Thursday at 17:441 day 11 minutes ago, Juranamo said:I very much disagree! I always scout their playlists for new music too listen to!Maybe if you dig deeper into random people’s public profiles but I’m with blacksquare here, their playlist culture is really pathetic.
Thursday at 17:541 day tbh even for the alt stuff I really despise the playlist curation on spotify… it’s all so vibey with zero editorial control or regard for the context of a scene or genre. this one’s a little old but I’ll use it as an example:deftones and smashing pumpkins in shoegaze classics.. like yeah they had fuzzy guitars, lots of distortion and reverb but that was nowhere near their scene!!! Ahistorical nonsense
Thursday at 18:241 day i’ve pivoted to a dance floor BANGER that i’ve had on the back burner since the start of the year i better get sympathy votes!
Thursday at 18:521 day Who's ready for the combined song length discourse AND contest size discourse y'all!
Thursday at 18:541 day 1 minute ago, LexC said:Who's ready for the combined song length discourse AND contest size discourse y'all!A full THIRD of semi finalists will DNQ!Get ready for heartbreak as long songs get in and long streaks end in tears.
Thursday at 18:571 day Is there a record for the longest confirmations thread spanning 17 or more pages?
Thursday at 19:001 day 5 minutes ago, gooddelta said:A full THIRD of semi finalists will DNQ!Get ready for heartbreak as long songs get in and long streaks end in tears.Tbf, I was fully expecting to come back this year to only 27-30 spaces in the final. We used to have more than 33% of entries DNQ-ing so there's no complaints from me on that one! (And I used to be very talented at coming 14th or 15th in a semi and just missing out, or dead last lol)
Thursday at 19:021 day I'm quite behind on the discourse but I do hope Jonjo will still participate, would be a shame to pull out completely rather than just maybe having to skip through one song possibly two if 14 and a half minutes still counts as excessively long. (Your decision of course though x)
Thursday at 19:031 day 5 minutes ago, awardinary said:Is there a record for the longest confirmations thread spanning 17 or more pages?The early days were something else.
Thursday at 19:121 day Author The last two vetoes:Foxes - Sister Ray 46- artist came 1st in BJSC 41 and 16th in BJSC 49 3+12- artist had 6 UK top 40 hits in 2013-2015 (highest position #7 for 'Let Go For Tonight') 12- appeared in 16 personal charts (as of 2021, probably more since), peaking at #15 in November 2021. 7- has a thread with 16 replies in the Pop forum and has been nominated for every eligible edition of Record Of The Decade, its highest placing being #50 in its year group, in 2023- substantial internet coverage exposure on this site. 12- mid level blog coverage- previously vetoed in BJSC 139.Fcukers - I Like It Like That 20- entered once previously, in CLXV, finishing 26th. 3- appears in 9 personal charts (bgoood, DaTilt, RobBot, Mango, Chez Wombat, Rogue, HiyaLuv, jcwll, Jade)- spent 3 weeks on the C-List on Radio 1's playlist in January (coinciding with them being Radio 1's Future Artist of the Month). 5- thread for their album 'O' has 49 replies (3 pages) in the Dance Forum - substantial internet (this website) coverage. 12- recently supported Harry Styles on tour.I did have my doubts about Foxes as soon as I saw it but didn't want to overstep straight away.
Thursday at 19:161 day Author The PMs have been sent and ideally we would have reconfirmations asap. Tonight is out the window but I hope to be posting the semis as early as is feasible at some point tomorrow!
Thursday at 19:301 day 2 hours ago, Harve said:Well I'm sure if the framework is being reviewed (which it sounds like it is), then perhaps we could draw from examples of specific entries that 'should' have been vetoed racking up surprisingly few points and rework the framework so that these entries meet the threshold. Not that I'm advocating for a stricter veto as it could of course work the other way (songs that rack up lots of veto points without being deemed veto-worthy), and nor do I have an opinion about the veto-ability of any of those artists/songs. But even if the framework is refined, it will always require discretion.But if you're confused by what does and doesn't get vetoed then I'd probably look at the veto framework as a first port of call, even if it is not perfect, subject to opinion etc.Good points here The framework is partially quantitative and partly qualitative. That means there’s always a scope of interpretation in there. We do our best to be consistent month to month, helps we have a very experienced team, but we don’t always get it 100% spot on for everyone’s taste or viewpoint. We try to be fair for the contest and to all of you. We are not here to throw out everything and anything and be overly restrictive, our best case scenario is a zero veto month and that’s what we aim for every month. The framework does need an update tho, it has served us well in it’s current form but it needs a wee refresher
Thursday at 19:391 day Just for funziez, pending the two reconfirmations, these are the song lengths in this contest (anonymised of course, but spot yourself). All taken from Spotify, except for one song which isn't on there (but it is on Apple Music so Pavita/Jacob/Juranamo and maybe some others get special treatment this month).There were only two songs above the 6 minute mark in the last contest so we do have a pretty notable uptick to (at least) 9 this month! But only the one behemoth at the top is longer than last month's longest, and only the top two are longer than last month's second longest. I don't personally consider songs in the 6 minute range to really be notable for being 'long' but I'm sure a lot of people do. x Still around 2/3 of all the entries are at most 4 minutes, and the average length is 4m 43s, or 3m 59s excluding the top two songs (which I think is pretty much bang on average, I tend to think 15 songs equals roughly an hour).37m 8s14m 37s8m 45s7m 24s7m 3s6m 51s6m 21s6m 1s6m 0s5m 59s5m 46s5m 17s5m 1s4m 59s4m 59s4m 53s4m 37s4m 30s4m 23s4m 19s4m 13s4m 0s3m 58s3m 53s3m 48s3m 44s3m 44s3m 36s3m 36s3m 36s3m 33s3m 32s3m 31s3m 27s3m 25s3m 24s3m 23s3m 18s3m 15s3m 10s3m 9s3m 8s3m 0s3m 0s3m 0s2m 59s2m 59s2m 58s2m 57s2m 54s2m 49s2m 49s2m 42s2m 41s2m 40s2m 36s2m 34s2m 33s2m 30s2m 18s
Thursday at 19:491 day Mine isn't even in the bottom third of longest songs!I don't think I've ever listened to a song longer than the last Elëdan entry... So that 37 minute album is gonna blast that record to shreds! Edited Thursday at 19:521 day by Juranamo
Thursday at 19:511 day I2 minutes ago, Bror said:37m 8s SKIP14m 37s SKIP8m 45s SKIP7m 24s SKIP7m 3s SKIP 6m 51s SKIP6m 21s SKIP 6m 1s You have 2 minutes before I SKIP6m 0s You have 2 minutes before I SKIP5m 59s You have 2 minutes before I SKIP5m 46s You have 2 minutes before I SKIP5m 17s You have 2 minutes before I SKIP5m 1s You have 2 minutes before I SKIP4m 59s You have 2 minutes before I SKIP4m 59s You have 2 minutes before I SKIP4m 53s You have 2 minutes before I SKIP4m 37s You have 2 minutes before I SKIP4m 30s You're probably fine if it's a bop 4m 23s You're probably fine if it's a bop 4m 19s You're probably fine if it's a bop 4m 13s You're probably fine if it's a bop 4m 0s You're probably fine if it's a bop 3m 58s You're probably fine if it's a bop 3m 53s You're probably fine if it's a bop 3m 48s You're probably fine if it's a bop 3m 44s You're probably fine if it's a bop 3m 44s You're probably fine if it's a bop 3m 36s SLAY3m 36s SLAY3m 36s SLAY3m 33s SLAY3m 32s SLAY3m 31s SLAY3m 27s SLAY3m 25s SLAY3m 24s SLAY3m 23s SLAY3m 18s SLAY3m 15s SLAY3m 10s SLAY3m 9s SLAY3m 8s SLAY3m 0s SLAY3m 0s SLAY3m 0s SLAY2m 59s SLAY2m 59s SLAY2m 58s SLAY2m 57s SLAY2m 54s SLAY2m 49s SLAY2m 49s SLAY2m 42s SLAY2m 41s SLAY2m 40s SLAY2m 36s SLAY2m 34s SLAY2m 33s SLAY2m 30s SLAY2m 18s 18 points!! This is gonna be a tough contest to vote in x
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