Tourney SHINee B-Side Tournament Group Stage - Group F (1 Viewer)

[Lawol]

Welcome to SHINee b-side tournament! This thread is for Group F of the group stage.
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RULES AND GUIDELINES:

- Voting is multiple choice up to 3 tracks. You don't have to pick all 3 but that is strongly advised.
- It will last 48 hours from the time this thread is posted. The poll will be closed 5th of June (Sunday) at 11:15 PM KST.
- If you wish you can of course share what songs you voted for and why - discussions are encouraged!
- Song reviews, ratings and/or rankings are also allowed as long as they are kept respectful.
- Embed videos to every song are provided below, in case it's a Japanese song a lyric video will also be linked even if there's an official audio format because they are blocked in some countries.
- If a Korean song is blocked for you, let us know in the comments, or please look up a different fan upload by yourself.
- Even if you know the songs listening to all of them again before casting your final vote is essential in getting the most accurate results.

Spoiler: Songs participating

Like a Fire
Best Place
Evil
Symptoms
Picasso
Romeo + Juliette
Run With Me
Sunny Day Hero
Keeping Love Again
One Minute Back
Trigger
Moon Drop
Perfect 10
Kiss Kiss Kiss

Spoiler: Run With Me lyric video

Spoiler: Sunny Day Hero lyric video

Spoiler: Keeping Love Again lyric video

Spoiler: Kiss Kiss Kiss lyric video

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[Lawol]

@winterstory @Tsukino @Nina @Vikki @litc @Goldenstar @AmysTeri @brekker @Exi @Haiku​

 

[athenaaa]

Evil, Romeo + Juliette, Perfect 10

 

[litc]

@winterstory @Tsukino @Nina @Vikki @litc @Goldenstar @AmysTeri @brekker @Exi @Haiku​

I WILL REMEMBER TO VOTE OR YOU CAN ANNOY ME

 

[Kamistar]

I DON'T TRUST ON WHO DOESN'T CHOOSE EVIL

 

[Lawol]

Like a Fire, Evil, Run With Me Picasso, Symptoms and Keeping Love Again are all close too

 

[Nina]

Voted

 

[litc]

Like a Fire - This is a song I hadn't heard before. It has an interesting percussion intro. Then a nice electronic tinged beat. Electronic melody too. When Jonghyun sings, his little "ah" gasps at the end remind me of Michael Jackson. The singing is nice. Bright, but calming. After Taemin starts singing, there are some harmonized ad-libs as response, and it's nice. The vocals are also softer in volume now, barely more than a whisper. Those harmonized ad-libs are also separated by syllables, with little pauses in between. "My. Love". Then are some low notes, and the instrumental changes, the percussion disappears, and you can just hear the gentle pluckings of a string instrument, possibly a ukulele. Then the chorus starts, and the percussion joins in again, with the instrumental still keeping it's bright sound, and the string instrument remaining in the background. The chorus is much louder than the previous vocal parts, and even the beginning vocal parts. This time it's almost shouting chanting together for the chorus, and it's nice. As the chorus progresses, there are some falsetto ad-libs from Jonghyun, and the chorus ends with a nice "fireeee" run from Onew. When the chorus ends, the string instrument disappears. Taemin sings, then Key. Then there's another section of barely above a whisper singing with ad-libs separated. Then the drum disappears, and the string instrument returns with the barely above a whisper singing continuing, but without the ad-libs, then there's a small buildup in the electronic instrumental in the background of the ukulele, and we're in the chorus again. This time the chorus ends with a "saranghaeee" run from Jonghyun, rather than the "fireeee" run from Onew in the first chorus. After the chorus, the percussion disappears again, and we're back with the string instrument and barely above a whisper vocals. This time the barely above a whisper vocals are harmonized, and Jonghyun sings ad-libs over them. There's again a buildup before the chorus, and the percussion returns. During the harmonized, chanting, almost shouting chorus, we have Onew ad-libs. And they're groovy, his way of singing. It's really nice, especially since he puts a little growl at the end of "higher". And then a quick ad-lib from Onew before we have a bunch of high ad-libs from Jonghyun. He's embodying like some 60s musicians but I don't mind. Onew also joins in with the ad-libs once again, and we have the main vocals' ad-libs. Then after the chorus, we have just instrumental save for more very high ad-libs, even with echoing ad-libs, and it's really nice. It's groovy. There's also a short "dudududududu" kazoo part before the song ends with a "fire" ad-lib from Jonghyun.

It's a really nice song. I like it, added it to my playlist, and it's in consideration for my vote.

 

[Lawol]

Like a Fire - This is a song I hadn't heard before. It has an interesting percussion intro. Then a nice electronic tinged beat. Electronic melody too. When Jonghyun sings, his little "ah" gasps at the end remind me of Michael Jackson. The singing is nice. Bright, but calming. After Taemin starts singing, there are some harmonized ad-libs as response, and it's nice. The vocals are also softer in volume now, barely more than a whisper. Those harmonized ad-libs are also separated by syllables, with little pauses in between. "My. Love". Then are some low notes, and the instrumental changes, the percussion disappears, and you can just hear the gentle pluckings of a string instrument, possibly a ukulele. Then the chorus starts, and the percussion joins in again, with the instrumental still keeping it's bright sound, and the string instrument remaining in the background. The chorus is much louder than the previous vocal parts, and even the beginning vocal parts. This time it's almost shouting chanting together for the chorus, and it's nice. As the chorus progresses, there are some falsetto ad-libs from Jonghyun, and the chorus ends with a nice "fireeee" run from Onew. When the chorus ends, the string instrument disappears. Taemin sings, then Key. Then there's another section of barely above a whisper singing with ad-libs separated. Then the drum disappears, and the string instrument returns with the barely above a whisper singing continuing, but without the ad-libs, then there's a small buildup in the electronic instrumental in the background of the ukulele, and we're in the chorus again. This time the chorus ends with a "saranghaeee" run from Jonghyun, rather than the "fireeee" run from Onew in the first chorus. After the chorus, the percussion disappears again, and we're back with the string instrument and barely above a whisper vocals. This time the barely above a whisper vocals are harmonized, and Jonghyun sings ad-libs over them. There's again a buildup before the chorus, and the percussion returns. During the harmonized, chanting, almost shouting chorus, we have Onew ad-libs. And they're groovy, his way of singing. It's really nice, especially since he puts a little growl at the end of "higher". And then a quick ad-lib from Onew before we have a bunch of high ad-libs from Jonghyun. He's embodying like some 60s musicians but I don't mind. Onew also joins in with the ad-libs once again, and we have the main vocals' ad-libs. Then after the chorus, we have just instrumental save for more very high ad-libs, even with echoing ad-libs, and it's really nice. It's groovy. There's also a short "dudududududu" kazoo part before the song ends with a "fire" ad-lib from Jonghyun.

It's a really nice song. I like it, added it to my playlist, and it's in consideration for my vote.

if you liked it then you should definitaly watch this live for it, the goofiest energy ever and you're in for a treat from Key (that's not in the recording)

 

[Ahsoka]

Like a Fire- Easily one of my favorite Shinee songs, it’s upbeat and fun and the live is so much fun too. 9.5/10
Best Place-it’s or bad, but it’s not great either. It’s kind of a Shinee esque song but without the oomph that they usually have, just kind of there. 6/10
Evil- Now this is an amazing song. It sounds creepy but beautiful. They all sound great in it. Few songs can top this for me. 10/10
Symptoms- This song feels so emotional to me, and I love it. Emotions are one way to get me interested in a song and this song sounds gorgeous on top of it. A strong 9.5/10
Picasso- the lyrics are a little wtf but that aside it’s a really solid song. It’s very dancey song and just fun overall, with some fun vocal effects. In a weaker group it would probably make my top 3. 9.5/10
Romeo + Juliette- Huh this song starts out very interesting. I’m not sure how to feel about it, it sounds kind of weird but also not bad. I think overall it’s not my style, but I can understand the appeal. 5.5/10
Run With Me- this song is a little more up my alley, it’s fun and pretty, what more can I really ask for? 8/10
Sunny Day Hero- another fun song with a great beat. I like quite a few of their Japanese songs it seems. 8/10
Keeping Love Again- It’s a chill, pleasant song. Not sure if it’s playlist worthy or not yet, I’ll need another listen to decide that. 7/10
One Minute Back- this song is a lot of fun but just a little too weird for me to be the very top tier Shinee song. I’d give it a good 8/10 though.
Trigger-I love this song. In fact, after listening again, I’m changing my vote from symptoms to trigger. I love the vocals and the beat, and overall it’s just an amazing song. 10/10
Moon Drop- It’s not bad, it doesn’t stand out though in Shinees discography. 6/10
Perfect 10- I don’t have much to say about it. It’s okay, it’s got some interesting sections but it’s a little repetitive to me. 6/10
Kiss Kiss Kiss- This song is a little boring. It just doesn’t stand out at all from shinees discography. 5/10

 

[litc]

OK THANK GOODNESS I DIDN'T MISS IT

FINISHING MY REVIEWS

 

[Haiku]

Sad that I am the only person who voted for Picasso

 

[Ahsoka]

Sad that I am the only person who voted for Picasso

I considered it tbh, but the other songs were even better. This round has a lot of really good songs

 

[Lawol]

Group F results:

1st place - Evil with 7 votes
2nd place - Like a Fire with 4 votes
3rd place - Romeo + Juliette with 3 votes

next round will be posted soon.