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Post by Daniel on Oct 22, 2018 21:28:31 GMT 1
 MAIN CHALLENGE
As the winner of the mini challenge, Frieda Livêrie will get to assign all judges and
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Post by Daniel on Oct 22, 2018 21:34:47 GMT 1
GUEST JUDGE
Our very special guest judge of the week will be Fire (αndreas )!
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Post by Callum on Oct 22, 2018 21:46:33 GMT 1
 Colleen Green: "I did not try to drag anyone."Frieda Livêrie will be judged by Malala
Delilah Grace will be judged by NeNe Leakes
Miss Piggy will be judged by Ornacia
Junglepu$$y will be judged by Daniel
Azealia Bongos will be judged by Fire |
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Post by Eke on Oct 24, 2018 16:13:30 GMT 1
Junglepu$$yDedicated to My ParentsMozart - "Queen of the Night aria" (performed by Diana Damrau)This might seem like an odd choice for this category at first, but the reason I've chosen it is because while my parents both like different genres of music, one genre they both like a lot is classical music. This is one of Mozart's most popular compositions, however as my mum is a clasically trained opera singer, I have heard her perform this song several times, and while I have also heard her performing other songs, this one in particular has always stuck out to me. Content-wise I would obviously not dedicate this song to my parents, however because of the connotations around it, I felt it appropriate. 0:58+To My Future SelfKero Kero Bonito - "Dear Future Self"Yes, a song literally titled "Dear Future Self", I know. The song's quite a melancholic exploration of the future, whilst also being direct in asking questions about the future I'd imagine everyone is curious about (technological changes, death of loved ones). Why I really feel like this song relates to me is because it's written from the perspective of a young person with no clear idea about their future, which is almost exactly the spot I'm in now, in my final year of school. Two lines from this song stuck out to me the most: "I used to be fine because you always seemed so far away, but now I feel our paths getting closer each day" - even though I have no clear idea of where the future will be taking me, it seems as if time is moving faster and faster with each day passing, and what felt like it was a long time away in the past is already here now. 0:47+Lyrics:Dear future self, it's me again
The girl you buried way back when
I see you gave into curiosity
My life right now is going well
I’ve time to spare as one can tell
But you might just sense some trepidation too
No one knows where they really want to go
Why we always stay inside
And now it snows
But I bet you miss it all
So
Do cars ever fly?
Have you travelled time?
Or is it just the same old thing for you and I?
I used to be fine because you always seemed so far away
But now I feel our paths getting closer each day
You'll find enclosed, a passport photograph
The headlines and a railcard
It's funny how physical us humans are
Ahh-ahh-ahh-ahh
But I heard all the years’ll leave you hurt
Everyone you love disappears and nothing works
Please don't say you hate the world
I hope that I won't
Do cars ever fly?
Have you travelled time?
Or is it just the same old thing for you and I?
I used to be fine because you always seemed so far away
But now I feel our paths getting closer each day
It's rather strange Pandering to DanielElif - "Anlauf nehmen"2:19+ |
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Post by Callum on Oct 24, 2018 18:12:57 GMT 1
Frieda Livêrie
The Cranberries | Dreams
Timeslot | 2:32-2:57
For my parents
I chose this song for two main reasons: the first and easier one to explain
is that my parents met in 1992 (in Benidorm, of all places  ), and that this
song was released the same year.
The second reason is that this song is an unconditional declaration of love - like a
dream come true. My parents have been together since 1992, and have also been happily
married for 20 years now. Nothing - even the massive financial hardship they underwent
while I was still young - got in their way. I have nothing but admiration for them
and this song is the best testimony to their love, I feel. Pure ecstasy right from
the start to the finish.
Lyrics
Oh my life is changing everyday
In every possible way
And oh my dreams
It's never quite as it seems
Never quite as it seems
I know I felt like this before
But now I'm feeling it even more
Because it came from you
Then I open up and see
The person falling here is me
A different way to be
I want more, impossible to ignore
Impossible to ignore
And they'll come true
Impossible not to do
Possible not to do
And now I tell you openly
You have my heart so don't hurt me
You're what I couldn't find
A totally amazing mind
So understanding and so kind
You're everything to me
Oh my life is changing everyday
In every possible way
And oh my dreams
It's never quite as it seems
'Cause you're a dream to me
Dream to me
Evi Vine | For the Dreamers
Timeslot | 2:43-3:08
For my future self
We're going deep with the meaning:
On a more heavy note, I dedicated this song to my future self for one ultimate reason:
this song highlights my desire for happiness - in whatever form it may come in.
Whenever or wherever I will obtain it - I don't know. As the title implies, I am a
dreamer; and dreams can either come true or simply disappear once you wake up/realise.
I've had my (un)fair share of grievances in the past and present, and they've led me to a
critical breaking point many, many times. At times, I'd forgotten how to care for anyone,
and at others, I'd felt neglected by everyone.
The "you" in this song, to me, is happiness. It is fleeting, it comes and goes - and whenever
I see it, I am full of optimism; but then it goes dark again.
This relates to my future self because I want it to strive for happiness, just as powerful as Evi Vine
makes it. Enough bursts of optimism - I want to live in it forever.
In addition, the soundscape this song creates is phenomenal. It only makes everything sound much
more real and enhances the power of the message that's being delivered.
Lyrics
There is a doorway to the light
Behind the dark, timeless skies
You are the breath behind the tides
The dreamers, just a child
You are shining golden fire
And there you hear your heart with mine.
Kimbra | Human
Timeslot | 2:52-3:17
For Dimitris/ionnalee/Malala/one half of Dirge xoxo
i better not be done dirty :((
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Post by Alper on Oct 24, 2018 18:44:00 GMT 1
  WEEK 10 // BALL OF LIFE
DEDICATED TO MY PARENTS
Something I have struggled since my whole life. My father works for a company abroad, meaning he has to move to different places each year, even each month sometimes. In my childhood, I was barely able to see him, as he came home once a month or more, and I grew up kind of, fatherless. To my luck, my mother has been with me and my brother throughout this journey, staying with us no matter what, co-hosting the "father" role in a way. Luckily, my father has started to come visit us a lot more, as it is his last year with the company. My childhood was nearly spent with my mother, and she dedicated herself to make me try new things in life, such as making me see the world, learning how to play instruments, and so on. So for this time, I dedicate this song to my mother.
Sampha
(No One Knows Me) Like The Piano
Recap time: 1.54+
The Lyrics:No one knows me like the piano in my mother's home
You would show me I had something some people call a soul
And you dropped out the sky, oh you arrived when I was three years old
No one knows me like the piano in my mother's home
You know I left, I flew the nest
And you know I won't be long
And in my chest you know me best
And you know I'll be back home
An angel by her side, all of the times I knew we couldn't cope
They said that it's her time, no tears in sight, I kept the feelings close
And you took hold of me and never, never, never let me go
'Cause no one knows me like the piano in my mother's home
In my mother's home
SONG TO MY FUTURE SELF
If I had to chance to give my future self some advice and to tell him what to do, I'd want him to save me from my current life. To describe to him what awaits for him in his future, that everything will be fine, and he should never doubt himself at any condition.
I have experienced many setbacks in my life, people telling me that I am useless, that I am overweight, but I always tried to get past them. Hopefully I have succeded.Hako Yamasaki
Help Me
Recap time: 3.00+
The Lyrics:Learn about many kinds of things
And many kinds of people,
If you do that, your worries and doubts will go.
...said someone's voice.
If a day without doubt comes,
If my days all become like that,
I won't want to know anything at all.
I've closed my heart-that's okay too,
right?
You can do as you please,
If you put it less nicely, I am still a child.
...said someone's voice.
I want some part of me to be a child, always.
But my heart is neither opened nor closed.
Everyday it's something, it's time to quit,
Someone help me.
At times like that, I'm someone who
gets up out of bed and tries to walk forward,
I like that.
So I scream,
In my heart,
To myself, I scream help me.
PANDER TO A JUDGE
sis why is your last.fm dead
Probably the hardest challenge for this week to me, and I decided to go to the path of the music genre, rather than the artist that the judge that I was assigned to stans.
The Gloaming
Casadh an tSúgáin
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Post by Aless on Oct 24, 2018 20:01:51 GMT 1
oof too lazy to use the layout Azealia Bongos
Song dedicated to my parents mother
Agir, Carolina Deslandes & Diogo Piçarra - Respirar
Okay so first of all, I hope that messing with the concept won't really affect anything, especially in this case, since for someone to dedicate a song to both their "parents", they do need them, and I only have a mother.
So even though this song isn't directly related to my mother, it has a really deep meaning surrounding my relationship with her. I haven't had an easy childhood, and despite I'm pretty sure that during that time she was much worse than me, I usually did take it all out on her, which means that our relationship has always been pretty conflicted. Everything changed a couple of months ago when I moved alone. It wasn't until then when I felt that I do need her in my life, and this is what this song represents at its finest. This feeling of guilt is something that has chased me since then and I can't see it disappearing anytime soon, and this song speaks to me in a way that it makes everything surrounding this issue much easier.
Timeslot: 0:57+
Lyrics:
I know that sometimes I cannot see,
I know you deserve more
I know that I sometimes make you suffer
I don't read your signals.
But the day was born and with it
A new chance to start again
And if love didn't die I have my
whole life to show you
That without you I don't know how to live
That without you I don't even know how to say
What would it be like if they took you away from me
Without you, I don't know how to live
Without you, I don't even know how to say
How much I actually need you
To breathe
To breathe
I know I never deserved you
I do know that I failed you
You're much more than what I wanted
But I do the best I can
But the day was born and with it
A new chance to start again
And if love didn't die I have my
whole life to show you
That without you I don't know how to live
That without you I don't even know how to say
What would it be like if they took you away from me
Without you, I don't know how to live
Without you, I don't even know how to say
How much I actually need you
To breathe
To breathe
I know that sometimes
I don't deserve what you give me
To breathe
To breathe
Song dedicated to my future self
Ana Vilela - Trem-BalaThis will be hard to explain. When I first listened to this song I just saved it without paying any attention to the lyrics, only taking into account how good it sounds. I did know the lyrics were positive, but I never knew that just reading them would actually change my perspective of life. It has also helped me to just focus on positivity and on everything that will make me grow as a person.
I know that when I first read these lyrics, the future myself this song was dedicated to was myself of today, I've already got this message. I personally think that, despite that, this is a message I need throughout my whole life to actually live better.
Timeslot: 1:51+
Lyrics:
It's not about having all the people of the world for oneself
It's about knowing that in some place there's someone who supports you
It's about singing and being able to listen more than the own voice
It's about dancing in the rain of life which falls on us
It's knowing to feel infinite
In a universe this vast and beautiful, it's knowing to dream
Then make worth it
Every single verse of that poem about believing
It's not about getting
To the top of the world and knowing you won
It's about climbing and feeling that the way made you stronger
It's about serving as a shelter
And also having space in other hearts
And this way having friends with you in every situation
People can't have everything
What would be the point of the world if it was like this?
That's why I prefer smiles
And the presents that life brought next to me
It's not about everything money is able to buy
And it is about each moment, smile to share
It's also not about
Running against time to always have more
Because when you expect it the least, life stayed behind
Hold your son on your lap
Smile and hug your parents while they're here
That life is a bullet train, my friend
And people are only the passenger about to leave
Pandering to Ms. Fuego
Melanie Walker - Mandihy Zay Mandre🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
Timeslot: 1:14+
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Post by Bas on Oct 24, 2018 20:33:06 GMT 1
Miss Piggy
Dedicated to my parents
Valentina Eleni - Grijs (Grey)
2:08+
"Grijs" is about the impermanence and mortality of your parents. This might not be my parents can really relate to at this point and neither is it something I really worry about. However this song still really touched and made me think for a while. It's hard for me to describe the song so that's why I will translate some of the lyrics:
"When I look at my mother, I see her mortality, and my father never was this close."
"How could I have been so hard, how could I have been so cold, how could I have been like this."
"Daddy, you can't leave, I still need to go to bed. Daddy, I'm also grey and discolored. Our hair, now together."
It basically brings up all different kinds of emotions: fear, sadness and regret. But it also describes how getting older is bringing you and your parents more together.
To my future self
Krezip - Sweet Goodbyes2:22+I really was unsure about sending this but I love this song so much and it has always been really special to me so I just decided to send it. The message I'm trying to give to my future self is that life is going to get tougher and you are most likely going to feel like shit at some point. But there will always be people in your life caring about you and helping you through hard times.
Lyrics:Can't sleep 'cause everything's changing
You don't want to leave things behind
Can't breath 'cause too many things going on going wrong in your life
Tears in your eyes
Sweet goodbyes
I know how you feel right now
Losing dreams you've come to care about
I know what you need right now
You need to come on home so I can hold you tight
Get you through the night
I'll Get you through the night
Wake up the sun's shining bright lets go out of bed into the light
Shape up we won't forget still there's lots of love left to hold tight
Tears in your eyes
Sweet goodbyes
I know how you feel right now
Losing dreams you've come to care about
I know what you need right now
You need to come on home so I can hold you tight
Get you through the night
Everything I love between us will get us through the night
All the things we lost will teach us see
The pretty things in life
All the places that we've been to
The people we relate to
All the love that we give in to
Blow the tears from our eyes
Sweet goodbyes
I know how you feel right now
Losing dreams you've come to care about
I know what you need right now
You need to come on home so I can hold you tight
I know how you feel right now
Losing dreams you've come to care about
I know what you need right now
You need to come on home so I can hold you tight
I'll get you through the night
Pandering to Ornacia Sumera - Wolf
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