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(Apologies for AI but am on my phone and couldn’t resist)

I edited as it gave too much away… PM me with the song and we’ll consider it though

Yes, I certainly had solo tracks in mind when I thought of the theme

Welcome to the 14th edition of the retro forum's song contest. For this edition we're going a bit back to basics and reverting back to the genre based themes that earlier contests had in the form of singer songwriter. Whilst racking my brains for a style that I could use, it occurred to me that this is a genre that isn't often well represented in Buzzjack song contests. This felt like the perfect place to choose it seeing as the genre was very well represented in the 20th century and hopefully may result in quite a range of potential entries across the decades. As with all editions in this forum, we're looking for entries to have been released before the year 2000. We don't enforce a strict set of rules, however please do try not to send anything that is too well known - a general rule is that a top 10 single will be a definite no, a top 20 may be side-eyed but smaller hits will likely be okay unless they've gone on to become much more popular for any reason. The same principle applies with artists, anyone is fine but if you choose someone who is well known then try to go for an album track or something that you don't think everyone else will have already heard. Please do try and avoid hugely popular albums also though, for example it's very unlikely that we'll accept anything from an album as famous as Jagged Little Pill or The Hounds of Love. The song you choose must have been both written by and performed by the artist. There's no strict restriction on genre but try to stick within the spirit of the theme - ie no out and out pop song where the singer has a writing credit for improvising a 'yeah' noise after the second verse. The mod team will review all entries and if we decide to veto anything then we'll let you know as soon as possible so that you have time to find an alternate entry. Please PM me with the details of the song you'd like to confirm, I'll require: Artist name: Track title: Video link: You've got a week to confirm so entries need to be with me by close of Saturday 15th August. Look forward to seeing what you come up with. D* Edit: it turns out this edition has such a wide scope that virtually everyone has found songs that didn’t chart. The mods have decided to ask that charting songs are avoided altogether, unless the Spotify count is really low.

This is a lovely entry Julian, really like it <3 Hopefully it will stand out and do well for you again

Ps a little ironically, I actually use google AI each month to let me know if anything seems AI generated

It is quite obvious this time. Feel a little bit sorry for who sent it as I suspect they won’t have intentionally done it

Just listening to the vinyl of this for the first time (yes I know) and my god it sounds stunning

I’ve just double checked and my random day was a Saturday so it will be exciting to see the post TOTP effect

Is it the best selling acts between 10am and 2pm on 5th April 1986?

Welcome back Mart!n, it's nice to see Kylienips back in the contest after such a long break <3

(or in the terms that Rob and I have been speaking in this thread, it reminds me of discovering a song whilst being chased by Christians through Poundland)

I haven't updated my country thread for many years now so I just want to mention the back story for the track I've entered this month in here instead if that's okay, so that it at least makes sense. I don't expect it to be to everyone's taste by any means, but hopefully if you find it a trial (assuming of course that it survives the skip through a couple of minutes test!!!) then this will at least explain the meaning behind it. Cain Culto is the stage name of an ex-pastor from Kentucky, formerly Andrew Padilla. He grew up in a typical US church environment and was brought up by his family to be a religious leader and a violinist within a christian group... before he eventually came out to his family and church, who in turn very much cast him out as the "devil". I've been following him for a year or two and he makes music in quite a lot of styles (see his fabulous track last year from Jupiterdonia with Sudan Archives <3 ) but this one is deliberately a composition that blends his Kentucky church musical roots with the frantic experience of gradually realising he was viewed as a sinner and the tensions it has caused him... and his subsequent journey as he has pursued a new path within the LGBTQ+ community. It's an extreme version of something I relate to growing up in a christian environment so I decided this had to be the one when I was doing my last minute trawl before the semis closed <3 Admittedly my own journey sadly involved far less rolling around in my pants, although I'd like to think at times it did contain equally fabulous footwear.

Dance remains song of the year material, it’s a crime that it didn’t smash. But I’ll be happy enough if this does instead

Yep! Who cares how long the song is. It’s all about whether you discovered it in Skegness

Love or hate them, an average single sales figure of over 800K is very impressive. They deserve the title.

It’s like discovering a song in the frozen Italian ready meals section of Iceland

Oh please. There isn’t anything exotic about sending something as a result of going to Benidorm 🤭 It’s like claiming you’re continental because you first heard it shopping in the middle aisle of aldi

Did we really? Which song was that?

I’m not expecting anything at all for FLJ this contest. I do like the artist I’ve sent, but he’s very art and I’m not expecting that to translate too well. I almost didn’t submit anything when I realised I was almost out of time but I couldn’t bring myself to miss a Skall contest <3

Sophia Stel <3 The amount of times I’ve almost sent All My Friends Are Models, it’s one of my biggest BJSC regrets not sending it as it’s grown into a real fave.

Just as an aside, I’ve always thought Love Sensation sounds very out of place on the album. It doesn’t fit with the songs either side of it at all, I’m convinced it was added at the 11th hour because they wanted a more commercial sounding song

I think it’s better than the original!

THIS!!! Loser is one of the weaker tracks on the album for me, it’s alright but End of Summer is so much better

Fully deserved! One of the best pop albums ever, they really brought out the best in each other <3