Thank you Ansel :wub: oh my I think that puts me joint 3rd :o and a very close top 2!

The Moody Blues received no points from the last two voters. Television received 16 points which is enough to make up the gap.

 

We have a tie

 

So this will be decided by which of the two songs had the most votes...........

Oops Rainbow ending up being a little frontloaded - oh my at a tie for the lead though :cheeseblock: I'd assume The Moody Blues to win this one but we'll see in a moment x

Television - Marquee Moon......Chez Wombat had 13 votes

 

The Moody Blues - I'm Just A Singer (In A Rock And Roll Band)......AH Gold had 12 votes

 

Television are the winners, Congratulations Chez Wombat

 

The full scoreboard coming up..........

:o the suspense

 

Edit ah well done Chez.

 

Thanks for hosting and a really interesting theme Rollo!

Edited September 25, 20231 yr by JulianT

Ooh yay happy to have been wrong there! Not that I'd have minded The Moody Blues winning but Television was the better of the two for me *.* congrats Chez - avoiding the bridesmaid curse by the smallest of margins :cheeseblock:

congrats Chez and AH Gold :cheer:

 

I'm hoping Clout managed to stay top 5, which is amazing result and continuing my top 10 streak!!!

 

Thanks Rollo for the theme and smooth hosting <3

What a finish! Congratulations Chez :cheer: and well played AH Gold too, those were both in my top 3 so I'm happy with the outcome!

 

I counted that I had as many points and votes as the song in 3rd, but it had more 12s than I did, so it looks like I've completed the unlucky 2nd-4th-6th-11th set :jump:

 

Thank you Rollo for hosting, lots of interesting discoveries made!

Final scoreboard:

 

1. 87 Television - Marquee Moon......Chez Wombat (13 votes)

2. 87 The Moody Blues - I'm Just A Singer (In A Rock And Roll Band)......AH Gold (12 votes)

3. 79 Rainbow - Stargazer......Dobbo (13 votes, 4 12s)

4. 79 Joy Division - She's Lost Control......jimwatts (13 votes, 2 12s)

5. 74 Yes - Close To The Edge......King Rollo

6. 73 T Rex - Cosmic Dancer......dandy*

7. 72 Clout - Under Fire......Addy!

8. 69 The Babys - Isn't It Time......Popchartfreak

9. 64 Xarhanga - Acid Nightmare......Brer

10. 57 The Sensational Alex Harvey Band - Vambo Marble Eye......fiesta

11. 47 Serge Gainsbourg - Cargo Culte......Jade

12. 42 Montrose - Bad Motor Scooter......JulianT

13. 38 Serú Girán - Viernes, 3AM......Ansel

14. 31 Betty Davis - If I'm In Luck I Might Get Picked Up......WoW73

15. 29 Johnny Cash - I Will Rock And Roll With You......awardinary

 

A win for Television on a tie-break over the Moody Blues is confirmed. With just one point from the last two votes, long time leaders Rainbow have to settle for third place. 22 points for Joy Division move them up from 9th to 4th while 16 for Yes give them a climb from 8th to 5th. At the bottom, another 11 points for Betty Davis lift her above Johnny Cash who finishes last after neither of the last two voters gave him any points.

 

Congrats Chez! A great winner. Happy to not be last myself, honestly I chose my song by picking something that sounded okay off Spotify's auto-generated "70s Rock Mix" so had no idea how that was gonna go for me. Not particularly my style usually but some great finds here! Thanks Rollo for hosting.

!!!! Well that is quite the photo finish, and avoiding my token 2nd place in every song contest as well! :o (guess that'll come in time x). I was hoping this one would do a bit better than my last few entries, but I didn't expect it to go all the way. Thank you all so much (That last minute 12 from Doctor Blind in particular was a life saver!), I know this is something of a classic, but it's fairly new to me and I figured it may be to younger participants here too so pleased to see it get such a good reception from everyone.

 

Congrats to AH Gold too, I recall enjoying that quite a bit too (though slightly glad I didn't give it one more point now :kink:) and great to see my top 2 in the top 5. This was a case of me preferring my 12 pointer to my own entry, shame Rainbow couldn't quite keep up that early lead but thanks for the great discovery <3

 

Thanks for a well hosted and high quality edition of these, Rollo! Happy to host the next one as well, not got many ideas though so open to suggestions x

Well done Chez, I finished right where I belonged because I didn’t really give much calculated thought to my entry, I thought if an artist I liked and tried to find a song from the decade to fit, and that’s what I went for. I enjoyed taking part though, so thank you Rollo for hosting this one for us all.

I'm happy that Yes crept into the top 5 at the end.

 

Thanks everyone for commenting along as the results were revealed.

 

There were certainly some twists and turns as the votes came in.

 

Congrats again Chez, and bad luck AH Gold on coming so close. I noticed you have no widgets after 16 years on the forum so I hope you win a song contest soon.

Happy with 9th for myself, continuing to move up in the world from bottom 5 to bottom 7 now :lol: guess my next target will be to finish in the top half of one of these! Was nice to pick up a 12 anyways (I may be wrong but I feel like this may be the first one I've got in any of the 4 editions! And this entry got nearly as many points as my 3 previous ones combined haha).

 

Yay that Rainbow did win its tiebreak to stay in the top 3, and pleased to see Yes nabbing the last slot in the top 5 in the end. Myself and all of my votes all finished in the top 12, The Babys being the one that I snubbed which outperformed at least one that I voted for - quite a shame to see Serge Gainsbourg not making the top 10 though aw </3

 

Thanks for the hosting Rollo, looking forward to seeing what theme Chez comes through with for the next one of these!

Oh if only I gave Television one less point :lol:

 

Congrats Chez Wombat! I had known that song for years without knowing what it was called or who it was by.

 

I certainly didn’t expect to do that well. 2nd place is the best I’ve ever managed in any contest (a bit tragic as I’ve been on here for about 15 years). Or joint 1st, as I’m choosing to see it 😛

 

Thanks for doing this Rollo! A fab theme. And thanks to all who voted, especially John for the 12.

 

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My 12 won yay! :wub:

 

Well done Chez!

 

I could have been more inspired with my choice but tbh I panicked a little at the theme and just went for a favourite in my family

Thanks for organising Rollo and thanks for entering everyone! If I'd known there wouldn't be any punk idve gone for Gary Gilmores Eyes, but The Baby's did ok for a pop rock number. Ooh so close with Moody Blues there, but of a gem from AH I wasn't expecting, ditto poor Johnny Cash at the bottom end, not one I knew much. All very interesting overall!

Aww I'm quite disappointed with that result :( finishing outside the top 10 in a field of this size isn't great, but ah well. Thanks to those who did point it ^_^

 

Congrats Chez, wonderful winner :wub: looking forward to whatever you may choose for the next theme. Thanks Rollo for your fab hosting! Enjoyed your write-ups a lot.

I've compiled a league table based on the results of the first four contests. You get 10 points for 1st place in each contest down to 1 point for 10th place. I'll update this after each contest.

 

1 25 Addy!

2 21 jimwatts

3 19 dandy*

4 17 Bjork

4 17 King Rollo

6 15 Jade

6 15 AH Gold

6 15 Dobbo

9 12 Jester

10 11 Chez Wombat

10 11 Popchartfreak

12 9 Ansel

13 8 awardinary

14 7 Daan

15 6 ClaudiaKinkleman

16 4 fiesta

16 4 Roba

18 2 gooddelta

18 2 Brer

0 points despite having entered every contest :drama: . Though 12th out of 25 in the first one wasn’t too bad.