Nur Ein V Round Two "Spanish Lessons"

[Ross]

Awesome artwork this round!

Here here!

[Caravan Ray]

Caravan Ray---

If I get fired, I'm blaming you.

Listening to the songs right now. Some good stuff, though I feel like there's more than the usual amount of tossed-off challenges. Expect reviews tomorrow.

Just get back to work and leave the pandaporn for your private time.

Now, let's see if I can find a video to illustrate tossed-off challenges...

[Reist]

DRUMCAM!!!

[Rabid Garfunkel]

Some unsolicited thoughts on Round 2...

Berkeley Social Scene
No real gripes, aside from the (egg?) shakers being unanchored until the drums come in, in the intro. Lovely, y'all, dig the whole thing.


Billy's Little Trip
Hey, this is about sex, isn't it? 



Boop Boop
Bold... and risky. I don't know how many judges listened to late-night KPFK (or their local equivalent) back in the '80s.



Chris Cogott
Your (singer's) voice shares a lot, tonally (and fx-wise?), with 'Weird' Al, and it's... distracting. Not necessarily a bad thing, but I can't get away from it. Solid song all around.



DJ Ranger Den
Please double your vox (it's a quick fix, but... dupe the vocal track and fiddle one of 'em about) or something. Bring 'em UP ('cause you've got something potentially good). They sit okay in headphones, but on speakers it's like I'm listening to one of Edison's wax cylinders. Check your mix on headphones, and a coupla-few different sets of speakers (headhpones, computer, home stereo, car) before you ship, yo.



Hoglen and Wages
The snarly voice is a bit jarring, and is that a synth horn? I know you've got a real one, heh.



Jon Eric
Gets smoother when your voice settles down (after the intro). Oh crap, the chorus is going to get stuck in my head again. Damnit, Jon!



Milo Dunderville
Instrumental intro makes me think it's an Apple iSomething commercial, heh. Pretty song, but... 



Minty Handy
Damn, I'd love to see you live. Starting to miss the silly Handy, but this *is* Nur Ein, after all. In it to win it, yo.



Naked Philosophy
Good story, but the drums are distracting in a canned, thin sort of way. Aside from the simplicity of the sequencing, they don't change dynamically with the tone of the song, level-wise, style-wise, or anything-wise.



Rabid Garfunkel
Another exercise in simplicity, heh. I don't hate it as much as I did when I shipped (which is to say, now, not at all). I think I'd redo the harmonies sober, if'n I retrack this. And take out the futzing accelerando, too.



The Real Sign
A holler en español? On the musical end, anyway. See also DJ Ranger Den's review.



Sid Denison and the Harpooners
Damn it John, stop being so fun.



Therman
Jésus, man. Solid as fuck. Dig the proggy pad.



Who Fly
Damn, the compression on the "kick" is making my eyeballs throb in time with the beat.

[Reist]



Therman
Jésus, man. Solid as fuck. Dig the proggy pad.



Thanks, Rabid.

ps - if anybody cares, I wrote a Foot In Mouth Disease album based on this title. My FIMD stuff is lo-fi and stream-of-consciousness, so if you don't dig that stuff, you might not want to listen. But if you're curious, feel free to download it.



Foot In Mouth Disease: VVVVV (DOWNLOAD ZIP)
1. Cafe W Longing PLEASE
2. Advice F Random MAYBE
3. Sweeping B Cute DEFINITELY
4. Caffeine I Eyes YES
5. Nissan A Puke GAH
6. Impossible U Candle WOW
7. Home Y Sad WHAT
8. Under S Softly MMM
9. Sleep N Talk 2MY
10. Morning T Prior THANKS

[Billy's Little Trip]


Billy's Little Trip
Hey, this is about sex, isn't it? 



AND, being taught a lesson by a Spanish woman.

[BenKrieger]

Boop Boop
Bold... and risky. I don't know how many judges listened to late-night KPFK (or their local equivalent) back in the '80s.

I think the biggest problems with my recording are:
- I did it late, so I was self-conscious about my vocals and didn't let loose like I wanted to. I had to cheat with the delay effect.
- If I had more time I would have done some call-and-response cacophony with the "Spanish lessons" refrain...as it is I think it wears thin.
- The mix is really, really bad...there are no dynamics in the second half at all.
- The guitar riff could have been more interesting.

Maybe immunity is bad for me in an existentialist way.

[Rabid Garfunkel]

Crap, I forgot about the immunity! Drama! Tension! Suspense! (Nur Ein Madness!)

[BenKrieger]

I think Chris Cogott is the champ this round. Awesome.

[JonPorobil]

Reviews! Written on second (or subsequent) listens, for a change.

Berkeley Social - This seems to have a bit more soul than a lot of your other work...maybe it's just the acoustic guitar. I'm pretty notoriously unimpressed by distortion. The trading of lead vocal parts, as well as the first-person-narrative style vocals, make this one of my favorite BSS songs in a while. I'm not fluent in Spanish, though something feels kind of off when you sing "no viene gratis." I'm not sure that that particular idiom actually translates properly. Still, I also like how the title integrates into the "joke" of the song. I like the accelerando at the end. One minor nitpick: If the San Felipe of the first line is this one, then she'd probably use "usted es" rather than "eres." Doesn't really matter, though. (On second thought, "tu" is just fine, considering that she so clearly considers him beneath her.) Might you win this round? Got a pretty shot at it.

Billy's Little - This is an alright song. Those spot-harmonies are nice. Repetition is one of the keys to catchy, and it seems that nobody has that figured out better than you. I'd have liked to hear more of the spine of the song built into the melody as well as the performance and structure, but hey, can't have everything, right? This sound like old Stone Temple Pilots, in a good way. It's not my genre, usually, but I can appreciate that it's done quite well here. Couple of deal-breakers, though: 1.) Where's the accelerando? I hear a slight tempo shift in that last chorus, but it feels more like a jump than a buildup. and 2.) Were you thinking of the title at all for most of it? There's that one line in Spanish near the end, but that honestly feels like more of an afterthought. Might you win this round? It's a catchy song, recorded well, but I think your lack of title relevance and your barely-met challenge will hurt your chances.

Boop Boop - Noisy. Full of right-wing radio noise. Two listens and all I can really think to say is: Enjoy your immunity.

Chris Cog - Last week, you sounded like Alan Parsons. This week you nailed the ELO harmonies like whoa. I'm starting to think there's nothing you cannot do, Mr. Cogott. You've got a great sense of melody. The maracas (or eggshakers, or whatever they are) over the middle eight and chorus are just great. I like your lyrical concept, but over the course of the song you kind of beat us over the head with it. I like that I wasn't the only person who thought to slow it down before speeding it up. I wanted to hear one more chorus after the accelerating bridge; it feels a little bit unresolved how it is. Might you win this round? I'd say you're a strong contender for it, yes.

DJ Ranger - You've got more potential than I gave you credit for. Your lyrics are a it overly wordy, but with some pruning, you could be a force to be reckoned with. Lyrically, I'm not sure what Spanish Lessons have to do with the two main characters of the song. You did the accelerando really well, though, so kudos for that. I've liked each of your songs better than the last, so if you keep improving at this rate, you might just stay ahead of the curve. Might this win this week? Probably not.

Hog'n'Wa - After last week's promising entry, this is a major letdown. The lyrics are completely inane. "Maybe French or Cuban I suppose / I'm no super linguistic dynamo"? I can't think of an angle that makes those lyrics look flattering. They don't say anything, they don't scan well, they're factually inaccurate... Oh man. I hate to live on the other side of the fence, but I wish you'd stuck to your stripped-down strengths, as your weakness in mixing is very apparent here. Also, that drum machine isn't bad on its own, but the fact that it drops out during the accelerando both makes it obvious that you couldn't program a dynamic tempo and de-emphasizes what should be a musical climax. Might this win? No way, and in fact, I'd say you're in danger of being eliminated this round.

Jon Err - I originally wrote this in a higher key, then remembered what people have been saying about straining my vocal range, so I transposed it down a bit. And then I changed the vocal melody, so it stayed around the same just-above-my-range zone. I don't know why, but I can't seem to *not* write vocals melodies just a little too high for my range. Oh well; the only place it bugs me is the word "driveway" in the second verse. Your mileage may vary. I don't know why I'm spending my whole self-review talking about vocals; they only took about half an hour this time around. The piano and electric-piano were what killed me. Hope that pays off. My wife woke up with the chorus to this song stuck in her head - that made me feel good about it. Might this win this round? It would surprise me, what with all the other gems in this round, but I probably shouldn't venture to project my own standing.

Milo Dund - Jeeze, first Berkely and Cogott out-shakered me, and then you out-pianoed me! I like this song a lot. The vocals are a little too hot, and the piano sounds fake, but the performance is organic. The lyrics are just about perfect, and you have easily the best use of accelerando this week. It sounds very Broadway-ballad; like it's someone's audition for a musical theater production. You might make it sound less like an "audition" without losing the Broadway vibe by adding some strings, or a deftly-applied brass swell. If anyone here could get away with that, it's you. Ooh, when you sustain the word "ass" (and later, "bed") in the second verse, your auto-tune starts to show just a bit. Don't be too embarrassed; I'm pretty sure most of us use it, it's just a matter of hiding it better. Might you win this round? Yeah, I'd call you the odds-on favorite.

Minty Hand - Your mixing has been so great this competition, so it's interesting to hear the intro to this song falter in that regard. The vocals are a little too hot. There's clearly something that you normally do to treat your own voice, and that's not being done here. I'm curious, though, what that missing piece is. Mixing vocals is one of the weaker links in my chain, so I'm interested in hearing things like that. Your chorus has that benign kind of catchiness to it. It'll probably sink under my skin after listening to this a couple more times, but for now, even with all the repetition, it's just not breaking that barrier. Maybe if there were a bit more oomph in the vocal performance, and if there were some variation in the end, as there was in the first two iterations of the chorus. Might this win this round? I doubt it, but I also don't think you'll have any trouble surviving this round and beyond.

Naked Phil - Hey yeah! This is the Naked Philosophy I know and love! I like those tattoos on the drums. The rhythm guitar sounds a little muddy (and when it carries the last chord of that chorus all on its own, it even sounds slightly out-of-tune... eek!). Still, I like the lyrics a lot, both from a story standpoint - great interpretation of the title! - and from a structural standpoint - starting out with "Just a suburban housewife," and then starting verse 2 with "Just an immigrant gardener." Might you win this round? The judges seem to have it in for you, so it doesn't seem likely. If I were judging, you'd at least be a contender this round.

Rabid Garf - I'll be hoenst here, Rabz, I've never been crazy about your work before, but last week's entry and this one are the best I've heard from you. The low-key weirdness of the instrumentation here, combined with the Tom-Waits-y lilt to your vocals, make me feel like you've really hit your stride here. Spanish gripe alert! "Por que dije tan" isn't grammatically correct because Spanish doesn't use the word "tan" the way English uses "so." It should probably be "Por que lo dije," which would literally translate to "because I said it." Also, you're not pronouncing the j in "dije." It should be a gutteral throat sound, like the "ch" is "Loch" or "Channukah." It's a shame there aren't any English words to use as examples, but Tom Lehrer does an exaggerated demonstration of that sound in "In Old Mexico." If you can't manage that, at least make it sound like an H, because here it sounds like "Por que di e tan." Which doesn't mean anything. On the other hand, this Spanish gripe has taken up more space than its importance in your song, so don't take that to mean it comletely ruined the song for me. Might this win this week? Nah, but it's nice to see you progressing this time around.

The Real - The drums and guitar are absolutely stellar. Realist's voice sound a pretty pitchy for most of the song, sadly. I also have some difficulty understanding the lyrics; had to read them in the thread. And that's a shame, because I like these lyrics a LOT. I'm a little surprised that you were the only ones to parse the title in this manner. Might you win this round? I don't think so, and in fact, you're probably going to land somewhere near the bottom of the list, though I don't think you're getting eliminated this week.

Sid Dennis - The first time through, I wasn't paying too close attention to the lyrics, but I laughed out loud at the end of the first chorus. On subsequent listens, it became apparent that "I spent a year taking Spanish Lessons and you speak Portugese" was a simile, and not actually the plot of the song. Which is kind of a shame, if you ask me. Aside from the vivid similes at the end of each chorus, the lyrics here are kind of dull. That guitar lick is pretty catchy, at least. The accelerando feels like you threw it in at the end just to meet the challenge, and in fact I think the song would have been better without it. Might this win this round? Due to the humor and the charming delivery, I expect to see you near the top, but I doubt you'll be immune next week.

Therm - Gah! You're losing the loudness war, dude. The catchy war, on the other hand, you just might prevail. This is that neat case where the verse is way catchier than the chorus. I'm not sure what the lyrics are about, other than a general sense of frustration about censorship. I'm not sure how I feel about the song needing to fall apart for the bridge before the accelerando hits. This gets really noisy by the end, and you indulge in too much distortion for me to be able to get behind it. Might this song win this round? Prolly not. I predict you'll wind up near the center of the list.

Whof - Are these really samples from an actual Spanish Lesson? It sounds almost too perfect for this song. I like the synth work here, as well as the upsampled voices. What's with the Sicilian Woman line? Unfortunately, the song gets a little looser when it accelerates. I like the rap, though! The combination of "I do not intend" and "to understand" is genius, especially in the context of the other lyrics. Great work here. Might this win this round? The judges don't seem as taken with your style as I am, so I'm guessing no. If I were a judge, this would be near the top of my list.


My shortlist this week is:
Berkeley Social Scene
Chris Cogott
Milo Dunderville
Naked Philosophy
Who Fly

I'm thinking my shortlist will probably have to be further shortned next week, but there you have it!

[JonPorobil]

Boop Boop
Bold... and risky. I don't know how many judges listened to late-night KPFK (or their local equivalent) back in the '80s.

I think the biggest problems with my recording are:
- I did it late, so I was self-conscious about my vocals and didn't let loose like I wanted to. I had to cheat with the delay effect.
- If I had more time I would have done some call-and-response cacophony with the "Spanish lessons" refrain...as it is I think it wears thin.
- The mix is really, really bad...there are no dynamics in the second half at all.
- The guitar riff could have been more interesting.

Maybe immunity is bad for me in an existentialist way.

Yeah, I was going to say that if you didn't have immunity, you'd probably be getting eliminated this round, but I figure, if you hadn't had immunity, you'd have turned in something better.

[frankie big face]

Yeah, I was going to say that if you didn't have immunity, you'd probably be getting eliminated this round, but I figure, if you hadn't had immunity, you'd have turned in something better.

I haven't talked to any other judges, but I don't think it's saying too much to say there is absolutely no way he would have been eliminated this round based on my ranking alone. I loved his song.

[Spintown]

http://spintown79.blogspot.com/2010/05/ ... eview.html

I thought 3 were a step ahead of the others, but here's some of my thoughts.

Chris Cogott - I'm getting sick & tired of having Chris at the top of my reviews, but he keeps writing great songs. I loved the topic for a number a reasons, but mainly because I've known people having to go through similar situations. The song was well produced as usual, and the change of pace at the end works better then others this round.

Billy's Little Trip - Right from the start I didn't like the crassness of the lyrics, and I thought I'd dislike the song because of it. However...the damn thing was too catchy. Halfway through the song I no longer cared about the direction the lyrics took, because I was digging the music & flow of the song.

Berkeley Social Scene - I was ease dropping on a conversation about this song yesterday in the TMA chat room. So I already heard a couple opinions about this song before giving it a listen. In the end I think I agree with most of what was said. It was well produced, I loved the vocals, and the relaxing feel. The change of pace feels like it was thrown in at the end just to meet the requirement. Doesn't seem to belong or fit. Overall I loved the entry though.

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Milo Dunderville - I enjoyed the song, but after the chorus, it just seemed predictable the rest of the way. Felt like it was missing something.

Sid Denison And The Harpooners - I didn't like the ending...at all. I did however enjoy a number of lines in the song. Some of which will be stuck in my head for awhile. I don't like the phrase "near miss"....but this was a "near hit".

DJ Ranger Den - This was a real change from what I'm used to hearing from Denise. I enjoyed it for the most part, buy lyrically it didn't grab me. I did like the way she used the change of pace in the song, and the performance was great. I've always loved Denise's piano playin', but she doesn't have to use it as a crutch apparently.

[Billy's Little Trip]

Billy's Little - This is an alright song. Those spot-harmonies are nice. Repetition is one of the keys to catchy, and it seems that nobody has that figured out better than you. I'd have liked to hear more of the spine of the song built into the melody as well as the performance and structure, but hey, can't have everything, right? This sound like old Stone Temple Pilots, in a good way. It's not my genre, usually, but I can appreciate that it's done quite well here. Couple of deal-breakers, though: 1.) Where's the accelerando? I hear a slight tempo shift in that last chorus, but it feels more like a jump than a buildup. and 2.) Were you thinking of the title at all for most of it? There's that one line in Spanish near the end, but that honestly feels like more of an afterthought. Might you win this round? It's a catchy song, recorded well, but I think your lack of title relevance and your barely-met challenge will hurt your chances.

When I started thinking of ways to use this title, I almost immediately told myself not to include ANY Spanish words, even though I speak Spanish semi fluently. I just knew most of the entries would speak Spanish as their "show of title use" and I didn't want to take the easy way out. Although I loved BSS' use of the language, but that's because she has an adorable voice. AND I laughed at the guy not understanding her, clever lyrics. You know, it's just one of those things. You lock in on something and run with it.

Funny you said Stone Temple Pilots. Their new single got me all amped up and I've been rocking old STP the past few weeks. I've always had a thing for older southern rock, like Allman Brothers, Skynyard, etc. Plus Rabid turned me on to some good blues with harp, so I had heavy old school influences this past week. I had harp in this song, but I pulled it at the last minute because I couldn't get in the groove the way I wanted. I might still add it for my pleasure, or just use this song to practice it.

As far as the challenge. I looked up accelerando and it just said an increase in musical tempo. As in, not a decrease, an increase. So I finished out the song 20bpm faster. But seeing as how you mentioned it, and you tend to be pretty accurate about musical terms, now I'm concerned. This is why I hate vague descriptions. I know it's intended to be interpreted by the individual, but then get ripped on for not having the correct interpretation. I'm a "give it to me straight" kind of guy. The only bush I want to be beating around is ..........well, you get a bruthuz point, yo.

Oh, and thanks for the review, now I'm worried, lol.

[Billy's Little Trip]

Billy's Little Trip - Right from the start I didn't like the crassness of the lyrics, and I thought I'd dislike the song because of it. However...the damn thing was too catchy. Halfway through the song I no longer cared about the direction the lyrics took, because I was digging the music & flow of the song.

I have a thing for trying to create a dirty studio sound. I like the dynamics of a studio recording, but I don't like the sterile after taste it leaves me with. So I put extra effort into dirtying up my sound.
Oh wait, are you taking about the lyrical content? If so, yeah, it's kind of crass.
Thanks, Spin.

[JonPorobil]

Yeah, I was going to say that if you didn't have immunity, you'd probably be getting eliminated this round, but I figure, if you hadn't had immunity, you'd have turned in something better.

I haven't talked to any other judges, but I don't think it's saying too much to say there is absolutely no way he would have been eliminated this round based on my ranking alone. I loved his song.

Belated disclaimer: I AM NOT A JUDGE, MY OPINIONS HAVE NO BEARING ON THE OUTCOME OF THIS COMPETITION, AND I'M WRONG ALL THE FREAKING TIME.

[JonPorobil]

As far as the challenge. I looked up accelerando and it just said an increase in musical tempo. As in, not a decrease, an increase. So I finished out the song 20bpm faster. But seeing as how you mentioned it, and you tend to be pretty accurate about musical terms, now I'm concerned. This is why I hate vague descriptions. I know it's intended to be interpreted by the individual, but then get ripped on for not having the correct interpretation. I'm a "give it to me straight" kind of guy. The only bush I want to be beating around is ..........well, you get a bruthuz point, yo.

Oh, and thanks for the review, now I'm worried, lol.

Some of the judges and participants might wind up getting into a theory-fight about this, but...

It depends on how you got to that extra 20bpm. Does it speed up throughout the course of the song, so gradually I didn't notice? Does it speed up over the course of the chorus, or during the whole bridge, or over the course of any one musical stretch of the song? Then challenge accomplished, even if I didn't hear it.

To really make it stand out in the song, several of us this week did it by making the speedup fairly dramatic (mine is x2.2) over a fairly set period of time (mine takes up three-quarters of my bridge, 12 bars in all). In classical music, I've seen it done much more subtly - like, over the course of two bars, just to get a couple of bpm faster. Maybe you did one of these, and my ears just aren't sensitive enough to pick it up. If so, then - again - challenge accomplished.

If, on the other hand, you have one specific point where it jumps immediately from 100bpm to 120bpm, then I would say you misread (and then wait for the other people to pelt fruit at me). Accelerando, as I learned it, means speeding up over time. Anyone wanna fight me about it?

[Caravan Ray]

Good work on the detailed reviews JE. I am just finishing listening to last round - I will try to improve a bit more on that front...

On subsequent listens, it became apparent that "I spent a year taking Spanish Lessons and you speak Portugese" was a simile, and not actually the plot of the song. Which is kind of a shame, if you ask me.

The song was based around that line. Strangely enough, the first idea I had was to to a country song about a truck driver driving around outback Queensland listening to Spanish lessons on his stereo so he could go to Rio Carnivale, not realising that they don't speak Spanish in Brazil. Unfortunately I didn't really have enough time to fully realise that vision this week.

[signboy]

Thanks for the reviews, guys. This song was a complete bastard from start to finish, and it's really uplifting to see that people are able to pick shiny things out of piles of poo. This sucker went through 7 drastically different re-writes, and the final version was started with 8 hours left. Mixing was pretty much just a volume boost, with only seconds to spare. Our internet crapped out (was cut off), and we've been informed by Bell canada that it'll be 6-8 freaking WEEKS before they send a replacement solution. Then, just when things were starting to really suck, we gave it the morning after listen.
"holy crap, those vocals are brutal!"
"but they were melodyned to be dead on!"
"did you tune the 12-string?"
"no, I thought YOU tuned it"
"I didn't tune it, I thought YOU were gonna do that."

So oddly enough, the vocals are the only thing in this song that ARE in tune.
if, by some miracle, we make it to the next round, I *promise* to take the time to check that things are tuned before starting.

[Billy's Little Trip]

Some of the judges and participants might wind up getting into a theory-fight about this, but...

It depends on how you got to that extra 20bpm. Does it speed up throughout the course of the song, so gradually I didn't notice? Does it speed up over the course of the chorus, or during the whole bridge, or over the course of any one musical stretch of the song? Then challenge accomplished, even if I didn't hear it.

To really make it stand out in the song, several of us this week did it by making the speedup fairly dramatic (mine is x2.2) over a fairly set period of time (mine takes up three-quarters of my bridge, 12 bars in all). In classical music, I've seen it done much more subtly - like, over the course of two bars, just to get a couple of bpm faster. Maybe you did one of these, and my ears just aren't sensitive enough to pick it up. If so, then - again - challenge accomplished.

If, on the other hand, you have one specific point where it jumps immediately from 100bpm to 120bpm, then I would say you misread (and then wait for the other people to pelt fruit at me). Accelerando, as I learned it, means speeding up over time. Anyone wanna fight me about it?

Well, then I did use it right, just not very standout'ish.
I guess at this point all I can hope for is that I'm noted for using the challenge and not held to the one that set the bar with the most use of the challenge, much like yourself, lol. If they gave bonus points for the use of the challenge, my songs would be one huge use of the challenge.

[Caravan Ray]

If, on the other hand, you have one specific point where it jumps immediately from 100bpm to 120bpm, then I would say you misread (and then wait for the other people to pelt fruit at me). Accelerando, as I learned it, means speeding up over time. Anyone wanna fight me about it?

I would feel pretty hard done by if I had jumped immediately from 100bpm to 120bpm, then been told I didn't meet the challenge. I mean - it isn't Musical Theory Fight! As I implied earlier in the week (though I didn't actually rely on it) - I would consider accelerating the recording process by recording a song in an hour or something would be "accelerando" as far as I am concerned. But I am not a judge.

FWIW - I simply turned the metronome off near the end of my song and went faster. So I guess I am technically correct. Maybe.

[phetal]

Whof - Are these really samples from an actual Spanish Lesson? It sounds almost too perfect for this song. I like the synth work here, as well as the upsampled voices. What's with the Sicilian Woman line? Unfortunately, the song gets a little looser when it accelerates. I like the rap, though! The combination of "I do not intend" and "to understand" is genius, especially in the context of the other lyrics. Great work here. Might this win this round? The judges don't seem as taken with your style as I am, so I'm guessing no. If I were a judge, this would be near the top of my list.

Yeah! http://www.amazon.com/Instant-Recall-Sp ... 065801143X
Dude it's a score. Every 3rd track (almost) are these creepy mnemonic sentences. Things like:
"Tuesday... Mardes... Imagine, you only burn martyrs on tuesdays!"
or "Wine is.. Vino. Imagine a German saying 'Ve know vat a good wine it is!'"
or "The spanish for 'I speak' is... Hablo. Imagine, I blow...[it's an uncomfortable pause]... when I speak." And I do not kid, they just don't cease. I was gonna chop up more but it was just too busy and hard to hear them done cleverly on that track. I was just hoping for random spanish words to chop up... this was much greater. I recommend checking this out if you can find it online (and you can).
SO, however, that "i do not intend to understand" bit is actually not my genius. Theirs. Applied to a beat by me, with only minor creative energy. Thanks though! I thought it worked. Um the sicilian woman line. It's got slight personal meaning. I'm sorry for that lyric. It was lazy but I was like "meh, they'll understand that it's like 'oh she's not qualified to be teaching that language... but she's hot!'" or something like that and does that even make sense? no. I have no clue.

I wanted to do something less poppy than the first two. Maybe it's more poppy. Certainly more bouncy. When i submitted it, I expected i wouldn't make it past this round. After listening and with the 2 automatic eliminations, I'd be a little surprised if i lost, but understanding. But I did also think... "i bet jon eric is really gonna like this too." You a fan of Flying Lotus? It's pointless to hide my primary inspiration on this song. At moments I tread a little heavily on his tracks.

Who Fly
Damn, the compression on the "kick" is making my eyeballs throb in time with the beat.

Thanks! you probably didn't exactly mean this positively, but I am taking it incredibly so. Specifically the part in bold.