Pulse Amazing Race S2 - Winners Revealed!

[fearlessarrow]

Time to promote this not-so-well-mixed bop:

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Jun 17, 2020 16:58:09 GMT -5 Nick P said:

[willapted33]

idk if a 0 for spottieottiedopaliscious or a 0 for one beer gives me more of a headache

[Nick P]

Leg 3 Songs:




Challenge #1: Detour
Holiday Tune Songs:
Ella Fitzgerald - My Funny Valentine (Valentine's Day)
Kelly Clarkson - Underneath the Tree (Christmas)
Mariah Carey - All I Want For Christmas is You (Christmas)
The Ronettes - Sleigh Ride (Christmas)

Population Boom Songs:
Ariana Grande - no tears left to cry
Childish Gambino - This is America
Drake - Nice For What
Kanye West - Love Lockdown
Kendrick Lamar - HUMBLE.
Lady Gaga - The Edge of Glory
Lil Wayne/Kendrick Lamar - Mona Lisa
Mariah Carey - Fantasy
Ms. Lauryn Hill - Doo Wop (That Thing)

and joining us to judge this challenge is Zeebz , BB🌕 & born


Challenge #2: Roadblock
Roadblock Theme: Art Start
The streets of Buenos Aires are covered in all sorts of street art from various up and coming artists, who are just making their artistic debut. For this roadblock, you must send a song from an artist’s debut album.
Songs:
100 gecs - stupid horse
Arcade Fire - Neighborhood #1 (Tunnels)
Billie Eilish - when the party's over
Coldplay - Don't Panic
Dua Lipa - New Rules
Duke Dumont - Ocean Drive
H.E.R. - Let Me In
Interpol - PDA
Lady Gaga - Paparazzi
MGMT - Time to Pretend
The Killers - Mr. Brightside
Two Door Cinema Club - What You Know
Whitney Houston - How Will I Know

and joining us to judge this challenge is Red & eidde


Challenge #3: Head to Head
Songs:
Aretha Franklin - Respect
Beyoncé/Jay-Z - Crazy in Love
David Bowie - Heroes
Fleetwood Mac - Go Your Own Way
Kelly Clarkson - Since U Been Gone
M.I.A. - Paper Planes
Marvin Gaye - What's Going On
OutKast - Hey Ya!
Prince - When Doves Cry
Rihanna/Jay-Z - Umbrella
Sam Cooke - A Change Is Gonna Come
The Ronettes - Be My Baby
Tracy Chapman - Fast Car

and joining us to judge this challenge is jamesflame , fearlessarrow , @mirza , Juan Carlos & Geometrical


Judges, please try to get your scores in sometime during the next few days!

SPOILER: Click to show

{Spoiler}{tags!}
Hosts:
1. Nick P
2. samo🦕

Participants:
2. willapted33
3. walt91
4. Mylo13 💜
5. MoD
7. @humanshazam
8. Sambalada
9. matteeeb
10. @matthewlam
13. shruggie
14. DistrictTwelve
15. @chroniclea
16. wrip
17. @nonameneeded
18. lyhom
19. Beno
20. tanooki
21. Fire
22. House Lannister
24. Leo ✔
25. maine
26. @jadenlefranks
27. Web
28. rom
29. ry4n
31. Daryl the Beryl
32. Lukas

Rotating Judges:
1. jamesflame
2. fearlessarrow
3. @mirza
4. Juan Carlos
5. Geometrical

Audience:
singingrulebritannia
trilogy
gabe
@pjscott11
Adrian C. 🍓
Mayman
BB🌕
eidde
born
@flora726

[Zeebz]

hey hey hey

[ry4n]

Jun 19, 2020 8:52:01 GMT -5 Zeebz said:

hey hey hey

King Of Taste has entered

[born]

Wow Zeebz & BB are the best company ever! Can’t wait :)

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"and joining us to judge this challenge is jamesflame , fearlessarrow , HamedM1💎 , Juan Carlos & Geometrical"

crossovers!!!

[wrip]

I applaud whoever sent in Stupid Horse, a true bop 😌

Good luck everyone! Lots of great songs on this list!

[Fire]

another strong list my god.

[shruggie]

OMG someone sent MGMT!

The judges better not fail us here.

[rom]

guys i have bad news for you rom was a social experiment run by the government he is not real

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Damn the Head To Head looking like a ton of good stuff

[Nick P]

before the final results were made (still waiting on a few judges), Samo & I decided it would be best to randomize the list of what judges are gonna be on which head to head before the placements and therefore head to head order were finalized. behind the spoiler are the judges for reference:

SPOILER: Click to show

{Spoiler}#1: Nick Samo Fearless
#2: Hamed Geo Juan Carlos
#3: jamesflame Nick Fearless
#4: Geometrical Hamed Samo
#5: Juan Carlos Fearless jamesflame
#6: Samo Geometrical Nick
#7: Hamed Fearless Juan Carlos
#8: Nick Geometrical jamesflame
#9: Samo Hamed Fearless
#10: Geometrical Nick Juan Carlos
#11: jamesflame Samo Geometrical
#12: Nick Hamed Fearless Juan Carlos

expect results early tomorrow afternoon!

[Mylo13 💜]

Is #12 supposed to have all six of you?

[Nick P]

Jun 21, 2020 21:23:52 GMT -5 Mylo13 💜 said:

Is #12 supposed to have all six of you?

no, it’s just supposed to have those four, since I believe that makes it so everyone had their scores counted for the same amount of rounds

[Mylo13 💜]

Jun 21, 2020 21:33:49 GMT -5 Nick P said:

Jun 21, 2020 21:23:52 GMT -5 Mylo13 💜 said:

Is #12 supposed to have all six of you?

no, it’s just supposed to have those four, since I believe that makes it so everyone had their scores counted for the same amount of rounds

Oooh, got you.

Let's go Dylo!

[Nick P]

Jun 21, 2020 21:18:35 GMT -5 Nick P said:

before the final results were made (still waiting on a few judges), Samo & I decided it would be best to randomize the list of what judges are gonna be on which head to head before the placements and therefore head to head order were finalized. behind the spoiler are the judges for reference:

SPOILER: Click to show

{Spoiler}#1: Nick Samo Fearless
#2: Hamed Geo Juan Carlos
#3: jamesflame Nick Fearless
#4: Geometrical Hamed Samo
#5: Juan Carlos Fearless jamesflame
#6: Samo Geometrical Nick
#7: Hamed Fearless Juan Carlos
#8: Nick Geometrical jamesflame
#9: Samo Hamed Fearless
#10: Geometrical Nick Juan Carlos
#11: jamesflame Samo Hamed
#12: Geometrical jamesflame Juan Carlos

expect results early tomorrow afternoon!

we had to make some small adjustments to the order since I messed up on the counting

[Nick P]

results time!

SPOILER: Click to show

{Spoiler}
Hosts:
1. Nick P
2. samo🦕

Participants:
2. willapted33
3. walt91
4. Mylo13 💜
5. MoD
7. @humanshazam
8. Sambalada
9. matteeeb
10. @matthewlam
13. shruggie
14. DistrictTwelve
15. @chroniclea
16. wrip
17. @nonameneeded
18. lyhom
19. Beno
20. tanooki
21. Fire
22. House Lannister
24. Leo ✔
25. maine
26. @jadenlefranks
27. Web
28. rom
29. ry4n
31. Daryl the Beryl
32. Lukas

Rotating Judges:
1. jamesflame
2. fearlessarrow
3. @mirza
4. Juan Carlos
5. Geometrical

Audience:
singingrulebritannia
trilogy
gabe
@pjscott11
Adrian C. 🍓
Mayman
BB🌕
eidde
born
@flora726

[Fire]

in the middle of my class

[wrip]

😳🙈

[Deleted]

don't stop turn that up take it higher

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[Nick P]

coming in to the top 2 spots we have...

The Steel Porcupines (@humanshazam & House Lannister )
Overall Score: 84.1 | Detour Rank: #2 | Roadblock Rank: #1 | Bonus From Last Leg: +0.6







(Population Boom)

Judge's Thoughts:

Nick: this is a beloved classic, and for good reason! Lauryn Hill delivers a very strong vocal performance, the production is strong, and it’s very well written! great track! I don’t really like the outro, but it’s not really a huge detractor (8.8)

Samo: This is one of the best songs you could've chosen for this theme; Lauryn is an incredibly talented singer and rapper, and she proves it here with some of the best lyrics of any #1 hit I can remember, on top of a fantastic beat. (9.8)


Zeebz: (9.0)

BB: I love everything about this, not one thing wrong here. I think I prefer Ex-Factor at the moment though (9.8)

Born: I have to listen to this album in full. Ms. Lauryn Hill is brilliant. She delivers a strong (and obviously timeless) message through catchy & uplifting production and I’m all about it. The flow is great, the piano hook is irresistible but honestly, that sub-bass alone deserves every award in the world. (8.7)

Overall Score: 46.1


Roadblock Results:






(Sent by shazam)

Judge's Thoughts:

Nick: I have literally to say about this song that hasn’t already been said before. it’s just a great track (9.6)

Samo: Nostalgia definitely affected my score for this a little, but even ignoring that it’s a fantastic song, where the frustration and fear in the lyrics contrasts the anthemic production excellently. (9.8)


Red: I mean...it's "Mr. Brightside". I would have rather someone went with one of the lesser known tracks on Hot Fuss, because there are some genuinely great songs on that album, perhaps even better than their biggest hit. I'm also not going to be the person that denies that "Mr. Brightside" is a great song. It's practically an institution, at this point, as much of a part of every day life as milk and bread. (8.0)

eidde: This remains a pop-rock classic, it’s so catchy and upbeat despite the frustration of the bitter lyrics. This song is pretty much timeless now, it’s so good. (10)

Overall Score: 37.4


Team Big Bird (maine & @jadenlefranks )
Overall Score: 82 | Detour Rank: #1 | Roadblock Rank: #8 | Bonus From Last Leg: +0.8

Detour Results:






(Population Boom)

Judge's Thoughts:

Nick: a favorite of mine from Gaga. I love the energy, and the sax solo is pretty awesome. I think some don’t love this as much anymore, but I still find it to be quite the great tune! (9.3)

Samo: This is one of my favourite songs of all time, a perfect pop song, Gaga’s best song, etc. The sax solo is incredible, and the song completely earns its long runtime with some of the best and catchiest melodies I’ve heard in any pop song. (10)


Zeebz: (10)

BB: This is an all-time favorite and quite possibly my favorite from Gaga. This is an anthem. She sounds great and the sax solo is amazing. Just a magical song (10)

Born: Yeah, this is golden Gaga. The song is probably her most organic hit from her first three albums, one that should be played in every graduation and coming of age film if I’m being honest. As she has proven multiple times, she can totally pull off the ‘80s pop sound but it’s the uber-nostalgic sax solo that makes this stand out from the rest of her big hits. (8.8)

Overall Score: 48.1

Roadblock Results:






(Sent by Runner)

Judge's Thoughts:

Nick: this is a cool song! I really like the production, and the vocals are also very strong. the main riff especially is infectious as hell. I don’t have a ton to say about it, it’s just a cool little track! (8.6)

Samo: My hopes were high for this, having only heard “Talk” before this, so I was a little disappointed with this. That being said, it’s still a good song, and I really like the production in the intro, especially the synth that kicks in halfway through. (8.1)


Red: If anything, I think that "What You Know" would be bigger now than it was even at the time of its release. I think that this song was ahead of its time. Even if it wasn't ahead of its time, that bass is simply outrageous and would make the song even if the rest of the parts were not very good. I've always felt that this is a solid song, but I think that it's going to be a song that continues to get better as time passes. It certainly has gotten better on this listen. (8.0)

eidde: I was honestly not expecting this song to be submitted at all. I had also heard it for the first time a couple weeks ago, it’s really nice. It has such a catchy synth melody and it has a really good hook as well. Great song! (8.4)

Overall Score: 33.1

Head to Head Results:
The Steel Porcupines:






Judge's Thoughts:

Nick: one of Rihanna’s better hits for my money. the beat is pretty sweet, and Jay-Z adds a lot to the song. pretty good song! (8)

Samo: This is another song in this set I wish I liked more than I do; it’s a good song, but I don’t think the production has aged that well, and Jay-Z’s had much better verses. (8.5)

fearlessarrow: One of Rihanna’s signatures - not my favorite from the whole Good Girl Gone Bad album (that would be “Disturbia”) but I still love this song. I love the drums with the emphasized hi-hats that come in at the beginning of each measure and the bassline in this song. The added synths in the second and last chorus is an aspect I dig too. I got into the song because of the catchiness at first but I think these days I appreciate the production over Rihanna’s singing for this song. (8.8)

Overall Score: 25.3


Team Big Bird:






Judge's Thoughts:

Nick: wait I just had an “oh that’s what that song is” moment with this. I’d heard it a ton growing up, but had never been able to put a title to the song. so thanks for helping my dilemma there haha. it’s a pretty great track to boot - catchy chorus and a great instrumental. (8.9)

Samo: This is the only totally new discovery for me in this set, and one I’ll definitely be coming back to. The production is wonderful, with some excellent guitar work that provides an anthemic feel to the whole song. I love the guitar solo especially. (8.9)


fearlessarrow: This song (and “Never Going Back Again”) that Lindsey Buckingham wrote for Rumours is really interesting because of Stevie Nicks. A song written about their relationship falling apart from his perspective that gets sung by a band they are both members of? That alone is so intriguing. The drums in the verses are very interesting too - I don’t think that pattern is something I hear a lot in the music I’ve heard but maybe I’m not paying enough attention? (8.2)

Overall Score: 26

Result: Team Big Bird takes home the win over The Steel Porcupines, 26-25.3. so congrats to Runner & Jaden for their first win, you two will get a +2.5 bonus next leg! shazam and Brian, you two will face the next team in another head to head

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Jun 22, 2020 11:43:33 GMT -5 @chroniclea said:

what's her @

[Deleted]

nice, i def would've sent doo wop for the detour

[Deleted]

Jun 22, 2020 11:44:15 GMT -5 trilogy said:

Jun 22, 2020 11:43:33 GMT -5 @chroniclea said:

what's her @

gabe

[samo🦕]

coming up next we have...

Fire & Desire (Fire & ry4n)
Overall Score: 81.5 | Detour Rank: #6 | Roadblock Rank: #3 | Bonus From Last Leg: +2.2

Detour Results:


(Holiday Tune)

Judge's Thoughts:

Nick: it’s like the quintessential holiday track sure, but I kinda feel like sending it here is a huge cop out since it’s such an obvious pick. the song’s good I guess, but I wish you went with something more creative (6.9)

Samo: As expected, Mariah sounds fantastic here, and the production has aged very well for a Christmas song released over 25 years ago. There’s a reason this is one the most successful holiday songs of all time, and it’s my favourite song in this theme. (9.5)


Zeebz: (10)

BB: One of my favorite Christmas songs. It’s so fun and a classic (8.2)

Born: I always try to convince myself that I don’t like this song as much as I do but let’s face it… holiday music doesn’t get better than this. This song has been a hit ever since I can remember myself. One cannot decorate a Christmas tree without this song playing in the background & Mariah’s heavenly vocals shining brighter than any tree-topping star in the world.  (9.5)

Overall Score: 44.1


Roadblock Results:


(Sent by ry4n)

Judge's Thoughts:

Nick: jam! this is probably my 3rd favorite Gaga single. I love the beat, and the melody is just infectious. it’s one of the few songs from that overall era in the early 2010s that really doesn’t feel dated at all! (9.0)

Samo: Paparazzi isn’t one of my favourites from Gaga, but it’s a great song nonetheless. The best way I can describe the production in the verses is “wonky”, but it still sounds great, and Gaga really sells the lyrics. (9.2)


Red: When I saw Lady Gaga, without looking at the song chosen, I would have expected the pick to be "Just Dance", as I feel like that song has always been more universally praised. I'm glad that "Paparazzi" was chosen instead, though, because it was the song that convinced me to give Lady Gaga more of a chance. I liked "Just Dance", and I didn't really get into "Poker Face" until later, but I fell for "Paparazzi" immediately. I wouldn't say it's my favorite Gaga song these days, but the hooks are still immaculate. If only the bridge was even a *little* better... (8.0)

eidde: This is probably my favorite of all of Lady Gaga’s hits. It has a really nice chorus melody and I feel like its production has aged quite better than some of her other songs from around that time. If you were going to go with The Fame, this was the best choice imo. (9.0)

Overall Score: 35.2

Head to Head Results:
The Steel Porcupines:



Hamed: Under my umbrella-ella-ella eh eh eh, still a hook that gets stuck in your head for sure even after all these years. GGGB era Rihanna is the most memorable nostalgic stuff to this day and I love Umbrella. (9.2)

Geometrical: Here’s the thing: this was originally going to be much lower than this, as I used to severely despise this song. It doesn’t bother me as much anymore: the song is well-produced, and the instrumentation has some subtly interesting aspects to it. But the “ella ella ay ay” part still grates me, and the bridge is flat-out bad and feels forced. Jay-Z is absolutely unnecessary as well. I personally never got what made this such a classic. (5.1)

Juan Carlos: Ella, ella, eh, eh, eh. This is so catchy and it still doesn't get old to be honest. The bridge and the outro are really good. (8.5)

Overall Score: 22.8

Fire & Desire:



Hamed: The entirety of the Breakaway era is still so nostalgic and this is the centerpiece of it all being the biggest hit of the album. I think Kelly nails it vocally and melodically, it's a fun pop rock classic that still holds up over a decade later. (8.8)

Geometrical: Nothing bad about this, as this became a classic in terms of pop-rock in-your-face breakup songs. It’s good at doing what it’s trying to do, but it’s nothing more than that. Simple, but effective. (7.0)

Juan Carlos: This is definitely one of the signature songs by Kelly Clarkson. The rock elements throughout the pop track is great, as well as the bridge. (8.7)

Overall Score: 24.5

Result: Fire & Desire beat The Steel Porcupines, 24.5-22.8. congrats to ry4n and Fire on a 2nd place finish, you two will get a +2 bonus next leg. shazam and Brian, you two will face yet another challenger soon

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Jun 22, 2020 11:47:18 GMT -5 @chroniclea said:

Jun 22, 2020 11:44:15 GMT -5 trilogy said:

what's her @

gabe

you could've told me before catfishing me

[Fire]

nice.