Survival Of The Fittest

wow it's been a while huh, well, i've had this theme in my pocket for a good solid time now so i won't keep you waiting

welcome to the contest where the theme is


"what the fuck does that even mean, boogie," you may ask, and to that, i say, "fair"

here's the deal: I want songs about specific things that exist outside of the context of the song - so songs about historical figures, famous places, noteworthy events... that's all cool! the subject matter can be real or fictional so if you've got a metal song about Gandalf you've been holding onto, now's your chance

some further guidelines to explain what the fuck im on about:

-no songs about concepts! that's too vague!!! no songs about 'love' in the abstract!!!
-when i say 'outside of the content of the song' what i mean is - if a song has very specific lyrics about, say, 'disco jimmy the vampire king', if 'disco jimmy' isn't a character that existed before the song, it doesn't count
-character themes will only count if they have lyrics about said character
-this isn't really a rule but the more specific the better - like a song about 'world war 2' would fit but a song about 'normandy beach' or whatever would be cooler

if you have any more questions just hit me up on discord and i'll try to help probably

heres the copy-pasted rules everyone knows and loves

[+] rule

- 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.

- I'm not pip

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.

signups list:

1. boogie, dm
2. ricky
3. laurels
4. slam
5. zetsu
6. nerd, anime
7. toben
8. loa
9. fenfen
10. rice krisp
11. pip *
12. skraal *
13. mara *

i like to keep a speedy ship so im giving two days for submissions, deadline Saturday May 1st 6:00 PM EST; late submissions will be accepted and shunted into round 2 but that makes things a bit more awkward so like please just get it in early y'know

good luck have fun peace

let's go

Entered.

thats me saying "i'm in!"

All I ask is for my own name to put up as Nerd, Anime

AKA I am definitely in!

I wasn't the first to post but there's a real chance I was first submission O__O

I'm in!

henlo

Iiiiinnnn

welcome to the finals of the SONGS ABOUT THINGS songtest extravaganza, the people who entered will be listed in the centered list below, thank you all
anyways heres some songs about some things


you have four days for votes! deadline is May 6th, 6 p.m. EST. discord and board pms are both fine. thank you have a nice day

im tired its late its closing time nothing fancy here just cold hard results babey

[+] 18th place

Reckless With My Heart - submitted by Pippin. It got 14 points, including one 8.

[+] 17th place

IT is the End - submitted by Paige. It got 42 points, including one 12 and two 8's.

[+] 16th place

Aces High - submitted by DN. It got 43 points, including one 10.

[+] 15th place

King Kong - submitted by Jilly. It got 44 points, including one 12.

the hits dont stop coming

[+] 14th place

Burn Him Down - submitted by Rice Krisp. It got 44 points, including a 10 and two 8's.

[+] 13th place

The Schuyler Sisters- submitted by AnimeNerd. It got 49 points, including one 12 and one 10.

[+] 12th place

Neighborhood #3, submitted by Rugga. It got 50 points.

[+] 11th place

Cuckoo, submitted by Lord of Awesome. It got 52 points, including one 12.

this is not the greatest songtest in the world

this is just a tribute...

[+] 10th place

Wuthering Heights - submitted by Pancapples. It got 56 points, including two 10's and four 8's.

[+] 9th place

Jack Sparrow - submitted by Skraal. It got 58 points, including two 10's.

[+] 8th place

Emily - submitted by Brackie. It got 58 points, including a 12, a 10, and an 8.

[+] 7th place

Mary - submitted by Zetsu. It got 61 points, including three 12's and a 10.

[+] 6th place

Pompeii - submitted by Mara. It got 69 (haha nice) points, including three 10's.

[+] 5th place

Joan - submitted by fenfen. It got 69 (nice haha) points, including a 12, a 10, and two 8's.

[+] 4th place

1952 Vincent Black Lightning - submitted by Toben. It got 78 points, including a 12 and two 8's.

[+] 3rd place

Minotaur Forgiving Theseus - submitted by everyone's favorite host, me! It got 82 points, including three 12's and two 8's.

you know what that means

your final two songs in the running are

[+] finalists

LAURA PALMER
OR
EUTHANASIA ROLLER COASTER

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okay thats probably enough

YOUR SONGTEST THING CONTEST WINNER IS




The runner-up was LAURA PALMER - submitted by Laurels. It got 86 points, including three 12's, two 10's, and an 8.

congrats to the winner, and thanks to all the submissions! ricky can host the next contest if he wants, or pass down the right to second place, and so on and so on.

peace all good night data will be in the next post