Boardsies Decide - The Best Song...... EVER

Nirvana as the song speaks to a younger me a holier me

99 red ballons is and always will be the greatest song ever written abut ballons

*fun fact, of all the songs about ballons it has been translated into the most languages** (i think)

Blue Oyster - come on its brilliant

Paint it black - i love what they did with it in westworld shamzing

Kolido

Nirvana - That Queen song is just okay, they have much better. I'm not really a Nirvana fan, though I loved this song back in the day and I do think it was very influencial and deserves to go through here.
Fleetwood Mac - Easy choice here, my favourite Mac song.
Nena - Going against my better judgement, I would usually vote BR all day long but I'm loving this Nena more and more each time I listen to it.
The Stones - A decent song, TL have much better songs imo.

Clarabel

Apparently.

Bohemian rhapsody and take on me (aha) have the most views on YouTube

Also Starring LeVar Burton

fixXxer wrote: »

Fleetwood Mac?

Ok Boomers

Deleted User wrote: »

Abstain - The over-35s can fight among themselves in this match-up.

:rolleyes:

Appreciating good music has nothing to do with age, you uncultured cretins...



Sincerely,
a Millennial under the age of 35

Ficheall

Queen - Somebody To Love
Easy decision. Queen are great. I've never understood the appeal of the other din - is it just a nostalgia buzz?

Bohemian Rhapsody - Queen
Pretty iconic song, though not my favourite of theirs. Nena is fun, but the "instrumental" bits in the middle let it down, for me.

Go Your Own Way - Fleetwood Mac
Toughest call, but I'll go with Fleetwood Mac, though this isn't my favourite song of theirs either. BOC has nice oomph, but lyrically I don't think there's a whole lot going on.

Thin Lizzy - Don't Believe a Word
Good lyrics, good melody, good guitar, what's not to like?

Sheridan81

Nirvana-Smells Like Teen Spirit >>>>>>It changed rock forever. The Queen song didn't change much.

Nena-99 Luftballons >>>>>Mainly because of the hilarity that would ensue if this song won the whole competition. Very good song, but I'm not sure what it's doing here in the last eight best ever songs. Has it had an easy draw or what? I don't know.

Fleetwood Mac-Go Your Own Way >>>>>Tough one, but Blue Oyster Cult already won the one-hit wonder comp, so I'll go for Mac.

The Rolling Stones-Paint It Black >>>>>That's actually my favourite Thin Lizzy song but I love the colour black and I agree with the sentiment. Paint It Black is also more of a staple, iconic classic to be fair.

Collie D

1. Smells Like Teen Spirit - One of those songs that defines a decade or a generation.

2. Bohemian Rhapsody - Just epically brilliant from start to finish. Complete madness.

3. Go Your Own Way - To annoy one or two under 35 non-Boomers...whatever the **** that means.

4. Don’t Believe a Word - Great song, as is Paint it Black but going to show a little Dub bias on a coin toss for me.

Sheridan81

Nena 7-2 up on Bohemian Rhapsody. Will it make a Liverpool-esque comeback before 9pm? Stay tuned folks.

Nirvana - reminds me of some good times.

Nena - brilliant song. Impossible to stop yourself singing and dancing along.

Blue oyster club - just not a Fleetwood fan tbh and this is a great song.

Thin Lizzy - not my favorite thin Lizzy song but still a great song from a great band.

imonboard

Smells like teen spirit - somebody to love good but not as emotional
Queen- shocked red balloons is in contention
Fleetwood mac- Doleres o Riordan does a wonderful version of this
Stones- Thin Lizzy have no business being in the final 8.

fixXxer

Queen
Nirvana

fixXxer

Also Starring LeVar Burton wrote: »

:rolleyes:

Appreciating good music has nothing to do with age, you uncultured cretins...



Sincerely,
a Millennial under the age of 35

True, people of any age can be bored to tears by Fleetwood Mac

Necro

fixXxer wrote: »

Queen
Nirvana

Gonna need reasons or the votes won't be counted

fixXxer

fixXxer wrote: »

Queen
Nirvana

They are the best of what's on offer.

Honestly, this all feels a little hollow since Smash Mouth left.

fixXxer

fixXxer wrote: »

They are the best of what's on offer.

Honestly, this all feels a little hollow since Smash Mouth left.

HEY THERE GET YOUR GAME ON YOU'RE AN ALL STAR

Man Vs ManUre

Bullsh1t top 8 with the exception of the nirvana and I would swap the Rolling Stones with Gimme Shelter.
I still reckon Hotel California is the greatest song recorded. And I would have Sigur Ros () number 8 in this top 8. The remaining 4 then maybe Strawberry fields, November rain, Losing my religion and Springsteen’s the river.

Necro

Scores with 30 minutes remaining:

Queen - Somebody To Love 2 10 Nirvana - Smells Like Teen Spirit
Nena - 99 Luftballons 8 4 Bohemian Rhapsody - Queen

Go Your Own Way - Fleetwood Mac 6 3 Don't Fear the Reaper - Blue Oyster Cult
Rolling Stones - Paint it Black 5 5 Thin Lizzy - Don't Believe a Word

Tauriel

Necro wrote: »

Scores with 30 minutes remaining:

Queen - Somebody To Love
I actually nominated both but I have to go with Queen as they are awesome and I just love this song.

Bohemian Rhapsody - Queen
Same as above really other than that I didn't nominate Nena.

Go Your Own Way - Fleetwood Mac
I think this is another one of my nominations and one of my favourite Mac songs.

Rolling Stones - Paint it Black
Just prefer this to that Particular Thin Lizzy song.

Electric Nitwit

Nirvana - Smells Like Teen Spirit
- both great songs but this is my era, and it shaped so much music that I listened to in later years

Bohemian Rhapsody - Queen
- OK, it's over exposed and probably overrated but come on, compared to 99 red balloons...?

Don't Fear the Reaper - Blue Oyster Cult
- neither are really in my ballpark but my mum loves this

Rolling Stones - Paint it Black
- it's just the better track here, I think national pride might be guiding other votes

Zaph

Quarter Final 1:
Nirvana - Smells Like Teen Spirit. Pretty much the song that defined grunge for most people

Quarter Final 2:
Nena - 99 Luftballons. The best song in German ever to hit the charts.

Quarter Final 3:
Don't Fear the Reaper - Blue Oyster Cult. Fleetwood Mac have better songs than Go Your Own Way, and I just prefer this.

Quarter Final 4:
Rolling Stones - Paint it Black. Classic Stones, and I just don't like Thin Lizzy.

Ficheall

Electric Nitwit wrote: »

- it's just the better track here, I think national pride might be guiding other votes

Negative. Lyrics, melody, vocals, guitar solo are all great. Its only flaw is that it's too short

Collie D

Man Vs ManUre wrote: »

Bullsh1t top 8 with the exception of the nirvana and I would swap the Rolling Stones with Gimme Shelter.
I still reckon Hotel California is the greatest song recorded. And I would have Sigur Ros () number 8 in this top 8. The remaining 4 then maybe Strawberry fields, November rain, Losing my religion and Springsteen’s the river.

You’re right. Whole thing is a farce. If only people could vote for the songs they want to progress...

deconduo

deconduo wrote: »

Queen
Nena
Fleetwood
Lizzy

Was in a rush, adding reasons now :pac:

All these are pretty close I think but:

Queen - Just prefer somebody to love really, not much else to it.
Nena - both songs are impossible not to sing along to, but I enjoy Nena a bit more.
Fleetwood - Best song of what's left - not as good as the chain though.
Lizzy - Great song, love a bit of Phil

Necro

Queen - Somebody To Love 4 12 Nirvana - Smells Like Teen Spirit
Nena - 99 Luftballons 10 6 Bohemian Rhapsody - Queen

Go Your Own Way - Fleetwood Mac 8 5 Don't Fear the Reaper - Blue Oyster Cult
Rolling Stones - Paint it Black 8 6 Thin Lizzy - Don't Believe a Word

And deco's reasons get added on the buzzer - they don't impact the scores massively though.

Your winners and semi-finalists in bold!

sKeith

Necro wrote: »

Ok, here we go folks.

Reminder to give a reason for your choice or it will not be counted as a valid vote.

Quarter Finals will conclude at 9pm and the song with the most votes will advance to the semi finals.

just in the door, so missed deadline.

Necro

Ok here's how we shall work this.

The Semi Finals will run from now till tomorrow at about 4.30pm.

Most votes wins, and the song advances to the Grand Final.

The Final will then be posted about 5pm or so and people will have a chance to vote on that until 9pm.

So without further adieu:


Semi Final 1:


Nirvana - Smells Like Teen Spirit

VS



Go Your Own Way - Fleetwood Mac

Semi Final 2:



Nena - 99 Luftballons

VS



Rolling Stones - Paint it Black

Reminder that you must give a reason for your vote to count.


And... we're off!!

Clarabel

Fleetwood Mac. Mostly to annoy people

Clarabel

Nena cause balloons. 99 of them

Tauriel

Semi Final 1:
Go Your Own Way - Fleetwood Mac
Although I love Smells Like Teen Spirit, I just think Fleetwood Mac is just a lot more fun. Although I wouldn't be disappointed if Nirvana wins.

Semi Final 2:
Rolling Stones - Paint it Black
99 Luftballoons is a fun sing song but not worthy of getting this far in the competition.

Electric Nitwit

Nirvana
Rolling Stones

because

Ficheall

Fleetwood Mac, since it's more than just noise. Not their best song, but I'm trying to think of one of theirs that is less pleasing to the ear than Smells Like Teen Spirit, and I am failing.


I'm surprised Nena is here, but glad. Paint it Black is pretty good, but Nena is uplifting and contributes to a large percentage of my German vocabulary.

Collie D

1. The decision I was hoping to defer until the final. The two best songs left and probably has been that way for couple of rounds. Would make a worthy final and both gets regular blasting here but I’m going to vote for Smells like Teen Spirit because it’s more of my generation.

2. Voted against both of these in last round and will go against the winner in the final . Paint it Black for me. Great song - but behind the songs in the other semi for me - and superior to Nena who does deserve credit for making the German language sound musical.

sKeith

nena cause its the best song in the world, and not just a tribute.

Nirvana - Because I always vote for the objectively better song.

Nena - Catchy tune with meaningful lyrics. A song enjoyed by young and old and people of all nationalities. A real unifying piece of music vs. A song with primary school lyrics enjoyed by people with boring lives living vicariously through an overrated rock band.

Kolido

Fleetwood Mac - The other song already won a contest, no need to be getting greedy.
Nena - Its my new favourite song, besides, I turned my back on BR and god damn it, I'm stick with it now

Nirvana - for the nostalgia

Nena - for the catchiness.

Also Starring LeVar Burton

Very happy with this Final 4, three of which I had nominated in their decade competitions (Smells Like Teen Spirit, Go Your Own Way, and Paint It Black) and I love 99 Luftballons, so no matter how the rest of the tournament plays out, I'll be happy with the result. It does make voting in this round all the more difficult though...

Semi-Final 1 - this one was very very tough. While neither song is my favourite from either artist, they're both still up there with the best from both band, and would both rank quite high up on my favourite song of all-time list. Two very different songs and yet it really is very close when it comes to deciding between them, but I think I'm going to have to vote for Fleetwood Mac - Go Your Own Way

Semi-Final 2 - this choice wasn't quite as agonizing as the other one, but still quite a difficult decision to make. Paint It Black is a classic, and I do love a bit of old school rock, but Nena has been the dark horse of the competition and I also happen to love '80s synth pop, so both songs are fairly equal to me... But what gives one song the edge over the other is the fact that it's in German (Ich spreche ein bisschen Deutsch und ich liebe die Sprache) and she makes a reference to Captain Kirk, so I'm going to have to vote for Nena - 99 Luftballons

imonboard

Fleetwood mac , less noise, can listen any time of the day.
Stones because the other song is so bad

Nirvana fleetwood jack has no place in the tournament no mind the semis.

99 luftballons because I like german airline comapines

limerickpat

Nirvana - The song of the 90s, and a great angry party tune

Paint it black - if 99 luftbaloons wins it will make a mockery of the competition. It would be a real boaty mcboatface moment

Also Starring LeVar Burton

limerickpat wrote: »

if 99 luftbaloons wins it will make a mockery of the competition. It would be a real boaty mcboatface moment

#1 - Fleetwood Mac - Go Your Own Way
Voting for this because it manages the feat of being a really infectious, catchy sing-along tune while also having lyrics that are so emotional and cathartic. A stunning "well fúck you too" in response to the (equally beautiful and caustic) "fúck you" of Dreams.

#2 - The Rolling Stones - Paint It Black
While I love the inspiration behind 99 Luftballons, I'm just going for the musically superior track here. Paint It Black is one of those songs that's just "cool" - I can't define what cool is exactly but this definitely is!

s7ryf3925pivug

Smells like teen spirit painted black in the semi finals

Necro

Necro wrote: »

Nena - 99 Luftballons 10 6 Bohemian Rhapsody - Queen

Wasn't around earlier but very happy to see this, well done boards.

Deleted User

Deleted User wrote: »

Wasn't around earlier but very happy to see this, well done boards.

and then you go and vote against you traitor :mad:

Sheridan81

Nikolai Chilly Lumberman wrote: »

Smells like teen spirit painted black in the semi finals

You have to give a reason or your vote won't count.

Nirvana-Smells Like Teen Spirit. >>>>It's cathartic.
Nena-99 Luftballoons. >>>Purely for the comedy value.

Zaph

Semi Final 1:

Nirvana - Smells Like Teen Spirit. Not Nirvana's best song imo, but Go Your Own Way isn't Fleetwood Mac's best either. This is the better of the not quite the bests, imo.


Semi Final 2:

Nena - 99 Luftballons. I really, really like Paint it Black, but this for me is one of the iconic songs of the 80s, and it's not even in English!

Clarabel

I feel revenge coming

Sheridan81

Nirvana-Smells Like Teen Spirit 8-8 Fleetwood Mac-Go Your Own Way
Nena-99 Luftballons 11-6 Rolling Stones-Paint It Black

Current scores.

fixXxer

Smells like teen spirit - broke my nose moshing to it in Phantasm, a song so good I was knocked out cold.

Rolling stones - Paint it black picking it for the anti-lolz