Milliways

For an intro to this chart and how it is constructed, see: Introducing... Milliways' Alternative Chart. Full chart is available as a Spotify playlist, updated weekly... Milliways' Alternative Chart - 02.06.13 1 (4) Thea Gilmore - 'Love Came Looking For Me' 2 (1) Burning Lady - 'Story of My Scene' (#1[2]) 3 (11) New Sunset Hotel - 'Bibles' 4 (7) Marina & The Diamonds - 'E.V.O.L' 5 (6) Buddha in a Chocolate Box - 'Keep On Keepin' On' 6 (NE) Cali Giraffes - 'All My Life' 7 (14) J.C. Hyke - 'White Picket Fence' 8 (NE) A Great Big World - 'This Is The New Year' 9 (2) The Levellers - 'The Recruiting Sergeant (War Child Version)' 10 (3) The Generators - 'Sweet Misery' 11 (5) Holy Esque - 'St.' 12 (NE) Hey Geronimo - 'The Dan Kelly Song' 13 (NE) Dead Sound Committee - 'It's My Life' 14 (17) Penny Cocks - 'It's My Life' 15 (8) Reckless Love - 'Night On Fire' 16 (NE) The Joy of Painting - 'Dontchu Wanna' 17 (20) Andrius Pojavis - 'Something' 18 (13) The Thermals - 'The Sunset' (#1[3]) 19 (NE) Byron Dowd - 'Water Rights' 20 (9) The Mighty Ghosts of Erin - 'Mary Ellen Carter' ---------------------------------------------- Bubblers -- (--) The Blush - 'Pink Cadillac' -- (--) Go Violets - 'Josie' -- (--) Indianic - 'No Regrets' -- (--) Jenny Broke the Window - 'Ravel' -- (--) Tommy Reilly - 'Shut My Eyes'

Absolutely B-)

Did I miss the memo? Why was the contest so dominated by nondescript electronic music?

For an intro to this chart and how it is constructed, see: Introducing... Milliways' Alternative Chart. Full chart is available as a Spotify playlist, updated weekly... Milliways Alternative Chart - 26.05.13 1 (1) Burning Lady - 'Story of My Scene' (2nd week at #1) 2 (2) The Levellers - 'The Recruiting Sergeant (War Child Version)' 3 (3) The Generators - 'Sweet Misery' 4 (--) Thea Gilmore - 'Love Came Looking For Me' 5 (11) Holy Esque - 'St.' 6 (NE) Buddha in a Chocolate Box - 'Keep On Keepin' On' 7 (NE) Marina & The Diamonds - 'E.V.O.L' 8 (8) Reckless Love - 'Night On Fire' 9 (4) The Mighty Ghosts of Erin - 'Mary Ellen Carter' 10 (7) Tracey Browne - 'My Best Friend, My Ego' 11 (NE) New Sunset Hotel - 'Bibles' 12 (12) Saturday's Heroes - 'Tear It Down' 13 (5) The Thermals - 'The Sunset' (#1[3]) 14 (NE) J.C. Hyke - 'White Picket Fence' 15 (18) The Poison Heart Academy - 'Love Sick' 16 (6) The Real Numbers - '1-2-3-4-5' 17 (NE) Penny Cocks - 'It's My Life' 18 (--) Roadside Attraction - 'If I Were A Girl' 19 (10) The Social Club - 'Live From The Sub Trunk' 20 (NE) Andrius Pojavis - 'Something' ---------------------------------------------- Bubblers -- (--) Castle-Eye - 'Roller Derby Girl' -- (--) Hooded Fang - 'Graves' -- (--) Koza Mostra feat. Agathonas Iakovidis - 'Alcohol Is Free' -- (--) Penny Cocks - 'Over Again' -- (--) Violet Bones - 'Gossip'

Votes are in. Was really scraping the barrel here, beyond my top 3 there was nothing I'd choose to listen to ordinarily.

1 (NE) Burning Lady - 'Story Of My Scene' 2 (NE) The Levellers - 'The Recruiting Sergeant (War Child Version)' 3 (4) The Generators - 'Sweet Misery' 4 (NE) The Mighty Ghosts of Erin - 'Mary Ellen Carter' 5 (1) The Thermals - 'The Sunset' (#1[3]) 6 (9) The Real Numbers - '1-2-3-4-5' 7 (5) Tracey Browne - 'My Best Friend, My Ego' 8 (14) Reckless Love - 'Night On Fire' 9 (2) Michigan City Vandals - 'C.R.E.A.M (Poon Twang Mix)' 10 (7) The Social Club - 'Live From The Sub Trunk' 11 (NE) Holy Esque - 'St.' 12 (17) Saturday's Heroes - 'Tear It Down' 13 (3) This Is Sleep - 'Like Arrows' 14 (15) Jimmy Deeghan - 'Cigarette' 15 (8) The Touchy Feelies - 'Happy Tuesday' (#1[2]) 16 (6) To The Bones - 'Emperor's Ride' 17 (NE) R.I.O feat U-Jean - 'Ready Or Not' 18 (NE) The Poison Heart Academy - 'Love Sick' 19 (12) Me, You and Thomas - 'Eventually' 20 (NE) The Disaster Points - 'Our Fight Night'

For an intro to this chart and how it is constructed, see: Introducing... Milliways' Alternative Chart. Full chart is available as a Spotify playlist, updated weekly... Milliways Alternative Chart - 19.05.13 1 (NE) Burning Lady - 'Story Of My Scene' 2 (NE) The Levellers - 'The Recruiting Sergeant (War Child Version)' 3 (4) The Generators - 'Sweet Misery' 4 (NE) The Mighty Ghosts of Erin - 'Mary Ellen Carter' 5 (1) The Thermals - 'The Sunset' (#1[3]) 6 (9) The Real Numbers - '1-2-3-4-5' 7 (5) Tracey Browne - 'My Best Friend, My Ego' 8 (14) Reckless Love - 'Night On Fire' 9 (2) Michigan City Vandals - 'C.R.E.A.M (Poon Twang Mix)' 10 (7) The Social Club - 'Live From The Sub Trunk' 11 (NE) Holy Esque - 'St.' 12 (17) Saturday's Heroes - 'Tear It Down' 13 (3) This Is Sleep - 'Like Arrows' 14 (15) Jimmy Deeghan - 'Cigarette' 15 (8) The Touchy Feelies - 'Happy Tuesday' (#1[2]) 16 (6) To The Bones - 'Emperor's Ride' 17 (NE) R.I.O feat U-Jean - 'Ready Or Not' 18 (NE) The Poison Heart Academy - 'Love Sick' 19 (12) Me, You and Thomas - 'Eventually' 20 (NE) The Disaster Points - 'Our Fight Night' ---------------------------------------------- Bubblers -- (--) Roadside Attraction - 'If I Were A Girl' -- (--) The Saltshakers - 'Change The Channel' -- (--) Supergarage - 'Post Teen Crisis' -- (--) Thea Gilmore - 'Love Came Looking For Me' -- (--) Tricks & Cider - 'Superstar (A Video Game Geek Love Song)'

San Marino would probably have gone through if it hadn't gone 2nd. Also, I guess it was probably a lot of people's 2nd or 3rd favourite song in the semi. I wanted Bulgaria to go through, but I'm not surprised it didn't. It did seem a little too 'Generic Balkan' with too little tune.

So when's the draw for the running order?

Saving the best for last, of course :cheer:

Come on, two of these have to be Finland and Greece :o

Wow, that's a shocker right at the start. Clearly guys strumming guitars are back in ESC 2013!

Thanks Suedehead2 I'll listen to this later.

What I want to go through: Greece Finland Bulgaria Malta Switzerland Romania Norway Azerbaijan San Marino Latvia What I expect to go through: Norway Greece Finland Azerbaijan Georgia San Marino Malta Iceland Plus two of the others (probably not Macedonia or Latvia).

01 Greece 02 Finland 03 Bulgaria 04 Malta 05 Switzerland 06 Romania 07 Norway 08 Azerbaijan 09 San Marino 10 Hungary 11 Armenia 12 Latvia 13 Albania 14 Israel 15 Iceland 16 Macedonia 17 Georgia I liked everything above Norway, disliked everything below Latvia, and the ones in the middle were meh.

Oh, the line between genius and madness... This comes so close to being absolutely brilliant but. just. doesn't. quite. get. there.

01 Greece 02 Finland 03 Bulgaria 04 Malta 05 Switzerland 06 Norway 07 Azerbaijan 08 San Marino 09 Hungary 10 Armenia 11 Latvia 12 Albania 13 Israel 14 Iceland 15 Macedonia 16 Georgia

Ahhhh ahhhh ahh ah ahh ahhh WTF. This is the kind of thing I'd normally really like but it's a bit of a mangled mess, isn't it?

01 Greece 02 Finland 03 Bulgaria 04 Malta 05 Norway 06 Azerbaijan 07 San Marino 08 Hungary 09 Armenia 10 Latvia 11 Albania 12 Israel 13 Iceland 14 Macedonia 15 Georgia

Andrew Lloyd Webber comparison was on the mark. This is ghastly :puke2: EDIT Jesus Christ this is bad. Painful vocals.

01 Greece 02 Finland 03 Bulgaria 04 Malta 05 Norway 06 Azerbaijan 07 San Marino 08 Hungary 09 Armenia 10 Latvia 11 Albania 12 Israel 13 Iceland 14 Macedonia

What's with the hoarse singers tonight?

01 Greece 02 Finland 03 Bulgaria 04 Malta 05 Norway 06 Azerbaijan 07 San Marino 08 Hungary 09 Armenia 10 Latvia 11 Israel 12 Iceland 13 Macedonia

Clearly they thought that aping last year's winner was the way to go...

01 Greece 02 Finland 03 Bulgaria 04 Malta 05 Azerbaijan 06 San Marino 07 Hungary 08 Armenia 09 Latvia 10 Israel 11 Iceland 12 Macedonia