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Boardsies Decide - The Greatest Song from 2010s

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  • 09-11-2020 2:36pm
    #1
    Necro
    Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 51,041 Mod ✭✭✭✭


    Hey folks,

    Seems to be a clamour for this contest so I'm going to run it in the coming weeks.

    So get your nominations in for the Best Song from 2010 to 2020 - lettuce see where it fits in with the other decades in terms of genre, taste etc..

    Criteria: Must have been released as a single since Jan 1st 2010.

    I'm going to allow 20 nominations per person so we will see how this shapes up.

    So get them in, hoping to run this over a weekend at the end of November/early December depending on entries...


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    #2
    JohnGreenFan
    Registered Users Posts: 1,789 ✭✭✭JohnGreenFan


    Nominations in!
    I could easily have put in about 100...


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    Kolido
    Registered Users Posts: 13,359 ✭✭✭✭Kolido


    JohnGreenFan wrote: »
    Nominations in!
    I could easily have put in about 100...


    I would be the opposite, of the top of my head I could name the songs I know on one hand. If I do a little research I'm sure I will be familiar with a few more.

    Will get my nominations in in few days Necro


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    #4
    Zaph
    Registered Users, Subscribers Posts: 47,279 ✭✭✭✭Zaph


    Don't be silly, everyone knows there hasn't been any good music released since the 80s. :pac:

    I'm with Kolido on this, I'll have a look at it but I think I'll struggle to come up with 5 nominations, never mind 20.


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    Purgative
    Registered Users Posts: 2,509 ✭✭✭Purgative


    I thought of two, but when I checked one was 2006, and the other was 2008 :o.


    But I'll be delighted to play along and share my vast musical knowledge with everyone.:)


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    lassykk
    Registered Users Posts: 3,596 ✭✭✭lassykk


    I struggled hugely to find any songs I love from the 2010s!

    Struggled to find 15. None of which will get past round 1!


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    Also Starring LeVar Burton
    Registered Users Posts: 18,503 ✭✭✭✭Also Starring LeVar Burton


    20 nominations in. Easily could've done another 80 or so off the top of my head. They'll all probably get voted out early on for some awful bullsh*t like What Does The Fox Say to go on and win because democracy is stupid and everyone always votes terribly in these things... ;)

    I suppose that's just part of the fun of it... :rolleyes:

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    #8
    Sawduck
    Registered Users Posts: 2,711 ✭✭✭Sawduck


    Not my favorite decade for music but i managed to put together a list of 20 songs that wouldn't make me switch the radio off


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    #9
    Necro
    Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 51,041 Mod ✭✭✭✭Necro


    130 songs submitted so far.

    Just the one submitted twice... :)


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    JohnGreenFan
    Registered Users Posts: 1,789 ✭✭✭JohnGreenFan


    Also Starring LeVar Burton wrote: »
    20 nominations in. Easily could've done another 80 or so off the top of my head. They'll all probably get voted out early on for some awful bullsh*t like What Does The Fox Say to go on and win because democracy is stupid and everyone always votes terribly in these things... ;)

    I suppose that's just part of the fun of it... :rolleyes:

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    Can't believe I forgot What Does The Fox Say!!
    Really looking forward to this tournament and possibly finding some new music by artists who are still around and releasing new music!!


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    Rikand
    Registered Users Posts: 20,341 ✭✭✭✭Rikand


    Necro wrote: »
    130 songs submitted so far.

    Just the one submitted twice... :)

    I have a feeling this will be very similar to the contest I ran for worst song ever


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    Kolido
    Registered Users Posts: 13,359 ✭✭✭✭Kolido


    Rikand wrote: »
    I have a feeling this will be very similar to the contest I ran for worst song ever

    And possibly more authentic


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    Necro
    Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 51,041 Mod ✭✭✭✭Necro


    Rikand wrote: »
    I have a feeling this will be very similar to the contest I ran for worst song ever

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    [Deleted User]
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    I'm gonna stick up for the 2010's and say that a lot of brilliant music has been released in that decade. However the nature of the charts has definitely changed, with people buying less singles and relying more on the internet (and occasionally movie/TV soundtracks) than radio or charts to find new stuff. So "chart music" has arguably gotten worse, but a lot of great music still exists outside the charts.

    Challenge here won't be naming 20 great songs, it will be picking 20 that are relatively well-known enough to stand a chance in a competition where people vote quickly and instinctively go for what they know over what they don't. But I'll give it a go!


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    #15
    Also Starring LeVar Burton
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    [Deleted User] wrote: »
    I'm gonna stick up for the 2010's and say that a lot of brilliant music has been released in that decade. However the nature of the charts has definitely changed, with people buying less singles and relying more on the internet (and occasionally movie/TV soundtracks) than radio or charts to find new stuff. So "chart music" has arguably gotten worse, but a lot of great music still exists outside the charts.

    Challenge here won't be naming 20 great songs, it will be picking 20 that are relatively well-known enough to stand a chance in a competition where people vote quickly and instinctively go for what they know over what they don't. But I'll give it a go!

    Couldn't agree more. Well said.


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    #16
    Necro
    Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 51,041 Mod ✭✭✭✭Necro


    Deleted User wrote:
    Challenge here won't be naming 20 great songs, it will be picking 20 that are relatively well-known enough to stand a chance in a competition where people vote quickly and instinctively go for what they know over what they don't. But I'll give it a go!

    On this... I'll see if I can time limit the contests maybe rather than have a first to X I think.

    Give people the option (if they want) to listen to the songs.


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    Kolido
    Registered Users Posts: 13,359 ✭✭✭✭Kolido


    Deleted User wrote: »
    I'm gonna stick up for the 2010's and say that a lot of brilliant music has been released in that decade. However the nature of the charts has definitely changed, with people buying less singles and relying more on the internet (and occasionally movie/TV soundtracks) than radio or charts to find new stuff. So "chart music" has arguably gotten worse, but a lot of great music still exists outside the charts.

    Challenge here won't be naming 20 great songs, it will be picking 20 that are relatively well-known enough to stand a chance in a competition where people vote quickly and instinctively go for what they know over what they don't. But I'll give it a go!

    Yeah I would agree also, my earlier comments were more a criticism of my knowledge of the decade rather than the state of it.

    Funny enough, I ended up nominating over 20 songs after a little research, some great music it has to be said


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    #18
    Necro
    Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 51,041 Mod ✭✭✭✭Necro


    Up to 188 songs now, still time left to get yours in though!

    12 songs have multi nominations now at this stage :)


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    Purgative
    Registered Users Posts: 2,509 ✭✭✭Purgative


    Could you a bit of a taste?


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    Necro
    Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 51,041 Mod ✭✭✭✭Necro


    Purgative wrote: »
    Could you a bit of a taste?

    Sure, I'll put up a few songs and they can be YAYed or NAYed as to whether they will start in the first round proper :D


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    #21
    Necro
    Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 51,041 Mod ✭✭✭✭Necro


    First three songs - I'll do another three tomorrow
    Tame Impala - Feels Like We Only Go Backwards



    Adele - Someone Like You



    Ward Thomas - Guilty Flowers


    Most YAYs or NAYs by 9am tomorrow determine if the three above start in the first round proper.


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    JohnGreenFan
    Registered Users Posts: 1,789 ✭✭✭JohnGreenFan


    Are we yay'ing all three songs or each one individually?


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    Kolido
    Registered Users Posts: 13,359 ✭✭✭✭Kolido


    Nay
    Yay
    Yay


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    Necro
    Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 51,041 Mod ✭✭✭✭Necro


    JohnGreenFan wrote: »
    Are we yay'ing all three songs or each one individually?

    Each one individually.

    They'll still feature in the contest, but where they start is up to y'all :)


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    #25
    JohnGreenFan
    Registered Users Posts: 1,789 ✭✭✭JohnGreenFan


    Tame Impala - Feels Like We Only Go Backwards - Yay
    Adele - Someone Like You - YAY
    Ward Thomas - Guilty Flowers - Nay


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    #26
    Purgative
    Registered Users Posts: 2,509 ✭✭✭Purgative


    Kolido wrote: »
    Nay
    Yay
    Yay


    Same please Necro.


    The first one sounds like something I've heard before from ages ago almost like Pink Floyd or similar.


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    #27
    Also Starring LeVar Burton
    Registered Users Posts: 18,503 ✭✭✭✭Also Starring LeVar Burton


    Yay ; I enjoy the few Tame Impala songs I know, wasn't familiar with this one, but 'tis a good one

    Yay ; have a new found respect for this song after Trigger entered it in my Walrus and it really grew on me, otherwise this could've gone the other way

    Yay ; one of my nominations here, been following Ward Thomas since they debuted on the music scene back in 2014 after randomly going along to a gig of themselves and The Shires (who were also just starting out) in Whelans, and was hooked on both bands straight away. Limited myself to one song per artist when nominating, so went with a Ward Thomas one I hadn't previously featured in any other Forum Games.


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    #28
    Also Starring LeVar Burton
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    JohnGreenFan wrote: »
    Ward Thomas - Guilty Flowers - Nay

    You've made yourself an enemy here today. I will remember this. I will definitely remember this. You're on my sh*tlist now.


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    #29
    the purple tin
    Registered Users Posts: 10,943 ✭✭✭✭the purple tin


    Yes for Tame Impala and Ward Thomas.
    A resounding no for Foghorn... er I mean Adele.


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    #30
    Also Starring LeVar Burton
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    I must say I really like this pre-tournament preview and In or Our business. Fair play to Kol for starting this trend, and Necro for keeping it going.


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    JohnGreenFan
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    Also Starring LeVar Burton wrote: »
    You've made yourself an enemy here today. I will remember this. I will definitely remember this. You're on my sh*tlist now.

    Just didn't stand out to me as a particularly great song I'm afraid.


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