August 17Aug 17 Of the final two, I think one is the song I expected to win and the other is a complete curveball but a very welcome one. Great work guys.
August 17Aug 17 3 hours ago, gasman449 said:Before getting into the top 2 and revealing the winner here's my thoughts on 5-3One Way Or Another- I thank One Direction for introducing me to the concept of cover songs after a young me was mortified at what they had done to this classic! Not quite my favourite song by the band (that would be "Dreaming") but a very close second!Ooh Dreaming has some of the best drumming in a pop song ever! RIP Clem Burke😢
August 17Aug 17 Author 2. Yeah Yeah Yeahs- Heads Will Roll (1014 points)Writers: Karen Orzolek, Nick Zinner, Brian ChaseProducers: Nick Launey, David Andrew Sitek (remix produced by A-Trak)UK chart peak: 89 (2 weeks in the top 100)Achieved platinum status on 30/07/2021Top scorers: detonate 48, gasman449 47, danG 46Lowest scorers: Mangø 1, chartjack2 7, Cymro87 15Despite having 5 top 40 hits, "Heads Will Roll" is the biggest seller in the UK for the Yeah Yeah Yeahs. It features on their 2009 album It's Blitz. While the original version is very popular, the most popular version of the song is the dance remix by A-Trak. The song's music video was directed by Richard Ayoade.
August 17Aug 17 Author 1. The Beatles- Here Comes The Sun (1049 points)Writer: George HarrisonProducer: George MartinUK chart peak: 58 (4 weeks in the top 100)Achieved platinum status on 21/06/2019, 2x platinum 13/08/2021, 3x platinum 25/08/2023, 4x platinum 25/07/2025Top scorers: Jade 50, gasman449 49, dandy* 48Lowest scorers: detonate 3, Nick F1 3, CianS 9The most streamed Beatles song on Spotify and their most successful song in the digital age, "Here Comes The Sun" from Abbey Road was never released as a single. It was written by George Harrison in Eric Clapton's house while he was avoiding a business meeting at Apple Corps. John Lennon does not contribute to the song. A cover by Steve Harley & Cockney Rebel reached number 10 in 1976. The original charted at number 64 in 2010 when the band's catalogue was released on iTunes, peaking at 58 in 2012 after a cover by Gary Barlow was used in an M&S advert. It has been voted as BuzzJack's ultimate platinum non-top 40 single!
August 17Aug 17 Ultimately my predicted winner won, but well deserved.Have to say this rate has been really good fun start to finish, from listening to new stuff, the voting, the countdowns but especially the commentary, opinions and musical recommendations from you all, many thanks guys!Most of all a massive thanks to gasman for all your hard work (and coping with the Oasis proverbial ‘spanner in the works’ midway through). I particularly enjoyed your fantastic personal commentaries on each individual song in the final. Bet you need a rest now, well deserved !😆
August 17Aug 17 Oh wow I get the honour of poster whose +50 has won 😮 ❤️For years I went back and forth between 'Here Comes the Sun' and 'Tomorrow Never Knows' being my favourite Beatles track, the former a soothing, optimistic comfort song and the latter a masterclass in experimentation, but over time I ended up settling on 'Here Comes the Sun'. This is quite a 'basic' pick on paper as their biggest song nowadays, especially when I'm familiar with the whole breadth of their catalogue, but what can I say - it hits a special spot.I'm delighted that a George Harrison composition has become such a juggernaut when the plaudits have typically gone to Lennon/McCartney (also deserved). I did think it stood a good chance of winning but it's wonderful to see nevertheless.'Heads Will Roll' is a very surprising runner-up though! Why not, also a great song.Thanks gasman for all your hard work putting this together, brilliant effort
August 17Aug 17 Author Full recap:1. The Beatles- Here Comes The Sun2. Yeah Yeah Yeahs- Heads Will Roll3. Simon & Garfunkel- The Sound Of Silence4. Oasis- Champagne Supernova5. Blondie- One Way Or Another6. The Waitresses- Christmas Wrapping7. Stevie Nicks- Edge Of Seventeen8. The Beach Boys- Wouldn't It Be Nice9. Fleetwood Mac- The Chain10. Dolly Parton- 9 To 511. Arctic Monkeys- Mardy Bum12. Tame Impala- Let It Happen13. Talking Heads- Psycho Killer 14. David Bowie- Changes 15. The Beatles- In My Life16. Lou Reed- Perfect Day17. Alphaville- Forever Young18. Bryan Adams- Summer Of '6919. Pink Floyd- Comfortably Numb 20. Lykke Li- I Follow Rivers21. Vampire Weekend- A-Punk22. Blossoms- Charlemagne 23. The Who- Baba O'Riley 24. Two Door Cinema Club- What You Know 25. Arctic Monkeys- I Wanna Be Yours26. Empire Of The Sun- Walking On A Dream27. The Rolling Stones- Gimme Shelter28. Pixies- Where Is My Mind29. Queen- We Will Rock You 30. Elton John- Tiny Dancer 31. Tina Turner- Proud Mary32. Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell- Ain't No Mountain High Enough33.The Beatles- Blackbird34. Van Morrison- Brown Eyed Girl35. Oasis- She's Electric36. Oasis- Morning Glory 37. Duke Dumont- Ocean Drive 38. Woodkid- Run Boy Run39. Gorillaz- On Melancholy Hill40. Pink Floyd- Wish You Were Here41. Kiss- I Was Made For Lovin' You42. Adele- Rumour Has It 43. Daryl Hall & John Oates- You Make My Dreams44. The 1975- Somebody Else45. Lily Allen- F**k You46. Frank Ocean- Lost47. John Denver- Take Me Home, Country Roads48. Kendrick Lamar- Swimming Pools (Drank) 49. Imagine Dragons- Believer50. Rihanna- Love On The BrainAnd that's the rate! Thanks so much to anyone who took part in any round or commented, this is the first event I've hosted on BuzzJack and it's been mostly enjoyable! Also special thanks to @Julian_ for some guidance and helping get this rate off the ground. As for the top 2 I'm very happy with the winner, "Here Comes The Sun" is a classic and one of the happiest songs I've ever heard, optimism in song form (even if I hate hot weather😁). Didn't think "Heads Will Roll" would make top 10 let alone top 2 so very pleasantly surprised with that outcome! Yeahs are very underrated. Well done on a really good top 50 everyone!
August 17Aug 17 31 minutes ago, gasman449 said:Also special thanks to @Julian_ for some guidance and helping get this rate off the ground. Ah that’s very kind of you but I didn’t really do anything. Thanks very much for such a great effort hosting your first venture on here!And lovely that “Here Comes The Sun” won this after missing out in the Beatles rate. The “Heads Will Roll” result came out of nowhere but is lovely to see. Great work all!
August 17Aug 17 I was struggling to remember what the 2nd song was, I was sure it had already been given all the modern songs seemed to not do as well here, but that's a great surprise result. It's a fantastic song, I prefer it in A-Trak remix form but both are great,The winner is slightly less unexpected but no qualms with it at all, it's a beautiful, simple song that connects with just about everyone. It's context of creation is lovely too as one of the songs that was more hopeful in the drama-filled Abbey Road recording sessions.Below them, Champagane Supernova and The Sound of Silence were my favourite 2 left,. I would say the former is much less of a blatant rip-off of the Beatles than some of their songs, it works really work well as an homage to psychedelia, the mid-90s soundscape and the lyrics ('slowly walking down the hall, faster than a cannonball') are as Oasis as you can get x Shame it hasn't yet managed to get top 40 on the back of the tour, but guess that works better for this rate and it need not be said at this rate, but Sound of Silence is one of the most profound and beautiful songs ever written, I do have a soft spot for the Disturbed cover as well xI can't really fault any of that top 10 even though none were quite at the top of my votes, all very clear classics that have aged really well. Thank you for the excellent effort you put into hosting this, gasman, it's been great to follow.
August 17Aug 17 Here Comes The Sun is a great winner, I gave it 44 points. Heads Will Roll was one of the songs I had to listen to as I didn't know it. I gave it 17 points which I see is just above one of the three lowest scores it received (15). Thanks Gasman for all the hard work you put into running this poll.
August 17Aug 17 Yeah Yeah Yeahs #2, wtf?! I think that was one of the few (or maybe only?) songs I hadn't heard before this rate. I'm not sure it has any business above many of the classics that have appeared below it, but I guess the people of Buzzjack have spoken!Very worthy #1 though, if a little predictable. It's always been up there as one of my favourite Beatles songs. Thanks for this rate @gasman449, I've really enjoyed following it
August 18Aug 18 Author Here's the results from the semis BTW:Semis 11. Wouldn't It Be Nice 345 2. Here Comes The Sun 344 3. One Way Or Another 333 (26 votes)4. The Chain 333 (19 votes)5. Champagne Supernova 316 6. The Sound Of Silence 3027. Mardy Bum 279 8. 9 To 5 277 9. I Follow Rivers 272 10. Summer Of '69 270 11. Let It Happen 269 12. What You Know 259 13. Changes 257 14. Walking On A Dream 253 15. Gimme Shelter 243 16. Comfortably Numb 242 17. Where Is My Mind 234 18. Rumour Has It 229 19. Proud Mary 225 20. Lost 213 21. F**k You 204 (16 votes)22. Swimming Pools 204 (15 votes)23. Somebody Else 190 24. Tiny Dancer 182 25. Love On The Brain 172Semis 21. Edge Of Seventeen 2932. Forever Young 280 3. Christmas Wrapping 2784. In My Life 271 5. Heads Will Roll 263 6. Charlemagne 250 7. Run Boy Run 246 8. Psycho Killer 239 9. She's Electric 237 10. Perfect Day 233 11. Ocean Drive 23212. Ain't No Mountain High Enough 226 (20 voters)13. I Wanna Be Yours 226 (15 voters)14. A-Punk 219 15. We Will Rock You 215 16. Blackbird 207 17. Brown Eyed Girl 205 18. Believer 19919. I Was Made For Lovin' You 189 20. Take Me Home, Country Roads 187 21. On Melancholy Hill 18322. Baba O'Riley 181 23. Wish You Were Here 180 24. Morning Glory 17425. You Make My Dreams 169 "Acquiesce" scored 139 points before it became ineligible, safe to say it would've made the finals!
August 18Aug 18 A worthy winner for sure. Surprised by #2 which is a great song but I feel benefits from being liked enough by most people to earn high average marks maybe? Even more surprised at the remix being more popular. Can honestly say I didn't know that existed and have never heard it before. (Gave it a quick listen and hated it so no loss there for me).Most of the top half was all quality stuff I liked even if the order would be re-arranged somewhat. Would have commented more but had a very busy last week and weekend.Great work on this rate. Really enjoyed it.
August 18Aug 18 Happy to see 'One Way Or Another' in the top 5, like 'Heart Of Glass' in the #1s rate a few years ago, it seems few people dislike Blondie's best known songs ('Dreaming' is also my favourite these days!) 'Champagne Supernova' has long been one of my all-time favourites, and I had an early attachment to with school leavers so those much-derided lyrics seemed quite poignant to me in the context of going separate ways and wondering where the time has gone. 'The Sound Of Silence' I wouldn't have called to be the last of my top 10 to drop out, but it's very powerful as it intensifies with every verse. I love 'Maps' from Yeah Yeah Yeahs though I never really got into any version of 'Heads Will Roll', but it's great to see one of their songs embraced by followers of multiple genres. That leaves 'Here Comes The Sun' and at this point it's hardly a surprising winner, though before it charted in 2010 (when their catalogue was released to iTunes), I hadn't seen it in any poll of best Beatles songs, and it's still not really close to being my personal favourite of theirs, but kudos to George getting one of his songs posthumously to become the foremost of the band's in day-to-day conscience all these years later.It's been very enjoyable to take part in this rate, putting a spotlight on these songs which never quite had their moment in the charts, thank you @gasman449 for hosting it these last few months!
August 18Aug 18 Just realised my relationship with 'Heads Will Roll' is exactly the same as 'I Follow Rivers' - discovered it via Glee, became a fan of the original, but never particularly seek out the more popular remix.
August 18Aug 18 Fantastic rate, thanks so much gasman.For me, incredibly strong til the top 2. Heads Will Roll I really like, but low top 10 would have felt about right for me, e.g. swapped with The Chain. As for the winner, it wouldn't be near my top 10 Beatles songs so a bit of an anticlimax!
August 19Aug 19 Author And the 40 top scorers from round 1Champagne Supernova 248The Chain 237 Here Comes The Sun 225The Sound Of Silence 216What You Know 214 One Way Or Another 202Wouldn't It Be Nice 201 Christmas Wrapping 194 Run Boy Run 181 In My Life 173We Will Rock You 172I Follow Rivers 159 Charlemagne 153 9 To 5 152 Summer Of '69 151Let It Happen 151All I Ask 149 Proud Mary 146Acquiesce 142Rumour Has It 142F**k You 141Where Is My Mind 139 A-Punk 135Comfortably Numb 132Edge Of Seventeen 132 Gimme Shelter 129 Somebody Else 125 Ocean Drive 123Life Is A Highway 123 Take Me Home Country Roads 122Man Down 121Changes 116Mardy Bum 116Walking On A Dream 116 Heads Will Roll 110 The Night We Met 109 Found What I've Been Looking For 102 It's Not Living (If It's Not With You) 99Believer 99 Wild World 98"All I Ask" did really well compared to the semis!
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