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Snake IV said:
Arg. Don't do that! People should be able to contribute without the judges pushing them to do so when they does, don't you think. (which is anotehr thing than saying "I'd have voted yes had it been in")

And in my opinion you shouldn't be able to change the status of an already commented song. That'd make it possible to make lots of non-contributions and then change one when it do well. If everyone disagrees I'll not go against the stream, you can hav eyour own will ;)

That wouldn't mean you cannot contribute Cascadia, but I would say you would have to do so with something else.

Oh, and I will make some comments with a third entry. :)
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Well, if that's the case, then just keep it non-competition as it was originally. Nevermind about it being in said competition - don't want to go against the will of the person who initiated the competition in the first place, do we? I did it more for fun than anything, really. ;)

Doesn't mean I won't contribute something else just for fun (not likely for competition) later, but that's that. Not intending to come off as sour grapes, I'm just not one for competition much - my stuff tends to be better when I'm not worrying about winning a competition of some sort.
 
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Don't worry, it's not of a big matter in the end.

And will you peopel stop calling me boss? Sure, I came up with this, but my will is not law. :p
 
Snake IV said:
Don't worry, it's not of a big matter in the end.

And will you peopel stop calling me boss? Sure, I came up with this, but my will is not law. :p
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Sure thing boss.:p:D
 
Bumpity for bumpity's sake.

Don't be afraid to participate, people!




So, we are not IN!ning that song of Cascadia?

A shame. :(

Cascadia, you should definitely make another one for the contest. Remember, this is all good fun, no need to stress about wrether it's "good enough" or not. Besides, the previous one was so brilliant it would be a travesty you'r not participating.
 
(Okay, this one won't be quite as good as 'Albania', but here goes... note that the lyrics don't fit exactly the same, but I think it's close enough... maybe.)

THE WINTER WAR

(to the tune of The Battle of New Orleans. )

FinnishFlag.jpg


Sounds of wind blowing are heard, followed by shots of snowy terrain, from hills to forests. A moment later, the strains of 'Maamme' are heard before the instrumental leading into the song...

We took a trip back in 1939,
Over near the border, with Marshal Mannerheim,
We took along our rifles and we took along our skiis,
And we tried our very best to bring the Russkies to their knees!

We fired our guns and the Russians kept a-comin',
There wasn't 'bout as many as there was a while ago,
We fired again and they alll took to runnin',
Back towards Russia and through the Finnish snow!

We look eastward and we see the Ivans come,
Wearin' ochre uniforms, which was pretty dumb.
They stuck right out against the snowy white,
We hid in our camo and stayed out of sight.

We fired our guns and the Russians kept a-comin',
There wasn't 'bout as many as there was a while ago,
We fired again and they alll took to runnin',
Back towards Russia and through the Finnish snow!

Old Uncle Joe, he wants us to submit,
But we Finns told him "No, we won't budge a bit!"
We'll fight right hard, and we'll maul the Russian bear,
So the Commies think they're tough? Well, let 'em come if they dare!

We fired our guns and the Russians kept a-comin',
There wasn't 'bout as many as there was a while ago,
We fired again and they alll took to runnin',
Back towards Russia and through the Finnish snow!

Yeah, they ran through the forests and they ran past their foxholes,
And they ran past the bodies frozen head to toe,
They ran so fast that a wolf couldn't catch 'em,
On towards Russia and through the Finnish snow!

Alas, brothers, our resistance is undone,
They've got lots more men and they've got the bigger gun.
But to Stalin we'll not stay forever bowed,
We'll get our own back when we join the Axis crowd!

We fired our guns and the Russians kept a-comin',
There wasn't 'bout as many as there was a while ago,
We fired again and they alll took to runnin',
Back towards Russia and through the Finnish snow!

Yeah, they ran through the forests and they ran past their foxholes,
And they ran past the bodies frozen head to toe,
They ran so fast that a wolf couldn't catch 'em,
On towards Russia and through the Finnish snow!
 
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So is that one in the competition or not? (I hope it is)


I will give my 2 cents tomorrow, after my testweek is over (unless you consider preparatory (and completely meaningless) test for German matriculation at Thursday part of it)
 
Here is my two cents, i hope you'll like it. Just remember that my english is bad. :)



Look, if you had one shot, or one opportunity
To DoW everything you ever wanted-One moment
Would you attack them or just let it slip ? Ja

His palms are sweaty, knees weak, tanks are heavy
There's vomit on his uniform already, army's spaghetti
He's nervous, but on the surface he looks calm and ready
To drop bombs, but he keeps on forgettin
What he learned before, the whole army goes so loud
He opens the fire, but the shells won't come out
He's choking, how everybody's running now
The clock's run out, time's up over, bloah!
Snap back to reality, Oh there goes gravity
Oh, there goes war, he choked
He's so mad, but he won't give up that
Easy, no
He won't have it , he knows his whole back's to this army
It don't matter, he's dope
He knows that, but he's broke
He's so stagnant that he knows
When he goes back to his quarter, that's when it's
Back to training again ja
This whole battlefield
He better go capture this moment and hope it don't pass him

[Hook:]
You better lose yourself in the world war, the moment
You own it, you better never let it go
You only get one shot, do not miss your chance to DoW
This opportunity comes once in a lifetime ja

The civilian's escaping, through this Sweiss that i'm hating
This world is mine for the taking
Make me Führer, as we move toward a, new world order
A democrat life is boring, but superstardom's close to post mortem
It only grows harder, only grows colder
He blows us all over these hoes is all on him
Coast to coast shows, he's know as the globetrotter
Crowded roads, God only knows
He fights farther from home, he's so farther
He pushes through east and barely knows his own death
But hold your nose cause here goes the cold winter
His hoes don't want him no mo, he's cold product
They moved on to the next schmoe who flows
He nose death and kills nada
So the soap opera is told and unfolds
I suppose his comrade's dead, but the beat goes on
Da da dum da dum da da

[Hook:]
You better lose yourself in the world war, the moment
You own it, you better never let it go
You only get one shot, do not miss your chance to DoW
This opportunity comes once in a lifetime ja

No more games, I'ma change what you call rage
Tear those motherf*cking kids off like 2 dogs caged
I was playing in the beginning, the mood all changed
I been chewed up and spit out and booed off stage
But I kept fighting and planing the next battle
Best believe somebody's attacking the pied piper
All the pain inside amplified by the fact
That I can't get by with my Wehrmacht
The fact that I can't provide the right type of life for my people
Cause man, these god*am Germans don't beat Russians
And it's no movie, there's no Adolf Hitler, this is my life
And these times are so hard and it's getting even harder
Trying to feed and water my seed, plus
Teeter totter caught up between being a Führer and a chief of staff
This Germany drama's screaming on and
Too much for me to wanna
Stay in one spot, another day of defeat
Has gotten me to the point, we're like a snail
I've got to write my will fore I end up in jail or shot
Suicide is my only motherf*cking option, surrender's not
Eva, I love you, but this trailer's got to go
I cannot grow old in this bunker
So here I go is my shot.
Gun fail me not cause maybe the only opportunity that I got

[Hook:]
You better lose yourself in the world war, the moment
You own it, you better never let it go
You only get one shot, do not miss your chance to DoW
This opportunity comes once in a lifetime ja

You can do anything you set your mind to, mann
 
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EvilSanta said:
So is that one in the competition or not? (I hope it is)


I will give my 2 cents tomorrow, after my testweek is over (unless you consider preparatory (and completely meaningless) test for German matriculation at Thursday part of it)
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No note of it not being in, so unless Cascadia changed his mind before some comments comes around it is. I will myself listen to it, and the other new contribution that looks exciting with an iron cross and all :p, tomorrow, when I'm not tierd. Easier to appretiate somethign then.
 
Cascadia, yet another masterpiece. It's lyrics might not sync as brilliantly as in the previous one but still the tune fits the lyrics and it is easy to follow.

Words, words were just awesome. I would have been rolling on the floor laughing had I not been listening to it in school IT-class. Bonus points for making it Finland related. :cool:

Definitely in!


Fernando Torres. It's rap but I was able to follow the lyrics amazingly well. Well done, I'm not the most skilled rapper out there so what you did is a remarkable feat.

The lyrics in 2 first verses were to me kind of erratic, I didn't exactly follow your trail of thought. There's Hitler urging for new world order and a battle of sort I quess. But the towards the end there's more sense in the lyrics and that just tips the balance for your inning.

In! on the grounds of the great harmony between tune and lyrics. (and the fancy logo at the top)



I might go for more in depth analysis as I arrive home. Or not.
 
Thanks.
I have to admit that due to my low knowledge of english language, i had to keep some of the original lyrics.
The first verse talks about a member of a tank squad.
The second is more about war in general and the last is about Adolf Hitler.
Btw, it's not really good compared to the other contributions, i just made this for fun. :)
 
Originally posted by Fernando Torres:
Btw, it's not really good compared to the other contributions, i just made this for fun. :)
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Same here. When a bloody Idol-ripoff comes on, I just have to be there to mess around. :D
 
Dear Hermann



When i was locked up in jail, I thought I'd be a nazi but that none would never be with me.
But when i met you, before friendship was born in 1924, I was really happy, because you were a nazi.

When I was young, me and a Commie had beef
17 years old kicked out on tha streets
though back in tha time, I never thought I'd see your face
ain't a man alive that can be so much fat
suspended from army, scared ta go home
I was a fool with that big nazis breaking all tha rules
shed tears with my little Göring
over tha years we wuz more nazi than tha other kids
and even though we had different enemies
tha same drama when things went wrong we blamed Commies
I reminised on tha stress I caused, it wuz hell
writing Mein Kampf from a jail cell
and who'ed think instead of ruling, heeeey i'd see tha penitentiary
One day
Running from the police, that's right
They catch me--put a whoop'en to my backside
and even as a crack fiend, Hermann,
ya always was a nazi, Hermann
I finally understand for a fat man
it ain't easy--trying ta sit on a chair
ya always wuz commited, a poor single airman on warfare,
tell me how ya did it
there's no way I can pay ya back
but tha plan is ta show ya that I understand.
you are my successor...

Chorus
Hermann, don't cha know we luv ya
Sweeeet Hermann, fat no one more than ya
Sweeeet Hermann, don't cha know we luv ya

Ain't nobody tell us it wuz fair
no luv for Hindenburg, cause tha coward wuzn't nazi
he passed away and I didn't cry
cause my anger, wouldn't let me feel for a monarchist
they say i'm wrong and i'm heartless
but all along I wuz looking for power--he wuz gone
I hung around with tha thug's and even though they sold guns
they showed a young brother war
I moved out and started really hang'in
I needed power of my own so I started slang'in
I ain't guilty cause, even though I killed men
It feels good, being admired by whole crowds
I love getting paid when tha rents due
I hope ya got tha iron cross that I sent to you
cause when I wuz low, you was there for me
ya never left me alone, cause ya cared for me
and I can see ya coming home after war late
ya in tha kitchen trying ta fix us a fatty plate
just working with tha scraps you wuz leaving
and Hermann made miracles every Reichsparteitag
but now tha road got rough, your alone
trying ta raise Luftwaffe on your own
and there's no way I can pay ya back
but my plan is ta show ya that I understand
you are my successor...

Chorus
Hermann, don't cha know we luv ya
Sweeeet Hermann, fat no one more than ya
Sweeeet Hermann, don't cha know we luv ya

pour out some liquor and I remenise
cause through tha drama, I can always depend on my Hermann
and when it seems that i'm hopeless
you say tha words that can get me back in focus
when I wuz sick as a little corporal
ta keep me nazi theres no limit to tha things ya did
and all my childhood memories
are full of all tha sweet things ya did for me
and even though I act craaaazy
I got ta thank tha Lord that ya helped me
There are no war that can express how I feel
Ya never kept neutral, always DoWed real
and I appreciate how ya smashed them
and all tha extra war that ya gave me
I wish I could take tha pain away
If you can make it through tha night, there's a brighter day
everything'll be alright if ya hold on
war's a struggle
everyday gotta roll on
and there's no way I can pay ya back
but my plan is ta show ya that I understand
you are my successor...

Chorus
Hermann, don't cha know we luv ya
Sweeeet Hermann, fat no one more than ya
Sweeeet Hermann, don't cha know we luv ya




PS : i really love the original song...
 
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To Cascadia: The Winter War

Cascadia you have done it again. To echo Evil Santa, not quite as good as the first one, but still top notch. I know the original song well so I didn't even have to bring it up, I could just sing it in my head.

Although there were a few minor hiccups with the versus, they were minor and did not detract from the overall fell of the song. Like ES was rolling with laughter. Great Job! IN!

To Fernando Torres: Give me a little to get to yours and I'll have some feedback later today. Thanks.
 
The Sound Of Warfare​

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The soldier cowered in a ditch. Sweat dripped from his brows and mixed with the tears in his eyes. Staring at the red and black night sky he listened to the sounds engulfing him: the growling boom of heavy guns, the screeching clatter of tank tracks, the rhythmic explosions of machine guns, the wailing skirl of rockets … and something else.

Suddenly, a black figure loomed over him. Did he know this creature? Yes, the soldier thought and grinned. He knew it well.



Hello madness, my old friend,
You’ve come to taunt me yet again.
With toxic fangs scratching and biting,
Corrupt the cause for which I’m fighting.

And the vision,
That was planted in my brain,
Is blown away,
By the sound of warfare,
The sound of warfare ...

In restless night I marched along,
Burned out streets where right was wrong.
O’er the roaring of the bombers,
I heard the pipes of our snake charmers!

When the night was stabbed by the light of the muzzle flash,
Men turned to ash ...
Ground by the sound of warfare,
The sound of warfare ...

And us peons bowed and prayed,
To the thund’ring gods we made.
Fools, ‘bout to be sacrificed,
On casting of some leader’s dice.

And in the napalm glare I saw,
A thousand images of woe.
Crying ‘Havoc’ without speaking,
Hearing screams without listening! (Listening!)

Forces in check!
No way back!

And the sirens howl their warning,
As san’ty’s ruin they are forming.
The words of our leaders are glaring from the smoke stained walls,
And our heroes’ halls.
And are forgotten ...
In the sound of warfare,
The sounds of warfare ...
The sounds of warfare!
The sounds ...

Fools, ‘bout to be sacrificed,
On casting of some leaders dice!

Hear my words that I might teach you!
Take my arms that I might reach you!​



Can you hear me, soldier? Snap out of it! Take up your arms!

The NCO slapped the soldier in the face rather violently, but he just sat there, babbling silently, with a delirious grin on his face, his gun in his lap.

The NCO shook his head and picked up the gun. After a short pause, he shouldered the soldier and looked around. He needed to get him to somewhere safe. But where should he go? He needed to think but after a few moments he just shook his head in anger, as if trying to throw off something that was clinging to it.

He couldn’t think straight. The noise around him was simply overwhelming. He could swear it was driving him insane.


Edit: I've changed the link to the song to point to a version, where the lyrics can be heard better.
 
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Okay, this was my take on the subject.

It's serious, dark and different from the rather hilarious pieces we've enjoyed before. Due to this I tried to avoid too explicit wording and opted for a more subtle approach.

The version of Sound Of Silence I chose for obvious reasons: it fits the theme better and (with some imagination) you can hear the weapons I described in the narrative at the beginning. Though you will have to listen very carefully to hear the cymbals in the instrumental part at the beginning.

Nevermore has also changed the original lyrics a bit. You can find them here. The lyrics of the original version can be found here.

Though the picture I used shows US soldiers entering the town (or what remained of it) of Waldenburg, I intentionally left it open, what side the soldier and the NCO in this song belong to.

Concerning the picture: I've found it on Wikipedia.

I hope you enjoy my contribution.


Edit: I changed the text due to linking to a different recording.
 
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Fernando Torres: Lose Yourself

I have to agree with Evil Santa. You have some rappin skill to bring all of that together, but some of the early lyrics are a bit erratic and hard to follow. I had a bit of trouble trying to figure out what exactly you were talking about until the end when it kinda all pulled together.

Overall, it was well fleshed out with the music and even with some of the erratic lyrics not a bad effort at all. IN.
 
grayghost said:
Fernando Torres: Lose Yourself

I have to agree with Evil Santa. You have some rappin skill to bring all of that together, but some of the early lyrics are a bit erratic and hard to follow. I had a bit of trouble trying to figure out what exactly you were talking about until the end when it kinda all pulled together.

Overall, it was well fleshed out with the music and even with some of the erratic lyrics not a bad effort at all. IN.
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I know it...i just made for this fun, not to enter in the competition.
My english is too bad to win anything. :rofl:
Btw i think the second that ive made is better than the first.
 
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