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[ternur]

To the arrival of virtue

 

[Kroffe]

 

[ternur]

Macbeth, Act IV, Scene I:

Double, double toil and trouble;
Fire burn, and cauldron bubble

?

 

[paul7388]

Macbeth, Act IV, Scene I:

Double, double toil and trouble;
Fire burn, and cauldron bubble

?

Glad to see you have that Friday feeling ahead of the holiday weekend.

 

[ternur]

Party music.

 

[Webzcas]

So the past week just gone I have travelled some 750 miles attending 4 of the 5 gigs the German Prog Rock band RPWL performed at as part of the UK leg of their European tour.

As I may have mentioned in the past, I am a big fan of Pink Floyd and RPWL started out in 1997 as a Pink Floyd tribute act, moving on to record their own music from 2000 onwards.

Anyhow below is footage of them playing A New World in London which I recorded on Thursday. Editing a 6GB ten minute 4K video taken on my iPhone 13 was fun in Final Cut. The cache files grew to over 200GB and the rendered file ended up being 29GB!!! I need ultra fast fibre LOL!!

 

[ternur]

Praise the lord.

 

[ternur]

^^^

The official one is age restricted. Here's the family friendly version. A good song deserves to be posted twice.

 

[LadyJelena]

This is one of the cutest songs I've ever heard!

 

[justdoit]

 

[ternur]

Sand rains down and here I sit

 

[L&L-Jan]

pure quality:

 

[ternur]

Things have never been so swell

 

[ternur]

For rebellion is like the sin of divination, and arrogance like the evil of idolatry. Because you have rejected the word of the lord, he has rejected you as king.

 

[ternur]

?

 

[Webzcas]

More editing of videos I took the other week. This from The Robin at Bilston, Wolverhampton.

 

[bamberfishcake]

Simply beautiful.

 

[ternur]

Beauty is an experience related to the perception of elements that uniquely please the one who experiences it.

 

[ternur]

While on the subject of beautiful songs, here's a repost of a great song.

 

[ternur]

Usually songs by idols are not to my liking.

But there are exceptions. (Don't tell @goatwack about this one)

 

[ternur]

The masters of melancholy. Katatonia from Sweden.

Cold white spring
A wordless song I sing
Eye, white cloud
All my thoughts are in doubt

 

[ternur]

New song from The Hives. Another class act from Sweden.

 

[ternur]

There's really no band quite like Linkin Park. And Chester Bennington was truly the voice of a generation.

 

[Kroffe]

 

[ternur]

Friday. Katatonia and a cold beer.

Their new album Sky Void of Stars is probably my favorite release of 2023 so far.

 

[sufferinsilence]

 

[Kroffe]

Very out of character for Finland to have such a weird contribution to ESC.
Anyway.

They won this year.

 

[ternur]

Florida men. Still going hard at their age.

 

[bamberfishcake]

Not explored this kind of music much. This is Country, yes? Is it what they call Bluegrass? Any reccies greatly appreciated.

 

[bamberfishcake]

 

[bamberfishcake]

 

[mack341]

Hard to believe the guitarist here, Andy Summers, is 80 now ...where's the time go.

 

[bamberfishcake]

Sound advice.

 

[ternur]

Sky Void of Stars is a dynamic journey through vibrant darkness. Born out of yearning for what was lost and not found, the very peripheries of the unreachable, but composed and condensed into human form and presented as sounds and words true to the KATATONIA signum.

No stars here, just violent rain.

 

[Chipkin9]

Loved that. It's always refreshing hearing music that isn't your mother tongue.

Question though, did she ask me to smell my own beard?

 

[Kroffe]

Loved that. It's always refreshing hearing music that isn't your mother tongue.

Question though, did she ask me to smell my own beard?

Close enough.
'Så snälla jag ber dig' translates to 'so please i'm begging you.

She has made some of her songs in English aswell but imo the Swedish versions are a bit better, the lyrics flow better.

 

[Chipkin9]

Haven't watched the ESC in over 20 years.

The finland entry I hated the first time I heard it, but the more I listened to it the more I liked it

For me these are the best entries:

Austria:

Goofyness 10/10
Song 6/10

Also have a bit of a crush on the Black haired girl Teya (Even with the moustache)



Estonia:

I'm a sucker for Piano melodies and powerful vocals.

Emotion: 10/10
Realistic chance: 1/10




Norway:

Gaelic/Gotihc Intro: 9/10
Transformation to Daenerys Targaryen: 10/10
:



Finland:

Tongue Skills: 10/10
Haircut: 1/10
Song: 7/10

 

[Chipkin9]

My two favourites:

UK
Actual Europop: 10/10
Lyrics: 10/10
She didn't publicly humiliate that guy?: 0/10 (Neglibile, It's a banger)



Netherlands
Relatability: 10/10
Stop describing me: 10/10
Sound like Paramore: 10/10



Apologies to the rest but I went through them all and these were the pick of the bunch for me.

I feel like the UK or Netherlands one deserve it....

 

[Chipkin9]

Close enough.
'Så snälla jag ber dig' translates to 'so please i'm begging you.

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She has made some of her songs in English aswell but imo the Swedish versions are a bit better, the lyrics flow better.

You know what's funny?

I've never heard of Loreen until this contest....

Until I realized my sister plays one of her songs almost daily

She has a fantastic voice...and I eventually realized I DO know her

 

[Kroffe]

You know what's funny?

I've never heard of Loreen until this contest....

Until I realized my sister plays one of her songs almost daily

She has a fantastic voice...and I eventually realized I DO know her

She won ESC with that song and i think she probably has a decent chance of winning again.
Ive not heard the UK or Netherland entries being performed live, imo they would need to make it sound as good as the studio versions above to be able to compete with Loreens big viking voice.

 

[Kroffe]

I should add that most of all i dont care who wins ESC.
Contest is a rigged piece of crap no matter who wins, this was proven beyond all doubt when the epic sax guy did not win.

 

[Chipkin9]

I should add that most of all i dont care who wins ESC.
Contest is a rigged piece of crap no matter who wins, this was proven beyond all doubt when the epic sax guy did not win.

Don't talk nonsense. Epic Sax Guy won 100% (In my mind).

 

[ternur]

Stockholm darkness à la Katatonia.

 

[Chipkin9]

Not mainstream, but this guy is pretty funny and talented at the same time.

 

[Chipkin9]

This one always makes me want to do Molly for some reason

 

[Chipkin9]

Someday I am gonna write a movie and this will be the last song played as a man takes vengeance on someone who hurt and destroyed his family.

 

[Chipkin9]

 

[Chipkin9]

Last of my flooding.

 

[justdoit]

 

[ternur]

QOTSA is back. Sounds alright