Song Contest Part XVI, Host: ???, Theme:???, Noms Due: ???

[Harvey Manfrenjensenden]

This keeps getting better

 

[Hoos]

Ann Lennox OBE (born 25 December 1954) is a Scottish singer-songwriter, political activist and philanthropist. After achieving moderate success in the late 1970s as part of the new wave band The Tourists, she and fellow musician Dave Stewart went on to achieve international success in the 1980s as Eurythmics. Appearing in the 1983 music video for “Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)” with orange cropped hair and wearing a man's business suit, the BBC states, "all eyes were on Annie Lennox, the singer whose powerful androgynous look defied the male gaze".[1] Subsequent hits with Eurythmics include "There Must Be an Angel (Playing with My Heart)" and "Here Comes the Rain Again".

Lennox embarked on a solo career in 1992 with her debut album, Diva, which produced several hit singles including "Why" and "Walking on Broken Glass". The same year, she performed "Love Song for a Vampire" for Bram Stoker's Dracula. Her 1995 studio album, Medusa, includes "No More I Love You's" and "A Whiter Shade of Pale". To date, she has released six solo studio albums and a compilation album, The Annie Lennox Collection (2009). With eight Brit Awards, which includes being named Best British Female Artist a record six times, Lennox has been named the "Brits Champion of Champions".[2] She has also collected four Grammy Awards and an MTV Video Music Award. In 2002, Lennox received a Billboard Century Award; the highest accolade from Billboard magazine.[3] In 2004, she received both the Golden Globe and the Academy Award for Best Original Song for "Into the West", written for the soundtrack to the feature film The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King.

Lennox's vocal range is contralto.[4][5][6] She has been named "The Greatest White Soul Singer Alive" by VH1 and one of The 100 Greatest Singers of All Time by Rolling Stone.[7] In 2012, she was rated No. 22 on VH1's 100 Greatest Women in Music.[8] She has earned the distinction of "most successful female British artist in UK music history". As of June 2008, including her work with Eurythmics, Lennox had sold over 80 million records worldwide.[9] As part of a one-hour symphony of British Music, Lennox performed "Little Bird" during the 2012 Summer Olympics closing ceremony in London. At the 2015 Ivor Novello Awards, Lennox was made a fellow of the British Academy of Songwriters, Composers and Authors, the first woman to receive the honour.[10][11]

In addition to her career as a musician, Lennox is also a political and social activist, notable for raising money and awareness for HIV/ AIDS as it affects women and children in Africa. In 2011, Lennox was appointed an OBE by Queen Elizabeth II for her "tireless charity campaigns and championing of humanitarian causes". On 4 June 2012 she performed at the Queen's Diamond Jubilee Concert in front of Buckingham Palace. In 2017, Lennox was appointed Glasgow Caledonian University's first female chancellor.[12]

Thank you for that. I'm sure _Rake_ was sitting in the edge of his crevice waiting for it.

 

[raskolnikov]

And I thought I was antique in the way I counted votes.

 

[TubbsFarquhar]

5. I Was a King - Norman Bleik
4. JJ Cale - After Midnight
3. The Turtles - Elenore
2. The White Stripes - Hotel Yorba
1. Cliff Haywood - Whirlpools

Billy: Brand New - The Shower Scene Music

Nothing will change so here are what would've been my votes.

 

[por_please_ya]

I went to nom the following, decided not to, and then heard it on the shopping center radio literally 20 mins later as I was getting lunch. It was weird.

Would have gotten votes from me!!

 

[GreyCrow]

I cant wait for the Adam Sandler picture from WHO magazine

 

[Harvey Manfrenjensenden]

Nothing will change so here are what would've been my votes.

You should be DQ'd for those votes

 

[TubbsFarquhar]

You should be DQ'd for those votes

I rushed them.

 

[DroopStDanny]

Excuse me? Check your PMs.

 

[Harvey Manfrenjensenden]

I like your hand writing DroopStDanny

 

[Plugger35]

Interesting way of releasing results.

 

[SM]

What is going on?

 

[SM]

I think my WW game is more normal than this.

 

[TubbsFarquhar]

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You hadn't started posting results yet so I thought I would've gotten away with it... Christ knows how many times Back One Out should've been DQed by now.

 

[Harvey Manfrenjensenden]

You hadn't started posting results yet so I thought I would've gotten away with it... Christ knows how many times Back One Out should've been DQed by now.

Rules are rules mate

 

[DroopStDanny]

Drunk Goliath wins with 29 votes and no Billies. **** you all.

 

[TubbsFarquhar]

Rules are rules mate

Maybe all future hosts should take a leaf out of Droopy's book and not count any votes posted after deadline, even if it's by a minute.

 

[Back One Out]

You hadn't started posting results yet so I thought I would've gotten away with it...
Christ knows how many times Back One Out should've been DQed by now.

Have a cry, why don'tcha?

When was the last time you actually gave the playlist a proper listen and submitted decent votes anyway?

You've been going through the motions for months

 

[SM]

Drunk Goliath wins with 29 votes and no Billies. fu** you all.

Is this a melt?

 

[Harvey Manfrenjensenden]

Maybe all future hosts should take a leaf out of Droopy's book and not count any votes posted after deadline, even if it's by a minute.

I would hope they do.

In fact I think we should go over past results and retrospectively DQ anyone who has broken the rules in the past

 

[Plugger35]

This results release puts Wonka to shame.

At least he gives us a rough idea of where our songs finished.

 

[SM]

Maybe all future hosts should take a leaf out of Droopy's book and not count any votes posted after deadline, even if it's by a minute.

Is this a melt?

 

[Harvey Manfrenjensenden]

Drunk Goliath wins with 29 votes and no Billies. fu** you all.

Best results ever

 

[SM]

Theme DG?

 

[TubbsFarquhar]

Have a cry, why don'tcha?

When was the last time you actually gave the playlist a proper listen and submitted decent votes anyway?

You've been going through the motions for months

Maybe you're right, I'm a habitual person and this is something I've done for nearly 5 years when it started (aside from a few rounds). Doing the updates and updating the billies/podiums plays a part in this but a hiatus is probably what I need to actually listen and submit decent votes again without having to rush at the last minute.