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Omg Meekul your early year firewall continuing into mid year stronger than ever. :o When will Iz? Xx

Think I might flop and drop out tbh.

+25 Oasis - The Shock Of The Lightning +24 Fever Ray - If I Had A Heart +23 Coldplay - Violet Hill +22 Swimming With Dolphins - Silhouettes +21 Keane - Spiralling +20 Hoosiers - Cops And Robbers +19 Biffy Clyro - Mountains +18 Sara Bareilles - Love Song +17 Pendulum - Propane Nightmares +16 Oasis - I'm Outta Time +15 OneRepublic - Stop And Stare +14 Fleet Foxes - White Winter Hymnal +13 Ladyhawke - My Delirium +12 Utah Saints - Something Good '08 +11 Offspring - You're Gonna Go Far, Kid +10 Goldfrapp - A&E +09 Razorlight - Wire To Wire +08 Rihanna - Take A Bow +07 Adele - Chasing Pavements +06 Eric Prydz - Pjanoo +05 Kanye West (feat. Chris Martin) - Homecoming +04 Kylie Minogue - In My Arms +03 Kaiser Chiefs - Never Miss A Beat +02 Basshunter - All I Ever Wanted +01 Armin Van Buuren - In And Out Of Love

+25 Muse - Map Of The Problematique +24 Hoosiers - Goodbye Mr A +23 My Chemical Romance - Teenagers +22 Linkin Park - What I've Done +21 Fray - Over My Head (Cable Car) +20 Paramore - CrushCrushCrush +19 Plain White Ts - Hey There Delilah +18 Biffy Clyro - Living Is A Problem Because Everything Dies +17 Nightwish - Amaranth +16 Killers - Read My Mind +15 Arctic Monkeys - Brianstorm +14 Wombats - Let's Dance To Joy Division +13 Newton Faulkner - Dream Catch Me +12 Avril Lavigne - Keep Holding On +11 Maroon 5 - Makes Me Wonder +10 Mika - Grace Kelly +09 Mark Ronson (feat. Daniel Merriweather) - Stop Me +08 Editors - Smokers Outside The Hospital Doors +07 Arcade Fire - Keep The Car Running +06 Arctic Monkeys - Fluorescent Adolescent +05 Arcade Fire - No Cars Go +04 P!nk - Leave Me Alone (I'm Lonely) +03 Avril Lavigne - Hot +02 Kate Nash - Pumpkin Soup +01 Cherry Ghost - 4am

Someone at work said they knew someone who put a tenner on the Tories winning so he could be happy either way. Not a bad idea tbh. :lol:

Voted!

Buzzjackfestivalen V AELANDOR'S BACK, ROCK IS BACK AND SO IS RELIENT K: In stark contrast to "Cat", one of their newer songs, this is a classiq RK song, released in 2001. This is perhaps more representative of their more "usual" style, although that does tend to vary from album to album in any case, much of their in between material has incorporates piano as well and lots of it covers much more serious topics than this but I can hardly enter their entire discography to BJSC (maybe "Who I Am Hates Who I've Been" one day tho xx). "Sadie Hawkins Dance" is a glorious pop punk rock track that for me encapsulates everything about that early 2000s pop rock era, it has Teenage Dirtbag vibes for me basically. Beautiful building guitar intro and a supremely energetic track, lyrics are very lighthearted, about a guy's experience of a girl asking him to a dance. Expecting a flop, don't care- it's my first BJ Fest and I never expect to do well for my first try at any of these contests. xx

Omg I just remembered this. Dayum I don't see much of #rockbloc, don't fancy my chances unless the early 00s nostalgic sound grabs anyone. x

Excellent choice- that one was on my wishlist! :wub: It should count because I think Iz goes by UK singles peak for the year, then album release year if it's a non single album track and there's a bit of flexibility for re-releases etc.

I believe this is an AQ so quickly pick another! Also can't believe I forgot The Feeling (just saw Love It When You Call but we also need Sewn and Fill My Little World, plz someone get them it's their last year. :o ) ETA: I'm wrong, it was 2006 oops, after I saw Love It When You Call I misremembered them as 2007. Rosé was 2007 just about as the last single but the others were 2006.

2007 Nominations: The Hoosiers - Goodbye Mr. A Paramore - CrushCrushCrush My Chemical Romance - Teenagers WANT (someone else nominate these plz thx xx): The Hoosiers - Worried About Ray Mika - Grace Kelly The Fray - Over My Head (Cable Car) Biffy Clyro - Living Is a Problem Because Everything Dies Biffy Clyro - Saturday Superhouse 2008 The Hoosiers - Cops And Robbers Oasis - Shock Of The Lightning Swimming With Dolphins - Silhouettes WANT: Coldplay - Violet Hill Elbow - Grounds For Divorce Keane - Spiralling Death Cab For Cutie - Grapevine Fires Oasis - Falling Down Oasis - I'm Outta Time 2009 OneRepublic - All The Right Moves Lights - Ice Death Cab For Cutie - Meet Me On The Equinox WANT: Relient K - I Don't Need A Soul Biffy Clyro - The Captain Kasabian - Underdog 2010 Gorillaz - Stylo Train - Hey, Soul Sister Plan B - Stay Too Long WANT: Biffy Clyro - Bubbles My Chemical Romance - The Kids From Yesterday Owl City - Vanilla Twilight Brandon Flowers - Crossfire Biffy Clyro - Many Of Horror K'naan - Wavin' Flag (CocaCola Celebration Remix) 2011 Mumford & Sons - I Will Wait Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds - AKA... What A Life Noah & The Whale - L.I.F.E.G.O.E.S.O.N WANT: Kyla La Grange - Heavy Stone (Chess Club Version) Death Cab For Cutie - You Are A Tourist Lights - Toes Foo Fighters - Arlandria 2012 Lindsey Stirling - Crystalize Keane - Silenced By The Night Linkin Park - Burn It Down WANT: Train - Drive By Muse - Panic Station Train - Bruises (feat. Ashley Monroe) First Aid Kit - Emmylou 2013 Twenty One Pilots - Holding On To You Paramore - Ain't It Fun The 1975 - Chocolate WANT: Lorde - Tennis Court Twenty One Pilots - Car Radio Bastille - Flaws Biffy Clyro - Black Chandelier AWOLNATION - Sail Muse - Supremacy 2014 Lights - Same Sea Paolo Nutini - Iron Sky Against The Current - Closer, Faster WANT: Zedd (feat. Hayley Williams) - Stay The Night Lights - Up We Go Lindsey Stirling (feat. Lzzy Hale) - Shatter Me Kyla La Grange - Cut Your Teeth Coldplay - Magic 2015 Muse - Psycho David Gilmour - Rattle That Lock Caravan Palace - Lone Digger TheFatRat - Monody (feat. Laura Brehm) WANT: Death Cab For Cutie - Black Sun CHVRCHES - Empty Threat Against The Current - Paralyzed 2016 Against The Current - Roses The 1975 - The Sound WANT: Against The Current - In Our Bones Relient K - Cat As It Is - Dial Tones There are a lot more for all of these years, this is a *brief* look through a lot of my faves and trying to judge what's well known enough to vaguely do well (then some extras that won't but are still there just because I want them there). Some of those WANTs I put are also essential so if you're stuck for ideas pretty please have a look at this list and if there's anything there you like as well feel free to steal them and nominate them yourself!

09.5 | Hard Times 09.0 | Rose-Coloured Boy 11.0 | Told You So 08.0 | Forgiveness 10.0 | Fake Happy 10.0 | 26 08.0 | Pool 08.0 | Grudges 09.0 | Caught In The Middle 08.5 | Idle Worship 07.0 | No Friend ** 10.0 | Tell Me How Not known it for long enough to tell for sure though! **Nice idea but vocals are way too quiet in the mix.

^You've got until June 1st! There just needs to be enough exact multiples of 4 (so the heats are equal) so enter asap to make sure you're in. x

You had the link slightly wrong, tweaked it for you. ^_^

I'm 40th after falling out last week, still #qualitynotquantity. xx

Omg what a flop. :o

Yeah I didn't like seeing them move, from what I understood from "Blink", they were only stone when they were being observed and could only move when not being watched so seeing them move as the viewer did annoy me, it took away the most scary aspect of the Angels for me, plus the Statue of Liberty was a bit much in "Angels Take Manhattan" (although the image of an Angel = an Angel thing was good) otherwise they were good episodes. If they do come back (and I hope they do), I'd like to see no on camera movement plz thx.

Yeah probably just a good semi for it and it had very few fans in the opposite semi, I think it appeals to a certain taste, if people like that chilled/ slow build atmosphere then they'll love it, otherwise they'll think it's just a bit long and doesn't go anywhere fast enough. Don't worry about that, a high score's a high score and I was happy to get them, besides you had some bangers at the top. x Yeah alright, that wasn't my fault. :P xx But yeah, it thoroughly made up for last time haha. And hey, at least I'm regularly qualifying now even if it does all fall apart when we actually get to the final. x Yas @ the point swap! Yours was so lovely, it many ways our entries this month were fairly similar, if comparing it to my entries, "Waves" kind of felt like a mix of "Tides" and "Nostalgia" and I love that sound. It was a medal position so I can hardly complain haha, thanks again. I was just trying to figure out how there could be such a disparity. :/ No worries, it was a fun discovery got me too, the first I've found when actively searching for BJSC entries (the others are either songs I already knew or songs I happened to hear/ listen to that caught my attention.

Aw thanks Dobbo. :wub: So, "Tides" came 37th in the final, matching Soeur's position. I didn't go into the final with huge expectations and I'd kind of accepted that I'd be getting a position in the 30s or at best low 20s... that said it was revealed that we reached 4th position in our semi final which makes the final result rather odd? Maybe the song didn't have enough staying power for people and other "growers" overtook it, maybe I just got lucky with the semi and all the fans ended up in semi 2/ the entire opposite semi hated it, maybe the higher pointers from the semi gave their highest points to semi 1 countries (pushing us down a few positions) or people just don't like Aelandor and want to watch us crash and burn the 18 point system caused us to suffer. Regardless, thanks for all the votes, particularly Lotunia giving us their 18 on their debut contest! Much appreciated, I know how valuable those 18s are. :cheer: Other high pointers off the top of my head include South Danaelanda (! second contest in a row, feels so rare), Zanmatony, Persephonia, and Jadakissnia, really appreciate the support. :wub: A massive congratulations to Suedeonia, an unexpected new winner with a fantastic song that only just missed our votes (Bleachers - Don't Take The Money), and honestly listening to it again I'm absolutely regretting it. I think it might have missed out for me due to the vocal style in the prechorus? Looks like they didn't need my points in any case, looking forward to a Suedonian contest. :cheer:

Also my potential came 5th. Yay? xx Good to see it that high though, I gave it a lot of points myself.

Well done Suede! :o I was so close to pointing your song (low points mind, I really liked it I just swapped it out last minute for some reason, was some tough competition there! Really nice to see a new winner and looking forward to seeing you host? :D Omg... THIS!!!!1!!!1! I came in with very few expectations (due to low predicta) but it was looking quite good for the first half of the results. After seeing the semi results though I was floored- 4th!!! Almost my other finalists only scraped through (15th or something at most) so it makes sense they flopped in the final. What the hell guys, did you all get bored of my song that quickly? :P

I was so close to pointing Suede, I think I swapped him out last minute- this is so tense. :o

Thanks Lotti, Ben, Dan, chris and anyone I missed! :o

Thanks Lotunia!!!! First 18 of the year. :o

Thanks Jade! :wub: