August 11, 201311 yr I haven't listened to all of the songs yet but from what I've seen about them during the week I suspect the following will qualify: Semi Final 1: 01. D'yermak'er >> T.H.I.E.F.S - Breathe 02. Caerfyrddia >> Marnie - The Hunter 03. #00274E >> Ilia Darlin - We Do What We Like 04. The People's Republic of Ginsay Lohands >> Beldina - What Can I Say 05. Skall >> Dive In - Let Go 06. Ashton, Federal Republic of >> Little Nikki - Little Nikki Says 07. Kathaldazia >> LCNVL; Lakota Silva - Closer 08. Hendinia >> Cyril Hahn (ft. Shy Girls) - Perfect Form 09. N-Lazone >> Moko - Hand On Heart 10. Jayrusalem >> The Green Children - Kisses From The Sky 11. Sandebörg >> Sirah - Inhale 12. Ojnoj >> HateNylo - Take It Back 13. Letland >> Tentações - Hey DJ 14. Singerpurear >> Walk Off The Earth - Red Hands 15. Aquafina >> Janet Leon - New Colours 16. Isconia >> Chinawoman - Kiss In Taksim Square 17. Botanikka >> Nora Istrefi (ft. Gena & Jean Diarra) - Le Mama 18. Bignia-Zaragovina >> The Royal Concept - On Our Way 19. N DNTN >> Fryars - Cool Like Me 20. Unovia >> Basecamp - Emmanuel 21. Scruvovnia >> Mel Jade - Not That Serious 22. Yehesi >> Martin Garrix - Animals (Radio Edit) 23. Greenfroze >> Cocovan - Bang Bang 24. Fljótavik >> Lamb - Gorecki 25. Sandénia >> Markus Schulz (ft. Sarah Howells) - Tempted Semi Final 2: 01. Varake >> LUCIANBLOMKAMP (ft. Rosebud Leach) - You & Me 02. Terra Avium >> Youngblood Hawke - We Come Running 03. Zechonia >> Casper - Im Ascheregen 04. Persephonia >> Jaymes Young - Dark Star (Kiely Rich Remix) [Hitstastic Black Dwarf Radio Edit] 05. Daehun >> APink - NoNoNo 06. Kluminican Republic >> Du Tonc - Surging Memories 07. Syndare >> Belanger - Take Me Home 08. Xanaga >> Love Grenades - Genius of Fun 09. Aeroche >> Telephoned - One Thing 10. Séyetana >> Echosmith - Come Together 11. Ramrynia >> Dirty South & Alesso (ft. Ruben Haze) - City of Dreams 12. Utopia >> Holy Ghost! - Dumb Disco Ideas 13. Cadelicia >> Charles Murdoch (ft. Oscar Key Sung) - Dekire 14. Batidas >> RÜFÜS - Sundream 15. PRoJ >> Classixx (ft. Nancy Whang) - All You're Waiting For 16. Espen >> FAUL (ft. Wad Ad) - Changes (Need to hype myself up because nobody else is) 17. Mdice >> FKA Twigs - Water Me 18. Kylienips >> Lisa Mitchell - Spiritus 19. FSR Rontvia >> DJ Kent (ft. The Arrows) - Spin My World 20. Tinnmark >> Kid Astray - The Best Of Us 21. Florina >> of Verona - Dark In My Imagination 22. Danaelanda >> Kat Krazy (ft. elkka) - Siren 23. Altyr Muunilinst >> Marlene - Bon Voyage 24. Elëdan >> Shadeux - Roo 25. Bellamia >> tyDi (ft. Kerli) - Something About You
August 11, 201311 yr i thought yours would've been one of the easier qualifiers. i'm glad someone sent it! Maybe I'm underestimating it, I've only listened to it once! What Can I Say is quite literally my song of the year by a country mile, I will be gutted if it's snubbed. gutted and questioning of Buzzjack's collective taste. My exact feelings after DNQ'ing the last two contests in a row! If it qualifies then it will be genuinely unexpected for me. Pretty much anyone who votes for FLJ with any regularity is in SF2 and that combined with the tendency for current tracks > older tracks does not bode well. Plus, Halls aside, I think I've always DNQd when I really expected to. However it turns out, I won't regret sending it as it's still one of my favourite songs ever. :wub: I'm unsure, it sounds like a lovely track on first listen and although it has a few factors going against it, I'd not be at all surprised to see it go through.
August 11, 201311 yr Although I am most pleased to see FSR Rontvia liking our entry this month. It's never easy to please Rich! Not with K-pop I guess, I'm generally easy to please otherwise :P Your entry is quite cheesy but it's catchy and stuck after one listen!
August 11, 201311 yr Kathaldazia are definitely in the wrong semi, all the key dance voters and countries who like the song are in the other semi. :snif: Hopefuly 'Closer' has some crossover appeal though, maybe the likes of Lee, Liam etc will pay more attention to it because Lakota Silva looks like Ke$ha. Holding thumbs, the song is a BANGER and a half! :wub:
August 11, 201311 yr Author Semi Final 1: 01. D'yermak'er >> T.H.I.E.F.S - Breathe 02. Caerfyrddia >> Marnie - The Hunter 03. #00274E >> Ilia Darlin - We Do What We Like 04. The People's Republic of Ginsay Lohands >> Beldina - What Can I Say 05. Skall >> Dive In - Let Go 06. Ashton, Federal Republic of >> Little Nikki - Little Nikki Says 07. Kathaldazia >> LCNVL; Lakota Silva - Closer 08. Hendinia >> Cyril Hahn (ft. Shy Girls) - Perfect Form 09. N-Lazone >> Moko - Hand On Heart 10. Jayrusalem >> The Green Children - Kisses From The Sky 11. Sandebörg >> Sirah - Inhale 12. Ojnoj >> HateNylo - Take It Back 13. Letland >> Tentações - Hey DJ 14. Singerpurear >> Walk Off The Earth - Red Hands 15. Aquafina >> Janet Leon - New Colours 16. Isconia >> Chinawoman - Kiss In Taksim Square 17. Botanikka >> Nora Istrefi (ft. Gena & Jean Diarra) - Le Mama 18. Bignia-Zaragovina >> The Royal Concept - On Our Way 19. N DNTN >> Fryars - Cool Like Me 20. Unovia >> Basecamp - Emmanuel 21. Scruvovnia >> Mel Jade - Not That Serious 22. Yehesi >> Martin Garrix - Animals (Radio Edit) 23. Greenfroze >> Cocovan - Bang Bang 24. Fljótavik >> Lamb - Gorecki 25. Sandénia >> Markus Schulz (ft. Sarah Howells) - Tempted fljotavik next in line imo. can't really call it. Semi Final 2: 01. Varake >> LUCIANBLOMKAMP (ft. Rosebud Leach) - You & Me 02. Terra Avium >> Youngblood Hawke - We Come Running 03. Zechonia >> Casper - Im Ascheregen 04. Persephonia >> Jaymes Young - Dark Star (Kiely Rich Remix) [Hitstastic Black Dwarf Radio Edit] 05. Daehun >> APink - NoNoNo 06. Kluminican Republic >> Du Tonc - Surging Memories 07. Syndare >> Belanger - Take Me Home 08. Xanaga >> Love Grenades - Genius of Fun 09. Aeroche >> Telephoned - One Thing 10. Séyetana >> Echosmith - Come Together 11. Ramrynia >> Dirty South & Alesso (ft. Ruben Haze) - City of Dreams 12. Utopia >> Holy Ghost! - Dumb Disco Ideas 13. Cadelicia >> Charles Murdoch (ft. Oscar Key Sung) - Dekire 14. Batidas >> RÜFÜS - Sundream 15. PRoJ >> Classixx (ft. Nancy Whang) - All You're Waiting For 16. Espen >> FAUL (ft. Wad Ad) - Changes 17. Mdice >> FKA Twigs - Water Me 18. Kylienips >> Lisa Mitchell - Spiritus 19. FSR Rontvia >> DJ Kent (ft. The Arrows) - Spin My World 20. Tinnmark >> Kid Astray - The Best Of Us 21. Florina >> of Verona - Dark In My Imagination 22. Danaelanda >> Kat Krazy (ft. elkka) - Siren 23. Altyr Muunilinst >> Marlene - Bon Voyage 24. Elëdan >> Shadeux - Roo 25. Bellamia >> tyDi (ft. Kerli) - Something About You this semi is RIDICULOUS.
August 11, 201311 yr I haven't listened to all of the songs yet but from what I've seen about them during the week I suspect the following will qualify: Semi Final 1: 13. Letland >> Tentações - Hey DJ Whut? :blink:
August 11, 201311 yr What's suddenly happening here? My entry is *Swedish* and amazing, I'll be gutted if this one misses out (on a month that was meant to be pretty dry). :cry: (The scandipop post appeared after I'd discovered it but they love it too :()
August 11, 201311 yr Whether I qualify / do well will depend on whether the world is whether to welcome back happy-clappy indie-pop and going by Varake's entry last month they are NOT. I'm adamant that in 2010 it would've smashed. Also wot @ the quality of the final AGAIN! There hasn't been anything quite as ridiculous as the contest with Twin Shadow/Wild Nothing/Unicorn Kid all in the same final but the number of bad songs is getting remarkably close to zero. Edited August 11, 201311 yr by Harve
August 11, 201311 yr Whether I qualify / do well will depend on whether the world is whether to welcome back happy-clappy indie-pop and going by Varake's entry last month they are NOT. I'm adamant that in 2010 it would've smashed. Also wot @ the quality of the final AGAIN! There hasn't been anything quite as ridiculous as the contest with Twin Shadow/Wild Nothing/Unicorn Kid all in the same final but the number of bad songs is getting remarkably close to zero. Jumping the gun a little bit there Harve.
August 11, 201311 yr Jumping the gun a little bit there Harve. FREUDIAN SLIP. i.e. we should just let everyone into the final this time because we all deserve it.
August 11, 201311 yr What Can I Say is quite literally my song of the year by a country mile, I will be gutted if it's snubbed. gutted and questioning of Buzzjack's collective taste. oh welcome to my world B-) don't be too worried or upset though it's just a bit of fun, I suspect with so many songs to plough through some people listen to about 30 seconds and if its not the sort of sound they like they move on. I tend to do that with generic dance (albeit I give it 90 seconds to do something interesting or prove to me it's a song), so I can't complain... Buzzjack taste is not always representative of the world outside, sometimes it's better, sometimes it's puzzling, but it's always interesting to compare..!
August 11, 201311 yr If it qualifies then it will be genuinely unexpected for me. Pretty much anyone who votes for FLJ with any regularity is in SF2 and that combined with the tendency for current tracks > older tracks does not bode well. Plus, Halls aside, I think I've always DNQd when I really expected to. However it turns out, I won't regret sending it as it's still one of my favourite songs ever. :wub: Lamb is the only act Ive heard of (apart from mine), and they have previously charted in my personal charts.... favourite songs ever belong in the competition, so I support the entering!
August 11, 201311 yr oh welcome to my world B-) don't be too worried or upset though it's just a bit of fun, I suspect with so many songs to plough through some people listen to about 30 seconds and if its not the sort of sound they like they move on. I tend to do that with generic dance (albeit I give it 90 seconds to do something interesting or prove to me it's a song), so I can't complain... Buzzjack taste is not always representative of the world outside, sometimes it's better, sometimes it's puzzling, but it's always interesting to compare..! I always give each song at least one listen through. It seems a bit pointless to just listen to 30, or even 90 seconds of a song just to see if it goes anywhere. Some songs tend to build progressively, especially if it's 5 minutes. How can you judge a dance track on the first 90 seconds if that's pretty much the beat gradually building up to an explosive "whoa" moment at 1:58 - you've stopped the song before it got going. :lol: Last contest I decided to play the semi final tracks on shuffle without paying too much attention to the song title or who sent the track. As I mentioned to Seize, on the first run through the semi final tracks I listened to three generic pop songs that weren't exactly exciting me. Then Ghost Loft came on and instantly I was thinking "now this is something quite spectacular". It's always interesting to see how each track can either divide or bring people together.
August 11, 201311 yr I always listen to every song in full (including the 9 minute or whatever Max Bruch song Pavel sent recently - decided pretty early on it wasn't gonna be in points contention but I listened to the whole thing anyway). Like Hits said, if you quit early you don't know if you're gonna miss a really good part. Case in point being that if I'd sent the original (well, not THE original, but pre-Hits editing) 7 minute version of 'Dark Star' people might quit it before it gets really good around the 5:30 mark.
August 11, 201311 yr I always have a full playlist of each semi which I listen to on shuffle. Most songs will be played around 3-5 times so there's plenty of time to grow a little
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