A Song For January

[Chypmunk]

Same as was done in previous tournaments of this type.....


Join in and drop out as you please
No set number of nominations, nominate on the fly
Max song duration: 11 minutes
No individual matches means no random or host 'fixing' the matches
Only one nomination per person per 'round'
Only those with songs nominated in any 'round' are eligible to vote; except the 'Final' where all those that have previously nominated a song in the month may vote should they wish


Every couple of days will be a new 'round' where any and all newly nominated songs are up against each other. As soon as voting starts for one 'round' nominations will be accepted for the next 'round'.

Players vote by ranking all the songs in that 'round' from 1 (their favourite) to n (their least favourite). Songs will be awarded points based on their positional ranking in each vote (number of points will depend on the number of songs contesting the 'round' - if 10 songs #1 song would get 10 points, #10 song would get 1 point).

The winning song from each 'round' (or songs in the case of a tie) goes through to the 'Final' at the end of the month.

Songs that made it to previous 'finals' are ineligible - 13th Chime - Cats Of Toulouse
Alice in Chains - Would?
Antonio Bazzini - La ronde des lutins
Arvo Pärt - Spiegel im spiegel
Bat for Lashes - Daniel
BB King - The Thrill is Gone
Beach Boys - Good Vibrations
Beethoven - Symphony No. 5, Movement 1
Betty Davis - Anti Love Song
Bill Withers - Use Me (WINNER - SEPT 2019)
Billie Holiday - Strange Fruit
Billy Idol - White Wedding
Billy Preston - Will it Go Round in Circles
Black Mountain - Defector
Black Sabbath - War Pigs (WINNER - JULY 2020)
Bobby Womack - Across 110th Street
Bronski Beat - Smalltown Boy
Brother Dege - Too Old to Die Young
Budgie - Breadfan
Cerrone - Supernature
Champaign - How 'Bout Us
Colorama - Baby Don't Go
Colter Wall - Caroline
David Bowie - As The World Falls Down
Dire Straits - Sultans of Swing
Dire Straits - Walk Of Life
Dmitri Shostakovich - Cello Sonata in D minor, II. Allegro
DMX - X Gon Give It To Ya
Donovan - Hurdy Gurdy Man
Dorothy - Raise Hell
Dusty Springfield - Spooky (WINNER - OCTOBER 2020)
Echobelly - Pantyhose And Roses
Factice Factory - Ignite
Garbage & Screaming Females - Because The Night
George Michael - Kissing a Fool
Golden Earring - Radar Love
Guns N' Roses - Live And Let Die
Guns N' Roses - Paradise City (WINNER - MARCH 2019)
Guns N' Roses - Think About You
Guns N' Roses - You Could Be Mine
Heart - Barracuda (WINNER - APRIL 2020)
Horse Party - Animal
India Ramey - Devil's Den
Interpol - Untitled
Jaime Wyatt - Misery and Gin
Jinjer - Pisces
John Carpenter - Halloween Theme
Johnny Mathis - 99 Miles From LA
Lefty Frizzell - Saginaw Michigan
Louis Prima - Sing, Sing, Sing (With a Swing)
Marvin Gaye - Mercy, Mercy Me
Metallica - One
Miranda Lambert - Gunpowder and Lead
Modern English - I Melt With You
Nat King Cole - A Blossom Fell
Nena - 99 Luftballons (WINNER - APRIL 2020)
Nirvana - The Man Who Sold The World
Ozzy Osbourne - I Don't Wanna Stop
Peppino Gagliardi - Che vuole questa musica stasera
Player - Baby Come Back
Porcupine Tree - Trains
Postmodern Jukebox and Haley Reinhart - Creep
Pretty Reckless - Going To Hell
Princess Chelsea - Monkey Eats Bananas
Queensryche - Operation: Mindcrime
Radiohead - Karma Police
Ray Parker Jr. - Ghostbusters
Red Shahan - Men & Coyotes
Redbone - Come and Get your Love
Rodriguez - Hate Street Dialogue
Rose of the West - Roads
Rush - Limelight
Sam & Dave - Hold On, I'm Coming (WINNER - JUNE 2019)
Sam Cooke - Nothing Can Change This Love
Still Corners - Black Lagoon
T2 - No More White Horses
Tanya Tucker - The Wheels of Laredo
The Bangles - Hazy Shade of Winter
The Cure - Just Like Heaven
The Highwomen - Highwomen
The Moody Blues - Nights In White Satin
The Secret Sisters - He's Fine
The Sisters of Mercy - Lucretia, My Reflection
The Smashing Pumpkins - Bullet with Butterfly Wings
The Zombies - Time of the Season
Thin Lizzy - Emerald
Wailin Storms - Rattle
Wisdom - War of Angels
Wishbone Ash - The King Will Come


Simples but if any relevant questions just ask.

[Chypmunk]

No idea if there will be any desire for one of these this early in 2021 but I expect 'lockdowns' to become fairly prevalent in a few places following a Christmas Covid-19 surge so I thought it might be a welcome distraction and we'll see.

If there is enough interest I propose to start Round 1 at 9am (GMT) on 3rd January so nominations are welcome up to that point.

As per a comment from pahaK in the previous tournament the time limit per track for this one has been increased slightly from the usual 10 minutes to 11 minutes.

[Chypmunk]

My R1 nom:
The Organ - Brother (https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=4fq_r2mqwEI)

[honeykid]

I'll be on board. Now.... To theme or not to theme?

[pahaK]

How could I not join when even the rules have been altered for me? Anyways, I won't be abusing the extra minute that much, but I guess I'll have to start with the song that's responsible for this alteration. And like I said, it's only a few seconds over the previous 10 minutes rule.

R1 nomination:
Argentum - Horta Funebra (m.youtube.com/watch?v=E1jb96OskkU)

[resopamenic]

Max song duration: 11 minutes
Sir, challenge accepted.

[resopamenic]

To celebrate the new rule in the new year :

Neu!- Hallogallo (m.youtube.com/watch?v=zndpi8tNZyQ)

[gbgoodies]

I'm in. I just have to decide what song to nominate. (It takes time to pick a great song that so many people hate. :lol:)

[honeykid]

Round 1

Death In Vegas - Aisha (m.youtube.com/watch?v=ExLqMBLyWd8&list=RDExLqMBLyWd8&start_radio=1)

[Tugg]

My R1 nom:
Jack Harlow ft. Dababy, Tory Lanez, & Lil Wayne - What's Poppin (https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=HIwAI05Y1fU)

[John-Connor]

'You found Manuel Noreaga?
In the Phillipines?
He has a mansion?'

R1
Noreaga - Superthug (https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Ub9gUAfsaWA)

[jiraffejustin]

I'll nominate my favorite karaoke song

Bob Dylan - I Want You (http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=-iIS6ZZ9RVA&ab_channel=BobDylanVEVO)



calling
Captain Spaulding

[gbgoodies]

My Round 1 Nom:
Dierks Bentley - What The Hell Did I Say (https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Tg0VIPMjYgM)

[Chypmunk]

24 and a half hours (or thereabouts) left for anyone else wishing to join Round Uno.

[CaptainT]

Round 1 Nom:
Cage The Elephant - Cigarette Daydreams (https://m.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=vAu4WIK-VfM)

[Chypmunk]

12 and a quarter hours (give or take a little) remaining for R1 nominations.....

[Captain Spaulding]

I won't be able to participate much this month, but I'll drop in and out when mood and time permits.

Round 1 nom:
Rattlesnake Milk - Dave Dudley (https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=9L6pEcOrOTU)


Tagging the last tournament's participants who may not have seen this one: Sedai; HollowMan; Derek Vinyard; cat_sidhe; ynwtf

Also tagging some other new members whom I've noticed discussing music in other threads, in case they want to dip their toes: crumbsroom; Jinnistan; Captain Terror; Wooley; KeyserCorleone

[Derek Vinyard]

Round 1 nom:
Machine Gun Kelly - Bloody Valentine (https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=wSdT-SArM2Q)

[Captain Terror]

Also tagging some other new members whom I've noticed discussing music in other threads, in case they want to dip their toes: crumbsroom; Jinnistan; Captain Terror; Wooley; KeyserCorleone

Thank you. Looks fun but I'm not really big on ranking things, which I'm starting to learn is this forum's favorite pastime. 🙂

I'll audit a round or two before I commit to joining.
(ps-- Thumbs up for the Hallogallo guy/girl.)

[cat_sidhe]

I'm in! But I haven't gone to bed yet. Having a hellish time trying to get some sleep. :( So if a nom from me doesn't appear shortly I'll have to join in on round 2.

[cat_sidhe]

Round 1 nom:

I'm on my phone so I don't think I can get the usual link to work

Clan of Xymox - Jasmine and Rose (m.youtu.be/sz52S-mMXDk)


Yeah that doesn't work. I wish this could be remedied by a site code or something. These days a lot of people use mobile.


https://youtu.be/sz52S-mMXDk

[Chypmunk]

https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn%3AANd9GcTHiq0kRJR7vADqF_U7tjL1sL7pyTbewxNR123LWIUe70-Xy76-&usqp=CAU

The Organ - Brother (https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=4fq_r2mqwEI)

Argentum - Horta Funebra (m.youtube.com/watch?v=E1jb96OskkU)

Neu!- Hallogallo (m.youtube.com/watch?v=zndpi8tNZyQ)

Death In Vegas - Aisha (m.youtube.com/watch?v=ExLqMBLyWd8&list=RDExLqMBLyWd8&start_radio=1) § (alt vsn if needed (https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=vvMzS3RjQSw))

Jack Harlow ft. Dababy, Tory Lanez, & Lil Wayne - What's Poppin (https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=HIwAI05Y1fU)

Noreaga - Superthug (https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Ub9gUAfsaWA)

Bob Dylan - I Want You (http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=-iIS6ZZ9RVA&ab_channel=BobDylanVEVO)

Dierks Bentley - What The Hell Did I Say (https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Tg0VIPMjYgM)

Cage The Elephant - Cigarette Daydreams (https://m.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=vAu4WIK-VfM)

Rattlesnake Milk - Dave Dudley (https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=9L6pEcOrOTU)

Machine Gun Kelly - Bloody Valentine (https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=wSdT-SArM2Q)

Clan of Xymox - Jasmine and Rose (https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=sz52S-mMXDk)

Please rank from 1 (your favourite) to 12 (your least favourite).
This round will stay open for voting until 9am GMT on 5th January.

Nominations for Round 2 are now open

[Chypmunk]

Thank you. Looks fun but I'm not really big on ranking things, which I'm starting to learn is this forum's favorite pastime. 🙂

I'll audit a round or two before I commit to joining.
(ps-- Thumbs up for the Hallogallo guy/girl.)
Feel free to sideline watch / join in / drop out as you please ..... aside from me trying to maintain some sort of schedule with regards the timing of rounds it's generally a pretty relaxed affair I think.

[Tugg]

1. Jack Harlow ft. Dababy, Tory Lanez, & Lil Wayne - What's Poppin
2. Dierks Bentley - What The Hell Did I Say
3. Machine Gun Kelly - Bloody Valentine
4. Clan of Xymox - Jasmine and Rose
5. Bob Dylan - I Want You
6. Cage The Elephant - Cigarette Daydreams
7. Rattlesnake Milk - Dave Dudley
8. Noreaga - Superthug
9. The Organ - Brother
10. Death In Vegas - Aisha
11. Neu!- Hallogallo
12. Argentum - Horta Funebra

[John-Connor]

Noreaga - Superthug
The Organ - Brother
Neu!- Hallogallo
Cage The Elephant - Cigarette Daydreams
Dierks Bentley - What The Hell Did I Say
Machine Gun Kelly - Bloody Valentine
Dave Dudley - Rattlesnake Milk
Jack Harlow ft. Dababy, Tory Lanez, & Lil Wayne - What's Poppin'
Bob Dylan - I Want You
Clan of Xymox - Jasmine and Rose
Death In Vegas - Aisha
Argentum - Horta Funebra


Strong opening round, all good joints.👍
Added Brother, Hallogallo, Cigarette Daydreams, What The Hell Did I Say
and Rattlesnake Milk to my daily playlist, I Want You, What's Poppin' and Bloody Valentine were already on it.

[Chypmunk]

honeykid - you ok with this one (https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=vvMzS3RjQSw) as an alt vsn for your Death In Vegas nom (as the Vevo video is apparently blocked in at least some of the U.S.)?

[Captain Spaulding]

Round 1

1. Rattlesnake Milk - Dave Dudley
2. Clan of Xymox - Jasmine and Rose
3. Bob Dylan - I Want You
4. Death in Vegas - Aisha
5. The Organ - Brother
6. Cage the Elephant - Cigarette Daydreams
7. Argentum - Horta Funebra
8. Noreaga - Superthug
9. Neu! - Hallgallo
10. Machine Gun Kelly - Bloody Valentine
11. Dierks Bentley - What the Hell Did I Say
12. Jack Harlow ft. Dababy, Tory Lanez, & Lil Wayne - What's Poppin'

[honeykid]

honeykid - you ok with this one (https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=vvMzS3RjQSw) as an alt vsn for your Death In Vegas nom (as the Vevo video is apparently blocked in at least some of the U.S.)?

I am. Though it's a shame as the video works so well with the song.

[honeykid]

Death In Vegas - Aisha - I love this song and bought the album on the strength of it. Good purchase. Shame the vid isn't working for everyone. Maybe that will explain its inevitable poor performance?

The Organ - Brother - Good start to the round. Here's hoping it'll continue as I know almost none of the others here.

Argentum - Horta Funebra - I spoke to soon, but only because of the length. The actual track was pretty good. I'd have just been happy for it to end at about the 6 minute mark when I thought it had.... For half a second.

Clan of Xymox - Jasmine and Rose - It's ok but it's more in my wheelhouse so even though I don't know the song it feels familiar. It's going to place fairly well.

Neu!- Hallogallo - It's like the intro to what you think may well be a good 80's pop song which never materialises. :( I've been here for nearly half an hour and I've only listened to 3 songs. :(

Dierks Bentley - What The Hell Did I Say - This was alright. Sorry gbg.

Jack Harlow ft. Dababy, Tory Lanez, & Lil Wayne - What's Poppin - Not quite my thing but it was short and catchy. After the previous 20 it was a welcome change of pace.

Rattlesnake Milk - Dave Dudley - Have you guys started posting better country songs? I don't hate this either.

Noreaga - Superthug - Sorry this didn't do anything for me. It didn't even annoy me. It might end up higher just because something else will annoy me. :D Oh, hello Bob....

Cage The Elephant - Cigarette Daydreams - Nice but quickly forgettable.

Machine Gun Kelly - Bloody Valentine - Kind of just there. Nice but nothing else. I would choose to listen to this again but not because I dislike it.

Bob Dylan - I Want You - Actually that's quite a nice pop song. If it wasn't for that horrible sound he emits when he opens his mouth I might have even liked it a little.

[pahaK]

01: Argentum - Horta Funebra
02: Clan of Xymox - Jasmine and Rose
03: Rattlesnake Milk - Dave Dudley
04: Cage The Elephant - Cigarette Daydreams
05: Bob Dylan - I Want You
06: The Organ - Brother
07: Death In Vegas - Aisha
08: Neu!- Hallogallo
09: Dierks Bentley - What The Hell Did I Say
10: Machine Gun Kelly - Bloody Valentine
11: Noreaga - Superthug
12: Jack Harlow ft. Dababy, Tory Lanez, & Lil Wayne - What's Poppin

[gbgoodies]

1) Dierks Bentley - What The Hell Did I Say
2) Rattlesnake Milk - Dave Dudley
3) The Organ - Brother
4) Neu!- Hallogallo
5) Bob Dylan - I Want You
6) Cage The Elephant - Cigarette Daydreams
7) Clan of Xymox - Jasmine and Rose
8) Machine Gun Kelly - Bloody Valentine
9) Death In Vegas - Aisha § (alt vsn if needed)
10) Jack Harlow ft. Dababy, Tory Lanez, & Lil Wayne - What's Poppin
11) Noreaga - Superthug
12) Argentum - Horta Funebra

[gbgoodies]

Dierks Bentley - What The Hell Did I Say - This was alright. Sorry gbg.


It didn't place last on your list. That's a win in my book. :up:

[gbgoodies]

My Round 2 Nom:
Don Williams - My Heart To You (https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=UCGrWz4Fn4M)

[Chypmunk]

Neu! - Hallogallo
The Organ - Brother
Death In Vegas - Aisha
Clan of Xymox - Jasmine and Rose
Rattlesnake Milk - Dave Dudley
Argentum - Horta Funebra
Machine Gun Kelly - Bloody Valentine
Jack Harlow ft. Dababy, Tory Lanez, & Lil Wayne - What's Poppin
Bob Dylan - I Want You
Cage The Elephant - Cigarette Daydreams
Dierks Bentley - What The Hell Did I Say
Noreaga - Superthug

[jiraffejustin]

1. Rattlesnake Milk - Dave Dudley
2. Bob Dylan - I Want You
3. The Organ - Brother
4. Argentum - Horta Funebra
5. Neu!- Hallogallo
6. Clan of Xymox - Jasmine and Rose
7. Cage The Elephant - Cigarette Daydreams
8. Death In Vegas - Aisha
9. Noreaga - Superthug
10. Jack Harlow ft. Dababy, Tory Lanez, & Lil Wayne - What's Poppin
11. Machine Gun Kelly - Bloody Valentine
12. Dierks Bentley - What The Hell Did I Say

[jiraffejustin]

Jaime Wyatt - Wishing Well (http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=G1or_Zs75x8&ab_channel=FolkABC-Americana%2CBlues%2CCountry)

[honeykid]

It didn't place last on your list. That's a win in my book. :up:

That's why I was apologising. I know how accustomed you've grown to seeing them last and how upsetting it is to see them placed elsewhere. :D

[Chypmunk]

My R2 nom:
Sky Pig - The Strain (https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=1qj93mTK3hY)

[Tugg]

My R2 nom:
Marshmello & Halsey - Be Kind (https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=ePao0cTGG-o)

[ynwtf]

Thank you. Looks fun but I'm not really big on ranking things, which I'm starting to learn is this forum's favorite pastime. 🙂

I'll audit a round or two before I commit to joining.
(ps-- Thumbs up for the Hallogallo guy/girl.)

Just a passive way to share music in a sometimes slow and frustrating movie forum. I mean, what else we gonna talk about? politics?? I WISH!! (no, I do not wish. please don't?)

I only made it halfway through the last game, so feel free to jump in and out at will. it's up to you to determine who will is and why he likes people posturing up to him so much =\

:D

[CaptainT]

Round 1:
1. Cage The Elephant - Cigarette Daydreams
2. Rattlesnake Milk - Dave Dudley
3. Bob Dylan - I Want You
4. Jack Harlow ft. Dababy, Tory Lanez, & Lil Wayne - What's Poppin
5. Argentum - Horta Funebra
6. Machine Gun Kelly - Bloody Valentine
7. Noreaga - Superthug
8. Death In Vegas - Aisha
9. The Organ - Brother
10. Neu! - Hallogallo
11. Dierks Bentley - What The Hell Did I Say
12. Clan of Xymox - Jasmine and Rose

Round 2 nom:
Woodkid - Run Boy Run (https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=lmc21V-zBq0)

[Captain Terror]

Just a passive way to share music in a sometimes slow and frustrating movie forum. I mean, what else we gonna talk about? politics?? I WISH!! (no, I do not wish. please don't?)

I only made it halfway through the last game, so feel free to jump in and out at will. it's up to you to determine who will is and why he likes people posturing up to him so much =\

:D

Yes, the nominating and sharing seems fun, it's the ranking of more than 3 items that makes my brain collapse. :)

[ynwtf]

My R2 nom:
The Gutter Twins - The Stations (https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=lqOfHkLIatg)

[cat_sidhe]

Round 1


1. Clan of Xymox - Jasmine and Rose
This song strongly reminds me of Sisters of Mercy, and I love it!

2. Jack Harlow ft. Dababy, Tory Lanez, & Lil Wayne - What's Poppin
New for me, instantly liked it.

3. Death In Vegas - Aisha
Always thought this was pretty nifty, loved the music video.

4. Neu!- Hallogallo
Neu!'s pretty cool. I like meanering hypnotic stuff.

5. The Organ - Brother
Another new one for me. I quite like this. :)

6. Rattlesnake Milk - Dave Dudley

7. Noreaga - Superthug

8. Bob Dylan - I Want You

9. Cage The Elephant - Cigarette Daydreams

10. Dierks Bentley - What The Hell Did I Say

11. Machine Gun Kelly - Bloody Valentine

12. Argentum - Horta Funebra

[cat_sidhe]

Round 2 nom

MIEN - Earth Moon (m.youtube.com/watch?v=Mz1YKbDVSuo)

[ynwtf]

Round 2 nom

MIEN - Earth Moon (m.youtube.com/watch?v=Mz1YKbDVSuo)

leggo! it's MIEN MIEN MIEN!!!!

[cat_sidhe]

leggo! it's MIEN MIEN MIEN!!!!


O.o

[cat_sidhe]

I like meanering hypnotic stuff.



I'm missing the d. :shifty:

[Chypmunk]

Still resopamenic and Derek Vinyard to vote....

[Chypmunk]

I'm missing the d. :shifty:
Yin prolly stoled it (along with all the Lego) ;)

[ynwtf]

YED I DID!!!!! MWAH-DAH-DAH-DAAAAAAaaahh!!!!

[Captain Spaulding]

Rattlesnake Milk - Dave Dudley - Have you guys started posting better country songs? I don't hate this either.

Or maybe we've forced you to listen to so much country in these tournaments that your taste is starting to evolve? In another year you'll be nominating Willie Nelson songs and using words like "hootenanny." ;)

[ynwtf]

for my new year's resolution, i just decided now that i will play my Bowie Spotify tracks in random order. instead of starting with 1. Outside and playing through all his albums ending with VH1 Storytellers (Live). now, it will be totally random making every track feel like something new. i currently have 253 Bowie tracks on my phone. right now, apparently the opening title to Labyrinth (with Underground) is my most listened to track from 2020 at 339 streams of that one song alone. makes sense.

[Derek Vinyard]

Machine Gun Kelly - Bloody Valentine
Bob Dylan - I Want You
The Organ - Brother
Rattlesnake Milk - Dave Dudley
Death In Vegas - Aisha § (alt vsn if needed)
Cage The Elephant - Cigarette Daydreams
Argentum - Horta Funebra
Clan of Xymox - Jasmine and Rose
Noreaga - Superthug
Neu!- Hallogallo
Dierks Bentley - What The Hell Did I Say
Jack Harlow ft. Dababy, Tory Lanez, & Lil Wayne - What's Poppin

[Derek Vinyard]

round 2 nom
Linkin Park - Bleed It Out (https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=OnuuYcqhzCE)

A song from every of my favorite bands till the end

[Chypmunk]

Ok, time's up and sadly no votes from reso but as ever the show moves on....

1st - Rattlesnake Milk - Dave Dudley (97 pts)

2nd - The Organ - Brother (94 pts)
3rd - Clan of Xymox - Jasmine and Rose (83 pts)
4th - Bob Dylan - I Want You (80 pts)
5th - Death In Vegas - Aisha (74 pts)
5th - Cage The Elephant - Cigarette Daydreams (74 pts)
7th - Neu! - Hallogallo (73 pts)
8th - Argentum - Horta Funebra (62 pts)
9th - Machine Gun Kelly - Bloody Valentine (59 pts)
10th - Jack Harlow ft. Dababy, Tory Lanez, & Lil Wayne - What's Poppin (57 pts)
11th - Dierks Bentley - What The Hell Did I Say (54 pts)
12th - Noreaga - Superthug (51 pts)

Grats to Captain S on getting the first tune through to the Final :up:

Round two up shortly...

[Chypmunk]

Sadly we lose pahaK, resopamenic, honeykid, John-Connor and Captain Spaulding for this round, hopefully they might be back with us again at some point. Mr. Wootf does his very best to make up for all those losses though by opting to join in :up:

https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn%3AANd9GcS4VQCPzUDKVGKm81YnoYG9lRWcrnPrGUPzU8ZDSsjP9TrvMDH_&usqp=CAU

Don Williams - My Heart To You (https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=UCGrWz4Fn4M)

Jaime Wyatt - Wishing Well (http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=G1or_Zs75x8&ab_channel=FolkABC-Americana%2CBlues%2CCountry)

Sky Pig - The Strain (https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=1qj93mTK3hY)

Marshmello & Halsey - Be Kind (https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=ePao0cTGG-o)

Woodkid - Run Boy Run (https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=lmc21V-zBq0)

The Gutter Twins - The Stations (https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=lqOfHkLIatg)

MIEN - Earth Moon (m.youtube.com/watch?v=Mz1YKbDVSuo)

Linkin Park - Bleed It Out (https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=OnuuYcqhzCE)

Please rank from 1 (your favourite) to 8 (your least favourite).
This round will stay open for voting until 9am GMT on 7th January.

Nominations for Round 3 are now open

[Chypmunk]

Solid round imo, nothing I don't like.



Sky Pig - The Strain
Don Williams - My Heart To You
The Gutter Twins - The Stations
Woodkid - Run Boy Run
MIEN - Earth Moon
Jaime Wyatt - Wishing Well
Linkin Park - Bleed It Out
Marshmello & Halsey - Be Kind

[resopamenic]

Unfortunately cant catch up to listen all of it, see you again next round - -or the next round :')

[Chypmunk]

Unfortunately cant catch up to listen all of it, see you again next round - -or the next round :')
Welcome back whenever you so desire ;)

[Skepsis93]

Am I right in saying I can't vote on round 2 but I can nominate for round 3?

[Chypmunk]

Am I right in saying I can't vote on round 2 but I can nominate for round 3?
Spot on :up:

[Skepsis93]

Sweet, I'll join in then and nominate Neil Young - Unknown Legend (https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=u1xkFRdBwhM&ab_channel=NeilYoung-Topic)

[Chypmunk]

Sweet, I'll join in then and nominate Neil Young - Unknown Legend

Neil Young - Unknown Legend (https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=u1xkFRdBwhM&ab_channel=NeilYoung-Topic)

Kewl.
Just the one small thing, it's appreciated if links can be formatted as external ones rather than embedded. For anyone working with "www" type song links (as opposed to the "youtu.be" variety) that maybe doesn't know how to make a song link external (rather than imbedding the video):
External linking is easy:


Copy the url of the song link you want (it has to be a free to access link - most of the time players tend to use YouTube)
Type the text of the song or whatever in a response ... i.e. "The Beatles - In My Life"
Highlight the text
In the list of optional actions at the top of the response box (where italics, bold, underline etc. are) click the picture of a globe with 2 links of a chain underneath it
In the box that comes up paste the url you copied earlier
Edit the "www" in the link to "m"
Click ok and it will wrap the HTML for the link around the text and that's it



You can verify it looks right and even that they work by previewing the post.

As you can see I've already modified the Neil Young one for you in the quote so no need to change that one (unless you fancy a practise run). I do know this can be problematic if attempted from a mobile so I don't mind formatting for people as and when needed but it does make running these that little bit easier if that is kept to a minimum.

Welcome in and hope you find it enjoyable.

[honeykid]

I always seem to forget to post my second nom.

Round 3 nom
The KLF - America: What Time Is Love? (https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=O_253-HURY8)

[honeykid]

Or maybe we've forced you to listen to so much country in these tournaments that your taste is starting to evolve? In another year you'll be nominating Willie Nelson songs and using words like "hootenanny." ;)

That is another possiblility but I rejected it because there's not enough info to make that the most likely outcome atm.

And I'm not using the word hootenanny. I'm English. :D

[Skepsis93]

Just the one small thing, it's appreciated if links can be formatted as external ones rather than embedded.

Oh cool, my apologies - I do know how just didn't clock that that's the way you wanted it done. :)

[Tugg]

1. Marshmello & Halsey - Be Kind
2. Don Williams - My Heart To You
3. Jaime Wyatt - Wishing Well
4. The Gutter Twins - The Stations
5. Sky Pig - The Strain
6. Linkin Park - Bleed It Out
7. MIEN - Earth Moon
8. Woodkid - Run Boy Run

[Sedai]

Round 3 NOM

Meg Myers - Running Up That Hill (https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=N7iVWK2W48o)

[Chypmunk]

My R3 Nom:
Young Marble Giants - Choco Loni (https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=S1_Ddc1us8k)

[Tugg]

My R3 Nom:
Chris Brown ft. Young Thug - Go Crazy (https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=dPhwbZBvW2o)

[cat_sidhe]

Round 2

All the songs were new to me in this round, including my own nomination. I decided for this tournament to go with as many recent discoveries as I could.

1. MIEN - Earth Moon
2. Sky Pig - The Strain
3. The Gutter Twins - The Stations
4. Jaime Wyatt - Wishing Well
5. Woodkid - Run Boy Run
6- Don Williams - My Heart To You
7. Linkin Park - Bleed It Out
8. Marshmello & Halsey - Be Kind

[cat_sidhe]

Round 3 nom

Pete International Airport - Flowers of Evil (m.youtube.com/watch?v=0XA7-Y-oEtc)

[Captain Spaulding]

Round 3 nomination:
Yola - Faraway Look (https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=jWTwuQ3LeH4)

[jiraffejustin]

1. Jaime Wyatt - Wishing Well
2. Don Williams - My Heart To You
3. Sky Pig - The Strain
4. MIEN - Earth Moon
5. The Gutter Twins - The Stations
6. Woodkid - Run Boy Run
7. Linkin Park - Bleed It Out
8. Marshmello & Halsey - Be Kind

Don Williams: He had such a great, smooth voice. This is a peaceful listen. Not too many frills, not overly exciting, but reliable and trustworthy, as Don Williams was.

Jaime Wyatt: I still haven't gotten around to her most recent album, I need to rectify that soon. The first time I heard her, it was her cover of Misery and Gin, which I think is one of the top 25 country songs of the last decade. She's great, and the more I listen to Felony Blues, the more I like it. She's a very good songwriter in her own right.

Sky Pig: pretty cool vibe

Marshmello & Halsey: not for me. Is the girl in the video Halsey? she cute

Woodkid: Always makes me wonder where I've been when I see a video has over 80 million views and I have no idea what it is. I'm neither hot nor cold on this track. I appreciate the music video doing something interesting. It almost looks like an NES or SNES left-to-right scroller at times.

The Gutter Twins: There's a lot going on in the production here, to the point where I was paying attention to certain elements of it and forgot to listen the rest of the song. That's not necessarily a bad thing, because I want to listen to it again.

MIEN: I can see myself getting into these guys if the rest of their work is similar to this.

Linkin Park: I don't much care for Linkin Park. This song has good energy. I've heard worse flows from rappers. Still, not for me.

[jiraffejustin]

Led Zeppelin - The Battle of Evermore (m.youtube.com/watch?v=88b0OYxdtyM&ab_channel=LedZeppelin-Topic)

[gbgoodies]

Ok, time's up and sadly no votes from reso but as ever the show moves on....

1st - Rattlesnake Milk - Dave Dudley (97 pts)

Grats to Captain S on getting the first tune through to the Final :up:



Congratulations Captain Spaulding! :up:

[ynwtf]

Yikes. Completely forgot I posted a nom! I'll make some time at work tomorrow to cycle through the list for a vote.

[gbgoodies]

1) Don Williams - My Heart To You
2) Jaime Wyatt - Wishing Well
3) Marshmello & Halsey - Be Kind
4) Woodkid - Run Boy Run
5) MIEN - Earth Moon
6) The Gutter Twins - The Stations
7) Linkin Park - Bleed It Out
8) Sky Pig - The Strain


I'll post my nom for the next round later.

[pahaK]

Skipped the last round 'cause nothing sounded good when I tried to figure out my nom, but here we go again.

R3 nomination:
Dool - Wolf Moon (m.youtube.com/watch?v=VlMxYHH8zI4)

[gbgoodies]

My Round 3 Nom:
Harry Connick Jr. - A Wink And A Smile (from Sleepless in Seattle) (https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=mw0LC54Iko0)

[Chypmunk]

Still CaptainT, ynwtf and Derek Vinyard to vote......

[CaptainT]

Round 2:
1. Woodkid - Run Boy Run
2. Don Williams - My Heart To You
3. Sky Pig - The Strain
4. Linkin Park - Bleed It Out
5. MIEN - Earth Moon
6. The Gutter Twins - The Stations
7. Jaime Wyatt - Wishing Well
8. Marshmello & Halsey - Be Kind

[ynwtf]

Round 2

1. The Gutter Twins - The Stations
Mark Lanegan. What more needs to be said? People get your ears checked out. :D NOW! I always hate putting my picks first in these lists (unless it's Bowie), but I've been obsessed with Lanegan's voice for the last quarter of 2020. Then I tripped into The Gutter Twins with their "All Misery/Flowers" track and was elated. It took a while to decide which of these two tracks to post here, but erred on the side of caution feeling that "The Stations" might be more approachable all around. The strings are borderline overdone for me, but the song is solid.

2. MIEN - Earth Moon
oooo groovy. I'm digging this a lot. It's like the smoothest best of Sky Cries Mary and Autolux. I can get into this. And it's actually building. I enjoyed Woodkid, but gotta bump this one up above it for the variety of it all.

3. Woodkid - Run Boy Run
Woo just a few seconds into this one and I'm already overwhelmed. Video takes this sound to the next level. It's as if Morrissey and that guy from Alt-J were caught up into a single teleport stream on the Starship Enterprise, then convinced Hans Zimmer to write a percussive pattern for a pop song, all to be directed by Tim Burton's imagination but with someone else's restraint. Huh. Totally listening to the next track that's loading now.

4. Sky Pig - The Strain
Decent sound all around. I even like the vocals. Just takes too long to get there, and the wall of reverb feels dated. No idea when this came out though. Woah. 2020? Did not expect that. All in all though, it's pretty good. I think shave about 3 minutes off to tighten this up and I feel it'd have a similar energy to "War Pigs." Hm. War Pig? Sky Pig? Is there a relation?

5. Marshmello & Halsey - Be Kind
Not a fan of the genre, but dang if I can't take my eyes off the video =x That said, Choreography feels plucked from Sia's "Chandelier" (excellent vid, btw. nearly brings tears to my eyes/ears watching and listening to that one). Sorry. Gotta pause this ranking to finish listening to "Chandelier."

6. Don Williams - My Heart To You
Good country. Just never much of a fan so other tracks will usually take higher billings with me. (sorry!)

7. Jaime Wyatt - Wishing Well
This is right there at my border of country. Pretty good all around, but that classic voice-cracking is a bit much in the first verse. Melody reminds me of something but I can't place it. I'm thinking Emmylou Harris maybe. Maybe Aoife O'Donovan. Hate I can't find it...

8. Linkin Park - Bleed It Out
Linkin Park is the devil! But at least Fred Durst is the devil's pool boy. ;)


p.s. I hate Morrissey tho

[ynwtf]

R3 Nommers:
Duran Duran - The Reflex (https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=HY2xrQVplpg)

There WAS a theme, but had to throw this in, totally screwing up that concept (brilliant that it was, though). Anyway. Listen to this bridge at least, and I dare ANY of you to convince me Mike Patton wasn't the original vocalist à la the Milli Vanilli scandal. You can't. Cuz he was. LISTEN!






yay. this day can END now!

[Chypmunk]

Ok, time's up again, sadly no votes from Derek this time but as always on we go....

1st - Don Williams - My Heart To You (42 pts)

2nd - Sky Pig - The Strain (37 pts)
3rd - The Gutter Twins - The Stations (35 pts)
4th - MIEN - Earth Moon (34 pts)
5th - Jaime Wyatt - Wishing Well (33 pts)
6th - Woodkid - Run Boy Run (32 pts)
7th - Marshmello & Halsey - Be Kind (22 pts)
8th - Linkin Park - Bleed It Out (17 pts)

Grats to Gbg on getting the second tune through to the Final :up:

Round three up shortly...

[Chypmunk]

Sadly both Derek Vinyard and CaptainT take a break, hopefully they might rejoin at some point. Sedai and Skepsis93 both join in the fun though while honeykid, Captain Spaulding and pahaK all rejoin after a brief hiatus :up:

https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn%3AANd9GcQU-Vwqsx2-UP-7bUz7QJ925Ln22tSdGroAxmC_zWZXOpcghlDX&usqp=CAU

Neil Young - Unknown Legend (https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=u1xkFRdBwhM&ab_channel=NeilYoung-Topic)

The KLF - America: What Time Is Love? (https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=O_253-HURY8)

Meg Myers - Running Up That Hill (https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=N7iVWK2W48o)

Young Marble Giants - Choco Loni (https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=S1_Ddc1us8k)

Chris Brown ft. Young Thug - Go Crazy (https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=dPhwbZBvW2o)

Pete International Airport - Flowers of Evil (m.youtube.com/watch?v=0XA7-Y-oEtc)

Yola - Faraway Look (https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=jWTwuQ3LeH4)

Led Zeppelin - The Battle of Evermore (m.youtube.com/watch?v=88b0OYxdtyM&ab_channel=LedZeppelin-Topic)

Dool - Wolf Moon (m.youtube.com/watch?v=VlMxYHH8zI4)

Harry Connick Jr. - A Wink And A Smile (https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=mw0LC54Iko0)

Duran Duran - The Reflex (https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=HY2xrQVplpg) § (alt link if needed (https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=J5ebkj9x5Ko))

Please rank from 1 (your favourite) to 11 (your least favourite).
This round will stay open for voting until 9am GMT on 9th January.

Nominations for Round 4 are now open

[Chypmunk]

ynwtf - The Reflex video won't play here, presumably the OMV (https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=J5ebkj9x5Ko) is an acceptable alternative for those of us that might need it?
Let me know if you'd prefer a different alternative.

[Skepsis93]

Feels a bit rude to put my pick at #1 but nothing surpassed it :p

1. Neil Young - Unknown Legend
2. Harry Connick Jr. - A Wink And A Smile
3. Yola - Faraway Look
4. Meg Myers - Running Up That Hill
5. Led Zeppelin - The Battle of Evermore
6. Duran Duran - The Reflex
7. Young Marble Giants - Choco Loni
8. The KLF - America: What Time Is Love?
9. Pete International Airport - Flowers of Evil
10. Dool - Wolf Moon
11. Chris Brown ft. Young Thug - Go Crazy

[Skepsis93]

And I'll go for Uncle Tupelo - Moonshiner (https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=ppiol9oetOk&ab_channel=vdusan17) for my round 4 nom.

[Chypmunk]

Very much a mixed round for me, found those toward the bottom of my list quite hard to rank tbh.



Led Zeppelin - The Battle of Evermore
Young Marble Giants - Choco Loni
Pete International Airport - Flowers of Evil
Yola - Faraway Look
Dool - Wolf Moon
Neil Young - Unknown Legend
Meg Myers - Running Up That Hill
Chris Brown ft. Young Thug - Go Crazy
Duran Duran - The Reflex
Harry Connick Jr. - A Wink And A Smile
The KLF - America: What Time Is Love?


My R5 nom:
Ashley McBryde - Girl Goin' Nowhere (live acoustic vsn) (https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=JXrUt_pOqiE)

[jiraffejustin]

1. Led Zeppelin - The Battle of Evermore
2. Neil Young - Unknown Legend
3. Yola - Faraway Look
4. Meg Myers - Running Up That Hill
5. Young Marble Giants - Choco Loni
6. The KLF - America: What Time Is Love?
7. Duran Duran - The Reflex
8. Pete International Airport - Flowers of Evil
9. Chris Brown ft. Young Thug - Go Crazy
10. Dool - Wolf Moon
11. Harry Connick Jr. - A Wink and A Smile

[ynwtf]

Very much a mixed round for me, found those toward the bottom of my list quite hard to rank tbh.



Led Zeppelin - The Battle of Evermore
Young Marble Giants - Choco Loni
Pete International Airport - Flowers of Evil
Yola - Faraway Look
Dool - Wolf Moon
Neil Young - Unknown Legend
Meg Myers - Running Up That Hill
Chris Brown ft. Young Thug - Go Crazy
Duran Duran - The Reflex
Harry Connick Jr. - A Wink And A Smile
The KLF - America: What Time Is Love?


My R5 nom:
Ashley McBryde - Girl Goin' Nowhere (live acoustic vsn) (https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=JXrUt_pOqiE)


So NOT a Patton fan. Got it.

[resopamenic]

my nom for next round :3
Danny Kaye & The Andrews Sisters - Civilization (https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=FNJ5EuU1hYU)

[Chypmunk]

So NOT a Patton fan. Got it.
I wouldn't say that. For instance I own three of these:
https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQwsZvktWZK6rIs2DgQ_iKhX_Y2nXBPCpf-HQ&usqp=CAU

and a pair of these:
https://i.etsystatic.com/16715571/r/il/e62a70/1526180147/il_570xN.1526180147_tt3m.jpg

:p

[Tugg]

1. Chris Brown ft. Young Thug - Go Crazy
2. Neil Young - Unknown Legend
3. Dool - Wolf Moon
4. Yola - Faraway Look
5. Led Zeppelin - The Battle of Evermore
6. Meg Myers - Running Up That Hill
7. Harry Connick Jr. - A Wink And A Smile
8. Young Marble Giants - Choco Loni
9. Pete International Airport - Flowers of Evil
10. Duran Duran - The Reflex
11. The KLF - America: What Time Is Love?

[Tugg]

My R4 nom:
Ava Max - Who's Laughing Now (https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=89S-RbszwJE)

[Sedai]

1 Dool - Wolf Moon - Top tune in this round, for sure. Will check out more of their stuff asap.
2 Meg Myers - Running Up That Hill - As we all know, I love me some Meg Myers...
3 Pete International Airport - Flowers of Evil - Another really strong entry. Had not heard before.
4 Duran Duran - The Reflex - Classic 80s stuff...
5 Led Zeppelin - The Battle of Evermore - I would normally push Zep right to the top, but the vocals in this tune have always set my teeth on edge.
6 The KLF - America: What Time Is Love? - I like some of their other music more.
7 Neil Young - Unknown Legend - One of the better tunes from this artist.
8 Young Marble Giants - Choco Loni - Kind of hypnotic, but ended just as it was starting to get going.
9 Harry Connick Jr. - A Wink And A Smile - Not my style.
10 Yola - Faraway Look - Great pipes, but not my thing.
11 Chris Brown ft. Young Thug - Go Crazy - A miss for me...

[jiraffejustin]

round 4 nom:

Led Zeppelin - Moby Dick (m.youtube.com/watch?v=2N_xP67utPk&ab_channel=LedZeppelin)

I don't usually nominate the same artist back-to-back like this. I'm in the middle of a massive revisiting of Zeppelin's discography to see how I feel about them ten years after the first time I got into them, so they are currently what's occupying my music brain. This song is very different from the previous Zep song I nominated.

[John-Connor]

R4
Radiohead - Street Spirit (Fade Out) (https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=LCJblaUkkfc)

[Sedai]

Round 4 NOM

King's X - Prisoner (https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=C38xiUh9e5g)

[ynwtf]

ynwtf - The Reflex video won't play here, presumably the OMV (https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=J5ebkj9x5Ko) is an acceptable alternative for those of us that might need it?
Let me know if you'd prefer a different alternative.

even better. thanks.

[gbgoodies]

as always on we go....

1st - Don Williams - My Heart To You (42 pts)

Grats to Gbg on getting the second tune through to the Final :up:



Chypmunk, Are you sure that you counted the votes properly? :lol:

[gbgoodies]

1) Harry Connick Jr. - A Wink And A Smile
2) Yola - Faraway Look
3) Neil Young - Unknown Legend
4) Chris Brown ft. Young Thug - Go Crazy
5) Meg Myers - Running Up That Hill
6) Duran Duran - The Reflex
7) Dool - Wolf Moon
8) Pete International Airport - Flowers of Evil
9) Young Marble Giants - Choco Loni
10) Led Zeppelin - The Battle of Evermore
11) The KLF - America: What Time Is Love?


I'll be back later with my nom for the next round.

[gbgoodies]

My Round 4 Nom:
Jim Reeves - Room Full of Roses (https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=3XV_zna0xd4)

[pahaK]

01: Dool - Wolf Moon
02: Led Zeppelin - The Battle of Evermore
03: Meg Myers - Running Up That Hill
04: Pete International Airport - Flowers of Evil
05: Yola - Faraway Look
06: Duran Duran - The Reflex
07: Neil Young - Unknown Legend
08: Harry Connick Jr. - A Wink And A Smile
09: The KLF - America: What Time Is Love?
10: Young Marble Giants - Choco Loni
11: Chris Brown ft. Young Thug - Go Crazy

[pahaK]

R4 nomination:
Seven Spires - Drowner of Worlds (m.youtube.com/watch?v=hd5pwSO2bR4)

[Chypmunk]

Still honeykid, cat_sidhe, Captain Spaulding and ynwtf to vote.....

[cat_sidhe]

Round 3

1. Pete International Airport - Flowers of Evil
Discovered this while surfing Spotify's recommendations based on what I like. Something about it's like catnip for me.

2. Young Marble Giants - Choco Loni
Oooh instant like. Added to one of my playlists. Thanks!

3. Duran Duran - The Reflex
I haven't heard this song since I was a kid!!!! It made me happy, so it has to score highly.

4 Yola - Faraway Look
Lovely voice.

5. Led Zeppelin - The Battle of Evermore

6. Neil Young - Unknown Legend

7. Dool - Wolf Moon
Can't put my finger on who they remind me of. Pretty cool.

8. Meg Myers - Running Up That Hill

9. Harry Connick Jr. - A Wink And A Smile

10. Chris Brown ft. Young Thug - Go Crazy

11. The KLF - America: What Time Is Love?

[cat_sidhe]

Ugh I don't know which song from the artist of my next nom to pick.

[Chypmunk]

Ugh I don't know which song from the artist of my next nom to pick.
I say the one with the title that starts closest to 'Z' - no need to complicate things ;)

#helpfulhost

[cat_sidhe]

I say the one with the title that starts closest to 'Z' - no need to complicate things ;)

#helpfulhost

Why not? :D

Round 4 nom

Akua Naru - Sweat (m.youtube.com/watch?v=76adJLv3NEc)

[honeykid]

Duran Duran - The Reflex § (alt link if needed) - I just love this song. There are better DD songs, but this'll do just fine thank you. :)

The KLF - America: What Time Is Love? - I like The KLF but some of their stuff is fantastic. This is one of them. I will nominate another though as I just couldn't choose which.

Yola - Faraway Look - Now this has feeling. Maybe that's what was missing from the other mellow songs. There's heart here and I really like it. Quite a 60's feel though, which I'm not quite sure about. Still, there's more than enough here to be encouraged after a first listen.

Harry Connick Jr. - A Wink And A Smile - This is just a nice, comfortable song. There isn't really a downside side unless you say it's too short.

Meg Myers - Running Up That Hill - I like the original and this is a good cover.

Dool - Wolf Moon - I'm liking this. Not quite my 'thing' but close enough for it to do well for me today.

Led Zeppelin - The Battle of Evermore - I'm never quite sure about Zeppelin. Sometimes it's as good as rock gets while other times I wonder what all the fuss is about. This falls somewhere between the two.

Young Marble Giants - Choco Loni - Not quite sure what to think of this. At least it's short.

Pete International Airport - Flowers of Evil - Again nothing really. Maybe I'm just not in the mood today?

Chris Brown ft. Young Thug - Go Crazy - Quite mellow, which I liked, but it means it didn't imprint itself in my mind and sounded quite generic.

Neil Young - Unknown Legend - Neil Young is another one I don't really get. I don't hate it, it just does nothing for me.

[honeykid]

Round 4 nomination:
David Bowie - Life On Mars? (m.youtube.com/watch?v=AZKcl4-tcuo)

[CaptainT]

Round 4 nomination:
Jorja Smith - Blue Lights (https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=R8YwnQMQuJI)

[Captain Spaulding]

Round 3

1. The KLF - America: What Time is Love? (Multitasking at the moment so I can't comment or pay much attention to the videos, but this song was so insanely entertaining, energetic and fun that I had to stop everything else I was doing to bask in its craziness. Listening to it again as I type this. Never heard of this group, as far I know, but if this is anything like their other stuff, I'll be blasting them in the future when I want to raise the roof . . . Raise the roof? Is that a thing cool people still say? I mean that this song is da bomb. I want to get jiggy wit it.)
2. Yola - Faraway Look
3. Neil Young - Unknown Legend
4. Meg Myers - Running Up That Hill
5. Dool - Wolf Moon
6. Led Zeppelin - The Battle of Evermore
7. Young Marble Giants - Choco Loni
8. Pete International Airport - Flowers of Evil
9. Duran Duran - The Reflex
10. Harry Connick Jr. - A Wink and a Smile
11. Chris Brown ft. Young Thug - Go Crazy

[ynwtf]

Round 4 nomination:
David Bowie - Life On Mars? (m.youtube.com/watch?v=AZKcl4-tcuo)

You must need me to do something for you with this nom and your last number 1 pick. Get me into at least the top 5, next round, and whatever it is it's yours.

:D

[ynwtf]

Chypmunk, Are you sure that you counted the votes properly? :lol:

LOL
grats :)

[ynwtf]

Pete International Airport - Flowers of Evil

Young Marble Giants - Choco Loni

Led Zeppelin - The Battle of Evermore

Duran Duran - The Reflex

Yola - Faraway Look

Neil Young - Unknown Legend

Meg Myers - Running Up That Hill

Harry Connick Jr. - A Wink And A Smile

Dool - Wolf Moon

Chris Brown ft. Young Thug - Go Crazy

The KLF - America: What Time Is Love?




Round Whatever I'm Hijacking:
CHAI - N.E.O. (https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=YMGf3zyhG94)

Great track and I dig what this group seems to be all about.

[Chypmunk]

All voted so without further ado....

1st - Yola - Faraway Look (87 pts)

2nd - Led Zeppelin - The Battle of Evermore (82 pts)
3rd - Neil Young - Unknown Legend (78 pts)
4th - Meg Myers - Running Up That Hill (77 pts)
5th - Pete International Airport - Flowers of Evil (69 pts)
6th - Dool - Wolf Moon (68 pts)
7th - Duran Duran - The Reflex (67 pts)
8th - Young Marble Giants - Choco Loni (64 pts)
9th - Harry Connick Jr. - A Wink And A Smile (53 pts)
10th - The KLF - America: What Time Is Love? (45 pts)
11th - Chris Brown ft. Young Thug - Go Crazy (36 pts)

Grats to Captain Spaulding on getting another tune through to the Final :up:

Round four up in a quarter hour or so...

[Chypmunk]

Captain Spaulding takes another breather but resopamenic, John-Connor and CaptainT all re-enter via the revolving door :up:

https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn%3AANd9GcStGQvOnaQ8ehqqFHMvTbj4HDYXM7ZT7FHsdn4LpoJutHiuQpMm&usqp=CAU

Uncle Tupelo - Moonshiner (https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=ppiol9oetOk&ab_channel=vdusan17)

Ashley McBryde - Girl Goin' Nowhere (acoustic) (https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=JXrUt_pOqiE)

Danny Kaye & The Andrews Sisters - Civilization (https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=FNJ5EuU1hYU)

Ava Max - Who's Laughing Now (https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=89S-RbszwJE)

Led Zeppelin - Moby Dick (m.youtube.com/watch?v=2N_xP67utPk&ab_channel=LedZeppelin)

Radiohead - Street Spirit (Fade Out) (https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=LCJblaUkkfc)

King's X - Prisoner (https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=C38xiUh9e5g)

Jim Reeves - Room Full of Roses (https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=3XV_zna0xd4)

Seven Spires - Drowner of Worlds (m.youtube.com/watch?v=hd5pwSO2bR4)

Akua Naru - Sweat (m.youtube.com/watch?v=76adJLv3NEc) § (alt if needed (https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=t2o5wnu2Vgc))

David Bowie - Life On Mars? (m.youtube.com/watch?v=AZKcl4-tcuo)

Jorja Smith - Blue Lights (https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=R8YwnQMQuJI)

CHAI - N.E.O. (https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=YMGf3zyhG94)

Please rank from 1 (your favourite) to 13 (your least favourite).
This round will stay open for voting until 9am GMT on 11th January.

Nominations for Round 5 are now open

[Tugg]

1. Ava Max - Who's Laughing Now
2. Jorja Smith - Blue Lights
3. Uncle Tupelo - Moonshiner
4. Ashley McBryde - Girl Goin' Nowhere (acoustic)
5. David Bowie - Life On Mars?
6. Akua Naru - Sweat
7. Jim Reeves - Room Full of Roses
8. Radiohead - Street Spirit (Fade Out)
9. Led Zeppelin - Moby Dick
10. Danny Kaye & The Andrews Sisters - Civilization
11. CHAI - N.E.O.
12. King's X - Prisoner
13. Seven Spires - Drowner of Worlds

[John-Connor]

Radiohead - Street Spirit
King's X - Prisoner
Danny Kaye & The Andrews Sisters - Civilization
Ashley McBryde - Girl Goin' Nowhere
CHAI - N.E.O.
Jim Reeves - Room Full of Roses
Led Zeppelin - Moby Dick
David Bowie - Life On Mars?
Uncle Tupelo - Moonshiner
Ava Max - Who's Laughing Now
Jorja Smith - Blue Lights
Akua Naru - Sweat
Seven Spires - Drowner of Worlds

[Skepsis93]

1. David Bowie - Life On Mars?

2. Uncle Tupelo - Moonshiner

3. Danny Kaye & The Andrews Sisters - Civilization (mostly for the Fallout 3 association)

4. Ashley McBryde - Girl Goin' Nowhere

5. Ava Max - Who's Laughing Now

6. CHAI - N.E.O.
https://i.gifer.com/RkkN.gif

7. Jorja Smith - Blue Lights

8. Led Zeppelin - Moby Dick

9. Jim Reeves - Room Full of Roses

10. Radiohead - Street Spirit (Fade Out)

11. Akua Naru - Sweat

12. King's X - Prisoner

13. Seven Spires - Drowner of Worlds

[resopamenic]

1. Danny Kaye & The Andrews Sisters - Civilization
2. CHAI - N.E.O.
3. Radiohead - Street Spirit (Fade Out)
4. Jorja Smith - Blue Lights
5. Akua Naru - Sweat
6. David Bowie - Life On Mars?
7. Jim Reeves - Room Full of Roses
8. King's X - Prisoner
9. Seven Spires - Drowner of Worlds
10. Led Zeppelin - Moby Dick
11. Uncle Tupelo - Moonshiner
12. Ashley McBryde - Girl Goin' Nowhere (acoustic)
13. Ava Max - Who's Laughing Now

[Chypmunk]

Not my most favouritest round ever I have to say :(



David Bowie - Life On Mars?
Ashley McBryde - Girl Goin' Nowhere
Radiohead - Street Spirit (Fade Out)
Uncle Tupelo - Moonshiner
Jim Reeves - Room Full of Roses
Jorja Smith - Blue Lights
Akua Naru - Sweat
CHAI - N.E.O.
Ava Max - Who's Laughing Now
Led Zeppelin - Moby Dick
King's X - Prisoner
Danny Kaye & The Andrews Sisters - Civilization
Seven Spires - Drowner of Worlds


My R5 nom:
Jambo - Try (https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=kqZi1D7pRn4)

[Sedai]

1 David Bowie - Life On Mars?
2 King's X - Prisoner
3 Radiohead - Street Spirit (Fade Out)
4 Seven Spires - Drowner of Worlds
5 Led Zeppelin - Moby Dick
6 Danny Kaye & The Andrews Sisters - Civilization
7 Jorja Smith - Blue Lights
8 Ava Max - Who's Laughing Now
9 Akua Naru - Sweat
10 CHAI - N.E.O.
11 Ashley McBryde - Girl Goin' Nowhere (acoustic)
12 Uncle Tupelo - Moonshiner
13 Jim Reeves - Room Full of Roses

Brutal round...

[Tugg]

My R5 nom:
Dua Lipa - Break My Heart (https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Nj2U6rhnucI)

[Skepsis93]

R5 nom:
Dire Straits - Romeo and Juliet (https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=rC95MEenIxA&ab_channel=DireStraitsVEVO)

[pahaK]

01: Seven Spires - Drowner of Worlds
Despite ripping-off most of their music from various more established bands, Seven Spire's new album is damn entertaining. This song? Well, a Youtube comment was rather spot on when calling it Cradle of Borgir :)
02: David Bowie - Life On Mars?
03: Uncle Tupelo - Moonshiner
04: Radiohead - Street Spirit (Fade Out)
05: Jim Reeves - Room Full of Roses
06: Ashley McBryde - Girl Goin' Nowhere (acoustic)
07: Led Zeppelin - Moby Dick
08: Danny Kaye & The Andrews Sisters - Civilization
09: King's X - Prisoner
10: Akua Naru - Sweat
11: Jorja Smith - Blue Lights
12: CHAI - N.E.O.
13: Ava Max - Who's Laughing Now

[resopamenic]

R5 nom:
Soda Stereo - Luna Roja (https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=BosH13cX4qg)

[gbgoodies]

All voted so without further ado....

1st - Yola - Faraway Look (87 pts)

Grats to Captain Spaulding on getting another tune through to the Final :up:



Congratulations Captain Spaulding! :up:

[Captain Spaulding]

Grats to Captain Spaulding on getting another tune through to the Final :up:.

My nominations almost never advance to the final. Same goes for gbg. Yet so far we're 3 for 3. Strange things are afoot in this tournament.

Round 5 nom:
Billy Joe Shaver - Live Forever (https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=BDSJYTtaOFk)

Zero chance this one advances, but I couldn't pick a more fitting song to pay respect to one of the many legends we lost in 2020.

[pahaK]

My nominations almost never advance to the final. Same goes for gbg. Yet so far we're 3 for 3. Strange things are afoot in this tournament.

Well, at least I'm still holding my own and not getting a song even at a shooting distance of the finals. Seems people here disagree with my music taste even more than my taste in movies :D

R5 nomination:
Solitude Aeturnus - Mirror of Sorrow (m.youtube.com/watch?v=in1TBIekq00)

[gbgoodies]

1) Jim Reeves - Room Full of Roses
2) Uncle Tupelo - Moonshiner
3) Ashley McBryde - Girl Goin' Nowhere (acoustic)
4) Radiohead - Street Spirit (Fade Out)
5) Danny Kaye & The Andrews Sisters - Civilization
6) Jorja Smith - Blue Lights
7) David Bowie - Life On Mars?
8) Ava Max - Who's Laughing Now
9) Led Zeppelin - Moby Dick

10) Akua Naru - Sweat (The link for this video had the message "Video unavailable. This video is not available.", so I used this video (https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=t2o5wnu2Vgc) instead.)

11) King's X - Prisoner
12) CHAI - N.E.O.
13) Seven Spires - Drowner of Worlds


I'm too tired to choose a song to nominate right now, so I'll try to get back online early enough tomorrow to post my nom for the next round.

[jiraffejustin]

1. David Bowie - Life On Mars?
2. Led Zeppelin - Moby Dick
3. Jim Reeves - Room Full of Roses
4. Ashley McBryde - Girl Goin' Nowhere
5. Uncle Tupelo - Moonshiner
6. Danny Kaye & The Andrews Sisters - Civilization
7. Jorja Smith - Blue Lights
8. King's X - Prisoner
9. Akua Naru - Sweat
10. Seven Spires - Drowner of Worlds
11. Radiohead - Street Spirit (Fade Out)
12. Ava Max - Who's Laughing Now
13. CHAI - N.E.O.

My thoughts as I listened:

Uncle Tupelo: I just recently listened to the good Uncle's debut album while I was on the elliptical. They are a big name among underground/alt country music fans, but a pretty big blind spot for me. I want to check that scene out a little more. I know we live in an unjust world, so complaining about certain deserving individuals not getting the shine they deserve is futile, but these guys clearly deserve to be known much more than they are. This is the same type of stuff Kristofferson was doing.

Ashley McBryde: As much as I love bad bitches in country music, I still haven't gotten into Ms. McBryde. She's great on this track. It feels real and honest. Performing it solo acoustic like this adds a layer of vulnerability that works really well with a lot of female country singers. I can't remember the exact song that I am thinking of, but this reminds me a little bit of one of the Caitlyn Smith songs I'm a fan of.

Danny Kaye & The Andrews Sisters: Probably heard this a hundred times playing Fallout and never knew what it was. It's campy, but entertaining as hell. It really sounds like ol' Danny says "uncivilized bitches" but I guess he says "pictures". Reminds me of how my brother thought that Brenda Lee said "Later we'll have some f*cking pie" when she in fact was planning on eating pumpkin pie.

Ava Max: There is something here, don't know what it is. It suffers from what a lot of pop music suffers from though, as it doesn't feel authentic in any way. One of my thoughts while listening to this was that I would be willing to bet a lot of people wrote this song. Yep six writers.

Led Zeppelin: My nom. Bonzo beats the sh*t out of the drums. Everybody plays their machines well. This is my favorite track from Zep II.

Radiohead: Never really been able to get into Radiohead. I think "Creep" is a great song, but that seems more like an anomaly to me than anything else. Radiohead is the epitome of okay to me. This song is okay. Whatever Radiohead is missing it's not the same thing as Ava Max. I do believe these guys, they feel authentic. But I guess their stuff is supposed to be pretty depressing, but the only time they get me on their side is "Creep". Maybe because it is so in your face and abrasive, and the self-pity in that song is also manifesting as anger instead of only wallowing and moaning about. Okay song that doesn't click for me.

King's X: Don't guess I know anything about these guys. This is pretty solid, maybe even pretty good if I were to give closer inspection. I'm here for the solo.

Jim Reeves: Not much to say here other than this is really good stuff.

Seven Spires: I love how f*cking goofy this aesthetic is. Which is how I feel about most metal stuff. Metal goofiness is kind of an impediment to my enjoyment. I think I'd enjoy it more if it didn't seem like a bunch of edgelord nerds cosplaying. This choir (?) in the background sounds good. That one dude has a long neck in the video. It's better than bad, but not that much better than alright.* *Allow me to issue a disclaimer about this statement I just made. I'm only speaking for myself, I don't mean for this to sound inflammatory or in judgment of someone else's taste. I'm sure there's plenty of stuff I like that others would find to be low-brow or of inferior quality.

Akua Naru: Never heard of Akua Naru. The best compliment I can give right now about this song is that there is enough depth in the lyrics that I'm sure I missed a whole lot in it. I did hear a "cracker" in there, which is obviously not as bad as using the N-word as a derogatory term. I do think in can clash with a message of a song, but I wouldn't protest the usage of the word. I'd also need to read the lyrics of the song for more context. And I agree with Akua Naru, slavery f*cking sucked. Obviously.

David Bowie: Yeah, David Bowie was pretty good. He had to be pretty good to get over while looking that atrocious.

Jorja Smith: I'm not entirely in love with this song (yet) but it's this type of pop song-writing I can get behind. Enough depth to it, that it could require a little looking into to know what everything means. Sirens are provocative, so using that terminlogy and production using sounds that invoke sirens are a good way to get your attention. Good usage of sampling on the track as well. This track feels authentic in the way a pop song can, as in it feels like the majority of this track was written by one person, but I can see that there are several writing credits here too. One of them, at least, are credits for the dude whose song was sampled though. I don't guess I know how song credits are given anymore, so maybe I should retract my statement about the Ava Max song.

CHAI: grating.

[jiraffejustin]

Led Zeppelin - Bron-Y-Aur Stomp (m.youtube.com/watch?v=U2xFLLG2jqk&ab_channel=LedZeppelin)

I swear I'll eventually stop nominating Zeppelin songs, but it's what I'm listening to right now. Zeppelin writing songs about women usually weren't the most loving tributes. Even the ones that are actually loving fail to capture the easy-going, genuine joy Robert Plant seemed to get from his dog. He says it himself "Ain't no companion like a blue-eyed Merle".

[cat_sidhe]

Round 4

1. David Bowie - Life On Mars?
One of the greatest songs ever written.

2. Led Zeppelin - Moby Dick
Always loved this Led Zep track.

3. Akua Naru - Sweat
Discovered her music and poetry about 2 months ago and I'm quite in love. Her mix of hip hop, jazz and Africa is sublime. The first song I heard of hers is called "My Mother's Daughter". Almost went with that but thought it might be too jazz-heavy for everyone...

4. CHAI - N.E.O.
I had no business liking this as much as I did, lol. That was fun! I think this is going on my ever growing new **** playlist.

5. Radiohead - Street Spirit
Radiohead's definitely a band I like a lot.

6. Danny Kaye & The Andrews Sisters - Civilization
I like The Andrews Sisters...never heard this one before.

7. King's X - Prisoner
I've never listened to King's X but I've heard of them. Kind of wish it were heavier.

8. Ashley McBryde - Girl Goin' Nowhere (acoustic)

9. Seven Spires - Drowner of Worlds
I also agreed with that youtube comment mentioned.

10. Uncle Tupelo - Moonshiner

11. Jim Reeves - Room Full of Roses

12. Jorja Smith - Blue Lights

13. Ava Max - Who's Laughing Now

[cat_sidhe]

Round 5 nom

Tess Parks & Anton Newcombe - Cocaine Cat (m.youtube.com/watch?v=CaO5PLYtjsw)

[pahaK]

cat_sidhe hated my nom so much that she didn't even include it in her ranking :(

[Chypmunk]

Still honeykid, CaptainT and ynwtf to vote (and cat_sidhe to include all the songs in her votes ;)) .....

[cat_sidhe]

cat_sidhe hated my nom so much that she didn't even include it in her ranking :(


Omg! I listened to it and even had a discussion with Mr Cat about it. Ugh...lemme reorganise! Sorry about that!

[cat_sidhe]

Edited!

[honeykid]

David Bowie - Life On Mars? - It's Bowie's Life On Mars.

Jorja Smith - Blue Lights - Now that worked for me. Old skool sound and a very 80's feel to the lyrics. Thanks for making me aware of this artist. :cool:

King's X - Prisoner - This is OK. Nothing earth shattering or anything, but easy enough to listen to and that's going to score well in this round with me.

Led Zeppelin - Moby Dick - It's such a simple riff. But so effective. I have to admit being one of those people who looked skyward at rock concerts when the rest of the band walk off stage leaving the drummer and bassist (if you're lucky) and you get 5 minutes of drum solo. But so far there isn't much to challenge this and I do love that riff.

CHAI - N.E.O. - I don't know how much of it I'd like to listen to, but I liked to listen to this much of it.

Ava Max - Who's Laughing Now - I've heard a couple of her songs now and this is the least, but still an ok pop song.

Jim Reeves - Room Full of Roses - This reminds me of being at my grandparents. That is both good and bad. :D

Radiohead - Street Spirit (Fade Out) - I really don't like Radiohead. That said there are a few of their songs which I really do like. Love even. This isn't one of them but the fade out refrain stays with me long after the song (finally) ends.

Akua Naru - Sweat § (alt if needed) - This just didn't work for me. I don't know why. I almost feel as if I should like it more than I did or something. Odd.

Ashley McBryde - Girl Goin' Nowhere (acoustic) - It's mellow, but I'm definitely thinking country still isn't for me. Prefer it to the first though.:)

Seven Spires - Drowner of Worlds - Sorry, I just can't take that vocal seriously. I suspect if I watched the videos of these songs this might do worse.

Uncle Tupelo - Moonshiner - Sorry guys, on this evidence it appears you were just posting better country songs. :D

Danny Kaye & The Andrews Sisters - Civilization - This ain't me either. Not sure where I'm going to put it though. One of those which will depend on everything else more than its own merits for me.

[honeykid]

My R5 nom:
The KLF - 3am (https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=A57P8hjdYcY)

[ynwtf]

1. David Bowie - Life On Mars?
Seriously. Bowie. Why every track isn't one of his is mesmerizing.

2. CHAI - N.E.O.
Just adorable. I love their message, and they're clearly having fun in the faces of a culture and industry that say that they shouldn't.

3. Radiohead - Street Spirit
Can rarely go wrong with Radiohead. Loved this track.

4. Akua Naru - Sweat
Smooth stuff.

5. Ashley McBryde - Girl Goin' Nowhere
I much prefer a live (acoustic) set from a country performer, sans lights, staging, and a performance. Her guitar skills are far better than I ever hope to develop and her voice, here, is sweet and pure. Really nice stuff here. Nice selection. Keep posting stuff like this and you might make a convert out of me yet.

6. Led Zeppelin - Moby Dick
Pretty great without vocals!

7. Jorja Smith - Blue Lights
I like this. A lot. But it does kind of stay on the same level for much too long. The last 40 seconds or so needed to happen about a minute or two earlier.

8. Uncle Tupelo - Moonshiner
While I'm not a fan of his voice (maybe it just needs a nudge of better production?), this song feels authentic to me. I just checked the dates on this group and that makes sense with what I'm hearing. I'd listen to this every day over a lot of contemporary folk that's been so popular in commercials this past decade. I won't comment on the pop country as I think I've beaten, resurrected, and zombified that particular horse a few times now already.

9. Jim Reeves - Room Full of Roses
Nothing much to say. It's Jim Reeves.

10. King's X - Prisoner
I could never really get into King's X. Friends loved them, but Iderno.

11. Ava Max - Who's Laughing Now
Cute melody. Catchy pop. I'm actually interested in her voice. She seems to have a good range, but I think the song is too safe and predictable, considering the potential I'm hearing in her voice here. The video does not help, IMO.

12. Danny Kaye & The Andrews Sisters - Civilization
Yikes! I'm usually pretty good with the sound of traditional pop music of this time. I love the orchestration of borderline big jazz swing and the typical playful harmonies of the female vocals. Just this particular track pushes too many buttons for me to enjoy.

13. Seven Spires - Drowner of Worlds
o.O

[CaptainT]

Round 4:
1. David Bowie - Life On Mars?
2. Led Zeppelin - Moby Dick
3. Jorja Smith - Blue Lights
4. Jim Reeves - Room Full of Roses
5. King's X - Prisoner
6. Danny Kaye & The Andrews Sisters - Civilization
7. Akua Naru - Sweat
8. Radiohead - Street Spirit (Fade Out)
9. Ashley McBryde - Girl Goin' Nowhere (acoustic)
10. Uncle Tupelo - Moonshiner
11. Ava Max - Who's Laughing Now
12. CHAI - N.E.O.
13. Seven Spires - Drowner of Worlds

[CaptainT]

Round 5 nom:
Leon Bridges - River (https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=CWrodPMhpdw)

[ynwtf]

R5
Nothing but Thieves - Phobia [Wuh Oh Remix] (https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Utv3sm0WmxQ)

[gbgoodies]

My Round 5 Nom:
Michael Crawford - Somewhere In Time (https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=AHy2hpWejNc)

[Chypmunk]

All voted again :up:

1st - David Bowie - Life On Mars? (146 pts)

2nd - Radiohead - Street Spirit (Fade Out) (111 pts)
3rd - Led Zeppelin - Moby Dick (101 pts)
4th - Ashley McBryde - Girl Goin' Nowhere (100 pts)
5th - Jorja Smith - Blue Lights (97 pts)
6th - Jim Reeves - Room Full of Roses (95 pts)
7th - Uncle Tupelo - Moonshiner (91 pts)
7th - Danny Kaye & The Andrews Sisters - Civilization (91 pts)
9th - King's X - Prisoner (82 pts)
10th - Akua Naru - Sweat (80 pts)
11th - CHAI - N.E.O. (80 pts)
12th - Ava Max - Who's Laughing Now (62 pts)
13th - Seven Spires - Drowner of Worlds (47 pts)

Grats to honeykid on getting one through to the Final :up:

Round five up in a half hour or so...

[Chypmunk]

John-Connor and Sedai both opt out but Captain Spaulding is back :up:

https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn%3AANd9GcTI5tlznmv6JyCMgrAHjIzZ-ogMGw-knVbZp62bkPl_aOIDpFL0&usqp=CAU

Jambo - Try (https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=kqZi1D7pRn4)

Dua Lipa - Break My Heart (https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Nj2U6rhnucI)

Dire Straits - Romeo and Juliet (https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=rC95MEenIxA&ab_channel=DireStraitsVEVO)

Soda Stereo - Luna Roja (https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=BosH13cX4qg) § (alt link if needed (https://m.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=Q7qgxhlQG_c))

Billy Joe Shaver - Live Forever (https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=BDSJYTtaOFk)

Solitude Aeturnus - Mirror of Sorrow (m.youtube.com/watch?v=in1TBIekq00)

Led Zeppelin - Bron-Y-Aur Stomp (m.youtube.com/watch?v=U2xFLLG2jqk&ab_channel=LedZeppelin)

Tess Parks & Anton Newcombe - Cocaine Cat (m.youtube.com/watch?v=CaO5PLYtjsw)

The KLF - 3am (https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=A57P8hjdYcY)

Leon Bridges - River (https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=CWrodPMhpdw)

Nothing but Thieves - Phobia [Wuh Oh Remix] (https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Utv3sm0WmxQ)

Michael Crawford - Somewhere In Time (https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=AHy2hpWejNc)

Please rank from 1 (your favourite) to 12 (your least favourite).
This round will stay open for voting until 9am GMT on 13th January.

Nominations for Round 6 are now open

[Chypmunk]

Nothing but Thieves - Phobia [Wuh Oh Remix]
Soda Stereo - Luna Roja
Jambo - Try
Leon Bridges - River
Tess Parks & Anton Newcombe - Cocaine Cat
Dua Lipa - Break My Heart
Led Zeppelin - Bron-Y-Aur Stomp
Billy Joe Shaver - Live Forever
Solitude Aeturnus - Mirror of Sorrow
Dire Straits - Romeo and Juliet
The KLF - 3am
Michael Crawford - Somewhere In Time


My R6 nom:
Still Corners - Fade Out (https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=_RU1iZpeNR8)

[Skepsis93]

1. Dire Straits - Romeo and Juliet
2. Billy Joe Shaver - Live Forever
3. Leon Bridges - River
4. Led Zeppelin - Bron-Y-Aur Stomp
5. Dua Lipa - Break My Heart
6. Tess Parks & Anton Newcombe - Cocaine Cat
7. The KLF - 3am
8. Nothing but Thieves - Phobia [Wuh Oh Remix]
9. Michael Crawford - Somewhere In Time
10. Soda Stereo - Luna Roja
11. Solitude Aeturnus - Mirror of Sorrow
12. Jambo - Try

[Tugg]

All decent songs, it was hard to rank.

1. Dua Lipa - Break My Heart
2. Tess Parks & Anton Newcombe - Cocaine Cat (hypnotically good)
3. Jambo - Try (hypnotic crescendo and manly rap)
4. Solitude Aeturnus - Mirror of Sorrow (nice instrumentals and melodic singing beautiful voice)
5. Nothing but Thieves - Phobia [Wuh Oh Remix] (nice beat and crass guitars giving some edge)
6. Leon Bridges - River (mellow voice and nice instrumentals, slight drag on chorus though)
7. The KLF - 3am (it transcends early 90s beat in a good way)
8. Billy Joe Shaver - Live Forever (nice country song)
9. Soda Stereo - Luna Roja (decent rock)
10. Dire Straits - Romeo and Juliet (I could barely hear it though)
11. Led Zeppelin - Bron-Y-Aur Stomp (a bit repetitive though)
12. Michael Crawford - Somewhere In Time (too sappy though)


My R6 nom:
J. Balvin, Dua Lipa, Bad Bunny, Tainy - Un Dia (One Day) (https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=BjhW3vBA1QU)

[Captain Spaulding]

Round 5

1. Tess Parks & Anton Newcombe - Cocaine Cat
2. Led Zeppelin - Bron-Y-Aur Stomp
3. Billy Joe Shaver - Live Forever
4. Dire Straits - Romeo and Juliet
5. Leon Bridges - River
6. The KLF - 3 a.m.
7. Solitude Aeturnus - Mirror of Sorrow
8. Soda Stereo - Luna Roja (original link unavailable in U.S. so went with this one (https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Y6FyYnhxREs); guessing it's a suitable alternative since it appears to be the band's official YT page)
9. Dua Lipa - Break My Heart
10. Jambo - Try
11. Nothing But Thieves - Phobia [Wuh Oh Remix]
12. Michael Crawford - Somewhere in Time

[Captain Spaulding]

Round 6 nomination:
Black Sabbath - Dirty Women (https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=WORnUqP6_3I)

[Skepsis93]

Round 6 nomination:
Paul Simon - Loves Me Like a Rock (https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=9i3JXGtC_os&ab_channel=fab70smusic)

[ynwtf]

Maaaan. You Kats already voting AND posting noms? Y'all too motivated for me.

[Derek Vinyard]

Round 6 nom:
Black Veil Brides - In The End (https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=f0EQlIzPowM)

[gbgoodies]

All voted again :up:

1st - David Bowie - Life On Mars? (146 pts)

Grats to honeykid on getting one through to the Final :up:



Congratulations honeykid! :up:

[gbgoodies]

1) Leon Bridges - River
2) Billy Joe Shaver - Live Forever
3) Michael Crawford - Somewhere In Time
4) Dua Lipa - Break My Heart
5) Led Zeppelin - Bron-Y-Aur Stomp
6) Dire Straits - Romeo and Juliet
7) Nothing but Thieves - Phobia [Wuh Oh Remix]
8) Tess Parks & Anton Newcombe - Cocaine Cat
9) Solitude Aeturnus - Mirror of Sorrow

10) Soda Stereo - Luna Roja (The link had the message "Video unavailable. The uploader has not made this video available in your country.", so I used this link (https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Q7qgxhlQG_c) instead.)

11) Jambo - Try
12) The KLF - 3am

[gbgoodies]

My Round 6 Nom:
Mark Collie - Even the Man in the Moon is Crying (https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=dKgh73v4mVc)

[honeykid]

Not up to making comments today.

The KLF - 3am

Dua Lipa - Break My Heart

Tess Parks & Anton Newcombe - Cocaine Cat

Nothing but Thieves - Phobia [Wuh Oh Remix]

Soda Stereo - Luna Roja § (alt link if needed)

Dire Straits - Romeo and Juliet

Solitude Aeturnus - Mirror of Sorrow

Michael Crawford - Somewhere In Time

Led Zeppelin - Bron-Y-Aur Stomp

Leon Bridges - River

Jambo - Try

Billy Joe Shaver - Live Forever

[honeykid]

Round 6 Nom:
Love/Hate - Blackout In The Red Room (https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=pc68TjfsfMU)

[Chypmunk]

Still resopamenic, pahaK, jiraffejustin, cat_sidhe, CaptainT and ynwtf to vote.....

[cat_sidhe]

Round 5

1. Tess Parks & Anton Newcombe - Cocaine Cat
Another one of my Spotify discoveries that's right up my street. I love it!

2. Nothing but Thieves - Phobia [Wuh Oh Remix]
New to me, and I love that production.

3. Jambo - Try
I like Jambo quite a lot (and G.I), found him by link following Costello around. And the video made me miss Dublin. :bawling: Love the deep bass on this.

4. Led Zeppelin - Bron-Y-Aur Stomp
Always liked this little ditty.

5. Leon Bridges - River
Stripped down, quite cool. I like his voice quite a lot.

6. Billy Joe Shaver - Live Forever

7. Soda Stereo - Luna Roja

8. Solitude Aeturnus - Mirror of Sorrow

9. Dire Straits - Romeo and Juliet
Not the biggest Dire Straits fan. This is was alright. It's no Waterline, though...

10. Dua Lipa - Break My Heart

11. The KLF - 3am

12. Michael Crawford - Somewhere In Time

[cat_sidhe]

Round 6 nom:

Beyond the WIzards Sleeve - Creation (m.youtube.com/watch?v=Xtev3N2HQc0)

[resopamenic]

Soda Stereo - Luna Roja
Solitude Aeturnus - Mirror of Sorrow
Billy Joe Shaver - Live Forever
Leon Bridges - River
Led Zeppelin - Bron-Y-Aur Stomp
Tess Parks & Anton Newcombe - Cocaine Cat
Nothing but Thieves - Phobia [Wuh Oh Remix]
The KLF - 3am
Jambo - Try
Dire Straits - Romeo and Juliet
Michael Crawford - Somewhere In Time
Dua Lipa - Break My Heart

[resopamenic]

Round 6 nom:

Pink Floyd - Echoes (Part 1) (m.youtube.com/watch?v=y-E7_VHLvkE)

[CaptainT]

Round 5:
1. Leon Bridges - River
2. Michael Crawford - Somewhere In Time
3. Nothing but Thieves - Phobia [Wuh Oh Remix]
4. Led Zeppelin - Bron-Y-Aur Stomp
5. Dua Lipa - Break My Heart
6. Dire Straits - Romeo and Juliet
7. Tess Parks & Anton Newcombe - Cocaine Cat
8. Billy Joe Shaver - Live Forever
9. The KLF - 3am
10. Soda Stereo - Luna Roja
11. Solitude Aeturnus - Mirror of Sorrow
12. Jambo - Try

[ynwtf]

Congratulations honeykid! :up:

congrats Bowie, you mean. Yes?

(yes)

[jiraffejustin]

1. Led Zeppelin - Bron-Y-Aur Stomp
2. Billy Joe Shaver - Live Forever
3. The KLF - 3am
4. Solitude Aeturnus - Mirror of Sorrow
5. Soda Stereo - Luna Roja
6. Leon Bridges - River
7. Nothing but Thieves - Phobia [Wuh Oh Remix]
8. Tess Parks & Anton Newcombe - Cocaine Cat
9. Dire Straits - Romeo and Juliet
10. Jambo - Try
11. Dua Lipa - Break My Heart
12. Michael Crawford - Somewhere In Time

Good, diverse round

[jiraffejustin]

Kanye West - Ghost Town (http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=qAsHVwl-MU4&ab_channel=KanyeWest-Topic)

[CaptainT]

Round 6 nom:
Yann Tiersen - La Valse d'Amelie (https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=XsKEKqXRTbA)

[pahaK]

I'm just listening to the previous round. Should be ready on time.

[pahaK]

01: Solitude Aeturnus - Mirror of Sorrow
02: Nothing but Thieves - Phobia [Wuh Oh Remix]
03: Tess Parks & Anton Newcombe - Cocaine Cat
04: Dua Lipa - Break My Heart
05: Billy Joe Shaver - Live Forever
06: Soda Stereo - Luna Roja
07: Michael Crawford - Somewhere In Time
08: Dire Straits - Romeo and Juliet
09: Led Zeppelin - Bron-Y-Aur Stomp
10: Leon Bridges - River
11: The KLF - 3am
12: Jambo - Try

[pahaK]

R6 nomination:
Iced Earth - Valley Forge (m.youtube.com/watch?v=HctMylya6x8)

[Chypmunk]

Sadly no votes from yin this time, probably still celebrating his err I mean hk's win......

1st - Tess Parks & Anton Newcombe - Cocaine Cat (93 pts)

2nd - Leon Bridges - River (88 pts)
3rd - Nothing but Thieves - Phobia [Wuh Oh Remix] (86 pts)
4th - Billy Joe Shaver - Live Forever (84 pts)
5th - Led Zeppelin - Bron-Y-Aur Stomp (82 pts)
6th - Dua Lipa - Break My Heart (74 pts)
7th - Soda Stereo - Luna Roja (70 pts)
7th - Solitude Aeturnus - Mirror of Sorrow (70 pts)
9th - Dire Straits - Romeo and Juliet (64 pts)
10th - The KLF - 3am (57 pts)
11th - Jambo - Try (47 pts)
12th - Michael Crawford - Somewhere In Time (43 pts)

Grats to cat_sidhe on getting one through to the Final :up:

Round six up in the not too distant...

[Chypmunk]

Ynwtf goes awol for this one but Derek Vinyard makes a welcome step back up to the plate :up:

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Still Corners - Fade Out (https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=_RU1iZpeNR8)

J. Balvin, Dua Lipa, Bad Bunny, Tainy - Un Dia (One Day) (https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=BjhW3vBA1QU)

Black Sabbath - Dirty Women (https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=WORnUqP6_3I) § (alt link if needed (https://m.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=xRJZA6aKg5Y))

Paul Simon - Loves Me Like a Rock (https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=9i3JXGtC_os&ab_channel=fab70smusic)

Black Veil Brides - In The End (https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=f0EQlIzPowM)

Mark Collie - Even the Man in the Moon is Crying (https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=dKgh73v4mVc)

Love/Hate - Blackout In The Red Room (https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=pc68TjfsfMU)

Beyond the WIzards Sleeve - Creation (m.youtube.com/watch?v=Xtev3N2HQc0)

Pink Floyd - Echoes (Part 1) (m.youtube.com/watch?v=y-E7_VHLvkE)

Kanye West - Ghost Town (http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=qAsHVwl-MU4&ab_channel=KanyeWest-Topic)

Yann Tiersen - La Valse d'Amelie (https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=XsKEKqXRTbA) § (alt link if needed (https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=mbdhCOIPm5g&ab_channel=YannTiersen-Topic))

Iced Earth - Valley Forge (m.youtube.com/watch?v=HctMylya6x8)

Please rank from 1 (your favourite) to 12 (your least favourite).
This round will stay open for voting until 9am GMT on 15th January.

Nominations for Round 7 are now open

[Chypmunk]

Decent round imo.



Pink Floyd - Echoes (Part 1)
Still Corners - Fade Out
Black Sabbath - Dirty Women
Black Veil Brides - In The End
Yann Tiersen - La Valse d'Amelie
Beyond the WIzards Sleeve - Creation
Love/Hate - Blackout In The Red Room
Mark Collie - Even the Man in the Moon is Crying
Paul Simon - Loves Me Like a Rock
Iced Earth - Valley Forge
J. Balvin, Dua Lipa, Bad Bunny, Tainy - Un Dia (One Day)
Kanye West - Ghost Town

[jiraffejustin]

1. Pink Floyd - Echoes (Part 1)
2. Black Sabbath - Dirty Women
3. Kanye West - Ghost Town
4. Still Corners - Fade Out
5. Yann Tiersen - La Valse d'Amelie
6. Love/Hate - Blackout In The Red Room
7. Iced Earth - Valley Forge
8. Beyond the Wizards Sleeve - Creation
9. Paul Simon - Loves Me Like A Rock
10. Mark Collie - Even The Man In The Moon Is Crying
11. Black Veil Brides - In The End
12. J. Balvin, Dua Lipa, Bad Bunny, Tainy - Un Dia (One Day)

[Chypmunk]

CaptainT - it would appear the link for Yann Tiersen doesn't work in at least parts of the U.S. so I've added in an alt link to the one jj listened to, unfortunately that link doesn't work for me but it is from the Yann Tiersen YT channel so I'm assuming it's similar quality to the one you provided. Mebbe both links will work for you?

[jiraffejustin]

Led Zeppelin - No Quarter (m.youtube.com/watch?v=wdqDmJbm2eY&ab_channel=LedZeppelin-Topic)

Okay another Zeppelin tune.

[Chypmunk]

My R7 nom:
Miazma - Dressed In Black (https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=yrSWB0r8Mf4)

[Tugg]

1. J. Balvin, Dua Lipa, Bad Bunny, Tainy - Un Dia (One Day)
2. Yann Tiersen - La Valse d'Amelie
3. Still Corners - Fade Out
4. Mark Collie - Even the Man in the Moon is Crying
5. Paul Simon - Loves Me Like a Rock
6. Iced Earth - Valley Forge
7. Beyond the WIzards Sleeve - Creation
8. Pink Floyd - Echoes (Part 1)
9. Kanye West - Ghost Town
10. Black Veil Brides - In The End
11. Love/Hate - Blackout In The Red Room
12. Black Sabbath - Dirty Women

My R7 nom:
Eminem - Darkness (https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=RHQC4fAhcbU)

[Skepsis93]

1. Yann Tiersen - La Valse d'Amelie
2. Paul Simon - Loves Me Like a Rock
3. Beyond the Wizards Sleeve - Creation
4. Still Corners - Fade Out
5. Kanye West - Ghost Town
6. Pink Floyd - Echoes (Part 1)
7. Mark Collie - Even the Man in the Moon is Crying
8. Black Sabbath - Dirty Women
9. Iced Earth - Valley Forge
10. Love/Hate - Blackout In The Red Room
11. J. Balvin, Dua Lipa, Bad Bunny, Tainy - Un Dia (One Day)
12. Black Veil Brides - In The End

[Derek Vinyard]

Black Veil Brides - In The End (emo days the best days)
Pink Floyd - Echoes (Part 1) (that's a great song from a top 3 band ever)
Iced Earth - Valley Forge
Love/Hate - Blackout In The Red Room
Mark Collie - Even the Man in the Moon is Crying
Black Sabbath - Dirty Women § (alt link if needed)
Paul Simon - Loves Me Like a Rock
Still Corners - Fade Out
Beyond the WIzards Sleeve - Creation
Yann Tiersen - La Valse d'Amelie § (alt link if needed)
J. Balvin, Dua Lipa, Bad Bunny, Tainy - Un Dia (One Day)
Kanye West - Ghost Town

[Derek Vinyard]

Round 7 nom
Avenged Sevenfold - Shepherd Of Fire (https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=bT8FEOJEFcI)

[gbgoodies]

Sadly no votes from yin this time, probably still celebrating his err I mean hk's win......

1st - Tess Parks & Anton Newcombe - Cocaine Cat (93 pts)

Grats to cat_sidhe on getting one through to the Final :up:



Congratulations cat_sidhe! :up:

[gbgoodies]

1) Mark Collie - Even the Man in the Moon is Crying
2) Yann Tiersen - La Valse d'Amelie
3) Paul Simon - Loves Me Like a Rock
4) Still Corners - Fade Out
5) J. Balvin, Dua Lipa, Bad Bunny, Tainy - Un Dia (One Day)
6) Beyond the WIzards Sleeve - Creation
7) Kanye West - Ghost Town
8) Black Sabbath - Dirty Women
9) Pink Floyd - Echoes (Part 1)
10) Iced Earth - Valley Forge
11) Black Veil Brides - In The End
12) Love/Hate - Blackout In The Red Room

[gbgoodies]

My Round 7 Nom:
Kenny Rogers - When You Put Your Heart In It (https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=ANcTRGyXR_Q)

[Chypmunk]

Still Captain Spaulding, honeykid, cat_sidhe, resopamenic, CaptainT and pahaK to vote.....

[pahaK]

01: Iced Earth - Valley Forge
02: Pink Floyd - Echoes (Part 1)
03: Black Sabbath - Dirty Women
04: Black Veil Brides - In The End
05: Love/Hate - Blackout In The Red Room
06: Mark Collie - Even the Man in the Moon is Crying
07: Paul Simon - Loves Me Like a Rock
08: Still Corners - Fade Out
09: Yann Tiersen - La Valse d'Amelie
10: Beyond the WIzards Sleeve - Creation
11: Kanye West - Ghost Town
12: J. Balvin, Dua Lipa, Bad Bunny, Tainy - Un Dia (One Day)

Will post a new nom later today.

[resopamenic]

Pink Floyd - Echoes (Part 1)
Paul Simon - Loves Me Like a Rock
Still Corners - Fade Out
Love/Hate - Blackout In The Red Room
Black Sabbath - Dirty Women
Iced Earth - Valley Forge
Black Veil Brides - In The End
Beyond the WIzards Sleeve - Creation
Mark Collie - Even the Man in the Moon is Crying
Yann Tiersen - La Valse d'Amelie
Kanye West - Ghost Town
J. Balvin, Dua Lipa, Bad Bunny, Tainy - Un Dia (One Day)

[pahaK]

R7 nomination:
Anaal Nathrakh - The Age of Starlight Ends (m.youtube.com/watch?v=KeZmnXrLs9w)

Something light and cheery for everyone (sorry gbgoodies for posting only metal this time around).

[Captain Spaulding]

Round 6

1. Black Sabbath - Dirty Women
2. Pink Floyd - Echoes (Part 1)
3. Mark Collie - Even the Man in the Moon is Crying
4. Still Corners - Fade Out
5. Kanye West - Ghost Town
6. Black Veil Brides - In the End
7. Paul Simon - Loves Me Like a Rock
8. Iced Earth - Valley Forge
9. Beyond the Wizards Sleeve - Creation
10. Love/Hate - Blackout in the Red Room
11. J. Balvin, Dua Lipa, Bad Bunny, Tainy - Un Dia (One Day)
12. Yann Tiersen - La Valse d'Amelie

[honeykid]

Feeling better today, so you get comments. You lucky people! :D

Love/Hate - Blackout In The Red Room - This is just me in my late teens. I was that age when this came out and instantly loved the band. For me this encapsulates that feeling of drunkeness, arrogance, stupidity and invincibility which I felt at that age as I started to venture out into the world trying to find a place without really liking anything I saw.

Beyond the WIzards Sleeve - Creation - Oh I'm loving this. It feels so much like everything on the Hair soundtrack all at once with a jazz twist.

Still Corners - Fade Out - Now this is a good start for me. Nice and mellow.

Black Veil Brides - In The End - Usually Emo pisses me off, but this has a harder edge than what I usually hear referred to as Emo.

Yann Tiersen - La Valse d'Amelie § (alt link if needed) - I love Amelie and this is just a lovely piece of music but each note has a thick black outline giving it weight, belying the melody.

Kanye West - Ghost Town - What little I know about Kanye West has come from hearing people slag him off or headlines. I've never really listened to much more than the odd song or two of his music, so it's a kind of blank slate with me. Not quite sure what I think of this, but it's interesting me. I'll probably give it another listen sometime which isn't something I often think when I do these.

Black Sabbath - Dirty Women § (alt link if needed) - It suffers from being Sabbath but not 'really' Sabbath. But growing pains are difficult and if it wasn't Black Sabbath I'd probably think better of it.

Iced Earth - Valley Forge - I can't tell if sub-par Maiden would be an insult or a compliment?

J. Balvin, Dua Lipa, Bad Bunny, Tainy - Un Dia (One Day) - I quite like Dua Lipa, but I find the fewer people she's workiing with the better for me and so it proved here again.

Paul Simon - Loves Me Like a Rock - I'd rather they hit him with the bloody rock.

Mark Collie - Even the Man in the Moon is Crying - Having to listen to him I can understand why.

Pink Floyd - Echoes (Part 1) - Most of you probably know how I feel about The Floyd. 10+ minutes? It's like Portishead on Ketamine with 6th form poetry lyrics. Then it becomes background music for the most part, which is the best bit, but I'd still rather be listening to something else.

[CaptainT]

CaptainT - it would appear the link for Yann Tiersen doesn't work in at least parts of the U.S. so I've added in an alt link to the one jj listened to, unfortunately that link doesn't work for me but it is from the Yann Tiersen YT channel so I'm assuming it's similar quality to the one you provided. Mebbe both links will work for you?

The alternative link doesn't work for me either, so I guess we will never know! :p
But since they're from the same channel and have the same name there probably weren't any big differences.

Round 6:
1. Yann Tiersen - La Valse d'Amelie
2. Paul Simon - Loves Me Like a Rock
3. Pink Floyd - Echoes (Part 1)
4. Black Sabbath - Dirty Women
5. Love/Hate - Blackout In The Red Room
6. Beyond the Wizards Sleeve - Creation
7. Kanye West - Ghost Town
8. Mark Collie - Even the Man in the Moon is Crying
9. Still Corners - Fade Out
10. Black Veil Brides - In The End
11. Iced Earth - Valley Forge
12. J. Balvin, Dua Lipa, Bad Bunny, Tainy - Un Dia (One Day).

[gbgoodies]

R7 nomination:
Anaal Nathrakh - The Age of Starlight Ends (m.youtube.com/watch?v=KeZmnXrLs9w)

Something light and cheery for everyone (sorry gbgoodies for posting only metal this time around).


I guess that's fair. Most people seem to hate my noms just as much as I hate metal (and rap). ;)

[pahaK]

I guess that's fair. Most people seem to hate my noms just as much as I hate metal (and rap). ;)

At least we share a hatred for rap :D

[Chypmunk]

Sadly no votes from cat this time but on we march......

1st - Pink Floyd - Echoes (Part 1) (96 pts)

2nd - Still Corners - Fade Out (91 pts)
3rd - Black Sabbath - Dirty Women (84 pts)
4th - Yann Tiersen - La Valse d'Amelie (81 pts)
5th - Paul Simon - Loves Me Like a Rock (80 pts)
6th - Mark Collie - Even the Man in the Moon is Crying (71 pts)
7th - Beyond the WIzards Sleeve - Creation (69 pts)
8th - Love/Hate - Blackout In The Red Room (68 pts)
9th - Iced Earth - Valley Forge (64 pts)
10th - Black Veil Brides - In The End (63 pts)
11th - Kanye West - Ghost Town (55 pts)
12th - J. Balvin, Dua Lipa, Bad Bunny, Tainy - Un Dia (One Day) (36 pts)

Grats to resopamenic on getting one through to the Final :up:

Round seven up shortly...

[Chypmunk]

A mass exodus for this round - guess it must be a private party as the rest of us don't appear to have been invited :( Hopefully they'll all come back for future rounds....

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Led Zeppelin - No Quarter (m.youtube.com/watch?v=wdqDmJbm2eY&ab_channel=LedZeppelin-Topic)

Miazma - Dressed In Black (https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=yrSWB0r8Mf4)

Eminem - Darkness (https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=RHQC4fAhcbU)

Avenged Sevenfold - Shepherd Of Fire (https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=bT8FEOJEFcI)

Kenny Rogers - When You Put Your Heart In It (https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=ANcTRGyXR_Q)

Anaal Nathrakh - The Age of Starlight Ends (m.youtube.com/watch?v=KeZmnXrLs9w)

Please rank from 1 (your favourite) to 6 (your least favourite).
This round will stay open for voting until 9am GMT on 17th January.

Nominations for Round 8 are now open

[Tugg]

1. Eminem - Darkness
2. Kenny Rogers - When You Put Your Heart In It
3. Led Zeppelin - No Quarter
4. Avenged Sevenfold - Shepherd Of Fire
5. Miazma - Dressed In Black
6. Anaal Nathrakh - The Age of Starlight Ends

My Nomination for Round 8:
Dua Lipa - Don't Start Now (https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=oygrmJFKYZY)

[Chypmunk]

Miazma - Dressed In Black
Avenged Sevenfold - Shepherd Of Fire
Led Zeppelin - No Quarter
Eminem - Darkness
Anaal Nathrakh - The Age of Starlight Ends
Kenny Rogers - When You Put Your Heart In It


My R8 nom:
Actors - Slaves (https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=pAM3NS3VMeg)

[cat_sidhe]

Sorry about that, got caught up in the weekly quiz I help curate. Will jump in next round again. :)

[cat_sidhe]

Round 8 nom

2 Foot Yard - Borrowed Arms (m.youtube.com/watch?v=Quz8WYw_ng0)

[Derek Vinyard]

Avenged Sevenfold - Shepherd Of Fire
Miazma - Dressed In Black
Kenny Rogers - When You Put Your Heart In It
Led Zeppelin - No Quarter
Eminem - Darkness
Anaal Nathrakh - The Age of Starlight Ends

[Derek Vinyard]

nom 8:
Falling In Reverse - Popular Monster (https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=jakpo7tj7Qw)

[honeykid]

Round 8 nomination
Elastica - Connection (https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=ilKcXIFi-Rc)

[resopamenic]

R8 nom
The Fall - Frightened (https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=G8zK6zXBe1g)

[gbgoodies]

Sadly no votes from cat this time but on we march......

1st - Pink Floyd - Echoes (Part 1) (96 pts)

Grats to resopamenic on getting one through to the Final :up:

Round seven up shortly...


Congratulations resopamenic! :up:

[gbgoodies]

1) Kenny Rogers - When You Put Your Heart In It
2) Led Zeppelin - No Quarter
3) Miazma - Dressed In Black
4) Eminem - Darkness
5) Avenged Sevenfold - Shepherd Of Fire
6) Anaal Nathrakh - The Age of Starlight Ends

[gbgoodies]

My Round 8 Nom:
Neil Diamond - Hello Again (https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=iuKmWTUq4gM)

[Chypmunk]

Still jiraffejustin and pahaK to vote.....

[jiraffejustin]

1. Led Zeppelin - No Quarter
2. Anaal Nathrakh - The Age of Starlight Ends
3. Kenny Rogers - When You Put Your Heart In It

4. Miazma - Dressed In Black
5. Avenged Sevenfold - Shepherd Of Fire






6. Eminem - Darkness

[jiraffejustin]

Johnny Cash - I Heard That Lonesome Whistle (m.youtube.com/watch?v=6WONPvxbdgI&ab_channel=JohnnyCash-Topic)

[pahaK]

1: Anaal Nathrakh - The Age of Starlight Ends
2: Avenged Sevenfold - Shepherd Of Fire
3: Miazma - Dressed In Black
4: Led Zeppelin - No Quarter
5: Kenny Rogers - When You Put Your Heart In It
6: Eminem - Darkness

[Chypmunk]

That's all six of us voted :up:

1st - Led Zeppelin - No Quarter (25 pts)

2nd - Miazma - Dressed In Black (24 pts)
3rd - Avenged Sevenfold - Shepherd Of Fire (23 pts)
4th - Kenny Rogers - When You Put Your Heart In It (22 pts)
5th - Eminem - Darkness (16 pts)
5th - Anaal Nathrakh - The Age of Starlight Ends (16 pts)

Grats to jiraffejustin on getting one through to the Final :up:

Round eight up in the morning (nearly 20 hrs or thereabouts if I can count correctly lol)....

[pahaK]

R8 nomination:
Tau Cross - Messengers of Deception (m.youtube.com/watch?v=1G3MX450N2I)

[Captain Spaulding]

Round 8 nomination:
My Life with the Thrill Kill Kult - Portrait of the Damned (https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=zuux00-p8J4)

[gbgoodies]

That's all six of us voted :up:

1st - Led Zeppelin - No Quarter (25 pts)

Grats to jiraffejustin on getting one through to the Final :up:




Congratulations jiraffejustin! :up:

[Chypmunk]

A welcome return from cat_sidhe, honeykid, resopamenic and Captain Spaulding for this round :up:

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Dua Lipa - Don't Start Now (https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=oygrmJFKYZY)

Actors - Slaves (https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=pAM3NS3VMeg)

2 Foot Yard - Borrowed Arms (m.youtube.com/watch?v=Quz8WYw_ng0)

Falling In Reverse - Popular Monster (https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=jakpo7tj7Qw)

Elastica - Connection (https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=ilKcXIFi-Rc)

The Fall - Frightened (https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=G8zK6zXBe1g)

Neil Diamond - Hello Again (https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=iuKmWTUq4gM)

Johnny Cash - I Heard That Lonesome Whistle (m.youtube.com/watch?v=6WONPvxbdgI&ab_channel=JohnnyCash-Topic)

Tau Cross - Messengers of Deception (m.youtube.com/watch?v=1G3MX450N2I)

My Life with the Thrill Kill Kult - Portrait of the Damned (https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=zuux00-p8J4)

Please rank from 1 (your favourite) to 10 (your least favourite).
This round will stay open for voting until 9am GMT on 19th January.

Nominations for Round 9 are now open

[Tugg]

1. Dua Lipa - Don't Start Now
2. Elastica - Connection
3. Neil Diamond - Hello Again
4. 2 Foot Yard - Borrowed Arms
5. Actors - Slaves
6. Falling In Reverse - Popular Monster
7. My Life with the Thrill Kill Kult - Portrait of the Damned
8. Johnny Cash - I Heard That Lonesome Whistle
9. The Fall - Frightened
10. Tau Cross - Messengers of Deception

My Nomination for Round 9:
Khalid - Better (https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=x3bfa3DZ8JM)

[pahaK]

01: Tau Cross - Messengers of Deception
02: Neil Diamond - Hello Again
03: Actors - Slaves
04: Dua Lipa - Don't Start Now
05: Falling In Reverse - Popular Monster
06: 2 Foot Yard - Borrowed Arms
07: My Life with the Thrill Kill Kult - Portrait of the Damned
08: Elastica - Connection
09: The Fall - Frightened
10: Johnny Cash - I Heard That Lonesome Whistle

[gbgoodies]

1) Neil Diamond - Hello Again
2) 2 Foot Yard - Borrowed Arms
3) Johnny Cash - I Heard That Lonesome Whistle
4) Dua Lipa - Don't Start Now
5) Actors - Slaves
6) My Life with the Thrill Kill Kult - Portrait of the Damned
7) The Fall - Frightened
8) Elastica - Connection
9) Tau Cross - Messengers of Deception
10) Falling In Reverse - Popular Monster

[Chypmunk]

Good round imo.



Actors - Slaves
2 Foot Yard - Borrowed Arms
The Fall - Frightened
My Life with the Thrill Kill Kult - Portrait of the Damned
Tau Cross - Messengers of Deception
Falling In Reverse - Popular Monster
Neil Diamond - Hello Again
Dua Lipa - Don't Start Now
Johnny Cash - I Heard That Lonesome Whistle
Elastica - Connection


My R9 nom:
Stevie Parker - Better Off (https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=WQgy6UrEJxk)

[Chypmunk]

Still cat_sidhe, Derek Vinyard, honeykid, resopamenic, jiraffejustin & Captain Spaulding to vote.....

[pahaK]

R9 nomination:
Ghoultown - Devil's Comin' 'Round (m.youtube.com/watch?v=cK9S77zziGY)

[resopamenic]

The Fall - Frightened
Foot Yard - Borrowed Arms
Elastica - Connection
Actors - Slaves
Tau Cross - Messengers of Deception
Johnny Cash - I Heard That Lonesome Whistle
Falling In Reverse - Popular Monster
Neil Diamond - Hello Again
My Life with the Thrill Kill Kult - Portrait of the Damned
Dua Lipa - Don't Start Now

[resopamenic]

r9 nom
Nathan Wesley - Man In The Box (cover) (m.youtube.com/watch?v=akltF6T5Ygo)

[honeykid]

Elastica - Connection - I love this song.

Dua Lipa - Don't Start Now - I really like this song. It's unusual for me to know something nominated in these but I like Dua Lipa.

Neil Diamond - Hello Again - Hello again, Neil. There are times where this kind of thing sounds way too schmaltzy for me. Almost mechanical in it's lyrical precision in how it works your emotions or tugs at the heartstrings. But today isn't one of those days, so it's much appreciated by this slightly more human version of HK.

2 Foot Yard - Borrowed Arms - Now this worked for me. Nice and mellow. It reminds me of something else I can't quite bring to mind. Love the drumbeats.

My Life with the Thrill Kill Kult - Portrait of the Damned - I don't mind stuff like this as a one off.

The Fall - Frightened - The Fall are one of those 'great' bands which I didn't get. But I quite liked this, so maybe I should try again?

Actors - Slaves - Joy Division on Prozac? I don't know. I didn't hate it but it did really work for me either.

Tau Cross - Messengers of Deception - All this kind of stuff sounds the same to me. Sorry.

Falling In Reverse - Popular Monster - This is the kind of metal I just don't get because the vocal usually annoys me... As it does here.

Johnny Cash - I Heard That Lonesome Whistle - I'm starting to think it really was just that you guys chose some better country songs. :D Not horrible, just blah.

[honeykid]

Round 9 nomination
The Donnas - Who Invited You (m.youtube.com/watch?v=0cO7Cz9J_NU)

[cat_sidhe]

Good round!


1. 2 Foot Yard - Borrowed Arms
Relatively new discovery for me when I went looking for other Carla Kihlstedt projects. GEM!!!! Soooo lush!

2. The Fall - Frightened
Yaaas The Fall. Got a soft spot for them.

3, Actors - Slaves
Ooh, I like this. Enough to put it on my playlist.

4. Tau Cross - Messengers of Deception
Pretty cool.

5. Elastica - Connection
Oh wow haven't heard this in ages. BAASSS DROOOOPPPPP! Oooof.

6. My Life with the Thrill Kill Kult - Portrait of the Damned

7. Neil Diamond - Hello Again
Not my favourite of his but he has a great voice.

8. Johnny Cash - I Heard That Lonesome Whistle
I much prefer older Johnny Cash to later.

9. Dua Lipa - Don't Start Now
Decent enough dance track.

10. Falling In Reverse - Popular Monster

[cat_sidhe]

Round 9 nom

Mitski - Cop Car (m.youtube.com/watch?v=etKhIIJr0HM)

[jiraffejustin]

I'll be listening to a couple of these now and finishing up tonight.

[jiraffejustin]

Actually, I'll just vote now:

1. Johnny Cash - I Heard That Lonesome Whistle
2. The Fall - Frightened
3. Tau Cross - Messengers of Deception
4. My Life with the Thrill Kill Kult - Portrait of the Damned
5. Actors - Slaves
6. Dua Lipa - Don't Start Now
7. 2 Foot Yard - Borrowed Arms
8. Elastica - Connection
9. Neil Diamond - Hello Again
10. Falling In Reverse - Popular Monster

[Derek Vinyard]

Falling In Reverse - Popular Monster
Actors - Slaves
The Fall - Frightened
My Life with the Thrill Kill Kult - Portrait of the Damned
Johnny Cash - I Heard That Lonesome Whistle
2 Foot Yard - Borrowed Arms
Tau Cross - Messengers of Deception
Elastica - Connection
Dua Lipa - Don't Start Now
Neil Diamond - Hello Again

[Derek Vinyard]

Nom:
The Offspring - Gone Away (https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=40V9_1PMUGM)

[jiraffejustin]

Aretha Franklin - Think (m.youtube.com/watch?v=zefKDJB_uoo&ab_channel=ArethaFranklin-Topic)

I'm not sure if members in other countries will be able to use this link, but if you look the song up on youtube and use the Aretha Franklin youtube page version it should be fine.

[gbgoodies]

My Round 9 Nom:
Loretta Lynn - One's On The Way (https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=yMzSYyjNb74)

[Captain Spaulding]

Round 8

1. Johnny Cash - I Heard That Lonesome Whistle
2. Actors - Slaves
3. My Life with the Thrill Kill Kult - Portrait of the Damned
4. Tau Cross - Messengers of Deception
5. The Fall - Frightened
6. Falling in Reverse - Popular Monster
7. Elastica - Connection
8. 2 Foot Yard - Borrowed Arms
9. Neil Diamond - Hello Again
10. Dua Lipa - Don't Start Now

[Captain Spaulding]

Round 9 nomination:
The Piedmont Boys - In Came You (https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=bbWYMNo7FfA)

[Chypmunk]

All voted :up:

1st - Actors - Slaves (73 pts)

2nd - 2 Foot Yard - Borrowed Arms (68 pts)
3rd - The Fall - Frightened (63 pts)
4th - My Life with the Thrill Kill Kult - Portrait of the Damned (55 pts)
5th - Tau Cross - Messengers of Deception (54 pts)
6th - Neil Diamond - Hello Again (51 pts)
7th - Elastica - Connection (50 pts)
8th - Johnny Cash - I Heard That Lonesome Whistle (49 pts)
9th - Dua Lipa - Don't Start Now (47 pts)
10th - Falling In Reverse - Popular Monster (40 pts)

Round nine up a little over an hour...

[Chypmunk]

https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn%3AANd9GcT_-XMB9UgcZkWKeQODrKvbBdATKmlq351S6UKtOq9BPEFuZhxk&usqp=CAU

Khalid - Better (https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=x3bfa3DZ8JM)

Stevie Parker - Better Off (https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=WQgy6UrEJxk)

Ghoultown - Devil's Comin' 'Round (m.youtube.com/watch?v=cK9S77zziGY)

Nathan Wesley - Man In The Box (cover) (m.youtube.com/watch?v=akltF6T5Ygo)

The Donnas - Who Invited You (m.youtube.com/watch?v=0cO7Cz9J_NU)

Mitski - Cop Car (m.youtube.com/watch?v=etKhIIJr0HM)

The Offspring - Gone Away (https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=40V9_1PMUGM)

Aretha Franklin - Think (m.youtube.com/watch?v=zefKDJB_uoo&ab_channel=ArethaFranklin-Topic)

Loretta Lynn - One's On The Way (https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=yMzSYyjNb74)

The Piedmont Boys - In Came You (https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=bbWYMNo7FfA)

Please rank from 1 (your favourite) to 10 (your least favourite).
This round will stay open for voting until 9am GMT on 21st January.

Nominations for Round 10 are now open

[jiraffejustin]

1. Aretha Franklin - Think
2. Loretta Lynn - One's On The Way
3. The Piedmont Boys - In Came You
4. Ghoultown - Devil's Comin' 'Round
5. Mitski - Cop Car
6. Stevie Parker - Better Off
7. Nathan Wesley - Man In The Box (cover)
8. The Offspring - Gone Away
9. The Donnas - Who Invited You
10. Khalid - Better


Khalid: I know the name but I don't know much about Khalid. He starts about singing in that lazy, mush-mouthed, mumbling way that's so prevalent nowadays that almost nobody does in a compelling way. There's no emotion, no energy, nothing, and this song is supposed to be about how nothing feels better than whatever "this" is. I've obviously missed something in the lyrics, but I think I can be forgiven because I can't understand half of what he is singing. Perhaps the song is tongue-in-cheek and the idea is that he's going for something like Weeknd lyrics where he's numb but he's doing wild sh*t just to feel something, but the feeling quickly goes away. But The Weeknd makes that stuff compelling, because he actually sings. Maybe Khalid has some better songs. We are a minute in, and I'm already hoping the next three go quicker than the first one. I'm not judging the song based on Khalid's dancing, but his dancing is just as boring as his singing. Sorry to whoever nominated this song, it's just not for me.

Stevie Parker: And instantly I sound like a hypocrite for liking this song a little bit. She does some of the things I complained about in the previous song. She comes off as low energy, but this works a little better, pardon the pun, because lyrically this song sounds a little more fitting for this type of singing. Plus this wasn't all mush-mouthed, and this at least rises and comes down real low and there's movement with her voice. And I at least feel like I'm on some kind of ride with this song. Still, it's not amazing or anything.

Ghoultown: I haven't hit play on this track yet, but judging a book by its cover tells me that at the very least, this track won't be low energy and there's going to be some kind of emotion here. Quick google search tells me these boys are from my neck of the woods. I don't think this particular track is the best of this style of gothic alt-country or whatever you want to call it. But the mid-tier of this type of thing will be more interesting to me than upper mid-tier modern pop music.

Man In The Box cover: The original song is good, and I don't know if anybody has ever nominated a YouTube cover of a song in one of these before. This might be a ground break nomination. And Jayayayayayayasayauyuyuyus Christ this guy can definitely belt this stuff out. This is pretty wild for just a dude on YouTube, impressive really, but I think this is sort like watching an early, silent, experimental short that goes for 20 minutes where you get the cool idea in the first 5-10 and you don't really need to see the gimmick go on that much longer.

The Donnas: I'm not really feeling this, but I don't think they would care, and more power to them for that.

Mitski: I've seen the name a million times, but never plunged into the depths of discovery to purify myself in the waters of Lake Mitskitonka. If this song is indicative of her style, it would be safe to say there is something to her. This gets pretty creepy sounding at times, but I don't know exactly how I feel about how her voice really fits with this music.

The Offspring: Well at least I believe this guy actually feels what he's singing about.

Aretha: My nomination. This song is dope on every level. The piano comes in and the sh*t just hits. That crazy high note Aretha hits is amazing. The chorus of Aretha belting out the word "freedom" is amazing. I love everything about this song. Aretha is a legend.

Loretta Lynn: I am very familiar with this song, but I'm happy to listen to it again. Loretta is every bit the legend that Aretha is. I know it's not a new revelation, but watching this video just reminds me of how much of an influence Loretta had on Kacey Musgraves. I'm a big fan of Musgraves, but she really doesn't hold a candle to Loretta. Loretta is a natural. Even if Loretta wasn't writing her own tunes, she owns everything that comes out of her mouth. It's a lot of that kind of cutesy songwriting that can really come off as unnatural and cringey in the wrong hands, but the charisma of Loretta Lynn is otherworldly.

The Piedmont Boys: I was trying to figure out if I knew the Piedmont Boys, but I can't place them. As soon as country sounds start coming from this video, I knew this round was gonna close out with my top three. Now the question is if I should give this bonus points for being brand new to me. The battle is whether or not this would beat out Loretta. I don't think that'll happen, but clearly this is a good song. Something I'm glad to hear. There's a badass reference to Keith Whitley in here too.

[Chypmunk]

Not the easiest round to rank imo.



The Piedmont Boys - In Came You
The Donnas - Who Invited You
Aretha Franklin - Think
Loretta Lynn - One's On The Way
The Offspring - Gone Away
Ghoultown - Devil's Comin' 'Round
Mitski - Cop Car
Stevie Parker - Better Off
Khalid - Better
Nathan Wesley - Man In The Box (cover)

[jiraffejustin]

Bob Dylan - One More Cup of Coffee (http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=95cufW4h-gA&ab_channel=BobDylanVEVO)

For my next nomination, I nominate my 17th favorite Bob Dylan song.

[Chypmunk]

My R10 nom:
Fur Patrol - Lydia (https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=6BZbV36U59k)

[Tugg]

1. Khalid - Better
2. Stevie Parker - Better Off
3. The Donnas - Who Invited You
4. The Piedmont Boys - In Came You
5. Loretta Lynn - One's On The Way
6. Mitski - Cop Car
7. Aretha Franklin - Think
8. Nathan Wesley - Man In The Box (cover)
9. Ghoultown - Devil's Comin' 'Round
10. The Offspring - Gone Away

My Nomination for Round 10:
Travis Scott ft. Drake - Sicko Mode (https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=6ONRf7h3Mdk)