Survival Of The Fittest

So, uh. That happened.

ANYWAYS! my city now

COVERS 2: ACOUSTIC BOOGALOO



The theme this time is covers, yes, but it comes with one caveat: the cover you use has to alter the original song in a significant way. This can mean a bunch of different things! Acoustic covers! A capella covers! Orchestral covers! Covers that change the lyrics! Covers of love songs that change the gender of the singer so that It's Gay Now (you know the ones)!! If you have questions over whether your song counts, just ask; I'll probably say yes. Pretty much as long as it's not just a repeat of the original song with different artists, it counts (and sometimes even that works).

[+] teh rules

No reality show/competition covers or Eurovision songs. Weird holdover rule but I copy/paste these every time, from others who did the same. By now it's just a tradition.

Please don't use anything we've used in a prior songtest (Master Songtest Sheet here).

There's no need to relentlessly bash songs in chat. This is for fun and we all have different tastes, which is part of the experience of participating in these.

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.

If you're doing a public vote in chat, tag me in Discord with @Zetsu so that I can find them or send them to me like regular votes. If you don't do this, I can't guarantee I'll find them.

Public votes will all count as half-votes.

The top songs will move on to the final; the number of top songs depends on the number of contestants. Repeat the process for the finals and we get a winner.

The 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.

Each semifinal and the final will last for three days.

If you know at the start of your semifinal that you wont be available to vote for those four days, let me know and I can move you to another semifinal, if we aren't on the final one already.

I'd post more gifs/images, but i'm, like, having a real hard time finding stuff that riffs on the idea of covers. whoops.

Songtest will begin in 72 hours, at which time signups will close. Until then, have at!

1. Zetsu
2. Laurels
3. DN
4. Random
5. MW
6. Blizz
7. Jilly
8. Polybius
9. MeS
10. Skraal
11. burnitup
12. Ohm
13. Buko
14. Yonagoda
15. Kami
16. Irina
17. floof
18. Rugga
19. Ricky
20. Dea
21. Buko 2 Shiola
22. Fen
23. Brackie
24. Paige
25. Irene
26. boogie
27. Zee
28. mara
29. Pancapples
30. Slam

*= indicates I still need a song

I'm in!

Throwing my hat into the ring

Appyling

Presente

In!

I'm in!

Consider myself in!

Here to post the muzak.

I've come to show off my crappy playlist, I'm in.

Henlo......

~24 hours to get your song in if you haven't already!!!

Time for Round 1!
As always, send your songs in the following format:

12- Song Name
10- ...
8- ...
7- ...
6- ...
5- ...
4- ...
3- ...
2- ...
1- ...

With 12 being your favorite song, 10 being your second favorite, and so on. The top...10? Let's say 10. The top 10 songs will advance to the finals. If you're not in this round, you can submit public votes, which will count for half. You can PM/DM me your publics or post them in chat; please ping me if you do the latter, to make sure that I receive them.

If you're in this round and you do not vote in the next 72ish hours, you'll be DQ'd.

Now go forth, my children!

ROUND 2 RESULTS

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[+] please not another live-action remake oh god get that thing off my screen

DQ'd: Dear Prudence - Siouxsie and the Banshees, submitted by MethodicalSlacker. It received 60 points, including two 10s, and two public 12s.
14th: Toujours là pour toi (Never Gonna Give You Up) - 2 Be 3, submitted by Polybius. It received 28.5 points, including one public 8.
13th: Heavenly Star - Rei Yasuda, submitted by Jilly. It received 32 points, including one 12.
12th: Raining Blood - Tori Amos, submitted by Slam. It received 35 points, including two 8s and one public 8.
11th: 7 Rings - Julie Andrews feat. the Von Trapp Queens, submitted by Irina. It received 42.5 points, including one 12.

[+] uncancelled by the fandom

Kaze no Toorimichi - All That Jazz
Marie douceur Marie colère (Paint it Black) - Marie Laforêt
The Sound of Silence - Jonathan Young
Careless Whisper - Nataly Dawn
Doin' Time - Lana Del Rey
Stayin' Alive - Bruce Springsteen
Jolene - Ndlovu Youth Choir
The Pretender - Infected Mushroom
Bank Account - Joyner Lucas
In Bloom - Sturgill Simpson

round 2 coming up!

Fun fact: prior to modern times, being original wasn't actually valued in art. Why come up with something new when you can make something awesome even more awesome?



As always, send your songs in the following format:

12- Song Name
10- ...
8- ...
7- ...
6- ...
5- ...
4- ...
3- ...
2- ...
1- ...

With 12 being your favorite song, 10 being your second favorite, and so on. Same as before, the top 10 advance to the finals. If you're not in this round, you can submit public votes, which will count for half; you can PM/DM me your publics or post them in chat; please ping me if you do the latter, to make sure that I receive them. Et cetera et cetera.

72 hours to submit or you get yeeted




(honestly the only reason I brought up Milton was because I just really wanted an excuse to share this story)