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Submissions
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Categories won
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Leagues played
SongArtistCategoryLeagueVotes
SUPERESTRELLAAitanaLost In TranslationLeague 10 (Jul 2026)
3
  • Edward James +2This was my favorite of the bunch by far. What an amazing pop song.
  • judd.baker +1Probably my favorite on this list
  • shea nowicki +1
  • fionmul 0Didn’t stand out a ton against the others
  • Claire 0I am definitely an enjoyer of girly pop but this was just okay as girly pop goes
  • Joseph Harvey 0It’s surreal hearing the occasional f word bubble up from this murky soup of unknown words
  • Peter Seeley -1It sounds like an American pop song that happens to be in Spanish.
You And IIngrid MichaelsonSongs Joseph Would HateLeague 10 (Jul 2026)
9
  • Edward James +2The 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 +1Knew this would suck from… well everything about it Made me laugh aloud
  • Joseph Harvey +1Ok, well done. Atrocious lyrics, totally banal musically, annoyingly millennial. A civilization that can produce this deserves to be destroyed
  • Sam Ary +1
  • Claire +1At 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 +1Kind of lazy but I don’t care, this is exactly the kind of hot garbage I would expect to see here
Tweeter And The Monkey ManTraveling WilburysSongs That Tell a StoryLeague 10 (Jul 2026)
5
Hedwig's ThemeJohn WilliamsMillennialcoreLeague 10 (Jul 2026)
2
  • SamRobertsND +1
  • Joseph Harvey +1A clever read and although this means nothing to me I will reward it
  • Edward James +1This is such an absolutely brilliant pick in every way. Maybe the defining song of the millennial cultural mythos.
  • Peter Seeley 0I appreciate what you're going for but no upvote
  • Claire 0Clever. But I’m out of votes
  • fionmul -1Huh?
The Boxer - Live at Carnegie Hall, NYC, NY - November 27, 1969Simon & GarfunkelDe ProfundisLeague 10 (Jul 2026)
8
Goodbye EarlThe ChicksKiller Song!League 10 (Jul 2026)
2
First Day of My LifeBright EyesFalling in LoveLeague 10 (Jul 2026)
0
  • SamRobertsND +1
  • shea nowicki +1
  • Edward James 0I 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 0I considered this last time we did this round. Now it’s a repeat though, alas
  • Peter Seeley -1
  • fionmul -1Cannot stand this song
Take on Mea-haUnintentionally about JesusLeague 10 (Jul 2026)
0
  • judd.baker +1Alright this is what I came for, this is a cool read
  • Claire 0I 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 0Interesting…
  • Peter Seeley 0Fun song but I don't think it fits the prompt
  • Regina Scime -1Didn’t fully see it
You Shook Me All Night LongAC/DCSongs that Cause SpeedingLeague 10 (Jul 2026)
2
  • Claire +1Feels 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 0Prurient and cliche
  • Edward James 0Sadly a banger.
  • Joseph Harvey 0This is more of a cruising song than a speeding song
  • Regina Scime 0Runner up for me
  • fionmul 0Yeahhhh I see but like not fully feeling/got beat
Till I CollapseEminem, Nate DoggWhite people doing black people musicLeague 9 (Apr 2026)
0
  • Edward James 0Idk this one seems pretty white to me.
  • Joseph Harvey 0Is it just me or do they just not do rap with this much attitude anymore? I say this as someone who never listens to rap
  • Claire 0I love Eminem but imma be honest, it doesn’t feel like he’s doing “black people music” unless by that you just mean “rap”. But the line “a minimal swap to cop millions of Pac listeners” is right on theme and saved this from my downvote
  • judd.baker 0Eminem, famous for doing black music so selfishly and using it to get himself wealthy, is too obvious here
  • Brad Stalcup 0Eminem was the "too obvious" pick in my mind for this category.
How LongEaglesLate career bangersLeague 9 (Apr 2026)
2
  • SamRobertsND +1
  • Sam Ary +1
  • fionmul 0Fun Generic eagles vibes
  • Edward James 0This just didn’t stand out to me despite sounding technically so proficient and nice. It’s like “Eagles do the Eagles” Which is true of the Billy Joel song too but that one actually felt like it had heart
  • Claire 0I had no idea they were making new music this recently
Southern ManNeil YoungAccidentally evilLeague 9 (Apr 2026)
1
  • fionmul +1Ahhh... sounds like they aren't condoning the evil tho? Either that or the evil is purposeful? This one made me think
  • Claire +1
  • Sam Ary +1
  • Joseph Harvey 0Pretty sure Neil Young doesn’t agree with the perspective of the protagonist of the song, so not accidental
  • SamRobertsND -1
  • Peter Seeley -1I don't get what's accidentally evil about this song, unless you are rabidly pro-Southern. Even the unreconstructed Dr. "Stonewall"* Roberts wouldn't go that far. *This nickname was given for his shockingly stalwart doctoral defense.
Only Wanna Be With YouHootie & The BlowfishWhalesongLeague 9 (Apr 2026)
0
  • Sam Ary +1
  • SamRobertsND 0Great song but pathetically lazy, Alex
  • judd.baker 0Cute. I really did almost give it to you on this one, but this was a surprisingly stacked round and there were too many pitch-perfect submissions
  • Edward James 0He's talking about the Miami Dolphins y'all
  • Peter Seeley 0He does kind of sound like a shake I guess
  • Claire 0I guess you could read this as being sung to a whale maybe? It talks about dolphins and blue…but it’s not a clear or fitting enough read to get my vote, especially for a repeat song
  • Joseph Harvey 0Is the girl in the song a whale? No? Not a whale song.
  • Regina Scime 0🤔
  • fionmul -1What upsets me most is that you wasted such an awesome song on a round that it doesn’t belong in
Me and Bobby McGeeJanis JoplinBindlecoreLeague 9 (Apr 2026)
3
  • fionmul +1Ah this was very good.
  • Claire +1I feel like the wistful sadness of this song isn’t quite the same as the pathos that the bindle has come to signify. It gets a vote, however because 1) for some reason I’m being really picky in my judgment of this round and 2) it actually mentions a bindle
  • Regina Scime +1
  • SamRobertsND 0One of the best to do it, and the instrumentation is so good! Beat out by others.
  • Edward James 0I had never once considered the idea that a woman could take up the bindle. Does that make me a bad person?
  • Peter Seeley 0I love Janis Joplin, but her version of the song does not cohere. The original is better.
  • Brad Stalcup 0Needs to be more than just a regret song IMO. Where's the self-sabotage?
  • judd.baker 0This song rocks and I love hearing some Janis Joplin— but this is an obscure category and I’m voting based on my narrow interpretation of it. There’s clearly two schools of thought in interpreting what “bindle” means, and I like the songs that lean into the metaphorical sense more than the literal. This song is pretty upbeat and fun, which the essence of bindle is not.
The Wind Cries MaryJimi HendrixAccidentally St. ThereseLeague 9 (Apr 2026)
2
  • SamRobertsND +1
  • shea nowicki +1
  • Sam Ary +1
  • fionmul 0Really didn’t see the vision but I want to express that I respect you and am sure you had your reasons that I would see as well if explained (that goes for everyone. This round is special to me like it felt more personal with the songs I was considering so I don’t want to be too aggressive) That being said this is my second downvote although musically I dont hate it.
  • Claire 0Cool vibe but I’m not sure I fully see it
  • Brad Stalcup 0Didn't really get how this was Therese-esque at all
  • judd.baker 0I was on the fence about this one. At first I was unimpressed, seemed too generic thematically, but the second stanza is more fitting (“somewhere a king has no wife,” interpreted in this context to mean celibacy I assume). Still beat out by stronger picks imo.
  • Joseph Harvey -1With the notable exception of The Beatles, 60s rock is mostly unmelodic, unlistenable musical slop. This also has nothing to do with Therese
KnuckleballerThem Coulee BoysSongs Shea would loveLeague 9 (Apr 2026)
3
  • Claire +1Alexcore but perhaps at the intersection of Sheacore and Alexcore
  • shea nowicki +1Oh yeah... this is the stuff. Vibed the whole way through. Great pull!!!
  • Edward James +1Alex is the only one who understands Shea-core. This is spiritually aligned with Astrovan and prior Shea bangers.
  • fionmul 0Musically this is a cute one but idk if she would find the lyrics impressive enough with this competition
  • SamRobertsND 0Get a new artist besides the same 5 mid string bands you post, Alex
  • Joseph Harvey 0Cute
Ripple - 2020 RemasterGrateful DeadSongs Artemis II should have played League 9 (Apr 2026)
1
  • fionmul +1I liked this too
  • Claire +1I see the vision. 70s music just feels right for space. And the motif of still water/no wind blowing fits nicely too
  • shea nowicki +1
  • Joseph Harvey 0I enjoyed this more than other Grateful Dead I’d heard
  • Brad Stalcup -1Don't really get what you were going for with this one.
  • Spicey Riche -1
Walking On SunshineKatrina & The WavesSongs To Die ToLeague 8 (Feb 2026)
-5
  • judd.baker +1I am not certain I quite see the vision but I cannot downvote a brave and unexpected submission like this. And in a playlist I thought was a little on the weak side, I want to reward a really novel read of the category
  • Claire +1I feel like this would be a good song to die to in a similar way to mmmbop. The lyrics aren’t as obviously existential but the bright upbeat melody would give a nice touch of irony
  • Peter Seeley 0A creative interpretation of the category. I just dislike the song.
  • Brad Stalcup 0I get what this is going for (entering into the beatific vision), but I don't really think it works.
  • SamRobertsND -1
  • Regina Scime -1
  • shea nowicki -1
  • Joseph Harvey -1Bizarre choice. No gravitas
  • fionmul -1
  • Spicey Riche -1Are you kidding? Ya know what would happen if you tried dying to this song? Your heartbeat would rise, your foot would start tapping, you’d starting singing along in and you’d finish bleed ingout before hearing the word sunshine. You’ve clearing never died before
  • Edward James -1Funniest submission to think about in terms of Sammy's scenario described in the chat. Sadly it's the least on point for theme imo.
Yellow LedbetterPearl JamWhat Did He Say?League 8 (Feb 2026)
8
  • Peter Seeley +2Couldn't understand a word he says, but we surely had a mighty fine time.
  • SamRobertsND +1
  • Edward James +1What's concerning about Eddie Vedder is that sometimes it seems he doesn't know what he's doing. But he has to know.......right?
  • Brad Stalcup +1Really enjoyed this one and could also not understand it at all. Upvote.
  • Joseph Harvey +1
  • Sam Ary +1Decipherable in some aspects.
  • judd.baker +1Pearl Jam/grunge in general is a great shout for this category. They all sound like this.
  • fionmul 0I can understand too many of the words
  • Claire 0Quite unintelligible. Too obvious a choice, however, to make my top 4
Starting OverTrampled by TurtlesAccidentally St. AugustineLeague 8 (Feb 2026)
3
  • fionmul +1I really liked this
  • shea nowicki +1
  • Spicey Riche +1
  • Edward James 0Very close on this one Alex, just beaten out by my top four
  • Brad Stalcup 0Cool song, but didn't see any Augustine in here.
  • Joseph Harvey 0This is just much easier to read as a breakup song than Augustine vibes
  • Claire 0This was one of the more loosely Augustinian submissions imo. I liked the song well enough though
Ramenez la coupe à la maisonVegedreamLost In TranslationLeague 8 (Feb 2026)
-1
  • fionmul +1Makes me wanna go to the club in Paree
  • SamRobertsND 0Forgettable
  • Joseph Harvey 0Hard to listen to. I assumed this must be in Spanish initially but apparently it’s not
  • Claire 0This had a fun beat but it did start to feel a bit musically repetitive after a bit
  • Brad Stalcup -1This woulda done well in 2008-2012 in america. Kinda hated this though. Repetitive and predictable.
  • judd.baker -1This was a hilarious submission and I almost didn’t downvote it, but since half the lyrics are just the names of French footballers, it was actually the least lost in translation of any song on this list
You Are My SunshineNorman BlakeSad Songs That Sound HappyLeague 8 (Feb 2026)
5
  • Joseph Harvey +2This is it. The heartbreak is palpable and it manages to make the sweetness, which could otherwise be happy, intensify the sadness. Masterful
  • fionmul +2Oof good one “Songs that people sing to babies that are morbid” is its own category within this lowkey
  • Claire +1Yeah, okay, this one is a good fit
  • Regina Scime +1
  • Peter Seeley 0I think yearny songs aren't quite the vibe
  • SamRobertsND 0The romance songs don't impress me
  • Edward James 0A great pick I just liked others more. I feel like people know this is sad but they forget anyway, which is a good hallmark for the round.
  • judd.baker 0Does not sound happy (except maybe the chorus)
  • Brad Stalcup 0I'm not sure this one *sounds* happy.
  • shea nowicki -1
Save TonightEagle-Eye CherryBlack People Doing White People MusicLeague 8 (Feb 2026)
6
Knock KnockMac MillerSongs Richard Should Have Played At His WeddingLeague 8 (Feb 2026)
2
I Hear Them AllOld Crow Medicine ShowRoll CreditsLeague 7 (Dec 2025)
2

ared56: The end of a heartfelt buddy comedy with Eddie and Judd as novice Jesuits completing their novice pilgrimage experiment from St. Louis to New Orleans. Comment your characters that you see from ML as it jumps to everyone they’ve met on the journey.

  • SamRobertsND +1
  • Peter Seeley +1
  • Brad Stalcup +1Eddie and Judd are moving along the railroad on one of those hand crank railcarts for their last 38 miles toward the novitiate. Recovering Alcoholic Richard finishes his first round of an intended several at the bar and as he reaches into his wallet but finds his polaroid from those goons. Checks out his tab and stares up at the stars in wonder outside the bar. A picture of Eddie and Judd that they had taken with their polaroid falls out of an epicurean Regina's purse. She smiles as she remembers those holy fools and sends a text to cancel her morally questionable meetup later that day. Tech bro brad thinking about microdosing on LSD again this evening. AI generated recap of the week hits his inbox, with a verbal description of the polaroid. He goes looking for it, and finds something from his childhood along the way, and stops and thinks.
  • fionmul 0I know people said to leave a description but this is too much for me
  • Edward James 0I love this song. I have heard it before but not in ages and wow it's great. I love the vision. This would have been my 4th vote.
  • Claire 0This was my honorable mention. Thematically it fits this very specific movie concept perfectly. I’m envisioning Mike Whitman appearing as many different characters who are not canonically related to one another whatsoever, but no one’s sure whether it’s just a bit or has some deep mystical significance
  • Joseph Harvey 0I see the vision
  • judd.baker 0I am picturing Peter Seeley appearing multiple times as different and seemingly unrelated characters encountered along the journey, without explanation
  • Regina Scime -1I HATE that I’m downvoting this because I love the OP’s comment, but this one I think felt the least like an end credits song to me… In my mind, this is the song that’s playing during the montage of scenes in which Eddie and Judd are traveling and ministering.
MaybeThem Coulee BoysGotta go fastLeague 7 (Dec 2025)
1
  • fionmul +1😌 This is the sort of thing my brothers will play in the living room and it sounds like home.
  • Regina Scime +1
  • shea nowicki +1
  • Edward James 0Good songwriting but didn't grip me musically. Sorry Alex.
  • Joseph Harvey -1Not under 2 minutes and also not good
  • judd.baker -1I think the mark of a great 2-minute song is that it leaves you wanting more. This song does not leave me wanting more and so gets the downvote.
He Ain't Heavy He's My Brother - 2003 RemasterThe HolliesTearjerkersLeague 7 (Dec 2025)
4
  • Brad Stalcup +2My dad made a playlist for me not too long before he died. Many of the songs he put on there I'd heard hundreds of times. I'd only heard this song's title used as an expression, but never the actual song. When I first heard this song on that playlist, i just about broke down. I miss my dad. None of you could have known this, but I'm grateful for whoever submitted this song.
  • Edward James +1I’m not gonna lie, I think this is kind of a mediocre song. But, and this is subjective of course, it didn’t get me closest to crying. Reflecting on life with my own brother. Therefore, the category demands it.
  • shea nowicki +1
  • fionmul 0Beautiful. Samewise Gamgee core
  • Claire 0The sentiment of this song is lovely but I’m just not feeling the tears. Idk, maybe that’s a me problem
Little WondersRob ThomasSongs Regina Would LoveLeague 7 (Dec 2025)
-1
  • Spicey Riche +1Alex
  • fionmul 0Aww meet the robinsons. Lowkey this could be her but imma not vote for it since I liked some others better and I think she’s the J-Hud one.
  • Edward James 0Alex, I applaud and respect you for this
  • Joseph Harvey 0Lead guitar sounds like a ripoff of The Edge from U2
  • Claire 0Classic movie, great song. Definitely got me feeling a lil sentimental. But I don’t have a strong intuition as to whether Regina would like this
  • Brad Stalcup 0This song feels like high school nostalgia.
  • SamRobertsND -1Alex thinks this is revenge for downvoting Chicago, and it probably is on some level, but I also think his caricature of Regina's taste here is horribly misguided. Jimmy Ruffin or something would've been more obvious. The real crime is that Alex didn't honor her heritage and submit Kid Rock.
  • Regina Scime -1ok so I don’t think I’ve ever actually watched this movie. I didn’t dislike this song, but it didn’t really leave an impression. Now that I think about it, is this supposed to be a short joke…
Hand of God, Pts. 2 & 3Them Coulee BoysDiner-coreLeague 7 (Dec 2025)
3
  • Peter Seeley +1A good twist on this type of music.
  • shea nowicki +1
  • Edward James +1The diner is the prism of America. This song makes me think of what I love about them. Well done Alex.
  • SamRobertsND 0Father John Misty-ass song that plays at a diner called "Doc Brichter's Farmacy" that has a "Boozy Brunch" with a $30 omelette
  • fionmul 0Nah
  • judd.baker 0Bradcore. Awesome song, loved this. Good lyrics and a cool sound. Not upvoted, I just can’t really imagine hearing this at a diner
  • Claire 0This is “song that would play at the end of an indie movie as a scene of characters at a diner transitions to a montage of everyday scenes from a small town”
Paradise By the Dashboard LightMeat LoafSongs Joseph Would HateLeague 7 (Dec 2025)
0
  • SamRobertsND +1
  • Edward James +1I am voting for this because I think Joseph would hate it musically, not because of the content
  • Joseph Harvey 0This song is a great moral lesson in not being led by your passions and earns its length with meaningful development and storytelling interest. The baseball interlude is clever. Some moments are downright theatrical and the vocals are great. What’s to hate?
  • ared56 0Fun fact: went to a wedding last year of a good friend where the grooms family does a whole bit to this song at every family wedding. All the guys sing the guy part and the girls sing the girl park and they form ranks and sing at each other. It was incredible.
  • fionmul 0“They sang this on Glee” - Claire “…praying for the end of the song to come” - Claire in the 8th minute
  • Claire 0“This song is eight and a half fucking minutes” -Fiona
  • Regina Scime 0If I were voting on what songs I liked, this song would get three upvotes!
  • Peter Seeley -1Too normal
  • Brad Stalcup -1Honestly, this is pretty up Joseph's alley (other than the subject matter). "Now I'm preaying for the end of time" is just such a hilarious line.
Do YaElectric Light OrchestraWe're So BackLeague 7 (Dec 2025)
4
I TriedBone Thugs-N-Harmony, AkonIt's So OverLeague 6 (Oct 2025)
3
  • Spicey Riche +2
  • Brad Stalcup +1I kinda loved this one. Fit the category really well, and was really musically interesting. I don't really have personal experience of being on the streets, but I can imagine that the inescapability Hi Alex.
  • Peter Seeley 0Surprised how much I enjoyed this one.
  • SamRobertsND 0Great pull out of votes
  • Edward James 0 I liked this one a lot. Forgot how funny Akon‘s voice is.
  • Claire 0This song is great. I don’t feel like it perfectly fits the theme though bc even though he’s recognizing the futility of his efforts this far, he’s still trying—there’s some sense of hope, or at least some commitment, that suggests it is not in fact over
  • judd.baker 0Really enjoyed this
Don't Be A Lawyer (feat. Burl Moseley)Crazy Ex-Girlfriend Cast, Burl MoseleyYou Think This is Funny?League 6 (Oct 2025)
3
Turn The Page - LiveBob SegerLearn to Work the SaxophoneLeague 6 (Oct 2025)
2
  • fionmul +1Yes
  • Claire +1Again, here, the sax is a part of the storytelling
  • shea nowicki +1
  • SamRobertsND 0Good, not great
  • Joseph Harvey 0The sax is not important enough to this.
  • Edward James 0I felt like the saxophone lick here is supplemental but not load bearing. It’s amazing, but is actually pretty marginal in the song.
  • Brad Stalcup 0Pretty great song, but sax part didn't wow me.
  • Spicey Riche 0Another song without saxophone. Good work genius
  • Regina Scime -1As a Michigander, I hate to downvote Bob Seager, but the saxophone in this song just didn’t stand out to me
You Were Meant For MeJewelDo You ever Yearn?League 6 (Oct 2025)
-1
  • SamRobertsND 0First learned about Jewel through the Woodstock 99 documentary. Good sick watch.
  • Edward James 0This is so beautiful! But it just missed the top 4 for me. I really liked it tho.
  • Brad Stalcup 0Her voice is perfectly longing. 5th place for me.
  • judd.baker -1Stacked playlist and this was simply the most forgettable song
Box #10Jim CroceSongs That Tell a StoryLeague 6 (Oct 2025)
3
  • SamRobertsND +1
  • Peter Seeley +1I hadn't heard this before. I like it.
  • Brad Stalcup +1This might be the best combination of musicality and narrative on the list.
  • Sam Ary +1
  • judd.baker +1goodness gracious this is beautiful. Jim Croce was a poet
  • fionmul 0Points for actual singing and brevity but it’s still not really giving story
  • Joseph Harvey 0Didn’t take in a single thing from this
  • Edward James -1I LOVE JIM CROCE and I like this song! But all these songs are great, and so I am choosing to downvote the one that stood out to me least, which was this one.
  • Regina Scime -1
You Oughta KnowAlanis MorissetteSongs Corey Would LoveLeague 6 (Oct 2025)
-2
  • Spicey Riche +1Is it wishful thinking that Corey is the kind of man who would love Alanis Morissette but somehow has never heard of her? Yes.
  • Corey 0I want to like this more, it has that grungy sound I love, but it faces stiff competition. Also Alanis dropping f bombs feels a little juvenile. I've never listened to her, but she always struck me as more respectable than that. She's an alt-rock musician? I hadn't the slightest idea.
  • Joseph Harvey 0I think this is close, especially the very 90s verse. Some options here just nail the category more. The amount of poisonous vitriol this lady can distill into her voice is astonishing, have to say
  • Brad Stalcup 0I'm sorry, just didn't like this one. Although the chorus is definitely an earworm. Would Corey Like it? Maybe.
  • Peter Seeley 0Eh.
  • Claire 0Generational banger, and a song that would be my go to karaoke track were I not wary of offending render ears. But I have absolutely no idea how Corey would feel about it
  • judd.baker 0an Alanis Morisette submission is an enlightened choice. I’m only not upvoting because lyrically I’m not sure if it’s exactly Corey’s thing, and I wouldn’t be surprised if he’s heard it already. Also it’s a stacked round and votes are in short supply
  • fionmul -1I….i wasn’t expecting this, a wild kickoff. Corey seems to like songs like this, but I’m not sure about the actual content and meaning of the lyrics. But he likes a fast and clever/humorous song I’m under the impression however that he doesn’t like profanity Im downvoting because this offended my ears the most (sorta hate her voice but I tolerate ironic)
  • Edward James -1I want to downvote this, but have a sneaking suspicion it is actually Corey. It's just so out of left field for what we know of his music taste.
  • Regina Scime -1
No Sleep Till BrooklynBeastie BoysRoad Trip KickoffLeague 6 (Oct 2025)
6
  • Joseph Harvey +1Yes, this works
  • Corey +1
  • Edward James +1100% - perfect choice. Hype, destination, energy, raucousness. You can imagine a car of the bros belting it out as you start.
  • Brad Stalcup +1Where's my car. Need to jump in it and start driving after hearing this song.
  • Spicey Riche +1
  • Claire +1Got me pumped in exactly the way I want to be pumped for a road trip
  • Regina Scime 0This was #5 for me!
  • SamRobertsND 0I owe Audioslave and the 88 an apology.
  • Peter Seeley 0This would be a great for the "it's 3am and my adrenal glands can no longer process caffeine" part of the road trip
You'll Never Leave Harlan AlivePatty LovelessMemento MoriLeague 5 (Sep 2025)
2
  • fionmul +1I get the analogy to the earth/this life as a whole
  • Claire +1This song is really haunting and cool musically as well as lyrically. The way that, in this song, a very specific manner/place of death is inescapable no matter how you may try to run away feels like an image or perhaps a microcosm of the more universal reality that it is inescapable for all of us
  • Edward James 0Amazing song. True Sammy round with all the banger country tunes. Didn’t see this as Memento Mori tho
  • Joseph Harvey 0Dang, that was very compelling. Country is a perfect genre for this theme as many people clearly agree
Little TalksOf Monsters and MenMillennialcoreLeague 5 (Sep 2025)
4
  • Brad Stalcup +1No song embodies millennialcore more.
  • Joseph Harvey +1Musical torment. The indie voices. The “hey”s drowned in reverb. The boring chord progression beaten to death and beyond. This is the ultimate millenialcore
  • shea nowicki +1
  • Edward James +1
  • Sam Ary +1
  • SamRobertsND 0Mountain Sound or Numb Bears was the play
  • Claire 0My apologies to whoever submitted this, it’s absolutely a valid read of the theme, it’s just (imo) a predictable and not particularly exciting pull
  • fionmul -1I actually hate this song. I can only listen to it if I make fun of it. The opening instrumental alone fills me with dread. And then the cursive singing… 😑 I decided to downvote because I hate it but it’s defs on theme sry
GirlfriendAvril LavigneGaslit, Gatekept, GirlbossedLeague 5 (Sep 2025)
11
  • fionmul +2Yeah. I think this is the best submission maybe including mine too but I wish we had done better as a group.
  • Sam Ary +2
  • Corey +2
  • SamRobertsND +1Best song on the listen. Glad Olivia Rodrigo has taken us back to rock pop.
  • Regina Scime +1
  • Claire +1I almost hate how much I love this song, but Avril just does girly “rebellious” 2000s pop so perfectly that I can’t really be mad. Excels even if what she excels at is slightly cringe. The fact that she somehow can pull off “hell yeah I’m the mf princess” is incredible
  • Brad Stalcup +1Gotta love avril.
  • shea nowicki +1
  • Joseph Harvey 0Close
  • Edward James 0Great choice, and a great millennialcore song. But it was narrowly beat out by others for me.
  • judd.baker 0This kinda feels too innocent
God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen / We Three KingsBarenaked Ladies, Sarah McLachlan"Hear me out"League 5 (Sep 2025)
3
  • fionmul +1Alex? I actually smiled to myself about this one. BNL comeback. Nice mashup. Jesus the barenaked baby boy was born to save even Barenaked Ladies. I think the inclusion of a Christmas song was important in this playlist thanks. Pop off Sarah McLachlan.
  • Edward James +1Proper use of the category
  • Regina Scime +1I didn’t hate it, so I suppose that’s the definition of hear me out
  • Sam Ary +1
  • SamRobertsND 0Same as the Bruce song. I went to see BNL voluntarily, why would I need to be convinced to stick around and listen to them?
  • Joseph Harvey 0My thoughts on BNL are known. With that said, it got me singing along and harmonizing and the swing is a playful addition
  • Brad Stalcup -1Don't know what needed to be heard out about this one. A great band and an incredible vocalist singing a classic Christmas song. Eddie
betty - Live from the 2020 Academy of Country Music AwardsTaylor SwiftSongs Alex Would LoveLeague 5 (Sep 2025)
1
  • Brad Stalcup +1
  • Edward James +1I LOVED this so much. I forget often that Taylor really deserves her fame and adulation. What a story and exactly in the vein of musical storytelling I think Alex likes
  • fionmul +1Spectacular pick Haters will downvote Shea or Claire?
  • shea nowicki +1Brilliant submission. Loved.
  • SamRobertsND 0I loved this but I checked the receipts, and Alex has never upvoted Taylor. Idk if this will change that.
  • Claire 0The pg version of this song cracks me up lowkey. As Taylor songs go this does seem like the sort of song he’d like but I didn’t know if he’d like it enough to make the podium
  • Joseph Harvey 0Dang I really enjoyed this but I don’t think it will land for Alex
  • judd.baker 0I liked other submissions more but I felt this to be a pretty inspired choice
  • ared56 0I love this song, specifically this version. Of all of her music I’m very impressed by the anxiety inducing nature of this song. The fear building up to a serious talk marked by the acoustic crescendo, whether it be apologizing, breaking up with someone, or even asking someone out, I just think it captures that so well.
  • Corey -1
  • Sam Ary -1
  • Regina Scime -1
Love The Way You LieEminem, RihannaVillain EraLeague 5 (Sep 2025)
0
  • fionmul +1Good example of male gaslighting here.
  • SamRobertsND 0Anakin and Padme-core
  • Edward James 0I’ve always been ambivalent on this song, but paying closer attention to it made me really dislike it. The lyric “looking at you leaving out the window that’s why they call it window pain” is maybe the worst lyric I have ever heard
  • Claire 0Another song that I really love but that doesn’t feel like it fits the theme. I feel like villainy isn’t the right way to describe the (admittedly dark and fraught) kind of relationship that’s depicted here
  • Brad Stalcup 0Eh, I don't think this is villain era, because it's quite clear that he's a really bad dude, and we're not supposed to be okay with it. Great music
  • Joseph Harvey -1This is a breakup song with reunification at the end
Night MovesBob Seger1995 Coast-to-Coast Roadtrip in Your Father's 1991 Buick Roadmaster WagonLeague 5 (Sep 2025)
7
  • Regina Scime +1
  • SamRobertsND +1Classic and contemplative, premier night driving on the range
  • judd.baker +1
  • Brad Stalcup +1
  • Edward James +1I was not going to vote for this, but it just hits right especially when you think about driving through the western desert at night
  • shea nowicki +1An immaculate vibe. I want to come along for the ride!
  • Sam Ary +1
  • Corey +1
  • fionmul 0I think most people clocked that it should be 90s even tho it doesn’t have to be that late… so I’m gonna defer to the majority here
  • Joseph Harvey -1
Keep Me in Your HeartTrampled by TurtlesSongs for the Breaking of the FellowshipLeague 4 (Jul 2025)
2
  • Edward James +1The Warren Zevon original version is better for sure, but this was a really great cover. He wrote this song after finding out he had terminal cancer. What makes it so good I think is “a while.” recognizing that people will move on and you won’t occupy as much space in their mind, but you’re still in their heart, even as they learn to get along without you.
  • Brad Stalcup +1Big fan of this one. Probably my favorite on the list.
  • fionmul 0You’re already there and you’ll stay 💞
  • Joseph Harvey 0In my own listening I would never, ever encounter an album cover anything like this
Your Love Is My DrugKeshaGirl Crush Summer 💋League 4 (Jul 2025)
6
  • fionmul +1😍💉💊🍃❣️ This is very important in my girly rotation historically Samuel?
  • Joseph Harvey +1Checks the guilty pleasure box nicely, fun song. Hits the 'crush' aspect of the theme strongly (Alex)
  • Corey +1Alex? Gonna go with Alex.
  • Regina Scime +1
  • Edward James +1I was just as opposed to this as I was to Whitney Houston. But then the first 10 seconds started, and the millennial conditioning kicked in.
  • judd.baker +1Eddie
  • ared56 0Alex
  • Claire 0Alex
Downtown TrainTom WaitsSongs Judd Would LoveLeague 4 (Jul 2025)
2
  • Regina Scime +1Judd gives train vibes Also Tom Waits sounds like a Bruce Springsteen impersonator…
  • Claire +1I was torn on this one, I feel like there’s a chance he’d be super into it but also a chance that it wouldn’t hit for whatever reason. I’m gonna go with yes. Judd can rock with some folksy Americana angst every now and then
  • judd.baker +1This was spectacular. I have been thinking for a while that I should probably do a Tom Waits deep dive, and listening to this was the sign I needed. I really appreciate that I had never heard this song before, and indeed I have very little familiarity with Tom Waits, so this was an introduction into a whole new experience for me. It’s exactly the kind of late 20th century experimental rock that I love. It’s bold and the lyrics are phenomenal. Poetic. I loved this and I especially loved that it is not a caricature of the kind of stuff I love. 🥇
  • Joseph Harvey 0What is this guy’s voice?? He should be voicing an oversized lovable Disney side character
  • fionmul 0It's giving Bruce and idk if that is a plus or a minus for Judd
  • Edward James 0This was my Alex trade so I will not vote out of principle.
  • shea nowicki -1Admittedly, I really liked this song. Unfortunately, I also liked every other song on the playlist and had to downvote something : (
Behind These Hazel EyesKelly ClarksonSongs to Frantically Clean/Pack/Move toLeague 4 (Jul 2025)
3
  • Laur +1
  • Brad Stalcup +1
  • judd.baker +1Kind of a bop ngl
  • fionmul 0This doesn’t quite do it for me.
  • Joseph Harvey 0Don’t really see the angle. For me this is going to need to be either frenetic or uber calm and this is neither
  • ared56 0This is the flagship song of my siblings cleaning/dishes playlist
  • Claire 0I love this song so much. This is a super specific criticism but I feel like Since U Been Gone would get me more into the headspace I’m looking for
  • Regina Scime 0I’m confused by all of the breakup songs… how many of y’all have moved because of a breakup??
Total Eclipse of the HeartBonnie TylerAccidentally Flannery O’ConnorLeague 4 (Jul 2025)
-4
  • Edward James 0I actually love this pick, especially because of the line "Your love is like a shadow on me all of the time." That's classic Flannery. However, in my review, I think the Julien Baker song does this theme a little bit better. Runner up.
  • Joseph Harvey 0Interesting read but not quite enough. Truly a great song though, pretty much prog pop
  • judd.baker 0I’m not seeing it
  • fionmul 0This song always reminds me of in the movie diary of a wimpy kid when he gets the part of Dorothy in the play and this is his audition. But also the eclipse my freshman year of college. I don’t understand you for picking this. Go read some Flannery.
  • Claire 0Did not vote for this song but it is an all time banger and I would be remiss if I did not acknowledge that fact
  • Brad Stalcup -1I'm sorry, but this doesn't really belong on this list.
  • shea nowicki -1I listened to this one like 3 times 1) because it’s a bop and 2) because I’m not sure if it strikes me as “accidentally Flannery.” In the end, I feel conflicted and have to think more about it. I love this song and its poetic description for love, but my read of Flannery’s take on love is more a project of expanding the categories of love, vs. a clinging/grasping one; for example, Revelation comes to mind: Flannery demands that Mrs. Turpin (and by extension all of us) see beyond her biases/stereotypes to love Mary Grace instead of writing her off as “white trash.” Flannery is so good at making me feel like I have to do the heart work to be more Christian than I say I am, in a sacrificial and ever growing way. So idk…in the end, I’m rambling and confused…how I often feel at the end of a Flannery work. Hahahah.
  • Regina Scime -1Sam, if this is you, I still love you:) but I'm confused
  • Sam Ary -1
Ballad of the 20th MaineThe Ghost of Paul RevereSongs Eddie Would LoveLeague 4 (Jul 2025)
12
  • Joseph Harvey +2Lab grown Eddie bait
  • shea nowicki +2This song is perfect and I loved every minute of it. TGoPR is one of my newfound Music League faves!! Thanks, Alex (I'm like 98% sure?), for this.
  • judd.baker +2I think this song is phenomenal, and I feel like Eddie would like it too. It’s grandiose in a way that I think Eddie will like
  • Corey +2
  • Laur +1
  • Regina Scime +1
  • Claire +1Eddie loves a song that tells a story, and a story about the civil war? It’s almost too on the nose
  • Edward James +1This is a bold pick, since this type of history folk is often hit or miss in quality. But this one was a direct hit. Well done, knowing that I wouldn’t be able to resist a well crafted historical narrative and especially one about reigning in the treacherous confederacy. I’m also a sucker for regional Americana, and I love the exploration of having a deep Maine pride. One of my favorite themes is the mythologizing of the American experience, which is in so many ways, unique in the history of the world. We often think of ourselves as post-history, but we are simply the creators of the myths now. You could imagine someone 500 years from now hearing this with the same sense of wonder in the soldiers and Lincoln that we experience read about King Arthur and the Knights of the round table. This one got me a little emotional, well done. 🥇
  • fionmul 0I liked. Yay for the north!
  • Brad Stalcup 0This song is too sympathetic to the Confederates to be Eddie-coded
Go Your Own Way - 2004 RemasterFleetwood MacWait, that’s a dude?League 4 (Jul 2025)
6
  • Edward James +2Definitive answer. I have heard this song 50+ times and I'm sure at one point I knew it was actually Lindsay Buckingham, but still was confused and unsure.
  • fionmul +1I love this pick!! Classic song and a great fit.
  • Brad Stalcup +1
  • shea nowicki +1The best!!! Such a good submission!!!
  • Claire +1When I was younger I definitely thought the vocalist on this was one of the women and not Lindsey
  • Joseph Harvey 0Close
No Woman, No Cry - Live At The Lyceum, London/1975Bob Marley & The WailersLive, Laugh, LIVELeague 3 (Jun 2025)
4
  • Regina Scime +2He’s the king of live music, I swear
  • judd.baker +1I can’t believe I didn’t think of this. Utterly spectacular submission. This song, and this performance, just balls on every conceivable level. Transcendent.
  • shea nowicki +1
  • Sam Ary +1
  • SamRobertsND 0Doctor, it's an epidemic! Another case of songs that people like but the live version is just a better version of it without being iconic! Call the CDC!
  • fionmul 0😌 🚫💁🏻‍♀️🚫😭
  • Edward James -1It might surprise some of you to learn I am a long time Bob Marley hater. Might be the republicanism that lives dormant in the deepest darkest catacombs of my being. Every time I hear him my first thought is “Get a job”
Pictures Of YouThe Last GoodnightNone Hit WonderLeague 3 (Jun 2025)
-2
  • fionmul 0Pobrecito Alex
  • Joseph Harvey 0This deserves a downvote for theme violation but there is an even worse offender here
  • Claire 0This would be a cool deep cut if the theme were what Alex thought it was. Respect
  • judd.baker -1I know this submission was made under an honest misunderstanding but this song also simply sucks
  • Regina Scime -1
Werewolf Bar MitzvahJeff Richmond, Tracy MorganSongs Sammy Would LoveLeague 3 (Jun 2025)
-1

ared56: Did he know there was a full version? We will find out.

  • Regina Scime +1I have to give this an upvote cause it was so random and so funny
  • judd.baker +1This was definitely chosen with love. Also the childish gambino feature lmao
  • Edward James 0I do think this is a great submission because knowing there’s a full version of this is certainly not a guarantee. Sammy’s love of taking the bit too far is perfectly outlined here. However, in a very dense field, the fact this is a “known”, even if the shorter version, makes it move down a bit
  • fionmul 0Uhhh definitely aware I’m missing the context of this, assuming Sammy knows and will probably appreciate but won’t be votin for it.
  • Joseph Harvey 0Ok I enjoyed this more than I ought to have. Right up Sammy's alley but mildly disqualified because he's for sure heard this
  • Sam Ary -1
  • Claire -1It’s a fun song but as a pick for this round it conflates Hangarcore more generally with Sammycore (there is a distinction)
  • SamRobertsND -1I think I knew there was a longer version but hadn't sought it out before. This made me chuckle, but I must use this opportunity to make a very hard yet important point: I just don't like 30 Rock as much as some people in here do or would like me to! I've been peer pressured into loving it when I find it ok. Very clever show, just don't find myself returning to it (Tina Fey is a good writer but she is the most irritating actor ever and unfortunately is the main character). You might've gotten away with, and possibly even snagged an upvote for, the Law & Order theme or the Curb Your Enthusiasm theme, but a downvote had to go somewhere, and you'll be the Kenneth punching bag. And yes, Alex, any single one of those other songs would've been better. You played yourself, foo!
CanyonsThe Dirty Guv'nahsDe ProfundisLeague 3 (Jun 2025)
-1
  • shea nowicki +1
  • SamRobertsND +1I stand by my discount Train comment from the last round, but I really liked the lyrics on this one.
  • fionmul 0This was a great idea but I do not like the execution, a bit too corny/Christian rock for me. Neither up nor down. Perhaps a 5th place vibe.
  • Claire 0Maybe this is my emo phase talking (still in that phase, never left) but this seems…too hopeful? Yes we all desire to be loved and that’s painful sometimes. But I wasn’t getting desperation from this one
  • Edward James -1This is where I take a stance alongside Fiona. This is more a song about a sad situation, not specifically a cry of despair. It also ends up a vaguely hopeful note. There were a couple songs I felt this way about, but this was the one that I enjoyed the least, therefore it gets the down vote.
  • Joseph Harvey -1I do not like this band
  • judd.baker -1This left the least impression on me of the pack, I think. It is a little bit too generically emotional/sad and not really “out of the depths,” imo.
Goodnight ChicagoThe Dirty Guv'nahsSongs Claire Would LoveLeague 3 (Jun 2025)
2
  • shea nowicki +1I love this song!
  • Regina Scime +1
  • Edward James 0This strikes me as very generic
  • SamRobertsND 0Discount Train
  • Joseph Harvey 0I do not enjoy this at all, but I feel like Claire might. Mentions Chicago so I’m guessing Eddie submission
  • fionmul 0Ehh
  • Claire 0This is exactly the sort of song I’d play while driving to Lake Michigan in the summer. It’s a very specific vibe that I’m not feeling all the time, but it fits that niche perfectly.
Seven Spanish Angels (with Ray Charles)Willie Nelson, Ray CharlesKiller Song!League 3 (Jun 2025)
3
  • Joseph Harvey +1Gorgeous. Rare Sammy + Joseph musical solidarity moment
  • fionmul +110/10, hope this wins, begrudgingly
  • Regina Scime +1I have to vote for Ray Charles
  • Sam Ary +1
  • SamRobertsND 0Peter: "Good song, not my favorite. The action of the killing is secondary to the romance. I wish there was something from the killer's perspective." Incredible production, dripping with flair. Ray and Willie is a wild combination. This would be an informed Cowboy Summer submission for Songs Sammy Would Love. However, I'm not sure I like it enough to take a vote from my other favorites on here. I'd disagree with Peter that the identity of the killers is a critical component of the song. Sometimes an enigmatic killing force works very well. as I think it does here. But I like other songs better.
  • Edward James 0Banger, and the Ray Charles collab is amazing. But just got beaten by others for the theme, imo.
  • Claire -1This just felt kinda corny to me and didn’t quite hit, sorry
WildflowersWe Banjo 3Superior CoversLeague 3 (Jun 2025)
0

ared56: Original: Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers

  • Edward James +1I think wildflowers sounds like it should be bluegrassy, so this is a great read. The guys voice kind of annoys me but I liked the song and the interpretation.
  • fionmul 0Ok this is also super sweet. I liked this a lot but like the WJs better.
  • SamRobertsND 0While Peter and I listened intently at least to the first cover, we ended up getting distracted and talking through the duration of this one, which says something about its quality I think. Not as good as the first cover, which didn’t succeed in reaching the heights of the original.
  • judd.baker 0Weaker of the two Tom Petty covers here imo
  • Claire -1This is a perfectly fine cover but didn’t wow me…and because it is my second favorite cover of this song in this round, it receives my downvote
Dance, Dance, DanceSteve Miller BandSongs Fiona Would LoveLeague 3 (Jun 2025)
-2
  • Sam Ary +1
  • Edward James 0This song would be a dead ringer, no contest, for “Songs Joseph would hate.”
  • SamRobertsND 0Peter: “good song, not for Fiona” Sammy: Alex I love you but expected better
  • Joseph Harvey -1Fionacore as imagined in the mind of Alex
  • Claire -1I submitted Steve miller band first 😤 (it’s not obviously something Fiona would dislike but I just don’t have a strong intuition that she’d like it either and I have to downvote something)
  • fionmul -1Fi the… square dancer? Steve Miller Band is Mulholland core but I have never heard this; this is… different. I apologize but I don’t really like this enough although I agree with the spirit of it. A valiant effort but alas, bottom slot. I would rank the Lizzy submission above this, sadly.
Tuesday's GoneLynyrd SkynyrdSummer GrillingLeague 3 (Jun 2025)
2
  • SamRobertsND +1Luckily you picked the only Lynyrd song that works for grilling; just slow paced enough.
  • judd.baker +1I’m trying to decide if it being a 7 minute song detracts from or adds to the grilling vibes and I think it is a plus
  • fionmul 0It has to be a bit more hype imo or like upbeat
  • Edward James 0Again, so good. But too melancholic. I think there’s a subtle distinction between “sunset grilling over an empty yard” and “summer grilling for friends” and I interpreted the latter as the way to go for this category.
  • Joseph Harvey 0😴
  • Claire 0I guess you could listen to this while grilling some dogs to eat your feelings after the love of your life leaves you but idk if that’s the vibe
The Big Rock Candy MountainHarry McClintockAlternative Communist AnthemsLeague 3 (Jun 2025)
2
  • SamRobertsND +1Harry McClintock is one of the great masters; if you like American folk, you better be thanking him, as he is at the head of that tradition in its modern form. This song perfectly captures the theme, portraying the fantastic, anarchic dreamland of the American hobo, whose modern successors are the schizophrenic drifters at OLR who will get into heaven long before any of us. You get my last upvote.
  • Joseph Harvey +1Hits the nail on the head. Also pokes fun at the socialist utopian fantasy as being just that
  • judd.baker +1Also inspired choice. I love reading this as a sort of ironic communist anthem. Great submission
  • Edward James 0I LOVE this song, but don’t feel it gets the category fit well enough to earn a vote. Watch “O Brother, Where Art Thou?” if you haven’t
  • fionmul 0I think we need more votes since there are this many songs now… I liked this
  • Claire -1Maybe this is way off (but I wouldn’t be the first person in this group to give a way of interpretation)…I read this as a satire on the absurdity of a communist utopia. Hard to pick a downvote this round but it must be done
Accidentally In LoveCounting CrowsFalling in LoveLeague 2 (May 2025)
1
  • judd.baker +1Fabulous choice. After all isn’t all true love accidental
  • Edward James +1This is what it actually feel like imo
  • Sam Ary +1
  • SamRobertsND 0It’s Shrek 2, very well done in my book. One of my favorite songs from the soundtrack, captures the feeling of being in love so perfectly, so bouncy. However, since so much fuss was made about falling vs being in love, I don’t think I can vote for it. Hits more like someone thinking about how good their current relationship is, just as it is used in the movie.
  • Claire 0Not obviously about falling in love. Seems like it could be about an existing couple. But this song and soundtrack and movie are generational
  • Joseph Harvey 0Better than I was expecting but a bit too major key
  • Regina Scime -1Didn’t want to downvote this, but I don’t completely get the Shrek hype😬 so alas
  • fionmul -1Love the CC, don't love S Also the lyrics aren't creative enough to me idk Downvote because I had to and this is Fiona hate bait even though it is objectively pretty good so that tipped the scales
IrisThe Goo Goo DollsUnintentionally about JesusLeague 2 (May 2025)
5
  • Claire +1There’s a reason this song is cliche/basic/enduringly popular. It refracts the human condition—the way we long to be loved—in a way that’s somehow both concrete and universally relatable (even if people don’t realize that this longing is only truly satisfied by God)
  • SamRobertsND +1Sammybait, wisely chosen.
  • Joseph Harvey +1It fits
  • Sam Ary +1
  • fionmul +1UGH! I cry. I love this song. Eucharistic.
  • Edward James 0I like this read a lot, but for me this was a glancing shot off the theme instead of a direct hit
  • Regina Scime 0I wanted to vote for this but didn’t have enough votes:(
Let Her CryHootie & The BlowfishSad Boy SummerLeague 2 (May 2025)
6
  • SamRobertsND +3Best song in this garbage dump of a round and it’s not even close. Darius alone is top tier Sammybait, but in composition and tone this song works too well.
  • Sam Ary +1
  • Regina Scime +1It’s Hootie & The Blowfish, I have to
  • Edward James +1Yep yep yep Darius knows what’s up. I always wonder what the Blowfish are up to these days
  • fionmul 0I wish I had more votes this round bro
  • judd.baker 0This was a good Alexcore interpretation of the category. I like it
  • Claire 0Classic. But I think the girl might be sadder than the guy in this song
The Sound of SilenceSimon & GarfunkelHardest Song TitleLeague 2 (May 2025)
-1
  • SamRobertsND +1The Disturbed cover goes harder but they could only do so with a hard song to begin with.
  • fionmul 0Disturbed version goes harder tho
  • Edward James 0This is a good read of the category. Hard in terms of poignancy.
  • Claire -110/10 song but just didn’t feel like the title was off the wall enough
  • judd.baker -1This song goes the opposite of hard in some ways (still love it tho)
Alors on danse - Radio EditStromaeSongs Joseph would loveLeague 2 (May 2025)
-2
  • fionmul +1Joseph has never been up in the club and it shows
  • Claire 0JH europop era. I see the vision
  • SamRobertsND 0French 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 0Brave choice
  • Joseph Harvey -1Uh what
  • Edward James -1This song sucks, and is made worse by the Zoo Tycoon type noises constantly blaring in the background.
  • Sam Ary -1
Wait so LongTrampled by TurtlesSongs that Cause Speeding League 2 (May 2025)
1
  • judd.baker +1I was surprised by how much I enjoyed speeding to this
  • Joseph Harvey +1Frantic is the word, and for this theme it works
  • Claire +1Never heard this song before but can absolutely imagine myself speeding to it
  • fionmul 0"it sounds like a bike" "banjo"
  • Edward James 0Banger but doesn’t fit the theme for me
  • SamRobertsND 0The Great Northern Alex (Chungus Akroniensus) sits on the porch of his Appalachian cabin, taking pot shots at lost Ravens with his over under 12 gauge while drinking factory made “Moonshine”
  • Regina Scime -1The varying tempi made me feel like I was having a stroke
  • [DELETED] -1
The Black Velvet BandThe Irish RoversFemme FataleLeague 2 (May 2025)
1
  • fionmul +1Irish femme fatale, a fresh take and I liked it. You got my last vote.
  • Claire +1She was the blueprint
  • Edward James 0Very good and on theme but just got beat out by others
  • SamRobertsND 0Wholesome but I want to hear the woman, not the dumb simps
  • Sam Ary -1
Come Sail AwayStyxDesert Island SongsLeague 2 (May 2025)
5
  • [DELETED] +2
  • Sam Ary +1
  • Edward James +1I have a colleague who went on a road trip during college and they started the trip with this song. One of them said oh man, I love this song. They then played it again as a joke and he said the same thing at the beginning. They then proceeded to play this song and only this song for the entire six hours of the road trip and at the start of each time, the guy would say oh man I love this song.
  • Claire +1
  • Regina Scime +1
  • fionmul 0The keyboard sound would annoy me
  • SamRobertsND 0“Twinks: The Great Adventure.” Good but not for this.
  • Joseph Harvey 0Takes a little too long to get to the point
  • judd.baker -1This song takes 3 and a half minutes to start sounding like anything
Battle Hymn Of The RepublicJudy GarlandSouth Bend IdolLeague 1 (Apr 2025)
3
  • Edward James +1Had to give a vote because if someone did this at SB Idol I would have lost my mind
  • shea nowicki +1
  • [DELETED] +1
  • fionmul 0this would be a power move for a last song indeed #AmericanPope
  • Joseph Harvey 0Could be an interesting first round, don’t know about third
WhiskeyTrampled by TurtlesHangar Porch SitLeague 1 (Apr 2025)
5
  • shea nowicki +110/10 listening experience
  • SamRobertsND +1The old country
  • fionmul +1Yes. Just the first few seconds and I am in. I had moonshine for the first time on this porch. And also on this hallowed porch, realized I like whiskey and its buzz for better or worse.
  • Edward James +1
  • judd.baker +1
Thanks That Was FunBarenaked LadiesBrutal BreakupLeague 1 (Apr 2025)
3
The Old ApartmentBarenaked LadiesLonging for a placeLeague 1 (Apr 2025)
4
Brian WilsonBarenaked LadiesAwake at 3 amLeague 1 (Apr 2025)
3
  • judd.baker +2This is so f in good
  • Edward James +1Imitation is the highest form of flattery. Something very real about imitating others at 3am as your ponder
  • Joseph Harvey 0This song was engineered in a lab to be optimally irritating
  • Regina Scime 0I have so many questions
  • fionmul 0"Who is Brian Wilson." - Joseph
Everytime We TouchCascadaHot Girl SummerLeague 1 (Apr 2025)
3
This Is the EndThe Ghost of Paul RevereApocalypseLeague 1 (Apr 2025)
8
Benny HillTV ThemesI’ve got a big decision to makeLeague 1 (Apr 2025)
4