[OFF TOPIC] Music Thread

[Olympian1010 7,975]

I hate that I’m absolutely in love with this party propaganda song from . I’m going say it’s okay for me to like the music, but I still don’t like that I like it. It’s name literally translates to “People and Fighters Unite”

 

[Griff88 1,952]

7 hours ago, Olympian1010 said:

I hate that I’m absolutely in love with this party propaganda song from . I’m going say it’s okay for me to like the music, but I still don’t like that I like it. It’s name literally translates to “People and Fighters Unite”

 

I really wonder how can a simple melody harm someone

[Olympian1010 7,975]

28 minutes ago, Griff88 said:

 

I really wonder how can a simple melody harm someone

That’ was my reasoning for allowing myself to continue to listen it 

[Wumo 3,002]

@Quasit

Are you planning to make an ESC-style list of your favourite songs of 2019 like you did last year?

https://totallympics.com/index.php?/topic/138-off-topic-music-thread/&do=findComment&comment=186641

 

I plan to make one for 2019 like I did last year. 

[Quasit 865]

2 minutes ago, Wumo said:

@Quasit

Are you planning to make an ESC-style list of your favourite songs of 2019 like you did last year?

https://totallympics.com/index.php?/topic/138-off-topic-music-thread/&do=findComment&comment=186641

 

I plan to make one for 2019 like I did last year. 

Sure, I'll do that once I have 12 different songs. There's some time left to search high and low until the end of 2019.

[Bohemia 1,411]

This is the song I can't stop listening to right now:

 

I also like this one:

[Agger 1,663]

On 23/12/2019 at 17:51, Wumo said:

@Quasit

Are you planning to make an ESC-style list of your favourite songs of 2019 like you did last year?

https://totallympics.com/index.php?/topic/138-off-topic-music-thread/&do=findComment&comment=186641

 

I plan to make one for 2019 like I did last year. 

 

I'll most likely join in with one

[Quasit 865]

@Wumo I can already tell you my 2019 Golden Raspberry Award for the worst piece I've heard so far goes to Venezuela.

 

[Wumo 3,002]

My Favourite Songs of 2019

 

       2019       

 

 

Here it is! My personal top 12 songs from 2019.

2019 was a decent year when it came to music. Beside the 12 songs I have chosen, I have also included some honourable mentions. 

Enjoy!

 

12:

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 Kenya

Last Year's Tragedy - "Perihelion"

 

 

Lyrics:

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WE ARE ALL BELIEVERS
IN SEARCH OF SOMETHING GREATER
WE ARE NOT DECEIVERS
A CHANCE JUST TO FEEL , ONCE AWAKE
A CHANCE! RECONCILE!

 

TIME WILL TELL, WE LIVED THROUGH HELL, JUST TO BELIEVE
IN HEAVEN AND, HEAVEN IS NEVER SENT
WALK IN THE SHADOWS BUT BREATHE IN THE LIGHT
YOU ARE THE DREAMER THAT BRINGS US TO LIFE

 

OH! NOW'S MY CHANCE TO, LIGHT THE STARS ABOVE

 

WALK IN THE SHADOWS, BUT BREATHE IN THE LIGHT
YOU ARE THE DREAMER THAT BRINGS US TO LIFE

 

I FELT YOUR SUN,
JUST TO KNOW WHAT IT FEELS TO SHINE
YOUR EVER GLOW,
IS ALL I HAVE TO KEEP ME ALIVE

 

WHAT HAS BECOME?
OF MY PATH TOWARDS REDEMPTION
WHAT MUST BE DONE?
SO I'M MY OWN SALVATION

 

TIME WILL TELL, WE LIVED THROUGH HELL, JUST TO BELIEVE
IN HEAVEN AND, HEAVEN IS NEVER SENT

 

FELT YOUR SUN,
JUST TO KNOW WHAT IT FEELS TO SHINE
YOUR EVER GLOW, {EVER GLOW}
IS ALL I HAVE TO KEEP ME ALIVE

 

 

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 Netherlands

Duncan Laurence - "Arcade"

 

 

Lyrics:

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A broken heart is all that's left
I'm still fixing all the cracks
Lost a couple of pieces when
I carried it, carried it, carried it home

 

I'm afraid of all I am
My mind feels like a foreign land
Silence ringing inside my head
Please, carry me, carry me, carry me home

 

I spent all of the love I've saved
We were always a losing game
Small-town boy in a big arcade
I got addicted to a losing game
Ooh, ooh
All I know, all I know
Loving you is a losing game

 

How many pennies in the slot
Giving us up, didn't take a lot
I saw the end before it begun
Still I carried, I carried, I carried on

 

Ooh, ooh
All I know, all I know
Loving you is a losing game

 

Ooh, ooh
All I know, all I know
Loving you is a losing game

 

I don't need your games, game over
Get me off this roller-coaster

 

Ooh, ooh
All I know, all I know
Loving you is a losing game

 

Ooh, ooh
All I know, all I know
Loving you is a losing game

 

 

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 Tunisia

Myrath - "Born To Survive"

 

 

Lyrics:

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I have been deceived
Those I believed
Vultures and thieves
You are just liars
In my eyes

For envy and lust
You broke my soul
Took all of me
I faced betrayal
You evil liars

I stumbled on the way
You've rattled all my faith
Now I am whole again
I turn the page today

Come bring it on
Give all you've got
When we'll be done you'll get to know
I'm stronger than you thought
Way over, I will survive you
Judas outshine you

I stumbled on the way
You've rattled all my faith
Now I'm whole again
I turn the page today

 

 

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 Germany

Silbermond - "In Meiner Erinnerung"

 

 

Lyrics in English:

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Suddenly I’m standing here alone

Here in March 2003

And it was too soon

It was too soon

 

And I said to you like always:

“Until next time”

And it was too soon

It was too soon

 

I hear them say now you’ve done it,

You’re in a better place

My ears understand this

But my heart says something’s missing

 

With every day that passes

You live on

In my memory

I’ve saved all the pictures with you

In my memory

 

Everything eventual, everything burns up

It goes so quickly

Hey you mess up

I have you here

I carry you with me

In my memory

 

Greetings from your little Madame

From France, we wanted to come here

You said “I’ll take you

when you’re old enough”

 

Now I stand here

And ask myself:

Would you celebrate our songs

Would you be proud of me?

What would you say

If you could see me

Tell me

Can you see me?

 

Tell me what’s left,

Remaining of a lifetime

 

With every day that passes

You live on

In my memory

I’ve saved all the pictures with you

In my memory

 

Everything eventual, everything burns up

It goes so quickly, hey you mess up

I have you here, I carry you with me

In my memory

 

Tell me what’s left

Remaining of a lifetime

 

In my memory

 

Everything eventual, everything burns up

It goes so quickly, hey you mess up

I have you here, I carry you with me

In my memory

In my memory

In my memory

 

 

8:

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 Japan

King Gnu - "Hakujitsu"

 

 

 (Video with English lyrics):

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7:

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 Canada

Theory Of A Deadman - "History Of Violence"

 

 

Lyrics: 

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The city's on fire
The streets are a riot
Now look at this place, no one is safe
No one is safe from you

So beautiful, she knew it every single day
Got a smile that left him right around the way
Yeah, makes you feel good, wondering why she stays
So afraid, afraid of you
She need a sedative to get her straight
You know she need a cigarette, she got the shakes
Put them sunglasses on to hide her face
Such a waste, a waste on you

Tell me, why you ashamed?
Too scared to run away
You love him anyway
Surviving just on the pain

The city's on fire
The streets are a riot
Now look at this place, no one is safe
No one is safe from you
Oh, look what you've started (Started)
It's a history of violence (Violence)
Now look at your face, no one is safe
No one is safe from you

Maybe the way out is a .38
God gave her a sign, not a moment late
Tonight she's gonna point it at his fucking face
Bang-bang, he's blown away

Tell me, why you ashamed?
Too scared to run away
You love him anyway
Surviving just on the pain
Tell me where she went wrong
She is sadness in every song
She knows someday that she'll be gone
Until then, please, stay strong

The city's on fire
The streets are a riot
Now look at this place, no one is safe
No one is safe from you
Oh, look what you've started (Started)
It's a history of violence (Violence)
Now look at your face, no one is safe
No one is safe from you

Still in shock from the blast, sure the neighbors heard it
Now or never, crossed a man and it wasn't worth it
No regrets from what the judge calls a bad decision
Now she's doing twenty years in a women's prison
Yeah, she'll never have her life, will she feel at all?
She'll never know what it's like not to feel alone
No kids that will love her unconditional
No cure for a sickness that's medicinal

She flying high in her cell, she can finally breathe
She flying high outta hell, now she finally free
Man, he fed her to the lions, that monster
He promised her diamonds for silence
It's the history of violence

The city's on fire
The streets are a riot
Now look at this place, no one is safe
No one is safe from you
Oh, look what you've started (Started)
It's a history of violence (Violence)
Now look at your face, no one is safe
No one is safe from you
Now look at your face, no one is safe
No one is safe from you

Oh, look what you've started
It's a history of violence
Now look at your face, no one is safe
No one is safe from you

 

 

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 Australia

Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - "Bright Horses"

 

 

Lyrics:

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Ooh)
(Ooh, oh)

The bright horses have broken free from the fields
They are horses of love, their manes full of fire
They are parting the cities, those bright, burning horses
And everyone is hiding, and no one makes a sound
And I'm by your side, and I'm holding your hand
Bright horses of wonder springing from your burning hand

(Ooh)
(Ooh, oh)

And everyone has a heart and it's calling for something
And we're all so sick and tired of seeing things as they are
And horses are just horses and their manes aren't full of fire
The fields are just fields and there ain't no Lord
And everyone is hidden, and everyone is cruel
And there's no shortage of tyrants and no shortage of fools
And the little white shape dancing at the end of the hall
Is just a wish that time can't dissolve at all

(Ooh)
(Ooh, oh)

Oh, oh, oh
Oh, oh, oh
Oh, this world is plain to see
It don't mean we can't believe in something
And anyway, my baby's coming back now on the next train
I can hear the whistle blowin', I can hear the mighty roar
I can hear the horses prancing in the pastures of the Lord
Oh, the train is coming, and I'm standing here to see
And it's bringing my baby right back to me
Well, there are some things that are hard to explain
But my baby's coming home now on the 5:30 train

 

 

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 Sweden

Opeth - "Dignity"

 

 

Lyrics:

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"Vid ett årsskifte så upplever många en känsla av vemod
Vid tanke på det som aldrig mer återkommer
För andra är det ett ögonblick av förväntan inför möjligheten att erövra det Nya
Andra åter känner oro inför en förändring som innebär ovisshet och kanske försämring
Alla dessa stämningar är var för sig förklarliga
Någon sa här om dagen att vi
Lever I det stora uppbrottets tid..."

Prince of lies is on his knee
Holy rites, spreading the disease
By his side a youthful girl
Wedlocked force unfurls
She's young
Far too young

Far too young

Can we dictate a life with dignity?
Foul agenda corrupt in secrecy
Oh no, no, no, no, no
One false prayer wielding blasphemy
Price the spirit as a wanted property
Oh no, no, no, no, no

Congratulations to the five men of affairs
There was a purpose with this life
Insinuations if she holds anything dear
Then it motivates submission in his lair

He is waiting for darkness, opens the door, he's slithering
He is waiting for darkness, opens the door, he's slithering
He is waiting for darkness, opens the door, he's slithering

 

 

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 Ireland

Inhaler - "Ice Cream Sundae"

 

 

Lyrics:

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I'm in the pursuit of happiness
I'm gonna get it, I'm gonna get it
But the hours are getting longer
I'm gonna get it, I'm gonna get it
Easy on my back, I'm going nine to ten
I'm gonna get it, I'm gonna get it
But the feeling's getting stronger
I'm gonna get it, I'm gonna get it

Easy as an ice cream sundae
Slipping outta your hand into the dirt
Easy as an ice cream sundae
Every dancer gets a little hurt

I'm in the pursuit of happiness
I'm gonna get it, I'm gonna get it
Every hour, I'm getting stronger
I'm gonna get it, I'm gonna get it
Easy on my back, I'm going nine to ten
I'm gonna get it, I'm gonna get it
You know I can almost taste it
Melting on my fingertips

Easy as an ice cream sundae
Slipping outta your hand into the dirt
Easy as an ice cream sundae
Every dancer gets a little hurt
Hurt

Here's to getting hurt
To being down in the dirt
Can't give in
The end again and again and again

'Cause it's easy as an ice cream sundae
Slipping outta your hand into the dirt
Easy as an ice cream sundae
Every dancer gets a little hurt
Easy as an ice cream sundae
Slipping outta your hand into the dirt
Easy as an ice cream sundae
Every dancer gets a little hurt
Easy as an ice cream sundae
Oh, easy as an ice cream sundae

 

 

3:

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 Lebanon

Mashrou' Leila - "Cavalry"

 

 

Lyrics in English:

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Don't you dare to flaunt your thrones

Tyranny blooms disobedience

If I am to die a hundred times

I will come back a hundred times

With my sword, polished

Gathering an army that looks like me

We cling to each other and disobey

 

Your army and its highness

Won't beat me

You can't beat my heart

You won't beat me

 

At the bottom of every height lays my soil

I sprout polished pens

The carriers of the mountains

Started with gravel until they've reached accomplishments

Where power is built by oppression

Every raising voice is considered an attack

 

Your army and its highness

Won't beat me

You can't beat my heart

You won't beat me

 

Your army is redemption to my heart

You won't break me

Your army is redemption to my heart

You won't break me

 

You have your values

But love is ours

You have your customs

But music is ours

You have your traditions

But the future is ours

You have your values

But love is ours

 

 

2:

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 United States

Slipknot - "Solway Firth"

 

 

Lyrics:

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Today, up on this hill, I'm counting all the killers
They sway as they swarm, a look of gluttons in their eyes
They mutter as the body loses warmth
They pick your bones like locks inside a tomb
And take great care to not take care of you
Here’s an unexplainable one
Here's an unexplainable one

While I was learning to live, we all were living a lie
I guess you got what you wanted
So I will settle for a slaughterhouse soaked in blood and betrayal
It's always somebody else, somebody else was me
You want the real smile?
Or the one I used to practice not to feel like a failure?

I don’t need you to do it for me
I don't need you to understand
I don't need you to hide it from me
I just wanna feel like any other man
I won't show you the whole story
I won't show you the aftermath
I won't show you my allegory
Don't look away, here's an unexplainable one

Here’s an unexplainable one
Here’s an unexplainable one

I'm not ahead of my time, I just drew the first breath
If I’m alive tomorrow
I will alleviate the pressure by cutting you out of me
I found my bottom line dead on the front lines
I know I'll never go home
So set fire to your ships and past regrets and be free

I don't need you to do it for me
I don't need you to understand
I don’t need you to hide it from me
I just wanna feel like any other man
I won't show you my whole story
I won't show you the aftermath
I won't show you my allegory
Don't look away, here's an unexplainable one

What have you done?
What have you done?
Yeah

Oh, while I was learning to live, you taught me how to die
I guess I got what I wanted
Another needle in the back through purified scarification
It wasn't somebody else, you fucking did it to me
You want a real smile?
I haven't smiled in years

 

 

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 Ukraine

Jinjer - "Teacher, Teacher!"

 

 

 

Lyrics:

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Good evening, kids, take your seats, open up your Bibles
I'm gonna chastise some rivals so keep your eyes wide open
The young soul lost control, made her first foul
This is my duty to set the bounds

She grabbed my hand, took me in, placed me in front of the class
She gave a hint I was the clou of her mass
I’m in the middle of the Holy of Holies
I have no worries
I saw dusty icons on the wall
I saw needles and stones
So she put a paper bag on my head
She pointed finger at me, and then she said
"Dear Lord, forgive me as I'm slapping, slapping, slapping this sinful child
By your hand I'm led so I will, show, show
What is wrong and what is right
Choose your label ’cause I'm mercy, mercy, merciful
Put your knuckles on the table, meet my friend ferule
Who'll punish you"

When their prejudice let us down
We stand firmly on our ground
Don't let their school make a fool of you
Because the teachers may be fools too
When their prejudice let us down
We stand firmly on our ground
Don't let their school make a fool of you
Because the teachers may be fools too

Laws chalked on the blackboard
Can't be erased until it gets boring
The lady spoke and then she choked
On the convictions oh so alluring
She made a pause in her verbal overdose
My paper bag slipped down on the floor
I took a look around, there was no sanctuary
Desks empty, the school was all imaginary, ah

Teacher, teacher! Self-proclaimed preacher
Under the flag of welfare your lectures start to blare
We need no soap shoved down our throats
So keep your monologues unrated and remote
I am a bad example of order
This life is not a prison and you are not a warden
Please teacher, teacher! Leave us alone
As we accept life lessons from no one

When their prejudice let us down
We stand firmly on our ground
Don't let their school make a fool of you
Because the teachers may be fools too
When their prejudice let us down
We stand firmly on our ground
Don't let their school make a fool of you

Your idols scream to me
Throwing shame on my face
As I turn away from infamy and disgrace
I smile to you, ’cause I want you to see
How I break the rules in front of your trinity
Your idols scream to me
Throwing shame on my face
As I turn away from infamy and disgrace
Oh, I smile to you
I smile to you
I smile to you

 

 

Honourable Mentions:

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 Brazil

Sepultura - " Isolation"

 

 

 France

Caravan Palace feat. Tom Bailey - "Waterguns"

 

 

 Great Britain

Foals - "The Runner"

 

 

 Italy

Lacuna Coil - "Sword Of Anger"

 

 

 

[Agger 1,663]

Not sure if I'll get to making one. I feel like I'm lacking 2 countries (though I had completely forgotten that Mashrou' Leila had a new album).

 

But 2 artists mentioned that I would have on my list as well