Daniel
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Post by Daniel on Dec 17, 2018 16:21:22 GMT 1
 MAIN CHALLENGE
Welcome back All Stars!
It's time to create a legacy, that lasts longer than a lifetime.
Madame Sheila, as the winner of the mini challenge, you will get to assign the legends to the queens!
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Post by Alper on Dec 17, 2018 17:23:45 GMT 1
Here you go babes x |
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Post by αndreas on Dec 17, 2018 20:20:44 GMT 1
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Aretha Franklin - "(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman"
[put this video over the audio for the recap (1:18+)]
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I chose this song because I feel like it perfectly represents Aretha as an artist while also being one of her most famous songs without being too obvious.
No one can sing this song like she does and she's proven that numerous times over the years, with her performance at the Kennedy Center Honors 2015 considered one of her best overall. |
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Post by Julian on Dec 17, 2018 23:03:54 GMT 1
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Freddy Mercury (with Queen) • “The Show Must Go On”
I chose this because in my eyes the song really represents Freddy as an artist and as a person. Besides that, the song is a bop imo and I also feel like it’s less obvious than some other choices I could’ve made without not being iconic.
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Post by Alper on Dec 18, 2018 18:54:14 GMT 1
IMMORTAL LEGENDS AMY WINEHOUSE – LOVE IS A LOSING GAME Why do we love the one who doesn't love us back the hardest?
Like the other songs on the Back to Black album, this was written during a difficult time in Winehouse's life. Her then boyfriend Blake Fielder-Civil had abandoned her to return to his previous girlfriend, leaving Amy devastated. After the songs were written he returned and they got married in 2007. However, at the time Winehouse was emotionally fragile but she chose to use her pain as raw material for her songs, which she found to be a healing experience. She explained to Mojo Magazine January 2008: "I'm not frightened of appearing vulnerable. I write songs about stuff that I can't really get past emotionally-and then I feel better."
For you I was a flame
Love is a losing game
Five story fire as you came
Love is a losing game
One I wish I never played
Oh what a mess we made
And now the final frame
Love is a losing game
Played out by the band
Love is a losing hand
More than I could stand
Love is a losing hand
Self professed, profound
'Til the chips were down
Know you're a gambling man
Love is a losing hand
Though I betted blind
Love is a fate resigned
Memories mar my mind
Love, it is a fate resigned
Over futile odds
And laughed at by the gods
And now the final frame
Love is a losing game
Timeslot: TBA
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Post by Eke on Dec 18, 2018 19:02:24 GMT 1
Shemalena GomezMusic VideoAudio (longer version without sound effects)Whitney Houston - "So Emotional"Whitney is a singer who had numerous hits throughout her lifetime, but of those only one or two are songs people really remember, therefore I felt like I had a good amount of songs to pick from for this week. Whilst the majority of Whitney's songs are huge, R&B-flavoured power ballads, "So Emotional" and a handful of her other earlier work are pure 80s synth/dancepop, a genre people often forget she dabbled in until they remember "I Wanna Dance with Somebody" is also by her. This is why I felt like "So Emotional" was a great choice for this week, because amongst other reasons, the song is a massive banger and stands out well, in my opinion. 2:58+ (video); 3:12+ (audio) |
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Post by alexeh on Dec 18, 2018 21:28:43 GMT 1
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Michael Jackson - "Bad" (3:08+)
As one of the most iconic singers of all time, it was difficult to choose a song of Michael's that was the perfect balance between not being too obvious and still being iconic, and I think "Bad" is the right embodiment of that balance. |
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Post by Lᴇꜰ on Dec 18, 2018 22:03:24 GMT 1
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David Bowie - "Life On Mars?"
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I chose this song because it's one of David's best songs in my opinion (and according to the critics). I think it's a song with a deep meaning that represents him well as an artist.
“In Bowie’s lyric, a sullen teenage girl is sent off to the movies by her distracted parents, gets stood up by her friend (maybe her boyfriend) and dejectedly takes her seat in the stalls. It’s one of the few early rock-era songs in which a girl is simply the subject of a song, not an object of beauty or lust or distraction, and Bowie also neatly captures the essence of a teenager’s life: filled with slights and petty injustices, the constant restlessness (take the way nearly each line starts with a new conjunction), the ingrained tedium of your narrow world.”
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