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Tournament: ATRL's Next TOP MEMBER Cycle 7 | The Winner Is... For Real!
ATRL Senior Member
Member Since: 6/15/2007
Posts: 29,795
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Originally posted by Evun
Isn't it announcement time? I showed up early, dressed for success, and everything.
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Originally posted by DvnR
Hmm...
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What are you getting at Yami?
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Member Since: 12/31/2010
Posts: 26,257
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Originally posted by Matty
What are you getting at Yami?
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Depends on how fast you get the results up.
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Member Since: 2/14/2007
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I will pull a Jimmy Iovine on this one....
Guys, think outside the box! You can be creative with your entries! Do something different!
Vulps
First of all, We are in the TOP 6 and your entry is just plain and the videos are generic. I'm afraid of your safety. I hope the judges consider your past entries because this entry might get you eliminated. It sucks I'm rooting for you.
Ammer
You got nice set of choices. But it's WAY TOO MANY! It's like a TRL voting list way back 2000's. You got a good track record but I noticed you are becoming predictable in this competition.
TheGeoKing
I love your entry. Simple, straight to the point and nice selections of videos.
Quiqui4eva
I like that you put the years the videos was released. I wish you cut down your entries to five or ten. It's way too many.
DvnR
You are smart! You put the youtube video links! Awesome!
Evun
For me you are my number 1! Your entry is neat and your selection is diverse. I hope you will be called first. I saw your potential! Keep it up!
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Member Since: 7/9/2010
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Angelo
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Member Since: 12/3/2011
Posts: 11,947
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Originally posted by Angelo
I will pull a Jimmy Iovine on this one....
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Originally posted by Angelo
Guys, think outside the box! You can be creative with your entries! Do something different!
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Originally posted by Angelo
Evun
For me you are my number 1! Your entry is neat and your selection is diverse. I hope you will be called first. I saw your potential! Keep it up!
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Yay, thank you! Much appreciated.
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Member Since: 7/9/2010
Posts: 31,471
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I'm expecting to be safe this week
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Member Since: 12/3/2011
Posts: 11,947
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Originally posted by Quiqui4eva
I'm expecting to be safe this week
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Who do you think will be in the bottom?
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ATRL Senior Member
Member Since: 6/15/2007
Posts: 29,795
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I will update here shortly...
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Originally posted by Angelo
I will pull a Jimmy Iovine on this one....
Guys, think outside the box! You can be creative with your entries! Do something different!
Vulps
First of all, We are in the TOP 6 and your entry is just plain and the videos are generic. I'm afraid of your safety. I hope the judges consider your past entries because this entry might get you eliminated. It sucks I'm rooting for you.
Ammer
You got nice set of choices. But it's WAY TOO MANY! It's like a TRL voting list way back 2000's. You got a good track record but I noticed you are becoming predictable in this competition.
TheGeoKing
I love your entry. Simple, straight to the point and nice selections of videos.
Quiqui4eva
I like that you put the years the videos was released. I wish you cut down your entries to five or ten. It's way too many.
DvnR
You are smart! You put the youtube video links! Awesome!
Evun
For me you are my number 1! Your entry is neat and your selection is diverse. I hope you will be called first. I saw your potential! Keep it up!
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DRAMAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
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Member Since: 7/9/2010
Posts: 31,471
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Originally posted by Evun
Who do you think will be in the bottom?
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Not you. I'm not saying who I think will leave.
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ATRL Senior Member
Member Since: 6/15/2007
Posts: 29,795
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ATRL's Next TOP MEMBER Cycle 7 | EP8: The Judges Comments!
ATRL's Next
topmember
Cycle 7
EPISODE 8: MUSIC VIDEOS
Guest Judge: None
THE COMMENTS
VULPS
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Originally posted by mockingjay
you gave us the shortest list of all the contestants and i commend you for that, even though you could have included a couple more for variety. the blake lewis video is one i've never seen and it's not the best video ever, but it was interesting and not generic. i do wish you'd have included links to all 3 videos, not just blake's. even though most of us know the other two, the links would have made it more convenient to get to them. i'd also have liked to see a little more creative of a layout, given you didn't get to explain your choices. overall, i'd have liked to see a little more variety in your choices, but you stuck with what you like so i have nothing negative to say about that. perhaps there were better videos from those same artists, though.
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Originally posted by Deuces.
*no comments this week*
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Originally posted by Katie
kinda short?
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Originally posted by Childish Redbino
Oh, dear god, why? Vulps, you had been doing so well, and then you had to choose the antichrist in song form. I hate "Girlfriend" so much. The other two videos are okay, but...HAAAAAAATE! HAAAAAAAAAAAAAATE! Sorry, I react that way every time I even see that song and/or video being referenced. It may actually be my least favorite song ever, and the video's not much better. That one video is enough to send you shooting down my rankings. Seriously, I hate it THAT much.
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Originally posted by Matty
You sure did take the world short literally. But when some asked what I meant by short I said more than one or two but not a list of every video ever made. It’s a nice list of the three you listed, but I wish you provided more.
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AMMER
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Originally posted by mockingjay
i wish you'd have kept your list down to 10 at most... you gave us a list of 19. there were some great choices and you showed diversity, but first and foremost the challenge was to provide a "short list." also, it really was just a list. you could have done more with the formatting to stand out. i just felt like you wrote down a list of videos, no specific order, nothing... and it wasn't very appealing to look at as far as an entry goes.
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Originally posted by Deuces.
*no comments this week*
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Originally posted by Katie
Good list?
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Originally posted by Childish Redbino
I've never been a big fan of the "Black or White" video, actually, especially when compared to other MJ videos, but the rest of the list is pretty solid overall. "Everybody (Backstreet's Back)" is probably one of the most underrated videos ever, and certainly the best video from any of the late 90's boy bands (well, other than any 2Ge+her video, of course), any Bjork video is great stuff, I've always had a soft spot for the "Frozen" video, and "Bittersweet Symphony" is still one of the simplest and yet most engaging videos ever made. Solid, solid stuff. There really are not very many bad videos here at all.
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Originally posted by Matty
I like how it’s a little bit of everything with only a few artists being given twice. It’s also a nice mix of old and new. Nice list.
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THEGEOKING
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Originally posted by mockingjay
nice job with a short list. 7 videos is not too much and not too few. as with most of the entries, yours was lacking in the sense of formatting, but i think you did a nice job.
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Originally posted by Deuces.
*no comments this week*
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Originally posted by Katie
diverse?
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Originally posted by Childish Redbino
Something people may not know about me: I ****ing love "Hung Up", both the video and the song. Songs that were released five years after "Hung Up", with most advanced technology, could not hold a candle to that song and its video. I'm actually not a big fan of the "Runaway" video, but any list with "Midnight City" will automatically get a thumbs up from me. But you probably expected that.
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Originally posted by Matty
Very current, very eclectic, and it goes along with your who do you stan for thing you are doing. Nice list.
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QUIQUI4EVA
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Originally posted by mockingjay
it seems like you gave more than just "some" of your favorite videos of all-time. in fact, there are 18 here. you could have cut it in half and had more impact. i do like that you organized them by year, but otherwise your formatting was lacking and the list wasn't very short. instead of including so many videos from certain artists (like beyoncé) you could have chosen one or two that stood out above the rest. your entry was really bulked up because you didn't do that.
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Originally posted by Deuces.
*no comments this week*
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Originally posted by Katie
Nice post style?
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Originally posted by Childish Redbino
Well, ANY list with "Rhythm Nation" is one I can get behind, but I'm glad to see more goodness. Quite a few classic videos, even if some of them are absolutely overrated (*cough*SingleLadies*cough*). "You Rock My World" is also one of my favorite MJ videos, and it showed all of the young'n's that MJ was still the king of the video. I'm not necessarily a big fan of the more recent videos on your list, but the older videos are all good stuff.
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Originally posted by Matty
I love love love how you listed them from oldest to newest. Nice list.
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DVNR
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Originally posted by mockingjay
you made it the easiest to view your videos by embedding the youtube links. that set your entry apart quite a bit. you chose 5 videos and they were diverse and each had different vibes. nice job.
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Originally posted by Deuces.
*no comments this week*
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Originally posted by Katie
good videos?
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Originally posted by Childish Redbino
I hate "Numb". There, I said it. It's my least favorite LP song, primarily because it's just so lazy and uninspired. It's LP at their most unimaginative. The VIDEO, however, is a good one. I just wish it had been used for a better song. The "Run This Town" vid has some nice imagery, and I've always had a soft spot for the "Black Parade" video. It's one of the most overly grandiose and unnecessarily overloaded with imagery videos ever made, but that is its charm. And then, you put yourself over the top with "Freaks and Geeks". Then again, I may just be a LITTLE biased. *whistles the "Heartbeat" chorus*
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Originally posted by Matty
Some dark music videos there Devin. Is you okay, is you…
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EVUN
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Originally posted by mockingjay
in my eyes your entry was formatted the best. you gave us your list but also allowed us to expand to view the videos. that set your entry apart from everyone else's. my favorite entry this round.
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Originally posted by Deuces.
*no comments this week*
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Originally posted by Katie
at least you had a title?
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Originally posted by Childish Redbino
Out of all of the lists, this is the only one that actually had a different presentation, and that is much appreciated. This also has one HELL of a list. I actually think that the "Same Mistakes" video is the weakest of the bunch, but it's still different. "Sadness Is A Blessing" has a wonderful video. The interaction between Lykke and Stellan Skarsgard before the actual song kicks in alone is brilliant. Can't say that I'm surprised that PW made your list, but the video has a nice 80's feel to it, and I love anything 80's. BOMT is a classic. I mean, come on, that's not debatable. But my two favorite videos (and this may surprise you) are "Elephant Gun" and "Take A Chance On Me". I love videos that just throw anything up at the wall and see if it works, as is the case with "Elephant Gun". Videos that take chances are always videos I can get behind. As for ABBA, that video had production values that were well ahead of other pop acts of the time. It really stands out when compared to other vids from the era. Great stuff.
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Originally posted by Matty
A title, a collapsed list that shows all your favorite music videos from YouTube. A nice presentation and a nice list of music videos. Very different, well to my standards of course. I need to expand.
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Now it's time to figure out who is going home... in the next post
Fierce and Love
- Matty
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Member Since: 7/9/2010
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I feel good.
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Member Since: 12/3/2011
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Originally posted by Katie
at least you had a title?
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Katie nooooooo you did not just drag my entire existence so effortlessly like that.
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Member Since: 7/9/2010
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Can't wait for the results. Top 5 here I come
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Member Since: 12/31/2010
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@Red - How could you hate Numb?! It's like one of their best songs.
@Matty - I cackled at the Glozell reference.
@Katie - You're so shady this round.
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ATRL Senior Member
Member Since: 6/15/2007
Posts: 29,795
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Originally posted by DvnR
@Red - How could you hate Numb?! It's like one of their best songs.
@Matty - I cackled at the Glozell reference.
@Katie - You're so shady this round.
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Well I wanted to know, I was concerned
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Member Since: 12/31/2010
Posts: 26,257
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Originally posted by Matty
Well I wanted to know, I was concerned
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It kinda goes off the whole darker themes thing (the cloudy days make me happy). Sad/dark videos actually remind me of good moments and make me feel good. The video that is an exception to this rule is the Your Guardian Angel video. That makes me sad. Very much so. Didn't include it but that's my prime example of a sad video that really does make me sad.
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Member Since: 7/9/2010
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Originally posted by DvnR
It kinda goes off the whole darker themes thing (the cloudy days make me happy). Sad/dark videos actually remind me of good moments and make me feel good. The video that is an exception to this rule is the Your Guardian Angel video. That makes me sad. Very much so.
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I feel the same.
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ATRL Senior Member
Member Since: 6/15/2007
Posts: 29,795
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Originally posted by DvnR
It kinda goes off the whole darker themes thing (the cloudy days make me happy). Sad/dark videos actually remind me of good moments and make me feel good. The video that is an exception to this rule is the Your Guardian Angel video. That makes me sad. Very much so. Didn't include it but that's my prime example of a sad video that really does make me sad.
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Such an explanation, it all ties in
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Member Since: 12/3/2011
Posts: 11,947
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Vulps better be safe. Even if he only submitted three videos, he absolutely should not be going home yet.
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Member Since: 12/31/2010
Posts: 26,257
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Originally posted by Matty
Such an explanation, it all ties in
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Y U NO MAKE SENSE
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