Oh! :( I usually download the mp3 pack but because I got round to listening to the songs quite late this time so I thought there wasn't much point and only listened to the YouTube links. Maybe Ida was deserving of my 1 point after all! :lol: Could you send me the link to the studio version? :D

 

Speaking of 1 point songs, which song was Addy! referring to when he said that there was one song that was hoovering up all the 1 points but not getting very far up the table? Didn't seem that obvious who it was to me :unsure:

 

 

it was B.a.N.G who received 5 x 1 points at early stages...of course it changed as I received more voters.

Sorry for not voting guys!!!

Was too busy with work and the what-not and completely missed this! :( And now I'll have to stay out of the next contest too!!! :snif: Just when I had a good song up my sleeve!

 

Congratulations to Numaynia which had probably my favourite or second favourite song here if I'd voted. So I would've untied this bitch! :/

 

Sorry again! :(

It's alright, thanks for the love :wub:

I know this is late, but I keep going back to listen to it and I keep thinking, how did Don't Go come so close to not qualifying? :o

 

Seems like the sort of ballad that this contest would love, like Ghosts - very glad it did, or I'd never have found it!

I think Don't Go was perhaps too much of a grower/slow burner (even though it was instant for me)? I'm not sure, it's a shame that more people didn't take to it but those that did seemed to give it high points for the most part so it seems like a clutch of people 'got it' in the way that I did. Perhaps a UK push would help people to love it/give it room to grow a la Gotye? :lol:

 

Piano ballads never have been and probably never will be popular in BJSC (Adele aside but then Someone Like You HAS gone on to become a modern classic!) Still, there's a very large part of me that believes that Rae Morris is a star of the future and hopefully Don't Go will pick up more fans after the contest.

 

This will mean nothing if you don't watch Skins, but this is where I first heard it;

 

 

Maybe it's just because of the emotion of the scene that it felt so affecting but I knew there and then that I had to send it to BJSC, because I knew that whilst it wouldn't smash, a few people would make a great discovery out of it, and that's the point of the contest. The version above has more strings/percussion but doesn't seem to be available anywhere, it's the version I'd have definitely sent had it been around anywhere...

'Don't Go' is a grower indeed. I was given a sneak preview ( :kink: ) of the song, liked it but on first listen was slightly put off Rae's vocals "I keep on hoping they will FIIIIGGHHHT" and "we'll breakdown INSIIIIIDDDDEE", but the more I listened to the track, the more I liked it. In comparison, Laura Welsh's vocals were more silky smooth and appealled to me more.

Don't Go is a grower indeed. I think that's the problem with Running Away too - it's a lovely song, but on the first listen I never took much notice of it. It took a good few listens for me to really love it as much as I do now.

 

Hopefully my new entry is more instant, though. ;)

Well, I only listened to the song once before voting, and everything about it felt so gorgeous (that's without me even watching Skins). There's some note she hits when she says 'don't feel like you have to', as simple as it is, which really feels so tender and touching.

 

It is the comparison to 'Someone Like You' that rung in my head, another very raw, touching, and when need be, powerful ballad. Hence why I thought this would do better (but 14th in the final is good, it's more the semis I'm talking about). I actually can see it getting a UK push actually, and I reckon it would do really well.

Don't Go was a grower for me too, I usually love the female piano ballads so I was a bit disappointed initially that I didn't love it, but eventually it was easily among my favourites of the contest!

'Don't Go' is a grower indeed. I was given a sneak preview ( :kink: ) of the song, liked it but on first listen was slightly put off Rae's vocals "I keep on hoping they will FIIIIGGHHHT" and "we'll breakdown INSIIIIIDDDDEE", but the more I listened to the track, the more I liked it. In comparison, Laura Welsh's vocals were more silky smooth and appealled to be more.

 

I need to start sending more inoffensive vocalists to BJSC I think :lol: Mira Craig, Gossling, Rae Morris, Hafdis Huld and a few other entries of mine over the years have come under fire for their vocal style (and notice how none of them made the top ten!) but I love all of them, sometimes a really unique vocal delievery lifts a song above the rest of the pack for me. I can appreciate why they wouldn't appeal to some though!

Well, I only listened to the song once before voting, and everything about it felt so gorgeous (that's without me even watching Skins). There's some note she hits when she says 'don't feel like you have to', as simple as it is, which really feels so tender and touching.

 

That's the bit that got me too, that whole line in fact. It's funny cos even though I love music I rarely have an emotional reaction to it, Laleh did that too me last contest (mostly the "I will tell our children if we have some" part) and it was Rae this time.

 

By the way, was there ever an MP3 pack for this contest? I need it for a project :kink:

That's the bit that got me too, that whole line in fact. It's funny cos even though I love music I rarely have an emotional reaction to it, Laleh did that too me last contest (mostly the "I will tell our children if we have some" part) and it was Rae this time.

 

By the way, was there ever an MP3 pack for this contest? I need it for a project :kink:

 

Did you ever hear Anna by Hello Saferide? I feel like it's very lyrically similar to Some Die Young in parts so perhaps you'd have a similar reaction to it? Fantastic example of Swedish indie-pop;

 

Not really, it's nice and all but the thing about Some Die Young is how the music builds around the lyrics, which this doesn't do quite so much. I do like the last verse though, which was about where I understood that it was "we retired" not "when we were tired" :lol:

Not really, it's nice and all but the thing about Some Die Young is how the music builds around the lyrics, which this doesn't do quite so much. I do like the last verse though, which was about where I understood that it was "we retired" not "when we were tired" :lol:

 

It does pre-date Some Die Young by a few years, won an edition of Unknown Pleasures on CHC in 2009 (?)

 

It didn't peak very high in my personal chart but it's a song I always return to, it gets under your skin as it's quite lyrically thoughtful.

It does pre-date Some Die Young by a few years, won an edition of Unknown Pleasures on CHC in 2009 (?)

 

It won for Sweden in ChC Eurovision iirc, I can't remember who was behind submitting the Swedish entry that year though, I always thought you'd entered it? :unsure:

It won for Sweden in ChC Eurovision iirc, I can't remember who was behind submitting the Swedish entry that year though, I always thought you'd entered it? :unsure:

 

Oh yes, I always get them mixed up. Nope, it wasn't me, it was one of dmlaw or Doctor Blind wasn't it?

 

I sent Jungle Drum by Emiliana Torrini for Iceland which came 2nd. It did so well that it inspired me to send it to BJSC the following month where it came 6th!

Oh yes, I always get them mixed up. Nope, it wasn't me, it was one of dmlaw or Doctor Blind wasn't it?

 

I sent Jungle Drum by Emiliana Torrini for Iceland which came 2nd. It did so well that it inspired me to send it to BJSC the following month where it came 6th!

 

Oh yes, dmlaw it was! I wonder what happened to him.

 

Jungle Drum should have won I think... or maybe my entry for Hungary, Tükör :kink:

I think dmlaw is on Moopy now!

 

As an aside, that would be a great idea for a future BJSC spin-off, 'BJSC Eurovision' whereby everyone that wishes to participate is randomly assigned a different country to send a song from. I remember it being quite fun the two times we did it on CHC, I got Malta the year before and it took me AGES to find a decent song to use :lol: Luckily Iceland has lots of great music.

I think dmlaw is on Moopy now!

 

As an aside, that would be a great idea for a future BJSC spin-off, 'BJSC Eurovision' whereby we're everyone that wishes to participate is randomly assigned a country to send a song from. I remember it being quite fun the two times we did it on CHC, I got Malta the year before and it took me AGES to find a decent song to use :lol: Luckily Iceland has lots of great music.

 

That sounds great but I can't help but feel Sweden would win win by a landslide no matter what was sent! :lol:

I love that idea :wub: But I think we're taking the focus off spin-offs for awhile.