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Tournament: Choose The Album, Then a Song 5: What If...
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I'll have my entry in tomorrow.
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I already have album for next season, and it's by a flop.
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Choose The Album, Then a Song 5: VOTE! [R11]
LADIES & GENTLEMAN... CHOOSE THE ALBUM, THEN A SONG IS BACK!
The Game is back on!
And here we are once again! Four are left and you all had the chance of being bitchy. This 'Mean Girls' round will have y'all fuming since the points will be a lot to give or to take off! You'll need to be smart.
As for now, let's meet the entries and see who's bad!
THE RULES
By joining the cast of this game, you're agreeing with the rules:
1. DURING THE TIME TO VOTE, ALL THE CONTESTANTS MUST VOTE (OTHERWISE YOU'RE PENALIZED);
2. NO CONTESTANT MAY ASK FANS TO SAVE THEIR ALBUM;
3. ALL CONTESTANTS MUST DELIVER THEIR ENTRY IN TIME, OTHERWISE THEY'RE ELIMINATED (if you need extra time, you need to let me know);
4. A SONG CAN ONLY BE USED THREE TIMES THROUGHOUT THE CHALLENGE;
5. ONCE A SONG IS USED, IT GETS BLOCKED FOR THE NEXT THREE ROUNDS;
6. EVERYONE IS ALLOWED TO VOTE (INSIDERS+OUTSIDERS);
7. EVERYONE HAS TO READ/LISTEN THE ENTRIES BEFORE VOTING;
8. ONE VOTE PER PERSON.
THE JUDGING PANEL
1. Pedro
2. boyonce
3. Inner Insanity
4. VDK
ROUND ELEVEN
1. collin - Gwen Stefani - The Sweet Escape: U Started It
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Originally posted by collin
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Gwen Stefani / The Sweet Escape / Round Eleven
U Started It
U Started It is in the most convenient filler spot on "The Sweet Escape", coming in second to last on the track listing. The song features discomforting, soft production equipped with bouncy chord progressions and cringe-worthy ad libs by producer Pharrell throughout the track. The song itself is about an argument, settling it and finally agreeing with someone in order to continue having a good night and avoid fighting. However, most of the song is repetition, nonsensical muttering and random hodge-podge of ideas that doesn't really end up working out. Overall, it's pretty meaningless and falls flat in forgettable territory on the album, assisting "The Sweet Escape" into mixed review territory on Metacritic (it got a 58).
"I don't know why I'm doin' this, either!"
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2. Chill Bill - Janelle Monáe - The Electric Lady: Victory
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Originally posted by Chill Bill
So from what I can gather, the message of 'Victory' is that in spite of all your troubles, you'll be a happier person if you take pride in your smaller victories, instead of just your big ones. That's a message I can get behind, but the way it's presented here is... well... kind of pathetic, actually. Janelle ends up singing more about how much her life sucks than she does about taking solace in the 'little things' (and she never really explains what those things are; the closest we get is a passing reference to her lover's kisses). As a result, all the lines about being 'victorious' and 'finding glory' come off as a desperate attempt for her to reassure herself, rather than a source of empowerment. Listen to the desperation in her voice when she belts, "YOU MUST FIND GLORY IN THE LITTLE THINGS," which, by the way, has to be one of the weakest refrains I've ever heard. She might as well be singing, "WELL IT'S REALLY THE LITTLE THINGS THAT COUNT, RIGHT? RIGHT? COME ON GUYS, DON'T LEAVE ME HANGING." Top it off with a placid, lifeless beat and a woefully mediocre guitar solo, and you have a track that's more depressing than uplifting.
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3. Penk - Gotye - Making Mirrors: Making Mirrors
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Originally posted by Penk
The song I chose for this round is the title track, "Making Mirrors". Also the opening track of the album, and barely over a minute, the song stood out to me the least. Every song on the album is distinct, and has it's own flavor (such as the strange but brilliant reggae/electronic/autotuned "State of the Art" or the breezy upbeat Motown of "I Feel Better") but this track just doesn't seem to do much. An opening track should represent what's to come for the rest of the album, but this song doesn't do that at all. With monotone whispery vocals and a drab production, it is far from the eclectic and exciting rest of the album. Also, the song goes by so fast you barely even notice it on your first listen of the album, and even after hearing all the songs multiple times, this is the only one that isn't very memorable. Overall, it is the one misstep on an otherwise great album.
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4. Jake. - Madonna - American Life: Mother and Father
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Originally posted by Jake.
Madonna - American Life
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"Mother and Father"
Upon listening to American Life, two songs stuck out compared to the rest - one of them being Mother and Father. On a otherwise stripped and uncommercial album, MAF sticks out like a sore thumb. The production is dated and cheesy, the lyrics are cringe-inducing ("There was a time, I had a mother / It was nice" for example,) and doesn't really fit in with a lot of the other concepts on the rest of the album. Speaking of which, while the album is proclaimed one of Madonna's best, I feel like it doesn't truly represent what a winning album should be. The album is full of fillers, and while it does tackle important issues, the way they're executed is very polarizing and try-hard. At this stage of the competition, each album should be deserving to win, and while AL has a few highs, it also has enough lows to bring down it's quality. | |
*Green = Vote Accepted & Counted.
VOTE OFF 2, SAVE 1
REMEMBER: You're voting OFF who you think didn't hate on the other album that well, who didn't make the album/track look bad and SAVING who you think did good on hating it, in other words, the biggest bitch.
DEADLINE: APRIL, 21st
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Member Since: 8/5/2006
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SAVE:
Jake. - Madonna - American Life: (you know how to bring down your enemy) (i hate this song too for being so out of the album) 
Runner-up: Penk - Gotye (def this song is a disgrace to the album) (so cheesy)
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collin - Gwen (oh please, this is one of my favorite songs from TSE, it harmonizes with the rest of the album, dont know what u're talking about) (u better not start it  )
Runner-up: Chill Bill - Janelle (there is worse song than this on the album)
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Member Since: 8/19/2013
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Save:
Chill Bill - Janelle Monáe - The Electric Lady: Victory
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Penk - Gotye - Making Mirrors: Making Mirrors
Jake. - Madonna - American Life: Mother and Father
Okay... You guys never fail to amaze me. I thought this would be a really weak round but the entries this round were great. You guys really know how to hate! I really didn't want to vote anyone off! You guys are making this really tough!
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Member Since: 1/1/2013
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Victory?! How could you! 
But lemme read the essay to let you explain yourself.
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Member Since: 7/15/2005
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Save:
collin - Gwen Stefani - The Sweet Escape: U Started It (I only like 4 or 5 songs on this album and this song is definitely not one of them)
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Jake. - Madonna - American Life: Mother and Father (OMG, just no, this song is perfect)
Penk - Gotye - Making Mirrors: Making Mirrors (Terrible song indeed, but Janelle's song is even worse, sorry for voting you off)
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Member Since: 3/15/2013
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Rates are done.  Good luck final 4! You all really deserve to be here. I can't even decide who should win at this point. It will definitely be a close one.
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Member Since: 5/7/2009
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I'm confused, say if I vote off Collin, am I voting for TSE to be eliminated or Collin?
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Member Since: 6/3/2006
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Originally posted by Jake.
I'm confused, say if I vote off Collin, am I voting for TSE to be eliminated or Collin?
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Collin!
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Member Since: 10/5/2009
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SAVE
Jake. - Madonna - American Life: Mother and Father (spot on and well said )
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collin - Gwen Stefani - The Sweet Escape: U Started It (nah, sis... just nah.)
Penk - Gotye - Making Mirrors: Making Mirrors (filler spot as the explanation was the weakest  )
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Member Since: 5/7/2009
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Originally posted by Pedro
Collin!
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Thanks!
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Collin - The Sweet Escape (You didn't really prove why I should be eliminated, just mostly why the song is bad)
Penk - Making Mirrors
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Chill Bill - The Electric Lady
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Member Since: 8/1/2012
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SAVE:
collin - U Started It
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Penk - Making Mirrors
Jake - Mother and Father
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Save:
Jake. - Madonna - American Life: Mother and Father
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Chill Bill - Janelle Monáe - The Electric Lady: Victory (totally disagree)
collin - Gwen Stefani - The Sweet Escape: U Started It
I'm probably gone. Glad I made it to the top 4 though.
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Member Since: 11/27/2008
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SAVE
Jake
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Chill Bill
Penk
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Member Since: 2/13/2012
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Originally posted by Gatsby
SAVE
Jake. - Madonna - American Life: Mother and Father (spot on and well said )
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collin - Gwen Stefani - The Sweet Escape: U Started It (nah, sis... just nah.)
Penk - Gotye - Making Mirrors: Making Mirrors (filler spot as the explanation was the weakest )
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Member Since: 2/13/2012
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OFF Jake, Chill Bill
Jake, I don't think I agree with a single thing you said  M&F ties perfectly into the theme of the album, it's about an American family dynamic being ruined...? Sorry, but idk. Bill: yours read as a bit of a rant. But I didn't really want to vote either of y'all.
SAVE Penk
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Member Since: 5/7/2009
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Originally posted by collin
OFF Jake, Chill Bill
Jake, I don't think I agree with a single thing you said M&F ties perfectly into the theme of the album, it's about an American family dynamic being ruined...? Sorry, but idk. Bill: yours read as a bit of a rant. But I didn't really want to vote either of y'all.
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I know, mine was a bit of a reach.  But I tried my best, it was my first time ever listening to a Madonna album.
Are we getting the results today?
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Member Since: 2/13/2012
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Originally posted by Jake.
I know, mine was a bit of a reach. But I tried my best, it was my first time ever listening to a Madonna album.
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Sorry if I came across a bit extra It wasn't the worst choice, that's for sure.
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