PJ RETRO 86: Diner

Maki · Mar 16, 2023

Finished listening to the list yesterday and it's definitely not a bad round overall, but the low points were bad (and I'm not including the 'Pharmakon' song there) and it surely felt weaker than the usual PJ Retro round. Another issue is the lack of proper highlights so at this point I only know what my top 5 would look like... yeah, good luck to me voting.

Maki · Mar 17, 2023

Voted last night! My top 10 is surprisingly nice and I surely liked some of the songs that missed out. Turns out the very low lows fooled me into thinking this was a very weak round. Team FL should be happy as per usual.

And some of the YouTube comments were... fun:

Camp as tits but the melody is so catchy.

The intro should be edited out. Just give us the great tune and spare the rest of the English-speaking world the agony of having to listen to an Australian accent.

I can smell this clip... weed and mushrooms...

The 90s, when 2 guys holding hands was edgy. Gosh, I so don't miss these times. Still a great song.

she stumbles around the secret lab, she finds ears and eye balls, she witnesses evil experiment... she gives birth to GR44's older brother... brave woman.

WowWowWowWow · Mar 20, 2023

The tenth set of votes were received, which means it's time for

The song that was in fifth place after 5 voters is now in first place after 10 voters.
The song that was in first place after 5 voters is now tied for seventh place after 10 voters.
Some more songs left the Zero Points Lounge with this most recent batch of votes, but we unfortunately still have two songs yet to join the leaderboard.

pop3blow2 · Mar 21, 2023

Maki said:
Anyway, not far into the second half and it's reminding me why I love this song contest so I'll surely consider it as a redemption arc.

* Checks to see where my entry is in the playlist order *

iheartpoptarts · Mar 21, 2023

I think this round is as good as any of them (and my 12 is perfect I love you whoever) but it's also one of those rounds where most of what I love ends up crammed really close together on the list for some reason.

WowWowWowWow · Mar 22, 2023

soratami · Mar 22, 2023

Don't know if it's a regional thing, but the Joyce Sims song isn't on the Youtube playlist for me, which is inconvenient since it's not on the Spotify one either.

WowWowWowWow · Mar 22, 2023

soratami said:
Don't know if it's a regional thing, but the Joyce Sims song isn't on the Youtube playlist for me, which is inconvenient since it's not on the Spotify one either.

I will check with the submitter to provide an alternative link.

WowWowWowWow · Mar 22, 2023

Thank you for the heads up @soratami you’ll get an extra bowl of pudding with your diner meal today.

berserkboi · Mar 22, 2023

That feeling when you discover a great song for Retro but it is only in potato quality online, and isn’t on Spotify

soratami · Mar 22, 2023

berserkboi said:
That feeling when you discover a great song for Retro but it is only in potato quality online, and isn’t on Spotify

When you submit it anyway

Maki · Mar 22, 2023

berserkboi said:
That feeling when you discover a great song for Retro but it is only in potato quality online, and isn’t on Spotify

That's annoying but, hey, at least you could link it to this round's theme.

WoW73 · Mar 22, 2023

Yeah, I have a pile of potential entries not on Spotify or YouTube. Oddly, many from the 90's!

soratami · Mar 22, 2023

WoW73 said:
Yeah, I have a pile of potential entries not on Spotify or YouTube. Oddly, many from the 90's!

Submitting something not on Spotify or YouTube feels a bit like setting the song contest difficulty to "very hard" dd

WoW73 · Mar 22, 2023

soratami said:
Submitting something not on Spotify or YouTube feels a like setting the song contest difficulty to "very hard" dd

I sense the ' not on streaming theme' coming up, where we all have to go onto Discogs to purchase the (CD) single so we can vote

pop3blow2 · Mar 22, 2023

Maybe I'll win one day & host a theme 'Not On Spotify' & only have 7 entrants. Easiest hosting round ever!

edit: I was literally typing this as @WoW73 was above. Ha!

WoW73 · Mar 22, 2023

pop3blow2 said:
Maybe I'll win one day & host a theme 'Not On Spotify' & only have 7 entrants. Easiest hosting round ever!

I expect: you, me, @Disco Blister, @ohnoitisnathan, @invertedbutterfly, @unnameable and @phoenix123

soratami · Mar 22, 2023

WoW73 said:
I sense the ' not on streaming theme' coming up, where we all have to go onto Discogs to purchase the (CD) single so we can vote

When the voting period ends up being three months because of the shipping times

WoW73 · Mar 22, 2023

soratami said:
When the voting period ends up being three months because of the shipping times

Rather 6 months, as many people will not ship to Australia

WoW73 · Mar 22, 2023

I hope we'll get a Communication theme at some point. Songs/artists that refer to forms of communication (we did not have that before, right?)