The runner up is from a group I’ve liked for about as long as when own musical taste broke away from my parents’. This song isn’t an easy one to get, though. It’s easy to listen to it and conclude it’s an overly long mishmash of disjointed themes as it is to hear it as a collection of distinct perspectives, especially when divorced from the album. I think I had this song 7th on my first pass through these songs, but as I mulled on them all a bit and re-listened to things, this one kept bubbling up. It’s sort of a punk take on A Day in the Life, complete with the strongly resonant conclusion that ties it all together, and it’s not as far off that level as you might want to think.
Our winner had my curiosity from the first note, and my undivided attention from the first line of the hook. It’s perfectly on theme, and the hook, music, and lyrics had me hook, line, and sinker. The lazy, dreamy guitar theme that gets sampled here seems like an odd choice to slap a hip hop track onto, but it totally works. The lyrics paint a vivid picture using the language of food, something we can all understand. Wonderful track I wish I had heard sooner.
After going with the obvious choice in the first category, I immediately thought to zag here and go against the obvious submissions for category 2. I thought this would have polarized outcomes and would definitely depend on whether or not the host “got it”, so I’m glad you did!
Side note: when American Idiot first came out and everyone loved the more mainstream songs, I was raving early on that Jesus of Suburbia and Homecoming were actually the two best songs on the album, and called that the album would eventually be turned into a musical.
One of the things I like about this song is that it’s actually from a Swedish guy singing about his own life and upbringing; there’s a couple hints (he shouts out the assassination of Olof Palme, and mentions phone numbers that start with +46) but otherwise it could totally pass for American. I feel like that makes his music about a more universal truth than just being about America.
lol, one thing I forgot to mention about this song is that it seemed like they hadn’t let anyone publish the lyrics online, so I wasn’t sure if I’d missed something. Turns out I did!
This is mine and another one where I thought this could end up anywhere. I am quite happy with the results so far although in a at least one category it does not bode well for me how much weight you give category fit.
I’m pretty happy with my start because they were the two submissions where I wasn’t super confident how they would place. Pretty certain I crushed the last four categories, which means there’s plenty of incoming.
A song about or that at least mentions a segregated part of a city where minorities reside due to political and/or capitalist pressure. Give me Hope Joanna - Eddie Grant
This is my very first Walrus and I am enjoying it immensely. Based on my performance to date, my Walrus walk up song is Middle of The Road by the Pretenders.
incoming.