Theme 408 - Beginnings and endings - any song or artist containing any form of the words BEGIN and END - Val - VOTING closed MIDNIGHT Sunday February 18th

[Val]

I'm after song titles or artists containing any grammatical form of the words BEGIN or END - please don't try to be clever with Send, Bend, etc.

The next FIVE themes are:

Theme 409 - Dearly departed - songs which feature artists or band members (not necessarily the lead singer) who are no longer with us - Fishy Jim
Theme 410 - 90's Movie Soundtrack Songs - Collette
Theme 411 - Eezer Not Goode - song titles that DON'T contain the letter "e" - Helen
Theme 412 - In The Army Now - Song titles that contain soldier ranks i.e: Army ranks: private, private second class, private first class, specialist, corporal, sergeant, staff sergeant, sergeant first class, master sergeant, first sergeant, sergeant major, command sergeant major, sergeant major of the Army, captain, vice-marshall, lieutenant, general, squadron leader, colonel, commander, admiral, major, you get the picture. - TheFoe
Theme 413 - Kicker Conspiracy - Song titles or band/artist names that contain the nickname of a UK football team (say which when you nom). - Tim
Full list at :
https://en.everybodywiki.com/List_of_...

New themes are always welcome at:

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

[TheFoe]

" please don't try to be clever with Send, Bend, etc." Only bellends would do that Val. ;-)

[Val]

Ha ha! Had Brass been here, however, .........

[Tim]

#1 back to the 14th century for a change. The title translates as 'My end is my beginning'. Musically the piece is in three voices, of which the second is the first backwards; the third is in two sections, of which the second is the first in reverse.

Ma Fin Est Ma Commencement - Guillaume De Machaut

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5rVXx...

[Collette]

After Tim

Ma Fin Est Ma Commencement - Guillaume De Machaut
End Of The Road - Boyz II Men
Happy Ending - MIKA

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zDKO6...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vzoYg...

[Fishy_Jim]

After Tim:

Ma Fin Est Ma Commencement - Guillaume De Machaut
Begin Again - Astronot'
Endless Dream - Yes

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0jQeb...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jAavh...

[Collette]

Tidy

Ma Fin Est Ma Commencement - Guillaume De Machaut
End Of The Road - Boyz II Men
Happy Ending - MIKA
Begin Again - Astronot'
Endless Dream - Yes

[Jemma]

🤪

[Tim]

#2 after the tidying

Ma Fin Est Ma Commencement - Guillaume De Machaut
End Of The Road - Boyz II Men
Happy Ending - MIKA
Begin Again - Astronot
Endless Dream - Yes
Beginning To See The Light - Velvet Underground

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

[Jemma]

After Tim

Ma Fin Est Ma Commencement - Guillaume De Machaut
End Of The Road - Boyz II Men
Happy Ending - MIKA
Begin Again - Astronot
Endless Dream - Yes
Beginning To See The Light - Velvet Underground
Till The End Of The Day - The Kinks
No End, No Beginning - Poets of the Fall

https://youtu.be/Ua8OsW9bMk0?si=R-6il...
https://youtu.be/dp2vTzNsjEU?si=45WPU...

[Helen The Melon]

After Jemma

Ma Fin Est Ma Commencement - Guillaume De Machaut
End Of The Road - Boyz II Men
Happy Ending - MIKA
Begin Again - Astronot
Endless Dream - Yes
Beginning To See The Light - Velvet Underground
Till The End Of The Day - The Kinks
No End, No Beginning - Poets of the Fall
Age End - Black Swan Lane
It Starts And Ends With You - Suede

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=5BuCcaW...

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

[theDuke]

After Helen:

#1

Ma Fin Est Ma Commencement - Guillaume De Machaut
End Of The Road - Boyz II Men
Happy Ending - MIKA
Begin Again - Astronot
Endless Dream - Yes
Beginning To See The Light - Velvet Underground
Till The End Of The Day - The Kinks
No End, No Beginning - Poets of the Fall
Age End - Black Swan Lane
It Starts And Ends With You - Suede
Land's End - Siouxsie And The Banshees

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9qlXz...

[KJS]

after theDuke

Ma Fin Est Ma Commencement - Guillaume De Machaut
End Of The Road - Boyz II Men
Happy Ending - MIKA
Begin Again - Astronot
Endless Dream - Yes
Beginning To See The Light - Velvet Underground
Till The End Of The Day - The Kinks
No End, No Beginning - Poets of the Fall
Age End - Black Swan Lane
It Starts And Ends With You - Suede
Land's End - Siouxsie And The Banshees
Funky Nassau (Part 1) - The Beginning Of The End
The Dark End Of The Street - James Carr

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

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

[TheFoe]

After KJS

Ma Fin Est Ma Commencement - Guillaume De Machaut
End Of The Road - Boyz II Men
Happy Ending - MIKA
Begin Again - Astronot
Endless Dream - Yes
Beginning To See The Light - Velvet Underground
Till The End Of The Day - The Kinks
No End, No Beginning - Poets of the Fall
Age End - Black Swan Lane
It Starts And Ends With You - Suede
Land's End - Siouxsie And The Banshees
Funky Nassau (Part 1) - The Beginning Of The End
The Dark End Of The Street - James Carr
Klergy x Valerie Broussard - The Beginning Of The End
End Of A Century - Blur

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

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

[theDuke]

#2

hope this is okay...The End on it's own sounds a bit too short!

Ma Fin Est Ma Commencement - Guillaume De Machaut
End Of The Road - Boyz II Men
Happy Ending - MIKA
Begin Again - Astronot
Endless Dream - Yes
Beginning To See The Light - Velvet Underground
Till The End Of The Day - The Kinks
No End, No Beginning - Poets of the Fall
Age End - Black Swan Lane
It Starts And Ends With You - Suede
Land's End - Siouxsie And The Banshees
Funky Nassau (Part 1) - The Beginning Of The End
The Dark End Of The Street - James Carr
Klergy x Valerie Broussard - The Beginning Of The End
End Of A Century - Blur
Golden Slumbers / Carry That Weight / The End - The Beatles

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f8M0e...

[Val]

After Duke



Ma Fin Est Ma Commencement - Guillaume De Machaut
End Of The Road - Boyz II Men
Happy Ending - MIKA
Begin Again - Astronot
Endless Dream - Yes
Beginning To See The Light - Velvet Underground
Till The End Of The Day - The Kinks
No End, No Beginning - Poets of the Fall
Age End - Black Swan Lane
It Starts And Ends With You - Suede
Land's End - Siouxsie And The Banshees
Funky Nassau (Part 1) - The Beginning Of The End
The Dark End Of The Street - James Carr
Klergy x Valerie Broussard - The Beginning Of The End
End Of A Century - Blur
Golden Slumbers / Carry That Weight / The End - The Beatles
The End Of The World - Skeeter Davis
Stoney End - Laura Nyro

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

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

[Fishy_Jim]

Val wrote: "After Duke



Ma Fin Est Ma Commencement - Guillaume De Machaut
End Of The Road - Boyz II Men
Happy Ending - MIKA
Begin Again - Astronot
Endless Dream - Yes
Beginning To See The Light - Velvet Unde..."

I almost went with Barbara Streisand's version of Stoney End.

[Val]

As always, Babs does a great job but I like to give credit to the songwriter.

[Val]

Here's the playlist:

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

18 nominations means 6 votes each.

[Jemma]

James - 6
Suede - 5
Boyz - 4
Underground - 3
Skeeter- 2
Beatles - 1


Ma Fin Est Ma Commencement - Guillaume De Machaut
End Of The Road - Boyz II Men - 4
Happy Ending - MIKA
Begin Again - Astronot
Endless Dream - Yes
Beginning To See The Light - Velvet Underground - 3
Till The End Of The Day - The Kinks
No End, No Beginning - Poets of the Fall
Age End - Black Swan Lane
It Starts And Ends With You - Suede - 5
Land's End - Siouxsie And The Banshees
Funky Nassau (Part 1) - The Beginning Of The End
The Dark End Of The Street - James Carr - 6
Klergy x Valerie Broussard - The Beginning Of The End
End Of A Century - Blur
Golden Slumbers / Carry That Weight / The End - The Beatles - 1
The End Of The World - Skeeter Davis - 2
Stoney End - Laura Nyro

[Helen The Melon]

After Jemma

The "Yes" video has been removed from YouTube, so it's no longer on the playlist.

Kinks - 6
VU - 5
Machaut - 4
Klergy & Val - 3
Begining of End - 2
Siouxsie - 1

Ma Fin Est Ma Commencement - Guillaume De Machaut - 4
End Of The Road - Boyz II Men - 4
Happy Ending - MIKA
Begin Again - Astronot
Endless Dream - Yes
Beginning To See The Light - Velvet Underground - 8
Till The End Of The Day - The Kinks - 6
No End, No Beginning - Poets of the Fall
Age End - Black Swan Lane
It Starts And Ends With You - Suede - 5
Land's End - Siouxsie And The Banshees - 1
Funky Nassau (Part 1) - The Beginning Of The End - 2
The Dark End Of The Street - James Carr - 6
The Beginning Of The End - Klergy x Valerie Broussard - 3
End Of A Century - Blur
Golden Slumbers / Carry That Weight / The End - The Beatles - 1
The End Of The World - Skeeter Davis - 2
Stoney End - Laura Nyro

[Val]

I've inserted another clip of the Yes track so hope this one is okay with Jim and that it works for everyone.

Playlist link:

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

[Val]

After Helen

James Carr - 6
Boyz II Men - 5
Blur - 4
The Kinks - 3
Yes - 2
Guillaume De Machaut - 1

Ma Fin Est Ma Commencement - Guillaume De Machaut - 5
End Of The Road - Boyz II Men - 9
Happy Ending - MIKA
Begin Again - Astronot
Endless Dream - Yes - 2
Beginning To See The Light - Velvet Underground - 8
Till The End Of The Day - The Kinks - 9
No End, No Beginning - Poets of the Fall
Age End - Black Swan Lane
It Starts And Ends With You - Suede - 5
Land's End - Siouxsie And The Banshees - 1
Funky Nassau (Part 1) - The Beginning Of The End - 2
The Dark End Of The Street - James Carr - 12
The Beginning Of The End - Klergy x Valerie Broussard - 3
End Of A Century - Blur - 4
Golden Slumbers / Carry That Weight / The End - The Beatles - 1
The End Of The World - Skeeter Davis - 2
Stoney End - Laura Nyro

[Tim]

after Val

Kinks - 6
Beginning Of The End - 5
Blur - 4
James Carr - 3
Skeeter Davis - 2
Suede - 1

Ma Fin Est Ma Commencement - Guillaume De Machaut - 5
End Of The Road - Boyz II Men - 9
Happy Ending - MIKA
Begin Again - Astronot
Endless Dream - Yes - 2
Beginning To See The Light - Velvet Underground - 8
Till The End Of The Day - The Kinks - 15
No End, No Beginning - Poets of the Fall
Age End - Black Swan Lane
It Starts And Ends With You - Suede - 6
Land's End - Siouxsie And The Banshees - 1
Funky Nassau (Part 1) - The Beginning Of The End - 7
The Dark End Of The Street - James Carr - 15
The Beginning Of The End - Klergy x Valerie Broussard - 3
End Of A Century - Blur - 8
Golden Slumbers / Carry That Weight / The End - The Beatles - 1
The End Of The World - Skeeter Davis - 4
Stoney End - Laura Nyro

[theDuke]

After Tim:

The Beginning Of The End - 6
The Kinks - 5
Velvet Underground - 4
Poets of the Fall - 3
Astronot - 2
Blur - 1

Ma Fin Est Ma Commencement - Guillaume De Machaut - 5
End Of The Road - Boyz II Men - 9
Happy Ending - MIKA
Begin Again - Astronot - 2
Endless Dream - Yes - 2
Beginning To See The Light - Velvet Underground - 12
Till The End Of The Day - The Kinks - 20
No End, No Beginning - Poets of the Fall - 3
Age End - Black Swan Lane
It Starts And Ends With You - Suede - 6
Land's End - Siouxsie And The Banshees - 1
Funky Nassau (Part 1) - The Beginning Of The End - 13
The Dark End Of The Street - James Carr - 15
The Beginning Of The End - Klergy x Valerie Broussard - 3
End Of A Century - Blur - 9
Golden Slumbers / Carry That Weight / The End - The Beatles - 1
The End Of The World - Skeeter
Stoney End - Laura Nyro

[KJS]

after theDuke

L Nyro - 6
Kinks - 5
B II Men - 4
S Davis - 3
Valerie Broussard - 2
Blur - 1

Ma Fin Est Ma Commencement - Guillaume De Machaut - 5
End Of The Road - Boyz II Men - 13
Happy Ending - MIKA
Begin Again - Astronot - 2
Endless Dream - Yes - 2
Beginning To See The Light - Velvet Underground - 12
Till The End Of The Day - The Kinks - 25
No End, No Beginning - Poets of the Fall - 3
Age End - Black Swan Lane
It Starts And Ends With You - Suede - 6
Land's End - Siouxsie And The Banshees - 1
Funky Nassau (Part 1) - The Beginning Of The End - 13
The Dark End Of The Street - James Carr - 15
The Beginning Of The End - Klergy x Valerie Broussard - 5
End Of A Century - Blur - 10
Golden Slumbers / Carry That Weight / The End - The Beatles - 1
The End Of The World - Skeeter Davis - 7
Stoney End - Laura Nyro - 6

[Collette]

After KJ

Skeeter Davis - 6
The Beatles - 5
James Carr - 4
Klergy x Valerie Broussard - 3
Suede - 2
Blur - 1


Ma Fin Est Ma Commencement - Guillaume De Machaut - 5
End Of The Road - Boyz II Men - 13
Happy Ending - MIKA
Begin Again - Astronot - 2
Endless Dream - Yes - 2
Beginning To See The Light - Velvet Underground - 12
Till The End Of The Day - The Kinks - 25
No End, No Beginning - Poets of the Fall - 3
Age End - Black Swan Lane
It Starts And Ends With You - Suede - 8
Land's End - Siouxsie And The Banshees - 1
Funky Nassau (Part 1) - The Beginning Of The End - 13
The Dark End Of The Street - James Carr - 19
The Beginning Of The End - Klergy x Valerie Broussard - 8
End Of A Century - Blur - 11
Golden Slumbers / Carry That Weight / The End - The Beatles - 6
The End Of The World - Skeeter Davis - 13
Stoney End - Laura Nyro - 6

[TheFoe]

After Collette

Siouxsie & The Banshees - 6
The Beginning Of The End - 5
James Carr - 4
Suede - 3
Kinks - 2
Yes - 1

Ma Fin Est Ma Commencement - Guillaume De Machaut - 5
End Of The Road - Boyz II Men - 13
Happy Ending - MIKA
Begin Again - Astronot - 2
Endless Dream - Yes - 3
Beginning To See The Light - Velvet Underground - 12
Till The End Of The Day - The Kinks - 27
No End, No Beginning - Poets of the Fall - 3
Age End - Black Swan Lane
It Starts And Ends With You - Suede - 11
Land's End - Siouxsie And The Banshees - 7
Funky Nassau (Part 1) - The Beginning Of The End - 18
The Dark End Of The Street - James Carr - 23
The Beginning Of The End - Klergy x Valerie Broussard - 8
End Of A Century - Blur - 11
Golden Slumbers / Carry That Weight / The End - The Beatles - 6
The End Of The World - Skeeter Davis - 13
Stoney End - Laura Nyro - 6

[Val]

All done and it's Jemma taking out the laurels - 27 votes for The Kinks. KJS scores second and third places with James Carr (23 votes) and The Beginning Of The End (18 votes).

Wooden spoons wend their way to Collette (MIKA) and Helen (Black Swan Lane). Commiserations to them and congratulations to the winners.