Lightning Surlaw - BBC Sound of 2021 - The Reveal!

Electric Nitwit

Tonight we'll see how our 20 judges took to the BBC Sound of 2021 shortlist and which song gets crowned the Boardsie Sound of 2021

A reminder that the songs were...

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1 – Alfie Templeman, Forever Isn’t Long Enough

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sVCWlT2EAcg

2 - BERWYN, Vinyl

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-p4C3WMRLEs

3 – Bree Runway, Apesh!t

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q16-dJuCD4w

4 - Dutchavelli, Bando Diaries

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8lnI-PENwSA

5 - Girl In Red, Rue

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3xeAK9A8SOI

6 - Greentea Peng, Hu Man

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yf6r5m0TM7Y

7 - Griff, Say It Again

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y5MtXXxXYm0

8 – Holly Humberstone, Falling Asleep At The Wheel

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ILPo-HdvfHA

9 – The Lathums, I See Your Ghost

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZpuR7zT33p4

10 – Pa Salieu, My Family

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xxTV3vODb3s

Electric Nitwit

The BBC final standings were...

5th - GRIFF
4th - GREENTEA PENG
3rd - BERWYN
2nd - HOLLY HUMBERSTONE

And their winner was...

1st - PA SALIEU

Will our judges agree?
Find out here shortly after 9pm

See you then

lassykk

Electric Nitwit wrote: »

The BBC final standings were...

5th - GRIFF
4th - GREENTEA PENG
3rd - BERWYN
2nd - HOLLY HUMBERSTONE

And their winner was...

1st - PA SALIEU

Will our judges agree?
Find out here shortly after 9pm

See you then

I got no further than 30 seconds into the "winner" before I had to turn it off!

Also Starring LeVar Burton

lassykk wrote: »

I got no further than 30 seconds into the "winner" before I had to turn it off!

It was the one song I wasn't too fond of at all.

Arghus

It was my number one.

Necro

Had two of the top 5 in mine. Now please bear in mind that I didn't like any of the tracks anyways so I'm not sure what that says about the whole thing :pac:

Electric Nitwit

Nicely divided already, will more people be with lassy and ASLB, or with Arghus?

JohnGreenFan

Electric Nitwit wrote: »

The BBC final standings were...

5th - GRIFF
4th - GREENTEA PENG
3rd - BERWYN
2nd - HOLLY HUMBERSTONE

And their winner was...

1st - PA SALIEU

Will our judges agree?
Find out here shortly after 9pm

See you then

The number one song was my least favourite of the lot!

Irish Aris

Same opinion about Pa Salieu as the majority here, only song I didn't here until the end.

Electric Nitwit

Sorry folks, running late. Toddler refusing to go to sleep. All the stuff is on my laptop so need to be settled to run this show. Hopefully not long...

Edit: should have said I was waiting for the Last Person Standing reveal and blamed Green&Red

Electric Nitwit

OK folks - I'm sat in the dark in the toddler's room, hopefully the munchkin settles and lets me crack on here...

Electric Nitwit

First up, we have me

Fifth Place (1pt)
The Lathums, I See Your Ghost
Fourth Place (2pts)
Holly Humberstone, Falling Asleep At The Wheel
Third Place (3pts)
Greentea Peng, Hu Man

Second Place (5pts)
BERWYN, Vinyl
The top three were all very close for me, but I think this edges out Greentea. Just smooth, chilled vibes. Some of the lyrics are great too, and I enjoy the little spoken interlude in the middle

First Place (7pts)
Girl In Red, Rue
Real drive in the background and her voice suits the song so well. Nice changes in tempo throughout the song too, keeps it interesting on repeat listens. Every listen I like the way it opens up into the chorus

the purple tin

Electric Nitwit wrote: »

OK folks - I'm sat in the dark in the toddler's room, hopefully the munchkin settles and let's me crack on here...

Belt out a few verses of Twinkle Twinle Little Star

Electric Nitwit

OK, I'm going in order of submission, and you're all very welcome for your personalised intro rhymes!

"Our first judge is without parallel,
it's the one, the only, Clarabel!"

Fifth Place (1pt)
Greentea Peng, Hu Man
Fourth Place (2pts)
Griff, Say It Again
Third Place (3pts)
Pa Salieu, My Family

Second Place (5pts)
Holly Humberstone, Falling Asleep At The Wheel
Clarabel didn't want me knowing why she'd voted the way the she did though, she's very enigmatic

First Place (7pts)
The Lathums, I See Your Ghost

Electric Nitwit

After Clarabel
The Lathums, I See Your Ghost 8
Girl In Red, Rue 7
Holly Humberstone, Falling Asleep At The Wheel 7
BERWYN, Vinyl 5
Greentea Peng, Hu Man 4
Pa Salieu, My Family 3
Griff, Say It Again 2
Alfie Templeman, Forever Isn’t Long Enough 0
Bree Runway, Apesh!t 0
Dutchavelli, Bando Diaries 0

Electric Nitwit

"Getting through the infernal din,
was easy for the purple tin"

Fifth Place (1pt)
Holly Humberstone, Falling Asleep At The Wheel
Fourth Place (2pts)
Alfie Templeman, Forever Isn’t Long Enough
Third Place (3pts)
Girl In Red, Rue

Second Place (5pts)
Greentea Peng, Hu Man
Nice chilled-out vibe. The latin style influences are class, reminded me of Santana a bit. She seems like an interesting character.

First Place (7pts)
The Lathums, I See Your Ghost
This is the only one of the groups I have heard of before. They played this one on Jools Holland. Nice energy,good fun and great musicians.

Electric Nitwit

After the purple tin
The Lathums, I See Your Ghost 15
Girl In Red, Rue 10
Greentea Peng, Hu Man 9
Holly Humberstone, Falling Asleep At The Wheel 8
BERWYN, Vinyl 5
Pa Salieu, My Family 3
Alfie Templeman, Forever Isn’t Long Enough 2
Griff, Say It Again 2
Bree Runway, Apesh!t 0
Dutchavelli, Bando Diaries 0

Electric Nitwit

Apparently this is the definitive list

"Digging the lyrics that were aflow,
it's Deleted User"

Fifth Place (1pt)
Alfie Templeman, Forever Isn’t Long Enough
Fourth Place (2pts)
Pa Salieu, My Family
Third Place (3pts)
Girl In Red, Rue

Second Place (5pts)
Greentea Peng, Hu Man
How's she's not a superstar already baffles me. A modern Lauryn Hill (althought admittedly not as talented)

First Place (7pts)
Bree Runway, Apesh!t
Old school late 90s/early 00s vibes. Almost any rap song that isn't ****ing mumble rap is all right in my book.

Electric Nitwit

After Deleted User
The Lathums, I See Your Ghost 15
Greentea Peng, Hu Man 14
Girl In Red, Rue 13
Holly Humberstone, Falling Asleep At The Wheel 8
Bree Runway, Apesh!t 7
BERWYN, Vinyl 5
Pa Salieu, My Family 5
Alfie Templeman, Forever Isn’t Long Enough 3
Griff, Say It Again 2
Dutchavelli, Bando Diaries 0

Electric Nitwit

"With scores that won't pain you,
here's our ShaneU"

Fifth Place (1pt)
BERWYN, Vinyl
Fourth Place (2pts)
Griff, Say It Again
Third Place (3pts)
Holly Humberstone, Falling Asleep At The Wheel

Second Place (5pts)
Greentea Peng, Hu Man
It has that tropical jam going on, a brilliant summer song.

First Place (7pts)
Girl In Red, Rue
The rhythm guitar is almost identical to song that came out recently, and it's bugging the hell out of me. Someone has to know what I'm talking about!

Electric Nitwit

After ShaneU
Girl In Red, Rue 20
Greentea Peng, Hu Man 19
The Lathums, I See Your Ghost 15
Holly Humberstone, Falling Asleep At The Wheel 11
Bree Runway, Apesh!t 7
BERWYN, Vinyl 6
Pa Salieu, My Family 5
Griff, Say It Again 4
Alfie Templeman, Forever Isn’t Long Enough 3
Dutchavelli, Bando Diaries 0

Electric Nitwit

"They'll have lots of thoughts for certain,
it's Also Staring LeVar Burton…"

Fifth Place (1pt)
Girl In Red, Rue
Fourth Place (2pts)
Bree Runway, Apesh!t
Third Place (3pts)
Griff, Say It Again

Second Place (5pts) for the fourth time in a row…!
Greentea Peng, Hu Man
Great vibe to this, it has a really enjoyable style, and her voice feels like it has a cool hypnotic vibe to it. It's relaxing but still has a bit of energy to it, and is the type of thing I would've heard in quite a few bars I used to go to regularly, back when bars were still a thing... remember those days?

First Place (7pts)
Holly Humberstone, Falling Asleep At The Wheel
This was easily the stand-out song of this lot for me, and I did think there were some cracking tunes in the mix. It's pretty much on a par with the type of songs I listen to most regularly, really like her voice, and the song doesn't sound too dissimilar to a lot of HAIM songs, who are one of my favourite bands these days.

Electric Nitwit

Poor Dutchavelli, still to get off the mark...

After Also Staring LeVar Burton…
Greentea Peng, Hu Man 24
Girl In Red, Rue 21
Holly Humberstone, Falling Asleep At The Wheel 18
The Lathums, I See Your Ghost 15
Bree Runway, Apesh!t 9
Griff, Say It Again 7
BERWYN, Vinyl 6
Pa Salieu, My Family 5
Alfie Templeman, Forever Isn’t Long Enough 3
Dutchavelli, Bando Diaries 0

Electric Nitwit

"Only one song there I could actually say I liked" - he's having a laugh, is our Zaph

Fifth Place (1pt)
Alfie Templeman, Forever Isn’t Long Enough
Fourth Place (2pts)
Holly Humberstone, Falling Asleep At The Wheel
Third Place (3pts)
Greentea Peng, Hu Man

Second Place (5pts)
Girl In Red, Rue
Best of the rest, in what is a very unremarkable list. It seems to be a toss up between rap of varying sorts or blandness.

First Place (7pts)
The Lathums, I See Your Ghost
Clear no. 1, only song I could say I actually liked enough to want to listen to again

Electric Nitwit

The top two are opening up a little gap...

After Zaph
Greentea Peng, Hu Man 27
Girl In Red, Rue 26
The Lathums, I See Your Ghost 22
Holly Humberstone, Falling Asleep At The Wheel 20
Bree Runway, Apesh!t 9
Griff, Say It Again 7
BERWYN, Vinyl 6
Pa Salieu, My Family 5
Alfie Templeman, Forever Isn’t Long Enough 4
Dutchavelli, Bando Diaries 0

Electric Nitwit

"Now, they ain't no fool,
they're jacool"

Fifth Place (1pt)
Pa Salieu, My Family
Fourth Place (2pts)
Dutchavelli, Bando Diaries
Third Place (3pts)
Bree Runway, Apesh!t

Second Place (5pts)
The Lathums, I See Your Ghost
Two things jumped out at me from this energetic blaster. Firstly, this is so much like early Arctic Monkeys, and that is a good thing. Secondly, he will be cursing himself if they are huge and he is going to have to sing those lyrics at that speed in 20 year's time.

First Place (7pts)
Holly Humberstone, Falling Asleep At The Wheel
This song had me hooked from the beginning. My initial impression was a female Sufjan Stevens. Simple, direct, but hooky in a good way. Will be back for more.

Electric Nitwit

jacool really shakes it up!
One point splits the top four now, and everyone's on the board

After jacool
Greentea Peng, Hu Man 27
Holly Humberstone, Falling Asleep At The Wheel 27
The Lathums, I See Your Ghost 27
Girl In Red, Rue 26
Bree Runway, Apesh!t 12
Griff, Say It Again 7
BERWYN, Vinyl 6
Pa Salieu, My Family 6
Alfie Templeman, Forever Isn’t Long Enough 4
Dutchavelli, Bando Diaries 2

the purple tin

Come on the Lathums

Electric Nitwit

"With opinions right or wrong,
it's Deleted User"

Fifth Place (1pt)
Alfie Templeman, Forever Isn’t Long Enough
Fourth Place (2pts)
Greentea Peng, Hu Man
Third Place (3pts)
BERWYN, Vinyl

Second Place (5pts)
Griff, Say It Again
Nice voice, another one that sounds vaguely familiar, like it's reminding me of someone else but I can't think who. This one's a grower, the song itself didn't really grab me initially but picked up by the end, and on the second full listen it clicked. Very nice.

First Place (7pts)
Holly Humberstone, Falling Asleep At The Wheel
Getting London Grammar vibes from this one, voice isn't as deep but musically this is who this is reminding me of. The synth at 2:17 picks it up a bit, could've done without the Imogen Heap-esque vocoder bit after but that's only a small part. On first listen this was the only one I could imagine myself putting on a playlist for regular listening. Actually, on second listen, I'm thinking Lorde now moreso than London Grammar. Either way, very good track

Kolido

My scores looks totally different to what I see so far

Necro

Kolido wrote: »

My scores looks totally different to what I see so far

Mise Freisin

Electric Nitwit

Don't seem to be many around this evening but I'll keep rattling on, hopefully we can all have some chat later

After Deleted User
Holly Humberstone, Falling Asleep At The Wheel 34
Greentea Peng, Hu Man 29
The Lathums, I See Your Ghost 27
Girl In Red, Rue 26
Bree Runway, Apesh!t 12
Griff, Say It Again 12
BERWYN, Vinyl 9
Pa Salieu, My Family 6
Alfie Templeman, Forever Isn’t Long Enough 5
Dutchavelli, Bando Diaries 2

Electric Nitwit

"She'll probably be nifty,
it's Mollyb60"

Fifth Place (1pt)
Bree Runway, Apesh!t
Fourth Place (2pts)
Griff, Say It Again
Third Place (3pts)
Girl In Red, Rue

Second Place (5pts)
Alfie Templeman, Forever Isn’t Long Enough
Sounds a bit like Blossoms and they've been all over my playlists last year, it's a nice cheery upbeat song. Like it. I could actually totally imagine it as a Eurovision song. That's always a good thing for me.

First Place (7pts) for the third time in a row...!
Holly Humberstone, Falling Asleep At The Wheel
Starts well anyway. Yeah I really like this. It's making my foot jiggle and that's always a good sign. Yeah this is totally my kind of song. Would happily listen on repeat.

Clarabel

Electric Nitwit wrote: »

OK, I'm going in order of submission, and you're all very welcome for your personalised intro rhymes!

"Our first judge is without parallel,
it's the one, the only, Clarabel!"

Fifth Place (1pt)
Greentea Peng, Hu Man
Fourth Place (2pts)
Griff, Say It Again
Third Place (3pts)
Pa Salieu, My Family

Second Place (5pts)
Holly Humberstone, Falling Asleep At The Wheel
Clarabel didn't want me knowing why she'd voted the way the she did though, she's very enigmatic

First Place (7pts)
The Lathums, I See Your Ghost

I knew I wouldn't get an entry in otherwise!

Also Starring LeVar Burton

Holly Humberstone getting compared to a myriad of artists in the comments... :pac:

"She sounds a bit like insert any artist here"

Electric Nitwit

Holly goes from fourth to miles ahead in the blink of an eye, can she be reeled back in?

After Mollyb60
Holly Humberstone, Falling Asleep At The Wheel 41
Girl In Red, Rue 29
Greentea Peng, Hu Man 29
The Lathums, I See Your Ghost 27
Griff, Say It Again 14
Bree Runway, Apesh!t 13
Alfie Templeman, Forever Isn’t Long Enough 10
BERWYN, Vinyl 9
Pa Salieu, My Family 6
Dutchavelli, Bando Diaries 2

Electric Nitwit

"Spitting truth not porkers,
here's AnLachaCorcra"

Fifth Place (1pt)
Griff, Say It Again
Fourth Place (2pts)
Greentea Peng, Hu Man
Third Place (3pts)
Girl In Red, Rue

Second Place (5pts)
Holly Humberstone, Falling Asleep At The Wheel
I was waiting for a beat to kick in, but the song doesn't need it. I'm gonna check out more of her music - I usually get bored of downbeat/depressing music pretty quickly, but this worked really well.

First Place (7pts)
The Lathums, I See Your Ghost
Obligatory indie **** on the BBC list, but I love it. I'm a sucker for bands with upbeat/kooky singles

Electric Nitwit

After AnLachaCorcra
Holly Humberstone, Falling Asleep At The Wheel 46
The Lathums, I See Your Ghost 34
Girl In Red, Rue 32
Greentea Peng, Hu Man 31
Griff, Say It Again 15
Bree Runway, Apesh!t 13
Alfie Templeman, Forever Isn’t Long Enough 10
BERWYN, Vinyl 9
Pa Salieu, My Family 6
Dutchavelli, Bando Diaries 2

Electric Nitwit

"No need to be embarrassed,
it's only Irish Aris"

Fifth Place (1pt)
The Lathums, I See Your Ghost
Fourth Place (2pts)
Holly Humberstone, Falling Asleep At The Wheel
Third Place (3pts)
Griff, Say It Again

Second Place (5pts)
Alfie Templeman, Forever Isn’t Long Enough
Very catchy chorus

First Place (7pts)
Girl In Red, Rue
By far the best song

Necro

I've no idea how Alfie Templeman is getting any points. A poor man's Charlie Puth. And I HATE Charlie Puth :pac:

Electric Nitwit

girl in red making a charge...?
Poor Dutchavelli, I thought that was a decent enough song!

After Irish Aris
Holly Humberstone, Falling Asleep At The Wheel 48
Girl In Red, Rue 39
The Lathums, I See Your Ghost 35
Greentea Peng, Hu Man 31
Griff, Say It Again 18
Alfie Templeman, Forever Isn’t Long Enough 15
Bree Runway, Apesh!t 13
BERWYN, Vinyl 9
Pa Salieu, My Family 6
Dutchavelli, Bando Diaries 2

Electric Nitwit

"Just when you thought things couldn't get better,
up steps a certain Reberetta"

Fifth Place (1pt)
Girl In Red, Rue
Fourth Place (2pts)
The Lathums, I See Your Ghost
Third Place (3pts)
Holly Humberstone, Falling Asleep At The Wheel

Second Place (5pts)
Bree Runway, Apesh!t
Missy Elliot wannabe.

First Place (7pts)
Griff, Say It Again
I thought this was going to be Griff Rhys Jones. It's not. Downer.

Electric Nitwit

After Reberetta
Holly Humberstone, Falling Asleep At The Wheel 51
Girl In Red, Rue 40
The Lathums, I See Your Ghost 37
Greentea Peng, Hu Man 31
Griff, Say It Again 25
Bree Runway, Apesh!t 18
Alfie Templeman, Forever Isn’t Long Enough 15
BERWYN, Vinyl 9
Pa Salieu, My Family 6
Dutchavelli, Bando Diaries 2

Electric Nitwit

Seven more to come, can Holly be caught...?

Electric Nitwit

"He's got a brand new car,
looks like MicksJaguar,
it's got leather seats,
it's got a CD player-player-player…."

Fifth Place (1pt)
Girl In Red, Rue
Fourth Place (2pts)
Greentea Peng, Hu Man
Third Place (3pts)
The Lathums, I See Your Ghost

Second Place (5pts)
Griff, Say It Again


First Place (7pts)
Holly Humberstone, Falling Asleep At The Wheel
Mick was also speechless at the quality on show

Electric Nitwit

Starting to look like an unassailable lead...

After MicksJaguar
Holly Humberstone, Falling Asleep At The Wheel 58
Girl In Red, Rue 41
The Lathums, I See Your Ghost 40
Greentea Peng, Hu Man 33
Griff, Say It Again 30
Bree Runway, Apesh!t 18
Alfie Templeman, Forever Isn’t Long Enough 15
BERWYN, Vinyl 9
Pa Salieu, My Family 6
Dutchavelli, Bando Diaries 2

Clarabel

I've changed my mind.

Girl in red is lovely.


I mean they all kinda bland but she's definitely missing off my list.

Also Starring LeVar Burton

Loving all the username intros by the way Nitwit...

I'd say some of them were a headache to try and rhyme

Electric Nitwit

Clarabel wrote: »

I've changed my mind.

Girl in red is lovely.


I mean they all kinda bland but she's definitely missing off my list.

Took a few listens to move up to my number one, but I really like it no

Electric Nitwit

"What might David Gray say,
about the votes from lassykk"

Fifth Place (1pt)
The Lathums, I See Your Ghost
Fourth Place (2pts)
Holly Humberstone, Falling Asleep At The Wheel
Third Place (3pts)
Girl In Red, Rue

Second Place (5pts)
Alfie Templeman, Forever Isn’t Long Enough


First Place (7pts)
Griff, Say It Again

Also Starring LeVar Burton

Electric Nitwit wrote: »

"He's got a brand new car,
looks like MicksJaguar,
it's got leather seats,
it's got a CD player-player-player…."