April 6Apr 6 Thank you Severin for the silver score, and Chez and Scene for the points too. Like all the songs I've entered in these retro contests, I've known and enjoyed Dinosaur Jr's cover for years, and while I'm not sure I prefer it to The Cure's wonderful original, it's a cool forerunner to grunge and the guitar work is genius.
April 6Apr 6 Author Jade and Cowtzy's entries are next. The Breath of Life's Cure cover sounding more like The Cure than the original perhaps, whilst Halocene's Metal version of Barbie Girl is a less radical reworking of the source material, if rather amped up. Both Emma Conquest and Rachid Taha get another 12 points each.Jade (The Breath of Life) 12 Emma Conquest10 Groove Armada08 Clubdrugs07 Kelsey Lu06 Rachid Taha05 Nina Simone04 Tori Amos03 Chicks on Speed02 Paraorchestra01 Dinosaur Jr Cowtzy (Halocene) 12 Rachid Taha10 Pentatonix08 Gigi D’Agostino07 Dolly Dots06 Fratellis05 Emma Conquest04 Mr Ed Jumps the Gun03 Nina Simone02 Clubdrugs01 Dinosaur JrEmma Conquest jumps up in to the lead with Rachid Taha right behind them and only 6 points separating the top 4. At the base, Mr Ed Jumps the Paraorchestra in to 2nd to last.Scoreboard 56 Emma Conquest (Severin)54 Rachid Taha52 Kelsey Lu50 Sylver45 Clubdrugs44 Nina Simone40 The Breath Of Life (Jade)40 Pentatonix (Herbs)37 Groove Armada33 Gigi D’Agostino29 Tori Amos27 Chicks on Speed (Chez Wombat)26 Halocene (Cowtzy)25 Sophie Ellis-Bextor25 Adam Lambert (Scene)20 Dolly Dots (WoW73)18 Fratellis (Mango)18 West End Girls18 William Shatner16 Dinosaur Jr (Jimwatts)12 Mr Ed Jumps the Gun (Cody Buckley)11 Paraorchestra with Brett Anderson and Charles Hazelwood (Suedehead)
April 6Apr 6 Author This seems an appropriate moment to thank everyone for any points they've given me so far
April 6Apr 6 Ooooh I should already have enough to stay away from the bottom Thanks for the 10points Cowtzy - and we traded 10 points! (Loved that cover of Barbie Girl)
April 6Apr 6 Haha I also thought this version of 'The Lovecats' sounded more like The Cure than they did themselves!I couldn't believe it when I stumbled across this hidden gem cover version... it has less than 1k Spotify plays at the moment. Completely fell in love with it Thank you for all the points so far - especially Suedey for top marks
April 6Apr 6 Oh I almost forgot about this... I'm trying to remember which ones I liked haha, only because I remembered them more for the song than the act that performed them - but my gut feel is I liked those ones towards the top
April 6Apr 6 Certainly an accurate description of that cover of 'The Lovecats'! (and sounding more like The Cure can never be a bad thing x)
April 6Apr 6 Thanks for all the points so far to those who voted! Hopefully a top 10 finish is possible.
April 6Apr 6 Author Scores now from Awardinary, who did send an entry but after it was vetoed they withdrew, which is a shame, and also from dandy* who entered Clubdrugs stab at Portishead. 12 points here go to West End Girls and The Breath of Life.Awardinary (No Entry) 12 West End Girls10 Sylver08 Fratellis07 Paraorchestra06 Rachid Taha05 Sophie Ellis-Bextor04 Emma Conquest03 Adam Lambert02 Clubdrugs01 Groove Armada dandy* (Clubdrugs) 12 The Breath of Life10 Nina Simone08 Rachid Taha07 Paraorchestra06 Tori Amos05 Emma Conquest04 William Shatner03 Kelsey Lu02 Adam Lambert01 SylverRachid Taha returns to the top by a 3 point margin over Emma Conquest. Sylver and Kelsey Lu lead the chasing pack whilst Nina Simone and The Breath of Life remain strong contenders. Paraorchestra pick up a handful of points to leap well clear of last, leaving that once again to Mr Ed.Scoreboard 68 Rachid Taha65 Emma Conquest (Severin)61 Sylver55 Kelsey Lu54 Nina Simone (Julian_)52 The Breath Of Life (Jade)47 Clubdrugs (clubdrugs)40 Pentatonix (Herbs)38 Groove Armada35 Tori Amos33 Gigi D’Agostino30 Sophie Ellis-Bextor30 Adam Lambert (Scene)30 West End Girls27 Chicks on Speed (Chez Wombat)26 Fratellis (Mango)26 Halocene (Cowtzy)25 Paraorchestra with Brett Anderson and Charles Hazelwood (Suedehead)22 William Shatner20 Dolly Dots (WoW73)16 Dinosaur Jr (Jimwatts)12 Mr Ed Jumps the Gun (Cody Buckley)
April 6Apr 6 What was Wardy's vetoed entry?I don't think I knew the original of dandy*'s entry at all so was somewhat judging it on different criteria than most of the others but it does sound great!
April 6Apr 6 I changed my entry at the very last second... the clubdrugs track came up randomly as an autoplay on a site I accidentally clicked on whilst searching for something else, and it just felt like a sign so I swapped to it - plus I thought it would be cool to send something with so few views
April 6Apr 6 Author Dobbo and Jester next who entered Gigi D'Agostino's Nik Kershaw cover and Sophie E-B's Pulp song respectively. 12s go out to Nina Simone and Gigi. Shatner gets a big 10 and Sylverdoes too.Dobbo (Gigi D’Agostino) 12 Nina Simone10 William Shatner08 Clubdrugs07 Halocene06 Sylver05 Rachid Taha04 Pentatonix03 Adam Lambert02 Sophie Ellis-Bextor01 Emma Conquest Jester (Sophie Ellis-Bextor) 12 Gigi D’Agostino10 Sylver08 West End Girls07 Paraorchestra06 Fratellis05 Clubdrugs04 Tori Amos03 Kelsey Lu02 The Breath of Life01 William ShatnerThis puts Sylver back at the summit with Rachid sitting 4 points behnd. Nina Simone and Emma Conquest aren't out of it yet and Clubdrugs edges ahead of Kelsey Lu. The bottom remains unchanged.Scoreboard 77 Sylver73 Rachid Taha66 Nina Simone (Julian_)66 Emma Conquest (Severin)60 Clubdrugs (clubdrugs)58 Kelsey Lu54 The Breath Of Life (Jade)45 Gigi D’Agostino (Dobbo)44 Pentatonix (Herbs)39 Tori Amos38 West End Girls38 Groove Armada33 Adam Lambert (Scene)33 Halocene (Cowtzy)33 William Shatner32 Fratellis (Mango)32 Sophie Ellis-Bextor (Jester)32 Paraorchestra with Brett Anderson and Charles Hazelwood (Suedehead)27 Chicks on Speed (Chez Wombat)20 Dolly Dots (WoW73)16 Dinosaur Jr (Jimwatts)12 Mr Ed Jumps the Gun (Cody Buckley)
April 6Apr 6 Oh I think I said in my comments to Severin that it amused me that The Breath of Life had done a cover of one of the few distinctive Cure pop tracks and basically made it sound exactly like a typical Cure track
April 6Apr 6 Author 9 minutes ago, Brer said:What was Wardy's vetoed entry?I don't think I knew the original of dandy*'s entry at all so was somewhat judging it on different criteria than most of the others but it does sound great!I guess I can say - Oasis doing a cover of Slade's Cum On Feel the Noize. Vetoed as too well known.The Portishead original is brilliant btw
April 6Apr 6 Yay thank you for the gold medal, Dandy I enjoyed your Clubdrugs entry a lot too so a good last minute swap.Gracias also Jester!
April 6Apr 6 Author 5 minutes ago, dandy* said:Oh I think I said in my comments to Severin that it amused me that The Breath of Life had done a cover of one of the few distinctive Cure pop tracks and basically made it sound exactly like a typical Cure trackYes, I should acknowledge that you did point that out
April 6Apr 6 The vetoed song was Cum On Feel The Noize by Oasis which we felt was too well known. Sorry, Wardy.
April 6Apr 6 That version of The Riddle is one of the few covers I listen to as much as the original, I love it a lot, nice entry Dobbo!Didn't expect to see Sylver on top, but it's a really nice dance version.
April 6Apr 6 I wouldn’t have predicted Sylver to be at the top - it was my 11th place and I liked it more than others but assumed it would fall under the radar for people
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