Survival Of The Fittest

hello this songtest is FAST so im gonna go FAST


i dunno what images to use for this theme. how do you gif Songs That Are Short? anyway. rules have not changed but here they are anyways

[+] da rulez

- submit your song via PM or discord, whichever's easier for you

- songs will be randomly divided into 2 or 3 semifinals depending on turnout. if you're going to be away at some point in the next couple of weeks, let me know and I can try to put your song in a round when you'll be here.

- listen to every song and give points to your top 10 favorites: 12 to your favorite, 10 to your second, 8 to your third, 7 to your fourth, and so on down to 1 point for your tenth favorite.

- if your song is in a given round, you must vote that round or you'll be eliminated. if your song isn't in that round (or you aren't in the contest at all), your vote will be counted as a public vote, which counts for half points.

- the top [x] songs will move on to the final. that number depends on the number of contestants.

- repeat the process for the finals and we get a winner.

- winner gets to hold the next contest, or they can pass the job along to 2nd place if they don't want to. 2nd place can pass down to third, etc, until someone wants to host.

general song rules:
- no eurovision songs
- no reality show/competition covers
- no songs already submitted in a songtest
- there is no penalty for length in this contest. however, if a song goes over 7 minutes, listeners aren't obligated to listen to more than the first 7 minutes of the song. so choose a long song at your own risk!

each semifinal and the final will last for three days. some rules about activity/extensions:
- if you know at the start of your semifinal that you wont be available to vote for those three days, let me know asap and I can move you to another semi, if we aren't on the final one already.
- I'll be posting every 24 hours in this topic as a reminder, as well as pinging everyone who hasn't voted on discord 24 hours before the round ends.
- extensions will only be granted in extenuating circumstances. forgetting to vote until an hour before deadline is not an extenuating circumstance.

the submission rule is super simple: songs must be less than 2 minutes and 30 seconds long. yes 2 minutes and 30 seconds exactly is fine lmao. if you submit a music video where the video is longer than 2:30 but the actual song follows the guidelines, that's fine! the song itself just needs to be under that threshold.

songtest signups will run for like two days ish probably. rounds this time around are probably gonna be short, like 2 days each, since the songs are so short anyways. hit me up on discord ideally or via board pm if u insist and ill put ur name down and such.

entrants:

1. me !
2. mara
3. zee
4. toben
5. rugga
6. brackie
7. skullman
8. methodicalslacker
9. pancapples
10. ricky
11. pippipipi
12. laurels
13. jace
14. irene
15. ohm
16. deamon
17. jilly
18. chad
19. tloa

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In

I'm in!

In

Shorty G

I'll find something real quick

I'm in despite being neither of these things!

Yes

This tall boi is ready to be short

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hey kids and welcome to the only round of the shortboi songtest!

yep, for the first time we're gonna bypass the semis entirely and go Straight to the finals on this one, mostly cause the songs are so short anyways. this is kind of an experiment, we'll see how it goes and uhhh if everyone hates it we can just not do it again! hurray for science!

there are 22 entries in this songtest and thus 22 songs in this round which probably sounds kinda daunting but mathematically the round can't be longer than 53 minutes and in practice it is gonna be much shorter than that

we will all survive this. i promise. lets all hold hands and sing campfire songs

but first, our contestants:

Brackie
Buko
Deamon
dmboogie
Emprexx Plush
Fenris
Jace
Jilly
Laurels
Maraoone
MethodicalSlacker
MK Kilmarnock
MurderWeasel
Ohm
Pancapples
Pippi
Polybius
Ruggahissy
Spindarene
TheLordOfAwesome
Yugikun
Zee

and now, in random order as always, the musical accompaniment (lengths are from Spotify where available, since videos are often longer than the actual song, sometimes significantly)

1. You Suffer - Napalm Death (0:04)
2. Jesus Rabbit - Guerilla Toss (2:09)
3. Dillon And Her Son - The World Is A Beautiful Place & I Am No Longer Afraid To Die (2:24)
4. Sea of Love - Cat Power (2:19)
5. I Will Survive - Me First and the Gimme Gimmes (2:28)
6. Strawberry Blonde - Mitski (1:54)
7. Invocation of the Duke - daKAH Hip Hop Orchestra (1:40)
8. Crayons Can Melt on Us for All I Care - Relient K (0:12)
9. I Want To Conquer The World - Bad Religion (2:18)
10. Eclipse - Pink Floyd (2:10)
11. Geyser - Mitski (2:24)
12. Francis Forever - Mitski (2:30)
13. Don't Feed The Plants - Little Shop of Horrors (1:32)
14. The Drum - The Seige (2:09)
15. California Dreamin' - The Carpenters (2:30)
16. Goodmornin' Da - The Tossers (1:42)
17. Blaxploitation - Noname (2:13)
18. Washing Machine Heart - Mitski (2:08)
19. Spokes for the Wheel of Torment - Buckethead (2:16)
20. Broken Promises - Tory Lanez (2:26)
21. The Legend Never Dies - Ken Ashcorp (1:22)
22. Story 2 - clipping. (2:12)

aaaaand thats that! this round and therefore the whole songtest will end at 11:30 PM EST on Wednesday, November 20th. ill be doing pings as usual every 24 hours. get your votes in or perish

spotify playlist Here, surprisingly mostly complete but missing Spokes for the Wheel of Torment and The Legend Never Dies

said so in chat but in case anyone misses that i missed a song the first time around which has now been added both to the list and the spotify playlist so please take that into account, thank u

yall dumb motherfuckers want a key change results?

[+] 22nd

Crayons Can Melt on Us for All I Care - Reliant K, submitted by Zee, which received 4 points.

[+] 21st

You Suffer - Napalm Death, submitted by Spindarene, which received 5 points.

[+] top 20

Geyser - Mitski
Sea of Love - Cat Power
Spokes for the Wheel of Torment - Buckethead
Eclipse - Pink Floyd
I Want To Conquer The World - Bad Religion
California Dreamin' - The Carpenters
Goodmornin' Da - The Tossers
Dillon And Her Son - The World Is A Beautiful Place & I Am No Longer Afraid To Die
Story 2 - clipping.
Blaxploitation - Noname
The Drum - The Seige
Invocation of the Duke - daKAH Hip Hop Orchestra
The Legend Never Dies - Ken Ashcorp
I Will Survive - Me First and the Gimme Gimmes
Francis Forever - Mitski
Broken Promises - Tory Lanez
Don't Feed the Plants - Little Shop of Horrors
Strawberry Blonde - Mitski
Washing Machine Heart - Mitski
Jesus Rabbit - Guerilla Toss

[+] 20th

The Legend Never Dies - Ken Ashcorp, submitted by TheLordOfAwesome, which received 9 points.

[+] 19th

Don't Feed the Plants - Little Shop of Horrors, submitted by Yugikun, which received 11 points.

[+] 18th

Sea of Love - Cat Power, submitted by Maraoone, which received 21 points.

[+] 17th

Spokes for the Wheel of Torment - Buckethead, submitted by MK Kilmarnock, which received 25 points, including one 12.

[+] 16th

Eclipse - Pink Floyd, submitted by Jace, which received 34 points, including two 8s.

[+] top 15

Jesus Rabbit - Guerilla Toss
I Want To Conquer The World - Bad Religion
Broken Promises - Tory Lanez
Blaxploitation - Noname
Goodmornin' Da - The Tossers
Story 2 - clipping.
Francis Forever - Mitski
Washing Machine Heart - Mitski
Invocation of the Duke - daKAH Hip Hop Orchestra
I Will Survive - Me First and the Gimme Gimmes
Dillon And Her Son - The World Is A Beautiful Place...
The Drum - The Seige
California Dreamin' - The Carpenters
Geyser - Mitski
Strawberry Blonde - Mitski