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Electric Nitwit

Strawberry Milkshake wrote: »

Did Not Qualify

243 I'm Beginning To Think You Prefer Beverly Hills 90210 To Me Fight Like Apes
211 Gabriel Lamb
148 The Great Gig In The Sky Pink Floyd

Strawberry Milkshake wrote: »

Eliminated Round One

335 Black Horse and The Cherry Tree, Live on Later With Jools Holland KT Tunstall
319 Sinner Man Nina Simone
317 Unfinished Sympathy Massive Attack
302 Weak Skunk Anansie
293 Glory Box Portishead

Strawberry Milkshake wrote: »

Atomic Blondie VS Weak Skunk Anansie
Unfinished Sympathy Massive Attack VS Teardrop Massive Attack

All four were my nominations, how could you do that to me Strawbs?!

Tell me how

Deleted User wrote: »

These were two of my nominations.
I have six remaining now.

I'm down to 7 at this point.

Tell me how

Strawberry Milkshake wrote: »

Eliminated Round One

There were 56 tracks listed there. Should there have been 64 eliminated in Round 1? Or are there some battles outstanding?

Tell me how

Tell me how wrote: »

There were 56 tracks listed there. Should there have been 64 eliminated in Round 1? Or are there some battles outstanding?

****. I must have missed some when I was scrolling my spreadsheet. I will amend.

Revit Man

I have the distinction being the fool to submit the nomination that came right down at the very bottom of the scoring list. Hozier/Mavis Staples.

In hindsight it was a poor selection on my part.

Electric Nitwit

Revit Man wrote: »

I have the distinction being the fool to submit the nomination that came right down at the very bottom of the scoring list. Hozier/Mavis Staples.

In hindsight it was a poor selection on my part.

At least you know you were bottom on a technicality. Imagine if you'd nominated your favourite female singer and come bottom

Eliminated Round One

380 Son of a Preacher Man Dusty Springfield
377 Linger The Cranberries
370 Be My Baby The Ronettes
370 Total Eclipse of the Heart Bonnie Tyler
365 Dreams Fleetwood mac
350 Like A Prayer Madonna
351 torn natalie imbruglia
350 Ode to my family The Cranberries
347 Eternal Flame The Bangles
340 Think Aretha Franklin
339 Show me Heaven Maria McKee
337 Flashdance...What A Feeling Irene Cara
335 ironic alanis moriset
335 Black Horse and The Cherry Tree, Live on Later With Jools Holland KT Tunstall
334 Rescue Me Fontella Bass
328 China in Your Hand T'Pau
326 Fade Into You Mazzy Star
324 Orinoco Flow Enya
319 Sinner Man Nina Simone
318 Stupid Girl Garbage
318 Stay Shakespear's Sister
317 Unfinished Sympathy Massive Attack
317 I will Survive Gloria Gaynor
316 You got the love (Live from The Albert Hall) Florence & The Machine
316 Shake It Out Florence + the Machine
315 I drove all night Cyndi Lauper
314 Nowhere to Run Martha Reeves and the Vandellas
312 My Baby just cares for me Nina Simone
312 Animal Instinct Cranberries
311 White Rabbit Jefferson Airplane
310 no scrubs TLC
309 Brass in Pocket The Pretenders
308 Video Games Lana Del Rey
305 Wings Birdy
304 Rhiannon Fleetwood Mac
303 Black Boys on Mopeds Sinaed O'Connor
303 One More Time Brittney spears
303 Never forget you Noisettes
302 Weak Skunk Anansie
301 Complicated Avril Lavigne
299 Road Rage Cerys Matthews
299 Walk On By Dionne Warwick
298 Echo Beach Martha and the Muffins
297 Cloudbusting Kate Bush
296 Whenever, Wherever Shakira
296 Piece Of My Heart Big Brother & The Holding Company
295 what's love got to do with it Tina Turner
295 Time to say Goodbye Katherine Jenkins
294 Down to the River to Pray Alison Krauss
294 I Don't Want a Lover Texas
293 To Love Somebody Nina Simone
293 Glory Box Portishead
292 Altar machineart
292 The Voice Eimear Quinn
290 Ex's & Oh's Elle King
290 Here's Where The Story Ends Sundays
289 99 red balloons Nena
287 Halo Beyonce
286 All the Things She Said t.A.T.u.
285 All I want for xmas Mariah Carey
283 River Deep ~ Mountain High Ike & Tina Turner
283 Stop dragging my heart around Stevie Nicks
282 thank you Alanis Morissette
282 ode to Billy Joe Bobbi Gentry

I’m now on my phone and crap internet. I’ll spend a few hours getting Round 2 formatted and if I manage to do that, I’ll start some matches early. Otherwise it will be 3pm ish.

Round 2 Match 1
White Flag Dido

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j-fWDrZSiZs

VS
Sprawl II (Mountains Beyond Mountains) Arcade Fire

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NuSbELCNloc

Round 2 Match 2
Non, Je ne regrette rien Edith Piaf

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XqKLkEbMUPM

VS
Feeling Good Nina Simone

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BNMKGYiJpvg

Round 2 Match 3
Crash The Primitives

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1y7NGqfZteg

VS
Don't let me be misunderstood Nina Simone

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ckv6-yhnIY

Round 2 Match 4
Dreams The Cranberries

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yam5uK6e-bQ

VS
Atomic Blondie

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O_WLw_0DFQQ

White Flag Dido VS Sprawl II (Mountains Beyond Mountains) Arcade Fire
Non, Je ne regrette rien Edith Piaf VS Feeling Good Nina Simone
Crash The Primitives VS Don't let me be misunderstood Nina Simone Dreams The Cranberries VS Atomic Blondie

Electric Nitwit

Sprawl II (Mountains Beyond Mountains) Arcade Fire
I quite like some Dido but never got that song

Feeling Good Nina Simone
Easy one - a brilliant classic against an inexplicable "classic"

Crash The Primitives
Tough one but it's an inferior Nina coming on the back of Feeling Good

Atomic Blondie
Very tough but I nominated Atomic so I'll stick with it

Rothko

White Flag - Dido
Feeling Good - Nina Simone
Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood - Nina Simone
Dreams - The Cranberries

Zaph

Sprawl II (Mountains Beyond Mountains) Arcade Fire
Feeling Good Nina Simone
Crash The Primitives
Atomic Blondie

Couple of my nominations there and one I wish I remembered to include.

y0ssar1an22

White Flag Dido VS Sprawl II (Mountains Beyond Mountains) Arcade Fire
Non, Je ne regrette rien Edith Piaf VS Feeling Good Nina Simone
Crash The Primitives VS Don't let me be misunderstood Nina Simone
Dreams The Cranberries VS Atomic Blondie

Revit Man

White Flag Dido

Feeling Good Nina Simone

Don't let me be misunderstood Nina Simone

Atomic Blondie

Also Starring LeVar Burton

White Flag Dido

Feeling Good Nina Simone

Crash The Primitives

Dreams The Cranberries

noby

Sprawl II (Mountains Beyond Mountains) Arcade Fire
Feeling Good Nina Simone
Crash The Primitives
Dreams The Cranberries

Necro

Dido
Pass
Crash
Atomic

no regrets from the Nina fans
Non, Je ne regrette rien Edith Piaf VS Feeling Good Nina Simone


White Flag Dido VS Sprawl II (Mountains Beyond Mountains) Arcade Fire
Crash The Primitives VS Don't let me be misunderstood Nina Simone Dreams The Cranberries VS Atomic Blondie

Necro sends the primatives through.

Crash The PrimitivesVS Don't let me be misunderstood Nina

White Flag Dido 4 VS 4 Sprawl II (Mountains Beyond Mountains) Arcade Fire
Dreams The Cranberries 3 VS 5 Atomic Blondie

I’ll post one more batch then I’ll be back at 3pm

Round 2 Match 5
Stop! In The Name Of Love Supremes

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9JiS02O4fEk

VS
Manic Monday The Bangles

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SsmVgoXDq2w

Round 2 Match 6
Bring Me to Life Evanescence

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3YxaaGgTQYM

VS
Only Time (Who can say) Enya

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gMlby1X98wU

Round 2 Match 7
I need a Hero Bonnie Tyler

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bWcASV2sey0

VS
Time to Say Goodbye Andrea Bocelli & Sarah Brightman

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ky0rO7pM3WI

Round 2 Match 8
Killing me softly Roberta Flack

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k4A5XuMz_Tw

VS
Lovefool The Cardigans

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NI6aOFI7hms

Stop! In The Name Of Love Supremes VS Manic Monday The Bangles
Bring Me to Life Evanescence VS Only Time (Who can say) Enya
I need a Hero Bonnie Tyler VS Time to Say Goodbye Andrea Bocelli & Sarah Brightman
Killing me softly Roberta Flack VS Lovefool The Cardigans

Rothko

Manic Monday - The Bangles
Bring Me To Life - Evanescence
Pass
Lovefool - The Cardigans

Also Starring LeVar Burton

Manic Monday The Bangles

Bring Me to Life Evanescence

I need a Hero Bonnie Tyler

Lovefool The Cardigans

Irish Aris

From the first 4 that still pending

White Flag Dido 4 VS 4 Sprawl II (Mountains Beyond Mountains) Arcade Fire
Dreams The Cranberries 3 VS 5 Atomic Blondie

Tauriel

White Flag Dido
Feeling Good Nina Simone
Crash The Primitives
The Cranberries

Revit Man

Stop! In The Name Of Love Supremes VS Manic Monday The Bangles
Bring Me to Life Evanescence VS Only Time (Who can say) Enya
I need a Hero Bonnie Tyler VS Time to Say Goodbye Andrea Bocelli & Sarah Brightman
Killing me softly Roberta Flack VS Lovefool The Cardigans

Irish Aris

Stop! In The Name Of Love Supremes VS Manic Monday The Bangles
Bring Me to Life Evanescence VS Only Time (Who can say) Enya
I need a Hero Bonnie Tyler VS Time to Say Goodbye Andrea Bocelli & Sarah Brightman
Killing me softly Roberta Flack VS Lovefool The Cardigans

Electric Nitwit

The first three are easy...

Manic Monday The Bangles
Bring Me to Life Evanescence
I need a Hero Bonnie Tyler

The fourth is really tough, but checking my scores in the qualifier, Cardigans edge it 17-16...

Lovefool The Cardigans

Tauriel

Manic Monday The Bangles
Bring Me to Life Evanescence
Time to Say Goodbye Andrea Bocelli & Sarah Brightman
Lovefool The Cardigans

Dreams The Cranberries VS Atomic Blondie

Thank You, Aris

Kolido

Manic Monday The Bangles
Bring Me to Life Evanescence
I need a Hero Bonnie Tyler
Lovefool The Cardigans

Necro

Bangles
Evanescence
Bonnie Tyler
Cardigans

Kolido

Dildo - White flag

Necro

Kolido wrote:

Dildo - White flag

:pac:

Manic Monday The Bangles

Bring Me to Life Evanescence

I need a Hero Bonnie Tyler

Killing me softly Roberta Flack

Irish Aris

Kolido wrote: »

Dildo - White flag

typo of the day awarded!!!!! :pac:

y0ssar1an22

Stop! In The Name Of Love Supremes VS Manic Monday The Bangles
Bring Me to Life Evanescence VS Only Time (Who can say) Enya
I need a Hero Bonnie Tyler VS Time to Say Goodbye Andrea Bocelli & Sarah Brightman
Killing me softly Roberta Flack VS Lovefool The Cardigans

White Flag Dido VS Sprawl II (Mountains Beyond Mountains) Arcade Fire
Stop! In The Name Of Love Supremes VS Manic Monday The Bangles
Bring Me to Life Evanescence VS Only Time (Who can say) Enya
I need a Hero Bonnie Tyler VS Time to Say Goodbye Andrea Bocelli & Sarah Brightman
Killing me softly Roberta Flack VS Lovefool The Cardigans

One more? And I’ll collate results later.

Round 2 Match 9
Love is a battlefield Pat Benator

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IGVZOLV9SPo

VS
you're so vain carly simon

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j13oJajXx0M

Round 2 Match 10
Edge of Seventeen Stevie Nicks

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UmPgMc3R8zg

VS
At Last Etta James

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1qJU8G7gR_g

Round 2 Match 11
Murder on the Dancefloor Sophie Ellis-Bextor

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hAx6mYeC6pY

VS
My Immortal Evanescence

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5anLPw0Efmo

Round 2 Match 12
The Winner Takes It All ABBA

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=92cwKCU8Z5c

VS
Spectrum Florence + The Machine

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iC-_lVzdiFE

Love is a battlefield Pat Benator VS you're so vain carly simon
Edge of Seventeen Stevie Nicks VS At Last Etta James
Murder on the Dancefloor Sophie Ellis-Bextor VS My Immortal Evanescence
The Winner Takes It All ABBA VS Spectrum Florence + The Machine

Tauriel

you're so vain carly simon
Edge of Seventeen Stevie Nicks
My Immortal Evanescence
The Winner Takes It All ABBA

noby

you're so vain carly simon
Edge of Seventeen Stevie Nicks
Murder on the Dancefloor Sophie Ellis-Bextor
The Winner Takes It All ABBA

Irish Aris

Love is a battlefield Pat Benator VS you're so vain carly simon
Edge of Seventeen Stevie Nicks VS At Last Etta James
Murder on the Dancefloor Sophie Ellis-Bextor VS My Immortal Evanescence
The Winner Takes It All ABBA VS Spectrum Florence + The Machine

Necro

Carly Simon
Stevie Nicks (my nom)
Evanescence (again, Sophie has gone far too far with her warbling)
ABBA

Kolido

Love is a battlefield Pat Benator
Edge of Seventeen Stevie Nicks
My Immortal Evanescence
The Winner Takes It All ABBA

Also Starring LeVar Burton

Love is a battlefield Pat Benatar

Edge of Seventeen Stevie Nicks

My Immortal Evanescence

Spectrum Florence + The Machine ; one of my two remaining noms

Pretzill

you're so vain carly simon
Edge of Seventeen Stevie Nicks
My Immortal Evanescence
Spectrum Florence...


Late in and lost another nom

Rothko

Love Is A Battlefield - Pat Benatar
Edge Of Seventeen - Stevie Nicks
My Immortal - Evanescence
The Winner Takes It All - ABBA

The Mighty Quinn

Love is a battlefield Pat Benator VS you're so vain carly simon

Edge of Seventeen Stevie Nicks VS At Last Etta James

Murder on the Dancefloor Sophie Ellis-Bextor VS My Immortal Evanescence

The Winner Takes It All ABBA VS Spectrum Florence + The Machine
Florence.. urgh.. stop shouting!!

Zaph

Love is a battlefield Pat Benator
At Last Etta James
My Immortal Evanescence
The Winner Takes It All ABBA VS Spectrum Florence + The Machine - ABSTAIN

Ficheall

Ah ffs, have you lot no jobs? It's impossible to get work done while keeping up with this thread.

ou're so vain carly simon
Edge of Seventeen Stevie Nicks
Murder on the Dancefloor Sophie Ellis-Bextor
The Winner Takes It All ABBA