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Hi Val. I’m still traveling with you all. ‘Travel Fan’ AKA Jemma. 🤣
Oh wow! I did not know that! I used to get mixed up between Travel Fan and Telly Addict. Great to know that you also belong in the long service brigade. I'll edit my post to reflect you are an original!
Val wrote: "Oh wow! I did not know that! I used to get mixed up between Travel Fan and Telly Addict. Great to know that you also belong in the long service brigade. I'll edit my post to reflect you are an orig..."Cheers Val. I hope is a gold medal we certainly deserve it. 🤣🤣
* Cream Of 2024 - Winter - Round 1 Up on Dec 23, nominations close Dec 29; voting closes Jan 5I've allowed one week for nominations and another week for voting. It's a busy time of year but it would be great if we all make it to the table.
* Cream Of 2024 - Winter - Round 2 Up on Jan 6
* Cream Of 2024 - Winter - Round 3 Up on Jan 13
* Cream Of 2024 - Winter - Round 4 Up on Jan 20
* Cream Of 2024 - Winter - Round 5 Up on Jan 27
Theme 446 - Aye Aye Captain - Song titles containing one (or more) of the homophones Aye, Eye, I, and Ai - Helen
Theme 447 - "Pass the Dutchie" - Royalty. Kings and Queens, Princes and Princesses, Dukes, Dutchesses, Counts, Countesses etc - Sera
Theme 448 - Our moral guardians - Songs banned by the BBC, for whatever reason and no matter how long for. List at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of... and a piece giving some of the more bizarre justifications https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-en...
Theme 449 - "Order Please!" - Song titles with an ordinal number in them. - KJS
Theme 450 - "Self Titled Songs" - Bands/Artists who released a self titled track, i.e. Iron Maiden - Iron Maiden. Covers of other artist's work, performed by a band/artist bearing the same name of the song, are acceptable (see my comment below). - theDuke
Tim found this helpful link:
https://www.discogs.com/lists/Eponymo...
Theme 451 - "Keep It In The Family" - songs by bands/duos/collabs that contain blood relations - Helen
Theme 452 - Live dead stop - Any live version of a track which has to have an ending whereas the studio version fades out.- Fishy_Jim
Theme 453 - Easy or hard? Any song with either or both of these words in the title. - Val
Theme 454 - "Hall of Shame" - "stalker" songs e.g. the creepy "always watching you" sort and the "I'll get you and keep you, whatever you want" sort. Reversing the usual idea, so vote for the worst offender. - Isabella
Theme 455 "I ♥️... 1987. " Songs from your favourite albums of '87. (Singles released either side of said year are fine) - Collette.
Theme 456 - "Wot No Royalties?!" - Music released by artists/bands/musicians copyright free. - Das Duke
Theme 457 - “A kiss is just a kiss” - Songs with kiss, kisses, kissed or kissing in the title. - KJS
Theme 458 - "Do Wah Diddy Diddy Dum Diddy Don't" - Song titles containing either (or both) of the words "do" or "don't" - Helen
Theme 459 -
Theme 460 - Wildcard Round 20
Theme 461 - "I Am The God Of Hellfire....And I Bring You....FIRE!" - Song Titles containing Incendiary words, but no firefighter or fire extinguishing words, cos tonight we're burning baby burning! - Thermal Duklear Explosion :)
Theme 462 - Son of The paper bit in the middle - a second round of selections from favourite record labels. Same rules as before - Tim
Val wrote: "Helen, don't worry about whether we've done it before or not. Who cares and who remembers? I do have a master list from Round 1 - blast from the past names from those early rounds: Lez Lee (much mi..."I must still be very much a youngster then...even though, this year marks the 10th anniversary for me! I came in towards the end of the year with the Cream Of Rounds and the now defunct Artists thread, and the following spring, i immersed myself with my first stint on the AFL footy tipping thread. A decade almost done....how time flies?! And yet, i'm still a baby! :)
I have a few topics to add, if Val can arrange them in the list as and when :)1. "Old fogeys club" - The oldest song you like. No classical music but pastorals, madrigals and even hymns if you want, but recognisably a song. Not the oldest song you know, but the oldest song you like. I mean that could be something from the 1880's or 1980's :)
2. "What's playing" - Literally the last two songs you heard before nominating. I'm sure we all have our playlists on repeat or Spotify on shuffle, perhaps the office radio... But the whatever those last two songs were, even if it's the same band, nominate them ! No cheating to be cool ;)
3. "Bronze medal" - the 3rd song on an album. The place where the singer's ballad goes to die, where rock albums flounder and the spectre of the skip button looms large. Does anyone do albums anymore? Pick the 3rd song. No greatest hits, original artist album only.
How does this look?Theme 448 - Our moral guardians - Songs banned by the BBC, for whatever reason and no matter how long for. - Tim
List at
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of...
and a piece giving some of the more bizarre justifications
https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-en...
Theme 449 - "Order Please!" - Song titles with an ordinal number in them. - KJS
Theme 450 - "Self Titled Songs" - Bands/Artists who released a self titled track, i.e. Iron Maiden - Iron Maiden. Covers of other artist's work, performed by a band/artist bearing the same name of the song, are acceptable (see my comment below). - theDuke
https://www.discogs.com/lists/Eponymo...
Theme 451 - "Keep It In The Family" - songs by bands/duos/collabs that contain blood relations - Helen
Theme 452 - Live dead stop - Any live version of a track which has to have an ending whereas the studio version fades out.- Fishy_Jim
Theme 453 - Easy or hard? Any song with either or both of these words in the title. - Val
Theme 454 - "Hall of Shame" - "stalker" songs e.g. the creepy "always watching you" sort and the "I'll get you and keep you, whatever you want" sort. Reversing the usual idea, so vote for the worst offender. - Isabella
Theme 455 - "I ??... 1987. " Songs from your favourite albums of '87. (Singles released either side of said year are fine) - Collette.
Theme 456 - "Wot No Royalties?!" - Music released by artists/bands/musicians copyright free. - Das Duke
Theme 457 - “A kiss is just a kiss” - Songs with kiss, kisses, kissed or kissing in the title. - KJS
Theme 458 - Theme 458 - "Do Wah Diddy Diddy Dum Diddy Don't" - Song titles containing either (or both) of the words "do" or "don't" - Helen
Theme 459 - "Old fogeys club" - The oldest song you like. No classical music but pastorals, madrigals and even hymns if you want, but recognisably a song. Not the oldest song you know, but the oldest song you like. I mean that could be something from the 1880's or 1980's :) - Sera
Theme 460 - Wildcard Round 20
Theme 461 - A whiter shade of pale? No primary colours (including yellow) allowed; let's be having your teals, lilacs, tangerines, etc. in the title or artist - Val
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of...
Theme 462 - "I Am The God Of Hellfire....And I Bring You....FIRE!" - Song Titles containing Incendiary words, but no firefighter or fire extinguishing words, cos tonight we're burning baby burning! - Thermal Dukelear Explosion :)
Theme 463 - Son of The paper bit in the middle - a second round of selections from favourite record labels. Same rules as before - Tim
Theme 464 - "What's playing" - Literally the last two songs you heard before nominating. I'm sure we all have our playlists on repeat or Spotify on shuffle, perhaps the office radio... But the whatever those last two songs were, nominate them ! No cheating to be cool ;) - Sera
Theme 465 –
Theme 466 –
Theme 467 -
Theme 468 –
Theme 469 - "Bronze medal" - the 3rd song on an album. The place where the singer's ballad goes to die, where rock albums flounder and the spectre of the skip button looms large. Does anyone do albums anymore? Pick the 3rd song. No greatest hits, original artist album only. - Sera
Theme 480 - Wildcard Round 21
Grimmy, Derek, Sj, Sussex, TheFoe, Jemma, Collette - we need your ideas.
I know Val, it's just every time I think of a theme, I'll go back to it later and think, nah that's a crap idea. Will get my thinking cap on.
Theme 448 - Our moral guardians - Songs banned by the BBC, for whatever reason and no matter how long for. - TimList at
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of...
and a piece giving some of the more bizarre justifications
https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-en...
Theme 449 - "Order Please!" - Song titles with an ordinal number in them. - KJS
Theme 450 - "Self Titled Songs" - Bands/Artists who released a self titled track, i.e. Iron Maiden - Iron Maiden. Covers of other artist's work, performed by a band/artist bearing the same name of the song, are acceptable (see my comment below). - theDuke
https://www.discogs.com/lists/Eponymo...
Theme 451 - "Keep It In The Family" - songs by bands/duos/collabs that contain blood relations - Helen
Theme 452 - Live dead stop - Any live version of a track which has to have an ending whereas the studio version fades out.- Fishy_Jim
Theme 453 - Easy or hard? Any song with either or both of these words in the title. - Val
Theme 454 - "Hall of Shame" - "stalker" songs e.g. the creepy "always watching you" sort and the "I'll get you and keep you, whatever you want" sort. Reversing the usual idea, so vote for the worst offender. - Isabella
Theme 455 - "I ??... 1987. " Songs from your favourite albums of '87. (Singles released either side of said year are fine) - Collette.
Theme 456 - "Wot No Royalties?!" - Music released by artists/bands/musicians copyright free. - Das Duke
Theme 457 - “A kiss is just a kiss” - Songs with kiss, kisses, kissed or kissing in the title. - KJS
Theme 458 - Theme 458 - "Do Wah Diddy Diddy Dum Diddy Don't" - Song titles containing either (or both) of the words "do" or "don't" - Helen
Theme 459 - "Old fogeys club" - The oldest song you like. No classical music but pastorals, madrigals and even hymns if you want, but recognisably a song. Not the oldest song you know, but the oldest song you like. I mean that could be something from the 1880's or 1980's :) - Sera
Theme 460 - Wildcard Round 20
Theme 461 - A whiter shade of pale? No primary colours (including yellow) allowed; let's be having your teals, lilacs, tangerines, etc. in the title or artist - Val
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of...
Theme 462 - "I Am The God Of Hellfire....And I Bring You....FIRE!" - Song Titles containing Incendiary words, but no firefighter or fire extinguishing words, cos tonight we're burning baby burning! - Thermal Dukelear Explosion :)
Theme 463 - Son of The paper bit in the middle - a second round of selections from favourite record labels. Same rules as before - Tim
Theme 464 - "What's playing" - Literally the last two songs you heard before nominating. I'm sure we all have our playlists on repeat or Spotify on shuffle, perhaps the office radio... But the whatever those last two songs were, nominate them ! No cheating to be cool ;) - Sera
Theme 465 –Female hit-makers Of The 1960’s - Jemma https://www.siriusxm.com/blog/best-60...
Theme 466 –
Theme 467 -
Theme 468 –
Theme 469 - "Bronze medal" - the 3rd song on an album. The place where the singer's ballad goes to die, where rock albums flounder and the spectre of the skip button looms large. Does anyone do albums anymore? Pick the 3rd song. No greatest hits, original artist album only. - Sera
TheFoe wrote: "I know Val, it's just every time I think of a theme, I'll go back to it later and think, nah that's a crap idea. Will get my thinking cap on."We can be the judge of how crap it is! I very much doubt we would have an issue. We sometimes ask for clarification but are willing to give everything a go.
I hope this is workable...Bring on your Megadeth, 5ive, Korn, Limp Bizkit, Def Leppard, Puddle of Mudd, Mötley Crue, Kreator, Staind.... ;-)
(Please don't!)
Theme 448 - Our moral guardians - Songs banned by the BBC, for whatever reason and no matter how long for. - Tim
List at
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of...
and a piece giving some of the more bizarre justifications
https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-en...
Theme 449 - "Order Please!" - Song titles with an ordinal number in them. - KJS
Theme 450 - "Self Titled Songs" - Bands/Artists who released a self titled track, i.e. Iron Maiden - Iron Maiden. Covers of other artist's work, performed by a band/artist bearing the same name of the song, are acceptable (see my comment below). - theDuke
https://www.discogs.com/lists/Eponymo...
Theme 451 - "Keep It In The Family" - songs by bands/duos/collabs that contain blood relations - Helen
Theme 452 - Live dead stop - Any live version of a track which has to have an ending whereas the studio version fades out.- Fishy_Jim
Theme 453 - Easy or hard? Any song with either or both of these words in the title. - Val
Theme 454 - "Hall of Shame" - "stalker" songs e.g. the creepy "always watching you" sort and the "I'll get you and keep you, whatever you want" sort. Reversing the usual idea, so vote for the worst offender. - Isabella
Theme 455 - "I ??... 1987. " Songs from your favourite albums of '87. (Singles released either side of said year are fine) - Collette.
Theme 456 - "Wot No Royalties?!" - Music released by artists/bands/musicians copyright free. - Das Duke
Theme 457 - “A kiss is just a kiss” - Songs with kiss, kisses, kissed or kissing in the title. - KJS
Theme 458 - Theme 458 - "Do Wah Diddy Diddy Dum Diddy Don't" - Song titles containing either (or both) of the words "do" or "don't" - Helen
Theme 459 - "Old fogeys club" - The oldest song you like. No classical music but pastorals, madrigals and even hymns if you want, but recognisably a song. Not the oldest song you know, but the oldest song you like. I mean that could be something from the 1880's or 1980's :) - Sera
Theme 460 - Wildcard Round 20
Theme 461 - A whiter shade of pale? No primary colours (including yellow) allowed; let's be having your teals, lilacs, tangerines, etc. in the title or artist - Val
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of...
Theme 462 - "I Am The God Of Hellfire....And I Bring You....FIRE!" - Song Titles containing Incendiary words, but no firefighter or fire extinguishing words, cos tonight we're burning baby burning! - Thermal Dukelear Explosion :)
Theme 463 - Son of The paper bit in the middle - a second round of selections from favourite record labels. Same rules as before - Tim
Theme 464 - "What's playing" - Literally the last two songs you heard before nominating. I'm sure we all have our playlists on repeat or Spotify on shuffle, perhaps the office radio... But the whatever those last two songs were, nominate them ! No cheating to be cool ;) - Sera
Theme 465 –Female hit-makers Of The 1960’s - Jemma
Theme 466 – "I Put A Misspell On You" - Deliberately misspelled words in song titles or band names - Helen
Theme 467 -
Theme 468 –
Theme 469 - "Bronze medal" - the 3rd song on an album. The place where the singer's ballad goes to die, where rock albums flounder and the spectre of the skip button looms large. Does anyone do albums anymore? Pick the 3rd song. No greatest hits, original artist album only. - Sera
I hope this is workable...Bring on your Megadeth, 5ive, Korn, Limp Bizkit, Def Leppard, Puddle of Mudd, Mötley Crue, Kreator, Staind.... ;-)
(Please don't!)
Theme 448 - Our moral guardians - Songs banned by the BBC, for whatever reason and no matter how long for. - Tim
List at
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of...
and a piece giving some of the more bizarre justifications
https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-en...
Theme 449 - "Order Please!" - Song titles with an ordinal number in them. - KJS
Theme 450 - "Self Titled Songs" - Bands/Artists who released a self titled track, i.e. Iron Maiden - Iron Maiden. Covers of other artist's work, performed by a band/artist bearing the same name of the song, are acceptable (see my comment below). - theDuke
https://www.discogs.com/lists/Eponymo...
Theme 451 - "Keep It In The Family" - songs by bands/duos/collabs that contain blood relations - Helen
Theme 452 - Live dead stop - Any live version of a track which has to have an ending whereas the studio version fades out.- Fishy_Jim
Theme 453 - Easy or hard? Any song with either or both of these words in the title. - Val
Theme 454 - "Hall of Shame" - "stalker" songs e.g. the creepy "always watching you" sort and the "I'll get you and keep you, whatever you want" sort. Reversing the usual idea, so vote for the worst offender. - Isabella
Theme 455 - "I ??... 1987. " Songs from your favourite albums of '87. (Singles released either side of said year are fine) - Collette.
Theme 456 - "Wot No Royalties?!" - Music released by artists/bands/musicians copyright free. - Das Duke
Theme 457 - “A kiss is just a kiss” - Songs with kiss, kisses, kissed or kissing in the title. - KJS
Theme 458 - Theme 458 - "Do Wah Diddy Diddy Dum Diddy Don't" - Song titles containing either (or both) of the words "do" or "don't" - Helen
Theme 459 - "Old fogeys club" - The oldest song you like. No classical music but pastorals, madrigals and even hymns if you want, but recognisably a song. Not the oldest song you know, but the oldest song you like. I mean that could be something from the 1880's or 1980's :) - Sera
Theme 460 - Wildcard Round 20
Theme 461 - A whiter shade of pale? No primary colours (including yellow) allowed; let's be having your teals, lilacs, tangerines, etc. in the title or artist - Val
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of...
Theme 462 - "I Am The God Of Hellfire....And I Bring You....FIRE!" - Song Titles containing Incendiary words, but no firefighter or fire extinguishing words, cos tonight we're burning baby burning! - Thermal Dukelear Explosion :)
Theme 463 - Son of The paper bit in the middle - a second round of selections from favourite record labels. Same rules as before - Tim
Theme 464 - "What's playing" - Literally the last two songs you heard before nominating. I'm sure we all have our playlists on repeat or Spotify on shuffle, perhaps the office radio... But the whatever those last two songs were, nominate them ! No cheating to be cool ;) - Sera
Theme 465 –Female hit-makers Of The 1960’s - Jemma
Theme 466 – "I Put A Misspell On You" - Deliberately misspelled words in song titles or band names - Helen
Theme 467 -
Theme 468 –
Theme 469 - "Bronze medal" - the 3rd song on an album. The place where the singer's ballad goes to die, where rock albums flounder and the spectre of the skip button looms large. Does anyone do albums anymore? Pick the 3rd song. No greatest hits, original artist album only. - Sera
Theme 470 - Songs with a drum intro - Jemma
Theme 471 -
Theme 472 -
Theme 473 -
Theme 474 -
Theme 475 -
here are a few ideas some of which I'm sure we have had before.; 1. (inspired by Sera) : Earliest and Latest. Any one song from the first ever album you bought and one from the album you bought most recently.
2. Collaborators. Songs by an artist with another well known artist collaborating either vocally or instrumentally.
3. Jools' Jewels: Performances from Later ... with Jools Holland
4. Give me a give. Songs with give in the title
Sera69 wrote: "I have a few topics to add, if Val can arrange them in the list as and when :)1. "Old fogeys club" - The oldest song you like. No classical music but pastorals, madrigals and even hymns if you want, but recognisably a song. Not the oldest song you know, but the oldest song you like. I mean that could be something from the 1880's or 1980's :)
2. "What's playing" - Literally the last two songs you heard before nominating. I'm sure we all have our playlists on repeat or Spotify on shuffle, perhaps the office radio... But the whatever those last two songs were, even if it's the same band, nominate them ! No cheating to be cool ;)
3. "Bronze medal" - the 3rd song on an album. The place where the singer's ballad goes to die, where rock albums flounder and the spectre of the skip button looms large. Does anyone do albums anymore? Pick the 3rd song. No greatest hits, original artist album only."
I still pretty much only do albums, so:
2) Likely to be the final 2 tracks off an album
3) No problem
:-)
SussexWelsh wrote: "Sera69 wrote: "I have a few topics to add, if Val can arrange them in the list as and when :)1. "Old fogeys club" - The oldest song you like. No classical music but pastorals, madrigals and even ..."
Likewise, I don't do radio, Spotify or Playlists, just albums from my NAS drive.
If it's two songs from the same band/album, that's fine.
Suggested layout:Theme 449 - "Order Please!" - Song titles with an ordinal number in them. - KJS
Theme 450 - "Self Titled Songs" - Bands/Artists who released a self titled track, i.e. Iron Maiden - Iron Maiden. Covers of other artist's work, performed by a band/artist bearing the same name of the song, are acceptable (see my comment below). - theDuke
https://www.discogs.com/lists/Eponymo...
Theme 451 - "Keep It In The Family" - songs by bands/duos/collabs that contain blood relations - Helen
Theme 452 - Live dead stop - Any live version of a track which has to have an ending whereas the studio version fades out.- Fishy_Jim
Theme 453 - Easy or hard? Any song with either or both of these words in the title. - Val
Theme 454 - "Hall of Shame" - "stalker" songs e.g. the creepy "always watching you" sort and the "I'll get you and keep you, whatever you want" sort. Reversing the usual idea, so vote for the worst offender. - Isabella
Theme 455 - "I ??... 1987. " Songs from your favourite albums of '87. (Singles released either side of said year are fine) - Collette.
Theme 456 - "Wot No Royalties?!" - Music released by artists/bands/musicians copyright free. - Das Duke
Theme 457 - “A kiss is just a kiss” - Songs with kiss, kisses, kissed or kissing in the title. - KJS
Theme 458 - Theme 458 - "Do Wah Diddy Diddy Dum Diddy Don't" - Song titles containing either (or both) of the words "do" or "don't" - Helen
Theme 459 - "Old fogeys club" - The oldest song you like. No classical music but pastorals, madrigals and even hymns if you want, but recognisably a song. Not the oldest song you know, but the oldest song you like. I mean that could be something from the 1880's or 1980's :) - Sera
Theme 460 - Wildcard Round 20
Theme 461 - A whiter shade of pale? No primary colours (including yellow) allowed; let's be having your teals, lilacs, tangerines, etc. in the title or artist - Val
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of...
Theme 462 - "I Am The God Of Hellfire....And I Bring You....FIRE!" - Song Titles containing Incendiary words, but no firefighter or fire extinguishing words, cos tonight we're burning baby burning! - Thermal Duklear Explosion :)
Theme 463 - Son of The paper bit in the middle - a second round of selections from favourite record labels. Same rules as before - Tim
Theme 464 - "What's playing" - Literally the last two songs you heard before nominating. I'm sure we all have our playlists on repeat or Spotify on shuffle, perhaps the office radio... But the whatever those last two songs were, nominate them ! No cheating to be cool ;) - Sera
Theme 465 – Female hit-makers Of The 1960’s - Jemma
Theme 466 – "I Put A Misspell On You" - Deliberately misspelled words in song titles or band names - Helen
?? somewhere in here Cream of Summer
Theme 467 - Earliest and Latest. Any one song from the first ever album you bought and one from the album you bought most recently - Grimmy (inspired by Sera)
Theme 468 –
Theme 469 - "Bronze medal" - the 3rd song on an album. The place where the singer's ballad goes to die, where rock albums flounder and the spectre of the skip button looms large. Does anyone do albums anymore? Pick the 3rd song. No greatest hits, original artist album only. - Sera
Theme 470 - Songs with a drum intro - Jemma
Theme 471 - Collaborators. Songs by an artist with another well known artist collaborating either vocally or instrumentally - Grimmy
Theme 472 -
Theme 473 -
Theme 474 - Jools' Jewels: Performances from Later ... with Jools Holland - Grimmy
Theme 475 -
Theme 476 -
Theme 477 - Give me a give. Songs with give in the title - Grimmy
Theme 478 -
Theme 479 -
Theme 480 - Wildcard Round 21
Just adding my nom link. Suggested layout:
Theme 449 - "Order Please!" - Song titles with an ordinal number in them. - KJS
Theme 450 - "Self Titled Songs" - Bands/Artists who released a self titled track, i.e. Iron Maiden - Iron Maiden. Covers of other artist's work, performed by a band/artist bearing the same name of the song, are acceptable (see my comment below). - theDuke
https://www.discogs.com/lists/Eponymo...
Theme 451 - "Keep It In The Family" - songs by bands/duos/collabs that contain blood relations - Helen
Theme 452 - Live dead stop - Any live version of a track which has to have an ending whereas the studio version fades out.- Fishy_Jim
Theme 453 - Easy or hard? Any song with either or both of these words in the title. - Val
Theme 454 - "Hall of Shame" - "stalker" songs e.g. the creepy "always watching you" sort and the "I'll get you and keep you, whatever you want" sort. Reversing the usual idea, so vote for the worst offender. - Isabella
Theme 455 - "I ??... 1987. " Songs from your favourite albums of '87. (Singles released either side of said year are fine) - Collette.
Theme 456 - "Wot No Royalties?!" - Music released by artists/bands/musicians copyright free. - Das Duke
Theme 457 - “A kiss is just a kiss” - Songs with kiss, kisses, kissed or kissing in the title. - KJS
Theme 458 - Theme 458 - "Do Wah Diddy Diddy Dum Diddy Don't" - Song titles containing either (or both) of the words "do" or "don't" - Helen
Theme 459 - "Old fogeys club" - The oldest song you like. No classical music but pastorals, madrigals and even hymns if you want, but recognisably a song. Not the oldest song you know, but the oldest song you like. I mean that could be something from the 1880's or 1980's :) - Sera
Theme 460 - Wildcard Round 20
Theme 461 - A whiter shade of pale? No primary colours (including yellow) allowed; let's be having your teals, lilacs, tangerines, etc. in the title or artist - Val
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of...
Theme 462 - "I Am The God Of Hellfire....And I Bring You....FIRE!" - Song Titles containing Incendiary words, but no firefighter or fire extinguishing words, cos tonight we're burning baby burning! - Thermal Duklear Explosion :)
Theme 463 - Son of The paper bit in the middle - a second round of selections from favourite record labels. Same rules as before - Tim
Theme 464 - "What's playing" - Literally the last two songs you heard before nominating. I'm sure we all have our playlists on repeat or Spotify on shuffle, perhaps the office radio... But the whatever those last two songs were, nominate them ! No cheating to be cool ;) - Sera
Theme 465 – Female hit-makers Of The 1960’s - Jemma https://www.siriusxm.com/blog/best-60...
Theme 466 – "I Put A Misspell On You" - Deliberately misspelled words in song titles or band names - Helen
?? somewhere in here Cream of Summer
Theme 467 - Earliest and Latest. Any one song from the first ever album you bought and one from the album you bought most recently - Grimmy (inspired by Sera)
Theme 468 –
Theme 469 - "Bronze medal" - the 3rd song on an album. The place where the singer's ballad goes to die, where rock albums flounder and the spectre of the skip button looms large. Does anyone do albums anymore? Pick the 3rd song. No greatest hits, original artist album only. - Sera
Theme 470 - Songs with a drum intro - Jemma
Theme 471 - Collaborators. Songs by an artist with another well known artist collaborating either vocally or instrumentally - Grimmy
Theme 472 -
Theme 473 -
Theme 474 - Jools' Jewels: Performances from Later ... with Jools Holland - Grimmy
Theme 475 -
Theme 476 -
Theme 477 - Give me a give. Songs with give in the title - Grimmy
Theme 478 -
Theme 479 -
Theme 480 - Wildcard Round 21
Suggested layout:Theme 449 - "Order Please!" - Song titles with an ordinal number in them. - KJS
Theme 450 - "Self Titled Songs" - Bands/Artists who released a self titled track, i.e. Iron Maiden - Iron Maiden. Covers of other artist's work, performed by a band/artist bearing the same name of the song, are acceptable (see my comment below). - theDuke
https://www.discogs.com/lists/Eponymo...
Theme 451 - "Keep It In The Family" - songs by bands/duos/collabs that contain blood relations - Helen
Theme 452 - Live dead stop - Any live version of a track which has to have an ending whereas the studio version fades out.- Fishy_Jim
Theme 453 - Easy or hard? Any song with either or both of these words in the title. - Val
Theme 454 - "Hall of Shame" - "stalker" songs e.g. the creepy "always watching you" sort and the "I'll get you and keep you, whatever you want" sort. Reversing the usual idea, so vote for the worst offender. - Isabella
Theme 455 - "I ??... 1987. " Songs from your favourite albums of '87. (Singles released either side of said year are fine) - Collette.
Theme 456 - "Wot No Royalties?!" - Music released by artists/bands/musicians copyright free. - Das Duke
Theme 457 - “A kiss is just a kiss” - Songs with kiss, kisses, kissed or kissing in the title. - KJS
Theme 458 - Theme 458 - "Do Wah Diddy Diddy Dum Diddy Don't" - Song titles containing either (or both) of the words "do" or "don't" - Helen
Theme 459 - "Old fogeys club" - The oldest song you like. No classical music but pastorals, madrigals and even hymns if you want, but recognisably a song. Not the oldest song you know, but the oldest song you like. I mean that could be something from the 1880's or 1980's :) - Sera
Theme 460 - Wildcard Round 20
Theme 461 - A whiter shade of pale? No primary colours (including yellow) allowed; let's be having your teals, lilacs, tangerines, etc. in the title or artist - Val
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of...
Theme 462 - "I Am The God Of Hellfire....And I Bring You....FIRE!" - Song Titles containing Incendiary words, but no firefighter or fire extinguishing words, cos tonight we're burning baby burning! - Thermal Duklear Explosion :)
Theme 463 - Son of The paper bit in the middle - a second round of selections from favourite record labels. Same rules as before - Tim
Theme 464 - "What's playing" - Literally the last two songs you heard before nominating. I'm sure we all have our playlists on repeat or Spotify on shuffle, perhaps the office radio... But the whatever those last two songs were, nominate them ! No cheating to be cool ;) - Sera
Theme 465 – Female hit-makers Of The 1960’s - Jemma https://www.siriusxm.com/blog/best-60...
Theme 466 – "I Put A Misspell On You" - Deliberately misspelled words in song titles or band names - Helen
?? somewhere in here Cream of Summer
Theme 467 - Earliest and Latest. Any one song from the first ever album you bought and one from the album you bought most recently - Grimmy (inspired by Sera)
Theme 468 –
Theme 469 - "Bronze medal" - the 3rd song on an album. The place where the singer's ballad goes to die, where rock albums flounder and the spectre of the skip button looms large. Does anyone do albums anymore? Pick the 3rd song. No greatest hits, original artist album only. - Sera
Theme 470 - Songs with a drum intro - Jemma
Theme 471 - Collaborators. Songs by an artist with another well known artist collaborating either vocally or instrumentally - Grimmy
Theme 472 -
Theme 473 -
Theme 474 - Jools' Jewels: Performances from Later ... with Jools Holland - Grimmy
Theme 475 - The Long and the Short of it. Put together one song with a very long title (the longer and more ridiculous the better) and one with a very short title (doesn't need to be a single word, just brief and to the point) - Tim
Theme 476 -
Theme 477 - Give me a give. Songs with give in the title - Grimmy
Theme 478 -
Theme 479 -
Theme 480 - Wildcard Round 21
Theme 449 - "Order Please!" - Song titles with an ordinal number in them. - KJSTheme 450 - "Self Titled Songs" - Bands/Artists who released a self titled track, i.e. Iron Maiden - Iron Maiden. Covers of other artist's work, performed by a band/artist bearing the same name of the song, are acceptable (see my comment below). - theDuke
https://www.discogs.com/lists/Eponymo...
Theme 451 - "Keep It In The Family" - songs by bands/duos/collabs that contain blood relations - Helen
Theme 452 - Live dead stop - Any live version of a track which has to have an ending whereas the studio version fades out.- Fishy_Jim
Theme 453 - Easy or hard? Any song with either or both of these words in the title. - Val
Theme 454 - "Hall of Shame" - "stalker" songs e.g. the creepy "always watching you" sort and the "I'll get you and keep you, whatever you want" sort. Reversing the usual idea, so vote for the worst offender. - Isabella
Theme 455 - "I ??... 1987. " Songs from your favourite albums of '87. (Singles released either side of said year are fine) - Collette.
Theme 456 - "Wot No Royalties?!" - Music released by artists/bands/musicians copyright free. - Das Duke
Theme 457 - “A kiss is just a kiss” - Songs with kiss, kisses, kissed or kissing in the title. - KJS
Theme 458 - Theme 458 - "Do Wah Diddy Diddy Dum Diddy Don't" - Song titles containing either (or both) of the words "do" or "don't" - Helen
Theme 459 - "Old fogeys club" - The oldest song you like. No classical music but pastorals, madrigals and even hymns if you want, but recognisably a song. Not the oldest song you know, but the oldest song you like. I mean that could be something from the 1880's or 1980's :) - Sera
Theme 460 - Wildcard Round 20
Theme 461 - A whiter shade of pale? No primary colours (including yellow) allowed; let's be having your teals, lilacs, tangerines, etc. in the title or artist - Val
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of...
Theme 462 - "I Am The God Of Hellfire....And I Bring You....FIRE!" - Song Titles containing Incendiary words, but no firefighter or fire extinguishing words, cos tonight we're burning baby burning! - Thermal Duklear Explosion :)
Theme 463 - Son of The paper bit in the middle - a second round of selections from favourite record labels. Same rules as before - Tim
Theme 464 - "What's playing" - Literally the last two songs you heard before nominating. I'm sure we all have our playlists on repeat or Spotify on shuffle, perhaps the office radio... But the whatever those last two songs were, nominate them ! No cheating to be cool ;) - Sera
Theme 465 – Female hit-makers Of The 1960’s - Jemma https://www.siriusxm.com/blog/best-60...
Theme 466 – "I Put A Misspell On You" - Deliberately misspelled words in song titles or band names - Helen
?? somewhere in here Cream of Summer
Theme 467 - Earliest and Latest. Any one song from the first ever album you bought and one from the album you bought most recently - Grimmy (inspired by Sera)
Theme 468 –
Theme 469 - "Bronze medal" - the 3rd song on an album. The place where the singer's ballad goes to die, where rock albums flounder and the spectre of the skip button looms large. Does anyone do albums anymore? Pick the 3rd song. No greatest hits, original artist album only. - Sera
Theme 470 - Songs with a drum intro - Jemma
Theme 471 - Collaborators. Songs by an artist with another well known artist collaborating either vocally or instrumentally - Grimmy
Theme 472 -
Theme 473 -
Theme 474 - Jools' Jewels: Performances from Later ... with Jools Holland - Grimmy
Theme 475 - The Long and the Short of it. Put together one song with a very long title (the longer and more ridiculous the better) and one with a very short title (doesn't need to be a single word, just brief and to the point) - Tim
Theme 476 -
Theme 477 - Give me a give. Songs with give in the title - Grimmy
Theme 478 -
Theme 479 - "Songs of Solomon" - In reverence to the saintly benighted. Each nomination must start with the letters ST, AC and EY, in order. The first nominators first song must start with S and second song with a T, the second nominators songs start with an A and then a C, and the third nominator starts E and Y. And then repeat with couplets of songs starting ST, AC and EY. Any artist, any genre. - Sera
Theme 480 - Wildcard Round 21
Sera69 wrote: "Theme 449 - "Order Please!" - Song titles with an ordinal number in them. - KJSTheme 450 - "Self Titled Songs" - Bands/Artists who released a self titled track, i.e. Iron Maiden - Iron Maiden. Cov..."
I hear her Mum has got it going on!
I'm confused by the seemingly random gaps in the list, so don't know where to put this.Song titles containing a word that has been used by car manufacturers as a model name. For example, viva, fiesta, dart, zephyr, ram, etc.
.....and no, I don't have a fancy name for my suggested theme.
Adding Derek's, now Theme 468.Theme 452 - Live dead stop - Any live version of a track which has to have an ending whereas the studio version fades out.- Fishy_Jim
Theme 453 - Easy or hard? Any song with either or both of these words in the title. NO comparatives (easier, hardest), just the four letter word. - Val
Theme 454 - "Hall of Shame" - "stalker" songs e.g. the creepy "always watching you" sort and the "I'll get you and keep you, whatever you want" sort. Reversing the usual idea, so vote for the worst offender. - Isabella
Theme 455 - "I ??... 1987. " Songs from your favourite albums of '87. (Singles released either side of said year are fine) - Collette.
Theme 456 - "Wot No Royalties?!" - Music released by artists/bands/musicians copyright free. - Das Duke
Theme 457 - “A kiss is just a kiss” - Songs with kiss, kisses, kissed or kissing in the title. - KJS
Theme 458 - Theme 458 - "Do Wah Diddy Diddy Dum Diddy Don't" - Song titles containing either (or both) of the words "do" or "don't" - Helen
Theme 459 - "Old fogeys club" - The oldest song you like. No classical music but pastorals, madrigals and even hymns if you want, but recognisably a song. Not the oldest song you know, but the oldest song you like. I mean that could be something from the 1880's or 1980's :) - Sera
Theme 460 - Wildcard Round 20
Theme 461 - A whiter shade of pale? No primary colours (including yellow) allowed; let's be having your teals, lilacs, tangerines, etc. in the title or artist - Val
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of...
Theme 462 - "I Am The God Of Hellfire....And I Bring You....FIRE!" - Song Titles containing Incendiary words, but no firefighter or fire extinguishing words, cos tonight we're burning baby burning! - Thermal Duklear Explosion :)
Theme 463 - Son of The paper bit in the middle - a second round of selections from favourite record labels. Same rules as before - Tim
Theme 464 - "What's playing" - Literally the last two songs you heard before nominating. I'm sure we all have our playlists on repeat or Spotify on shuffle, perhaps the office radio... But the whatever those last two songs were, nominate them ! No cheating to be cool ;) - Sera
Theme 465 – Female hit-makers Of The 1960’s - Jemma https://www.siriusxm.com/blog/best-60...
Theme 466 – "I Put A Misspell On You" - Deliberately misspelled words in song titles or band names - Helen
?? somewhere in here Cream of Summer
Theme 467 - Earliest and Latest. Any one song from the first ever album you bought and one from the album you bought most recently - Grimmy (inspired by Sera)
Theme 468 – Song titles containing a word that has been used by car manufacturers as a model name. For example, viva, fiesta, dart, zephyr, ram, etc. - Derek
Theme 469 - "Bronze medal" - the 3rd song on an album. The place where the singer's ballad goes to die, where rock albums flounder and the spectre of the skip button looms large. Does anyone do albums anymore? Pick the 3rd song. No greatest hits, original artist album only. - Sera
Theme 470 - Songs with a drum intro - Jemma
Theme 471 - Collaborators. Songs by an artist with another well known artist collaborating either vocally or instrumentally - Grimmy
Theme 472 -
Theme 473 -
Theme 474 - Jools' Jewels: Performances from Later ... with Jools Holland - Grimmy
Theme 475 - The Long and the Short of it. Put together one song with a very long title (the longer and more ridiculous the better) and one with a very short title (doesn't need to be a single word, just brief and to the point) - Tim
Theme 476 -
Theme 477 - Give me a give. Songs with give in the title - Grimmy
Theme 478 -
Theme 479 - "Songs of Solomon" - In reverence to the saintly benighted. Each nomination must start with the letters ST, AC and EY, in order. The first nominators first song must start with S and second song with a T, the second nominators songs start with an A and then a C, and the third nominator starts E and Y. And then repeat with couplets of songs starting ST, AC and EY. Any artist, any genre. - Sera
Theme 480 - Wildcard Round 21
I have an idea for a theme but not sure what others think. Basically it's nominating a song that you have before, but one that earned you a wooden spoon. Songs that you were left shaking your head because you didn't garner even one vote. The stipulation is that if you nominate a song, it has to be at least from a year ago, no recent nominations. This way some songs will get votes, (say if people voted for 7 or 8 songs in the past and your nomination just missed out because they ran out of votes), or maybe you just nominated an absolute stinker. Be interested to see what everyone thinks. :-)
I'm up for it although it will involve checking back 2017 - 2023. I can volunteer to check them if you like.
Interesting idea, but it would involve a lot of work going back over old rounds to find out what earned a wooden spoon, unless of course people keep records of such things. I know I don't.
TheFoe wrote: "I have an idea for a theme but not sure what others think. Basically it's nominating a song that you have before, but one that earned you a wooden spoon. Songs that you were left shaking your head ..."Why do you hate us so much, Foe???
Also, good idea, not fun, but good.
:)
I made a start - plenty to go though....2017
Acapulco - Los Bastardos Finlandeses (Finland) - Derek (songs by bands or singers from countries which are members of the EU. UK excluded)
Never Turn Back - Crush 40 - Jemma (Music from computer/video game)
The Tempest - Charit Way - Sera (Cream Of 2017 - Round 2)
What Do You Say? - Holly Throsby feat. Mark Kozelek - Val (Cream of 2017 - Final Round)
2018
The Changing Lights - Broken Bells -Jemma (Light and Dark - songs that have either or both words in their title)
Deadmans Curve - The Carpenters - Jemma ( Theme 173 - Songs with sound effects in them - thunder claps, breaking glass, cars revving up, roaring crowds, dogs barking etc. etc.)
Axl Rose - Art Brut - Helen (Songs whose lyrics mention other musicians by name)
Murder On The Dance Floor - Sophie Ellis-Bextor - TheFoe (Title refers to a crime)
Thanks Val, I'll have a play around this weekend and list hopefully all songs with titles and who nominated next to it, so posters won't need to do the work.
So, by default, posters that have never been fortunate enough to earn a wooden spoon would be excluded? .... not that I'm one of those, I have a fair few :-D
SussexWelsh wrote: "So, by default, posters that have never been fortunate enough to earn a wooden spoon would be excluded? .... not that I'm one of those, I have a fair few :-D"I imagine we will choose from the list that Val compiles (thank you Val!)
Hmmm but TheFoe implied people would be renominating their own track.
Let me compile a list first Sussex. If enough people have wooden spoons then game on. If it's only a few people then I'll reconsider this theme. That said, I'm pretty certain we've all had the indignity of receiving one or more.
An 'ouch' moment song. I've probably had a couple of those. Said theme gets my vote.
Ah Sussex.....feelings hurt! I've just spent at least a couple of hours trying to sort this theme out. 21 pages of themes and I'm now on 17, having worked backwards from 21. I'll do some more tomorrow. One thing I did notice was the conversations the posters used to have, a lot of the times quite humorous. I miss those days, as we as a collective don't seem to communicate as much anymore.
Foe - These are the ones I've found so far:2017 Acapulco - Los Bastardos Finlandeses (Finland) - Derek Theme 161 Songs by bands or singers from EU members. UK excluded
2017 Never Turn Back - Crush 40 Jemma Theme 162 Music from computer/video game
2017 The Tempest - Charit Way Sera69 Cream Of 2017 - Round 2
2017 What Do You Say? - Holly Throsby feat. Mark Kozelek Val Cream of 2017 - Final Round
2018 The Changing Lights - Broken Bells Jemma Theme 165 Light and Dark - songs that have either or both words in their title
2018 Deadmans Curve - The Carpenters Jemma Theme 173 Songs with sound effects in them
2018 Axl Rose - Art Brut Helen Theme 182 Songs whose lyrics mention other musicians by name
2018 Murder On The Dance Floor - Sophie Ellis-Bextor TheFoe Theme 184 Title refers to a crime
2018 Dogmeat - Evan Parker, Derek Bailey, Han Bennink Tim Theme 191 Bands/solo artists from Sheffield
2018 I Need You - B.V.S.M.P. Collette Theme 193 Golden Oldies - 1960 to 1990
2018 Flight 19 - B. A. Robertson Jemma Theme 194 The Unexplained - songs about U.F.O.s, strange happenings, disappearances etc
2019 Independent Love Song - Scarlet Collette Theme 208 Songs that feature the word 'song' in the title
2019 The Number Song - DJ Shadow theDuke Theme 208 Songs that feature the word 'song' in the title
2019 Holier Than Thou - Metallica Sera69 Theme 210 A song you hate from a band/singer/act you love
2019 I Don't Want To Be A Hero - Johnny Hates Jazz Collette Theme 211 Any song from the first album/single you bought with your own money
2019 Can't Do It Anymore - Angry Angles Helen Theme 217 Posthumous releases
2019 Haunted Water - Spellling Helen Theme 218 Anything with a watery title
2019 Total Eclipse Of The Heart - Bonnie Tyler Helen Theme 219 The One Great Track From A Duff Album
2019 She Will Be Loved - Maroon 5 Sussex Theme 219 The One Great Track From A Duff Album
2019 Let Loving Her Be Everything - Lost Crowns Fishy_Jim Cream Of 2019 - Summer - Round 4
So there's ELEVEN of us for starters. I suspect Brass might not have received any wooden spoons. Maybe Sj too.
Collette wrote: "An 'ouch' moment song. I've probably had a couple of those. Said theme gets my vote."Thanks Val, I'll carry on from where you finished tomorrow :-)
Nice one Collette.
Thanks Nick - you're welcome to the task. I'll just add the last five from 2019:2019 The Heath - Last Harbour Helen Theme 229 A song that has a reference to the countryside in it's title
2019 Lost In Time - Charlotte Hatherley Fishy_Jim Theme 230 Bonus tracks
2019 The March of the Siamese Children/Kashmir (live) - Feast of Fiddles Derek Theme 237 Songs/instrumentals that feature a violin(s)
2019 Rebel Angel - Hoodlum Priest TheFoe Theme 240 Songs featuring the word Angel or Devil
2019 Clockwork Creep - 10cc Fishy_Jim Theme 242 Any song featuring human whistling
I finished up at the end of 2019. So the next theme to check would be Cream Of 2019 - Winter - Round 2 - (closed 10pm Wed 1st Jan) which is on Page 13.
The 25 "spoons" I found are entered into an Excel spreadsheet only because I thought it might help to sort the final list by each poster's name so they can choose which track they wish to nominate, assuming they won more than one wooden spoon.
What do you think about fast-tracking your theme and doing it soon after you finish the list because, as things stand, we've got about six months' worth of themes already proposed for this year. It would save you adding another possible 25+ tracks.
I agree with you that I miss all the chat and banter we used to have. Did we really have more time on our hands? Were we younger and more carefree? Or do we just miss the posters who aren't around any more?
Another thing that amused me: when I looked at the final voting tally on each theme, I tried to guess which track I had nominated. I was amazed how I struggled to guess correctly about 75% of the time.
Val wrote: "Thanks Nick - you're welcome to the task. I'll just add the last five from 2019:2019 The Heath - Last Harbour Helen Theme 229 A song that has a reference to the countryside in it's title
2019 Lo..."
Thanks a lot Val really appreciate your research in this theme. I think I really miss Tech/Craig and his quick sense of humour and never really understood why he left the forum, ditto Spacepig and Johnny too*. It does feel a little bit like the soul has been ripped out of this forum, but that said in the past there were more people and predictably more banter went on. I do miss the old days though.
* and of course Lez, who wouldn't have thanked me for starting a sentence with a conjunction!
Edit - with regards to fast tracking this theme, I'm going to go through this daily until it's completed and I'll post the results asap.
There's a whole bunch of stuff for any person to plough through for this putative round, so inspired by Val's sterling example I've done from where she left off through to the first 'proper' round of 2021. That takes it up to the end of page 10, so page 9 is the place to kick off for the next fool, I mean intrepid digger! Apologies for not recording round numbers, but as we're looking for nul point songs it doesn't really matter, does it.Cream of 2019 - Winter - Rd. 2: Gyphic - Lone (TheFoe)
Cream of 2019 - Winter - Rd. 5: 4' 33" - Laibach (Tim)
Singer takes it to the break...: Excuse Me - Peter Gabriel (Sussex Welsh)
There's A Tropical Storm Coming: Hurricane - Alice Cooper (Jemma)
Kurt Cobain's 'Top 50': Back In The Saddle - Aerosmith (Brass Neck)
My Corona: We're All Home Bound - Clare & Mel Vaz (Lez Lee) and Dance Macabre - Ghost (Jemma)
Feel Good Songs: Lay Down (Candles In The Rain) - Melanie & the Edwin Hawkins Singers (Derek)
Freak Out! Uncut Magazine's Weird 100: Air - Third Ear Band (Derek)
In The Mood For A Moog: Never Sing For Joy - Fawns Of Love (Helen)
It's Raining Cats & Dogs: Cats On Mars - Gabriele Rubin (Sera69)
Old King Cole: Night And Day - U2 (Jemma)
Cowboy Heroes: King Of The Cowboys - Bill Nelson (Fishy Jim)
Wildcard Round 11: The Whole World Is Watching - Within Temptation feat. Piotr Rozucki (Jemma)
This Is Us: Ring My Bell - Colette (Serial)
We're Playing... Where?: Hotel Yorba - White Stripes (live on a bus) (Tim)
Boom Bang-A-Bang: Bang Bang - Iggy Pop (Serial)
Show Us Your Mettle: The Killshot - Kataklysm (TheFoe)
Under The Hood: Up The Bracket - The Libertines (Serial)
I'm pretty sure I nommed Mika's Happy Ending last year too, and to my horror it didn't get any votes. My superior taste as per usual.
Thanks Tim, I have been doing this all night and got to the end of 11, so you've saved me a page. I'll carry on with this tomorrow. It has been taking me ages as I keep playing the songs that I'd nominated.
Ok all songs recorded in my little green book, I'll transfer them later tonight to the laptop.
Right so here is the definitive list of wooden spoons dished out to posters who are still with us, from 2017 to end of March 2024. In no particular order, and with artists name first.Derek
Los Bastardos - Acapulco
Feast Of Fiddlers - The March Of The Siamese
Melanie & The Edwin Hawkwin Singers - Lay Down
Third Ear Band - Air
Jay Farrar - Hard Is The Fall
Jemma
Crush 40 - Never Turn Back
Broken Bells - The Changing Lights
The Carpenters - Dead Man's Curve
B.A.Robertson - Flight 19
Ghost - Dance Macabre
U2 - Night & Day
Within Temptation - Whole World Is Watching
Alice Cooper - Hurricane
Sixx AM - Maybe It's Time
Aerosmith - I Don't Want To Miss A Thing
Aerosmith - Angel
Sera69
Charit Way - Tempest
Metallica - Holier Than Thou
Gabriela Robin - Cats On Mars
Metric - Black Sheep Ft Brie
Antipope - Apostle Of Infinite Joy
Goatsnake - Hot Rod
Vega - Love To Hate You
Val
Holly Throsby - What Do You Say
Calexico - Not Even Stevie Nicks
Bob Wetherall & Halfway - Restless Dream
Darren Hayes - Do You Remember
Marlon Williams - My Boy
Didirri - Begin Again
Lego De Koteba - I Can't Go For That
Casey Benetto - Swing Around The Sun
Darren Hayes - Let's Try Being In Love
Melody Pool - Lost In Time
WILSN - Hurts So Bad
Arlos Park - Dog Rose
Eric Burden - San Franciscan Nights
Kate Miller Heldke - Facebook Song
Tim Munchin - So Fucking Rock
Aja - Te Reoki Whakarongotai
Teskey Brothers - Remember The Time
Helen
Art Brut - Axl Rose
Angry Angles - Can't Do It Anymore
Spelling - Haunted Water
Bonnie Tyler - Total Shits Not A Fart
Last Harbour - The Heath
Fawns Of Love - Never Sing For Joy
Stone Temple Pilots - Pretty Penny
Sparks - Let The Monkey Drive
Inspiral Carpets - Sun Don't Shine
Primitives - Hello Jesus
System Of A Down - Kill Rock 'N' Roll
Black Swan Lane - Age End
Collette
BVSMP - I Need You
Scarlett - Independent Love Song
Johnny Hates Jazz - I Don't Want To Be A Hero
Motley Crue - Girls Girls Girls
Europe - Lights & Shadow
James Blunt - Goodbye My Lover
Bryan Adams - 18 'Till I Die
The Lonely Island - I'm On A Boat
Katy Perry - E.T.
Mika - Happy Endings
The Duke
Dj Shadow - The Number Song
Flaming Lips - You Lust
Ray Charles - Hit The Road Jack
Primal Scream - Come Together
Baccara - Yes Sir I Can Boogie
Billy Thorpe - Children Of The Sun
Stereophonics - Subterranean Homesick Blues
Grand Funk Railroad - Heartbreaker
Fishy Jim
Lost Crowns - Let Loving Her Be Everything
Charlotte Hatherway - Lost In Time
10cc - Clockwork Creep
Bill Nelson - King Of The Cowboys
Doves - Sky Starts Falling
Candy Duffer - Mr Lee
Poppy - 1s & 0s
Keli Ali - Tigermouth
10cc - Rock & Roll Lullaby
Supermilk - Caudal Fin
Sad 13 - WTD?
Sussex Welsh
Maroon 5 - She Will Be Loved
Peter Gabriel - Excuse Me
(well that's your nominations sorted!)
Tim
Evan Parker - Dogmeat
Laibach - 4.33
White Stripes - Hotel Yorba
Oliver Messiaen - Le Merle Bleu
Sophie & Peter Johnston - Television Satellite
Public Image Ltd - Pop Tones
Kevin Ayers - Don't Sing No More Sad Songs
Mike Ladd - Welcome To The After Future
Frank Zappa - St. Alfonzo's Pancake Breakfast
Fish From Tahiti - John Henry Calling
Robert Wyatt - Little Red Riding Hood Hit The Road
Aoki Takamasa - Alien
Mother Nature - Cascade
Brass Neck
Aerosmith - Back In The Saddle
Kris Barras Band - My Parade
David Bowie - Diamond Dogs
Katy J Pearson - Willow's Song
KJS
Deep Purple - Burn
Jim Jones Allstars - It's Your Voodoo Working
Otoboke Beaver - I Won't Dish Out Salads
Say She She - C'est Si Bon
TheFoe
Sophie Ellis Bextor - Murder On The Dancefloor
Hoodlum Priest - Rebel Angel
Lone - Gyphic
Kataklysm - The Killshot
Therapy? - Femtex
Electric Frankenstein - I Want More
Slang - Cockroach In A Ghost Town
The Art Of Noise - Eye Of A Needle
Willow - Maybe It's My Fault
Throwing Muses - Snakeface
Grimmy
Wyld Stallyns - God Gave You Rock & Roll
Ironically the reason I had the idea to do a wooden spoon theme, was because I nominated a song ages ago that got one and I wanted to renominate it. However, said song isn't in my list as it was older than 2017, and as I can't prove it, it will have to be renominated in a future Wildcard theme.
Thanks Val/Tim.
Theme 449 - "Order Please!" - Song titles with an ordinal number in them. - KJSTheme 450 - "Self Titled Songs" - Bands/Artists who released a self titled track, i.e. Iron Maiden - Iron Maiden. Covers of other artist's work, performed by a band/artist bearing the same name of the song, are acceptable (see my comment below). - theDuke
https://www.discogs.com/lists/Eponymo...
Theme 451 - "Keep It In The Family" - songs by bands/duos/collabs that contain blood relations - Helen
Theme 452 - Live dead stop - Any live version of a track which has to have an ending whereas the studio version fades out.- Fishy_Jim
Theme 453 - Easy or hard? Any song with either or both of these words in the title. - Val
Theme 454 - "Hall of Shame" - "stalker" songs e.g. the creepy "always watching you" sort and the "I'll get you and keep you, whatever you want" sort. Reversing the usual idea, so vote for the worst offender. - Isabella
Theme 455 - "I ??... 1987. " Songs from your favourite albums of '87. (Singles released either side of said year are fine) - Collette.
Theme 456 - "Wot No Royalties?!" - Music released by artists/bands/musicians copyright free. - Das Duke
Theme 457 - “A kiss is just a kiss” - Songs with kiss, kisses, kissed or kissing in the title. - KJS
Theme 458 - Theme 458 - "Do Wah Diddy Diddy Dum Diddy Don't" - Song titles containing either (or both) of the words "do" or "don't" - Helen
Theme 459 - "Old fogeys club" - The oldest song you like. No classical music but pastorals, madrigals and even hymns if you want, but recognisably a song. Not the oldest song you know, but the oldest song you like. I mean that could be something from the 1880's or 1980's :) - Sera
Theme 460 - Wildcard Round 20
Theme 461 - A whiter shade of pale? No primary colours (including yellow) allowed; let's be having your teals, lilacs, tangerines, etc. in the title or artist - Val
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of...
Theme 462 - "I Am The God Of Hellfire....And I Bring You....FIRE!" - Song Titles containing Incendiary words, but no firefighter or fire extinguishing words, cos tonight we're burning baby burning! - Thermal Duklear Explosion :)
Theme 463 - Son of The paper bit in the middle - a second round of selections from favourite record labels. Same rules as before - Tim
Theme 464 - "What's playing" - Literally the last two songs you heard before nominating. I'm sure we all have our playlists on repeat or Spotify on shuffle, perhaps the office radio... But the whatever those last two songs were, nominate them ! No cheating to be cool ;) - Sera
Theme 465 – Female hit-makers Of The 1960’s - Jemma https://www.siriusxm.com/blog/best-60...
Theme 466 – "I Put A Misspell On You" - Deliberately misspelled words in song titles or band names - Helen
?? somewhere in here Cream of Summer
Theme 467 - Earliest and Latest. Any one song from the first ever album you bought and one from the album you bought most recently - Grimmy (inspired by Sera)
Theme 468 –
Theme 469 - "Bronze medal" - the 3rd song on an album. The place where the singer's ballad goes to die, where rock albums flounder and the spectre of the skip button looms large. Does anyone do albums anymore? Pick the 3rd song. No greatest hits, original artist album only. - Sera
Theme 470 - Songs with a drum intro - Jemma
Theme 471 - Collaborators. Songs by an artist with another well known artist collaborating either vocally or instrumentally - Grimmy
Theme 472 -
Theme 473 -
Theme 474 - Jools' Jewels: Performances from Later ... with Jools Holland - Grimmy
Theme 475 - The Long and the Short of it. Put together one song with a very long title (the longer and more ridiculous the better) and one with a very short title (doesn't need to be a single word, just brief and to the point) - Tim
Theme 476 - And the wooden spoon goes to.. Please choose 2 songs from the list above, nominating from your own list. - TheFoe
Theme 477 - Give me a give. Songs with give in the title - Grimmy
Theme 478 -
Theme 479 - "Songs of Solomon" - In reverence to the saintly benighted. Each nomination must start with the letters ST, AC and EY, in order. The first nominators first song must start with S and second song with a T, the second nominators songs start with an A and then a C, and the third nominator starts E and Y. And then repeat with couplets of songs starting ST, AC and EY. Any artist, any genre. - Sera
Theme 480 - Wildcard Round 21
TheFoe wrote: "Right so here is the definitive list of wooden spoons dished out to posters who are still with us, from 2017 to end of March 2024. In no particular order, and with artists name first...."Wow! Well done Nick! And it looks like I win first prize!!
Theme 454 - "Hall of Shame" - "stalker" songs e.g. the creepy "always watching you" sort and the "I'll get you and keep you, whatever you want" sort. Reversing the usual idea, so vote for the worst offender. - IsabellaTheme 455 - "I ??... 1987. " Songs from your favourite albums of '87. (Singles released either side of said year are fine) - Collette.
Theme 456 - "Wot No Royalties?!" - Music released by artists/bands/musicians copyright free. - Das Duke
Theme 457 - “A kiss is just a kiss” - Songs with kiss, kisses, kissed or kissing in the title. - KJS
Theme 458 - Theme 458 - "Do Wah Diddy Diddy Dum Diddy Don't" - Song titles containing either (or both) of the words "do" or "don't" - Helen
Theme 459 - "Old fogeys club" - The oldest song you like. No classical music but pastorals, madrigals and even hymns if you want, but recognisably a song. Not the oldest song you know, but the oldest song you like. I mean that could be something from the 1880's or 1980's :) - Sera
Theme 460 - Wildcard Round 20
Theme 461 - A whiter shade of pale? No primary colours (including yellow) allowed; let's be having your teals, lilacs, tangerines, etc. in the title or artist - Val
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Theme 462 - "I Am The God Of Hellfire....And I Bring You....FIRE!" - Song Titles containing Incendiary words, but no firefighter or fire extinguishing words, cos tonight we're burning baby burning! - Thermal Duklear Explosion :)
Theme 463 - Son of The paper bit in the middle - a second round of selections from favourite record labels. Same rules as before - Tim
Theme 464 - "What's playing" - Literally the last two songs you heard before nominating. I'm sure we all have our playlists on repeat or Spotify on shuffle, perhaps the office radio... But the whatever those last two songs were, nominate them ! No cheating to be cool ;) - Sera
Theme 465 – Female hit-makers Of The 1960’s - Jemma https://www.siriusxm.com/blog/best-60...
Theme 466 – "I Put A Misspell On You" - Deliberately misspelled words in song titles or band names - Helen
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Theme 467 - Earliest and Latest. Any one song from the first ever album you bought and one from the album you bought most recently - Grimmy (inspired by Sera)
Theme 468 – Theme 468 – Song titles containing a word that has been used by car manufacturers as a model name. For example, viva, fiesta, dart, zephyr, ram, etc. - Derek
Theme 469 - "Bronze medal" - the 3rd song on an album. The place where the singer's ballad goes to die, where rock albums flounder and the spectre of the skip button looms large. Does anyone do albums anymore? Pick the 3rd song. No greatest hits, original artist album only. - Sera
Theme 470 - Songs with a drum intro - Jemma
Theme 471 - Collaborators. Songs by an artist with another well known artist collaborating either vocally or instrumentally - Grimmy
Theme 472 - I write the songs - pick two songs by THE SAME songwriter (can be in collaboration with others) and can be sung by the songwriter or another artist. The catch: the songwriter must be someone who YOU think is under-rated as a songwriter. If you think Lennon/McCartney or Dylan are under-rated I won't believe you, but I might allow Jagger/Richards. - Val
Theme 473 -
Theme 474 - Jools' Jewels: Performances from Later ... with Jools Holland - Grimmy
Theme 475 - The Long and the Short of it. Put together one song with a very long title (the longer and more ridiculous the better) and one with a very short title (doesn't need to be a single word, just brief and to the point) - Tim
Theme 476 - And the wooden spoon goes to.. Please choose 2 songs from the list above, nominating from your own list. - TheFoe
Theme 477 - Give me a give. Songs with give in the title - Grimmy
Theme 478 -
Theme 479 - "Songs of Solomon" - In reverence to the saintly benighted. Each nomination must start with the letters ST, AC and EY, in order. The first nominators first song must start with S and second song with a T, the second nominators songs start with an A and then a C, and the third nominator starts E and Y. And then repeat with couplets of songs starting ST, AC and EY. Any artist, any genre. - Sera
Theme 480 - Wildcard Round 21
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You and I are still going from those first rounds, also Sera69, Derek, Grimmy, SussexWelsh, FishyJim, Tim, K.J.S., TheFoe, Jemma (formerly Travel Fan) and Brass Neck - do we rate a long-service medal???