Boardsies Greatest One Hit Wonder Song - Live Thread

Omackeral

Owner of a Lonely Heart just because Star Trekkin' is nonce central.

The Final Countdown because it was played about 6 times in Dalymount's bars one night last month as Bohs qualified for Europe and we all got messy. Europe, get it?

Zaph

Match 11

Star Trekkin', just because I hate the other song so much.

Match 12

Don't Fear the Reaper. Great tune instantly recognisable from the first note of the intro.

Declan A Walsh

R 2 Match 11
The Firm - Star Trekkin'
Vs
Yes - Owner Of A Lonely Heart - My Vote

R 2 Match 12
Europe - The Final Countdown
Vs
Blue Oyster Cult-Don't Fear The Reaper - My Vote

Ficheall

R2 Match 12 - Don't Fear the Reaper

Kolido

Current score.

The Firm - Star Trekkin' 5 Vs 5 Yes - Owner Of A Lonely Heart

Electric Nitwit

Star Trekkin - it's different. Yes are good, but nothing unique

The Final Countdown - really tough one, but this is more iconic

Kolido

BOC and the Firm keep trekkin.

The Firm - Star Trekkin' 6 Vs 5 Yes - Owner Of A Lonely Heart
Europe - The Final Countdown 4 Vs 6 Blue Oyster Cult-Don't Fear The Reaper

Spook_ie

Vote yes I hate Klingon off the starboard bow

Also Starring LeVar Burton

Kolido wrote: »

The Firm - Star Trekkin' 6 Vs 5 Yes - Owner Of A Lonely Heart

Some people just want to watch the world burn. I love Star Trek, obviously, but that's a terrible terrible song and should not have even made it into round 2, and now it's advancing again?

Kolido

R 2 Match 13


Big Mountain - Baby I love Your Way

Vs

Eagle Eye Cherry - Save Tonight

R 2 Match 14


Sixpence None The Richer - Kiss Me

Vs

Crazytown - Butterfly

Also Starring LeVar Burton

Save Tonight - it's an iconic song, it has to go through.

Butterfly - both great songs, but Butterfly was one of my own nominations, so I'm backing it 100%

Declan A Walsh

R 2 Match 14
Sixpence None The Richer - Kiss Me - My vote.
Vs
Crazytown - Butterfly

TheValeyard

R 2 Match 13

Eagle Eye Cherry - Save Tonight (just like it better, and used to listen it, playing GTA)

R 2 Match 14

Crazytown - Butterfly (tis trippy)

Save Tonight, a classic and I'd say a contender to win.

Kiss Me, it's just a better song than Butterfly.

quickbeam

Save Tonight
Kiss Me

Better songs IMO

Necro

Kolido wrote:

Eagle Eye Cherry - Save Tonight

Prefer it basically that's all I got to says.

Kolido wrote:

Crazytown - Butterfly

Ditto, though I do like Kiss Me as well, so won't be too sad if it goes through.

Omackeral

Baby I Love Your Way and Kiss Me for the hopeless romantic in me

Mam of 4

Save Tonight

Kiss Me ,

Two good songs tbf !

Squall Leonhart

Save Tonight, because the big mountain song is only a cover version.

And crazy town, because although it's a sample, it's a great use of the RHCP riff.

Electric Nitwit

Save Tonight, cracking song

Kiss Me, better of the two, those crazy christians

mzungu

Save Tonight. Ahh, the memories that go with that song.

Butterfly. This gets my vote as I wouldn't be a fan of Kiss Me.

Kolido

Eagle eye and sixpence are saved tonight and kiss round 2 goodbye

Big Mountain - Baby I love Your Way 1 Vs 6 Eagle Eye Cherry - Save Tonight
Sixpence None The Richer - Kiss Me 6 Vs 4 Crazytown - Butterfly

Kolido

R 2 Match 15


Seether - broken

Vs

Glorious - Andreas Johnson

R 2 Match 16


4 Non-Blondes - What's Up

Vs

Charles and Eddy - Would I Lie To You

Necro

Kolido wrote:

Seether - broken

This one anyways cos it's great, love listening to it.


My vote is for sale in the other battle, convince me peeps.

TheValeyard

R 2 Match 15

Glorious - Andreas Johnson (seems less bad than the other one)

R 2 Match 16

4 Non-Blondes - What's Up (better song)

#15 - Voting for Glorious, as it's a more memorable song for me and the one I'd be more likely to put on a playlist for repeated listens. Broken isn't a bad tune by any means though.

#16 - Bit of an odd one here, I was going for What's Up (which I have mixed feelings about) because I didn't think I liked Would I Lie To You...then I realised I was actually thinking of the Eurythmics song. I actually quite like the Charles and Eddy one, and it's easier on the ear than What's Up.

So tl;dr: I'm voting for Would I Lie To You

Declan A Walsh

R 2 Match 15
Seether - broken
Vs
Glorious - Andreas Johnson - My vote - I had a quick play and I recognized it. I like it now that I remember it!

Also Starring LeVar Burton

Glorious - easily one of the best songs left in the competition, so its an easy choice (even though I love Broken and up against most other songs, it would probably be my pick, so unfortunate its facing off against Glorious)

Would I Lie To You? - this was a really tough one. Both these songs are amazing and would be happy to see either of them advance to the next round, and I keep changing my mind every couple of seconds, but I think Would I Lie To You has a slight edge.

quickbeam

What's Up. Better song.

tusk

Broken please. Amy lee is a beaut

Electric Nitwit

Glorious is classic drunken singalong cheese

What's Up for me, but that is a really close call

LadySkunk

Broken - Man I love that song :pac:

Necro

Voting for Would I Lie To You as Homer put some thought into that vote, unlike youse What's Up voters.

Squall Leonhart

Abstain on the first.

Would I lie to you for the second, I nominated this one, going to see it through!
Great song

Electric Nitwit

Electric Nitwit wrote: »

Glorious is classic drunken singalong cheese

I don't think there's enough alcohol in the world that would make me deluded brave enough to reach for that high note in the chorus! I'd sound more like Shane McGowan than Andreas Johnson trying to wail that "SHEEEE EEEE EEEEE EEEEE...." part.

Electric Nitwit

[Deleted User] wrote: »

I don't think there's enough alcohol in the world that would make me deluded brave enough to reach for that high note in the chorus! I'd sound more like Shane McGowan than Andreas Johnson trying to wail that "SHEEEE EEEE EEEEE EEEEE...." part.

I just tried, in front of my wife, sober. Didn't end well

Kolido

While we wait for these to resolve, I will post the last 2 of the night. Will round up the scores in the morning.

Seether - broken 3 Vs 5 Glorious - Andreas Johnson
4 Non-Blondes - What's Up 2 Vs 4 Charles and Eddy - Would I Lie To You

Necro

Deleted User wrote:

I don't think there's enough alcohol in the world that would make me deluded brave enough to reach for that high note in the chorus! I'd sound more like Shane McGowan than Andreas Johnson trying to wail that "SHEEEE EEEE EEEEE EEEEE...." part.

Challenge Accepted. :pac:

Kolido

R 2 Match 17


The Primitives – Crash

Vs

Eiffel 65 - Blue

R 2 Match 18


The J. Geils Band - Centerfold

Vs

Sugar Ray - Every Morning

Necro

Kolido wrote:

Eiffel 65 - Blue

Cos I have a blue house with a blue window.

Also cos its brill

Ficheall

Kolido wrote: »

While we wait for these to resolve, I will post the last 2 of the night. Will round up the scores in the morning.

Seether - broken 3 Vs 5 Glorious - Andreas Johnson
4 Non-Blondes - What's Up 2 Vs 4 Charles and Eddy - Would I Lie To You

Seether. Glorious' singer is whiny af.

TheValeyard

R 2 Match 17

The Primitives – Crash (a decent song, the other one just annoys the fcuk out of me)


R 2 Match 18

The J. Geils Band - Centerfold ( i could listen to that while drinking whiskey)

Also Starring LeVar Burton

Crash - I adore this song, it makes it on to nearly all of my playlists, and its a shame its up against Blue, because this could potentially be the end of the line for a great tune.

Centerfold - because my blood runs cold... and that Sugar Ray song is crap.

#17 - Crash - I'd vote for almost anything ahead of Blue, which I despise and which will probably prevail anyway. Nonetheless Crash is quite a nice track and one I was unfamiliar with before the contest, so thanks to whoever nominated it Zaph for introducing me.

#18 - Centrefold - Going for the less bad option here, although on listening to Every Morning again it's actually not quite as terrible as I thought it was (not enough to redeem it though!)

Electric Nitwit

Crash
Centerfold

Both good songs up against terrible ones

Tell me how

R 2 Match 17 - Eiffel 65 - Blue. Get in to the next round!! You don't need to explain yourself.

R 2 Match 18 - The J. Geils Band - Centerfold. Close call as not a massive fan of either song but this one gets it as it less whiny than the other.

Zaph

Match 17

Crash. Great song, one of my nominations and that Blue song is one of the biggest streaming piles of sh*the ever unleashed on an unsuspecting public.

Match 18

Centrefold. One of the best songs of the early 80s.

ShaneU

Crash and Centerfold also. Two good songs, the others are just pure cheese lets be honest

Ficheall

17. Crash, even though parts of Blue are catchy.



18. Centrefold, because the other thing is crap.

quickbeam

Centrefold, catchy as hell, and it was one of my noms.