Vote for the Mar/Apr 2019 "Originals" festival

[64Guitars]

It's time to vote for our next two festivals which will run from March 1 to April 30. Voting starts now and runs for 7 days. You can change your vote any time until the closing of the poll on March 1st. To do so, click "Remove vote" to cancel your previous vote, then vote again.

This poll is for the "Originals" festival. There is a separate poll for the "Covers" festival. Please vote in both polls.

Remember, "Covers" is covers only, and "Originals" is originals preferred but covers welcome unless otherwise stated in the festival's description.

• FriendsFest - Songs about friends and friendship.
• WeatherFest - Songs about the weather.
• Chiptune Challenge - See this message.
• FalsettoFest - See this message.
• A stranger in a strange land
• Wildlife
• ClothingFest - Songs about articles of clothing
• TreeFest - Songs about trees

[Geir]

I'm down for another disco tune.  I vote falsetto!

[64Guitars]

Some inspiration for Falsetto Fest (linked to YouTube videos).

"She Drives Me Crazy" - Fine Young Cannibals

"Smalltown Boy" - Bronski Beat

"Emotional Rescue" - The Rolling Stones

"The Lion Sleeps Tonight" - The Tokens

"Hey There Lonely Girl" - Eddie Holman

"Don't Worry Baby" - The Beach Boys

"Sherry" - The Four Seasons

"You Make Me Feel Like Dancing" - Leo Sayer

"Lemon" - U2

[danieldesete]

I'm down for another disco tune.  I vote falsetto!

Geir, please don't. Falsetto should be illegal... I nearly clicked on "report to the moderator" device  for the first time ! 

[T.C. Elliott]

Did I miss what the "Stranger in a strange land" challenge is?

[64Guitars]

Did I miss what the "Stranger in a strange land" challenge is?

I'll let Flash Harry answer that since it was his suggestion and I'm not entirely sure what he meant by it.

It's a bit of a mouthful for a fest title so I think we should call it StrangerFest.

[64Guitars]

Voting closed. The winner is...

A stranger in a strange land.

Hopefully, a more detailed description will be coming soon.

[alfstone]

WOW, Wonderful!!! 

...what is it?....   

Alfredo

[Flash Harry]

Hello All! 

I'm visiting family in Australia at the moment which is pertinent..

'I'm a stranger in a strange land, but I still care for myself' is a line from Word on a Wing by David Bowie, and is also a sci-fi book by Robert Heinlein about a native Martian human arriving on Earth for the first time.

I was thinking about the people forcibly removed from their homes and brought to this strange land that my family has chosen to make home.

And with all this brexit nonsense going on, it resonated with those stories I hear of Europeans making the UK their home, only to have their right to live and work in the UK threatened.

So, it's about voluntary or involuntary displacement and the risk and opportunity this brings.

It can be about a physical or a metaphorical displacement, either real or imagined, and it doesn't have to be limited to this era or place.

Hope that provides a bit more context.

BTW the weather in Perth has been quite strange...

[alfstone]

Now this has a sense!

Good choice!

Alfredo