The Bluemoon Song Cup 2023

[blueparrot]

I think there should be plenty of Smiths songs allowed.

I mean, given how many got smacked down in the last cup, the big songs by talented artists should have a chance to compete against League Two opposition at home sometimes. :)

You aren’t allowing for the blatant cheating though are you :)

 

[Marklr]

One song has to be over 15 minutes long ;)

 

[Alan Harper's Tash]

I like these too though “solo artist” is hard to define. Eg. Dave Grohl played every instrument on nearly every track of Foo Fighters debut; Bob Dylan certainly owes a lot of credit to his band; etc.

Bands too. Some bands sound better without their vocalist.

Like The Smiths.

 

[BlueHammer85]

i'll weigh up all the ideas and comments and will get the ball rolling Monday next week.

 

[Protein Junkie]

i'll weigh up all the ideas and comments and will get the ball rolling Monday next week.

Only posters with just the one account allowed.
Nobody with multiple burner accounts :-)

 

[Mad Eyed Screamer]

I think there should be plenty of Smiths songs allowed.

I mean, given how many got smacked down in the last cup, the big songs by talented artists should have a chance to compete against League Two opposition at home sometimes. :)

Ha!

 

[Mad Eyed Screamer]

Only posters with just the one account allowed.
Nobody with multiple burner accounts :-)

Surely no one on here has multiple accounts?
I checked with my other 14 user names and none of them knew anyone who had more than one account....

 

[threespires]

I think there should be plenty of Smiths songs allowed.

I mean, given how many got smacked down in the last cup, the big songs by talented artists should have a chance to compete against League Two opposition at home sometimes. :)

One man's classic is another man's self pitying, short arse megalomaniacal, plagerising, folk rock tosh. At least Morrissey wears his rampant narcissism on his sleeve :-)

Anyway, how about a rule that any band with a City fan in it, who doesn't have the surname Gallagher, automatically gets 5 votes extra. With a bonus of an extra 5 votes if said fan has been known to play a Jaguar or two :-)

 

[FogBlueInSanFran]

One man's classic is another man's self pitying, short arse megalomaniacal, plagerising, folk rock tosh. At least Morrissey wears his rampant narcissism on his sleeve :-)

Anyway, how about a rule that any band with a City fan in it, who doesn't have the surname Gallagher, automatically gets 5 votes extra. With a bonus of an extra 5 votes if said fan has been known to play a Jaguar or two :-)

If we did that we'd have to penalis(z)e rags too and I don't want any extra baggage for all the Bernie Sumner/Albrecht tunes I expect to pick.

At least Ian C and Gretton were blues, may they RIP.

 

[threespires]

If we did that we'd have to penalis(z)e rags too and I don't want any extra baggage for all the Bernie Sumner/Albrecht tunes I expect to pick.

At least Ian C and Gretton were blues, may they RIP.

Hmmm that's true, and the late Terry Hall too. I didn't think that one through did I ? Maybe there could be a star chamber who adjudicate on 'acceptable rags' who don't incur the penalty.

(Cue someone pointing out acceptable rag is an oxymoron).

 

[FogBlueInSanFran]

Ha!

You know I do like the Smiths, though, right? I'm not a slavish zombie devotee like you but they are good for a pleasant song or three.

 

[NZBlue]

You know I do like the Smiths, though, right? I'm not a slavish zombie devotee like you but they are good for a pleasant song or three.

You sycophantic bastard. Crawling already and the competition hasn't even started

 

[FogBlueInSanFran]

You sycophantic bastard. Crawling already and the competition hasn't even started

I told you — in this Cup, Big Mouth = Crawley Town, Boy With Thorn = Scunthorpe, etc. Easy pickin’s.

 

[NZBlue]

I like these too though “solo artist” is hard to define. Eg. Dave Grohl played every instrument on nearly every track of Foo Fighters debut; Bob Dylan certainly owes a lot of credit to his band; etc.

Solo artist would simply be someone that performs under their own name.
Kate Bush, to use an example from last time, is clearly a solo artist, yet she has other musicians.
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers would be a no, but Tom Petty solo would be fine.

Just my thoughts

 

[NZBlue]

Yes solo artist is too difficult to clearly define. Plus it might lead someone to include Ed Sheeran

Don't knock Ed. I may not be a fan of his music but he has inspired a generation of kids to pick up guitars and that is a good thing in my book

 

[BimboBob]

Don't knock Ed. I may not be a fan of his music but he has inspired a generation of kids to pick up guitars and that is a good thing in my book

And he's made being an ugly ginger cool with the birds. Might have something to do with the piles of cash he's made rehashing the same song over and over...

See also Adele. Beyonce. Swift.

 

[bennyboy]

I think there should be plenty of Smiths songs allowed.

I mean, given how many got smacked down in the last cup, the big songs by talented artists should have a chance to compete against League Two opposition at home sometimes. :)

Aye the league two opposition in Depeche Mode had a good run in the last one.

 

[NZBlue]

You could always have a totally random element -

Songs with a colour in the title, bands with 3 members, Singers born before x date, animal featuring somewhere in the name etc.

 

[surrounded by idiots]

Can I submit my entries here ???????

 

[PragueBlue]

Can I submit my entries here ???????

No. You wait for the categories and rules to be announced (possibly sometime next week) and then you PM them to BlueHammer.