Ok I’ve caught up reading the whole results thread now.

 

A humble thanks to all who voted for Slowdrive, it was a bit of a scramble to find an entry this time as nothing was planned for and no prior potentials, but when I listened to the track in full it felt right to give it a try in this contest. Of course I had no idea the same artist would later be sent to BJSC by Chez, but I shall indeed make sure to give your entry a listen and I anticipate it should do well there.

 

As RFC says, I’ve not won Nuggets before, only the forgotten about Movie Forum Song Contest that didn’t last very long sadly. This win certainly comes as a surprise but is most welcomed on the back of two consecutive BJSC DNQ’s to end an otherwise successful 2022. ^_^

 

I guess by default this makes me the next host of Nuggets… can someone give me some idea when the next one is due? I am assuming I must wait for UP to happen again before I look to host this.

 

Finally thank you to the host for everything, and glad I managed to get my votes to you in time!

Ideally would love another Nuggets come May/June x

Wow, congrats awardinary, that was a great entry and winner! :clap: Also pleased to see Jadu Heart 2nd and Knife Bride top 10.

 

I went for a fun entry this time around rather than trying to find something with wide appeal. I've done well to not mention my childhood Sonic fandom very often so I'm happy if no one was able to guess the Sonic entry was me. :kink: 7 votes is about what I expected for it so I'm not disappointed with that result!

 

Thanks so much for hosting, RFC, you did a great job :D

Congratulations Wardy, a nice cap-off to a good edition, it's nice to see a shoegaze winner and it wasn't far off my votes.

 

Thanks for those who voted for NYTT LAND, it was a bit of a unique entry I found among a metal channel and I had to send it after falling in love with its rhythm, wasn't expecting much from it but I hope you enjoyed its throat singing. And thank you RFC for hosting so well!

Wish we had had more time to get familiar to the songs, I'm slow so I need to listen lots to songs in order to appreciate it

I didn't particularly like the winning song but maybe it just needs more time

Got the feeling everybody voted the songs they already knew or listened just 1 time so definitely think a bit more of time wouldn't hurt in these kinda contests

 

Happy I discovered 3 great songs which didn't do particularly well but I don't align very well with the indie taste in BJ

 

14 58 ★ Boys and Ivy - Toronto (entrant: J00p)

16 46 ★ La Rappresentante di Lista - Diva (entrant: Addy!)

17 43 ★ GIYA - Foggy Hearts (entrant: RabbitFurCoat)

 

^these 3 were amazing, I knew of LRDL but didn't know Diva. I also loved GIYA and Boys & Ivy

 

Got the feeling everybody voted the songs they already knew or listened just 1 time so definitely think a bit more of time wouldn't hurt in these kinda contests

None of the songs are particularly well known at all, so I doubt this was the case bar perhaps a couple of songs each.

even if we had a month to listen to these songs, it'll be hard to top a song you've already loved for years or months and had a pre-existing connection with, even if you were trying to vote "objectively" (which, there's no such thing). either way everyone seemed to know different songs beforehand so I doubt it affected the results in any meaningful way

Edited December 13, 20222 yr by dhweigh ride

Congrats to awardinary for the win.

 

oops I guess I picked the wrong contest for Diva...it's such a beauty of a song...now I'm like maybe I should have saved it for Unknown Pleasures or perhaps BJSC.

 

And all the comments about how it sounded out of a place, it did hurt the song's image and influenced voters (that's what I would like to think for the mid-low finish :kink:)

Edited December 13, 20222 yr by Addy!

Although I gave full input to the mods in terms of what they vetoed I was doing a bit of checking when entries were submitted to make sure there were no obvious red flags. A quick Google of LRDL I saw pop-rock and assumed therefore they'd be fine. Diva might be more on the pop side but I didn't think it was so far out of place (I just didn't particularly care for it!)

 

Personally I think a fortnight or more is plenty enough to vote in a contest like this. I think regardless of how much time most will give the same amount of listens. I gave the stuff I liked most four listens as each listen through I discount a few more until I'm only left with the ones I really like (I had 16 this time). My favourites never stay in quite the same order after I add them to playlists and listen more regularly - the song I ended up listening to most from the most recent UP was the CLT DRP entry but I ranked it about 5th on votes.

Medals Table Results

 

Position | 12s | 10s | 8s | Entry

 

01 4 0 1 Tides From Nebula

02 3 0 2 The Gathering

03 2 2 3 Sun's Signature

04 2 2 2 Slowdive

05 2 1 2 Darkside

06 2 1 1 Jadu Heart

07 2 1 1 zzzahara

08 2 0 4 Heartworms

09 2 0 0 GIYA

10 1 5 0 Deerhunter

 

11 1 2 2 Knife Bride

12 1 2 1 Ekkstacy

13 1 2 1 Miranda Sex Garden

14 1 1 1 Great Grandpa

15 1 1 1 Nouns

16 1 0 0 Armenia

17 1 0 0 Camp Cope

18 0 3 0 La Rappresentante di Lista

19 0 2 0 NYTT Land

20 0 1 2 Fabienne Delsol

 

21 0 1 0 Russian Circles

22 0 1 0 Soft Blade

23 0 1 0 Pain of Salvation

24 0 0 3 Boys and Ivy

25 0 0 1 Arxx

26 0 0 1 Ted Poley

27 0 0 0 The Heart Throbs

28 0 0 0 Ron Gallo

29 0 0 0 Christian Meier

Edited December 13, 20222 yr by RabbitFurCoat

even if we had a month to listen to these songs, it'll be hard to top a song you've already loved for years or months and had a pre-existing connection with, even if you were trying to vote "objectively" (which, there's no such thing). either way everyone seemed to know different songs beforehand so I doubt it affected the results in any meaningful way

This exactly, and there just isn't a lot of time in real life even if you have a month-long voting window to go through all of them multiple times in full. At the end of the day there is no "objective" way to rate a song since it's all about personal taste x

 

Re:Addy I totally see this in BJSC actually x I believe Amare was sent there before and did reasonably well.

Firstly, huge congrats to Wardy - “Star Roving” was in my Top 10 singles of 2017 so it was great to be reminded of it, such a great comeback. They had a couple of minor hits in the 1990s including the beautiful “Alison” from the Outside Your Room EP which made #69 but they sadly never become as big as they surely deserved to be, the music press turned on them and they sank without trace after that EP rly. Interestingly I think there's a strong link between the Top 2 as the opening lyric to my entry: 'Rachel open up my head' is a ref to the lead singer of Slowdive! V much looking forward to an extra-awardinary contest next time. : )

 

Great to see Heartworms finish in the T5. That was a fantastic discovery for me, so thank you to Jade for sending that.

 

Finally, thanks to Mark for doing a top job with a smoothly run contest.

Congrats to Wardy! Couldn't be happier with that winner. I wonder how well Souvlaki Space Station, that I entered to BJSC in 2020 and came 28th (respectable for its genre I think), would've done had it have been a Nuggets entry.

 

Also delighted to have what must be my best Nuggets performance (I think this is only my second or third entry).

Edited December 13, 20222 yr by Harve

Just catching up now, aw not the best result but I'll admit it's probably a deserved position! Thanks to any voters, especially Addy for the 12pts <3 Shame to see Ruchey, Carreteras Mojadas and Dreamtime so low, they were highlights for me but other than that pretty decent with lots of my faves in the top 10! zzzahara/Mareux could've been a bit further up but other than that all good.

(I agree with what other people have said, the timescale is fine as it is. If it was longer I think I'd just forget most of the songs by the time results came around!)

Congrats Wardy and thanks for hosting RFC ^_^