I like the name “Bop Idol”! Y’all better not be gaslighting them into changing it… omg!

We did get a zero pointer in the 2nd edition of the TBSCITW…E which only had 18 entrants, meaning everyone had it in their bottom 7 which was quite impressive. I then very nearly managed it in the 3rd edition, getting just 3 points from Suedehead despite having the coveted last spot on the song list and entering a track by The Eurythmics who you’d think would be a safe choice.

1 hour ago, awardinary said:

I think it's snappy, vintage and memorable so it will stick! Not sure @dandy* @King Rollo or @Jester would be happy to change it though!

I’m not sure I see a need to change it at all tbh, even though the tone in here has been a little surprising towards it

3 minutes ago, dandy* said:

I’m not sure I see a need to change it at all tbh, even though the tone in here has been a little surprising towards it

I agree...I like the way it is, even if it's the longest titled song contest in a forum!!!

hard to call it Bop Idol when I flop here most of the time

1 hour ago, dandy* said:

I’m not sure I see a need to change it at all tbh, even though the tone in here has been a little surprising towards it

Yeah I'm sorry, there's no need of course. I do sometimes feel like I should just keep my mouth shut as much as possible. But then the spiral starts in my head where I'm like: okay, I should express myself, BUT I don't want to hurt or insult people ever, BUT if I don't speak my mind then people think I don't have opinions and am on the fence all the time, BUT I don't have to worry about people's opinions or perceptions so much, BUT other people's perceptions can have important consequences, etc. etc.

Thinking to run this from around 21:30!

6 minutes ago, Julian_ said:

Thinking to run this from around 21:30!

Hyped!

Here's hoping I can push towards the top 10! #10 is my peak on Bop Idol

7 minutes ago, Herbs said:

Here's hoping I can push towards the top 10! #10 is my peak on Bop Idol

No spoilers but I did think Regina was going to smash the pop vote more.

11 minutes ago, Julian_ said:

No spoilers but I did think Regina was going to smash the pop vote more.

Story of my life this week.....

Regina Spektor's lack of a major commercial hit is one of life's great mysteries to me. Fidelity at the very least should have been a huge hit and there's no reason it couldn't have been when the likes of Feist and Sara Bareilles went top ten. And Samson is maybe one of the most affecting ballads of the 00s?

Maybe she was too pop for alt tastes and too alt for pop tastes. Lyrically her albums are amazing, she has such a standout voice and a great ear for melody, so the failure to connect doesn't make sense to me.

Edited yesterday at 18:361 day by gooddelta

15 minutes ago, gooddelta said:

Regina Spektor's lack of a major commercial hit is one of life's great mysteries to me. Fidelity at the very least should have been a huge hit and there's no reason it couldn't have been when the likes of Feist and Sara Bareilles went top ten. And Samson is maybe one of the most affecting ballads of the 00s?

Maybe she was too pop for alt tastes and too alt for pop tastes. Lyrically her albums are amazing, she has such a standout voice and a great ear for melody, so the failure to connect doesn't make sense to me.

So interestingly I debated whether to send 'On The Radio' for similar reasons. I could see pop leaning people giving it a couple of points and alt leaning people maybe being tempted to chuck it some points. So nice to see it's gotten over 100 points at least!

But yes, I adore so much of her back catalogue

31/37: @Julian_

LCD Soundsystem - Someone Great

James Murphy of LCD Soundsystem wrote this about the death of his therapist, and it deescribes the feelings of emptiness and pointlessness after  losing someone significant. Aside from being a great electronic dance I find it emotionally very powerful. Thanks all for giving it a good showing here.

My votes:

18 Hot Chip - Colours (I absolutely love how this builds and am surprised it hasn’t been doing better)

15 Camera Obscura - Lloyd, I’m Ready To Be Heartbroken

13 Anathallo - Dokkoise House (With Face Covered)

12 Junior Boys - In The Morning

11 The Knife - Silent Shout

10 Puracane - Warzone

9 Beirut - After The Curtain

8 Regina Spektor - On The Radio

7 Freestylers featuring Pendulum - Painkiller

6 Panda Bear - Bros

5 Basement Jaxx - Take Me Back To Your House

4 Cassius - Toop Toop

3 The Cardigans - Don’t Blame Your Daughter (Diamonds)

2 Poets Of The Fall - Carnival Of Rust

1 Islands - Rough Gem

Commiserations to Oxia and many others - so many great choices here!

Still very tight but we have another new leader.

Position	Artist	Title	Sender	Points
1	Camera Obscura	Lloyd, I'm Ready To Be Heartbroken	?	182
2	The Knife	Silent Shout	?	180
3	Sneaky Sound System	Pictures	?	174
4	Nelly Furtado	Do It	?	173
5	Keisha White	Don't Mistake Me	?	167
6	Snow Patrol	Hands Open	?	155
7	LCD Soundsystem	Someone Great	Julian_	146
8	Dannii Minogue	Love Fight	WoW73	142
9	Cardigans	Don't Blame Your Daughter (Diamonds)	gooddelta	139
10	Infernal	Ten Miles	Addy!	138
11	Freestylers featuring Pendulum	Painkiller	lewistgreen	129
12	Evanescence	Sweet Sacrifice	Lukuzz	125
13	Moony	For Your Love	Roba.	122
14	Basement Jaxx	Take Me Back To Your House	Doug	119
15	Regina Spektor	On The Radio	Herbs	117
16	Junior Boys	In The Morning	Jade	116
17	The Pipettes	Because It's Not Love (But It's Still A Feeling)	Lee_J11	112
18	Soul Avengers featuring Javine	Don't Let The Morning Come	vibe	104
19	Daughtry	Feels Like Tonight	Viper*	100
20	Yelle	Je Veux Te Voir	Josh!	98
21	Delta Goodrem	Flawed	Paddington James	98
22	Oxia	Domino	danG	97
23	Cassius	Toop Toop	dandy*	95
24	Anathallo	Dokkoise House (With Face Covered)	Bror	93
25	Puracane	Warzone	mattias	90
26	All Saints	Fundamental	Mangø	87
27	Emma Bunton	Perfect Strangers	Spiceboy	80
28	Hot Chip	Colours	dhwe	78
29	Panda Bear	Bros	Chez Wombat	76
30	The Hush Sound	Wine Red	Cody Rozanov	57
31	Poets Of The Fall	Carnival Of Rust	nine3/4	54
32	Saosin	You're Not Alone	AllStarBySmashMouth	51
33	Beirut	After The Curtain	Jaz13music	46
34	Islands	Rough Gem	RabbitFurCoat	43
35	Deichkind	Remmidemmi	DaTilt	35
36	Aya Hirano, Minori Chihara, Yuko Goto	Hare Hare Yukai	CowTzy	26

Great choice, it got my 18 points!

So close at the top still!

32/37: @jimwatts

Snow Patrol - Hands Open

Jim was the one who put forward “D.A.N.C.E.” by Justice. I suspect that could have done very well indeed, but he’s done excellently anyway and could still win!

18 Oxia - Domino

15 The Pipettes - Because It’s Not Love (But It’s Still A Feeling)

13 Junior Boys - In The Morning

12 Panda Bear - Bros

11 Camera Obscura - Lloyd, I’m Ready To Be Heartbroken

10 Yelle - Je Veux Te Voir

9 Basement Jaxx - Take Me Back To Your House

8 Puracane - Warzone

7 Cassius - Toop Toop

6 LCD Soundsystem - Someone Great

5 Deichkind - Remmidemmi

4 Infernal - Ten Miles

3 Regina Spektor - On The Radio

2 Islands - Rough Gem

1 The Knife - Silent Shout

Camera Obscura have pulled away a little with that, but the top group are all still in touch.

Position	Artist	Title	Sender	Points
1	Camera Obscura	Lloyd, I'm Ready To Be Heartbroken	?	193
2	The Knife	Silent Shout	?	181
3	Sneaky Sound System	Pictures	?	174
4	Nelly Furtado	Do It	?	173
5	Keisha White	Don't Mistake Me	?	167
6	Snow Patrol	Hands Open	jimwatts	155
7	LCD Soundsystem	Someone Great	Julian_	152
8	Dannii Minogue	Love Fight	WoW73	142
9	Infernal	Ten Miles	Addy!	142
10	Cardigans	Don't Blame Your Daughter (Diamonds)	gooddelta	139
11	Freestylers featuring Pendulum	Painkiller	lewistgreen	129
12	Junior Boys	In The Morning	Jade	129
13	Basement Jaxx	Take Me Back To Your House	Doug	128
14	The Pipettes	Because It's Not Love (But It's Still A Feeling)	Lee_J11	127
15	Evanescence	Sweet Sacrifice	Lukuzz	125
16	Moony	For Your Love	Roba.	122
17	Regina Spektor	On The Radio	Herbs	120
18	Oxia	Domino	danG	115
19	Yelle	Je Veux Te Voir	Josh!	108
20	Soul Avengers featuring Javine	Don't Let The Morning Come	vibe	104
21	Cassius	Toop Toop	dandy*	102
22	Daughtry	Feels Like Tonight	Viper*	100
23	Delta Goodrem	Flawed	Paddington James	98
24	Puracane	Warzone	mattias	98
25	Anathallo	Dokkoise House (With Face Covered)	Bror	93
26	Panda Bear	Bros	Chez Wombat	88
27	All Saints	Fundamental	Mangø	87
28	Emma Bunton	Perfect Strangers	Spiceboy	80
29	Hot Chip	Colours	dhwe	78
30	The Hush Sound	Wine Red	Cody Rozanov	57
31	Poets Of The Fall	Carnival Of Rust	nine3/4	54
32	Saosin	You're Not Alone	AllStarBySmashMouth	51
33	Beirut	After The Curtain	Jaz13music	46
34	Islands	Rough Gem	RabbitFurCoat	45
35	Deichkind	Remmidemmi	DaTilt	40
36	Aya Hirano, Minori Chihara, Yuko Goto	Hare Hare Yukai	CowTzy	26

If you added up all the time I spent at the top of the leaderboard during the reveals of every song contest I've entered on Buzzjack, I probably should have won about 6 of them by now, rather than just the one. Ahead here as late as 25/37 votes revealed, but it now feels like another one that's slipped away

Still, as I couldn't send 'D.A.N.C.E.' (#justiceforjustice), I went for one of my top faves that was never a single in the UK. I know Snow Patrol aren't everyone's cup of tea and I still find them somewhat hit and miss on the whole, but I can clearly remember the first time I heard it on the album after a night out, and that one-two punch of 'You're All I Have' and this before 'Chasing Cars' is wonderful.

Thank you for the mostly big scores so far - especially Nine for the gold also Juranamo and AllStar for silvers, Mango, Rob and Bré for bronzes, vibe, Viper*, Mattias, Spiceboy and Paddington also in double figures, Lukuzz for 8 and Cow, Lee and Dan for the other 8 collectively. Most of my top scores are further down the scoreboard so there's still time for me to have footshot them into the final top 10 at my expense, but out of the contenders a Camera Obscura win would be a welcome surprise!