A Song For March (a song tourney with a difference)

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Women will be your undoing, Pépé
1. Battle Beast - Black Ninja
(Super cheesy, but I love that aspect of it. Maybe because I've watched too many cheesy 80's ninja movies? The singer sounds so much like Dio when she belts the chorus. Was hoping to avoid ranking my own nom first, but it'd be disingenuous if I didn't since I like it the most of this bunch.)
I was thinking Rob Halford when she was hitting those high notes. Which ain't easy.
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Round 2:

The HU - Yuve Yuve Yu

(I don't know what's up with the intro, but the song doesn't start til just over a minute in.)



1. Siegfried - Forging Song from Act 1
My own nomination, I regret the performance I posted... the costumes are a bit laughable and I should have done something non-programmatic perhaps. But I still love this piece, it is really energetic and is Siegfried's symbolic reforging of his parent's former glory, no matter how incestuous or adulterous it may have been.

2. Journey - Wheel In The Sky

3. Sam Cooke - Nothing Can Change This Love

4. Clutch - Electric Worry

5. Hanging Gardens - Unearth

6. New Light Choir - Queen of Winter

7. Shal Marshall - Splinters

8. Catatonia - Road Rage

9. number girl - omoide in my head

10. Battle Beast - Black Ninja

11. The Dead South - In Hell I'll Be In Good Company

12. Dillon Carmichael - Hell on an Angel



1. Number Girl - Omoide In My Head
2. New Light Choir - Queen Of Winter
3. Battle Beast - Black Ninja
4. Siegfried - Forging Song From Act 1
5. Sam Cooke - Nothing Can Change This Love
6. Hanging Gardens - Unearth
7. Journey - Wheel In The Sky
8. Catatonia - Road Rage
9. Clutch - Electric Worry
10. Dillon Carmichael - Hell On An Angel
11. The Dead South - In Hell I'll Be In Good Company
12. Shal Marshall - Splinters

The nom for Round 2:
Asian Kung-Fu Generation - Rewrite



Ok, that's everyone voted in Round 1 and the results are as follows.......

1st - Sam Cooke - Nothing Can Change This Love (103 pts)


2nd - Battle Beast - Black Ninja (99 pts)
3rd - Journey - Wheel In The Sky (97 pts)
4th - New Light Choir - Queen of Winter (91 pts)
5th - Clutch - Electric Worry (81 pts)
6th - Dillon Carmichael - Hell on an Angel (74 pts)
6th - number girl - omoide in my head (74 pts)
8th - Catatonia - Road Rage (73 pts)
9th - Hanging Gardens - Unearth (72 pts)
10th - The Dead South - In Hell I'll Be In Good Company (63 pts)
11th - Siegfried - Forging Song from Act 1 (59 pts)
12th - Shal Marshall - Splinters (50 pts)

So John-Connor is the first person to get one through to the Final

Enjoy a nice relaxing Sunday everyone, Round 2 will be up and open for voting from around 9am GMT tomorrow.



Women will be your undoing, Pépé
Too bad, Iron Maiden was a great nom, use to be fascinated by their albums cover art when I was a kid..
I just may bring it back for another round. Loved the artwork as well. Remember doing a pencil version of Eddie from that album (Killers) and giving it a friend who hung it upon their wall.



1. Meg Myers - Desire
2. Jinjer - Pisces
3. Bad Sons - Cardiac Arrest
4. The HU - Yuve Yuve Yu
5. Jade Bird - Uh Huh
6. System Of A Down - Aerials
7. The Doors - Waiting For The Sun
8. Bat for Lashes - Winter Fields
9. Asian Kung-Fu Generation - Rewrite
10. Foo Fighters - Everlong
11. The Gathering - Strange Machines
12. Bach - Mass In B Minor, Kyrie

My nom for Round 3:
Demented Are Go - Bodies In The Basement



1. Foo Fighters - Everlong
One of my GOAT tracks within the genre..

2. System Of A Down - Aerials
Great band, they are up there with RATM..

3. Meg Myers - Desire
Cool sound, hot singer and nice voice kinda like skunk anansie..

4. Bach - Mass in B Minor, Kyrie
When they still play your sht centuries later, you are an immortal!

5. Jinjer - Pisces
Without the WROOAAHHRRAARRGGHHAUOUOURRGH parts it would have been my #2..

6. Bad Sons - Cardiac Arrest
Nice, easy listening pop track..

7. Bat for Lashes - Winter Fields
Reminds me of Bjork and Kate Bush.. think I’ll nom a Kate Bush track later on..

8. Jade Bird - Uh Huh
Do I like it? I nod and say.. Uh Huh..

9. The Doors - Waiting For The Sun
Classic..

10. Asian Kung-Fu Generation - Rewrite
Solid jam..

11. The HU - Yuve Yuve Yu
Beautifully shot video..

12. The Gathering - Strange Machines
I was there at pinkpop ‘96 to see The Prodigy, legendary!

Round 3
Metallica - One

^ back in rotation because it was used in one of the most kick-ass tv trailers i've seen in a long time.. for The Punisher season1.. Marvel's The Punisher Season 1 Trailer



The Doors - Waiting For The Sun - I haven't done one of these song tournament type things for a while, so I'll go with how I feel. I usually feel that I should vote against stuff like this because it's practically cheating, IMO. I'm not calling the person who nominated this a cheat, it's just how I feel. The Doors, The Beatles, The Stones, Elvis, etc. It's too easy.

Jade Bird - Uh Huh - She's one of my new discoveries (not actually discovered by me, it's just how I describe finding someone/something new to me. For example, I discovered Lady Gaga last year ) and I think she's great. I was going to go with Breathe by The Prodigy. Kind of wish I had now given todays news. RIP Keith.

The Gathering - Strange Machines - Not often a new live performance does so well with me, but I really liked this.

Meg Myers - Desire - I think someone has nominated a song of hers before. Possibly with one? I liked that and I like this. I should try some more of her stuff.

Jinjer - Pisces - Her singing is quite nice. She has a nice voice. Then the growling starts and I tune out even though the music gets better.

Bach - Mass in B Minor, Kyrie - I like a lot of classical music. I like this, but it's something I have to want to listen to. Otherwise I might as well be on hold. A bit unfair on it here, as I'd prefer to listen to it than a lot of stuff here, but at this moment it's difficult to place.

Foo Fighters - Everlong - I'm not much of a fan. Liked their first album but not really connected with much after that. This is probably where it is on familiarity as much as anything.

System Of A Down - Aerials - It's ok. Makes me feel a bit like the following song on the list.

Bad Sons - Cardiac Arrest - Meh. It passes the time without annoying me. That's in its favour.

Asian Kung-Fu Generation - Rewrite - It's alright. It sounds like all the stuff that sounds like this sounds to me.

The HU - Yuve Yuve Yu - Not really my thing. I like songs to start when I start listening and not go on for 6 minutes. I didn't dislike it though.

Bat for Lashes - Winter Fields - Still to hear anything from this band which lights me up. I don't do folk music, so this put me offside from the intro.



1. Bach - Mass in B Minor, Kyrie

2. Asian Kung-Fu Generation - Rewrite

3. Jinjer - Pisces

4. Jade Bird - Uh Huh

5. The Gathering - Strange Machines

6. The HU - Yuve Yuve Yu

7. The Doors - Waiting For The Sun

8. Meg Myers - Desire

9. System Of A Down - Aerials

10. Bad Sons - Cardiac Arrest

11. Bat for Lashes - Winter Fields

12. Foo Fighters - Everlong



A system of cells interlinked
It's not really fair putting a Back piece in the tourney!

I like a lot of the other songs, but come on, some random pop track just doesn't compare to JS friggin Bach!

I will post my rankings soon...
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