The Bluemoon Song Cup 2023

[NZBlue]

Gap widening again.

Mind the gap
Mind the gap
Mad Eyed Screamer
Mind the gap
Mind the gap I say
Mind the gap
Mind the gap
Mad Eyed Screamer
Going to lose
The Morrissey way

 

[PinkFinal]

TCM is one of those songs I'm just sick of hearing.
I just listen to the 'London' version

 

[LGWIO]

I am totally amazed that you lot are voting for S&G as it is well known fact and has been in the Echo repeatedly that both Art & Paul are ardent Liverpool supporters...in fact it was always their dream when growing up to play for the European Royalty on those wonderful European (Thuirsday) nights .
So on that basis you should all switch your votes to The Smiths
just being helpful (and very honest)...Lah

 

[BlueHammer85]

Gentle reminder, there’s rumours of further riots for the next match.

 

[NZBlue]

Gentle reminder, there’s rumours of further riots for the next match.

You mean we can get rid of another one? Bring it on :-)

 

[FogBlueInSanFran]

Gentle reminder, there’s rumours of further riots for the next match.

Fleetwood Mac vs Kaiser Chiefs???

 

[mancity1]

What a match up! Only in the GMA or among Mancuniophiles does S&G have a chance of losing this. And even me being the latter it’s a tough one! It’s my favo(u)rite S&G song vs. a good-but-not-my-favo(u)rite Smiths song.

I have this nagging feeling that the Boxer is one of your picks Fog.

Not sure how high it is on your list of all time favourites Fog but yes certainly one of their best albeit the coda is a little too long IMO.

 

[FogBlueInSanFran]

I have this nagging feeling that the Boxer is one of your picks Fog.

Not sure how high it is on your list of all time favourites Fog but yes certainly one of their best albeit the coda is a little too long IMO.

S and G and Simon solo also — the best stuff is among my favo(u)rite music, but there isn’t enough “best stuff”, so I never think about him/them as great. Also — Californians tend to be slightly wary of New York music because so many New Yorkers fall all over themselves sucking up to the scene (Ramones, New York Dolls, VU, Talking Heads, Sonic Youth, etc.) That said I do really love this song and TCM is good but not great (against “Stop If You Think . . .” would be a much tougher call for me).

As for me picking this — errrrr, as you can probably guess most of my picks will lean and have already leaned toward the “get run over by the opposition” kind.

 

[NZBlue]

S and G and Simon solo also — the best stuff is among my favo(u)rite music, but there isn’t enough “best stuff”, so I never think about him/them as great.

Not enough great stuff from Paul Simon?

50 Ways To Leave Your Lover (1975)
American Tune (1973)
Crazy Love, Vol. II (1986)
Diamonds On The Soles Of Her Shoes (1986)
Graceland (1986)
Gumboots (1986)
Hearts And Bones (1983)
Homeless (1986)
I Know What I Know (1986)
Kodachrome (1973)
Late in the Evening (1980)
Loves Me Like a Rock (1973)
Me And Julio Down By The Schoolyard (1972)
Mother and Child Reunion (1972)
Rewrite (2011)
Slip Slidin' Away (1977)
Spirit Voices (1990)
Still Crazy After All These Years (1975)
Take Me To The Mardi Gras (1973)
The Boy in the Bubble (1986)
The Obvious Child (1990)
You Can Call Me Al

OK, there was also a fair bit of dross in between but it's not a bad body of work, on top of S&G

And don't forget Art had Bright Eyes!

 

[bluegirl74]

It's taken me ages to pick between these two. Both songs hold huge significance for me and they both feature in the playlist that @andyhinch and I compiled over several years of subjecting each other to our individual musical tastes. So I picked The Boxer as it was one of his top 5. But he'd be livid that in voting for this one, I'd effectively voted against the Smiths.
A rock and a hard place this round. Maybe I shouldn't have voted for either?