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Tournament: WINNER: ATRL's FIERCEST Artist Season 3
Member Since: 12/24/2010
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Fiercest Playlist
Team Regina
2NE1
Ballad
Dance
Single
Free choice
Demetria:
I really love the choices this round. You did a great job!
Simon:
IN: lyrics from the Single and Free choice, the ballad it's fine
OUT: the instrumentals are overproduced IMO, a lil bit confusing and her voices are too robotic
Rihanna:
Nice work. You totally prove with this playlist that "fierce" is an attitude that can come across no matter the language. Did I love each and every song? No, the tracks themselves border a bit at times on forgettable, but there is no denying that these girls are truly fierce. The last track (Pretty Boy) was my fave and really sealed the deal for me.
Rita:
Ballad: The retro feel gives a good basis for a beautiful song. However, Bom’s parts feels a little odd and unnecessary. The song is a match for Dara’s thin vocals and CL keeps the song exciting in what is an odd form of production.
Dance: The pulsing electronic blips and the eery vocals of CL begin the song to bring it to its bountiful chorus of energetic oohs. Dara’s airy vocals provide a nice contrast. An overall firecracker and it’s poppish end is also amazing.
Single: The electro feel of the song is infectious but CL’s vocals seem to be the only one that truly stands out. The repetitive nature becomes slightly tiresome.
Free: A statement sounding song with a punch to make you sing along. The pre-chorus and chorus are insanely memorable. A solid track overall.
Team MWB
Cheryl Cole
Ballad
Dance
Single
Free choice
Demetria:
Some great choices sans The Flood. You did good
Simon:
I'm not into the ballad you sent but the dance track is pretty cool and Call My Name + Fight For This Love = Call My Name has a special place in my heart
Rihanna:
Aside from Call My Name, I had never actually heard any of Cheryl's songs. And to be honest, now I know why. I'm sure she MUST have a better ballad than that generic beat with lyrics that don't really make sense one that you sent in. And if not, eek. It's not for me. My initial feeling after hearing all your songs was the indifference and no desire to ever hear those songs again. Call My Name is catchy, but I think (at least from what I heard on this playlist) that's just a case of an artist getting lucky with one track. The last track was a bit exciting in terms of the performance, but I was asked to judge the song not the video, and the song was bland.
Rita:
Ballad: The gentle verses are a match for Cheryl’s vocals and leads to the emotion-flood chorus. Filled with bursting bitter sweetness. It’s fragility could be its own weakness as after the bridge it ends anti-climactically. Nevertheless a solid ballad.
Dance: The instrumental deceives the listener into believing that Cheryl could match its fierceness. Slightly oddly matched. But it isn’t all negative. High points include the chorus that gives the sampled song a sweet kiss.
Single: The Calvin Harris’ produced track is a delicious blend of tingly euphoria and thrusting beats. The chorus for me is actually the weakest aspect. The verses, enticing with sultry vocals, are the better parts of the song.
Free Choice: Where sweetness of Cheryl’s pop meets the violins of heartbreak. A standard song but when listened to properly can become bland at points.
Miley Cyrus
Ballad
Dance
Single
Free choice
Demetria:
YES! YES! YES! Amazing choices.
Simon:
Why didn't you choose "The Climb" for her Ballad? The Dance track is FIRE , perfect Single choice and as your Free choice i really think you had better choices
Rihanna:
Listen, I love Party In The USA just as much as the next person, but not a single thing about that track screams fierce. It's more silly, guilty pleasure music. I think you could have made a better choice, Can't Be Tamed initially comes to mind. However, Who Owns My Heart, and especially that last Robot track were really good examples of Miley's fierceness, so you did a good job with that.
Rita:
Ballad: Beautiful. Her rhythm and deliverance of vocals are the highlights of the first part of the song. It disappoints as a listener that the simplest moments at the beginning were the best but nevertheless, beautiful.
Dance: Deliciously dark, tantalizingly tasteful and grippingly gorgeous. The creepy whoops in the back with the sly dance beats give Miley’s vocals a good foundation. Only criticism is that she can shriek ever so slightly.
Single: The summer feel good factor with the American guitar just screams infectious hit. However, Miley’s tendency to screech at the top of her lungs becomes slightly painful and disappointing for what is a song with great production and a solid bridge.
Free: What is this? Shouting and noise that’s what. This isn’t pleasant in the slightest. What began as excitement followed into pain and disgust. Not a good song.
Jennifer Love Hewitt
Ballad
Dance
Single
Free choice
Demetria:
I'm not convinced.
Simon:
I love that you explained your choices and as a playlist it's pretty cool, Can I Go Now is totally fierce and i'm surprised with I'm a Woman
Rihanna:
WAIT! What kind of fierceness?!?! I had no idea she could deliever this level of fierce. GREAT entry to convince a doubter. What I really loved about this is that "fierce" can mean so many different things, and you found a way to represent all sides of it with your choices - I saw fierce emotional vulnerability in the first track, fierce sexuality in the second, fierce with a bit of edgy rock feel in the third...I also love that you wrote a little something for each song. I don't know if this was just extra on your part, but it really showed the thought you put into it. This is honestly the first entry I've seen this week that actually brings to word "FIERCE" to mind.
Rita:
Ballad:
It’s a shame the music is bland. Her voice makes the ballad, as well as the harmonies sounding beautiful. Shame it puts me to sleep because I want to like it.
Dance: Fierce with a capital F. Jazz-influenced with Broadway flashiness to compete. It certainly doesn’t disappoint. Only criticism, not long enough.
Single: Her voice is certainly praiseworthy. With regret, her music does her no justice. The final parts of the song give the extra bump the song needed but overall, lacklustre.
Free: Slightly funky, this time the vocals suffer from a half input tone. It feels almost like a demo. It needs something to grab a listener.
Team Edi Shak
Hilary Duff
BalladDance
Single
Free choice
Demetria:
Some so-so choices, but overall awesome!
Simon:
You have all the reasons to use this , cause your playlist is just perfect All of them are fierce! "Stranger"
Rihanna:
Listen, I love Party In The USA just as much as the next person, but not a single thing about that track screams fierce. It's more silly, guilty pleasure music. I think you could have made a better choice, Can't Be Tamed initially comes to mind. However, Who Owns My Heart, and especially that last Robot track were really good examples of Miley's fierceness, so you did a good job with that.
Rita:
Ballad: A simple melody that at its quietest and purest moments presents its best colours. Hilary’s vocals are clear but lack overall emotion.
Dance: Full of eastern flavour twinned with RnB-esque influences. The bridge fails to recreate the enjoyment given from the chorus. It does sound like a recipe for a good song but despite its repetitiveness, is a charming song.
Single: Her vocals filled with sweetness and is a parallel to the feel of the song and it’s content. The result, a weird match that works. The chorus is it’s main high.
Free choice: The best song of Hilary’s batch. She finally shows a little more emotion in her vocals and the thin, poppy production is pleasant in the background, which aids the heavy claps. The repetition of ‘Where did you go?’ is catchy, as well as the bridge.
Girls Generation
Ballad
Dance
Single
Free choice
Demetria:
Eh...
Simon:
The ballad track is so beautiful, her voices are so natural and the lyrics so touching. The Dance track is just amazing! I love the breakdown The Free choice track is too but your Single choice could be better, it's a weak track
Rihanna:
Not bad, not bad - but I will say (as a total outside observer who doesn't really follow each band) that if 2NE1 brings fierce, SNSD tends to bring cute. That's just the feeling I got from these tracks. They weren't bad (in fact, I liked the ballad, and that Mr. Taxi one was ok) but they just seemed "cuter" rather than "fierce", you know? I was asked specifically to judge fierceness. And let's be fully honest, I'm just pressed you didn't include the masterpiece that is GEE - aka the only Kpop song I've ever truly liked and maybe one of my fave songs of all time.
Rita:
Ballad: Romantic but slightly sickly sweet. The euphoric chorus makes up for it and it it wasn’t there, you wouldn’t be discouraged from sleeping throughout it.
Dance: A bit of a messy track that feels like a few songs in one. The latter half of the song definitely makes up for what feels like a filler-ish first bit. Highlights include the chorus and the fast, gyrating music.
Single: Slightly hard to describe but it’s mediocre. Neither good nor bad but just there. It doesn’t have any redeeming qualities beside the change in music in the middle.
Free: Insanely infectious. It will make you want to go for a spin in that taxi. The subtle verses of sweet pop lead up to an incredibly catchy chorus that you cannot help but dance and sing along to. Only downside is the bridge that finds itself a little weak compared to the rest of the song.
Selena Gomez
Ballad
Dance
Single
Free choice
Demetria:
Loves it! Although, I would've put Naturally in the dance category.
Simon:
irst of all i must say you're doing an amazing job with Selena The lyrics from the ballad are beautiful and the way she sing it it's so relaxing and in some parts reminds me of Cheryl's voice x) the only thing i would change in your playlist is the "Dance" song.
Rihanna:
I in no way consider myself a fan of her music, so I didn't expect to love this playlist. You proved me wrong. The ballad was sweet and nice, and Hit The Lights was the perfect choice for the dance song. I think the last track was a little weak and you could have maybe brought a little more fierceness with it, but like I said, I was pleasantly surprised with how fierce the rest of this playlist was.
Rita:
Ballad: A mellow atmosphere dwells along to an auto tune weighted chorus. The laid back feel of the song works only for so long before it becomes a little too simplistic.
Dance: Piano keys begin the song that leads to a dancey, juicy berry that bursts with flavour. The chorus and latter part of the song are the strongest.
Single: Mystifying, dark, yet alluring and infectious at the same time. Its chorus doesn’t live up to the verses that are too hard to compete with. The dreary bridge unfortunately doesn’t add much.
Free: Piercing shrills with a lifeless verse and shrieky chorus finds this song on borderline painful. The whispering also feels odd and overall a failed effort.
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Member Since: 9/16/2009
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i can't have an idea of who's going to be eliminated
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Member Since: 9/6/2012
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I would have sent 'When I Look at You' as a ballad for Miley, but Stay is good too.
Two of my fav songs from her.
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Member Since: 9/16/2009
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Originally posted by Kavish
I would have sent 'When I Look at You' as a ballad for Miley, but Stay is good too.
Two of my fav songs from her.
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and did you forgot "Can't Be Tamed"?
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Member Since: 12/24/2010
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No, Take me with Jesus slays.
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Member Since: 11/27/2008
Posts: 78,826
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results on the next page?
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Member Since: 9/6/2012
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Originally posted by Edi_Shak
and did you forgot "Can't Be Tamed"?
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Can't Be Tamed
Stay
When I Look At You
The Climb
Party In The U.S.A
Ordinary Girl
See You Again
Start All Over
The Best of Both Worlds
Wow I actually like a lot of Miley songs
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Member Since: 12/24/2010
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No, don't be so impatient
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Member Since: 9/6/2012
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I'm actually deciding along with Regina who is gonna be eliminated.
I'll send the results to Regina soon
I got a high salary for this.
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Member Since: 10/18/2010
Posts: 29,224
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OMG, I'm not 100% sure, but it didn't seem it was a good round for Cheryl... I knew I should've chosen "A Million Lights" instead of "The Flood"...
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Member Since: 12/24/2010
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Originally posted by Nait Phoenix
OMG, I'm not 100% sure, but it didn't seem it was a good round for Cheryl... I knew I should've chosen "A Million Lights" instead of "The Flood"...
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Exactly.
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Originally posted by MusicLoverDude
wait, what?
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He's messing with you.
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Member Since: 10/18/2010
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Originally posted by Regina George
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It was a Shania-esque golden flower of a song and I totally abandoned it. This would suck if one poor choice out of four ends up being my downfall...
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Member Since: 9/6/2012
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I agree. A Million Lights is her best ballad. I gave it a 10 on Regina's
Cheryl Cole discography rate
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OMG, the results
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Originally posted by Regina George
OMG, the results
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what?
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Member Since: 11/27/2008
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Someone's going home, and it's gonna shock us apparently
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judging the comments maybe hilary will noooo
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Member Since: 12/24/2010
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Originally posted by Edi_Shak
what?
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Is just by .25
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Member Since: 9/16/2009
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Quote:
Originally posted by Regina George
Is just by .25
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we're ready
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