March 17, 20223 yr Author 11 UHSTING ◼ Maria Rodés 'Seguramente Fui Yo’ 8qlgYC1BSyg Why 'Seguramente Fui Yo’? I sent Tom Morello ft. Phantogram - Driving to Texas which was then sadly vetoed because I really like the somewhat apocalyptic vibes and it definitely moves you in a sentimental way. You also have the grand guitar solo at the end which I think is delivered by Tom Morello. I then opted for Maria Rodes - Seguramente Fui Yo. This song has a unique sound which I believe should stand out in the contest. This folk sound is unlike any I've heard in nowadays music. I like the simple chord progression I-VII done repeatedly in A Aeolian which gets you yearning for more. The main melody is hexatonic though the entire first theme becomes the usual heptatonic later on with the accompaniment. I love the choice of instruments in this song, for instance the lack of pitch when strumming the guitar (I think?). Then goes to a celebratory second theme which pleasantly surprises, and it has undergone modulation to A Ionian. I love the vocals are cheering in the background, making way for the fiddles to perform their part which is similar to the vocal melody in the first theme. Overall I think the song is simple yet effective. The folk sound in particular is a huge push factor for my choice in Nuggets, and the song is also modernized with different experimentations to new sounds and unusual modulations and unique interpretation of the chord progression. Votes 12 BRUIT ≤ 'The Machine Is Burning (Live)' 10 God Is an Astronaut 'Forever Lost' 08 Gang of Youths 'in the wake of your leave' 07 Mishkin Fitzgerald 'Seraphim' 06 RAISE A SUILEN 'Invincible Fighter' 05 KennyHoopla 'how will i rest in peace if i'm buried by a highway?//' 04 TORRES 'Thirstier' 03 Nocturna 'New Evil' 02 Ana Sanz 'Sigo' 01 Crumb 'BNR' It was a really difficult to select the 12 pointer. I was flipping between the top 2. They both have drawn out deep emotions really well, which is something that rock genre or related has always tried to achieve. The Machine Is Burning slightly edges with a slow but powerful buildup. The emotions slowly sink in and I really like the flow. That commentary is just exquisite 'The Machine Is Burning (Live)' has some serious stans with its third twelve points tonight — and now it is right back into second place. Gang of Youths continue to pull away, and previous leader, MASTER BOOT RECORD, drops out of the top five. ◼◼◼ Scoreboard 01 57 Gang of Youths 'in the wake of your leave' 02 46 BRUIT ≤ 'The Machine Is Burning (Live)' 03 43 God Is an Astronaut 'Forever Lost’ CHEZ WOMBAT 04 43 KennyHoopla 'how will i rest in peace if i'm buried by a highway?//' 05 41 Nocturna 'New Evil' 06 40 MASTER BOOT RECORD ‘Ftp' DOBBO 07 34 And So I Watch You from Afar '7 Billion People all Alive at Once' 08 34 RAISE A SUILEN 'Invincible Fighter’ J00prstar 09 32 Mishkin Fitzgerald 'Seraphim' 10 32 TORRES 'Thirstier' 11 27 Benjamin Francis Leftwhich 'Atlas Hands’ BJORK 12 27 Cellar Darling 'DANCE' 13 23 Pool 'Everything Is Not Yet Lost’ AWARDINARY 14 22 Baltra 'Will You Be? (CFCF Remix)’ KATH 15 20 Ana Sanz ‘Sigo' ANSEL 16 20 Maria Rodés 'Seguramente Fui Yo’ USTING 17 19 nicebeatsprod. 'I Cannot Get You Out Of My Head (feat. voxeaa)' 18 17 Crumb 'BNR' 19 12 Origami Angel 'Noah Fence' 20 10 Falling In Reverse 'ZOMBIFIED' 21 09 Esti Kornél 'Utánad' 22 07 Breichiau Hir ‘Mwynhau' PETEFROMLEEDS 23 07 CRASHDÏET 'Generation Wild' 24 06 Hangman's Chair ‘Loner' Brer 25 05 Poets of the Fall 'Locking Up the Sun' 26 03 The Hotelier 'Among the Wildflowers' 27 02 Zen ‘Desaparecer' JUAN CARLOS
March 17, 20223 yr Great entry uhsting, it can be a bit disheartening to not send your initial idea but it was a strong back-up.
March 17, 20223 yr Please forgive me and make necessary corrections if my music theory analysis is incorrect :kink:
March 17, 20223 yr That was an excellent choice. Didn't expect it to be you Uhsting for some reason haha. A very sweet track. Oops doing pretty bad so far. Edited March 17, 20223 yr by Roba.
March 17, 20223 yr Mm. I understood some of the words in that uhsting commentary. :kink: (I had to rack my brains for a while to come up with any commentary more insightful than 'it gud lol', can you tell I'm not well versed in music theory) Starting to accept that my song is probably just bombing and it's not only a case of the early voters being unfriendly oops
March 17, 20223 yr Author 12 SEVENSEIZE ◼ Origami Angel 'Noah Fence' g0VncwFdv4M Why 'Noah Fence'? ‘Noah Fence’ is one of many great tracks off Origami Angel's recent album, which I felt deserved some exposure here - energetic pop punk with charming lyrics about rejecting religion in favour of his love interest Votes 12 The Hotelier 'Among the Wildflowers' 10 KennyHoopla 'how will i rest in peace if i'm buried by a highway?//' 08 And So I Watch You from Afar '7 Billion People all Alive at Once' 07 Poets of the Fall 'Locking Up the Sun' 06 RAISE A SUILEN 'Invincible Fighter' 05 MASTER BOOT RECORD 'Ftp' 04 Hangman's Chair 'Loner' 03 Cellar Darling 'DANCE' 02 Benjamin Francis Leftwhich 'Atlas Hands' 01 TORRES 'Thirstier' My 12 points had to go to The Hotelier, a band I'd already been familiar with but this tormented track sounds as great as ever, with its powerful instrumentation and passionate vocal delivery, especially on that chorus <3 It's been largely ignored tonight but 'Among the Wildflowers' managed to catch the attention of SevenSeize — and a lovely twelve points. 'how will i rest in peace if i'm buried by a highway?//' breaks into second place after scoring fairly consistently so far. ◼◼◼ Scoreboard 01 57 Gang of Youths 'in the wake of your leave' 02 53 KennyHoopla 'how will i rest in peace if i'm buried by a highway?//' 03 46 BRUIT ≤ 'The Machine Is Burning (Live)' 04 45 MASTER BOOT RECORD ‘Ftp' DOBBO 05 43 God Is an Astronaut 'Forever Lost’ CHEZ WOMBAT 06 42 And So I Watch You from Afar '7 Billion People all Alive at Once' 07 41 Nocturna 'New Evil' 08 40 RAISE A SUILEN 'Invincible Fighter’ J00prstar 09 33 TORRES 'Thirstier' 10 32 Mishkin Fitzgerald 'Seraphim' 11 30 Cellar Darling 'DANCE' 12 29 Benjamin Francis Leftwhich 'Atlas Hands’ BJORK 13 23 Pool 'Everything Is Not Yet Lost’ AWARDINARY 14 22 Baltra 'Will You Be? (CFCF Remix)’ KATH 15 20 Ana Sanz ‘Sigo' ANSEL 16 20 Maria Rodés 'Seguramente Fui Yo’ USTING 17 19 nicebeatsprod. 'I Cannot Get You Out Of My Head (feat. voxeaa)' 18 17 Crumb 'BNR' 19 15 The Hotelier 'Among the Wildflowers' 20 12 Origami Angel 'Noah Fence’ SEVENSEIZE 21 12 Poets of the Fall 'Locking Up the Sun' 22 10 Falling In Reverse 'ZOMBIFIED' 23 10 Hangman's Chair ‘Loner' BRER 24 09 Esti Kornél 'Utánad' 25 07 Breichiau Hir ‘Mwynhau' PETEFROMLEEDS 26 07 CRASHDÏET 'Generation Wild' 27 02 Zen ‘Desaparecer' JUAN CARLOS Edited March 17, 20223 yr by blacksquare
March 17, 20223 yr Author 13 WHOODYSSEY ◼ Gang of Youths 'in the wake of your leave’ L5Py3TP9kgU Why 'in the wake of your leave’? To be honest, I wouldn't have sent them if I'd known it was going to be added to Radio 1 just a week or so after! laugh.gif And I definitely was not expecting their album to make the Top 10. But alas, it did fit in the rules when it was sent. It's definitely one of my favourite songs of the year, from an equally fantastic album. That chorus is just euphoric. :wub: Votes 12 Falling In Reverse 'ZOMBIFIED' 10 KennyHoopla 'how will i rest in peace if i'm buried by a highway?//' 08 Pool 'Everything Is Not Yet Lost' 07 Nocturna 'New Evil' 06 Benjamin Francis Leftwhich 'Atlas Hands' 05 Poets of the Fall 'Locking Up the Sun' 04 Zen 'Desaparecer' 03 God Is an Astronaut 'Forever Lost' 02 And So I Watch You from Afar '7 Billion People all Alive at Once' 01 Hangman's Chair 'Loner' 'ZOMBIFIED' is an absolute banger! Despite some of the lyrics, the lead singer is absolutely *not* a MAGA/anti-woke type. Instead, he's just a bit annoyed at some stuff he posted when he was younger, and I think he's grown a lot since. It's been good to see them transform from pop-punk to metal in the last few years! Oops — after leading for a few rounds now, WhoOdyssey pushes themselves into second and KennyHoopla into first place. Also, do I want to look into the lead singer of Falling In Reverse? A few people have mentioned him in their comments... ◼◼◼ Scoreboard 01 63 KennyHoopla 'how will i rest in peace if i'm buried by a highway?//' 02 57 Gang of Youths 'in the wake of your leave’ WHOODYSSEY 03 48 Nocturna 'New Evil' 04 46 BRUIT ≤ 'The Machine Is Burning (Live)' 05 46 God Is an Astronaut 'Forever Lost’ CHEZ WOMBAT 06 45 MASTER BOOT RECORD ‘Ftp' DOBBO 07 44 And So I Watch You from Afar '7 Billion People all Alive at Once' 08 40 RAISE A SUILEN 'Invincible Fighter’ J00prstar 09 35 Benjamin Francis Leftwhich 'Atlas Hands’ BJORK 10 33 TORRES 'Thirstier' 11 32 Mishkin Fitzgerald 'Seraphim' 12 31 Pool 'Everything Is Not Yet Lost’ AWARDINARY 13 30 Cellar Darling 'DANCE' 14 22 Baltra 'Will You Be? (CFCF Remix)’ KATH 15 22 Falling In Reverse 'ZOMBIFIED' 16 20 Ana Sanz ‘Sigo' ANSEL 17 20 Maria Rodés 'Seguramente Fui Yo’ USTING 18 19 nicebeatsprod. 'I Cannot Get You Out Of My Head (feat. voxeaa)' 19 17 Crumb 'BNR' 20 17 Poets of the Fall 'Locking Up the Sun' 21 15 The Hotelier 'Among the Wildflowers' 22 12 Origami Angel 'Noah Fence’ SEVENSEIZE 23 11 Hangman's Chair ‘Loner' BRER 24 09 Esti Kornél 'Utánad' 25 07 Breichiau Hir ‘Mwynhau' PETEFROMLEEDS 26 07 CRASHDÏET 'Generation Wild' 27 06 Zen ‘Desaparecer' JUAN CARLOS Edited March 17, 20223 yr by blacksquare
March 17, 20223 yr Gang of youth really is wonderful <3 a great find and one of the few entries from a non-bjsc contest that went straight on to my playlist
March 17, 20223 yr I think it's best to not look too much into the history of the Falling In Reverse singer based on what I have heard about him oops. Thanks Savan and Whoddy, finally crawling into double figure points at least :kink: The Gang Of Youths song is pretty good and all but ngl I do kind of hope it doesn't end up winning here as it does feel far too mainstream for this contest (I'd have thought that even before the chart success / radio playlisting).
March 17, 20223 yr Gang of Youths was one I knew pre-contest (they were on my radar after being sent to BJSC a while back) so not a discovery or anything, but definitely a good'un
March 17, 20223 yr Author We're at the halfway point, and sadly we had two non-voters for Nuggets Fourteen... not the dreaded -12 :(
March 17, 20223 yr Eek at a lot of my votes not top 10 so far. The song in the lead would be a solid winner though.
March 17, 20223 yr Author 14 LEWISTGREEN ◼ Falling In Reverse ‘ZOMBIFIED' YDDz1Er2IXA 15 MDF ◼ nicebeatsprod. 'I Cannot Get You Out Of My Head (feat. voxeaa)’ I4K8xtiCEMU The twelve points from WhoOdyssey for ‘ZOMBIFIED’ has essentially been nullified... ◼◼◼ Scoreboard 01 63 KennyHoopla 'how will i rest in peace if i'm buried by a highway?//' 02 57 Gang of Youths 'in the wake of your leave’ WHOODYSSEY 03 48 Nocturna 'New Evil' 04 46 BRUIT ≤ 'The Machine Is Burning (Live)' 05 46 God Is an Astronaut 'Forever Lost’ CHEZ WOMBAT 06 45 MASTER BOOT RECORD ‘Ftp' DOBBO 07 44 And So I Watch You from Afar '7 Billion People all Alive at Once' 08 40 RAISE A SUILEN 'Invincible Fighter’ J00prstar 09 35 Benjamin Francis Leftwhich 'Atlas Hands’ BJORK 10 33 TORRES 'Thirstier' 11 32 Mishkin Fitzgerald 'Seraphim' 12 31 Pool 'Everything Is Not Yet Lost’ AWARDINARY 13 30 Cellar Darling 'DANCE' 14 22 Baltra 'Will You Be? (CFCF Remix)’ KATH 15 20 Ana Sanz ‘Sigo' ANSEL 16 20 Maria Rodés 'Seguramente Fui Yo’ USTING 17 17 Crumb 'BNR' 18 17 Poets of the Fall 'Locking Up the Sun' 19 15 The Hotelier 'Among the Wildflowers' 20 12 Origami Angel 'Noah Fence’ SEVENSEIZE 21 11 Hangman's Chair ‘Loner' BRER 22 10 Falling In Reverse ‘ZOMBIFIED' LEWISTGREEN 23 09 Esti Kornél 'Utánad' 24 07 Breichiau Hir ‘Mwynhau' PETEFROMLEEDS 25 07 CRASHDÏET 'Generation Wild' 26 07 nicebeatsprod. 'I Cannot Get You Out Of My Head (feat. voxeaa)’ MDF 27 06 Zen ‘Desaparecer' JUAN CARLOS Edited March 17, 20223 yr by blacksquare
March 17, 20223 yr I could see I was in the top 10 at one point :o Manifesting not to finish in the bottom 5 because it's too uniquely good to finish that low!
March 17, 20223 yr Author 16 JADE ◼ BRUIT ≤ 'The Machine Is Burning (Live)’ XvbwR7v4v2w Why ‘'The Machine Is Burning (Live)’? I finally broke the 10 minute barrier for one of my entries in a song contest! I've never shied away from longer entries in the past, but even so, that's a long time for a song to keep your attention. Especially if an instrumental! But 'The Machine Is Burning' did just that. It drew me in with the initial misleading chilled out intro. Soon the passionate banging away at all sorts of instruments, from the necessary Nuggets guitars to an organ, really moves the song along in an electrifying way, that continues to cover new ground right until the final minute. It's a memorable piece of post-rock brilliance that ignited such a strong first reaction from me that I thought it was bound to stand out. I couldn't let something like the lack of Spotify presence (the only one in this edition to not be on there!) hold this back. I wasn't phased by the live performance aspect either, one of my previous winners 'War' by Brutus was also live, in fact the setting only added to the epic feel. It's magical. Votes 12 Cellar Darling 'DANCE' 10 Hangman's Chair 'Loner' 08 God Is an Astronaut 'Forever Lost' 07 Crumb 'BNR' 06 Nocturna 'New Evil' 05 MASTER BOOT RECORD 'Ftp' 04 Gang of Youths 'in the wake of your leave' 03 Maria Rodés 'Seguramente Fui Yo’ 02 Baltra 'Will You Be? (CFCF Remix)' 01 Ana Sanz 'Sigo' The song that stole my heart and top points had a double-digit duration. I was instantly drawn in with the dark, atmospheric production and strong female vocals. My ears particularly pricked up at the 1:30 mark when she began singing in a made up language. This then led into some seriously towering guitars. It already felt like a big, standout, rush - but there was still so much more to uncover. The instruments just kept coming - with a flute sounding almost as pretty as the softer vocal parts, swiftly followed by the most beautiful piano segment. The song kept looping back to the made up language part so I had a Google mid-way through the song, where I found out about it - also discovering that it translates to "Let us dance around the fire" - which swiftly added some further triumphant context. It is a stunning rollercoaster of a prog-rock song that I definitely won't be forgetting any time soon. Especially as it was accompanied by a haunting visual feast! is a song even a song if it is less than ten minutes long?, Jade asks. 'The Machine Is Burning (Live)’ has been doing fantastically so far — and I do think it was at a disadvantage not being available on streaming services. It was also a complete accident that this was chosen as the final song for the running order — what an epic finale. Those twelve points push Cellar Darling into the top ten. ◼ ◼ ◼ Scoreboard 01 63 KennyHoopla 'how will i rest in peace if i'm buried by a highway?//' 02 61 Gang of Youths 'in the wake of your leave’ WHOODYSSEY 03 54 God Is an Astronaut 'Forever Lost’ CHEZ WOMBAT 04 54 Nocturna 'New Evil' 05 50 MASTER BOOT RECORD ‘Ftp' DOBBO 06 46 BRUIT ≤ 'The Machine Is Burning (Live)’ JADE 07 44 And So I Watch You from Afar '7 Billion People all Alive at Once' 08 42 Cellar Darling 'DANCE' 09 40 RAISE A SUILEN 'Invincible Fighter’ J00prstar 10 35 Benjamin Francis Leftwhich 'Atlas Hands’ BJORK 11 33 TORRES 'Thirstier' 12 32 Mishkin Fitzgerald 'Seraphim' 13 31 Pool 'Everything Is Not Yet Lost’ AWARDINARY 14 24 Baltra 'Will You Be? (CFCF Remix)’ KATH 15 24 Crumb 'BNR' 16 23 Maria Rodés 'Seguramente Fui Yo’ USTING 17 21 Ana Sanz ‘Sigo' ANSEL 18 21 Hangman's Chair ‘Loner' BRER 19 17 Poets of the Fall 'Locking Up the Sun' 20 15 The Hotelier 'Among the Wildflowers' 21 12 Origami Angel 'Noah Fence’ SEVENSEIZE 22 10 Falling In Reverse ‘ZOMBIFIED' LEWISTGREEN 23 09 Esti Kornél 'Utánad' 24 07 Breichiau Hir ‘Mwynhau' PETEFROMLEEDS 25 07 CRASHDÏET 'Generation Wild' 26 07 nicebeatsprod. 'I Cannot Get You Out Of My Head (feat. voxeaa)’ MDF 27 06 Zen ‘Desaparecer' JUAN CARLOS
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