Chez Wombat

Oh wow not last, we are moving! Thank you to John and Spiceboy <3 Laurie Anderson doesn't deserve to be last though, even if I didn't quite vote for it, it was still very unique.

Oh my, a point!! We are on the way, thank you Herbs <3

Oh my, am I about to join Jester in the 0 Points club? This is quite an against type entry from me, I discovered it through being the theme song to The Leftovers (a show I was really enjoying, but sadly haven't been able to continue it because I don't have access to Sky anymore, maybe one day!) and I really liked the simple, string-laden composition and the lyrics, while fitting the show very well, also have a great faith-based theme of just letting some mysteries stay hidden and enjoy the time you have. Saying that, I can't say I'm that surprised it's not doing that well, it's more of a grower than an instant standout and this was a very crowded field with some big names, I hope at least one person kind of liked it...! Anyway, a wonderful entry from Jade, that was a great example of 60s experimental pop. That's also a great top 3 of which I voted for all of them (and Dolly was lovely too, Iit may have hit me a bit more than expected had I waited a few more days to vote!)

Do It Again isn't one of Chem Bros best at all, it's pretty basic. The Loving Kind on the other hand is one of GA's best songs so I'm gonna be predictable Buzzjack this time x

I think this speaks for the decline of prime time terrestrial TV more than anything that they're out of ideas and looking backwards. I'm not convinced that people are really pining for it and the backstage manipulation and treatment of contestants is widely known these days, plus it's one of those shows that was just too big and of it's time that you can never replicate it. I can't see any way that it won't just be a continuation of the later series that no one cared about.

Yes, I'd be good with today! Also, I don't know if this is affecting anyone else but it was brought to my attention by a few people that if they clicked the links in the first post on mobile, it revealed the google account that sent it, thus in some cases revealing the poster. Apparently, this is a new feature on the mobile app which I guess tracks when you paste the link anywhere else on Google or otherwise, who asked for it I don't know, but unfortunately I can't fix it, unless everyone turns the feature off: Just a slight PSA in case that ends up other anonymous song contests on here x

2013 was another very memorable year for me, my second year of uni and also my first one where I held down a job back of house in a theme park restaurant near my uni, not a particualrly glamorous one but did feel like my first taste of proper adulthood, the main thing I associate it with however was that we had Kiss FM on all the time and it is that which made me really, really hate commercial radio and some of the hits of the year sadly got permanently tainted. Although that doesn't reflect my overall opinion towards the music of 2013, as I really liked it as a whole and the number 1s list are generally very good with a lot of memories attached to them. Blurred Lines, as the biggest song of the year, probably falls in that category, but there's definitely other reasons why I have very little inclination to listen to it which are pretty well documented these days. I think this is the sort of thing that #MeToo just made us all have a wake up call on, and it just sounds even worse coming from three grown married men, some of which had children. The song itself is OK outside of that, but I was never that into it even at the time, Pharrel had far better productions and I think the issue is Robin Thicke himself is dull and not really a standout artist in the genre at all, he got lucky with this one but it's telling that there was almost nothing after (as the lead artist anyway). Wouldn't quite rank bottom, but not far off. I've never had strong opinions on the One Direction cover, it's fine for what it is and they were always going to be first choice for the Comic Relief single but it's pretty pointless and the mash-up doesn't work at all, adding nothing to either track. David Cameron appearing in the video as Prime Minister really does feel like a lifetime ago though!

Thanks for the streaming playlists, a YouTube one is now in the second post too. I've discovered through that that ThunderBae's link was linked to a different song by that artist (called GAY ALICE IN WONDERLAND, which sounds intriguing x), it's taken from the form so assume it was just a mistake and it's corrected now, but alert for the two voters so far in case you were using the links x

Oh that's quite a nasty surprise </3 I didn't see that coming given she was still fairly active musically recently. RIP, obviously a legend of country music and such a great personality too.

Aw, a shame that Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma couldn't get top 10 (although might be a comparable opening actually?), I guess it hasn't attracted quite as much buzz as I Saw the TV Glow and they are still quite a niche director, but I preferred this one and this was one of my favourite watches of the year (an acquired taste somewhat, but definitely one I share).

Depeche Mode - Blasphemous Rumours Nik Kershaw - The Riddle Tears For Fears - Shout Band Aid - Do They Know It's Christmas? Sal Solo - San Damiano (Heart And Soul) Honourable mentions of course to 🐸 and 🐘

Copy Pasteble list for voting 1. Purity Ring - imanocean 2. Mary Ocher (feat. Your Government) - Sympathize 3. Janet Jackson - What About 4. Cher - You Better Sit Down Kids 5. The Real Group - Chili Con Carne 6. QT - Hey QT 7. Thunder Bae - ARCHANGEL 8. Ashnikko - Liquid 9. Daniela Lalita - Pisoteo 10. Morgana - Fix Your Heart For Free 11. HMLTD - Stained 12. Suki Waterhouse – Back In Love 13. O FUTURE - I Forgive You 14. Indiana - Smoking Gun 15. Ane Brun - Don't Run And Hide 16. Lisa Mitchell - Coin Laundry 17. FiFi ZHANG and dazegxd - Fallen Angel 18. Ennaria - UGLY 19. 10cc - Une Nuit A Paris 20. JMSN - Soft Spot 21. Goldielocks - Provocateur 22. Lido Pimienta - Marea 23. AE MAK - Let's Do It 24. Army of Lovers - Israelism 25. Mulaa Joan - Members Only 26. CHARLOT - Time Travelling 27. Natalia Lafourcade - Azul 28. Diet Cig - Scene Sick 29. Nadah El Shazly - Ghorzetein 30. My Brightest Diamond - Pressure 31. Ruusut - Yhen Toisen 32. Black Boboi - Red Mind Streaming Apple Music Apple Music - Web PlayerArt Pop - The Weird and Wonderful by Jarrod Schofield on...Playlist · 32 SongsSpotify YouTube Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tjWuQ2dO-qM&list=PLYwqw8Rs5Cv0 Voters So Far Addy! AllStarbySmashMouth Chez Wombat DaTilt Dobbo gooddelta HarryInnanen Herbs Jade Jaz13Music jimwatts Juan Carlos Julian King Rollo Lee_J11 Mango matto Nine 3/4 pavi Scene Spiceboy Tafty uhsting vibe WoW73

After a gruelling (for some of you it seems, sorry x) confirmation phase, I'm pleased to say we now have 32 weird and wonderful art pieces to admire. Please familiarise yourself with the list of songs below and send me (Chez Wombat) a PM with your ten favourite songs in the Eurovision voting format: 12; Your favourite 10; Your second favourite 08; 07; 06; 05; 04; 03; 02; 01; Your tenth favourite This is an anonymous contest so please do not reveal or hint at what your song is until you are revealed in the final results show. Additionally, please do not vote for yourself. Anyone can vote in this contest so if you missed confirmations or couldn't find anything, feel free to listen and vote. Participants however are required to vote and if they do not vote, they will face a 33.3% deduction to their entry's score in the final results. Late voters may also receive a deduction of 15%. The deadline for all votes is two weeks from now - Sunday 6th September 23:59, that gives you two weekends and one bank holiday one so no excuses! Results will follow shortly after this. Please see below the varying shades of avant-garde entered, with a classic piece of Pop Art to accompany them x Purity Ring - imanocean Mary Ocher (feat. Your Government) - Sympathize Janet Jackson - What About Cher - You Better Sit Down Kids The Real Group - Chili Con Carne QT - Hey QT Thunder Bae - ARCHANGEL Ashnikko - Liquid Daniela Lalita - Pisoteo Morgana - Fix Your Heart For Free HMLTD - Stained Suki Waterhouse – Back In Love O FUTURE - I Forgive You Indiana - Smoking Gun Ane Brun - Don't Run And Hide Lisa Mitchell - Coin Laundry FiFi ZHANG and dazegxd - Fallen Angel Ennaria - UGLY 10cc - Une Nuit A Paris JMSN - Soft Spot Goldielocks - Provocateur Lido Pimienta - Marea AE MAK - Let's Do It Army of Lovers - Israelism Mulaa Joan - Members Only CHARLOT - Time Travelling Natalia Lafourcade - Azul Diet Cig - Scene Sick Nadah El Shazly - Ghorzetein My Brightest Diamond - Pressure Ruusut - Yhen Toisen Black Boboi - Red Mind

I'm not going to have a chance to put the thread up until at least this evening and we're awaiting one replacement, so if anyone wants to sneak in a last minute entry today until then, I won't object, but please no artists that have had significant song contest success here before!

Ooft, 4th in the semi! That definitely was a very lucky draw for my song though so not that surprised it didn't fully cross over (and one of my big fans didn't vote </3)

Wow, not even close in the end! I did wonder if it was a deceiving reveal order when it wasn't order of receipt x Congrats Iz on finally getting that long awaited BJSC win! A fantastic song to do it with, was very instant with the vocals and production working so well together and the FKA Twigs vibes. Very pleased to see Lentyll, FSR Rontvia, Bronzil and Fljotavik in the top 10 too. I cannot seem to break this 20s and 30s deadlock recently but that is my second best result of the year so I'll take it I guess! Thank you for all who voted! It's not the most distinctive post rock I've sent admittedly, but something like this is always worth a send x Thank you for the very efficient hosting, Harve!

it's got to be time for Seyetana surely!

Thank you for the generous points so far, Aelandor and Danaeviia in particular <3 I expect the top will change a bit later on but some great stuff at the top of the scoreboard!

Last day to confirm! We're up to 30 entries so this is already the highest number of participants in a PFSC contest I've hosted, great stuff x There will likely be at least one more veto to come, but until you hear, please assume no news is good news x

Oh hooray, I was really missing more non-stories about these two x

Yes, the entries will be subject to checking by the mods, as always, I would advise everyone prepare a back-up! (naming no names x) Two days to go to confirm and we're up to 26 entries.

Bob Dylan was my second choice with Desolation Row from Highway 61 Revisited (all 12 minutes of it x), but I figured we'd just had another cut from him last contest, surprised no one else went for him though!

Don't You Worry Child was a massive favourite for me back in my uni days and I indeed ranked it as my favourite song of the year at the time, the production is typically excellent from them and John Martin's vocals are perfectly suited to the epic and poignant tone (that opened the floodgates to him being used a lot on these type of songs at the time!), especially as at the time it was genuinely their last song, it didn't quite last as an all time favourite, it's a little of it's time and maybe the fact they got back together dampens it's impact, but listening to it now, it still sounds really good and will always take me right back to that time in my life and I'll always be very fond of it. Titanium also still sounds fantastic, I was really shocked Guetta had something like this in him given the other songs on the album, Sia's a bit cursed these days, but I agree no one could deliver that chorus as well as she does, an all time classic dance song. We Are Young was the other song I was referring to earlier along with Gotye and Carly with huge hits coming pretty much out of nowhere, it's one I liked more at the time, but it's still a great, anthemic song. Feel the Love still sounds great, it has that same warm and rousing energy that Don't You Worry Child and has some gorgeous drum'n'bass production. This is definitely their peak for me, I've found them quite hit and miss otherwise. So yes, very much approve of that top 4! In fact, my top 10 would be near enough unchanged from yours. Coldplay - Paradise Swedish House Mafia feat. John Martin - Don't You Worry Child David Guetta feat. Sia - Titanium Rudimental feat. John Newman - Feel the Love Carly Rae Jepsen - Call Me Maybe Florence & The Machine - Spectrum (Say My Name) fun. feat. Janelle Monae - We Are Young Gotye feat. Kimbra - Somebody That I Used to Know (bit of a drop off after this!) PSY - Gangnam Style Gabrielle Aplin - The Power of Love Thanks for this RFC, been a great read and was wonderful to revisit this year, looking forward to 2013 x

Prince And The Revolution - Purple Rain Sade - Smooth Operator The Cars - Drive Giorgio Moroder With Philip Oakey - Together In Electric Dreams Chaka Khan - I Feel For You U2 & Limahl just outside

Stop reading the Daily Mail comments section and look at real evidence. PIP does need reforming, but only because atm it's so hard and complex to access and only really for those that know the system and are persistent. Severe cases are getting turned down due to absurd evidence requirements and Starmer's government didn't exactly help it by making it even harder (that was the point of no return for him for me personally). Getting rid of it solves nothing and will only lead to increased demands of the system as cases of SEN in children and vulnerable adults are rising every year.