PopJustice Song Contest 126 REVEaLiNG

soratami · May 20, 2023

I mean, everyone can vote however they want to, but saying there's not much separating That Don't Impress Me Much from other songs in the same style when the song it's being compared to is literally ABBA cosplay is pretty funny.

berserkboi · May 20, 2023

Simply - we already have plenty of Rates that crown obvious winners, so my Legends Spirit (since it tends to happen within Song Contests where we pit underdogs against each other) is to support the Underdog still <333

Maki · May 20, 2023

Okay, but if that song is a 90s classic (I've never heard it prior to this) and some of you voted tactically against the obvious classics, then how did it beat Agnes? Makes u think.

Oh and I'd definitely take an "ABBA cosplay" over something I can't even recall how it goes after listening to it.

Zar-Unity · May 20, 2023

It may seem like voters try to vote against the classics sometimes, but then voting with their hearts might just lead us back right to a certified classic. Then you might say, well I predicted that, of course that would win. But you'd only be saying that if a classic or big loved artist and song won here in Legends. If something more obscure won, then others would say why would you ignore the obvious classic winner?

Maki · May 20, 2023

Zar-Unity said:
It may seem like voters try to vote against the classics sometimes, but then voting with their hearts might just lead us back right to a certified classic. Then you might say, well I predicted that, of course that would win. But you'd only be saying that if a classic or big loved artist and song won here in Legends. If something more obscure won, then others would say why would you ignore the obvious classic winner?

I mean, you obviously can't make everyone satisfied with any possible result but someone saying they don't want an obvious winner and then running to defend an evidently popular "classic". I dunno, makes no sense to me.
Just now realizing that Shania's song has a very self-descriptive title too nn

Anyway, let me say that I prefer my top 3 to my own entry in this round. It's a different type of feeling when you're not too attached to your own entry, I should do this more often.

Zar-Unity · May 20, 2023

well in any case, I obviously no nothing about PopJustice Legends here and any fairly well known popular artists here who I try to claim as a Legend always get smashed very early on in the results. Yay my entries! I predict Kate Bush will win.

berserkboi · May 20, 2023

Maki said:
I mean, you obviously can't make everyone satisfied with any possible result but someone saying they don't want an obvious winner and then running to defend an evidently popular "classic". I dunno, makes no sense to me.
Just now realizing that Shania's song has a very self-descriptive title too nn

Clarifying that a classic is a classic =/= Voting for it xx

Maki · May 20, 2023

berserkboi said:
Clarifying that a classic is a classic =/= Voting for it xx

So you voted for Agnes in that battle? I know that's right!

BubblegumBoy · May 21, 2023

@imaduck please could you confirm the deadline? Need to know how much time I have to sort out my ridiculously long 'short'list this month!

2014 · May 21, 2023

imaduck said:
Agnes - Here Comes The night // WoW73
Britney Spears - Stronger // Livefrommelbs
Janelle Monáe - Cold War // BubblegumBoy
Jessie Ware - Save A Kiss // 2014
Lady Gaga - Bad Romance // Maki
Laura Branigan - Gloria // Rogue
Loreen - Tattoo // Swim
Moloko - Familiar Feeling // A&E

A playlist!

Dynamo · May 21, 2023

BubblegumBoy said:
@imaduck please could you confirm the deadline? Need to know how much time I have to sort out my ridiculously long 'short'list this month!

I think normally the voting closes the day before reveals, so yeah it's on the 25th I think.

imaduck · May 21, 2023

Dynamo said:
I think normally the voting closes the day before reveals, so yeah it's on the 25th I think.

Yeah, I updated the date, but didn't remove the approx.

Maki · May 22, 2023

Voted!

Maki said:
One of the entries here... is this how Dee Dee felt when she had that boyband virus in her ear?

This got my 12.

Maki said:
I see a song I've known and loved for years, it would've probably been my PJSC entry had I started taking part at the time

This got my 10.

Maki said:
Oh and I forgot about the side theme... one of the songs in the current PJSC round fits that but I wouldn't want to spoil it.

This got my 8.

There were heaps of meh/decent/nice songs in this round which made the 11 or 12 entries I shortlisted properly stand out. Also, turns out I'm firmly team bops this time, which is so odd, I can't recall if that ever happened before actually.