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> The Best Song Contest in the World... Ever! Vol. 3, Results
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post 26th June 2023, 08:01 PM
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post 26th June 2023, 08:03 PM
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and we're here...sorry for the delay but that's what happens when your work involves delays and cancellations.
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post 26th June 2023, 08:03 PM
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Hype!!

I've had a good run so far but not expecting to do so well this time thinking.gif
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post 26th June 2023, 08:04 PM
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Looking forward to this. I think my entry this time is an improvement on the OMD song I sent in the first contest so here's hoping for a decent result!
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post 26th June 2023, 08:07 PM
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No worries about the delay! I have very little faith in my entry to do much better than my previous 2 but we'll see magic.gif
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post 26th June 2023, 08:08 PM
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I'll do my best to follow this... I hope my song does reasonably well, I definitely still think it was one of the best ones even if I am totally biased.
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post 26th June 2023, 08:09 PM
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Alright ladies, so let's start first with Collide who is an American industrial music duo formed in Los Angeles in 1992, that has incorporated elements of trip hop, synthpop and music from the Middle East into their sound. In this edition they are presented by Jade with their 1994 song 'Collide' and here are the votes:


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12 Portishead - Roads
10 Monsoon - Ever So Lonely
08 Saint Etienne - Only Love Can Break Your Heart
07 The Grid - Floatation
06 Olive - Miracle
05 Ozean - Scenic
04 Blondie - X Offender
03 Saâda Bonaire - You Could Be More As You Are
02 Aptit - Så'na Här Gånger
01 Siouxsie And The Banshees - Peek-A-Boo

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post 26th June 2023, 08:12 PM
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Ooh that was quick! I wanted to go for a more obscure name again but have a sense it might get lost in the crowd this time.
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post 26th June 2023, 08:13 PM
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I thought Jade might have been Ozean.
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post 26th June 2023, 08:14 PM
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QUOTE(King Rollo @ Jun 26 2023, 09:13 PM) *
I thought Jade might have been Ozean.

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Addy!
post 26th June 2023, 08:15 PM
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Next up are the iconic duo The Eurythmics. Not much to say here as I'm sure we all know and heard about Annie Lenox, but you want to know that they are presented by JualinT. Julian decided to sent their track from 1983 album Touch, song called 'Aqua' and here their votes:

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12 Roads
10 You could be more as you are
8 Så’na Här Gånger
7 Floatation
6 Duvet
5 Only love can break your heart
4 Ever so lonely
3 Scenic
2 Peek-a-boo
1 Iceblink Luck


Scoreboard:

1 Portishead - Roads 24
2 Monsoon - Ever So Lonely 14
3 The Grid - Floatation 14
4 Saint Etienne - Only Love Can Break Your Heart 13
5 Saâda Bonaire - You Could Be More As You Are 13
6 Aptit - Så'na Här Gånger 10
7 Ozean - Scenic 8
8 Bõa - Duvet 6
9 Olive - Miracle 6
10 Blondie - X Offender 4
11 Siouxsie And The Banshees - Peek-A-Boo 3
12 Cocteau Twins - Iceblink Luck 1
13 Nena - Nur Geträumt 0
14 Total Touch - Touch Me There 0
15 Collide - Violet's Dance 0
16 The Cardigans - Sick & Tired 0
17 All About Eve - Flowers in Our Hair 0
18 Shakespear’s Sister - My 16th Apology 0
19 Heart - Barracuda 0
20 Texas - Tell me The Answer 0
21 Belly - Gepetto 0
22 The Eurythmics - Aqua 0
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post 26th June 2023, 08:17 PM
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Did think Eurythmics could have been Rollo but fair dos Julian!
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post 26th June 2023, 08:17 PM
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Oh I was fully expecting Portishead to win but two 12s out of the blocks is quite some going... also I kinda assume it may be Jester seeing as he is such a huge fan?
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post 26th June 2023, 08:17 PM
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Eurythmics were 11th in my votes, so close. The accompanying album contains my favourite by them 'Here Comes The Rain Again' so I ought to check it out.
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post 26th June 2023, 08:19 PM
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Next one up are Scottish rock band Cocteau Twins, presented by dandy*. He went with an uncharacteristically upbeat Cocteau Twins song, "Iceblink Luck" which interestingly the title never appears in the lyric.


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Hi Addy! Thanks for hosting this edition, it turned out to be yet another high quality set of songs imo. Here is my order and votes, in the end I loved the top ones too much to penalise them for familiarity but certainly Bõa, Ocean and Saâda Bonaire were good discoveries - and Monsoon was a great rediscovery as I'd forgotten that existed. Thanks everyone for the choices happy.gif

12 Portishead - Roads
10 Saint Etienne - Only Love Can Break Your Heart
08 Monsoon - Ever So Lonely
07 Bõa - Duvet
06 All About Eve - Flowers in Our Hair
05 Blondie - X Offender
04 The Cardigans - Sick & Tired
03 Ozean - Scenic
02 Saâda Bonaire - You Could Be More As You Are
01 Shakespear’s Sister - My 16th Apology

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00 Belly - Gepetto
00 Olive - Miracle
00 The Eurythmics - Aqua
00 The Grid - Floatation
00 Nena - Nur Geträumt
00 Collide - Violet's Dance
00 Heart - Barracuda
00 Texas - Tell me The Answer
00 Siouxsie And The Banshees - Peek-A-Boo
00 Total Touch - Touch Me There
00 Aptit - Så'na Här Gånger


Will present the scoreboard every other set.
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Brer
post 26th June 2023, 08:20 PM
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Aw Jade's entry was the one that I complained about feeling too short oops! (but I did still really enjoy it while it lasted, just thought it could have used an extra minute or two x)

QUOTE(dandy* @ Jun 26 2023, 09:17 PM) *
Oh I was fully expecting Portishead to win but two 12s out of the blocks is quite some going... also I kinda assume it may be Jester seeing as he is such a huge fan?


I was guessing it'd be you but maybe that was too obvious! (unless it is actually you and this post is a bluff tongue.gif)

edit: ah no bluff then x
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post 26th June 2023, 08:22 PM
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what was that Eurythmics song! Was beyond bizarre

Cocteau Twins is a band I always wanted to like but never connected... only think I really love is Teardrops with Massive Attack if that counts
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post 26th June 2023, 08:23 PM
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QUOTE(Brer @ Jun 26 2023, 09:20 PM) *
I was guessing it'd be you but maybe that was too obvious! (unless it is actually you and this post is a bluff tongue.gif)

edit: ah no bluff then x


Yep no bluff - I totally would have sent them but I was late confirming and could see they'd already been taken kink.gif
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post 26th June 2023, 08:25 PM
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Alright, moving on to next more obscure band. Ozean was a Northern California band inspired by the sonic propulsion and ethereal songwriting and they are presented by Chez Wombat. More about the band and track can be found in the description below by Chez himself smile.gif, also here the votes:

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12; Monsoon - Ever So Lonely
10; Portishead - Roads
08; Saint Etienne - Only Love Can Break Your Heart
07; Aptit - Så'na Här Gånger
06; Saâda Bonaire - You Could Be More As You Are
05; The Grid - Floatation
04; Siouxsie And The Banshees - Peek-A-Boo
03; Olive – Miracle
02; Collide - Violet's Dance
01; All About Eve - Flowers in Our Hair

I hope some of you enjoyed Ozean, it's honestly one of my favourite retro discoveries of the year and I really wanted to share it with Buzzjack somehow (but not through BJSC cos I couldn't bear to see that DNQ x). The song was recorded in 1991, but actually never released and the band never signed so the song remained lost on a demo cassette tape until it was 2016 when it resurfaced and re-released, and still to this today finds a small cult following in corners of YouTube and shoegaze subreddits and whatnot. I do wish it was added to streaming, but just enjoy the serene beauty of it <3

Swooning over my own entry aside, great contest here, well done again <3


Scoreboard:

1 Portishead - Roads 46
2 Monsoon - Ever So Lonely 34
3 Saint Etienne - Only Love Can Break Your Heart 31
4 Saâda Bonaire - You Could Be More As You Are 21
5 The Grid - Floatation 19
6 Aptit - Så'na Här Gånger 17
7 Bõa - Duvet 13
8 Ozean - Scenic 11
9 Olive - Miracle 9
10 Blondie - X Offender 9
11 Siouxsie And The Banshees - Peek-A-Boo 7
12 All About Eve - Flowers in Our Hair 7
13 The Cardigans - Sick & Tired 4
14 Collide - Violet's Dance 2
15 Cocteau Twins - Iceblink Luck 1
16 Shakespear’s Sister - My 16th Apology 1
17 Nena - Nur Geträumt 0
18 Total Touch - Touch Me There 0
19 Heart - Barracuda 0
20 Texas - Tell me The Answer 0
21 Belly - Gepetto 0
22 The Eurythmics - Aqua 0


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Jade
post 26th June 2023, 08:27 PM
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Ooh yes Ozean did sound very you Chez, fab discovery happy.gif and thank you for lifting me off 0 heart.gif
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