SURLAW reveal - Lassyvission

lassykk

Next up it's Kolido

In 10th place it's Guster - Happier - 1 point

In 9th place it's Staind - So Far Away - 2 points

In 8th place it's Semisonic - Closing Time - 3 points

In 7th place it's Blue October - Fear - 4 points

In 6th place it's Metallica - Hero of the Day - 5 points

In 5th place it's Silverchair - Tomorrow - 6 points

In 4th place it's JJ72 - October Swimmer - 7 points

In 3rd place it's Silversun Pickups - Lazy Eye - 8 points

In 2nd place it's Bad Company - If You Needed Somebody - 10 points

In 1st place it's Lisa Loeb - Stay - 12 points

Two maximums for Lisa Loeb in a row. Not my usual genre of song but something about this song is really catchy and clearly others feel the same (or it was the least annoying option )

lassykk

At the end of Round 5 of the voting the scores are:

Song Score
Pearl Jam - Porch 32
JJ72 - October Swimmer 27
Staind - So Far Away 25
Silversun Pickups - Lazy Eye 25
Lisa Loeb - Stay 24
Avril Lavigne - Head Above Water 22
Incubus - Megalomaniac 21
Police - The King of Pain 15
Semisonic - Closing Time 15
Stone Sour - Imperfect 14
Bad Company - If You Needed Somebody 14
Blink 182 - Feeling This 12
Guster - Happier 10
Blue October - Fear 10
Indigo Girls - Closer to Fine 6
Silverchair - Tomorrow 6
Metallica - Hero of the Day 5
Scott Stapp - The Great Divide 4
Tonic - You Wanted More 3
Seven Mary Three - Wait 0


JJ72 amazingly high up considering their limited success in the early 2000s

Lisa Loeb shooting up the rankings too after her two maximums

lassykk

Next up it's ShaneU

In 10th place it's Stone Sour - Imperfect - 1 point

In 9th place it's Lisa Loeb - Stay - 2 points

In 8th place it's Incubus - Megalomaniac - 3 points

In 7th place it's Staind - So Far Away - 4 points

In 6th place it's Semisonic - Closing Time - 5 points

In 5th place it's Scott Stapp - The Great Divide - 6 points

In 4th place it's Metallica - Hero of the Day - 7 points

In 3rd place it's JJ72 - October Swimmer - 8 points

In 2nd place it's Indigo Girls - Closer to Fine - 10 points

In 1st place it's Silversun Pickups - Lazy Eye - 12 points

lassykk

At the end of Round 6 of the voting the scores are:

Song Score
Silversun Pickups - Lazy Eye 37
JJ72 - October Swimmer 35
Pearl Jam - Porch 32
Staind - So Far Away 29
Lisa Loeb - Stay 26
Incubus - Megalomaniac 24
Avril Lavigne - Head Above Water 22
Semisonic - Closing Time 20
Indigo Girls - Closer to Fine 16
Police - The King of Pain 15
Stone Sour - Imperfect 15
Bad Company - If You Needed Somebody 14
Blink 182 - Feeling This 12
Metallica - Hero of the Day 12
Guster - Happier 10
Blue October - Fear 10
Scott Stapp - The Great Divide 10
Silverchair - Tomorrow 6
Tonic - You Wanted More 3
Seven Mary Three - Wait 0


And with that we have a new leader - Silversun Pickups take up the mantle after the love for Pearl Jam tapers off.

lassykk

Next up it's Gru

In 10th place it's Pearl Jam - Porch - 1 point

In 9th place it's Staind - So Far Away - 2 points

In 8th place it's Blink 182 - Feeling This - 3 points

In 7th place it's Incubus - Megalomaniac - 4 points

In 6th place it's Police - The King of Pain - 5 points

In 5th place it's JJ72 - October Swimmer - 6 points

In 4th place it's Avril Lavigne - Head Above Water - 7 points

In 3rd place it's Indigo Girls - Closer to Fine - 8 points

In 2nd place it's Metallica - Hero of the Day - 10 points

In 1st place it's Semisonic - Closing Time - 12 points

lassykk

At the end of Round 7 of the voting the scores are:

Song Score
JJ72 - October Swimmer 41
Silversun Pickups - Lazy Eye 37
Pearl Jam - Porch 33
Semisonic - Closing Time 32
Staind - So Far Away 31
Avril Lavigne - Head Above Water 29
Incubus - Megalomaniac 28
Lisa Loeb - Stay 26
Indigo Girls - Closer to Fine 24
Metallica - Hero of the Day 22
Police - The King of Pain 20
Stone Sour - Imperfect 15
Blink 182 - Feeling This 15
Bad Company - If You Needed Somebody 14
Guster - Happier 10
Blue October - Fear 10
Scott Stapp - The Great Divide 10
Silverchair - Tomorrow 6
Tonic - You Wanted More 3
Seven Mary Three - Wait 0


JJ72 move into the lead and are the only song to have received points from every vote so far!

An interesting mix of music I must say. Staind though. I remember buying their album and listening to Its Been Awhile over and over again in my delayed "teenage" angst.

lassykk

Next up it's Deleted User

In 10th place it's Pearl Jam - Porch - 1 point

In 9th place it's Incubus - Megalomaniac - 2 points

In 8th place it's Stone Sour - Imperfect - 3 points

In 7th place it's JJ72 - October Swimmer - 4 points

In 6th place it's Semisonic - Closing Time - 5 points

In 5th place it's Tonic - You Wanted More - 6 points

In 4th place it's Bad Company - If You Needed Somebody - 7 points

In 3rd place it's Lisa Loeb - Stay - 8 points

In 2nd place it's Indigo Girls - Closer to Fine - 10 points

In 1st place it's Silversun Pickups - Lazy Eye - 12 points

Kolido

Love that Lisa Loeb song, it was my no. 1 before I even listened to the others.

My main love is 80s rock, I moved onto dance music in the 90 so skipped the whole grunge scene. Was never a fan of Pearl Jam but do like a few of their songs.

Im a big Metallica fan but thats not one of their better songs for me, though I scored it high enough.

lassykk

Deleted User wrote: »

An interesting mix of music I must say. Staind though. I remember buying their album and listening to Its Been Awhile over and over again in my delayed "teenage" angst.

Interesting is a polite word for it. My friends think I have an appalling taste. Yep Staind are definitely one for the teenage angst years alright

lassykk

Kolido wrote: »

Love that Lisa Loeb song, it was my no. 1 before I even listened to the others.

My main love is 80s rock, I moved onto dance music in the 90 so skipped the whole grunge scene. Was never a fan of Pearl Jam but do like a few of their songs.

Im a big Metallica fan but thats not one of their better songs for me, though I scored it high enough.

I don't know why I like it so much I must admit but as mentioned in my Walrus I have a soft spot for one hit wonders!

My era is 90s/00s rock and was never into the dance scene.

I was going to put up The Unforgiven or One from Metallica but I really like the intro to Hero of the Day so that got the nod

Also Starring LeVar Burton

Great to see Silversun Pickups racking up some serious points; Lazy Eye was the discovery of the comp for me. I had heard one of their other songs before and had been meaning to check them out properly.

lassykk

At the end of Round 8 of the voting the scores are:

Song Score
Silversun Pickups - Lazy Eye 49
JJ72 - October Swimmer 45
Semisonic - Closing Time 37
Pearl Jam - Porch 34
Lisa Loeb - Stay 34
Indigo Girls - Closer to Fine 34
Staind - So Far Away 31
Incubus - Megalomaniac 30
Avril Lavigne - Head Above Water 29
Metallica - Hero of the Day 22
Bad Company - If You Needed Somebody 21
Police - The King of Pain 20
Stone Sour - Imperfect 18
Blink 182 - Feeling This 15
Guster - Happier 10
Blue October - Fear 10
Scott Stapp - The Great Divide 10
Tonic - You Wanted More 9
Silverchair - Tomorrow 6
Seven Mary Three - Wait 0


At the midway point Silversun Pickups hold a slender lead from JJ72 but it can all change quickly!

Kolido

lassykk wrote: »

I don't know why I like it so much I must admit but as mentioned in my Walrus I have a soft spot for one hit wonders!

My era is 90s/00s rock and was never into the dance scene.

I was going to put up The Unforgiven or One from Metallica but I really like the intro to Hero of the Day so that got the nod

Either of those Metallica songs would have scored 2nd place for me.

lassykk

Also Starring LeVar Burton wrote: »

Great to see Silversun Pickups racking up some serious points; Lazy Eye was the discovery of the comp for me. I had heard one of their other songs before and had been meaning to check them out properly.

I think it came up for me as a YouTube recommendation and that's how I discovered them. I had never heard of them before a few months ago

I discovered Guster, Blue October, Tonic & Seven Mary Three through Spotify radio based on my main playlist which I regularly listen to too

Also Starring LeVar Burton

Also Starring LeVar Burton wrote: »

Great to see Silversun Pickups racking up some serious points; Lazy Eye was the discovery of the comp for me. I had heard one of their other songs before and had been meaning to check them out properly.

Lazy Eye was one of my nominations for best song of the Noughties. Can't remember what it went up against but I don't think anybody else voted for it.

lassykk

Next up it's sKeith

In 10th place it's Indigo Girls - Closer to Fine - 1 point

In 9th place it's Scott Stapp - The Great Divide - 2 points

In 8th place it's Stone Sour - Imperfect - 3 points

In 7th place it's Pearl Jam - Porch - 4 points

In 6th place it's Police - The King of Pain - 5 points

In 5th place it's Staind - So Far Away - 6 points

In 4th place it's Metallica - Hero of the Day - 7 points

In 3rd place it's Avril Lavigne - Head Above Water - 8 points

In 2nd place it's Bad Company - If You Needed Somebody - 10 points

In 1st place it's Lisa Loeb - Stay - 12 points

Another maximum for Lisa - she really is a love her or hate her type of gal as she's had more maximums than anyone else but also had five zeros

Kolido

Btw, Bad Company are the band Im going to check out some more of, find of the contest for me.

lassykk

Deleted User wrote: »

Lazy Eye was one of my nominations for best song of the Noughties. Can't remember what it went up against but I don't think anybody else voted for it.

I struggle hugely on those competitions to listen to songs I don't know and have my vote still count as they run so fast. Definitely would have gotten a vote from me against almost anything

lassykk

Kolido wrote: »

Btw, Bad Company are the band Im going to check out some more of, find of the contest for me.

I know it's a cheesy song and sort of power ballady but I really like it - they have some more famous tracks too which I didn't know either

Also Starring LeVar Burton

Deleted User wrote: »

Lazy Eye was one of my nominations for best song of the Noughties. Can't remember what it went up against but I don't think anybody else voted for it.

Must've missed that. I try to listen to everything in those tournaments, but sometimes the votes are going so fast, if it's up against something I like and know really well, I don't get the chance.

ShaneU

Lazy Eye is one of my favourite 90's songs, was always going to be hard to knock from number one on my list

lassykk

At the end of Round 9 of the voting the scores are:

Song Score
Silversun Pickups - Lazy Eye 49
Lisa Loeb - Stay 46
JJ72 - October Swimmer 45
Pearl Jam - Porch 38
Semisonic - Closing Time 37
Staind - So Far Away 37
Avril Lavigne - Head Above Water 37
Indigo Girls - Closer to Fine 35
Bad Company - If You Needed Somebody 31
Incubus - Megalomaniac 30
Metallica - Hero of the Day 29
Police - The King of Pain 25
Stone Sour - Imperfect 21
Blink 182 - Feeling This 15
Scott Stapp - The Great Divide 12
Guster - Happier 10
Blue October - Fear 10
Tonic - You Wanted More 9
Silverchair - Tomorrow 6
Seven Mary Three - Wait 0


Lisa shoots up to second place and is giving JJ72 and Silversun a run for their money

lassykk

Next up it's Sawduck

In 10th place it's Stone Sour - Imperfect - 1 point

In 9th place it's Pearl Jam - Porch - 2 points

In 8th place it's Metallica - Hero of the Day - 3 points

In 7th place it's Staind - So Far Away - 4 points

In 6th place it's Avril Lavigne - Head Above Water - 5 points

In 5th place it's JJ72 - October Swimmer - 6 points

In 4th place it's Blink 182 - Feeling This - 7 points

In 3rd place it's Scott Stapp - The Great Divide - 8 points

In 2nd place it's Indigo Girls - Closer to Fine - 10 points

In 1st place it's Semisonic - Closing Time - 12 points

lassykk

At the end of Round 10 of the voting the scores are:

Song Score
JJ72 - October Swimmer 51
Silversun Pickups - Lazy Eye 49
Semisonic - Closing Time 49
Lisa Loeb - Stay 46
Indigo Girls - Closer to Fine 45
Avril Lavigne - Head Above Water 42
Staind - So Far Away 41
Pearl Jam - Porch 40
Metallica - Hero of the Day 32
Bad Company - If You Needed Somebody 31
Incubus - Megalomaniac 30
Police - The King of Pain 25
Stone Sour - Imperfect 22
Blink 182 - Feeling This 22
Scott Stapp - The Great Divide 20
Guster - Happier 10
Blue October - Fear 10
Tonic - You Wanted More 9
Silverchair - Tomorrow 6
Seven Mary Three - Wait 0


JJ72 move back to the top of the leaderboard again ! Genuinely the most surprising element of this so far has been the love for JJ72 up to now

lassykk

Next up it's Rothko

In 10th place it's Seven Mary Three - Wait - 1 point

In 9th place it's Staind - So Far Away - 2 points

In 8th place it's Indigo Girls - Closer to Fine - 3 points

In 7th place it's Stone Sour - Imperfect - 4 points

In 6th place it's Guster - Happier - 5 points

In 5th place it's Blink 182 - Feeling This - 6 points

In 4th place it's Pearl Jam - Porch - 7 points

In 3rd place it's Semisonic - Closing Time - 8 points

In 2nd place it's Metallica - Hero of the Day - 10 points

In 1st place it's Silversun Pickups - Lazy Eye - 12 points

Finally some love, albeit only a little, for Seven Mary Three

lassykk

At the end of Round 11 of the voting the scores are:

Song Score
Silversun Pickups - Lazy Eye 61
Semisonic - Closing Time 57
JJ72 - October Swimmer 51
Indigo Girls - Closer to Fine 48
Pearl Jam - Porch 47
Lisa Loeb - Stay 46
Staind - So Far Away 43
Avril Lavigne - Head Above Water 42
Metallica - Hero of the Day 42
Bad Company - If You Needed Somebody 31
Incubus - Megalomaniac 30
Blink 182 - Feeling This 28
Stone Sour - Imperfect 26
Police - The King of Pain 25
Scott Stapp - The Great Divide 20
Guster - Happier 15
Blue October - Fear 10
Tonic - You Wanted More 9
Silverchair - Tomorrow 6
Seven Mary Three - Wait 1

lassykk

Next up it's y0ssar1an22

In 10th place it's Seven Mary Three - Wait - 1 point

In 9th place it's Stone Sour - Imperfect - 2 points

In 8th place it's Silverchair - Tomorrow - 3 points

In 7th place it's Police - The King of Pain - 4 points

In 6th place it's Bad Company - If You Needed Somebody - 5 points

In 5th place it's Tonic - You Wanted More - 6 points

In 4th place it's Semisonic - Closing Time - 7 points

In 3rd place it's Scott Stapp - The Great Divide - 8 points

In 2nd place it's Staind - So Far Away - 10 points

In 1st place it's Metallica - Hero of the Day - 12 points

lassykk

At the end of Round 12 of the voting the scores are:

Song Score
Semisonic - Closing Time 64
Silversun Pickups - Lazy Eye 61
Metallica - Hero of the Day 54
Staind - So Far Away 53
JJ72 - October Swimmer 51
Indigo Girls - Closer to Fine 48
Pearl Jam - Porch 47
Lisa Loeb - Stay 46
Avril Lavigne - Head Above Water 42
Bad Company - If You Needed Somebody 36
Incubus - Megalomaniac 30
Police - The King of Pain 29
Blink 182 - Feeling This 28
Stone Sour - Imperfect 28
Scott Stapp - The Great Divide 28
Guster - Happier 15
Tonic - You Wanted More 15
Blue October - Fear 10
Silverchair - Tomorrow 9
Seven Mary Three - Wait 2


We have a new leader and for the first time it's Semisonic - Closing Time. Silversun Pickups close behind though and Metallica making a late charge!

Rothko

Love Lazy Eye. I discovered them when I saw them open for Nine Inch Nails and Foo Fighters some years back.

Feeling This was a nice rediscovery for me. Brought me right back to my teenage years.