The Bluemoon Song Cup 2023

threespires said:
FFS. I know you're not supposed to out yourself, first rule of song club and all that malarkey but for my sanity I need to share my tale of woe here.

TSAGSA was my choice of a Top 10 Single. I say my choice, I actually nominated something else but BH said it was already taken. (That song went on to batter it's opponent in probably the single biggest kicking of the round so far).

Fair enough I thought I suppose that can happen so here's another choice then mate...but nah sorry mate that's already taken too says BH, you'll have to pick another one.

So this was actually my third choice song but you know, never mind it's still one of the great pop songs featuring one of the greatest ever pop voices. So it should still do alright I think to myself......against most things.

So imagine my delight to find it up against a song the lyrics of which were literally fucking draped around our stadium. Oh well never mind another one bites the dust for me. But no Mr Bloody Hammer and his evil cup competition aren't done with me yet are they?

My pick starts getting a decent number of votes and takes a nice little lead, my faith in the good taste of the forum is restored and I'm getting a little bit hopeful. What a foolishly niave twatfaced dunderhead I am. Just as it's looking positive, the fans of Burnage's answer to Pinky and fucking Perky emerge from the woodwork for a late surge and me and the boys Walker are done for.

But not without a little bit of extra salt in the wound. Someone, a mod no less, can be arsed to post to express their preference for the walker brothers but can't be arsed to then actually press the like button. Et tu Jimbo?

So goodbye dry eyes and goodbye the glorious mellifluous baritone of Scott Engels. You managed to score by some margin the highest votes in defeat and a score that wins all but a handful of matches but you are still banished by the, in comparison, syphilitic banshee wail of the lesser monobrowed Gallagher brother.

My second attempted choice in this category hasn't come up yet but out of sheer spite I'm tempted to vote against it even if it's up against the fucking birdy song.

Apart from that I'm really enjoying this thread, you're doing great job BH, crack on mate ;-)

Right having got that off me chest I'm off out to guitarguitar. As Captain Oates said, I may be gone some time you bunch of absolute 'kin Philistines (not the 28 who share my excellent music taste obvs).
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threespires said:
FFS. I know you're not supposed to out yourself, first rule of song club and all that malarkey but for my sanity I need to share my tale of woe here.

TSAGSA was my choice of a Top 10 Single. I say my choice, I actually nominated something else but BH said it was already taken. (That song went on to batter it's opponent in probably the single biggest kicking of the round so far).

Fair enough I thought I suppose that can happen so here's another choice then mate...but nah sorry mate that's already taken too says BH, you'll have to pick another one.

So this was actually my third choice song but you know, never mind it's still one of the great pop songs featuring one of the greatest ever pop voices. So it should still do alright I think to myself......against most things.

So imagine my delight to find it up against a song the lyrics of which were literally fucking draped around our stadium. Oh well never mind another one bites the dust for me. But no Mr Bloody Hammer and his evil cup competition aren't done with me yet are they?

My pick starts getting a decent number of votes and takes a nice little lead, my faith in the good taste of the forum is restored and I'm getting a little bit hopeful. What a foolishly niave twatfaced dunderhead I am. Just as it's looking positive, the fans of Burnage's answer to Pinky and fucking Perky emerge from the woodwork for a late surge and me and the boys Walker are done for.

But not without a little bit of extra salt in the wound. Someone, a mod no less, can be arsed to post to express their preference for the walker brothers but can't be arsed to then actually press the like button. Et tu Jimbo?

So goodbye dry eyes and goodbye the glorious mellifluous baritone of Scott Engels. You managed to score by some margin the highest votes in defeat and a score that wins all but a handful of matches but you are still banished by the, in comparison, syphilitic banshee wail of the lesser monobrowed Gallagher brother.

My second attempted choice in this category hasn't come up yet but out of sheer spite I'm tempted to vote against it even if it's up against the fucking birdy song.

Apart from that I'm really enjoying this thread, you're doing great job BH, crack on mate ;-)

Right having got that off me chest I'm off out to guitarguitar. As Captain Oates said, I may be gone some time you bunch of absolute 'kin Philistines (not the 28 who share my excellent music taste obvs).
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I haven't really been following this, but great, amusing post. It makes me think of Kenneth Williams and his “Infamy! Infamy! They've all got it in for me!”
What the fuck beat out the Walker Brothers, by the way? Great, great voices. I remember “The sun ain't gonna shine any more” as if it were yesterday…
 
I've gone for Sam Fender - I know Jimi is one of the all time greats but I never really understood the love for this cover and I love that Fender track - a regular on my run playlist. No chance for him though.
 
threespires said:
FFS. I know you're not supposed to out yourself, first rule of song club and all that malarkey but for my sanity I need to share my tale of woe here.

TSAGSA was my choice of a Top 10 Single. I say my choice, I actually nominated something else but BH said it was already taken. (That song went on to batter it's opponent in probably the single biggest kicking of the round so far).

Fair enough I thought I suppose that can happen so here's another choice then mate...but nah sorry mate that's already taken too says BH, you'll have to pick another one.

So this was actually my third choice song but you know, never mind it's still one of the great pop songs featuring one of the greatest ever pop voices. So it should still do alright I think to myself......against most things.

So imagine my delight to find it up against a song the lyrics of which were literally fucking draped around our stadium. Oh well never mind another one bites the dust for me. But no Mr Bloody Hammer and his evil cup competition aren't done with me yet are they?

My pick starts getting a decent number of votes and takes a nice little lead, my faith in the good taste of the forum is restored and I'm getting a little bit hopeful. What a foolishly niave twatfaced dunderhead I am. Just as it's looking positive, the fans of Burnage's answer to Pinky and fucking Perky emerge from the woodwork for a late surge and me and the boys Walker are done for.

But not without a little bit of extra salt in the wound. Someone, a mod no less, can be arsed to post to express their preference for the walker brothers but can't be arsed to then actually press the like button. Et tu Jimbo?

So goodbye dry eyes and goodbye the glorious mellifluous baritone of Scott Engels. You managed to score by some margin the highest votes in defeat and a score that wins all but a handful of matches but you are still banished by the, in comparison, syphilitic banshee wail of the lesser monobrowed Gallagher brother.

My second attempted choice in this category hasn't come up yet but out of sheer spite I'm tempted to vote against it even if it's up against the fucking birdy song.

Apart from that I'm really enjoying this thread, you're doing great job BH, crack on mate ;-)

Right having got that off me chest I'm off out to guitarguitar. As Captain Oates said, I may be gone some time you bunch of absolute 'kin Philistines (not the 28 who share my excellent music taste obvs).
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I change my last comment regarding the unlucky Smiths to the Walker Brothers , the previous two were only worthy of a BM Cup amongst the second division with respect to the casters. If you read this BH I think its fair to have a late rule change whereby the lowest scoring winner runs off in a playoff against the highest scoring loser for a last crack at round 2.
 
OB1 said:
All Along the Watchtower is possibly the best cover version ever.
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I've got a terrible admission to make. At the time it came out, I didn't know the original! It was only a year or so later that someone put on John Wesley Harding — still one of the most fundamentally mysterious and brilliant recordings in the history of popular music, and I'm not even particularly a Dylan fan — and there was that harmonica shrieking thinly like the wind across the prairies, and that song ! And I just thought, my God, Hendrix is even cooler than I thought.
 
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Lovebitesandeveryfing said:
I've got a terrible admission to make. At the time it came out, I didn't know the original! It was only a year or so later that someone put on John Wesley Harding — still one of the most fundamentally mysterious and brilliant recordings in the history of popular music, and I'm not even particularly a Dylan fan — and there was that harmonica shrieking thinly like the wind across the prairies, and that song ! And I just thought, my God, Hendrix is even cooler than I thought.
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It's still cool today
 
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