Song Contest Part XXII, Host: Ocha905, Theme: Favourite Genre, Noms Due: Thursday 9pm AEST Time

[Lunchlady Doris]

update: Harp - I am the seed, has been removed from the playlist at the request of the nommer, so we're down to 21 just in case people were wondering where a nom had disappeared to [hadn't received anything so no harm done]

Apologies to Stokey too who only missed cutoff last night by ~15 or so minutes from the looks of things.

vote update: The Two Ronnies outro is on 5 votes, despite not being part of the playlist

Whaaaa? That was on my shortlist

 

[TubbsFarquhar]

Hopefully for Jonathan Richman's sake that the lesbian bar had a fire exit.

 

[TubbsFarquhar]

Whaaaa? That was on my shortlist

Yeah, that was in my votes, or was going to be.

 

[myblueroan]

I was shocked by the songlist this week. Thought it would be new quality songs to discover from a diverse range of listening SC'ers.
Instead with the exception of a few good ones, thought I'd wandered in to a 'worst eurovison styled songs ever' theme.

Obviously just my take. Could not relate to most songs, and could not bring myself to vote for them. Apologies to the few songs I really liked and got to 'discover'. Thanks Spuddy for being so sweet about it too.

 

[Fossie 32]

I was shocked by the songlist this week. Thought it would be new quality songs to discover from a diverse range of listening SC'ers.
Instead with the exception of a few good ones, thought I'd wandered in to a 'worst eurovison styled songs ever' theme.

Obviously just my take. Could not relate to most songs, and could not bring myself to vote for them. Apologies to the few songs I really liked and got to 'discover'. Thanks Spuddy for being so sweet about it too.

Ahh well plenty of room for improvement then

 

[myblueroan]

Ahh well plenty of room for improvement then

Yep. That's my tantie done and dusted for this week

 

[RedmanWasHere]

My votes have landed.

Billy vote was hard.

If it wasn't compulsory, this round would've been a B free round for me.

 

[myblueroan]

My votes have landed.

Billy vote was hard.

If it wasn't compulsory, this round would've been a B free round for me.

I am hopelessly out of step with the majority taste around here

 

[Saint]

I am hopelessly out of step with the majority taste around here

No, I thought the same. I thought I was going to be upset about not liking what kids these days are listening to. Instead it was mostly old stuff which I didn't get then and still don't get now.

 

[the fly]

There were some very ordinary songs in that playlist.

 

[myblueroan]

It was just weird that this was supposed to be a round for songs we hadn't heard before. I know now that is open to wide interpretation.

 

[Fossie 32]

It was just weird that this was supposed to be a round for songs we hadn't heard before. I know now that is open to wide interpretation.

It was for artists and songs not nommed before, not songs that haven't been heard neccessarily??

 

[myblueroan]

It was for artists and songs not nommed before, not songs that haven't been heard neccessarily??

Yeah. I get that now. I thought it was 'virgin artists and songs' my bad! Big difference.

 

[Chipmunk]

I’d nommed my new stuff recently (which makes sense as if you’ve discovered a new artist you’re excited to share it), so it’s not a surprise that the playlist ended up like this.

 

[TubbsFarquhar]

I play it safe too often so I decided to take more of a risk with my nom. It could backfire and win me the billy, but I'm not that fussed about anymore really. It's been a great run in any case.

 

[raskolnikov]

After 600+ rounds nomming an artist I've never nommed before was always going to be scraping the bottom of the barrel.

 

[Saint]

After 600+ rounds nomming an artist I've never nommed before was always going to be scraping the bottom of the barrel.

I'd exhausted most of my new artists whenever I find one as well and didn't have time to go looking

 

[spudmaster]

Update that no-one asked for:
13/21 sets of votes counted
2 songs in the 20's (6 hits and 8 hits respectively), five in the teens, of which two are on 19
2 donuts to be eaten
1 song on billy-only votes
2 songs on 3 billies, 2 on 2, and 3 on 1.
Host will be returning to nomming Hanson bangers as they poll better

Just under 5hours to get those votes in - but will gladly release earlier if applicable.

 

[MKMatty]

I really think I’ve nailed the billy the more I look at the playlist and think about it.

 

[Lunchlady Doris]

Yeah, that was in my votes, or was going to be.

Just had another listen on Spotify and recognised the voice immediately - it's the old singer from Midlake!

Always wondered what he moved on to, very happy to find out.

Thanks whoever nommed Harp then mysteriously withdrew their nom!

 

[Lunchlady Doris]

I was shocked by the songlist this week. Thought it would be new quality songs to discover from a diverse range of listening SC'ers.
Instead with the exception of a few good ones, thought I'd wandered in to a 'worst eurovison styled songs ever' theme.

Obviously just my take. Could not relate to most songs, and could not bring myself to vote for them. Apologies to the few songs I really liked and got to 'discover'. Thanks Spuddy for being so sweet about it too.

Definitely an international flavour to this playlist, which may not suit some tastes. A number of these are actually quite recent releases, even if they don't really feel like it somehow.

 

[Ocha905]

I am hopelessly out of step with the majority taste around here

Your noms suggests otherwise -


You're above average for votes and podiums received. Getting only 2 Billy's over 15 rounds is remarkable. You've never been the overall Billy winner either.

Win the Billy 8 times, or even once lol, and then get back to me about being "hopelessly out of step".

It was just weird that this was supposed to be a round for songs we hadn't heard before. I know now that is open to wide interpretation.

It was, hence my enthusiasm (I'd only heard 1 song before). Surely most nom's were a first time listen for you as well.

Overall this was an unusual round which is why I loved it and probably why it was so divisive overall. Everyone has had a playlist they've detested for different reasons. Nothing is going to please everyone.

 

[myblueroan]

Your noms suggests otherwise -

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You're above average for votes and podiums received. Getting only 2 Billy's over 15 rounds is remarkable. You've never been the overall Billy winner either.

Win the Billy 8 times, or even once lol, and then get back to me about being "hopelessly out of step".


It was, hence my enthusiasm (I'd only heard 1 song before). Surely most nom's were a first time listen for you as well.

Overall this was an unusual round which is why I loved it and probably why it was so divisive overall. Everyone has had a playlist they've detested for different reasons. Nothing is going to please everyone

My beef is not with where the music originates..no way! I have a really eclectic collection at home fom all over the world
... but I found so many choices to be just poor quality songs. Really lightweight...as I said..euro vision type stuff. Whether sung in other languages or not. And yeah. I agree with what you say Ocha. As I usually do

Happy for those who've enjoyed it. I usually can find 5 songs to vote for, but not this time

Ce la vie!

On the bright side have come up with a really fun theme if I ever win again.

 

[Ocha905]

On the bright side have come up with a really fun theme if I ever win again.

Is it "Previous Winners (40+ votes)"?

 

[spudmaster]

Deadline fast approaching - 2 hours to go!
the fly
Ulahoopski
Plugger35
TubbsFarquhar

Close at the top with 3 songs jostling for position.
Billy also looks to be between 3 songs.