#album of a girl group like u win some u lose some except in the literal sense wayv does not even win anything

[liu-yu-xin]

Ariana what are u doing here.... This is crazy it feels wrong that we are even in the running not to mention in the running against the most streamed ggs rn

[stevecanmakeanythingnerdy]

Battle #13

U. F. O. : Obsession ( Side Two )

Vs.

The Go-Gos : Beauty and the Beat ( Side 2 )

U. F. O. : Obsession ( Side Two )

UFO are an English rock band that was formed in London in 1968. They became a transitional group between early hard rock and heavy metal and the new wave of British heavy metal. They’ve been at this so long they have influenced (in one way or another) many of the bands that came after them. Bands like Def Leppard, Judas Priest, Iron Maiden, Dokken, Anthrax, Dio, Megadeth, Guns ‘n’ Roses...just to name a few. They are probably most notable for having Michael Schenker from The Scorpions in the band for most of their heyday. Phil Mogg is the founding and longest running member of the band. UFO's early work was strongly influenced by space rock, but they soon found the format limiting and moved on to heavier sounds. So this is their 7th studio album and the beginning of the band’s success and notability. “Hot ‘n’ Ready” is the first tune they hurl at us on Side Two. It’s an accurate description of the band’s sound. Screaming leads that bleed. Real raunch rock if Zeppelin and Queen had a love child, this would be it. Nazz-ty! (#seewhatididthere)

“Cherry” is the slow building follow up. Time for a rock off ballad style. There is some give and take with a bit of quite meets rock stage show that unfolds. “You Don’t Fool Me” fills the stadiums with crazy and catchy, winding leads, but overall it is a pretty quick one. “Looking Out for Number One (reprise)” returns (as the title suggests) from Side One. The solo acts as the lyrics, and it’s very Queen inspired. “One More for the Rodeo” sees another winner in that this would make an epic late night, winding road jam. Did I mention; cowbell!?! Next up, “Born to Lose”-which has defined Pink Floyd meets stairway to heaven sound. It kind of wimps out after it kicks in though. Some real complexity in this one though. Collector nerd notes: this is a Czech pressing (Because I got it in the Czech Republic) and it also features a Hipgnosis cover(an art collective known for their award winning album covers and general creativity).

The Go-Go’s : Beauty and the Beat ( Side 2 )

The Go-Go's are an American new wave band formed in Los Angeles, California in 1978. Except for short periods when other musicians joined briefly, the band has had a relatively stable line-up consisting of Charlotte Caffey on lead guitar and keyboards, Belinda Carlisle on lead vocals, Gina Schock on drums, Kathy Valentine on bass guitar, and Jane Wiedlin on rhythm guitar. The Go-Go's rose to fame during the early 1980s and were the first, and to date only, all-female band that both wrote their own songs and played their own instruments to top the Billboard album charts. Emphasis on that last part...The Runaways had plenty of hits, but they just didn’t chart like these ladies. Make NO mistake though, they absolutely kicked in the door for The Go-Go’s. Their 1981 debut album, Beauty and the Beat, is considered one of the cornerstone albums of US new wave, breaking barriers and paving the way for a host of other new American acts. When the album was released, it steadily climbed the Billboard 200 chart, ultimately reaching No. 1, largely due to the never ending parade of hits! They initially formed as a punk band and in fact in the early days used to open for some of the L. A. Scenes legendary punk bands like X and hang out with The Germs. This may be why, then, this debut is so well written. They have a knack for quick, catchy, power pop tunes. It’s actually pretty impressive. Side two starts out with a very well known classic, “We Got The Beat”. Yes, indeed. They do have it. It’s surfy turf and meaty. Quite catchy. They’ve got the backbeat too. Handclaps and backslaps all around. “Fading Fast” follows and is a minor hit, with Carlisle’s vocals being near perfection. Upbeat pop with power...could this be a song about their many groupies? “Automatic” might be the most different sounding for the band, but I have to say, they really nailed it here. Slower and almost Bauhaus in nature. I absolutely love the odd timing and pauses. More Goth than Go-Go’s! “You can’t Walk in your Sleep” seems to have the ladies returning to pop punk. In fact, it’s 100% modern pop punk, but in 1981. Another great and catchy tune. The next one is called “Skidmarks on my Heart”. Now, the 12 year old in me really wants to make underwear jokes, but I can’t find anything under there so...

These ladies simply do not let up. Hook after sugary sweet hook! The vocals are so real too. Very impassioned and cracking in the voice. The last one is maybe one of the best tunes on the whole album. It was a single called “Can’t Stop the World”. It has a badass breakdown. And a good message that’s on point. It’s on of the few Valentine penned songs, but it’s a great one. More than anything the Go-Go’s prove that girls can play and write too. This band and the aforementioned Runaways really helped open some doors for girls in an otherwise predominantly male role. This album is fantastic and any one of these songs runs circles around some of the other “pop songs” on the radio at this time. Hell, even TODAY!!!

So today U. F. O. Was obsessed. They burned 117 calories over 19 minutes and 6 songs. They burned 19.50 calories per song and 6.16 calories per minute. They earned 14 out of 18 possible stars. The Go-Go’s certainly proved they have beauty AND the beat. They burned 128 calories over 19 minutes and 6 songs. They burned 21.33 calories per song and 6.74 calories per minute. They earned an impressive 18 out of 18 possible stars. That’s only happened one other time in RRW history! The Go-Go’s are today’s obvious winner!!

The Go-Go’s: “Can’t Stop The World”

https://youtu.be/MwWRD8PL7S0

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henlo!!!! could you rank your top 5 girl groups and gie reasons why :O

omg YES!! of course!

#5 - EXID:

they consistently produce fantastic/unique songs, they perform well, the dances for their songs are always well-choreographed, and they’re super well-rounded in terms of having a strong rapper, strong vocals, and strong dancers! it’s admirable to see how they went from an unknown group from a small company to becoming the powerhouse group they are today

#4 - CLC:

they finally got some of the recognition they deserve during no era! overall they’ve been pretty underrated, especially considering that they come from a rather reputable company. i loved them a lot when they released their older songs like pepe, no oh oh, etc. and i’ve continued to love them since they decided to take the turn towards a more confident/empowering image. also their b-sides are probably some of my favorite b-sides by any group!

#3 - Brave Girls:

they’re a group of girls who deserve so so much love. they sadly don’t get much attention from their company and usually have long periods in between comebacks (including a long hiatus from 2012ish to 2016 that made them lose a majority of their original lineup). but these girls are so talented. they have powerful vocals and great dancing skill, and some of their earlier tracks like the high heels + deepened albums and the b-sides from the rollin’ album feature fantastic rapping! they have so much potential and such great energy and really they could rule the charts if their company gave them the chance to promote regularly (especially considering how their manager, brave bros., has produced numerous winning songs in the past)

#2 - Red Velvet:

red velvet are very personally an important group for me! they were the first girl group i listened to regularly, seulgi was my first girl group bias ever, and so far the only girl group i’ve gotten to see live. but other than that, their title tracks are always exciting and fresh and much like clc, they have some of my favorite b-sides out of any group! i wish i had more to say about why i love them so much but i can’t find the words for it, i just do!! also fun fact the bad boy mv is what made me come to terms w/ the fact that i’m not straight HFJKSD

Honorable Mention/Forever a special place in my heart - Stellar:

stellar… the reasoning behind the first part of url and for a long time, my favorite girl group of all time. they sadly disbanded a little over a year ago but it was for the better for all of them. they endured so many hardships during their run as stellar, mostly due to unfair treatment/exploitation on their company’s part. i won’t go into it too much here, but these women deserved the whole world and they deserved so much more than what they received. they’re immensely talented and charismatic and they had so much potential to become a force to reckon with but sadly coming from a small company and having negative attention on them prevented that from happening. while stellar might’ve faded out as my favorite group, they’ll forever be special to me and i’ll never forget how hard they worked.

Other Honorable Mentions:

Dreamcatcher: unique rock/dark concept that they don’t budge from, admirable with the way they don’t change pronouns for song covers (with the exception of bang bang bang where they changed the lyrics to be more empowering to women), admirable with the way they recognize/acknowledge how a big part of their fanbase is female, yoohyeon correcting a show host to say “hardworking person” as opposed to “hardworking man”.

gugudan: i don’t have much to say aside from they never fail to give us fresh new concepts and they deserve to get a win already

#1 - LOONA:

u probably knew this was coming fhskdjf. anyways i don’t even have enough words to describe what these girls mean to me.. not only is their concept as a group unique with how they all got to express themselves through solo songs and music videos and even further as subunits, but that uniqueness has stuck with them even more since coming together as 12. they’re all immensely talented and hardworking girls and they have personalities so bright they make the sun look dim. seeing them interact with each other/fans is so heartwarming and rly… they’re all just genuinely sweet, beautiful, and radiant girls. and it goes without saying how they’ve done a lot to show that every fan is welcome, especially with the butterfly mv representing woman of various races/religions/body types/hair types/abilities/etc and even the interview where sooyoung talked about how loona is thankful that their lgbt fans can relate to their mvs and they see no reason to not talk about the presence of their lgbt fans. i love these girls so much.

hfsjkd wow this was long and idk if u were expecting it to be this long but thank you for asking!!

[marideandotherthings]

O! RUL8,2? - Re studying

SPOTIFY // APPLEMUSIC

O!RUL8,2? is the second album that BTS was release ever, was the same year of their debut, 

following the same feeling they had in the first album, in this album we can see the force, power, and ideas they try to tell us in the album debut 2kool 4 skool.

INTRO: O!RUL8,2?

I always had the perception that BTS has the best intros in the music industry, and this is not the exception, I really want to talk about the power in the RM voice in this song, he always projects well his feelings in his songs. 

The songs basically talk to us about our dreams, about not lose or time thinking so much because someday we not gonna have the opportunity to do our dreams. 

When he says: 

My father told me, “enjoy your life”

I’d like to ask my father, “did you enjoy your life?”

For me, it’s one of the most powerful lines in the song, and I hate to say hit so close to my heart, it’s actually so common to see parents say things like “follow your dreams” and stuff like this, but if you look at their life, you can see how they don’t follow their dreams… the majority of the times for fears… it’s a little hypocrite for them, but actually life it’s like that always, not everything is white or black, people have fears and usually, they regret all their life for losing the opportunity. 

N.O

They knew what they were doing at those times releasing this type of song, the scream of fatigue is loud, that pressure of growing we feel when we are in that transition between the High school and the university is… and always will be stressful. 

That what they are saying in this song, IT’S ENOUGH to have these negative feelings over our future. 

 Under the rule of the law of the jungle,

 The ones who made us step on even our close friends to climb up –

 Who do you think they are what?

The future and university look like a race for the success, where no matter what we should win, for have what the society think its success (you know a big house, a car, and a family)  but why they make us think the success is the same for everyone, every one has different dreams right? 

 Don’t live your life by being trapped in someone else’s dream

 WE ON

I really don’t want to talk here about BTS` struggles, but when we have this type of songs it’s really important at the least know a little bit about the background of BTS, I don’t want to overstep a say “oh they felt this way” or whatever, but I think you just need to read the lyric to understand a little bit of the feelings here.

For me, WE ON is a powerful song, basically, they are saying “you can talk all the sht that you want but we gonna continue doing music” (I think I resume the song in a line), you can see this in their chorus when they say: 

 Whatever they say, I’m here for my muzik

Here for my muzik, here for my muzik

Whatever ma haters say, I’m real for my muzik

Real for my muzik, real for my muzik

It’s pretty clear what they wanted to say in this song, is really a statement for their life and their career. It’s crazy to think they wrote this song in their debut year, usually the rookies' groups or singers are calm, but they came with this song in that year really should means something. 

SKIT: R U HAPPY NOW? – BTS

 There is nothing I can really say about this skit… they are so cute and so funny, I really love the skit… please I want the skit back. 

IF I RULED THE WORLD

This song is so cool to me, in the song they talk about what they expect or what they gonna go if they get that goal… fame… be at the top of the world, it’s actually a funny song, I love hearing it every time I play this CD.

They talk about what everybody expects of famous people, girls, money,  a big house, even mention the alcohol, usually, when people talk or think about fame they imagine the same things parties, girls, people loving you, etc… I think personally that reality is not as much as that (but of course have some of that too) so, for this the song can have a little of sarcasm in it  (but as always I didn't  write the song so I really don’t know)  I think about this for this line: 

 Though I know this doesn’t even make sense,

 I still sing this naive song 

 One of my favorite lines of the song is this one: 

Don’t ask me why my dream is so small when I’m ruling the world

 I, with Bangtan family,

 am still, nonetheless, hungry for music

 I’d become the Kim Jong-Un of the hip hop scene

 and censor any music other than ours

 I know it’s a dream that doesn’t make any sense

 It’s my dream, don’t make fun of it

 I found this lines powerful for some reason, they really were all or nothing for their project and I think that’s beautiful, the way in all these songs they always say: their music is their priority is amazing, and honestly it’s wonderful to see artist loving and caring about their art that much. 

The way he mentions a big knowing dictator and basically saying “yall music sucks but ours” it’s funny and amazing at the same time …maybe he made some points here. 

 COFFEE

Since I was a baby army, coffee is one of my favorite BTS`s song, maybe it’s not in my top 10 but definitely, it’s in my top 20, this song makes me close my eyes and sing along with the melody, it’s a cute song, a sweet song, with a good lyric, it’s a beautiful love song. 

This song is so beautiful that I can’t explain how beautiful is, they are so intelligent, compare the phases of love relationship/ breakup with THE TASTE OF COFFEE … that’s amazing… this song is so beautiful, one of my favorites lines: 

 Ah, and I don’t really drink macchiatos

 You know that I made it a habit to drink americanos because of you

I wondered what kind of taste it was when we were dating,

 but it’s cold and its aftertaste is bitter,

 which makes a bit of sense now that you’re not here girl 

 I can’t put all the song here, but this one and Suga’s verse is something else, the peak of cutest and beautiful. 

 CYPHER PT. 1

I really don’t know what to say about this song… basically, they are talking about those people, and about what they lived, is like a response to those people, but as always I cannot explain or say what I think because 1. I didn’t write the lyrics 2. I’m not the boys. 

Some of my favorite lines: 

 The third generation leader, so imma lead ya, this is a transition of generations

 WHERE IS THE LIE? 

 It’s hope world, from BTS

 Everyone follows me, and my possibility gets retweeted

 I announce my flow to everyone,

 I find so endearing that J hope has referenced hope world since the debut. 

진격의 방탄 (Attack on Bangtan) 

BUT WHAT WILL HAPPEN IF BANGTAN SEONYEONDAN RISES?

The prophecy, the power, the future, the amazing, the incredible, the never seen before of the song, what I can say about this song, they put this song into the universe and the universe said “of course my boys” all the hard work, all the lyrics, everything worth it. 

I know I should talk about the lyrics and the sound, but I can’t control myself to be in my feelings about this song,. 

 Our reaching the top is a matter of time

 The dominos where the first block has been pushed down

The song is powerful, a fun song that talks about what they are, and what they gonna be, they were so confident to put this song in this second album, because they talk about being the best of the best (there is no lie detected), they were so confident to promote this song.

This song looks so funny to present with public, it’s a funny song to watch, and it’s a funny song to listen to.

 The moment I go onto the stage

 I feel your cheers

 Please stay there forever like that

 Because, even if I die like this, there will be no regret

Yes, we… I gonna be forever there… 

팔도강산 (Paldogangsan)

Honestly, I can’t talk so much about this song, because in my perspective it’s so Korean, and only a fully Korean person can understand this song, even with that I can say how beautiful and cultural this song is. 

BTS are proud Koreans, and see them being proud Koreans are beautiful… all the cultural context this song has is amazing and interesting… really a genius song. 

Outro: Luv in Skool

A perfect way to finish a powerful album. Here we can hear the vocal line doing one of the best things they can do, I can see toward the lyric that they did a little recompilation of some of the album`s songs. 

A calm song, with a beautiful love lyric, with beautiful voices.  

ALL THE TRANSLATION ARE FROM

https://doolsetbangtan.wordpress.com/orul82/