -1
• shea nowicki -1
• Regina Scime -1