Theme 333 - A cappella - songs without instrumental accompaniment - KJS - VOTING (closed MIDNIGHT Sunday 27th March)

[Val]

KJS is inviting us to nominate any a cappella number - i.e. (from Wiki): "a performance by a singer or a singing group without instrumental accompaniment".

Nominations in by midnight Wednesday please.

The next five themes are:

Theme 334 - "Dueling Banjos?" Nup..not 2....lots of 'em! Songs featuring that instrument, in acoustic or electric form. - Nuked Duke
Theme 335 - Surf Guitar!! (a la Dick Dale rather than Beach Boys - plenty of twang!) - Val
Theme 336 - Music Theory: titles containing words used to describe music (usually Italian as here https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of..., but also more modern terms allowed). Names of dances, whether ballroom or modern not permitted - Tim
Theme 337 - We Will Rock You, any song containing the song 'Rock'. - TheFoe
Theme 338 - MC1R gene mutation boogie; any song where the singer is a natural redhead - Brass Neck

Thank you to everyone who has posted a new suggestion to the list. If anyone else wants to join in, the list is at:

https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

[Val]

Kicking off then in hope that live performances are okay.

Unomathemba - Ladysmith Black Mambazo

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

[Tim]

after Val, a beautiful song by Machaut from the mid 14th century

Unomathemba - Ladysmith Black Mambazo
Dame, De Qui Toute Ma Joie Vient - Gothic Voices

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

[Craig White]

eftertim,

Unomathemba - Ladysmith Black Mambazo
Dame, De Qui Toute Ma Joie Vient - Gothic Voices
Take The Toys - Poison Girls

https://youtu.be/ZgkAEG0UKkY

[Jemma]

After Craig

Unomathemba - Ladysmith Black Mambazo
Dame, De Qui Toute Ma Joie Vient - Gothic Voices
Take The Toys - Poison Girls
The Wind That Shakes The Barley - Dead Can Dance

https://youtu.be/FkBQggRBqEY

[Helen The Melon]

Hope this is ok? There are some instruments playing at the very end but they aren't accompanying any vocals & the main part of the song is just unaccompanied singing. I'll change it if necc.

Unomathemba - Ladysmith Black Mambazo
Dame, De Qui Toute Ma Joie Vient - Gothic Voices
Take The Toys - Poison Girls
The Wind That Shakes The Barley - Dead Can Dance
Hunting The Hare - Kate Rusby and Kathryn Roberts

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=XENvfQ5...

[TheFoe]

After Helen, we will have salad!

Unomathemba - Ladysmith Black Mambazo
Dame, De Qui Toute Ma Joie Vient - Gothic Voices
Take The Toys - Poison Girls
The Wind That Shakes The Barley - Dead Can Dance
Hunting The Hare - Kate Rusby and Kathryn Roberts
It's A Fine Day - Jane

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4vgcY...

[KJS]

after TheFoe

Unomathemba - Ladysmith Black Mambazo
Dame, De Qui Toute Ma Joie Vient - Gothic Voices
Take The Toys - Poison Girls
The Wind That Shakes The Barley - Dead Can Dance
Hunting The Hare - Kate Rusby and Kathryn Roberts
It's A Fine Day - Jane
After The Goldrush - Prelude

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

[Fishy_Jim]

After KJS:

Unomathemba - Ladysmith Black Mambazo
Dame, De Qui Toute Ma Joie Vient - Gothic Voices
Take The Toys - Poison Girls
The Wind That Shakes The Barley - Dead Can Dance
Hunting The Hare - Kate Rusby and Kathryn Roberts
It's A Fine Day - Jane
After The Goldrush - Prelude
Flap Off You Beak - The 180 Gs

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

I'm assuming that hand claps are OK. They're the only non-vocal thing on this track.

[Val]

The playlist is up:

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

8 nominations gives us 3 votes each and all done by midnight Sunday please.

[Jemma]

Prelude - 3
Ladysmith - 2
Jane - 1


Unomathemba - Ladysmith Black Mambazo - 2
Dame, De Qui Toute Ma Joie Vient - Gothic Voices
Take The Toys - Poison Girls
The Wind That Shakes The Barley - Dead Can Dance
Hunting The Hare - Kate Rusby and Kathryn Roberts
It's A Fine Day - Jane - 1
After The Goldrush - Prelude - 3
Flap Off You Beak - The 180 Gs

[Helen The Melon]

After Jemma

Gothic - 3
Dead - 2
Poison - 1

Unomathemba - Ladysmith Black Mambazo - 2
Dame, De Qui Toute Ma Joie Vient - Gothic Voices - 3
Take The Toys - Poison Girls - 1
The Wind That Shakes The Barley - Dead Can Dance - 2
Hunting The Hare - Kate Rusby and Kathryn Roberts
It's A Fine Day - Jane - 1
After The Goldrush - Prelude - 3
Flap Off You Beak - The 180 Gs

[Val]

After Helen

Dead Can Dance - 3
Kate Rusby and Kathryn Roberts - 2
Jane - 1

Unomathemba - Ladysmith Black Mambazo - 2
Dame, De Qui Toute Ma Joie Vient - Gothic Voices - 3
Take The Toys - Poison Girls - 1
The Wind That Shakes The Barley - Dead Can Dance - 5
Hunting The Hare - Kate Rusby and Kathryn Roberts - 2
It's A Fine Day - Jane - 2
After The Goldrush - Prelude - 3
Flap Off You Beak - The 180 Gs

[Tim]

Jane - 3
Ladysmith Black Mambazo - 2
Poison Girls - 1

Unomathemba - Ladysmith Black Mambazo - 4
Dame, De Qui Toute Ma Joie Vient - Gothic Voices - 3
Take The Toys - Poison Girls - 2
The Wind That Shakes The Barley - Dead Can Dance - 5
Hunting The Hare - Kate Rusby and Kathryn Roberts - 2
It's A Fine Day - Jane - 5
After The Goldrush - Prelude - 3
Flap Off You Beak - The 180 Gs

[KJS]

after Tim

Gothic Voices - 3
DCD - 2
Jane - 1

Unomathemba - Ladysmith Black Mambazo - 4
Dame, De Qui Toute Ma Joie Vient - Gothic Voices - 6
Take The Toys - Poison Girls - 2
The Wind That Shakes The Barley - Dead Can Dance - 7
Hunting The Hare - Kate Rusby and Kathryn Roberts - 2
It's A Fine Day - Jane - 6
After The Goldrush - Prelude - 3
Flap Off You Beak - The 180 Gs

[Fishy_Jim]

After KJS:

Prelude - 3
Gothic Voices - 2
Ladysmith Black Mambazo - 1

Unomathemba - Ladysmith Black Mambazo - 5
Dame, De Qui Toute Ma Joie Vient - Gothic Voices - 8
Take The Toys - Poison Girls - 2
The Wind That Shakes The Barley - Dead Can Dance - 7
Hunting The Hare - Kate Rusby and Kathryn Roberts - 2
It's A Fine Day - Jane - 6
After The Goldrush - Prelude - 6
Flap Off You Beak - The 180 Gs

[TheFoe]

After Fishy

Dead Can Dance - 3 (Lovely song)
The 180 G's - 2
Poison Girls - 1

Unomathemba - Ladysmith Black Mambazo - 5
Dame, De Qui Toute Ma Joie Vient - Gothic Voices - 8
Take The Toys - Poison Girls - 3
The Wind That Shakes The Barley - Dead Can Dance - 10
Hunting The Hare - Kate Rusby and Kathryn Roberts - 2
It's A Fine Day - Jane - 6
After The Goldrush - Prelude - 6
Flap Off You Beak - The 180 Gs - 2

[Val]

I think that's about it. Seven voters and a clear winner. Jemma takes out the top spot, gaining 10 votes for Dead Can Dance. Runner-up is Tim - 8 votes for Gothic Voices. There's a tie for third place between TheFoe (6 votes for Jane) and KJS (6 votes for Prelude). Congratulations all round and no wooden spoons.