The game is intended to introduce people to new music, not necessarily to critically think about the songs like a 2 week version of the game would have. What I hope is that players see some songs/artists they haven’t heard before and add them to their playlists or expand their musical tastes in some way.
The competitive nature is intended to keep the experience lively and popular. I think that as more popular bands start to dwindle away, we’ll get a more diverse selection of voting options.
I’ve already added a few songs to my everyday playlist that were submitted in this game.
In regards to this question, I sort of have a list of categories I randomly pick from each week. Submit any sort of reasonable category and I’ll add it to my list.
Songs VA is sure to dislike
Songs of the postal worker(s)
I’d be curious to see how you vote in this category.
The anti-Cliff Claven
Voting is over, it looks like we have 3 winners
‘checks closely’
again?
‘double checks’
Please do not vote for your own songs…
After removing a self-vote from War Pigs, DeepPurple will take 7 points for solo first place, and Marcie will take home 5 points for solo second place.
BG, Kat, Celalta, and yours truly will split the 3rd place prize of 3 points for 0.75 each.
The overall scores will be updated above in post #4
Round #4:
Submit a song with an epic intro
To preemptively answer any questions. I am not the epic police. If you think of epic as distinctive, memorable, interesting, long, shocking, dramatic, loud, awesome, quirky, I’m sure it will be okay with the voters. Or not, I’m only 1 voter…
Make your case to the voters not me.
Happy submitting!
Also, artists that can’t be used: check post #3 or…I guess I’ll paste them here…
Bad Company
Beach Boys
The Beatles
Billy Joel
Black Sabbath
Bruce Springsteen
Chevelle
Cream
Daughtry
Fairport Convention
Jefferson Airplane
Jimi Hendrix Experience
John Denver
Led Zeppelin
Michael Jackson
Motley Crue
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
Prince
Queen
The Rolling Stones
Sublime
Ten Years After
Thin Lizzy
The Who
Wu-Tang Clan
Yaz
Whoever submitted Nick Cave, thx. Took me down a bit of a youtube rabbit hole yesterday.
Some good submitting in round 3. Ended up voting Wu-Tang, but thought about Somebody to Love (great song gets stuck in my head all the time), Red Right Hand (something about that song is just intriguing) and Over the Hills and Far Away (I don’t listen to Zeppelin much, but when I hear one of their songs I usually wonder why I don’t…)
Classical submissions acceptable? Have one in mind for this theme but unsure if that’s what you’re looking for here.
Certainly!
Yes, I think the preferred method is to send Artist, Song and a link to a video by DM to IPD.
Dang, now I feel like a bad person, I haven’t been sending youtube links, I will fix that going forward.
You and 75% of the other entrants 
I figure that if there’s a specific version of a song I submit, I’ll send a link.
For example, I would’ve submitted One Vision by Queen for the current topic (but Queen was knocked out); and there are a few different cuts of the song–a radio version, their initial album release version, and their extended mix–and it would’ve been the extended mix version that I’d want to use for this particular topic; and I’d send in a link.
Otherwise, I’ve been sending in submissions that aren’t difficult to google up.
Yeah but isn’t it easier for IPD to just take the link you provide than track it down for 7 to 10 entrants?
Anyway, @IPD same deadline for submission? This Sunday?