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Tournament: PLATINUM HIT 8
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Originally posted by ClarksonSlays
Is this "Arca" you speak of on Spotify?
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He is, search for arca mutant
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Originally posted by 8thPrince
He is, search for arca mutant
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Jesus christ 20 tracks?  What genre is it? Avant garde?
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Spotify?
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Let me do a 25 vs. Nine review.
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Wait, for those of you who have 25, do you guys hear the wrong chord in Remedy? It's at 2:06. I can't tell if it's a wrong chord or note or if it's even an accident at all. It just strikes me every time I listen to it.
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Originally posted by ClarksonSlays
Jesus christ 20 tracks? What genre is it? Avant garde? |
It's electronic. Don't worry most of the songs are 1-2 minutes long it's not a super long listen
ETA: Yeah it BARELY clocks an hour
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'Nine' is under 40 minutes.  We've waited 3 years for this album, too.
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Originally posted by ClarksonSlays
Wait, for those of you who have 25, do you guys hear the wrong chord in Remedy? It's at 2:06. I can't tell if it's a wrong chord or note or if it's even an accident at all. It just strikes me every time I listen to it.
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@8th listen and help me fat
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Originally posted by Sam
'Nine' is under 40 minutes. We've waited 3 years for this album, too. |
I was gonna listen to it but it's not on Spotify 
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I only have Remedy in the CD in my car or else I would listen to it
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Originally posted by jpow
I only have Remedy in the CD in my car or else I would listen to it
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Originally posted by ClarksonSlays
Maybe next time
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Originally posted by ClarksonSlays
@8th listen and help me fat
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Ha! Not falling for that, you'll have to try harder to trick me into listening to an Adele album
(Besides I sure as hell don't own 25, if you can find a video link I might be able to help)
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Originally posted by ceremonials
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Did you enjoy sis? 
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Originally posted by 8thPrince
Ha! Not falling for that, you'll have to try harder to trick me into listening to an Adele album
(Besides I sure as hell don't own 25, if you can find a video link I might be able to help)
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Check your PMs 
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Originally posted by ClarksonSlays
I was gonna listen to it but it's not on Spotify |
Yeah, it's only being released in Australia for now, I think.
I mean, all of the songs are on YouTube and there's always Hola unblocker, but yeah.
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Originally posted by Sam
Yeah, it's only being released in Australia for now, I think.
I mean, all of the songs are on YouTube and there's always Hola unblocker, but yeah. |
I'll listen to it after Arca
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Meowster's Comments
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01. swiftie13 Heal
I think one of the best parts about this song is it's opposing viewpoints. The verses counter with the chorus, speaking in second person, while the chorus solidifies the message in a first person setting. It is unique and it helps make the song feel wide-reaching and yet personal. There's a lot of repetition in here that was used to great effect, even from the opening line: "we're rushing, we're screaming, we're flustered," for example. This really helps build the message that you are trying to convey. You can do a lot with your words - it is clear that you have a lot to tell. Sometimes I almost feel that if you took things to an even simpler level, that it might really suit your style even greater.
Theme wise, I enjoyed the topic that you chose and the word choices you used really helped create that. I think a line like "I emerged from the dark, becoming more aware of the peril before my eyes, man can rise from the dust" is great example of how the phrasing connects and adds to the issue of standing your own and the worlds ground.
02. UFO Paradise
A relevant topic considering what all has transpired this past week. The tone of your work here, especially in the chorus, is morbidly ironic yet true. Pure peace would be finally delivered when war stops and indeed humanity with it. There is a great sense of urgency within your two verses. They are short yet realized in their thoughts, which gives a sense of terror and distress within the chaos surrounding them and us. The best lines in this selection would be the first two of the second verse: "The lakes are dry, their souls are seized, their hands are lined with the pain they leave."
It is a very strong theme. You clearly see the passion that you have for it, especially being able to realize the saddening truths that come together with your issue.
03. Buyonce1814 Change
Thank you for your message, I don't think it was necessary though, you should never feel the need to apologize for something you've worked hard on. I actually felt like there was a very strong flow to this - even early on with "for the rich stay rich, for the poor life's a bitch," which I felt was really clever and honest. I enjoy the specificity of the verses, though they can at times be a little bit of a reach regarding flow, opposing the short and proud answers of the chorus. The rhyming was top notch and really fit into that Lauryn Hill style you were seeking to emulate.
"We all want the fallacy to avoid our realities" is brave and frankly powerful. I think that there are two ways to address an issue: either metaphorically or physically. You took it physically with direct allusions, strong statements, and gave us all an immediate and distinct reaction. I know you felt like you did this in a rush but I think this was one of your best selections.
04. jpow Something Better
A very interesting selection. Using all of these different perspectives of these people and how society looks at them through your verses was different and I thought you had really great flow throughout the entire song. The chorus is a little schmaltzy for me (a little bit of a Born This Way tea) but it does it get it's point across and I do believe the sincerity is there. Verses were very poetic and matched with each other, building and creating something that completes it's own thoughts and ideas.
I think by choosing a man from Saudi Arabia versus a woman from Texas gave us the proper juxtaposition for this theme to really work. It gives us two sides of the same coin that I don't think everyone is willing to look at or embrace. Prejudice comes in all forms and all forms should be acknowledged. You did good with your topic.
05. TheCheetahwings Desensitized
The chorus was my favorite part of this song. There are so many contrasting elements being thrown back in forth, destructive contrasts, that really create an electric flow that bounces. "Silk sewn from a nations hate, a flags political retrograde" was particularly a favorite line of mine. I found it to be quite clever and the rhyming worked here to a tee. Your prose is both elegant and challenging. You use words, imagery, metaphors, and they all seem to bridge together to create something beautiful.
The theme was a common one that we've seen throughout the night but you had an emphasis on violence as a whole, anger as a whole, which made it different from the rest. Thoughts and ideas were bridged together to build something challenging to the reader and make them feel rather than immediately think and question. The emotional appeal was strong here.
06. ausdaniel Truce
There was a lot to like here and there was also some areas where I think you could have tightened things up a bit. The pre-chorus, for me, was the best part of your selection and had a natural flow and order to it. The emotional appeal in your chorus is there but I feel like it could have been written a little more strongly - especially toward the end. The lines that support it are good but truce is hammered in too many times for me. That being said, I did enjoy the obvious emotion that coursed throughout your wording and language. Outro was used beautifully.
It was interesting getting a perspective on this issue from someone close to the heart of the issue. That was an important little footnote, thanks for telling us that. You definitely appealed strongly towards emotion but I think there was a bit of a physical element to it as well.
07. ClarksonSlays Stars of Dusk
There is some really poetic and strong imagery within here: "meadows can grow from our violet tears," "towers of memories may crash to the earth," it helps the flow of the song and really paints the long journey of recovery. Any issues I have with this selection are mainly tiny squabbles. Possibly unintended repetition, such as darkness being used twice, that didn't really feel like it connected to the darkness of the previous line. Same with cold in the first verse. Again, petty squabbles, but just something I wanted to throw out there.
The chronological narration does an excellent job of showing us the stages of grief and sadness and eventually the hope of moving on. This really helped bring your social topic come to life.
08. Achilles. Hatred Over Love (Created Equal)
Interesting elements here and I have to say that I really relished in the anger of your text because it did feel extremely genuine. The song flows well, rhyming is done incredibly well when enforced, but the imagery and conviction of the tone really sells the song and is it's biggest strength. There were ironic and cunning choices here, like you comparing the plight of minorities to Jesus being crucified, and the spoken bridge was very brave. Excellent song.
Kii, random, but I couldn't stop of thinking of Ted Cruz's ignorant homophobic ass while you were spewing and (rightfully) fuming. Or maybe you were being obvious here. The emotional appeal of your song is so passionate and fuming. It's a side of you that I don't think we've really seen in this competition so far. "Who knew that love could incite so much hate, why is it still legal to discriminate," yes, drag them by their roots. The anger in your tone really builds towards the topic.
09. 8thPrince Axe
Your song follows a set pattern, including the length. I felt like this helped the song feel a bit orderly, in a good way, as if you are coming to a realization. Flow felt natural to me and the imagery was on point. The post-chorus is my favorite part of the selection. It comes off as very natural and you use some strong language and the word choices help realize it's own integrity: "I want to burn my own path in the wilderness, take pride in something that's selfless."
"This isn't Camelot, this is a cold war." Bold start to a piece about the frustration of being unable to find the life that was to be promised. The axe works as a strong metaphor of finding strength and resolve and forcing your way to the top. So many people are losing themselves, as you say in the chorus, when what they need is all that they already have. It was a good theme.
10. Vulnicura Island
The questions you beg are not easy ones to answer. "Are my body and soul my own?" "When will death come to my bed?" Your song asks and shows something that is complicated to most in the world. Those questions help create interest and discussion in music. The bridge was my favorite part of this song. Your style of syntax, your style of phrasing, they really come together here and have the most emotionally resonant aspect that I think would make most listeners sit and pause and wonder - the goal of any song.
Vastly different and specific topic compared to most of our other competitors. I approve. The tone of your song is so sympathetic and sad and, most important of all, pleading for the person or everyone around them to understand what they are going through. It's not an easy topic to tell, indeed, quite controversial, but I think combined with your word choices and the perspective you tell it through really makes it come alive.
11. Moonchild Devil May Care
"Fight monsters and hope religion's true, but doesn't the abyss stare back into you?" Eek at how accurate and true this statement is - plus it flowed so expertly. There are some sections here that feel abstract, very otherworldly, while the other is very set in reality. Tone helps you differentiate this and let us sink it all in. The flow to your song is great, it is slithery (not a Satan comparison, hihi, we're children of God), with great allusions to church and worldly and Godly things.
The theme of your selection was strongly achieved through the questions that you direct. They aren't outright vicious, nor are they demanding, but they are factual and give reason to listen. I think there is some viciousness within here but I also felt it was a bit objective to the situation as well. Great song.
12. Dylobs One More Time
"Of her past innocence, which has no resemblance" is such a sad statement. The rhyming really helps create a melancholic intensity to the very start of the piece. The hook was the strongest part of the song for me - "a victim of greed, their insatiable need," this song really is a masterclass of powerful rhyming. It all flows together smoothly, the syntax is jilted, reflecting the grief and sorrow that must course through the victim's veins.
This was depressing and I mean in the best possible way. There are all the right elements at play here, the angered rhyming, the saddened tone, the melancholic word choices. There's beauty to be found in tragedy and the beauty we find within this song stings.
13. Element The World Is a Child
Short and sweet. "The World is a Child" was a nice showing of what our responsibilities should be as the Earth's custodian and our own failures as a leader. I don't think the song was ever too harsh, even though at times it could have ventured into that territory. It was almost as if the narrator were an objective third party - perhaps the Earth, those that have suffered, acknowledging their shared pain? The pre-chorus is my favorite part of the selection. It's short but is worded so carefully. You can almost sense a childlike naivete to it.
Repetition here really strengthens the resolve and integrity of this song. "Fragile, the world is so fragile," you can almost feel this within. The questions you pose within your chorus are strong but I feel the answers that you give following them are even stronger.
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ClarksonSlays – Stars of Dusk
There is some really poetic and strong imagery within here: "meadows can grow from our violet tears," "towers of memories may crash to the earth," it helps the flow of the song and really paints the long journey of recovery. Any issues I have with this selection are mainly tiny squabbles. Possibly unintended repetition, such as darkness being used twice, that didn't really feel like it connected to the darkness of the previous line. Same with cold in the first verse. Again, petty squabbles, but just something I wanted to throw out there.
The chronological narration does an excellent job of showing us the stages of grief and sadness and eventually the hope of moving on. This really helped bring your social topic come to life.
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Meowster's first ever negative comment I jest, thank you Meowster, I tried super hard to avoid the repetition of words - mainly pain - but I guess I overlooked some choices
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Originally posted by ClarksonSlays
Wait, for those of you who have 25, do you guys hear the wrong chord in Remedy? It's at 2:06. I can't tell if it's a wrong chord or note or if it's even an accident at all. It just strikes me every time I listen to it.
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Ooooh OK I see I think I know what you're hearing
It's not a wrong chord
This song follows the four chords of pop progression for the most part, and GENERALLY the chords used are
I-V-vi-IV
(In Remedy that would be D major-A major-B minor-G major)
But instead for the chorus Remedy shifts the third in the vi up one semitone and the third in the IV down one semitone making it
I-V-IV-vi
(D major-A major-G major-B minor)
Tedder essentially switches the last two chords from the commonly heard progression, so it sounds off to your ear
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Just note my comments won't be coming soon ("tonight" in the US). They should definitely be posted by the morning US time, but I honestly wouldn't recommend waiting up for them unless you really, really want to!
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