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Question Everday, part 5

Freya

And the categories keep on coming!

Best Collaboration
Best Folk/Country/Blues Song
Best Techno/Electronica Song

For Best Collaboration, I have to say that ‘Don’t Let Me Explode’ by The Whomping Willows with Lauren Fairweather has some pretty amazing harmonization. That whole album has some other great collaborations, too – Mark from Ministry of Magic and Georgia and Victoria from Riddle™ come to mind.
Tonks and the Aurors’ ‘Taking You Back’, with Alex Carpenter is also lots of canon fun, with Remus and Tonks arguing throughout the song.

For Folk/Country/Blues, we have the whole An Anthology of Slytherin Folk Music by Draco and the Malfoys. The Buttermellows also fits here, with ‘Dearest, Delusional’ being my personal favorite. Some Kwikspell could definitely fit into this category as well!

As for Techno/Electronica, I think The Misuse of Muggle Artifacts Office’s whole album is a serious contender.

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26 responses to “Question Everday, part 5”

  1. Marauder Avatar
    Marauder

    When did Romilda Vane and the Chocolate Cauldrons and Georgia from Riddle TM release that “Under The Stairs” song again?

    Nearly everything The First Task Is Dragons has ever done counts as techno or electronia – we do play instruments, we swear, we just never have enough time to practice. We’re pursuing higher education or something.

    Question: if a song was released in 2008 but the album it’s on was released in 2009, is it eligible?

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  2. Jacquelyn Avatar
    Jacquelyn

    Techno/Electronica- The Empty Corridor-Miss Parkinson
    Wizard Rock Boyfriend- Miss Parkinson (It’s half electronic, half eletric guitar, I think it’s pretty cool)

    Folk/Country/Blues- Anything by the Buttermellows!

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  3. Laura! Avatar
    Laura!

    Collaboration: The Whomping Willows/Mark Jennings – A Conversation With My Demons. The Best. HANDS DOWN.

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  4. Freya Avatar
    Freya

    @Marauder: As long as it was released somehow in 2009, it counts!

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  5. Jon Rosenthal Avatar
    Jon Rosenthal

    I’m quite fond of “I wanna be a Wizard” with Danny Dementor and Alex Carpenter

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  6. Marauder Avatar
    Marauder

    Seriously? OMG, our first two albums and some of the songs we released that haven’t been released on an album yet are all eligible for the WRPCAs!

    I’m going to be totally shameless. I would love it if you all voted for “Mull Things Over” by us for Techno/Electronica. You can listen to it on our player.

    If you don’t vote for us, I suggest something by Luna’s Ceiling. All their songs are fantastic.

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  7. Dawlish and the Archies Avatar
    Dawlish and the Archies

    I would say Luna’s Ceiling for best techno/electronica, but I would actually wait until next year’s WRPCAs, because the album with the new versions f the songs will be released this year, and it will be EPIC. But I probably will still vote for the 2009 mix of “Hide No More” for best song in this category.

    Also, best collab from DatH would definitely be “Walk” with the beautifully haunting voices of RiddleTM, which, besides the Malfoy’s Christmas song from JS2, is in my opinion their best work. It all came together so well.

    Also, The Lost Diadems and I, Dawlish, had a collab song called “One Day”, that I happen to think is pretty nifty.

    Lastly, big ups to Kwikspell and Buttermellows, but I think I’d have to give folk/country/whatever to “This Land Is My Land” by DatM. Also, I was considering “Another Vodka For Voldie” by Statutory Snape, but it’s really more punk than anything else. Oh, and that one Creevey Crisis country April Fool’s song.

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  8. arodhwen Avatar
    arodhwen

    Best Collaboration
    “The Burrow” by Misuse of Muggle Artifacts Office and RiddleTM

    I have three other songs by less… popular? artists that I’d like to toss out, but I’m not sure when they were released. If they’re 2009, expect another comment.

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  9. badger666 Avatar
    badger666

    Anything by The Misuse of Muggle Artifacts Office, Ministry of Magic, Malfoy Manor, The House of Black, or Severus and the Snapes for best electronica.

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  10. badger666 Avatar
    badger666

    “Only Power Remains” and “Catalyst For Love” by Ministry of Magic for best collab.

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  11. badger666 Avatar
    badger666

    “One Last Goodbye” by Let’s Lumos! is also a great collab.

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  12. Raenwen Avatar
    Raenwen

    FIRSTLY, THANK YOU FOR LIKING “DEAREST, DELUSIONAL”. And secondly, thanks for the mention! 😀

    Best Collaboration: It’s a Ginger! by Statutory Snape & KwikSpell
    Best Folk/Country/Blues Song: Ravenclaw Crush or Voldemort Killed the Hufflepuff Star By Kwikspell
    or
    Leave You Behind by How Airplanes Fly
    or
    Two Mules For Albus Dumbledore by The Sweetwater All-Stars
    Best Techno/Electronica Song: … eurm?

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  13. badger666 Avatar
    badger666

    I don’t know if it came out in 2009, but “Potion Master Blues” by The Prefect Project is awesome.

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  14. Art Avatar
    Art

    “Potion Master Blues” is from their 2008 album Night Rounds. It is quite good, though.

    Dawlish, what is DatH?

    A lot of Swish and Flick’s stuff probably fits better in rap/hip-hop, but stuff like “Astoria Greengrass” and “Luna Love Me Good” is electronica, right?

    Folk: “When the Summer Ends” – Sweetwater All-Stars – is that song from 2009 or 2010? And how can I hear that How Airplanes Fly song you guys recommended?

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  15. badger666 Avatar
    badger666

    Thanks Art, I wasn’t sure if they had actually released any albums. Also, for best collab., there are several collabs. (with Alex Day) on the Parselmouth’s album “Spattergroit” worth considering.

    PS: DatH is “Demons at the Helm,” the album by The Whomping Willows.

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  16. Raenwen Avatar
    Raenwen

    @Art yes, “When the Summer Ends” was a 2009 song (funfact: I was present for elevator tour 2009! XD).

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  17. Whompy Avatar
    Whompy

    Best Collaboration: Well. Not to toot my own horn, but A Conversation With My Demons might be the best song I’ve ever written/produced, and Mark Jennings might be the most talented vocalist I’ve ever encountered. So.. this might be the first time I vote for myself? haha

    Best Folk/Country/Blues Song: This Land Is My Land, Draco and the Malfoys.

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  18. Trudy Avatar
    Trudy

    hmm, i might have to say “only power remains” (MoM and nina) for collab.
    and yep, this land is my land for folk/country/blues

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  19. Art Avatar
    Art

    @Trudy: Might?!?!? Of course you have to say that! Did you *hear* how hauntingly incredible Nina’s voice was against Mark’s? I played that on repeat for like three days.

    P.S. That was the first time I’ve ever @ed someone. It was kind of fun! I guess MLIA.

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  20. Jarrod Avatar
    Jarrod

    Best Collab: The entire Starfish & Stick experience.

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  21. the Giant Squidstravaganza Avatar
    the Giant Squidstravaganza

    Dear Wizard Rock Awards,

    I would like to submit my recommendations for winning songs in the following categories:

    Best Collaboration: “Days in Our Lake” by the Giant Squidstravaganza featuring his long-lost twin brother. Hank
    Best Folk/Country/Blues Song: “the Blues” by the Giant Squidstravaganza
    Best Techno/Electronica Song: “Death to Science Address (Dec. 23, 2006)” by the Giant Squidstravaganza

    In response to any haters – I’m looking at you Dawllsh and the Archies – everyone knows that I didn’t win any awards last year. I think this makes it obvious that votes for any of my compositions on last year’s ballot were disqualified because my triumphant album, Death to Humans, was not actually released until 2009.

    Sometimes it takes a while for genius to be recognized. I hope that this year the Academy will finally smarten up. I really need the prize money.

    Your friend,
    the Giant Squidstravaganza

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  22. Dawlish and the Archies Avatar
    Dawlish and the Archies

    Haters?! HATERS?!?! HATERS?!?!?!?!?!? YOU WANNA STEP TO THIS? WELL YOU CAN’T! YOU DON’T GOT NO FEET!

    YOU MAY GOT A BEAK
    BUT YO SURE ARE WEAK
    IN MY OPINION YOU’RE A WATERY FREAK
    THOUGH YOUR EYES MAY BE THE SIZE OF DINNER PLATES
    SAME DON’T GO FOR YOUR TALENT – YOU’RE GIANT, NOT GREAT
    YOU’RE NEVER GONNA BE A PRO BALL PLAYER
    IF FAIL WAS A CITY, YOU KNOW YOU’D BE THE MAYOR
    (also, playing for the Portland Beavers totally doesn’t count as experience, and I freakin’ LIVE in Portland)
    YOU CRY FOR DEATH TO HUMANS? WELL I DON’T THINK YOU CAN!
    YOU MAY NOT HAVE NOTICED, BUT HUMANS LIVE ON FREAKIN’ LAND!
    IF YOU FIGHT AGAINST SCIENCE YOU’RE SURE TO BREAK
    WE’LL DROP 20 MEGATONS OF FIRST-YEAR PEE IN YOUR LAKE
    I’D LOVE TO JINX YOU RIGHT IN THE KISSA
    BUT YOUR BREATH SMELLS SO BAD (THAT WHY YOU GOT DUMPED BY MELISSA?)
    AND NOW I’M DONE WITH MY VICIOUS RHYMIN’ ROAST
    SO DO US ALL A FAVOR AND MAKE SOME BATHTUB TOAST!
    BBBZZZAAAAP!

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  23. badger666 Avatar
    badger666

    Would “I Close My Eyes” by Let’s Lumos! count as electronic? I LOVE that song.

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  24. badger666 Avatar
    badger666

    Would The Potterwatch Project count as folk?

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  25. badger666 Avatar
    badger666

    Would The Whomping Willows count as folk?

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  26. Freya Avatar
    Freya

    ‘We’re Not in Hogwarts Anymore’ by The Whomping Willows is definitely folk/country/blues, and you could make an argument about other songs on Demons at the Helm as well.
    For TPP, I think ‘Sunshine and Daisies’ would qualify.

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