A sheep, a werewolf and a walrus walk into a bar.

No probs Spears, I'm happy to accept votes anytime up until Sunday night really

And I approve the slandering of songs you don't like, I'm kind of hoping the knockouts will be open warfare

Quick note, there hasn't been a tie yet but it's damn close. If there is a ti for first or second I'll use these as tiebreakers...
...most 5pt votes
...fewest 1pt votes
...scores from the people who nominated the songs
...at this point I'll probably just pick my favourite!
(In the knockouts I'll come back to group scores if there's a tie)

Anyway, here's tomorrow's round, as it's ready...

Next up, GROUP C

A reminder to PM me marks out of 5 for each song. Aim to score them 5, 4, 3, 2, 1 but I'm happy with a bit of flexibility around that. You have two days

Here we go...

11 Jessie Ware - Free Yourself


12 Crazy What Love Can Do - David Guetta, Becky Hill & Ella Henderson

13 Hold Me Closer by Elton John and Britney Spears.


14 Beth Orton - Weather Alive


15 yungblud - The Funeral

Is this the April Fool's round?

Had considered nominating one from this group myself

(05-01-2023, 12:34 AM)Hello 2D Person Below Wrote: [ -> ]Is this the April Fool's round?

I like all these songs, don't know what you're on about

(04-01-2023, 11:23 PM)Spears Wrote: [ -> ]Just quickly will say too that I really don't like the Taylor Swift song. Something doesn't work with that song.

It's like listening to a not great song & an annoying ring tone at the same time.

Like I don't know which part to focus on. 

It kinda gives me a headache, & makes me feel odd 😣.

I'm loving Anti Hero by her now, not sure it is nominated here, late release, she is a damn fine clever catchy song writer no doubt

(05-01-2023, 02:05 AM)jp liz v1 Wrote: [ -> ]I'm loving Anti Hero by her now

It's not nominated, so I can speak freely

It's the most obvious song on her new album but it's terrible, and Swifties are a dangerous yes cult who'll accept any shit she throws at a wall and proclaim it as genius

I mean "at tea time, everyone agrees" is an objectively crap line, it would get marked down in junior cert poetry

And "I sometimes dream that everybody is a sexy baby, and I'm a monster on the hill"...?




...sorry, woke up on the wrong side of bed this morning

She can be like marmite but does have catchy tunes

I really don't get the love for Taylor Swift. I find most of her songs very generic, nothing to grasp my attention.

On a different note, 2 great songs in Group C - hope they go far.

(05-01-2023, 01:33 PM)jp liz v1 Wrote: [ -> ]She can be like marmite but does have catchy tunes

She used to be like Marmite, back around Shake It Off. I really don't like that song but I appreciate its uniqueness and attitude

Now she's like a cup of tea and a rich tea biscuit. You know what you're going to get, and it's grand, but it gets bit boring after a while

I like some of Tay Tay's singles, more so since she became more pop and less country. I am a fan of the sound and theme of her new album. Still not a Swiftie by any stretch, but I wouldn't turn down a ticket if I got one 😁

(05-01-2023, 04:46 PM)ari101 Wrote: [ -> ]I like some of Tay Tay's singles, more so since she became more pop and less country. I am a fan of the sound anid theme of her new album. Still not a Swiftie by any stretch, but I wouldn't turn down a ticket if I got one 😁

Her last show here, didn't really sell well, lots of comp free tickets, was it Croke Park or Aviva she didn't fill, sell

Oooohhh... That was a goodie round!! 🥳🥳

Things are starting to look up now😏


Really liked the Jessie Ware submission 👌
(Anyone remember her song from the condom ad? I still love that song)

(without any admissions) I'm going take a guess & say this is a Irish Aris submission 🤫

I do like the Elton & Britney song, but it hasn't a patch on the Elton & Dua Lipa remix. Could listen to that over & over

(05-01-2023, 08:25 PM)Spears Wrote: [ -> ]Really liked the Jessie Ware submission 👌
(Anyone remember her song from the condom ad? I still love that song)

I had to google that (Wildest Moments), great song! 😁

Also, the Wombats Wildfire song from last round too - I wouldn't normally listen to songs like that & I hadn't heard it before, but I really liked that one. It was funky & fun to listened too 👌😊

(05-01-2023, 08:31 PM)ari101 Wrote: [ -> ]

(05-01-2023, 08:25 PM)Spears Wrote: [ -> ]Really liked the Jessie Ware submission 👌
(Anyone remember her song from the condom ad? I still love that song)

I had to google that (Wildest Moments), great song! 😁

It's a lovely song. I'm not sure if she released any songs before that one, but I discovered her from that Ad 😊

@E.N. I haven't forgot to PM my vote this time 😜 I'm sticking with 5,4,3,2,1 voting, but I'm struggling where to place the songs. 

Like I genuinely don't feel any of the songs deserve a 1, 2, or even a 3 score.

Some of them are catchy & probably not exactly 'credible' in music terms, but I still enjoy listening to them.

I have two days to vote right? I might sleep on it & Eenie, meenie, miney moe it in the morning 😆

(05-01-2023, 09:27 PM)Spears Wrote: [ -> ]I have two days to vote right? I might sleep on it & Eenie, meenie, miney moe it in the morning 😆

Yep, in theory the deadline is tomorrow night, but really I'm happy up until Sunday night for votes for any group

As everyone's ahead of the game, here's GROUP D

Final deadline for votes in all groups is 9pm Sunday

A reminder to PM me marks out of 5 for each song. Aim to score them 5, 4, 3, 2, 1 but I'm happy with a bit of flexibility around that.

Here we go...

16 Lauren Spencer Smith - Fingers Crossed


17 Sigrid, Bring Me The Horizon - Bad Life

18 Eliza Rose and Interplanetary Criminal - B.O.T.A. (Baddest of Them All)


19 Rolling along - Longest Johns


20 Tate McRae - She's All I Wanna Be

Baddest Of Them All is an aptly named song anyway

Still better than that George Ezra tripe to be fair, but then again so is getting punched in the face

Strongest round by a country mile IMO

Number 19 is dangerously close to sea shanty territory, it must be eliminated.

(06-01-2023, 04:35 PM)ShaneU Wrote: [ -> ]Number 19 is dangerously close to sea shanty territory, it must be eliminated.

Close? 🤣

Sail her no more, boys, sail her no more
Or your ship may be wrecked and you'll sail her no more
There's pirates in waiting and storms to be tamed
The shoals all bear names of the boats that they claimed
But under our feet the warm waters that roll
Are blue as cut sapphires and shining like gold

I like it. I mean, I don't love it but it was nice to hear something a bit different

Who doesn't love an old sea shanty anyways... Other than Shane 😂😂😂

(06-01-2023, 04:35 PM)aaronjennings Wrote: [ -> ]Strongest round by a country mile IMO

Randomly allocated, as you asked.
Though I did then manually swap a couple to ensure that two songs from the same person wouldn't be in the same group

(06-01-2023, 05:01 PM)Necro Wrote: [ -> ]Who doesn't love an old sea shanty anyways... Other than Shane 😂😂😂

Mental note to run a sea shanty sheep

20 Tate Mc reminds me of this one.

^ I'd put Mimi Webb also with Tate and Olivia, similar sounding voice, I mix all 3 up

(08-01-2023, 01:00 AM)jp liz v1 Wrote: [ -> ]^  I'd put Mimi Webb also with Tate and Olivia, similar sounding voice, I mix all 3 up

And this one I think is very like Olivia's

Just @Edser (Group D) and @Spears (C and D) to vote, unless @Homer J. Fong is out of hibernation, or anyone else wants to join in late

No rush though, any time today

(06-01-2023, 04:35 PM)ShaneU Wrote: [ -> ]Number 19 is dangerously close to sea shanty territory, it must be eliminated.

(06-01-2023, 05:14 PM)E.N. Wrote: [ -> ]

(06-01-2023, 05:01 PM)Necro Wrote: [ -> ]Who doesn't love an old sea shanty anyways... Other than Shane 😂😂😂

Mental note to run a sea shanty sheep

Votes 1n 😊

OK, the results are in!

In Group A it was really close, but Dermot Kennedy nicks the win thanks to the "I fancy him" votes! The Big Moon also make it through, with Metric and Lizzo just missing out

Dermot Kennedy	Kiss Me	46
The Big Moon	Trouble	45
Metric	Doomscroller	44
Lizzo	About Damn Time	44
Kenny Chesney	Knowing You	31

In Group B it's a bit more clean cut, with Mimi Webb taking top spot fairly easily. Soccer Mommy just beats Wombats to qualify

Mimi Webb	Ghost of You	50
Soccer Mommy	Shotgun	44
Wombats	Wildfire	42
George Ezra	Green Green Grass	38
Taylor Swift	Bejeweled	37

In Group C we have joint winners in Jessie Ware and youngblud. Jessie had more 5 pointers, so will qualify in first place
Beth Orton's score there is, quite frankly, a disgrace. Beautiful song.

Jessie Ware	Free Yourself	49
yungblud	The Funeral	49
David Guetta etc	Crazy What Love Can Do	45
Elton/Britney	Hold Me Closer	40
Beth Orton	Weather Alive	29

Finally, in Group D it's Sigrid and Bring Me The Horizon with a handy win and Tate McRae also qualifying.
Baddest of them all does, indeed, get the baddest score of all the entries, even a 2020 one!

Sigrid/Bring Me The Horizon	Bad Life	50
Tate McRae	She's All I Wanna Be	45
Lauren Spencer Smith	Fingers Crossed	42
Longest Johns	Rolling Along	35
Eliza Rose	BOTA	28

So we kick off the knock-outs with four quarter finals.
Votes on thread, the deadline is 10pm tomorrow or when everyone's voted

QF1:
Kiss Me by Dermot Kennedy


Soccer Mommy - Shotgun


QF2:
Mimi Webb - Ghost of You


The Big Moon - Trouble


QF3:
Jessie Ware - Free Yourself


Tate McRae - She's All I Wanna Be


QF4:
Sigrid, Bring Me The Horizon - Bad Life


yungblud - The Funeral



For copying...
Dermot Kennedy vs Soccer Mommy
Mimi Webb vs The Big Moon
Jessie Ware vs Tate McRae
Sigrid, BMTH vs yungblud

Votes on thread. Reasons are strongly encouraged, I'm all for blatant campaigning and trying to influence the votes. Feel free to declare what your song is if you want, but I'll list them all at the end

Basically, what I want is...



...because...

Pretty happy with those results, for once ye got it (mostly) right FOGheads...

I wouldn't have put Dermot Kennedy through myself, and would've been more than happy to see Metric, Wombats, or David Guetta & Co make it through to the Quarters, but only so many spots available, so it is what it is

My votes are as follows:

Soccer Mommy - Shotgun
The Big Moon - Trouble
Tate McRae - She's All I Wanna Be
Sigrid & Bring Me The Horizon - Bad Life

Gonna keep the reasons simple, just the song I prefer from each pairing...

My 2 nominations both made the quarters, but have I voted for them here? Have they come up head to head? Or was I swayed by a new song since nominating and gone for that instead?

If anyone can correctly guess both of my nominations from the above 8 correctly, I'll give you bragging rights or we can be BFFs or some shit like that (ie. No actual worthwhile prize, just for fun to see if any of you know me well enough)

Dermot Kennedy
Mimi Webb
Tate McRae
Sigrid, BMTH

The ones I'm more likely to replay at the moment 😁 There were a few I liked I'm sorry didn't make it but nothing objectionable (IMO) got through so may the best song win!

Dermot Kennedy vs Soccer Mommy

Dermot qualifying over Lizzo is a travesty. Most bland and boring artist this island has ever produced. He needs to go, don't care how much you fancy him.

Mimi Webb vs The Big Moon

Feel like I've already heard the Mimi Webb song a million times before.

Jessie Ware vs Tate McRae

Jessie is disco so obviously going with that. Other song wasn't in my top two that round.

Sigrid, BMTH vs yungblud

Again, I feel like I've heard the Sigrid song a million times before, very bland radio pop  like our Dermot.

(09-01-2023, 01:13 AM)Rachel Stevens on a Pogo Stick Wrote: [ -> ]My votes are as follows:

Soccer Mommy - Shotgun
The Big Moon - Trouble
Tate McRae - She's All I Wanna Be
Sigrid & Bring Me The Horizon - Bad Life

Gonna keep the reasons simple, just the song I prefer from each pairing...

My 2 nominations both made the quarters, but have I voted for them here? Have they come up head to head? Or was I swayed by a new song since nominating and gone for that instead?

If anyone can correctly guess both of my nominations from the above 8 correctly, I'll give you bragging rights or we can be BFFs or some shit like that (ie. No actual worthwhile prize, just for fun to see if any of you know me well enough)

I'm guessing Sigrid and The Big Moon are yours