For new readers, this refers to the monthly Song of the Day list on the Sputnik Music website. Each month, one user hosts the list and names a theme. Everyone then recommends songs in line with this theme, and people rate the various song recommendations. The list of May songs can be found at Sputnik Music Song of the Day - May 2020.
1. The theme for this month was a little complicated. It was entitled "A Netflix Original". The idea was to come up with a pitch for an original show on Netflix, then submit a song that goes with the show as a song for the opening credits. Unfortunately, this theme confused or scared off enough people that we had fewer participants than we often do, so those of use who did make recs were invited to also submit a song for their show's closing credits.
2. I totally copped out by submitting a pitch for a show called Friday the 13th: Forest Green (which is what the town of Crystal Lake renamed itself in one of the later Friday the 13th films.) This allowed me do what I really wanted to do, which was submit Alice Cooper's classic "He's Back: The Man Behind the Mask" (which was actually created for, and used as, the theme for Friday the 13th Part VI: Jason Lives.) For my closing credits' music, I selected New Jersey band Reality Suite's awesome song "Grave". (Alice Cooper - He's Back: The Man Behind the Mask; Reality Suite - Grave).
3. My vote for highest rated song of the month produced a tie between a classical music piece, Hector Berlioz's "Dream of a Witches' Sabbath" (Hector Berlioz - Dream of a Witches' Sabbath) and a track called "The Face You Don't Recognize" by James Joys (James Joys - The Face You Don't Recognize).
4. The highest rated song by the group in general was "Television Tower" by Monolake (Monolake - Television Tower.) I liked this song quite a bit myself.
5. The link to the playlist for the month, minus the two songs I couldn't find on YouTube, is May 2020 Song of the Day YouTube Playlist.
