Reveal: Surlaw, Battle Of The Champions

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Welcome to SURLAW: Battle Of The Champions Reveal!

Best TV theme: Alabama 3 Woke Up This Morning (The Sopranos'opening theme)

Best wrestling theme: Jimmy Hart, Shawn Michaels & Sherri Martel Sexy Boy (Shawn Michaels theme)

Eurovision 2020 competition: The Cardigans Erase and Rewind

Best song by a black artist: Marvin Gaye I Heard it Through The Grapevine

Best song by a female artist: Sinead O Connor Nothing Compares 2 U

Boybands v Girlband songs: Backstreet Boys Everybody (Backstreet's Back)

Best cover song: Nirvana The Man Who Sold The World

Best one hit wonder song: Blue Oyster Cult Don't Fear The Reaper

Best Christmas song: Dean Martin Let it Snow

Best song from the movies: Simple Minds Don't You Forget About Me

Best song of the 60s: Marvin Gaye I Heard It Through The Grapevine

Best song of the 70s: Queen Bohemian Rhapsody

Best song of the 80s: Joy Division Love Will Tear Us Apart

Best song of the 90s: Nirvana Smells Like Teen Spirit

Best song of the 00s: Eminem Lose Yourself

Best song of the 2010s: Rihanna We Found Love (feat Calvin Harris)

Best song ever: Nena 99 Luftballoons

Greatest no.1 of the 80s: Survivor Eye Of The Tiger

Greatest no.1 of the 90s: Oasis Don't Look Back In Anger

Best Beatles song: A Day In The Life

Best original song: Don Henley Boys Of Summer

Player list

Zaph

Homer J. Fong

Kolido

JP Liz V1

Purgative

the purple tin

bubblypop

Irish Aris

Declan A Walsh

Deja Boo

y0ssar1an22

Also Starring LeVar Burton

Cee_jay

Sawduck

ShaneU

nothing

Necro

I will be sitting this one out and letting you guys decide. I hope everyone submitted their answers in the format I wanted (1-10 in order of pref.) otherwise it's all messed up. Scores added up manually so I hope I made no mistakes. Too late now and doesn't matter anyway as it's just a bit of craic.

First reveal on nuboards (which sucks) so fingers crossed it goes smoothly.

Coming up.

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First up is nothing

Sinead O'Connor - Nothing Compares 2 U...1 pt

Nena - 99 Luftballoons...2 pts

The Cardigans - Erase and Rewind...3 pts

Eminem - Lose Yourself...4 pts

Simple Minds - Don't You Forget About Me...5 pts

Joy Division - Love Will Tear Us Apart..6 pts

Oasis - Don't Look Back in Anger...7 pts

Backstreet Boys - Everybody (Backstreets Back)...8 pts

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Survivor - Eye of the Tiger...10 pts

Queen - Bohemian Rhapsody...12 pts

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Next is Necro

Survivor Eye Of The Tiger...1 pt

Oasis Don't Look Back In Anger...2 pts

Queen Bohemian Rhapsody...3 pts

Backstreet Boys Everybody (Backstreet's Back)...4 pts

Nirvana Smells Like Teen Spirit...5 pts

Blue Oyster Cult Don't Fear The Reaper...6 pts

Simple Minds Don't You Forget About Me...7 pts

Eminem Lose Yourself...8 pts

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Nirvana The Man Who Sold The World...10 pts

Alabama 3 Woke Up This Morning (The Sopranos opening theme)..12 pts

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Next up is Purgative

Nena 99 Luftballoons ...1 pt

 Queen Bohemian Rhapsody..2 pts

Simple Minds Don't You Forget About Me...3 pts

Marvin Gaye I Heard It Through The Grapevine...4 pts

Joy Division Love Will Tear Us Apart...5 pts

Nirvana. Smells Like Teen Spirit...6 pts

Survivor Eye of the Tiger...7 pts

 Beatles A Day In The Life...8 pts

Don Henley Boys Of Summer...10 pts

Alabama 3 -Woke Up This Morning...12 pts

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Next up is JP Liz V1

Rihanna We Found Love (feat Calvin Harris)...1 pt

Eminem Lose Yourself...2 pts

Jimmy Hart, Shawn Michaels & Sherri Martel Sexy Boy (Shawn Michaels theme)....3 pts

Oasis Don't Look Back In Anger...4pts

Sinead O Connor Nothing Compares 2 U...5 pts

Marvin Gaye I Heard it Through The Grapevine...6 pts

Simple Minds Don't You Forget About Me...7 pts

Survivor Eye Of The Tiger...8 pts

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Nena 99 Luftballoons...10 pts

Backstreet Boys Everybody (Backstreet's Back)...12 pts

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Next Homer J. Fong

Nirvana - The Man Who Sold the World...1 pt

Alabama Three - Woke Up This Morning...2 pts

Nirvana - Smells Like Teen Spirit...3 pts

Nena - 99 Luftballons...4 pts

The Cardigans - Erase/Rewind...5 pts

Dean Martin - Let It Snow....6 pts

Marvin Gaye - I Heard It Through the Grapevine...7 pts

Sinead O'Connor - Nothing Compares 2 U...8 pts

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Joy Division - Love Will Tear Us Apart...10 pts

Simple Minds - Don't You Forget About Me...12 pts

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Scores

Simple Minds Don't You Forget About Me...34

Alabama 3 Woke Up This Morning (The Sopranos'opening)...26

Survivor Eye Of The Tiger..26

Backstreet Boys Everybody (Backstreet's Back)...24

Joy Division Love Will Tear Us Apart...21

Nena 99 Luftballoons...17

 Marvin Gaye I Heard it Through The Grapevine...17

Queen Bohemian Rhapsody....17

 Sinead O Connor Nothing Compares 2 U...14

Nirvana Smells Like Teen Spirit...14

Eminem  Lose Yourself...14

Oasis Don't Look Back In Anger...13 

 Nirvana The Man Who Sold The World...11

 Don Henley Boys Of Summer 10

 The Beatles Day In The Life  8

 The Cardigans Erase and Rewind...8

 Blue Oyster Cult Don't Fear The Reaper...6

 Dean Martin Let it Snow...6

Jimmy Hart, Shawn Michaels & Sherri Martel Sexy Boy (Shawn Michaels theme)...3

 Rihanna We Found Love (feat Calvin Harris) 1

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Next Kolido

Blue Oyster Cult Don't Fear The Reaper...1 pt

Nirvana Smells Like Teen Spirit...2 pts

Eminem Lose Yourself...3 pts

Nena 99 Luftballoons...4 pts

The Beatles A Day In The Life...5 pts

Don Henley Boys Of Summer...6 pts

Sinead O Connor Nothing Compares 2 U...7 pts

 Queen Bohemian Rhapsody...8 pts

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Nirvana The Man Who Sold The World...10 pts

Marvin Gaye I Heard it Through The Grapevine 12 pts

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Next up is Zaph

Simple Minds - Don't You Forget About Me...2 pts

Blue Oyster Cult - Don't Fear The Reaper...3 pts

Nirvana - The Man Who Sold The World...4 pts

Nirvana - Smells Like Teen Spirit...5 pts

Queen - Bohemian Rhapsody...6 pts

Marvin Gaye - I Heard it Through The Grapevine...7 pts

Joy Division - Love Will Tear Us Apart...8 pts

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Nena - 99 Luftballons...10 pts

Alabama 3 - Woke Up This Morning...12 pts

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Next the purple tin

 10 Dean Martin Let it Snow...1 pt

 9 Nirvana Smells Like Teen Spirit...2 pts

 8 Joy Division Love Will Tear Us Apart...3pts

 7 Nirvana The Man Who Sold The World ...4 pts.

 6 Sinead O Connor Nothing Compares 2 U...5 pts

 5 Blue Oyster Cult Don't Fear The Reaper...6 pts

Queen...Bohemian Rhapsody...7 pts

 3 Nena 99 Luftballoons...8 pts

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 2 Marvin Gaye I Heard It Through The Grapevine...10 pts

1 Don Henley Boys Of Summer...12 pts

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Scores

Marvin Gaye I Heard it Through The Grapevine...46

Nena 99 Luftballoons...39

Queen Bohemian Rhapsody....38

Alabama 3 Woke Up This Morning (The Sopranos'opening)...38

Simple Minds Don't You Forget About Me...36

Joy Division Love Will Tear Us Apart...32

 Nirvana The Man Who Sold The World...29

 Don Henley Boys Of Summer 28

Survivor Eye Of The Tiger..26

 Sinead O Connor Nothing Compares 2 U...26

Backstreet Boys Everybody (Backstreet's Back)...23

Nirvana Smells Like Teen Spirit...23

Eminem  Lose Yourself...17

 Blue Oyster Cult Don't Fear The Reaper...16

Oasis Don't Look Back In Anger...13 

 The Beatles Day In The Life  13

 The Cardigans Erase and Rewind...8

 Dean Martin Let it Snow...7

Jimmy Hart, Shawn Michaels & Sherri Martel Sexy Boy (Shawn Michaels theme)...3

 Rihanna We Found Love (feat Calvin Harris) 1

Necro

Anything but Luftballoons... PLEASE...

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Next up is bubblypop

10. Marvin Gaye . I heard it through the grapevine...1 pt

9. Queen. Bohemian rhapsody...2 pts

8. Survivor. .Eye of the tiger...3 pts

7. Nirvana. The man who sold.The world....4 pts

6. Sinead I Connor  Nothing compares...5 pts

5. Blue oyster cult. Don't fear the reaper...6 pts

4. Oasis. Don't look back in anger...7 pts

3 Alabama 3. Woke up this morning...8 pts

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2 Joy Division  Love will tear us apart...10 pts

1 Nirvana Smells like teen spirit...12 pts

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Next Irish Aris

10 Backstreet Boys-Everybody (Backstreet's Back)...1 pt

9 Eminem-Lose Yourself...2 pts

8 Joy Division-Love Will Tear Us Apart...3 pts

7 Nirvana-Smells Like Teen Spirit...4 pts

6 Marvin Gaye-I Heard It Through the Grapevine...5 pts

5 Don Henley-Boys of Summer...6 pts

4 Nena-99 Luftballons...7 pts

3 Queen-Bohemian Rhapsody...8 pts

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2 Simple Minds-Don't You Forget About Me...10 pts

1 Sinead O'Connor-Nothing Compares 2 U ..12 pts

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Scores.

It's tight at the top.

Marvin Gaye I Heard it Through The Grapevine...52

Queen Bohemian Rhapsody....48

Nena 99 Luftballoons...46

Alabama 3 Woke Up This Morning (The Sopranos'opening)...46

Simple Minds Don't You Forget About Me...46

Joy Division Love Will Tear Us Apart...45

 Sinead O Connor Nothing Compares 2 U...43

Nirvana Smells Like Teen Spirit...39

 Don Henley Boys Of Summer 34

 Nirvana The Man Who Sold The World...33

Survivor Eye Of The Tiger..29

Backstreet Boys Everybody (Backstreet's Back)...24

 Blue Oyster Cult Don't Fear The Reaper...22

Oasis Don't Look Back In Anger...20 

Eminem  Lose Yourself...19

 The Beatles Day In The Life  13

 The Cardigans Erase and Rewind...8

 Dean Martin Let it Snow...7

Jimmy Hart, Shawn Michaels & Sherri Martel Sexy Boy (Shawn Michaels theme)...3

 Rihanna We Found Love (feat Calvin Harris) 1

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Next up is Declan A Walsh

10. Alabama 3 Woke Up This Morning...1 pt

9. Marvin Gaye I Heard It through The Grapevine...2 pts

8. Nirvana The Man Who Sold the World...3 pts

7.Blue Oyster Cult Don't Fear the Reaper...4 pts

6. The Cardigans Erase and Rewind...5pts

5. The Beatles A Day in the Life...6 pts

4. Don Henley Boys of Summer...7 pts

3. Joy Division Love Will Tear Us Apart...8 pts

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2. Nirvana Smells Like Teen Spirit...10 pts

1. Queen Bohemian Rhapsody...12pts

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Next is Deja Boo

10 The Beatles Day in the Life 1pt

 9 Survivor Eye Of The Tiger...2 pts

 8 Backstreet Boys Everybody (Backstreet's Back)...3 pts

7 Nena 99 Luftballoons...4 pts

6 Don Henley Boys Of Summer...5 pts

5 Simple Minds Don't You Forget About Me...6 pts

4 Marvin Gaye I Heard It Through The Grapevine...7 pts

3 The Cardigans Erase and Rewind...8 pts

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2 Sinead O Connor Nothing Compares 2 U...10pts

1 Dean Martin Let it Snow...12 pts

A different perspective there...

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It's still anybody's.

Scores

Marvin Gaye I Heard it Through The Grapevine...61

Queen Bohemian Rhapsody....60

Joy Division Love Will Tear Us Apart...53

 Sinead O Connor Nothing Compares 2 U...53

Simple Minds Don't You Forget About Me...52

Nena 99 Luftballoons...50

Nirvana Smells Like Teen Spirit...49

Alabama 3 Woke Up This Morning (The Sopranos'opening)...47

 Don Henley Boys Of Summer 46

 Nirvana The Man Who Sold The World...36

Survivor Eye Of The Tiger..31

Backstreet Boys Everybody (Backstreet's Back)...27

Blue Oyster Cult Don't Fear The Reaper...26

The Cardigans Erase and Rewind...21

Oasis Don't Look Back In Anger...20 

The Beatles Day In The Life  20

Eminem  Lose Yourself...19 

Dean Martin Let it Snow...19

Jimmy Hart, Shawn Michaels & Sherri Martel Sexy Boy (Shawn Michaels theme)...3

 Rihanna We Found Love (feat Calvin Harris) 1

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Next y0ssar1an22

The Cardigans Erase and Rewind...1pt

Don Henley Boys Of Summer...2 pts

Joy Division Love Will Tear Us Apart...3 pts

Eminem Lose Yourself...4 pts

:Marvin Gaye I Heard It Through The Grapevine...5 pts

 Blue Oyster Cult Don't Fear The Reaper...6 pts

Survivor Eye Of The Tiger...7 pts

 Nirvana Smells Like Teen Spirit...8 pts

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Nirvana The Man Who Sold The World 10 pts

 Queen Bohemian Rhapsody  12 pts

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Next Also Starring LeVar Burton/PogoRach

10. Eminem - Lose Yourself ; 1 pts

9. Nena - 99 Luftballons ; 2 pts

8. Nirvana - The Man Who Sold The World ; 3 pts

7. Oasis - Don't Look Back In Anger ; 4 pts

6. The Cardigans - Erase / Rewind ; 5 pts

5. Joy Division - Love Will Tear Us Apart ; 6 pts

4. Sinead O'Connor - Nothing Compares 2 U ; 7 pts

3. Blue Oyster Cult - (Don't Fear) The Reaper ; 8 pts

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2. Nirvana - Smells Like Teen Spirit ; 10 pts

1. Simple Minds - Don't You (Forget About Me) ; 12 pts

More big points for Nirvana's S.L.T.S..

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Queen take the lead but it's far from unassailable.

Scores

Queen Bohemian Rhapsody....72

Nirvana Smells Like Teen Spirit...67

Marvin Gaye I Heard it Through The Grapevine...66

Simple Minds Don't You Forget About Me...64

Joy Division Love Will Tear Us Apart...62

 Sinead O Connor Nothing Compares 2 U...60

Nena 99 Luftballoons...52

 Nirvana The Man Who Sold The World...49

 Don Henley Boys Of Summer 48

Alabama 3 Woke Up This Morning (The Sopranos' opening)...47

Blue Oyster Cult Don't Fear The Reaper...40

Survivor Eye Of The Tiger..38

Backstreet Boys Everybody (Backstreet's Back)...27

The Cardigans Erase and Rewind...27

Oasis Don't Look Back In Anger...24

Eminem  Lose Yourself...24

The Beatles Day In The Life  20

Dean Martin Let it Snow...19

Jimmy Hart, Shawn Michaels & Sherri Martel Sexy Boy (Shawn Michaels theme)...3

 Rihanna We Found Love (feat Calvin Harris) 1

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Next up is cee_jay

 Oasis Don't Look Back In Anger...1 pt

Rihanna We Found Love (feat Calvin Harris)...2 pts

Eminem Lose Yourself...3 pts

 Backstreet Boys Everybody (Backstreet's Back)...4 pts

Joy Division Love Will Tear Us Apart...5 pts

Nena 99 Luftballoons...6 pts

 Blue Oyster Cult Don't Fear The Reaper...7 pts

Nirvana Smells Like Teen Spirit...8 pts

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Simple Minds Don't You Forget About Me..10 pts

Queen Bohemian Rhapsody...12 pts

More top points for Queen...

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Next ShaneU

 Alabama 3 Woke Up This Morning (The Sopranos' opening theme)...1 pt

 Jimmy Hart, Shawn Michaels & Sherri Martel Sexy Boy (Shawn Michaels theme)...2 pts

Rihanna We Found Love (feat Calvin Harris)...3pts

Survivor Eye Of The Tiger...4pts

Beatles - A Day In The Life...5 pts

Oasis Don't Look Back In Anger...6 pts

Blue Oyster Cult Don't Fear The Reaper...7 pts

Joy Division Love Will Tear Us Apart...8 pts

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Marvin Gaye I Heard It Through The Grapevine...10 pts

Nena 99 Luftballoons...12 pts

No points given to the leaders!

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Only one more jury left and Queen have an eight point lead. But there are five songs which can still win.

Scores

Queen Bohemian Rhapsody....84

Marvin Gaye I Heard it Through The Grapevine...76

Nirvana Smells Like Teen Spirit...75

Joy Division Love Will Tear Us Apart...75

Simple Minds Don't You Forget About Me...74

Nena 99 Luftballoons...70

 Sinead O Connor Nothing Compares 2 U...60

Blue Oyster Cult Don't Fear The Reaper...54

 Nirvana The Man Who Sold The World...49

 Don Henley Boys Of Summer 48

Alabama 3 Woke Up This Morning (The Sopranos' opening)...48

Survivor Eye Of The Tiger..42

Backstreet Boys Everybody (Backstreet's Back)...31

Oasis Don't Look Back In Anger...31

The Cardigans Erase and Rewind...27

Eminem  Lose Yourself...27

The Beatles Day In The Life  25

Dean Martin Let it Snow...19

Jimmy Hart, Shawn Michaels & Sherri Martel Sexy Boy (Shawn Michaels theme)...5

 Rihanna We Found Love (feat Calvin Harris) 6

Declan A Walsh

The excitement is killing me!!😀

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Finally Sawduck decides it all.

10 Alabama 3 Woke Up This Morning...1 pt

9 Queen Bohemian Rhapsody...2pts

8 Survivor Eye Of The Tiger...3 pts

7 Sinead O Connor Nothing Compares 2 U...4 pts

6 Eminem Lose Yourself...5 pts

5 Oasis Don't Look Back In Anger...6 pts

4 Marvin Gaye I Heard It Through The Grapevine...7 pts

3 Joy Division Love Will Tear Us Apart...8 pts

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2 Nirvana Smells Like Teen Spirit...10 pts

1 Simple Minds Don't You Forget About Me..12 pts

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Or do they?

Final Scores

Queen Bohemian Rhapsody....86

Simple Minds Don't You Forget About Me...86

Nirvana Smells Like Teen Spirit...85

Marvin Gaye I Heard it Through The Grapevine...83

Joy Division Love Will Tear Us Apart...83

Nena 99 Luftballoons...70

 Sinead O Connor Nothing Compares 2 U...64

Blue Oyster Cult Don't Fear The Reaper...54

 Nirvana The Man Who Sold The World...49

Alabama 3 Woke Up This Morning (The Sopranos' opening)...49

 Don Henley Boys Of Summer 48

Survivor Eye Of The Tiger..45

Oasis Don't Look Back In Anger...37

Eminem  Lose Yourself...32

Backstreet Boys Everybody (Backstreet's Back)...31

The Cardigans Erase and Rewind...27

The Beatles Day In The Life  25

Dean Martin Let it Snow...19

 Rihanna We Found Love (feat Calvin Harris) 6

Jimmy Hart, Shawn Michaels & Sherri Martel Sexy Boy (Shawn Michaels theme)...5

We can't have a tie. So with tiebreaker rules:

Queen 12 appearances in top ten, 4 top spots.

Simple Minds 11 appearances in top ten, 3 top spots means...

The winner of the battle of the champions is

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fJ9rUzIMcZQ

What I would have voted for and the best song ever in my opinion so there couldn't be a worthier winner! Hopefully there were no mistakes.

Thanks for playing and reading everyone. Until next time...if there is a next time, over and out.

nothing

Thanks for running Reberetta! Definitely my winner :D

PogoRach

Nice unexpected reveal - cheers for running Reb and glad to see you back.

Can't argue with the winner, its a cracking song (even if I didn't award it any points ; thats only because there were a lot of great songs in the mix though, and a little bit because I had to listen to it about a billion times for Leaving Cert Music so some of the shine has long worn off for me).

cee_jay

Thanks Reb, definitely a worthy winner - a perfect classic of the times imo. Although Simple Minds is a worthy second!

Declan A Walsh

Thanks Reb. Nice twist at the end. I'm happy - I gave my 12 points to the ultimate winner and my second choice ended up in third place.

JP Liz V1

Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy?

Caught in a landside, No escape from reality

Open your eyes, Look up to the skies and see

WINNER WINNER

Purgative

Interesting reveal Reb thanks for running it particularly in these odd times.

Sawduck

Great reveal Reb very exciting end to it, wish Simple minds would have won but Queen are legends so fair play to them on becoming Champions

Irish Aris

Ah, I missed all the action!! Really great when things are so tight on top, some fantastic songs and definitely a worthy winner.

Thank you for organising Reb!!

tobsey

Raging I missed this. I did a Nirvana day yesterday and listened to a few songs and read up on them to find out a bit more so was hoping SLTS would win but hard to argue with the winner. Enjoyed reading through the reveal.

I hate Bohemian Rhapsody, so I say Bah Humbug to this. 😠

But thank you for running Reberetta.