LIVE THREAD - GREATEST SONG SUNG BY A FEMALE ARTIST

Glory Box Portishead

Luka Suzanne Vega

Ode to Billy Joe Bobbi Gentry

Wings Birdy

ShaneU

Also Starring LeVar Burton wrote: »

Ode to Billy Joe Bobbi Gentry ; how the f**k did the Edith Piaf one make it this far, worst song of the entire competition and that's saying something... I love Ode To Billy Joe anyway, but I'd vote anything over Edith Piaf

Zaph

Glory Box Portishead
Linger The Cranberries VS Luka Suzanne Vega - ABSTAIN
Non, Je ne regrette rien Edith Piaf
Wings Birdy

Tell me how

Match 61 Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This) Eurythmics
Match 62 Luka Suzanne Vega
Match 63 Non, Je ne regrette rien Edith Piaf
Match 64 I Try Macy Gray

Ficheall

Irish Aris wrote: »

It "kills" me to vote against Annie Lennox, but Glory Box is just an amazing song!!

Is it though? Really?

Also Starring LeVar Burton

I hate some of you so much because of the terrible choices you've made in your lives today (by which I mean in this competition) :rolleyes:

After all the hard work Strawbs has put in you're all ruining everything by having the worst taste in music...

I have only one thing to say to more than a few songs that have made it through to Round 2...

Sawduck

Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This) Eurythmics
Linger The Cranberries - not their best but still a really good song
Non, Je ne regrette rien Edith Piaf - What a voice she has, one of the best voices in the competition
I Try Macy Gray - my nom

Also Starring LeVar Burton

ShaneU wrote: »

Nothing. It's everyone else who has something wrong with them if they think that absolutely sh*te french song belongs anywhere near this tournament...

Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This) Eurythmics VS Glory Box Portishead
Non, Je ne regrette rien Edith Piaf VS Ode to Billy Joe Bobbi Gentry


Linger The Cranberries VS Luka Suzanne Vega
I Try Macy Gray VS Wings Birdy

Tell me how

Also Starring LeVar Burton wrote: »

I hate some of you so much because of the terrible choices you've made in your lives today (by which I mean in this competition) :rolleyes:

After all the hard work Strawbs has put in you're all ruining everything by having the worst taste in music...

I have only one thing to say to more than a few songs that have made it through to Round 2...

Dude, Madonna.... 20 Points here, 20 points there? Tut tut.

Pretzill

Also Starring LeVar Burton wrote: »

I hate some of you so much because of the terrible choices you've made in your lives today (by which I mean in this competition) :rolleyes:

After all the hard work Strawbs has put in you're all ruining everything by having the worst taste in music...

I have only one thing to say to more than a few songs that have made it through to Round 2...

y0ssar1an22

Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This) Eurythmics VS Glory Box Portishead
Linger The Cranberries VS Luka Suzanne Vega
Non, Je ne regrette rien Edith Piaf VS Ode to Billy Joe Bobbi Gentry - reminds me of italia 90!
I Try Macy Gray VS Wings Birdy

Also Starring LeVar Burton

Tell me how wrote: »

Dude, Madonna.... 20 Points here, 20 points there? Tut tut.

I ain't your "Dude", Bro!

Glory Box Portishead

Linger The Cranberries

Non, Je ne regrette rien Edith Piaf

Wings Birdy

Also Starring LeVar Burton

Strawberry Milkshake wrote: »

Non, Je ne regrette rien Edith Piaf VS Ode to Billy Joe Bobbi Gentry

Linger The Cranberries VS Luka Suzanne Vega
I Try Macy Gray VS Wings Birdy

And yosser's votes conclude the voting for Round One!

PsychoPete

Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This) Eurythmics
Linger The Cranberries
Ode to Billy Joe Bobbi Gentry
I Try Macy Gray

Tell me how

Also Starring LeVar Burton wrote: »

The moment when ALVB found out Madonna songs were bang average.

Rothko

I Say A Little Prayer - Aretha Franklin
I Feel Love - Donna Summer
Road Rage - Catatonia
My Favourite Game - The Cardigans

ShaneU

Also Starring LeVar Burton wrote: »

Pretzill

Delighted to see Suzanne Vega through there (even though my own nom from her failed)

Rothko

Glory Box - Portishead
Linger - The Cranberries
Ode To Billy Joe - Bobby Gentry
I Try - Macy Gray

Also Starring LeVar Burton

Tell me how wrote: »

The moment when ALVB found out Madonna songs were bang average.

You're like a stalker...

Phew! That's it from me for tonight.

In the morning I'll do a run down on points, etc on those now eliminated.

Thanks everyone. Nitey nite

Also Starring LeVar Burton

Strawberry Milkshake wrote: »

Phew! That's it from me for tonight.

In the morning I'll do a run down on points, etc on those now eliminated.

Thanks everyone. Nitey nite

What time in the morning you starting Round 2?

Rothko

Ficheall wrote: »

Is it though? Really?

Yep

Tell me how

Also Starring LeVar Burton wrote: »

You're like a stalker...

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He says as he quotes me. Again....

the purple tin

Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This) Eurythmics VS Glory Box Portishead
Linger The Cranberries VS Luka Suzanne Vega
Non, Je ne regrette rien Edith Piaf VS Ode to Billy Joe Bobbi Gentry
I Try Macy Gray VS Wings Birdy

Thanks Strawbs, you're doing a wonderful job.

JP Liz V1

Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This) Eurythmics
Linger The Cranberries
Ode to Billy Joe Bobbi Gentry
Wings Birdy

Pretzill

Only three of my choices have made it through from the judge round and here. I'm most disappointed with losing "Cloudbusting" these words in it and songs like it, have helped get me through some of the longer, Covid days;

But every time it rains
You're here in my head
Like the sun coming out
Looks the sun coming out
Ooh, I just know that something good is going to happen
And I don't know when
But just saying it could even make it happen

I had lots of songs I could've nominated and possibly would have changed the entire line-up on another day. Thanks Strawbs huge effort to pull this together...and having to listen to all those Madonna songs must have been equally hard

Green&Red

I Say A Little Prayer Aretha Franklin
I Feel Love Donna Summer
Dream A Little Dream Of Me The Mamas & the Papas
My favourite game Cardigans

JP Liz V1

I Say A Little Prayer Aretha Franklin
The Voice Eimear Quinn
Road Rage Catatonia
My Favourite Game The Cardigans

Irish Aris

Ficheall wrote: »

Is it though? Really?

it is for me!! I consider Beth Gibbons one of the most intriguing performers of teh last 25 years.

Tell me how

Are people using the score they awarded the track in the assessment phase to make a decision on which track to vote through in these rounds?

I have but have also been surprised how many tracks were matched up which I had awarded the same points to.

Irish Aris

Also Starring LeVar Burton wrote: »

Nothing. It's everyone else who has something wrong with them if they think that absolutely sh*te french song belongs anywhere near this tournament...

ah, prepare then because my surlaw will have at least one French song :pac:

Tell me how

Pretzill wrote: »

Only three of my choices have made it through from the judge round and here. I'm most disappointed with losing "Cloudbusting" these words in it and songs like it, have helped get me through some of the longer, Covid days;
)

I had ten make it through to the 1st round proper. Some definitely still in the mix but not sure the breakdown. Know at least 1 has bowed out.

Also Starring LeVar Burton

Irish Aris wrote: »

ah, prepare then because my surlaw will have at least one French song :pac:

Just to be clear, I don't have a problem with French songs. It's not because it's in French that I can't stand the Edith Piaf one, it's because the song itself is absolute dogsh*t.

noby

I've been offline the last few hours -
i hope no-one did anything rash while I was away...

Pretzill

noby wrote: »

I've been offline the last few hours -
i hope no-one did anything rash while I was away...

Zaph

noby wrote: »

I've been offline the last few hours -
i hope no-one did anything rash while I was away...

Define rash...

Pretzill

Tell me how wrote: »

Are people using the score they awarded the track in the assessment phase to make a decision on which track to vote through in these rounds?

Not always in my case as most of the songs that made it here were a little middling or low scored by me in the first place so I just went with which one I liked least to go.

XLR 8

Hazel O' Connor Will You
Suzanne Vega Jo's Diner
Sam Brown Stop

noby

Tell me how wrote: »

Are people using the score they awarded the track in the assessment phase to make a decision on which track to vote through in these rounds?

I have but have also been surprised how many tracks were matched up which I had awarded the same points to.

I can't remember the scores I gave, so going on gut for the knockout.

XLR 8

XLR 8 wrote: »

Hazel O' Connor Will You
Suzanne Vega Jo's Diner
Sam Brown Stop

Tom’s diner was nominated. Hazel and Sam were not. I would have loved to have seen them.

They’re going on my Strawbs playlist.

JP Liz V1

Complicated Avril Lavigne
Ex's & Oh's Elle King
Nothing Compares 2U Sinead O'Connor
Whenever, Wherever Shakira

Pretzill

JP Liz V1 wrote: »

Complicated Avril Lavigne
Ex's & Oh's Elle King
Nothing Compares 2U Sinead O'Connor
Whenever, Wherever Shakira

I nominated Ex's & oh's - I don't think it made it

Zaph

Pretzill wrote: »

I nominated Ex's & oh's - I don't think it made it

It got voted out in round 1. Never heard the song before, it was one of my favourite discoveries of the competition.

Eliminated Round One

380 Son of a Preacher Man Dusty Springfield (Received 3 nominations. Awarded 20 points by 6 Judges. Average score was 17, the highest out of all entries.)

377 Linger The Cranberries
370 Be My Baby The Ronettes
365 Dreams Fleetwood mac
351 Torn Natalie Imbruglia
350 Ode to my family The Cranberries
347 Eternal Flame The Bangles
335 ironic alanis morisette
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
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
298 Echo Beach Martha and the Muffins
297 Cloudbusting Kate Bush
296 Whenever, Wherever Shakira
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

Strawberry Milkshake

Strawberry Milkshake wrote: »

Eliminated Round One


316 Shake It Out Florence + the Machine
303 Black Boys on Mopeds Sinaed O'Connor

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