Created the thread and added the listening party links so I could post these - Micah/Tommy - if I messed them up, let me know and I'll adjust them! These are genuine, first listen reviews (except where noted), each written within the length of the song. All opinions are those of an idiot, so disrega...

Round 1 listening party: Monday March 31 - 8 pm EST hosted by Tommy G

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Spintunes 24 Round 2 Challenge - The Long and Short of It I know, I know. You're quavering to know how you did in Round 1. Well, the judges are still finalizing their decisions, but the minim I can do is give you a head start on Round 2. Don't get crotchety; I'll be breve. Read on for your Round 2 ...

ST24R1 Reviews Trying to do some super quick reviews. I set myself the rule that I had to be able to type anything I wanted to say within the duration of the song, in one listen. I’d only skimmed them quickly in the preceding couple of days, so it was reasonably strictly applied. Only one song gave...

The saddest position in football (soccer). The loneliness of the third choice goalkeeper by The Dutch Widows I hate when people claim to be artists, even though they never make art. Where does that leave me, logically-speaking, as a goalkeeper that never takes part? Highly trained I’m a back-up to a...

Wow - thanks MO! And thanks PF Jr too! I thought all four songs were really good, and any of them would have been worthy winners! Not sure I've ever won a prize before - a weird but quite nice feeling!

In with my first sonofgearfight, and only my second SongFight song! At least, my second if SpinTunes and NurEin don't count as true SongFight entries, being more adjacent. I used this mostly to force me to actually finish something, which this is, so I'm grateful for the motivation. I'm doing FAWM a...

Fix Your Hearts Or Die The Dutch Widows Life would be fine, if you fix your hearts or die. I’ve never had this feeling for a fellow human being but in your case, I’m prepared to give it a try and that’s fine. Your views are polar to mine, but just because you mean it doesn’t force me to agree, ther...

Hey Glennny - sorry to hear about your dad - hope you and your family are doing ok... Thanks for the nice words! Just on this point: I’m not getting the call and response challenge. The call and responses are in the interplay between lead and backing vocals in the verses - BVs asking questions, lead...

In for my first SongFight, with a kinda sad song about being young and misunderstood. Or what I remember of it, anyway.

A Grand Parade The Dutch Widows A grand parade of geeks and freaks and goons Getting high on patchouli and cheap perfume Getting high cos there’s nothing here to do Something soothing in the way we choose to move Little steps slowly spinning to confuse Little steps holding hands is what we do Every...

Thanks for the reviews Glennny! Mine have somewhat stalled about half way through - I will try and finish them this week if I get a spare hour or two.... On this point: I guess I wish there was some backing vocals in the chorus. Don’t worry, I’ve written them, they’re in my head now. If you had 5 mi...

I think Tim (Pannacotta Army) commented elsewhere that he thought that with one or two exceptions, this was a weaker set of songs than Round 2, and I think he’s right on that, though I’m not sure why that should be. Perhaps because Round 2 was exceptionally strong rather than the Round 3 songs being...

Reviews seem a bit thin on the ground for this round, so as I started some earlier in the week, I thought I should finish them. As a general comment before I waffle on, I just wanted to say that one evening this week I was wandering round my little town listening on headphones and I was struck by ju...

Here are some reviews. It’s taken a while to do them because life gets in the way, but these are my thoughts for what they’re worth. For some reason, I’ve got it into my head that the amount of time it takes to get to the first vocal (TtFV) and the amount of time it takes to get to first chorus (TtF...

And so it goes. Thanks to all those running, judging and competing this Nur Ein - I enjoyed my first crack at it - and good luck to those left. My quest will no doubt continue for a happy intersection between the sounds my mouth and hands can make, that my brain likes, and that anyone judging a comp...

Firstly: Partly Fiction by glennny Dutch Uncle, Dutch Widows , James Gang Very much here for this lyric! Already my favourite this round without hearing it! 8-) The Dutch Widows' song is DW's 'advice guy' mode - a song of life advice for my son as he leaves university next week. Good luck mate! Part...

the vocals which have a kind of phasy / metallic reverb quality that doesn't blend terribly well with the rest of the song to me Fair comment. The EarGoggle had sent me both an un-effected raw vocal and a version with a phase effect for an early draft of the lyric, but for the final version he acci...

Just your everyday tale of a serial philanderer that thinks that every new relationship is going to be ‘the one’ but they never are and every time he comes back to his wife hoping to go back to ‘normal’, but this time she kills him with a fruit knife. Based on something true, except the murder bit, ...

Thanks for all of the reviews above - always appreciated! I'm hoping to do some myself in the near future if I can. The comments on the vocals in my Round 0 song - all totally fair! I had to rush to finish it off to go to an unexpected thing so I knew when I sent it that the vocal was on the wrong s...

Challenge: Use of the Royal Road chord progression I misread that as 'Use of Royal Blood chord progression' and thought we were being asked to be petulant (see here as to why: https://twitter.com/TheRockRevival_/status/1663220061715169282?s=20). The actual challenge is better than my imagined one!

A song built around a couple of cabasas, with a wood block and some shaker action for good measure! The Dutch Widows - Blind Spot Do you think I have a blind spot, a weakness in my brain? An inability to hear what other people have to say It’s not disinterest just a lack of bandwidth, I’m sure they’...