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Post by Shireblogger on Feb 5, 2020 8:13:28 GMT 1
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Post by Shireblogger on Feb 5, 2020 8:15:16 GMT 1
Such a shame that the draw has landed us with a choice between three stone cold classics and worthy quarter finalists, followed by having to pick one from three totally lame efforts...
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Post by Whitneyfan on Feb 5, 2020 9:14:49 GMT 1
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Post by rubcale on Feb 5, 2020 11:28:51 GMT 1
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Post by rubcale on Feb 5, 2020 11:30:53 GMT 1
Hmmm - very interesting voting
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Post by lewis17 on Feb 5, 2020 16:06:38 GMT 1
Round 1 (06/11) Draw
117 Jackie Wilson - Reet Petite 118 Gene Pitney - Twenty Four Hours From Tulsa 119 Supremes - Where Did Our Love Go 120 Zager & Evans - In The Year 2525 121 Aretha Franklin - I Say A Little Prayer 122 Emile Ford & The Checkmates - What Do You Want To Make Them Eyes 123 Burt Bacharach - Trains & Boats & Planes 124 Tremeloes - Silence Is Golden 125 Marvin Gaye - I Heard It Through The Grapevine 126 Small Faces - All Or Nothing 127 Four Tops - Baby I Need Your Loving 128 Beatles - Get Back 129 Hollies - He Ain't Heavy He's My Brother 130 Animals - House Of The Rising Sun 131 Gene Chandler - Duke Of Earl 132 Bing Crosby - White Christmas 133 Supremes - You Can't Hurry Love 134 The Miracles - I Second That Emotion 135 5th Dimension - Aquarius / Let The Sunshine In 136 Fats Domino - Blueberry Hill 137 Everly Brothers - Cathy's Clown 138 Sam Cooke - Bring It On Home To Me 139 Beatles - I Feel Fine
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Post by o on Feb 5, 2020 16:39:37 GMT 1
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Post by raliverpool on Feb 5, 2020 20:16:17 GMT 1
Such a shame that the draw has landed us with a choice between three stone cold classics and worthy quarter finalists, followed by having to pick one from three totally lame efforts... That's the beauty of this contest and the knock out format.
But personally I'm confused by your examples.
For me 121 is a bit of a walkover as it contains one stone cold classic and two other tracks which .... let's just say both of those artists/acts released certainly eight if not over a dozen better singles during the 1960s.
Whilst I think 123 is much stronger, containing Ronald Wycherley's signature track, and definitive reading of the Goffin/King penned classic; whilst the other two are much covered standards. One Traditional pop/easy listening classic penned by Bacharach & David; & the other is an edgier lyrically alternative pop track penned by by Lee Hazlewood which has been covered live by the likes of Lulu & Tom Jones; Nana Mouskouri & Demis Roussos; Suzi Quatro & Phil Lynott; Bjork & Thom Yorke; The Corrs with Bono; Louise Wener & Jarvis Cocker; Lana Del Rey & Alex Kapranos; Lady Gaga & Beck; etc & the only song performed live as a duet by Kylie & Michael Hutchence.
Personally, if you had to pick an example on these set of match ups then I rate 129, 134 or 124 as the Death Match Ups; and in contrast 135 & 136 as the weakest. But that is all subjective personal opinions ....
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Post by raliverpool on Feb 5, 2020 20:32:07 GMT 1
Round 1 (05/11) Results
Thank you to the 18 of you who voted. The tracks highlighted in bold go through to the next round (this includes one tie who will remain together to be drawn with another track(s) in Round 2).
94 Cliff Richard & The Shadows - Move It 8 94 PJ Proby - Hold Me 3 94 Merrilee Rush & The Turnabouts - Angel Of The Morning 7
95 Brenda Lee - Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree 7.5 95 Isley Brothers - This Old Heart Of Mine 7 95 Buffalo Springfield - For What It's Worth 3.5
96 John Barry Orchestra - The James Bond Theme 4.5 96 Dave Dee Dozy Beaky Mick & Tich - Bend It 4 96 Small Faces - Itchycoo Park 9.5
97 Gene Kelly - Singing In The Rain 2 97 Roy Orbison - It's Over 11.5 97 Bob Dylan - Lay Lady Lay 4.5
98 Everly Brothers - Bye Bye Love 7.33 98 Rolling Stones - 19th Nervous Breakdown 4.33 98 Amen Corner - Bend Me Shape Me 6.33
99 Dion & The Belmonts - A Teenager In Love 4.5 99 Bobby Fuller Four - I Fought The Law 3 99 Thunderclap Newman - Something In The Air 10.5
100 Bill Haley & The Comets - Rock Around The Clock 3.83 100 Righteous Brothers - You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin' 9.33 100 Nina Simone - Ain't Got No, I Got Life 4.83
101 Buddy Holly - It Doesn't Matter Anymore 8.5 101 Beatles - Yellow Submarine 7.5 101 Band - The Weight 2
102 Bob Dylan - Blowin' In The Wind 6.5 102 Donovan - Sunshine Superman 5.5 102 Clodagh Rodgers - Come Back And Shake Me 6
103 Marty Robbins - El Paso 3 103 Wilson Pickett - Mustang Sally 3.5 103 Doors - People Are Strange 11.5
104 Elvis Presley - Don't Be Cruel 6.33 104 Bob Dylan - Subterranean Homesick Blues 5.33 104 Van Morrison - Brown Eyed Girl 6.33
105 Duprees - You Belong To Me 2.33 105 Mamas & The Papas - California Dreamin' 12.33 105 Stevie Wonder - For Once In My Life 3.33
106 Ray Charles - What I'd Say 2 106 Dionne Warwick - Walk On By 12 106 Johnny Cash - A Boy Named Sue 4
107 Vera Lynn - (There'll Be Bluebirds Over) The White Cliffs of Dover 2 107 Beatles - Day Tripper 4.5 107 Move - Flowers In The Rain 11.5
108 Susan Maughan - Bobby's Girl 9 108 Who - I Can't Explain 7 108 Strawberry Alarm Clock - Incense And Peppermints 2
109 Frankie Laine - I Believe 3.5 109 Miracles - Tracks Of My Tears 9.5 109 Fleetwood Mac - Man Of The World 5
110 Frankie Ford - Sea Cruise 3 110 Irma Thomas - Anyone Who Knows What Love Is (Will Understand) 6 110 Beatles - Ob La Di Ob La Da 9
111 Ella Fitzgerald - Every Time We Say Goodbye 7 111 Pretty Things - Don't Bring Me Down 1 111 Small Faces - Lazy Sunday 10
112 Chubby Checker - The Twist 2.33 112 Dave Clark Five - Bits And Pieces 3.83 112 Aretha Franklin - Respect 11.83
113 Dinah Washington - Mad About The Boy 5.5 113 Jr Walker & The All Stars - (I'm A) Road Runner 2 113 Fleetwood Mac - Albatross 10.5
114 Helen Shapiro - You Don't Know 5 114 Simon & Garfunkel - Homeward Bound 2 114 Dusty Springfield - Son Of A Preacher Man 11
115 Tennessee Ernie Ford - Sixteen Tons 4 115 Manfred Mann - If You Gotta Go Go Now 5 115 Cliff Richard - Congratulations 9
116 Cliff Richard & The Shadows - The Young Ones 9 116 Nancy Sinatra - Sugar Town 2 116 Who - Pinball Wizard 7
You can vote (if you have not already done so on Round 1 6/11) posted yesterday (earlier on Page 7 in this thread).
Any surprise results in this set? Are you surprised Cliff got three wins out of three this round? I did not expect The Beatles' Ob La Di Ob La Da to get through in 110 (I thought the Black Mirror revived track would walk it), but was that more a case that it had weak opposition?
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Post by Whitneyfan on Feb 5, 2020 21:25:18 GMT 1
There are a few real classics which scored unbelievably low in round 5! I can only assume not many people know 'The Weight' by The Band, because it's brilliant!
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Post by rubcale on Feb 6, 2020 14:31:32 GMT 1
Is this for real?
Cliff Richard has three tracks through from Round5!
I actually didn't vote for Move It as the Merrilee Rush track is one of my all time favourites.
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Post by rubcale on Feb 6, 2020 14:35:48 GMT 1
Susan Maughan beating the Who something of a shock.
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Post by rubcale on Feb 6, 2020 14:41:26 GMT 1
For me 121 is a bit of a walkover as it contains one stone cold classic and two other tracks which .... let's just say both of those artists/acts released certainly eight if not over a dozen better singles during the 1960s. Agree with you.
The strange thing is that while Supremes' Come See scraped into the UK chart on the back of their first two big singles it has always been immensely popular in the US particularly among fans. I personally don't get it.
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Post by DJ nordy on Feb 6, 2020 20:16:11 GMT 1
Round 1 (06/11) Draw
117 Jackie Wilson - Reet Petite 118 Tom Jones - It's Not Unusual 119 Beatles - I Am The Walrus 120 Who - The Kids Are Alright 121 Aretha Franklin - I Say A Little Prayer 122 Simon & Garfunkel - America 123 Billy Fury - Halfway To Paradise 124 Crystals - Da Doo Ron Ron 125 Link Wray - Rumble 126 Shadows - Foot Tapper 127 Four Tops - Baby I Need Your Loving 128 Beatles - Get Back 129 Hollies - He Ain't Heavy He's My Brother 130 Everly Brothers - All I Have To Do Is Dream 131 Bob Dylan - The Times They Are A-Changin' 132 Marmalade - Lovin' Things 133 Rolling Stones - She's A Rainbow 134 Beatles - I Want To Hold Your Hand 135 Jim Reeves - He'll Have To Go 136 Deep Purple - Hush 137 Dusty Springfield - I Just Don't Know What To Do With Myself 138 Sam Cooke - Bring It On Home To Me 139 Lloyd Price - Personality
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Post by darkstar79 on Feb 6, 2020 21:52:51 GMT 1
Round 1 (06/11) Draw
117 Martha & The Vandellas - Jimmy Mack 118 Gene Pitney - Twenty Four Hours From Tulsa 119 Supremes - Where Did Our Love Go 120 Who - The Kids Are Alright 121 Supremes - Come See About Me 122 Easybeats - Friday On My Mind 123 Nancy Sinatra & Lee Hazlewood - Summer Wine 124 Crystals - Da Doo Ron Ron 125 Marvin Gaye - I Heard It Through The Grapevine 126 Neil Diamond - Girl, You'll Be A Woman Soon 127 Four Tops - Baby I Need Your Loving 128 Patsy Cline - Walkin' After Midnight 129 Hollies - He Ain't Heavy He's My Brother 130 Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell - Ain't Nothing Like The Real Thing 131 Gene Chandler - Duke Of Earl 132 Frank Sinatra - Fly Me To The Moon 133 Supremes - You Can't Hurry Love 134 The Miracles - I Second That Emotion 135 Walker Brothers - The Sun Ain't Gonna Shine Anymore 136 Fats Domino - Blueberry Hill 137 Dusty Springfield - I Just Don't Know What To Do With Myself 138 Sam Cooke - Bring It On Home To Me 139 Lloyd Price - Personality
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Post by coolchristie2 on Feb 7, 2020 21:23:27 GMT 1
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Post by PurpleCareBear on Feb 9, 2020 14:40:01 GMT 1
Round 1 (06/11) Draw
117 Jackie Wilson - Reet Petite
117 Martha & The Vandellas - Jimmy Mack
118 Blood Sweat & Tears - You've Made Me So Very Happy
119 Supremes - Where Did Our Love
120 Zager & Evans - In The Year 2525
121 Supremes - Come See About Me
122 Emile Ford & The Checkmates - What Do You Want To Make Them Eyes
123 Billy Fury - Halfway To Paradise
124 Crystals - Da Doo Ron Ron
125 Marvin Gaye - I Heard It Through The Grapevine
126 Shadows - Foot Tapper
127 Four Tops - Baby I Need Your Loving
128 Patsy Cline - Walkin' After Midnight
129 Contours - Do You Love Me
130 Everly Brothers - All I Have To Do Is Dream
130 Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell - Ain't Nothing Like The Real Thing
131 Gene Chandler - Duke Of Earl
132 Bing Crosby - White Christmas
133 Supremes - You Can't Hurry Love
134 The Miracles - I Second That Emotion
135 5th Dimension - Aquarius / Let The Sunshine In
136 Fats Domino - Blueberry Hill
137 Everly Brothers - Cathy's Clown
138 Sam Cooke - Bring It On Home To Me
139 Lloyd Price - Personality
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Post by raliverpool on Feb 10, 2020 19:26:36 GMT 1
Time for an update:
Thanks once again to all who have voted so far.
With two days to go (& one day before I post up the next set of tracks) .... I have received 16 sets of votes.
Two songs in Round 1 6/11 has are still on Zero points (& another has less than a whole point). Currently six of the 23 matches have one point or less between them.
I'm awaiting votes from:
ManicKangaroo Mad Murray The Thorne
I will drop them a PM if needed with 24 hours to go.
I personally think two of the threesome matches in the next batch (R1 7/11) are the strongest so far, with the weakest in each of those could expect to win half the other threesomes....
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Post by Robin on Feb 11, 2020 15:09:55 GMT 1
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Post by raliverpool on Feb 11, 2020 19:14:03 GMT 1
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