Brainstorming post: 2016

[morbane]

As nominations will begin in approximately 4 days, this post is a place to bounce ideas around, gauge interest for your preferred songs & music videos & other pieces, and decide what to nominate.

You have 8 nominations this year. This and other rule updates are on AO3.

This post is also on LiveJournal - check the comments there as well.

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[extrapenguin]

I've already nommed, but here's my cull list for people wanting some inspiration for their own noms:
Invincible - Pat Benatar (Song)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rdjMk8MY2oo
http://www.azlyrics.com/lyrics/patbenatar/invincible.html
We can't afford to be innocent

A power anthem that calls for what may be an uprising. Very uplifting to listen to, and raises lots of questions on what's happening.


Last Ride of the Day - Nightwish (Song)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ukDEYRXoH2g
http://www.azlyrics.com/lyrics/nightwish/lastrideoftheday.html
It's hard to light a candle, easy to curse the dark instead

Very abstract metaphors that would be interesting to concretize! An overall reassuring tune that raises more questions than it answers.


Razorblade - Amaranthe (Song)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jy4s0l5j8j0
http://www.azlyrics.com/lyrics/amaranthe/razorblade.html
Never gonna fail if you fall you get up

My prototypical aspirational song! Very happy and upbeat and above all, determined. Who's going to the top? What are they going to the top of? What are the chains they're breaking free from?