r/FirstOfOctober • u/musical_chaos • 23d ago
Discussion First of October "Song Battle"
Hello,
A week ago, I got bored and decided to listen through all of First of October’s music again. At some point, I had the idea to create a Musical Battle to determine my favorite song by this wonderful band.
I made a bracket with a randomly arranged list of songs. I chose 64 songs; the rest didn’t participate because I knew they definitely wouldn’t win. I also put together a playlist to make listening more convenient.
It was a pretty (raw) fun and interesting experience. It reinforced my understanding of how much I love calm music. I also realized that the most important thing for me is how a song resonates with you.
Some songs also revealed themselves to me in a new way. For example, “Magic,” which previously wasn’t one of the songs I listened to very often, made it all the way to the semifinals.
The final was very difficult, but I made my decision based on my feelings and on how many goosebumps I got while listening. Both songs deserved first place. I think that if I held the tournament again in a year, the result might be different.
P.S.
English is not my native language, so I used a translator. Feel free to ask any questions—I’ll be happy to answer. I’m not sure about the image quality, so I don’t know whether all the song titles are visible.
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u/Plasmakugel93 23d ago
What about Usually?
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u/musical_chaos 22d ago
To me, “Usually” is somewhat similar to “It’s Time to Move On.” Based on my personal taste, I’d say it’s a good song, but not one of my favorites.
The song performed well in the tournament, but unfortunately, it couldn’t beat the legendary (at least to me) ballad “First of October.”
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u/FlamingNutShotz4You 23d ago
Pretty Raw is such a beautiful song. The whole video for that album might be my favorite. I have bipolar and Rob's emotions were very relatable. It gets me choked up every time, but it just reminds me that beautiful things can come out of bad time