Acoustic Music Battle

The arena: this was okay, let down by production quality a little which took away from the song, the acoustics of the room, and the piano volume compared to the violin (which rarely sounds good in isolation at that pitch) Lets this one down.6

Creep. This was a reasonable song. I’ve heard many acoustic covers of this; this is what let it down. The whole song for me, is about the transition from soft and tender to utter despair. This song loses that for me, I can’t not compare it to Thom Yorke, no matter how I try. 6

Didn’t know you. Against this is a goodish song but didn’t quite fizz: there’s no X factor I felt in this song that raises it above. It’s more of a regular okay song played acoustically : 6

Faded: better.... this is a good piano cover that reminds me of the uk waitrose add cover of power of love. This has a bit more to it than the others, and is a more compelling song as a result of the acoustic unplugged feel: 8.

Zombie: I’m so torn here. The song is great, but the cello? Ugh! It was played well, and the cellist was amazing, the song was super popular, but as the cello can’t help but have gaps in it when the cellist changes direction it makes it feels like the song has holes, so it was both good, but felt more empty and stilted in places as a result: 7

Pro:35

Dream on: this was a great song, better production, and well sung. It didn’t really fizz for me though, nothing that made me really drop my jaw: 7

Shut up and dance: this just sounds like they sang shut up and dance during a power cut. My issue with this is that the acoustic version doesn’t add anything nor plays to the acoustic nature of the song: 6

Sometone to you: this song again falls foul of a similar problem to the others, feeling like an average song simply played acoustically. I think this one is a bit better than some of the others, but I can’t give it more than a: 6

Be alright: much better from con here too. This song plays to the acoustic nature better too. I much prefer the voice quality with the piano here - which I find is so much better for acoustic songs. It’s not as good as pros last round: 7

I can’t help: wow. Left field. This was close to acapella. But this is so different from the original in style that it helps the song. The lack of any major instrumentation for me emphases TJs more gravely voice; and I don’t know exactly why his voice works so well with this song, but it does. I really liked the fit here: 8

Con: 34

Pro wins: 35-34

REEEEEEEEEEE

10 - adding it to my playlist
1 - just leave please

Pro

R1 The music is AMAZING, it’s so consistent and flows very well, it also is diverse and not repetitive, 10, nice way to start us off Pro!
R2 The voice is very nice and soothing, it goes really well with the music, I don’t really like the ending though, and it does tend to get repetitive, 7
R3 The harmonies are ridiculously good, the music is really nice, they flow really well, 9
R4 She has a really nice voice, the music is good, it’s kind of short though, 8
R5 It’s really slow, it’s nice but I wish it was faster in the beginning, it gets better towards the end though, 7

Con

R1 This is a classic, the music is good and his voice isn’t bad, but it can be a little repetitive and sometimes the music is lackluster, 8
R2 It’s kind of catchy, his voice is ok and the music isn’t bad, 6
R3 This is also another classic, however it’s not acoustic (I think) so I’m taking a point off for that, but the voice is nice and it’s got really nice music, 7
R4 He has a nice voice and the music is good, it’s super sad too, 8
R5 This has a lot of after effects, it’s good but I’m not gonna judge it since it’s not acoustic

Pro: 41
Con: 29

Good job to both of you, y’all had really nice picks!