I'll grant an extension for those who asked (rl231), so just submit by tomorrow at 4am (24 hrs from now).
If you've submitted already but would like to resubmit, please feel free to do so (by the same deadline above).
-mUsIcLoVeR- I hope you feel better soon! And I don't think people hate you. You seem like a nice person, so I hope you didn't take the comments from the first round personal. Hopefully you'll come back for S2
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Originally posted by Prismatic
I'm probably getting eliminated this round, not my fault at all though.
ATRL's What's My Song? Season 1
Episode 2: Slay Us! - The Entries
What You Need To Do: Watch each of your fellow contestants' entries and rank all from 1-13, with 1 being the best entry, 13 being the worst entry - for example:
1. Contestant A (Best)
2. Contestant B
...
12. Contestant X
13. Contestant Y (Worst)
Do not include yourself in the rankings, only include the other 13 contestants.
You may send in comments if you'd like, and they'll be posted once the results are posted. For anonymity, I'll remove the user name from the comments.
Please send me back your rankings (and comments, if you have any) by Tuesday, September 1, 2015 @ 11PM Eastern Time. I will then open the poll up to the ATRL GP, and they will vote.
Thanks!
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Originally posted by prezli
Even though, I'm not a fan of Ed Sheeran's music, I got chills while listening to the live acoustic version of "Don't". Ed delivers soft vocals and puts his personality to the song. The background singers complement his singing perfectly, making the performance confident and harmonic.
I'm not surprised why he's the most loved male artist in the UK right now. Everything he's doing looks so natural and convincing, but somehow very humble at the same time. He's like a ordinary guy who loves playing on his guitar, making music for people and it doesn't matter that he has sold 10 million albums worldwide. This can be seen and heard in the video above.
The performance I chose was of a lip sync for you life between Jaidynn Diore Fierce and Kandy Ho from season 7 of RuPaul's Drag Race. The two queens delivered what has hailed as one of the best lip sync performances between all seasons of drag race. With the news of the upcoming drag queen performances at the VMA Awards getting mixed reception, it's important to show that queens can be just as talented as performing as pop singers themselves. Ariana Grande's appreciation of these two queens performing is refreshing; it's easy to see that she was blown away herself by their performing talents.
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Originally posted by Legend E
The reason why I chose this performance out of the little ones this song has is because of it's "private" feeling. If you listen to the lyrics, Blake is basically craving for his country girl, but with the melody, it all sounds extremely sensual. In the performance we can see those lights that look like candles which can describe a night of just staying with your lover, in your bed or wherever and just being happy together, but we also can see the wood sort-of podiums so it could also be a sort of romantic night at an old country diner. But, as a conclusion, Blake covered the whole atmosphere of the song perfectly with the simplistic background in the back, but also Gwen's harmonies make the song feel even more romantic. The song, certainly, didn't need more than this.
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Originally posted by Loveyoubxtch
John Legend - All Of Me
So I've chosen this performance because I feel like is one of the most special and intimate, it's just him and the piano but only with that is more than enough to fill all the room and make the people forget all the other things and just concentrate on him and connect with the performance and the lyrics, is a emotive ballad with a romantic touch so of course a intimate and classy performance would be a perfect match for this kind of song, you can see that his pure voice and the piano turn into one because he feels and connect with it, like a love letter or a romantic poem expressing word by word all his feelings since the song was inspired by his wife and because of that, you can tell that every line is coming straight from his heart and so, for all of these reasons, I think that this is the best performance where you can feel the song and connect with him.
This performance of Childish Gambino's hit "3005" comes from a live performance at an Australian music festival. What I love most about this performance is that it's filmed in such a way that you can see just how engaged the audience is throughout the song; people are swaying and bopping along as their hands fill the air, and they're certainly ready to sing along when Gambino turns the mic over to the crowd. You can tell that he-- and everyone present -- is really feeling it. I think that these are essential elements to a killer live performance. You don't always need to do something over-the-top to captivate an audience. As long as the song is good and you manage to properly set the mood for your audience, you've given an excellent performance... Childish Gambino certainly did so here.
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Originally posted by HausofNiko
My Anaconda DO want this performance
This performance is all type of powerful. The choreography is spot on, and amazing to watch. Her vocals are as fierce as her attitude, and as live as a Justin Bieber leak thread on ATRL. The video had to make the vocals sound a bit animated so it didn't get taken down, but the original vocals were even more perfect. When she goes outright of the gate and starts the first verse, you could feel the energy and attitude coming out of her voice. This performance proved that Nicki is here to stay and isn't leaving anywhere
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Originally posted by JustLuke
Now, when my song was announced, I literally asked myself "What's my song?" as I've never heard it before... Or I have and I just don't remember it whatsoever and even after listening to it, I don't remember it but I'm sure I've listened to it... ANYWAY, talking to myself like I do.
I've chosen this performance as this guy "Jermih" tries to get the audience hyped and kinda does some bouncing around on the stage while some girls are doing a dance routine. He then invites two other people that I've never heard of on stage and they perform a "remix?". "Jeremigh" is kind enough to touch the hands of a few audience members which makes them cream their panties and while leaving the stage he says a few words which I don't understand but it felt quite powerful.
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Originally posted by wesleywalrus
Jason Derulo - "Wiggle"
Jason Derulo performed "Wiggle" on So You Think You Could Dance, about a year ago. This performance is action-packed, and appropriately, filled with jaw-dropping dance moves that has the audience go crazy. Jason shows off his physical strength with the great touch of the trampoline, and never misses a note. All his moves are insanely smooth, and to put the cherry on the top, Snoop Dogg showed up for his own verse!
Habits (Stay High) was something of a sleeper hit. It was one of those songs that slowly rse to the top, crossing over from format to format before becoming a huge smash. The song did not achieve overnight success, instead, the song's success was the culmination of a lot of hard work on the part of Tove Lo, and the song growing from the ground up (it was released in 2013, but didn't really start setting the charts on fire until 2014). The performance I chose is one from Summer of 2014; June 26th, 2014 at Toronto's alternative station 102.1 The Edge to be exact. "Habits" grew from being an alternative hit, and eventually crossed over to the Mainstream Top 40 stations and peaking at Number 3 on the Hot 100, blocked by the monster hits "Shake It Off," and "All About That Bass." This particular performance is impressive because, not only does it embody the song's origins origins on alternative (recorded in a Canadian alternative radio stattion studio), it is also a very confident and assured performance on the song that obviously had benefited from many performances on the road. At its core though, the performance is just Tove and her musicians performing on their own, selling the song and keep it true to form; Tove maintains the song's tone of heartbroken hopelessness, but is still able to make it captivating in the live setting through her emotional interpretation. The band doesn't really miss a beat throughout. There are no frills, no gimmicks, costume changes, no screaming fans, just Tove Lo simply performing her solidly constructed song about staying high to not feel pain after the end of a relationship. It's very impressive, and more captivating than the studio version; it's a great performance because everything that made the song a hit is right there in that radio station performance.
Leave it to MattyB to make a Chris Brown song cute and adorable. He managed to deliver a great cover of Chris Brown's inescapable urban bop. His flow was very impressive, the dancers were talented and all the girls were very playful. I liked how he changed some of the words and a little bit of the story to suit him and his fans. This fun performance shows us that MattyB could be the next big white rapper in 10 years. He'll be coming for Eminem and Macklemore wigs.
SUPERPOWER
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Originally posted by Element
What's My Song?
Season 1, Round 2
"Fight Night" - Migos
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wtUu1_kahEg
"Performance", to me, could mean many things within the creative realm. When it comes to a performance of a song, I believe that choreography should be included as something within the required category, as dance is the physical manifestation and extension of music and lyrics. This hip-hop song has inspired a myriad of choreography videos on the Internet, and I found the above choreography to be the best performance of this song. The original artists, Migos, are not involved in this performance beyond the backing track -- and for good reason, as most of their live performances are relatively lifeless, without any dance elements. The stars of this piece, a troupe of talented children, are exceptionally fierce, with hard-hitting and well-synchronized dance moves. Their fantastic sense of rhythm will impress you as they infuse new life into this somewhat bland rap track. And be sure to look out for a mini Miranda Sings in the troupe.
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Originally posted by Prismatic
I hate this song. The live performances by Kid Ink all ranged from bad to tragic, which was why I couldn't submit.
Then I stumbled across this cover. It isn't great either, but it's way better than Kid Ink's. The two singers' voices complement each other perfectly and they made this song listenable.
Just take a listen.
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Originally posted by HausOfLuke
My song is MKTO with Classic
I chose this version because it is a nice change from the version that was being overplayed on the radio at the time. Sometimes simple works best and in this case it is no different. It better showed off both of their voices and showed that they have what it take to make it big in the music world. Sadly that hasn't happened yet but hopefully it will soon.
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Originally posted by rl231
I chose this performance of Bartender, which is kind of acoustic but not really. It's like it has the live music setting but slightly less intense since they're not moving around at all, which makes the vocals shine. Lady A's harmonies are great in the song, and you can see the fun that they have with performing this song. Specifically with lead female singer Hilary Scott, you can see this sass in her movements when she's sitting on that stool. It's the best performance of Bartender because, in itself, Bartender is a fun, slightly laid-back song, which is exactly what this performance portrays. Plus, the vocals and harmonies are on point, which is something to expect from Lady Antebellum.
I hate this song. The live performances by Kid Ink all ranged from bad to tragic, which was why I couldn't submit.
Then I stumbled across this cover. It isn't great either, but it's way better than Kid Ink's. The two singers' voices complement each other perfectly and they made this song listenable.