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March 29, 2024 at 1:04am
March 29, 2024 at 1:04am
#1067114
*ChessQueenB* You might think that the King owns the scene,
but the true power piece is the Queen.
Three vectors to cross...
helps deliver Chess loss.
It's a piece not to get caught between! *ChessQueenW*


How the Queen moves


-*ChessRookB*

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March 29, 2024 at 12:39am
March 29, 2024 at 12:39am
#1067112
*ChessBishopB* The color it roams is the same
but don't think that the Bishop is lame.
For a piece in its sight,
it's an easy good night.
Diagonal moves are its game! *ChessBishopW*


How the Bishop Moves


-*ChessRookB*

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March 27, 2024 at 1:41am
March 27, 2024 at 1:41am
#1067005
*ChessRookB* Across the board, the rook, it does glide.
Up and down or perhaps side to side.
It can switch with the king.
That move's called castling.
It's a piece that does not need to hide! *ChessRookW*


How the rook moves


-*ChessRookB*

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March 25, 2024 at 11:41pm
March 25, 2024 at 11:41pm
#1066936
*ChessKnightW*The Knight's movements will sure ring a bell.
It's a figure Tetris fans know well.
Either hook 1, 2 3...
or up 2, turn and see.
It attacks in the shape of an L!*ChessKnightb*


The movements of a Knight


-*ChessRookB*

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February 29, 2024 at 1:46am
February 29, 2024 at 1:46am
#1065210
Day 29 of "The Soundtrack of Your Life challenge. *Smile*

Our final number of this challenge is...
December, 1963 (Oh What A Night!) by Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons




I wanted to end on something epic so I went back and I added this to my play list. This is probably the song I have been listening to the most this year. Probably even toward the end of last year. You know... "Late December back in 23". *Wink*

The 4 Seasons are an iconic group and this is one of their most famous songs. To be fair they have a lot of them such as Sherry, Big Girls Don't Cry, Walk Like a Man. This one though is the one that sticks with me the most. The melody, the beat and some great vocal and lyrics. I love the balance how it alternates from lower to high. The best part of the song for me though is:

"I felt the rush like a rolling ball of thunder. Spinning my head around and taking my body under."

It has a shift in melody making it stand out from the rest of the song.

All that combined with harmony of a vocal quartet to create an amazing blend. It is awesome. Oh what a night indeed!

Well that brings a close to this challenge. If you guys enjoyed it let me know and maybe I'll post some more songs in the future.

Thank you for reading and listening.

-*ChessRookB*

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February 27, 2024 at 11:00pm
February 27, 2024 at 11:00pm
#1065049
Day 28 of "The Soundtrack of Your Life challenge. *Smile*

Today's song is...
Baby Come Back by Player




I was recently reminded about this song from another WDC blog "Smile! (Groan?) You Know You Love These!. If you like these type of daily song related blog entries, that blog is a master of it plus it comes with daily jokes as well.

This is great Jazzy song with a catchy melody. It has a little bit of a trance beat to it. It is really nice. I heard this song several times before and can't remember where I heard it played originally though I remember the situation that made me look it up on youtube for the first time. The song was used as a one shot joke on the Simpsons. Homer accidentally left his baby daughter Maggie on the bus and wound up having to call the bus depot to retrieve her. Apparently their phone in service had incredibly specific scenarios as they had a touchtone situation if you lost your baby i.e. "If you have lost your baby press 5 now" ... The kicker though was that they played this particular song as their on hold music. I was rolling on the floor laughing when I heard it. *Laugh*

Ridiculous situations aside, I can see it being a really fun song to listen to while you wait.
-*ChessRookB*

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February 25, 2024 at 9:23am
February 25, 2024 at 9:23am
#1064847
Day 27 of "The Soundtrack of Your Life challenge. *Smile*

Ok our next song up is...

Even The Nights Are Better by Air Supply




This is one of my favorites on my list. I am a big fan of 80s easy listening music and this is a sweet one. It is a heavily romantic piece. It is most light with softer music but has some great uses of crescendos in the chorus.

The two best segments of the song are the chorus and the riff at 2:43. 80's arrangements tend to make extremely good uses of refrain where you'll hear the same lines repeated several times in this case...

"Even the nights are better.
Now that we're here together
Even the nights are better
Since I found you
"


It will play a few times in the song especially towards the end where it will fade out to complete the song. It is a great trick as it makes the important part of the song memorable and easy to sing along with. *Smile*

The anime used in this song is Onegai Sensei aka Please Teacher. I haven't gotten a chance to watch this anime myself but the scenes chosen for the AMV match the romantic intensity of the song.

-*ChessRookB*

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February 25, 2024 at 12:52am
February 25, 2024 at 12:52am
#1064830
Day 26 of "The Soundtrack of Your Life challenge. *Smile*

Ok our next song up is...

Never Let You Go by Third Eye Blind




Three great rock songs back to back. *Bigsmile* This has a smooth rhythmic beat to it that is very easy to listen to and the band makes beautiful use of an Electric Guitar. This song's strongest area though is the chorus. I love the "Turn around your back on each other if I did I'd break a promise to your mother" lines used. In a similar vein to another popular song "Total Eclipse of the Heart" the phrase turn around reflects looking away from the present. It is also the most melodic segment of the song.

There is a bit of a rap interlude in the middle of the song that I'm not particular crazy about however the jazzy melodic for the rest of the piece carries the song into my playlist worthy category and I love listening to it.

-*ChessRookB*

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February 24, 2024 at 11:46pm
February 24, 2024 at 11:46pm
#1064827
Day 25 of "The Soundtrack of Your Life challenge. *Smile*

We are in the last leg of this challenge 5 more songs to go. *Smile*

The next song up is
I'm Still Standing by Elton John




This is an amazing song. It is a great rock number. The drums really bring the song really sell this a nice percussive beat adding a little staccato to it. The piano part can't be overlooked as well. *Wink* Elton John has released a lot of good songs over his career but this is one of his best ones. It is catchy and easy to dance to and it has a really positive message. I connect with songs where singers keep going in the face of a struggle and this song epitomizes that. The chorus "I'm still standing better than I ever did, feeling like a true survivor" makes me feel stronger listening to it.

The version of the Song being used in the video I posted is from the movie "Sing" with Taran Egerton performing the vocals. If you've seen the movie, this song was used for a very dramatic moment where a son's singing manages to connect him with his estranged father. I would have embedded the movie scene here but wanted to post the song uninterrupted as there are moments when the characters in talk through the song. (Movie version can be found here for reference: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ETC85CgzTHM) Instead I used an amv (anime music video) for the embedded version . The anime used in this one is Fairy Tail which really fit in with the song as well. The video's maker did a great job of syncing the anime used to the song making it look like Fairy Tail's protagonist Natsu was lip syncing along to the lyrics of the song. I particularly love the part with Natsu singing along to the "Yeah Yeah Yeah" segment.

More songs still to come. *Smile*

-*ChessRookB*

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February 20, 2024 at 1:52am
February 20, 2024 at 1:52am
#1064488
Day 24 of "The Soundtrack of Your Life challenge. *Smile*

Our next song up is...
Natural by Imagine Dragons




Imagine Dragons is one of my favorite modern bands. I could have very easily have filled up my playlist with several songs from them. Natural falls midway on my list for them but it is one of my more recent favorites I've added so it wound up getting its own entry. (The songs being used in this challenge are from my most recent playlist. For the most part, I'm going from newest addition to oldest)

Natural is a great rock mix with a punchy beat. There is a little bit of touch of jazz with the adding a nice bit of style to this song. The song feels like a look at nature seemingly acknowledging that it is a kill or be killed type of world. It a little bit of a harsh thought but there is the underlying idea of making ourself push through to the end which gives a more inspirational tone to it.

-*ChessRookB*

Note:

Just for the record...these are my favorite Imagine Dragons songs in order of preference.

1) Radioactive
2) Believer
3) Natural
4) Enemy
5) Thunder

Chances are you'll see some of these songs in future entry albeit not in this round of the challenge.


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