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Post by Earl Purple on Mar 21, 2024 16:28:40 GMT 1
1 ( 1 ) One - U2 < 3rd week at #1 > 2 ( 3 ) Under The Bridge - Red Hot Chili Peppers 3 ( 4 ) Hazard - Richard Marx 4 ( 5 ) The Life Of Riley - Lightning Seeds 5 ( 2 ) Weather With You - Crowded House (#2[2]) 6 ( 12 ) Deeply Dippy - Right Said Fred 7 ( 14 ) You - Ten Sharp 8 ( 6 ) November Rain - Guns N Roses (#6) 9 ( 10 ) Come As You Are - Nirvana 10 ( 18 ) Human Touch - Bruce Springsteen
11 ( -- ) Why - Annie Lennox 12 ( 19 ) Do Not Pass Me By - Hammer 13 ( -- ) Let's Get Rocked - Def Leppard 14 ( 13 ) We Are Each Other - Beautiful South (#13) 15 ( 8 ) Accident Waiting To Happen - Billy Bragg (#6) 16 ( 7 ) Dragging Me Down - Inspiral Carpets (#4) 17 ( 26 ) Boy On Top Of The News - Diesel Park West 18 ( 16 ) Three - Wedding Present (#16) 19 ( -- ) Money Don't Matter 2 Night - Prince & The New Power Generation 20 ( -- ) Slash 'N' Burn - Manic Street Preachers
21 ( 30 ) Happy Busman - Frank And Walters 22 ( -- ) You're All That Matters To Me - Curtis Stigers 23 ( 9 ) For Your Babies - Simply Red (#1[3]) 24 ( -- ) Church Of Your Heart - Roxette 25 ( 32 ) Winter - Tori Amos 26 ( 11 ) Cold Day In Hell - Gary Moore (#3) 27 ( 15 ) Right Now - Airhead (#13) 28 ( 23 ) Far Gone And Out - Jesus & Mary Chain (#23) 29 ( 34 ) Too Much Passion - Smithereens 30 ( -- ) Breath Of Life - Erasure
31 ( 25 ) Everything Changes - Kathy Troccoli (#25) 32 ( 37 ) Caledonia - Frankie Miller 33 ( -- ) Ain't 2 Proud 2 Beg - TLC 34 ( 27 ) Time To Make You Mine - Lisa Stansfield (#27) 35 ( 28 ) Steal Your Fire - Gun (#28) 36 ( 20 ) Roll The Bones - Rush (#17) 37 ( 17 ) Make It On My Own - Alison Limerick (#10) 38 ( -- ) High - Cure 39 ( 41 ) More Than Love - Wet Wet Wet 40 ( 22 ) America What Time Is Love - KLF (#19)
41 ( 42 ) Mind Adventures - Des'Ree 42 ( 43 ) Rocks On The Road - Jethro Tull 43 ( 24 ) Again Tonight - John Mellencamp (#21) 44 ( -- ) Bitch School - Spinal Tap 45 ( -- ) Through The Roof - Cud 46 ( 45 ) Halfway To Heaven - Europe (#45) 47 ( 21 ) Laid So Low (Tears Roll Down) - Tears For Fears (#11) 48 ( 46 ) Don't Lose The Music - Shawn Christopher (#46) 49 ( 35 ) A Juicy Red Apple - Skin Up (#35) 50 ( -- ) One True Woman - Yazz
-- ( 29 ) Thought I'd Died And Gone To Heaven - Bryan Adams (#9) -- ( 31 ) Colour My Love - M People (#28) -- ( 33 ) Where's Me Jumper - Sultans Of Ping FC (#4) -- ( 36 ) Stay - Shakespears Sister (#1[2]) -- ( 38 ) On Every Street - Dire Straits (#19) -- ( 39 ) Don't Let It Show On Your Face - Adeva (#22) -- ( 40 ) Romeo & Juliet - Stacy Earl -- ( 44 ) Feels Like Forever - Joe Cocker (#38) -- ( 47 ) Save The Best For Last - Vanessa Williams (#16) -- ( 48 ) Tears In Heaven - Eric Clapton (#4) -- ( 49 ) Lost In Your Love - Tony Hadley (#41) -- ( 50 ) Go-Go Dancer - Wedding Present (#8)
-- ( -- ) I Still Think About You - Danger Danger -- ( -- ) Take My Advice - Kym Sims -- ( -- ) Baby Hold On To Me - Gerald Levert -- ( -- ) Love You All My Lifetime - Chaka Khan -- ( -- ) Easy - Loud -- ( -- ) I'm The One You Need - Jody Watley -- ( -- ) Pink Flower - Daisy Chainsaw
This makes me think of 2 people, Fiona who I was seeing at the time and Julieta because this and the previous week of entries were my playlist when I went to Venice.
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Post by Earl Purple on Mar 21, 2024 13:36:48 GMT 1
Due to international break, the fixtures for 23 March come from lower-league including 3 National League fixtures
Burton vs Port Vale Carlisle vs Stevenage Northampton vs Derby Barrow vs Newport Grimsby vs Wrexham Sutton vs Accrington Tranmere vs Crawley Aldershot vs Solihull Moors Barnet vs Dorking Southend vs Woking
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Post by Earl Purple on Mar 21, 2024 10:32:32 GMT 1
H | Burnley vs Brentford | D | Luton vs Nottm Forest | D | Middlesbrough vs Blackburn | A | Stoke vs Norwich | D | Sunderland vs QPR | D | Barnsley vs Cheltenham | H | Derby vs Bolton | H | Lincoln vs Bristol Rovers | D | Gillingham vs Grimsby | H | MK Dons vs Crewe |
Monthly totals: Season totals:
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Post by Earl Purple on Mar 21, 2024 10:08:18 GMT 1
I'm about to do them.
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Post by Earl Purple on Mar 21, 2024 9:17:49 GMT 1
I like "Are You Dreaming", even more than "I Can't Stand It" and a bit of rap thrown in was so common at the time.
I hated Ice Ice Baby at first for daring to do it over that riff, but apart from the sample, he does do something completely different and original over it and it isn't just an endless repetition in a loop of a sampled bit of a song like happened years later.
I'm expecting turtles to show up at some point...
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Post by Earl Purple on Mar 20, 2024 19:39:36 GMT 1
Reveal in a new topic, which will contain round 1
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Post by Earl Purple on Mar 19, 2024 12:51:40 GMT 1
greendemon is right, she is the only one not to have sent songs in yet.
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Post by Earl Purple on Mar 17, 2024 22:18:32 GMT 1
I prefer not to vote in this contest when I'm running it. In the other contests I ran last year I was also participating so had to vote too, and they were also not elimination contests.
I'd rather remain totally impartial in this edition.
It will be a fair amount of work getting the votes in and adding them up each round and preparing the playlists for the subsequent rounds. I'd like to listen to all the songs because that adds to my interest, but it will be far less pressure if I'm not voting.
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Post by Earl Purple on Mar 17, 2024 19:40:37 GMT 1
I now have 13 of the 15 entries Although I am not voting in this, I will be listening to the songs each round.
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Post by Earl Purple on Mar 17, 2024 19:11:17 GMT 1
you could do a round-by-round predicta.
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Post by Earl Purple on Mar 17, 2024 12:45:27 GMT 1
There is no planned formal predicta this year but once I've posted the artist list with the first round, I'd invite everyone (including non-participants) to predict (in PM to me)
1. who they think is behind each act 2. The rank of where they think everyone will finish.
These are always interesting as we go along in the contest to reveal actual position vs predicted position. As some mentor acts with a very low chance of winning, it will show a big achievement if they vastly out-perform their predicted position (although that is often achieved by playing their few big ones early on).
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Post by Earl Purple on Mar 17, 2024 11:48:53 GMT 1
1 ( 5 ) W.O.L.D - Harry Chapin < 1st #1 > 2 ( 1 ) Jet - Wings (#1[2]) 3 ( 2 ) Candle In The Wind - Elton John (#2[1]) 4 ( 4 ) Seven Seas Of Rhye - Queen 5 ( 3 ) Bennie And The Jets - Elton John (#3) 6 ( 8 ) Best Thing That Ever Happened To Me - Gladys Knight & The Pips 7 ( 10 ) Ma-Ma-Belle - Electric Light Orchestra 8 ( 19 ) Emma - Hot Chocolate 9 ( 7 ) Rebel Rebel - David Bowie (#6) 10 ( 21 ) I'll Have To Say I Love You In A Song - Jim Croce
11 ( 6 ) The Air That I Breathe - Hollies (#1[2]) 12 ( 11 ) School Love - Barry Blue (#11) 13 ( 15 ) Rock & Roll Hoochie Koo - Rick Derringer 14 ( 25 ) Just Don't Want To Be Lonely - Main Ingredient 15 ( 20 ) I Get A Little Sentimental Over You - New Seekers 16 ( 9 ) Devil Gate Drive - Suzi Quatro (#3) 17 ( 27 ) Long Live Love - Olivia Newton John 18 ( 14 ) Who Do You Think You Are - Candlewick Green (#13) 19 ( 12 ) Billy Don't Be A Hero - Paper Lace (#7) 20 ( 18 ) Mighty Love - Spinners (#18)
21 ( 13 ) Seasons In The Sun - Terry Jacks (#4) 22 ( -- ) Oh My My - Ringo Starr 23 ( 28 ) A Very Special Love Song - Charlie Rich 24 ( -- ) Let It Ride - Bachman-Turner Overdrive 25 ( 17 ) Jealous Mind - Alvin Stardust (#11) 26 ( 23 ) Teenage Dream - Marc Bolan & T.Rex (#23) 27 ( 35 ) T.S.O.P (The Sound Of Philadelphia) - MFSB & Three Degrees 28 ( -- ) Homely Girl - Chi-Lites 29 ( 16 ) Remember (Sha-La-La-La) - Bay City Rollers (#5) 30 ( 22 ) Burn Baby Burn - Hudson Ford (#18)
31 ( 40 ) I've Got A Thing About You Baby - Elvis Presley 32 ( 32 ) Trying To Hold On To My Woman - Lamont Dozier (#31) 33 ( 29 ) Come And Get Your Love (Hail) - Redbone (#20) 34 ( -- ) Angel Face - Glitter Band 35 ( 24 ) Tiger Feet - Mud (#1[4]) 36 ( 26 ) Teenage Rampage - Sweet (#2[2]) 37 ( -- ) Shanghai'd In Shanghai - Nazareth 38 ( -- ) Touch A Hand Make A Friend - Staple Singers 39 ( 30 ) Dark Lady - Cher (#9) 40 ( 31 ) How Come - Ronnie Lane (#2[2])
-- ( 33 ) Wombling Song - Wombles (#4) -- ( 34 ) Star - Stealers Wheel (#15) -- ( 36 ) I Shall Sing - Art Garfunkel (#23) -- ( 37 ) Scullery - Clifford T Ward (#11) -- ( 38 ) A Little Lovin' - Neil Sedaka (#28) -- ( 39 ) Jim Dandy - Black Oak Arkansas (#6)
-- ( -- ) Tell Me A Lie - Sami Jo -- ( -- ) I'll Be The Other Woman - Soul Children
My new #1, which reached #36 in the US Billboard Chart this month and #34 in the UK chart 2 months from now, being his only UK charting single. A cover of his subsequent US #1 would be a UK top 10 hit as a cover version by Ugly Kid Joe. That will be along later in the year, and his first hit "Taxi" reached #5 on the NM chart in 1972. Note there is no 'l' in his name.
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Post by Earl Purple on Mar 17, 2024 11:42:35 GMT 1
Songs sent, this is quite scary when you don't even know who you might be in a sing off with Yes I know, like in a previous series when I had Bon Jovi I used "Livin' On A Prayer" when up against Blancmange because I knew they'd use "Living On The Ceiling" and I'd need to go in very hard to have any chance of beating that, but if I'd been up against Ivana in the first round I wouldn't have needed to use that song to win a sing-off. We've had this rule of not knowing before, and the main purpose is to be ready to put the sing-off up as soon as the results are announced, even if the mentors are not there for the result show. So far I have received 10 out of the 15 entries.
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Post by Earl Purple on Mar 15, 2024 17:50:34 GMT 1
Given how much everyone was requesting I post the fixtures early, nobody actually predicted until this morning.
I'll just see how I can fit it all in with Haven Factor now
A4 Burnley vs Brentford H5 Luton vs Nottm Forest H7 Middlesbrough vs Blackburn A8 Stoke vs Norwich D3 Sunderland vs QPR H10 Barnsley vs Cheltenham D2 Derby vs Bolton H9 Lincoln vs Bristol Rovers H6 Gillingham vs Grimsby D1 MK Dons vs Crewe
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Post by Earl Purple on Mar 15, 2024 17:47:06 GMT 1
The general rule for the non-single round is it applies to the UK only. It's difficult sometimes to know how to apply it post-2014 but if it was promoted as a single then it is one.
The rule regarding the sing-off track is that you don't need to send again in later rounds unless you have either just used it or wish to change it.
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Post by Earl Purple on Mar 15, 2024 13:04:53 GMT 1
So please send your first song in time for a reveal and start on Wednesday 20 March (the reveal will be at 6:30pm), and also the sing-off song in case you end up in it.
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Post by Earl Purple on Mar 15, 2024 13:00:50 GMT 1
This will be the format of the contest, with each date and round. Because of my commitments over the Pesach festival, 2 rounds are stretched out over that period, and the non-single round is in one of them. Start Date | Acts | Type | Vote End Date | Sing-off End | 20/03/2024 | 15 | Regular | 25/03/2024 | 27/03/2024 | 27/03/2024 | 14 | Regular | 01/04/2024 | 03/04/2024 | 03/04/2024 | 13 | Double Elimination | 08/04/2024 | 10/04/2024 | 10/04/2024 | 11 | Regular | 15/04/2024 | 17/04/2024 | 17/04/2024 | 10 | Non-Single | 25/04/2024 | 28/04/2024 | 28/04/2024 | 9 | Double-Elimination | 06/05/2024 | 08/05/2024 | 08/05/2024 | 7 | Regular | 13/05/2024 | 16/05/2024 | 15/05/2024 | 6 | Regular | 21/05/2024 | 23/05/2024 | 22/05/2024 | 5 | Regular | 28/05/2024 | 30/05/2024 | 29/05/2024 | 4 | Automatic elimination | 03/06/2024 |
| 03/06/2024 | 3 | Final (2 songs each) | 09/06/2024 |
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In a regular round, the bottom 2 end up in a sing-off (and the same rule in the non-single round). In a double-elimination round, the bottom 4 end up in a sing-off. That will make the second double-elimination round interesting as nearly half the remaining acts (4 out of 9) will be in it! In case of a tie regarding to who takes the last sing-off place: In the first round, both acts will be in the sing-off but it will still be single-elimination, so 2 out of 3 of the sing-off acts would go through. In any subsequent round, it will be settled by which act has the worse overall score throughout the contest being in the sing-off.
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Post by Earl Purple on Mar 15, 2024 12:22:44 GMT 1
Entry is now closed and we have 15 acts this year.
I will post the format shortly and then you can send your first songs.
The act reveal will be at 6:30pm on Wednesday and the first round will begin shortly after.
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Post by Earl Purple on Mar 14, 2024 20:29:37 GMT 1
One person who signed up has not sent their act. I will allow them to submit late but if it's a duplicate they now have to change it, as the priority rule only applied to those who submitted on time.
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Post by Earl Purple on Mar 14, 2024 17:59:52 GMT 1
1 ( 1 ) One - U2 <2nd week at #1 > 2 ( 2 ) Weather With You - Crowded House 3 ( 8 ) Under The Bridge - Red Hot Chili Peppers 4 ( 9 ) Hazard - Richard Marx 5 ( 11 ) The Life Of Riley - Lightning Seeds 6 ( 7 ) November Rain - Guns N Roses 7 ( 4 ) Dragging Me Down - Inspiral Carpets (#4) 8 ( 6 ) Accident Waiting To Happen - Billy Bragg (#6) 9 ( 3 ) For Your Babies - Simply Red (#1[3]) 10 ( 18 ) Come As You Are - Nirvana
11 ( 5 ) Cold Day In Hell - Gary Moore (#3) 12 ( -- ) Deeply Dippy - Right Said Fred 13 ( 20 ) We Are Each Other - Beautiful South 14 ( -- ) You - Ten Sharp 15 ( 13 ) Right Now - Airhead (#13) 16 ( 22 ) Three - Wedding Present 17 ( 10 ) Make It On My Own - Alison Limerick (#10) 18 ( -- ) Human Touch - Bruce Springsteen 19 ( -- ) Do Not Pass Me By - Hammer 20 ( 17 ) Roll The Bones - Rush (#17)
21 ( 12 ) Laid So Low (Tears Roll Down) - Tears For Fears (#11) 22 ( 19 ) America What Time Is Love - KLF (#19) 23 ( 30 ) Far Gone And Out - Jesus & Mary Chain 24 ( 21 ) Again Tonight - John Mellencamp (#21) 25 ( 32 ) Everything Changes - Kathy Troccoli 26 ( -- ) Boy On Top Of The News - Diesel Park West 27 ( 34 ) Time To Make You Mine - Lisa Stansfield 28 ( 35 ) Steal Your Fire - Gun 29 ( 14 ) Thought I'd Died And Gone To Heaven - Bryan Adams (#9) 30 ( -- ) Happy Busman - Frank And Walters
31 ( 28 ) Colour My Love - M People (#28) 32 ( -- ) Winter - Tori Amos 33 ( 15 ) Where's Me Jumper - Sultans Of Ping FC (#4) 34 ( -- ) Too Much Passion - Smithereens 35 ( 40 ) A Juicy Red Apple - Skin Up 36 ( 16 ) Stay - Shakespears Sister (#1[2]) 37 ( -- ) Caledonia - Frankie Miller 38 ( 23 ) On Every Street - Dire Straits (#19) 39 ( 25 ) Don't Let It Show On Your Face - Adeva (#22) 40 ( 45 ) Romeo & Juliet - Stacy Earl
41 ( -- ) More Than Love - Wet Wet Wet 42 ( -- ) Mind Adventures - Des'Ree 43 ( -- ) Rocks On The Road - Jethro Tull 44 ( 38 ) Feels Like Forever - Joe Cocker (#38) 45 ( -- ) Halfway To Heaven - Europe 46 ( -- ) Don't Lose The Music - Shawn Christopher 47 ( 27 ) Save The Best For Last - Vanessa Williams (#16) 48 ( 24 ) Tears In Heaven - Eric Clapton (#4) 49 ( 41 ) Lost In Your Love - Tony Hadley (#41) 50 ( 26 ) Go-Go Dancer - Wedding Present (#8)
-- ( 29 ) Movin' On Up - Primal Scream (#5) -- ( 31 ) Are You Ready To Fly - Rozalla (#18) -- ( 33 ) Born Of Frustration - James (#2[1]) -- ( 36 ) Beauty & The Beast - Celine Dion & Peabo Bryson (#33) -- ( 37 ) Alive - Pearl Jam (#9) -- ( 39 ) Hymn Of The Big Wheel - Massive Attack (#22) -- ( 42 ) Sheela-Na-Gig - PJ Harvey (#36) -- ( 43 ) Weirdo - Charlatans -- ( 44 ) Coloured Kisses - Martika (#28) -- ( 46 ) Megalomania - Pele (#10) -- ( 47 ) Standing In The Need Of Love - River City People (#30) -- ( 48 ) Fait Accompli - Curve -- ( 49 ) Heart Of Soul - Cult (#39) -- ( 50 ) Natural Life - Natural Life (#49)
-- ( -- ) Is It Good For You - Teddy Riley & Tammy Lucas -- ( -- ) The Skin Game - Gary Numan -- ( -- ) Rich Ah Getting Richer - Rebel MC -- ( -- ) Sweet Harmony - Liquid
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