Song Contest #52 - Oceansongs

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people braving the stormy waves tonight:
blizz
chad
irene
LoA
mara
MeS
ohm
ricky
rugga
shiola, shiola
toben
yugi

Go Into the Water - Dethklok
On Melancholy Hill - Gorillaz
(oceans) - The Yawhg soundtrack
The Bay - Metronomy
The Devils Son - Jolly Rogers
Pacific Ocean - Young Dolph
The Ocean - Against Me!
The Seabirds - The Triffids (cw: suicide)
Full Fathom Five - Méav
The Mermaid - Great Big Sea
Sea Song - Robert Wyatt
The Lighthouse - Interpol

you got three days - round ends at 2 AM EST, 2/12/20. bottom four songs will be eliminated, votes via board pm or discord, lets walk along the coast and wade into the ocean

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[+] came here for glory but now rest beneath the unforgiving sea

12th - Pacific Ocean - Young Dolph, submitted by Chad. It got 35.5 points, including a 12 and an 8.

11th - Sea Song - Robert Wyatt, submitted by MeS. It got 40 points, including a 12 and an 8.

10th - Go Into the Water - Dethklok, submitted by Ricky. It got 46 points, including a 10, two 8's, and a public 8.

9th - The Seabirds - The Triffids, submitted by Toben. It got 52 points, including a 10 and an 8.

finals up soon

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here we are, salty dogs. you know the shanty, so song along and sail away for our final voyage

our crew:
blizz
irene
jace
jilly
LoA
mara
me
ohm
paige
pancap
pip
polybius
rugga
shiola, shiola
skraal
yugi

The Mermaid - Great Big Sea
(oceans) - The Yawhg soundtrack
The Devils Son - Jolly Rogers
The Bay - Metronomy
The Wake of Magellan - Savatage
This Sea - Voltaire
Watching the Boats with my Dad - Buckethead
Seven Deadly Sins - Flogging Molly
Full Fathom Five - Méav
High Barbary - Storm Weather Shanty Choir
Aquarium - Haken
Open Water - King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard
Land Ho! - Lovebugs
The Lighthouse - Interpol
The Ocean - Against Me!
On Melancholy Hill - Gorillaz

deadline for final votes is 3AM EST, 2/17/20. since this is a pretty short final round, I'll end things early if we get all the votes in.

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well, crew, we made it back. we had to brave whirlpools and the kraken and the navy and sunburn, but we're back in safe harbors, anchors down, let's divvy up the loot

[+] 16th

The Lighthouse - Interpol, submitted by Ohm. It got 38 points, including two 10's and an 8.

[+] 15th

The Mermaid - Great Big Sea, submitted by Irene. It got 38.5 points.

[+] 14th

This Sea - Voltaire, submitted by Skraal. It got 39 points.

[+] 13th

Full Fathom Five - Méav, submitted by Blizzard. It got 45 points, including a 10 and two 8's.

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the pub carousing is in full swing now, if you need to duck away from the tavern brawl for a while maybe go and say hi to the forlorn woman waiting by the cliffs for her love, maybe bring her a nice warm stew or something

[+] 12th

The Devils Son - Jolly Rogers, submitted by Yugi. It got 45.5 points, including an 8.

[+] 11th

The Bay - Metronomy, submitted by Rugga. It got 52 points, including a 12 and two 10's.

[+] 10th

(oceans) - The Yawhg soundtrack, submitted by Mara. It got 53 points, including a 12 and an 8.

[+] 9th

Aquarium - Haken, submitted by Paige. It got 58 points, including a 12 and a 10.

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the lighthouse illuminates the horizon, but only briefly, only in patches. sometimes you think you can catch a glimpse of a strangely tattered ship in the distance, but it's gone by the next revolution of the light. probably nothing you should be worried about.

[+] 8th

High Barbary - Storm Weather Shanty Choir, submitted by Polybius. It got 61.5 points, including a 10, an 8, and a public 10.

[+] 7th

Open Water - King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard, submitted by Pancapples. It got 71 points, including a 12, a 10, and a public 12.

[+] 6th

On Melancholy Hill - Gorillaz, submitted by LoA. It got 72 points, including two 12's, an 8, and a public 8.

[+] 5th

The Wake of Magellan - Savatage, submitted by me. It got 73 points, including a 12, two 10's, an 8, and a public 12.

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It's been a long night. The sun crests over the waves, coloring the sky beautifully. A single salty tear runs down your cheek. This................... this, is the ocean.

[+] 4th

Seven Deadly Sins - Flogging Molly, submitted by jace. It got 79 points, including two 12's, a 10, an 8, and a public 8.

[+] 3rd

Land Ho! - Lovebugs, submitted by Pip!! It got 80 points, including three 10's and two 8's.

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the salty dog in the corner is yelling that he'll keelhaul me if i don't get on with it so here's your winner


YOUR WINNER

IS............................................

[+] INSIDE THIS CHEST OF LOOT

THE OCEAN, BY AGAINST ME! - SUBMITTED BY SHIOLA

It got 97 points, including three 12's, a 10, two 8's, and a public 5.

your second place was

Watching the Boats with my Dad - Buckethead, submitted by Jilly! It got 83.5 points, including three 12's and two 8's.

thanks for setting sail with me, everyone, i enjoyed all your submissions! on to the next adventure

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database database

[Shiola]

Thank you for the votes everyone! Ocean's one of my favorite songs period, though admittedly I mostly picked it because it was the first thing I thought of. I'll be glad to host the next songtest, the theme of which shall be:

Travelling

Basically this means to walk, drive, fly, take a train, go on an epic journey to, taking a vacation, whatever. The only caveat is that when you submit a song, you must specify the type of travel. It can be vague or specific. So you could submit

[Song] - "Driving"

or

[Song] - "Driving Back Home Right After A Breakup at 3:00AM"

whatever tickles your fancy. Feel free to submit your suggestions to me via discord or board PM, I'll have the thread up in the morning as I have to sleep now.