Cream of 2020 - Winter - Round 2 (closed 10pm 3rd January)

[theDuke]

Cream of Rounds 2020 - Winter - 6 rounds

Round 1 - Winner - Thinking 'Bout Myself - Josh Teskey & Ash Grunwald - 23 pts
Round 2 - Joint Winners - Sweet - Porridge Radio - 23 pts - SussexWelsh ~ Billion Year Old Being Hexvessel - 23 pts - Spacepig
Round 3 -
Round 4 -
Round 5 -
Round 6 -
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Evening all.

Hope you all had a pleasant festive weekend....and that storm Bella didn't relieve you of your house. Got a wee bit windy over here in my corner of Wales, so much so, our small plastic shed wasn't where it usually is, the following morning. We did find it again and put it back in it's place. Must have been pretty gusty, as that shed is full up with our gardening equipment, including two mowers and a strimmer!

So on to round two....what else have you lot got up ya sleeves then? Noms and links in the usual orderly fashion, thanks muchly.

And I'll see yous on Wednesday..ciao.

[theDuke]

Badala - Songhoy Blues
Back Down South (feat. Tyler Bryant) - Larkin Poe

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N3idn...

[Lez]

After Duke

Badala - Songhoy Blues
Back Down South (feat. Tyler Bryant) - Larkin Poe
December - Duke Of Norfolk

https://youtu.be/jCAMIPHFHr8

[Serial]

After Lez

Badala - Songhoy Blues
Back Down South (feat. Tyler Bryant) - Larkin Poe
December - Duke Of Norfolk
What I do - Chris Smither

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t61u5...

[Sera69]

After Serial

Badala - Songhoy Blues
Back Down South (feat. Tyler Bryant) - Larkin Poe
December - Duke Of Norfolk
What I do - Chris Smither
Control - House Of Harm

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SKu_x...

[Brass Neck]

Changing mine;

Back Down South (feat. Tyler Bryant) - Larkin Poe
December - Duke Of Norfolk
What I do - Chris Smither
Control - House Of Harm
Barre - Songhoy Blues

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6tbSC...

[Val]

After Brass

Back Down South (feat. Tyler Bryant) - Larkin Poe
December - Duke Of Norfolk
What I do - Chris Smither
Control - House Of Harm
Barre - Songhoy Blues
Bourdain - Simon Robert Gibson

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pwq9d...

[Craig White]

efterval,

Back Down South (feat. Tyler Bryant) - Larkin Poe
December - Duke Of Norfolk
What I do - Chris Smither
Control - House Of Harm
Barre - Songhoy Blues
Bourdain - Simon Robert Gibson
Press Along Saints / Babylon Burning - Ras Michael

https://youtu.be/jR8RmWj1Lew

[Tim]

after tech

Back Down South (feat. Tyler Bryant) - Larkin Poe
December - Duke Of Norfolk
What I do - Chris Smither
Control - House Of Harm
Barre - Songhoy Blues
Bourdain - Simon Robert Gibson
Press Along Saints / Babylon Burning - Ras Michael
Spleenétique - Aksak Maboul

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OgrVF...

[Rob]

After Tim,

Back Down South (feat. Tyler Bryant) - Larkin Poe
December - Duke Of Norfolk
What I do - Chris Smither
Control - House Of Harm
Barre - Songhoy Blues
Bourdain - Simon Robert Gibson
Press Along Saints / Babylon Burning - Ras Michael
Spleenétique - Aksak Maboul
Empty Square - Sarah Jarosz

https://youtu.be/TXONuobGr2A

[SussexWelsh]

After Rob

Back Down South (feat. Tyler Bryant) - Larkin Poe
December - Duke Of Norfolk
What I do - Chris Smither
Control - House Of Harm
Barre - Songhoy Blues
Bourdain - Simon Robert Gibson
Press Along Saints / Babylon Burning - Ras Michael
Spleenétique - Aksak Maboul
Empty Square - Sarah Jarosz
Sweet - Porridge Radio

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=27BvZ...

[TheFoe]

After Sussex

Back Down South (feat. Tyler Bryant) - Larkin Poe
December - Duke Of Norfolk
What I do - Chris Smither
Control - House Of Harm
Barre - Songhoy Blues
Bourdain - Simon Robert Gibson
Press Along Saints / Babylon Burning - Ras Michael
Spleenétique - Aksak Maboul
Empty Square - Sarah Jarosz
Sweet - Porridge Radio
Low Road - Blues Pills

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yoJKv...

[Spacepig]

After TheFoe

Back Down South (feat. Tyler Bryant) - Larkin Poe
December - Duke Of Norfolk
What I do - Chris Smither
Control - House Of Harm
Barre - Songhoy Blues
Bourdain - Simon Robert Gibson
Press Along Saints / Babylon Burning - Ras Michael
Spleenétique - Aksak Maboul
Empty Square - Sarah Jarosz
Sweet - Porridge Radio
Low Road - Blues Pills
Billion Year Old Being - Hexvessel

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_m5Bo...

[Helen The Melon]

After Spacepig

Back Down South (feat. Tyler Bryant) - Larkin Poe
December - Duke Of Norfolk
What I do - Chris Smither
Control - House Of Harm
Barre - Songhoy Blues
Bourdain - Simon Robert Gibson
Press Along Saints / Babylon Burning - Ras Michael
Spleenétique - Aksak Maboul
Empty Square - Sarah Jarosz
Sweet - Porridge Radio
Low Road - Blues Pills
Billion Year Old Being - Hexvessel
Dope Head - Electro Nation

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=bui-tWE...

[Fishy_Jim]

After Helen:

Back Down South (feat. Tyler Bryant) - Larkin Poe
December - Duke Of Norfolk
What I do - Chris Smither
Control - House Of Harm
Barre - Songhoy Blues
Bourdain - Simon Robert Gibson
Press Along Saints / Babylon Burning - Ras Michael
Spleenétique - Aksak Maboul
Empty Square - Sarah Jarosz
Sweet - Porridge Radio
Low Road - Blues Pills
Billion Year Old Being - Hexvessel
Dope Head - Electro Nation
I Hate Shop (I Am Shop) - Stephen EvEns

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WYTqo...

[KJS]

after Fishy_Jim

Back Down South (feat. Tyler Bryant) - Larkin Poe
December - Duke Of Norfolk
What I do - Chris Smither
Control - House Of Harm
Barre - Songhoy Blues
Bourdain - Simon Robert Gibson
Press Along Saints / Babylon Burning - Ras Michael
Spleenétique - Aksak Maboul
Empty Square - Sarah Jarosz
Sweet - Porridge Radio
Low Road - Blues Pills
Billion Year Old Being - Hexvessel
Dope Head - Electro Nation
I Hate Shop (I Am Shop) - Stephen EvEns
Budg & Snudg - Stick In The Wheel (feat. John Kirkpatrick)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cpTfg...

[theDuke]

Greetings one and all.

Another 15 brand new spankers to acquaint ourselves with, so once again, we keep the 5 vote system in play.

Playlist:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list...

Voting List:
Back Down South (feat. Tyler Bryant) - Larkin Poe
December - Duke Of Norfolk
What I do - Chris Smither
Control - House Of Harm
Barre - Songhoy Blues
Bourdain - Simon Robert Gibson
Press Along Saints / Babylon Burning - Ras Michael
Spleenétique - Aksak Maboul
Empty Square - Sarah Jarosz
Sweet - Porridge Radio
Low Road - Blues Pills
Billion Year Old Being - Hexvessel
Dope Head - Electro Nation
I Hate Shop (I Am Shop) - Stephen EvEns
Budg & Snudg - Stick In The Wheel (feat. John Kirkpatrick)

Happy New Year folks.....let's hope it is happier one!

[Serial]

Songhoy - 5
Poe - 4
Pills - 3
Maboul - 2
Norfolk - 1


Back Down South (feat. Tyler Bryant) - Larkin Poe - 4
December - Duke Of Norfolk - 1
What I do - Chris Smither
Control - House Of Harm
Barre - Songhoy Blues - 5
Bourdain - Simon Robert Gibson
Press Along Saints / Babylon Burning - Ras Michael
Spleenétique - Aksak Maboul - 2
Empty Square - Sarah Jarosz
Sweet - Porridge Radio
Low Road - Blues Pills - 3
Billion Year Old Being - Hexvessel
Dope Head - Electro Nation
I Hate Shop (I Am Shop) - Stephen EvEns
Budg & Snudg - Stick In The Wheel (feat. John Kirkpatrick)

[Helen The Melon]

After Serial

Simon R G - 5
Stick I T W - 4
Porridge R - 3
House Of H - 2
Hex V - 1

Back Down South (feat. Tyler Bryant) - Larkin Poe - 4
December - Duke Of Norfolk - 1
What I do - Chris Smither
Control - House Of Harm - 2
Barre - Songhoy Blues - 5
Bourdain - Simon Robert Gibson - 5
Press Along Saints / Babylon Burning - Ras Michael
Spleenétique - Aksak Maboul - 2
Empty Square - Sarah Jarosz
Sweet - Porridge Radio - 3
Low Road - Blues Pills - 3
Billion Year Old Being - Hexvessel - 1
Dope Head - Electro Nation
I Hate Shop (I Am Shop) - Stephen EvEns
Budg & Snudg - Stick In The Wheel (feat. John Kirkpatrick) - 4

[Spacepig]

After TheFoe

Duke Of Norfolk - 2
Electro Nation - 1

Back Down South (feat. Tyler Bryant) - Larkin Poe - 6
December - Duke Of Norfolk - 3
What I do - Chris Smither
Control - House Of Harm - 6
Barre - Songhoy Blues - 5
Bourdain - Simon Robert Gibson - 5
Press Along Saints / Babylon Burning - Ras Michael
Spleenétique - Aksak Maboul - 2
Empty Square - Sarah Jarosz - 1
Sweet - Porridge Radio - 8
Low Road - Blues Pills - 3
Billion Year Old Being - Hexvessel - 1
Dope Head - Electro Nation - 4
I Hate Shop (I Am Shop) - Stephen EvEns
Budg & Snudg - Stick In The Wheel (feat. John Kirkpatrick) - 4

[TheFoe]

I've slipped up on my votes, I keep a record on paper. I should have given Hexvessel 4 points, is it too late to change it? If so, really sorry Spacepig.

Edit - A Happy New year to all the posters, and a big thanks to Duke for keeping this running for another year. :-)

[Brass Neck]

TheFoe wrote: "I've slipped up on my votes, I keep a record on paper. I should have given Hexvessel 4 points, is it too late to change it? If so, really sorry Spacepig.

Edit - A Happy New year to all the posters..."

Eh? How does that relate to;

Porridge Radio - 5
House Of Harm - 4
Electro Nation - 3
Larkin Poe - 2
Sarah Jarosz - 1

[theDuke]

I guess you could delete your original post Nick, start again, and add in Spacepig's votes on top, if you want.

[TheFoe]

Porridge Radio - 5
Hexvessel - 4
House Of Harm - 3
Electro Nation - 2
Larkin Poe - 1

Back Down South (feat. Tyler Bryant) - Larkin Poe - 5
December - Duke Of Norfolk - 1
What I do - Chris Smither
Control - House Of Harm - 5
Barre - Songhoy Blues - 5
Bourdain - Simon Robert Gibson - 5
Press Along Saints / Babylon Burning - Ras Michael
Spleenétique - Aksak Maboul - 2
Empty Square - Sarah Jarosz -
Sweet - Porridge Radio - 8
Low Road - Blues Pills - 3
Billion Year Old Being - Hexvessel - 5
Dope Head - Electro Nation - 4
I Hate Shop (I Am Shop) - Stephen EvEns
Budg & Snudg - Stick In The Wheel (feat. John Kirkpatrick) - 4

This was how I was supposed to have voted in the first place, sorry for the confusion.

[Fishy_Jim]

After TheFoe:

Songhoy Blues – 5
Aksak Maboul - 4
House Of Harm - 3
Duke Of Norfolk – 2
Blues Pills - 1

Back Down South (feat. Tyler Bryant) - Larkin Poe - 5
December - Duke Of Norfolk - 3
What I do - Chris Smither
Control - House Of Harm - 8
Barre - Songhoy Blues - 10
Bourdain - Simon Robert Gibson - 5
Press Along Saints / Babylon Burning - Ras Michael
Spleenétique - Aksak Maboul - 6
Empty Square - Sarah Jarosz -
Sweet - Porridge Radio - 8
Low Road - Blues Pills - 4
Billion Year Old Being - Hexvessel - 5
Dope Head - Electro Nation - 4
I Hate Shop (I Am Shop) - Stephen EvEns
Budg & Snudg - Stick In The Wheel (feat. John Kirkpatrick) - 4

[Lez]

Something's gone awry?
I can't begin to work it out but I think Duke of Norfolk (my nom) should be 3 or 5 ?

[Spacepig]

I think we can blame this on theDuke. He told TheFoe to delete his original post then add my votes back, if he liked. He obviously didn't want to add mine back in.

Corrected now ( I think)

Back Down South (feat. Tyler Bryant) - Larkin Poe - 5
December - Duke Of Norfolk - 5
What I do - Chris Smither
Control - House Of Harm - 8
Barre - Songhoy Blues - 10
Bourdain - Simon Robert Gibson - 5
Press Along Saints / Babylon Burning - Ras Michael
Spleenétique - Aksak Maboul - 6
Empty Square - Sarah Jarosz -
Sweet - Porridge Radio - 8
Low Road - Blues Pills - 4
Billion Year Old Being - Hexvessel - 5
Dope Head - Electro Nation - 5
I Hate Shop (I Am Shop) - Stephen EvEns
Budg & Snudg - Stick In The Wheel (feat. John Kirkpatrick) - 4

[TheFoe]

Spacepig wrote: "I think we can blame this on theDuke. He told TheFoe to delete his original post then add my votes back, if he liked. He obviously didn't want to add mine back in.

Corrected now ( I think)

Back D..."

Sorry Spacepig I thought I had added your votes in, my mistake not intentional.

[KJS]

after ???

S Blues - 5
L Poe - 4
B Pills - 3
S Jarosz - 2
S EvEns - 1

Back Down South (feat. Tyler Bryant) - Larkin Poe - 9
December - Duke Of Norfolk - 5
What I do - Chris Smither
Control - House Of Harm - 8
Barre - Songhoy Blues - 15
Bourdain - Simon Robert Gibson - 5
Press Along Saints / Babylon Burning - Ras Michael
Spleenétique - Aksak Maboul - 6
Empty Square - Sarah Jarosz - 2
Sweet - Porridge Radio - 8
Low Road - Blues Pills - 7
Billion Year Old Being - Hexvessel - 5
Dope Head - Electro Nation - 5
I Hate Shop (I Am Shop) - Stephen EvEns - 1
Budg & Snudg - Stick In The Wheel (feat. John Kirkpatrick) - 4

[theDuke]

Spacepig wrote: "I think we can blame this on theDuke. He told TheFoe to delete his original post then add my votes back, if he liked. He obviously didn't want to add mine back in."

Apols for confusion folks...and yes i meant Foe to delete his post, and redo it with Spacepig's votes!

Anyhoo, it's sorted now..so here's mine:

After KJS:

Porridge Radio - 5
Hexvessel - 4
Blues Pills - 3
Duke Of Norfolk - 2
Stephen EvEns - 1

Back Down South (feat. Tyler Bryant) - Larkin Poe - 9
December - Duke Of Norfolk - 7
What I do - Chris Smither
Control - House Of Harm - 8
Barre - Songhoy Blues - 15
Bourdain - Simon Robert Gibson - 5
Press Along Saints / Babylon Burning - Ras Michael
Spleenétique - Aksak Maboul - 6
Empty Square - Sarah Jarosz - 2
Sweet - Porridge Radio - 13
Low Road - Blues Pills - 10
Billion Year Old Being - Hexvessel - 9
Dope Head - Electro Nation - 5
I Hate Shop (I Am Shop) - Stephen EvEns - 2
Budg & Snudg - Stick In The Wheel (feat. John Kirkpatrick) - 4

[Val]

After Duke

Chris Smither - 5
Larkin Poe - 4
House Of Harm - 3
Stick In The Wheel (feat. John Kirkpatrick) - 2
The Duke of Norfolk - 1

Back Down South (feat. Tyler Bryant) - Larkin Poe - 13
December - Duke Of Norfolk - 8
What I do - Chris Smither - 5
Control - House Of Harm - 11
Barre - Songhoy Blues - 15
Bourdain - Simon Robert Gibson - 5
Press Along Saints / Babylon Burning - Ras Michael
Spleenétique - Aksak Maboul - 6
Empty Square - Sarah Jarosz - 2
Sweet - Porridge Radio - 13
Low Road - Blues Pills - 10
Billion Year Old Being - Hexvessel - 9
Dope Head - Electro Nation - 5
I Hate Shop (I Am Shop) - Stephen EvEns - 2
Budg & Snudg - Stick In The Wheel (feat. John Kirkpatrick) - 6

[Tim]

after Val

Stephen EvEns - 5
Stick In The Wheel - 4
Porridge Radio - 3
Hexvessel - 2
Songhoy Blues - 1

Back Down South (feat. Tyler Bryant) - Larkin Poe - 13
December - Duke Of Norfolk - 8
What I do - Chris Smither - 5
Control - House Of Harm - 11
Barre - Songhoy Blues - 16
Bourdain - Simon Robert Gibson - 5
Press Along Saints / Babylon Burning - Ras Michael
Spleenétique - Aksak Maboul - 6
Empty Square - Sarah Jarosz - 2
Sweet - Porridge Radio - 16
Low Road - Blues Pills - 10
Billion Year Old Being - Hexvessel - 11
Dope Head - Electro Nation - 5
I Hate Shop (I Am Shop) - Stephen EvEns - 7
Budg & Snudg - Stick In The Wheel (feat. John Kirkpatrick) - 10

[Sera69]

After Tim

5 - Hexvessel
4 - Larkin Poe
3 - Porridge Radio
2 - Stick In the Wheel
1 - Duke of Norfolk

Back Down South (feat. Tyler Bryant) - Larkin Poe - 18
December - Duke Of Norfolk - 9
What I do - Chris Smither - 5
Control - House Of Harm - 11
Barre - Songhoy Blues - 16
Bourdain - Simon Robert Gibson - 5
Press Along Saints / Babylon Burning - Ras Michael
Spleenétique - Aksak Maboul - 6
Empty Square - Sarah Jarosz - 2
Sweet - Porridge Radio - 19
Low Road - Blues Pills - 10
Billion Year Old Being - Hexvessel - 16
Dope Head - Electro Nation - 5
I Hate Shop (I Am Shop) - Stephen EvEns - 7
Budg & Snudg - Stick In The Wheel (feat. John Kirkpatrick) - 12

[Lez]

After Sera

Porridge 4
Ras M. 3
Chris S. 2
Simon R. G. 1

Back Down South (feat. Tyler Bryant) - Larkin Poe - 18
December - Duke Of Norfolk - 9
What I do - Chris Smither - 7
Control - House Of Harm - 11
Barre - Songhoy Blues - 16
Bourdain - Simon Robert Gibson - 6
Press Along Saints / Babylon Burning - Ras Michael - 3
Spleenétique - Aksak Maboul - 6
Empty Square - Sarah Jarosz - 2
Sweet - Porridge Radio - 23
Low Road - Blues Pills - 10
Billion Year Old Being - Hexvessel - 16
Dope Head - Electro Nation - 5
I Hate Shop (I Am Shop) - Stephen EvEns - 7
Budg & Snudg - Stick In The Wheel (feat. John Kirkpatrick) - 12

[SussexWelsh]

After Lez

Hexvessel 5
Stick In The Wheel 4
Duke Of Norfolk 3
Stephen EvEns 2
Chris Smither 1

Back Down South (feat. Tyler Bryant) - Larkin Poe - 18
December - Duke Of Norfolk - 12
What I do - Chris Smither - 8
Control - House Of Harm - 11
Barre - Songhoy Blues - 16
Bourdain - Simon Robert Gibson - 6
Press Along Saints / Babylon Burning - Ras Michael - 3
Spleenétique - Aksak Maboul - 6
Empty Square - Sarah Jarosz - 2
Sweet - Porridge Radio - 23
Low Road - Blues Pills - 10
Billion Year Old Being - Hexvessel - 21
Dope Head - Electro Nation - 5
I Hate Shop (I Am Shop) - Stephen EvEns - 9
Budg & Snudg - Stick In The Wheel (feat. John Kirkpatrick) - 16

[Brass Neck]

LP - 5
RM - 4
BP - 3
H - 2
AM - 1

Back Down South (feat. Tyler Bryant) - Larkin Poe - 23
December - Duke Of Norfolk - 12
What I do - Chris Smither - 8
Control - House Of Harm - 11
Barre - Songhoy Blues - 16
Bourdain - Simon Robert Gibson - 6
Press Along Saints / Babylon Burning - Ras Michael - 7
Spleenétique - Aksak Maboul - 7
Empty Square - Sarah Jarosz - 2
Sweet - Porridge Radio - 23
Low Road - Blues Pills - 13
Billion Year Old Being - Hexvessel - 23
Dope Head - Electro Nation - 5
I Hate Shop (I Am Shop) - Stephen EvEns - 9
Budg & Snudg - Stick In The Wheel (feat. John Kirkpatrick) - 16

[theDuke]

Okay then, hello folks and a merry new year to one and all.

An interesting set of results! Three songs all on 23 points...except alas, i must deduct a point off my nom, because Sera awarded it 4 points but gave 5, so Larkin Poe scored 22 points total. So, we have a double tie for first place, they are:

Sweet by Porridge Radio, nominated by SussexWelsh & Billion Year Old Being by Hexvessel, nominated by Spacepig. And whilst i don't do the max points advantage anymore, they however, are inseparable at 2 max points each..so both Sussex & Spacepig share the Gold medal. Congratulations lads!

Yours truly therefor collects a silver for Back Down South (feat. Tyler Bryant) by Larkin Poe, leaving the bronze gong to be split between yet another tie, this time they are:

Barre - Songhoy Blues, nominated by Brass Neck & Budg & Snudg by Stick In The Wheel (feat. John Kirkpatrick), nominated by KJS. They both scored 16 points apiece.

Well done to us five, especially to Sussex & Spacepig.

On to round 3.

[Craig White]

didnae have time to vote, but being honest, probably wouldn't have affected the result.