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Barcelona 3-0 Benfica Bayer Leverkusen 1-2 Bayern Munich Inter Milan 2-0 Feyenoord Liverpool 1-1 PSG Lille 1-1 Borussia Dortmund Arsenal 2-0 PSV Eindhoven Aston Villa 2-0 Club Brugge Atletico Madrid 1-1 Real Madrid

Round 1: 33 The Tom Robinson Band Round 2: 36 Desmond Dekker 3 in 10: 2 Orinoco Flow, Anywhere Is

I would like to put the deadline date for entries to the 20th Century Retro Song Contest onto the calendar (Upcoming events) but I'm getting the message "Oops! The page you are trying to access is not available for your account". I also normally put the date for the synctube session for the contest on the calendar as well. Would it be possible to allow moderators to add events to the calendar?

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Round 1: 27 Yvonne Elliman, Good Luck Charm, the year Round 2: 18 The Persuaders, Could It Be I'm Falling In Love, the year, Franklin, Horses Tie-break: 1 out of 2 3 in 10: 3 The Cutter, The Killing Moon, Nothing Lasts Forever

The same applies to my 'Record Of The Week 60 Years Ago' thread which I started in 2021. Each week, I embedded the video for the song I chose to be record of the week but all the other new entries for that week just had the URL link. After the upgrade, all the old posts now have every link embedded so my one line reviews for each song are a bit lost in between the large pictures.

4th - 10th March 1965 28. The 'In' Crowd - Dobie Gray https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ICi5pz48tk0 This attempt to replicate the Motown sound by a minor label falls a bit flat for me. He sings it well enough but there's something missing. It will be his only top 40 hit though he will come close to another one in ten years time, falling just two places away. 31. The Last Time - The Rolling Stones https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bbjMuuTAZZM The first single by them they wrote themselves and it will be their third number 1. The recurring guitar riff is my favourite part of the song and it could easily have won the award in another week. 34. In The Meantime - Georgie Fame and the Blue Flames https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GfYf07HYfqc The follow-up to his number 1 keeps to the same sound but slightly slower in pace and not as distinctive. It will fall short of the top 20. Record of the week : 35. Concrete And Clay - Unit Four Plus Two A really catchy melody on this one and I like the Latin style guitar sound and rhythm so it beats the Stones' single. Helped by Kenny Everett on pirate radio, the song by the Hertfordshire group will really take off and go all the way to number 1.

Round 1: 33 Faith Hill, More Than A Woman Round 2: 33 Do Anything You Wanna Do, the year 3 in 10: 3 My Coo Ca Choo, Jealous Mind, I Feel Like Buddy Holly

If anyone is looking for another Reinvention spinoff, confirmations are now open for the song contest in the 20th Century Retro forum which has a similar theme this time, it's Cover Versions. The cover can be from any era with the original being a top 40 hit from the 20th Century.

Well done on the double 39, John. Round 1: 33 9 million, the year Round 2: 36 The year 3 in 10: 3 Kon Tiki, Wonderful Land, Apache

There are lots of songs like The Sun Ain't Gonna Shine Anymore, He Ain't Heavy He's My Brother and Without You that have obscure original versions and then a much more well known cover. I'm not sure whether or not we should allow covers of songs like that so I'll wait to see what Severin and the other mods think.

Here's a reminder of the songs entered to the two BJSC Reinvention spinoff contests. The ones that fit the criteria of this new contest would all be vetoed for being entered before so please avoid them. 01 .: 242 :. Unovia // Delta Goodrem - I Believe In A Thing Called Love 02 .: 229 :. Skall // Blood Diamonds - Phone Sex (feat. Grimes) (Unicorn Kid Remix) 03 .: 194 :. Altyr Muunilinst // Nick Talos - Heartbeat 04 .: 188 :. Séyetana // Baracuda - Where Is The Love (Nightcore Club Mix) 05 .: 181 :. Deandria // Owsey & Resotone - Broke My Promise & Stared To The Sea 06 .: 178 :. Hendinia // Lazy Town - Cooking By The Book (feat. Lil Jon) 07 .: 170 :. Danaelanda // Cappa (feat. Jon Santana) - No Scrubs 08 .: 163 :. Hushkanukia // Tinashe and Sophia Grace - Best Friends On Deck 09 .: 153 :. Avalonia // Within Temptation - Dirty Dancer 10 .: 152 :. Ramrynia // Gabrielle Aplin & Bastille - Dreams 11 .: 149 :. Federal Republic of Ashton // Mutya Keisha Siobhan - Lay Down In Swimming Pools 12 .: 146 :. Yehesi // Samantha Jade - Heartless 13 .: 139 :. N DNTN // Justin Bieber - What Do You Mean It's 1985? (33% deduction) 14 .: 134 :. Fljótavík // Ólafur Arnalds feat. Arnór Dan - Say My Name 15 .: 130 :. Terra Avium // Pendulum - Violet Hill 16 .: 128 :. FSR Rontvia // Scala & Kolacny Brothers - Barbie Girl 17 .: 123 :. Cor Lupus // Sofia Carson - Love Is The Name 18 .: 122 :. Harmonica // The Amity Affliction - Born To Die 19 .: 120 :. Taahino // Fall Out Boy - Fourth of July 20 .: 118 :. Brechtoria // Dimitri Vegas / Like Mike vs Sander Van Doorn - Project T 21 .: 112 :. Persephonia // Dissonance - Born Sick 22 .: 105 :. Botanikka // Sharon Doorson - Touch Me There 23 .: 101 :. Cadelicia // Henrik the Artist - Perfect Workout 24 .: 094 :. Ultraviolenceland // Jennifer Ann - Mad World 25 .: 092 :. D'yermak'er // Autre Ne Veut - Little Red Corvette 26 .: 090 :. Flynnonda // PostmodenJuxebox feat. Ashley Stroud - Fancy 27 .: 078 :. Jadakissnia // CROSSPARTY - Midnight City (vs. M83) 28 .: 068 :. Thelonia // Collin McLoughlin - Titanium (Anton Ishutin Edit) 29 .: 066 :. Aeroche // Bassnectar (feat. Nelly Furtado) - Magical World 30 .: 065 :. Suedeonia // Holland and the Jogging Tree - Joan of Arc 31 .: 064 :. Quintessa // Gossip - Careless Whisper (9 votes) 32 .: 064 :. Aelandor // Patty Walters - Story Of My Life (7 votes) 33 .: 059 :. Pupok // No Frills Twins - Milkshake/212 Mashup 34 .: 058 :. Ethanola // Cupcakes - Captain Obvious 35 .: 048 :. Triangledonia // Jasmine Thompson - Do It Now (Montis Remix) 36 .: 034 :. Ojnoj // Keri Hilson - Do It 37 .: 019 :. St. Burbia // BATTS - What Is Love 38 .: 013 :. Mulgracia // Blondee, Marc Werner & Fabienne Rothe - Wonderful Days (33% deduction) Me First and the Gimme Gimmes - Believe Swingrowers - Mr Sandman Notize ft Fura - Demons II Tori Amos - Smells Like Teen Spirit Black Banshee - Teen Pregnancy CUT - Papaoutai Alex Christensen & The Berlin Orchestra - L'amour Toujours Tinchy Stryder ft Melanie Fiona - Let It Rain Weezer ft Hayley Williams - Rainbow Colection Seycara Orchestra - Shelter GIA - Straight Up Astrea - You're Not Alone MNEK - White Noise Bear McCreary - All Along The Watchtower Emmanuel Seigner - You Think You're A Man Groove Coverage - Moonlight Shadow Teemid ft Alva Heldt - If You Had My Love AAA Girls - Heather Slumberjack - Paper Planes BTS - Fake Love Sibewest - The Colour Lane 8 - Every Night Tigerstyle - Nachna Onda Nei Campsite Dream - Dreams The Beta Band - Squares Peter Gabriel - Heroes Hannah Grace - Praise You Starley - Touch Me Patrick Topping - Be Sharp Say Nowt Abacus ft Cimone - Everybody's Got To Learn Sometime Unicq - Mercy Utada Hikaru - Final Distance IOI - Whatta Man

I've entered a great cover version I had ready for this.

Round 1: 30 The year, Aha Round 2: 30 Girlie Girlie, Lulu 6 out of 8 on the tie-break questions 3 in 10: 3 Electric Avenue, Gimme Hope Jo'anna, I Don't Wanna Dance

25th February - 3rd March 1965 13. Silhouettes - Herman's Hermits https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IT3hCkp_nnU A decent mid-tempo song but not one that I'll remember for too long. After their second hit only reached number 19, this cover of a song from 1957 will do much better and get as high as number 3. 17. I'll Stop At Nothing - Sandie Shaw https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JjqnzUGytIM This will be another top 5 hit for Sandie and she sings it well but not as good overall as the first two. 31. Golden Lights - Twinkle https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S76TECd53dc Twinkle's follow-up to 'Terry' is another one she wrote herself and she puts plenty of personality into her vocal. A shame she will have no more top 40 hits. 32. Honey I Need - The Pretty Things https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QWMmU9vPmYw The second hit for this group is another edgy raw blues song with quite a long guitar solo. 33. I Apologise - PJ Proby https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DLw50yeqUCk A song that goes back to 1931. This cover has some rather strained vocals, not very enjoyable at all. 36. Can't You Hear My Heart Beat - Goldie and The Gingerbreads https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OASMq5dH0lc This is an American all female rock band so hats off to them for being pioneers even if the song itself isn't very good. It will be their only UK hit. Record of the week: 40. I Can't Explain - The Who There will be better to come from The Who but this still beats everything else this week. There some good use of backing vocals to support Roger Daltrey's lead and the instrumentation would have sounded very modern at the time. The band's first hit single will go as high as number 8.

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Thanks, and well done on your 39 today. Round 1: 39 😀 Round 2: 39 😀 3 in 10: 3 Valentine, Heart And Soul, China In Your Hand

50 singles have made it to the final. Which one will be crowned as the forum's favourite number 7 single? When you post your vote, please give 50 points to your favourite down to 1 point for your least favourite. Please put your favourite at the top of your list. You must give a score to each song for your vote to count. You have two weeks to vote. The finalists: The Beach Boys - I Get Around The Supremes - Stop! In The Name Of Love Al Green - Let's Stay Together The Bellamy Brothers - Let Your Love Flow Dolly Parton - Jolene Wild Cherry - Play That Funky Music Chic - Le Freak Queen - Another One Bites The Dust Abba - Lay All Your Love On Me The Cure - The Love Cats Grandmaster and Melle Mel - White Lines (Don't Don't Do It) Kirsty MacColl - A New England Simple Minds - Don't You (Forget About Me) Pet Shop Boys - Domino Dancing Billy Joel - We Didn't Start The Fire The Doors - Light My Fire Nirvana - Smells Like Teen Spirit U2 - One R.E.M. - Everybody Hurts Radiohead - Creep Oasis - Cigarettes And Alcohol Green Day - Basket Case Pulp - Disco 2000 Alanis Morissette - Head Over Feet Daft Punk - Da Funk / Musique The Verve - Lucky Man LeAnn Rimes - How Do I Live The Cardigans - Erase/Rewind Dr. Dre featuring Eminem - Forgot About Dre Britney Spears - Stronger Toploader - Dancing In The Moonlight The Ones - Flawless Aqualung – Strange and Beautiful (I'll Put a Spell On You) Sugababes – Stronger / Angels With Dirty Faces Avril Lavigne – I'm With You The White Stripes – Seven Nation Army t.A.T.u. - Not Gonna Get Us Evanescence – My Immortal The Bravery - An Honest Mistake Kelly Clarkson - Because Of You The Kooks – She Moves in Her Own Way Madonna – Get Together Amy Winehouse - Rehab Klaxons – Golden Skans Gossip – Standing In The Way of Control Editors – Smokers Outside The Hospital Doors Lady Gaga - Alejandro Swedish House Mafia featuring Pharrell – One (Your Name) Alan Walker - Faded Jade - Angel Of My Dreams Closing date - Sunday 16th March

39th place

Well done Dan, I put your song in third place so I'm pleased to see it winning this. Thanks Kath for the excellent hosting job and to everyone who gave points to Museless.

And so these are the 25 qualifiers, in chronological order: Stop! In The Name Of Love Jolene The Love Cats Don't You (Forget About Me) Light My Fire Smells Like Teen Spirit One Everybody Hurts Cigarettes And Alcohol Basket Case Disco 2000 How Do I Live Erase/Rewind Stronger Flawless Stronger / Angels With Dirty Faces Not Gonna Get Us My Immortal An Honest Mistake Because Of You Rehab Golden Skans Standing In The Way Of Control Alejandro Faded

26. Suede - Animal Nitrate 219pts Writers - Brett Anderson, Bernard Butler Top points - My...Tuppence!! 25, dandy* 24, marcinjaro 23 This finishes just one point below the song in 25th place. It would have needed two more points to qualify as a score of 220 would have seen it lose a tie-break on the number of votes. Released in 1993, Animal Nitrate was Suede's first top 10 single.

27. Elton John - Your Song 216pts Writers - Elton John, Bernie Taupin Top points - Campbell 24, Julian_ 21, Boymetworld91 19 It was a surprise to me that this just scraped into the semi-finals, finishing in 100th place in the first round, just a point above the cut-off point. It's not as lucky this time, just missing out on a place in the final. It was Elton John's eighth single release but the first to reach the top 40. It was voted by the British public as their favourite Elton John song in a 2017 ITV poll. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CrznwpD-2tk

28. Crowded House - Weather With You 215pts Writers - Neil Finn, Tim Finn Top points - Chez Wombat 23, Jaz13music 19, jimwatts 19 From 1992, this was Crowded House's biggest hit and only top 10 single. It only has about a third of the total Spotify streams of 'Don't Dream It's Over' which failed to reach the top 20.

29. Madness - One Step Beyond 214pts Writer - Cecil Campbell Top points - Liamski689 24, Uls2000 23, jargon 23 One Step Beyond was first recorded by Prince Buster in 1964 as a B-side to his single 'Al Capone'. Madness' cover version in 1979 gave them their second top 40 hit.