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Elks of the Economy
DeifiedNur Ein XVII
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Elks of the Economy

Entry from Deified in Nur Ein XVII.

Use a palindromic musical phrase of at least 6 notes total (melody must be a palindrome but rhythm can change)

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Elks of the Economy - "Deified"

We own the style you can’t compare
We take a pile more than our share
From town to town we rock the land

What critics say we just don’t care
What we play or what we wear
From shore to shore you know our brand

We own the style you can’t compare
And fucking sexy underwear
From town to town we rock the land

What critics say we just don’t care
What we play or what we wear
From shore to shore you know our brand

Everybody heed our demands
Everybody just clap your hands
We will be glorified
We will be deified

Elks of the Economy
Masters of technology
Fast to fail, too big to break

Breaking down philosophy
Breaking beats our prophecy
Faster than your hips can shake

You’re missing out if you don’t partake
You’re half asleep, we’re wide awake
We will be glorified
We will be deified

Dreaming of riches like a dragon in a cave
Making songs and never getting paid

Yeah

Keep your eyes open wide

You’re missing out if you don’t partake
You’re half asleep, we’re wide awake
We will be glorified
We will be deified

[repeat chorus]

Palindromes:
Spoiler
1. Palindromes: main bass line is a palindrome EEE GG AA AA GG EEE (sometimes played with the last EEE as just a long E, but should be enough times of the straight palindrome to satisfy)
2. synth melody: B A D C D A B
3. vocal "yeah ah ah" in bridge is a palindrome (idk the notes, but it was done by singing to the mirrored reverse melody)
4. guitar harmony theme in chorus is palindrome E D B D A G E G A D B D E (some notes are bent and some are not, which makes it sound less palindromic, but it is), the harmony is, uh, lemme look, A G E G E D B D E G E G A, er, I think?
5-ish. guitar riff is "palindromic" but since certain chords are two hits on the way down but not the way up, I just mention it for fun. The actual chord progression is a palindrome, but the way it's played probably DQs it.

Reviews

2 posted notes

vowlvom

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fun take on the title, the braggy verses work well and the disco vibes are strong. The chorus doesn't quite lift like I want it to though, I wish there was a stronger hook there. The robotty vocal processing in the "keep your eyes open wide" section is really fun.

furrypedro

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The first and lasting impression of this is that rampant overcompression. I mostly want to consider the production secondary to the songwriting but in this case the production has such an overbearing influence on the song that I can't ignore it, and there's stuff pumping and dropping out all over this since it's so squished. I appreciate the funky disco groove and the Nile Rogers-esque guitars. The vocal is not my bag; something about the delivery doesn't do it for me and it suffers from the mix which buries the vocal too much. Mostly it just lacks the killer hooks that your Friday the 13th entry had. The performances are mostly very good, although there are a couple of fills which stall a bit. Overall, I was left with a feeling of a weak song that leaned on production to sound good, and the production was fudged, so you're left with not much. The more I listened to it the further it dropped in the rankings.

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