Boardsies Decide - Greatest Electronic Dance Song Ever!

Rikand · 10-06-2021 12:06am

SineadSpears wrote: »

Rikand, have you ever been to Ibiza?

I feel like it'd be a place for you

Never. For a long time it was on the bucket list but I'm probably too old to get there now lol

I'd love to get out to Luminosity Festival in the Netherlands at some point though. A lot of old school Djs play it every year. Some I'd really love to check off my list such as Art of Trance and Darren Tate

Art of Trance played a class set there in 2015. I listened to pretty much all the posted sets for that year when I worked in a job that allowed it and it was the one set I kept coming back to.

ari101 · 10-06-2021 12:39am

Missing, You're Not Alone, and Saltwater were on my long list... I put in Offshore and some others instead. I had been tempted to send the Dream Version of Children, but went with the shorter edit, have been wondering if it would have made a difference :pac:

My nominations:
Nalin and Kane Beachball https://youtu.be/6OVKPIKc3ao
deadmau5 The Veldt https://youtu.be/uiUAq4aVTjY
Orbital Belfast https://youtu.be/d5vGjCoQM1s
Chicane Offshore https://youtu.be/JhXT15esYv8
Robert Miles Children https://youtu.be/QwqmJilXxJY
Tiesto Adagio for Strings https://youtu.be/71xik3vIsFE
Energy52 Cafe del Mar https://youtu.be/9o2cV-FpoHo
DJ Quicksilver Bellisima https://youtu.be/YQQokcoOzeY
Swedish House Mafia Don't You Worry Child https://youtu.be/1y6smkh6c-0
Daft Punk Around the World https://youtu.be/dwDns8x3Jb4
Major Lazer & DJ Snake Lean On (Feat Mo) https://youtu.be/YqeW9_5kURI
Kygo Firestone (Feat Conrad Sewell) https://youtu.be/9Sc-ir2UwGU

SineadSpears · 10-06-2021 1:34am

Rikand wrote: »

Never. For a long time it was on the bucket list but I'm probably too old to get there now lol

ah fcuk it, after the year and a half we've all had, keep it on the bucket list and hopefully one day you'll go for the craic :cool:

Ibiza wouldn't be for me though. I'd be so out of my depth. festivals too.
I'm better suited to a 'quiet' coffee in a corner with the tunes blasting from a set of earphones :P

Kolido · 10-06-2021 5:41am

Superb tournament Shane, that was really fun. We also found out how vastly overrated faithless are

Delighted with the winning song, really is one of the best ever.

Here were my noms, think I snook in an extra 2

Angelic - It's My Turn
Josh Wink - Higher State Of Consciousness
Legend B - Lost In Love
The Prodigy - No Good (Start The Dance)
Da Hool - Meet Her at the Loveparade
QFX - Freedom
Ultra Sonic - We Want One More
System F - Out Of The Blue
Delerium - Silence (ft. Sarah McLachlan)
Three Drives - Greece 2000
Paul Van Dyk - For an Angel
Bomfunk MC's - Freestyler

Sky King · 10-06-2021 7:12am

Amazing that Binary Finary didn't get a look in, especially given that one of the duo is a regular Boardsie!

the purple tin · 10-06-2021 8:06am

SineadSpears wrote: »

Rikand, have you ever been to Ibiza?

I feel like it'd be a place for you

I heard Ibiza is old hat now. Ayia Napa is the place to be they say.

SineadSpears · 10-06-2021 9:33am

the purple tin wrote: »

I heard Ibiza is old hat now. Ayia Napa is the place to be they say.

yeah your probably right! i''m a bit out of the loop these days. haven't a clue were all the kool kidz go nowadays

TheG0AT · 10-06-2021 9:39am

Shane, thanks for running the tournament, I'm new to boards so didn't get to give a top ten listing. Really enjoyed some of the tunes on this and think the right winner was chosen in the end. Great to see a range of songs and time periods and different ages of Dance/Trance music included.

If i had to do a top 10 (ok i picked 12)

Paul Van Dyk - For an angel https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qM5q1o7ofnc
Delerium - Silence https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LqCcdtM7Qe4
Tiesto - Adagio for Strings https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8tIgN7eICn4
Ultrasonic - Obsession https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rIiEh9Y-PG0
Da Hool - Meet Her At The Love Parade https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rtgZICogur4
Robert Miles - Children https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CC5ca6Hsb2Q
Legend B - Lost in Love https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EUm4frmA6O0
Ayla - Ayla https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Din8iZqcBp4
The Prodigy - No Good (Start the Dance) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=svJvT6ruolA
Yuri Kane - Right Back https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kebwTsRZ7bs
Energy 52 - Cafe Del Mar https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9o2cV-FpoHo
Robert Miles - Fable https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VaSYqi_5fgo

SineadSpears · 10-06-2021 9:41am

Sky King wrote: »

Amazing that Binary Finary didn't get a look in, especially given that one of the duo is a regular Boardsie!

oooh...inside info...juicy

is he part of FG?

TheG0AT · 10-06-2021 9:49am

Brian? · 10-06-2021 9:59am

Great tournament.

What a strange result

Sky King · 10-06-2021 10:01am

SineadSpears wrote: »

oooh...inside info...juicy

is he part of FG?

No he's on the (surprisingly

) electronic music production forum.

The Paul Van Dyk remix of 1998 is one of my all time favourite trance tunes, I definitely would have submitted it for this if I had been in on time!

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

SineadSpears · 10-06-2021 10:07am

Shane... we need a ROUND:2

Brians not happy with the result, and Skyking and Rikand have a load more songs to add :pac:

TheG0AT · 10-06-2021 10:12am

SineadSpears wrote: »

Shane... we need a ROUND:2

Brians not happy with the result, and Skyking and Rikand have a load more songs to add :pac:

I'm here for this

ari101 · 10-06-2021 10:26am

TheG0AT wrote: »

Here's a few more

...
Chicane - poppiholla https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BUb4-JD0epo
...

^^^ forgot this existed

Thanks for the reminder: TUNE

SineadSpears · 10-06-2021 10:35am

Some of you need a Ravers tournament. I need a few words in my tunes :pac:

Rikand · 10-06-2021 11:34am

SineadSpears wrote: »

Shane... we need a ROUND:2

Brians not happy with the result, and Skyking and Rikand have a load more songs to add :pac:

Ah look, from a popularity point of view, silence is a fine track to win. Its instantly recognisable. People who dont typically enjoy dance music all seem to like it so as a bridging track it has done the business for electronic music.

There were a lot of epic trance melodies posted that got voted out early. I think the one tourney has done fine

Sky King · 10-06-2021 11:40am

Rikand wrote: »

There were a lot of epic trance melodies posted that got voted out early. I think the one tourney has done fine

I agree - they should have been seeded!

TheG0AT · 10-06-2021 12:15pm

Sky King wrote: »

I agree - they should have been seeded!

oh my, dunno how you could even do that...

Brian? · 10-06-2021 12:48pm

Rikand wrote: »

Ah look, from a popularity point of view, silence is a fine track to win. Its instantly recognisable. People who dont typically enjoy dance music all seem to like it so as a bridging track it has done the business for electronic music.

There were a lot of epic trance melodies posted that got voted out early. I think the one tourney has done fine

It's definitely got mass appeal, most of the semi finalists even fall into the "wouldn't turn it off if it came on in the car" category for me.

I can think of 100 better dance tracks though, I'd say most dedicated dance music fans can.

I am really glad that MDMA track or Avicii didn't win.

the purple tin · 10-06-2021 10:42pm

I'm just happy Mark McCabe or Scooter didn't walk it.
Nobody entered Crazy Frog either..phew

TheG0AT · 11-06-2021 9:03am

the purple tin wrote:

I'm just happy Mark McCabe or Scooter didn't walk it. Nobody entered Crazy Frog either..phew

Seems like people contributing to this had a clue about dance music and could see passed the commercial stuff...

I know Silence was a huge hit but it was never intended to be.

Sky King · 11-06-2021 10:27am

Silence is worthy of the title, it's an awesome track.

JP Liz V1 · 11-06-2021 6:02pm

I think my nominations were more dance euro pop dance than electronic trance dance

ari101 · 11-06-2021 6:21pm

JP Liz V1 wrote: »

I think my nominations were more dance euro pop dance than electronic trance dance

I think the brief left it nice and open - I don't know what kind of dance songs mine were (from the comments on thread I think some of them count as trance) :pac:

Brian? · 11-06-2021 6:27pm

Sky King wrote: »

Silence is worthy of the title, it's an awesome track.

Awesome in the yank way or it's so great it inspires awe in you?

If it wasn't for this competition is doubt I'd have listened to this year and I listen to techno or house every day. I'm going to play it again now to see if I am missing something.

TheG0AT · 11-06-2021 7:36pm

JP Liz V1 wrote:

I think my nominations were more dance euro pop dance than electronic trance dance

ari101 wrote:

I think the brief left it nice and open - I don't know what kind of dance songs mine were (from the comments on thread I think some of them count as trance)

Think the likes of 2unlimited, Eifel 65, scooter are more euro pop, the prodigy more rave and then stuff towards the late 90's onward by DJs and the remixes are more trance

That's my humble opinion

They'd all come under the heading of dance music and like them all ðŸ‘

ari101 · 11-06-2021 7:51pm

TheG0AT wrote: »

Think the likes of 2unlimited, Eifel 65, scooter are more euro pop, the prodigy more rave and then stuff towards the late 90's onward by DJs and the remixes are more trance

That's my humble opinion

They'd all come under the heading of dance music and like them all ðŸ‘

Right so my new line sorted: I don't like rave music

It was a good mix that meant there was some familiar stuff, and I wasn't daunted by an hour of fresh music to listen to and rate every round :pac:

SineadSpears · 11-06-2021 8:08pm

JP Liz V1 wrote: »

I think my nominations were more dance euro pop dance than electronic trance dance

ari101 wrote: »

I think the brief left it nice and open - I don't know what kind of dance songs mine were (from the comments on thread I think some of them count as trance) :pac:

I absolutely loved the mix of songs whatever the technical term for them is

. fair play to everyone that submitted nominations.

tbh if it were all pure dance tracks it might be a bit too niche with only a few true dance fans voting, and the rest of us might only throw in the odd vote here and there

Brian? · 11-06-2021 8:20pm

TheG0AT wrote: »

Think the likes of 2unlimited, Eifel 65, scooter are more euro pop, the prodigy more rave and then stuff towards the late 90's onward by DJs and the remixes are more trance

That's my humble opinion

They'd all come under the heading of dance music and like them all ðŸ‘

Trance, House and Techno were the 3 main branches of dance music from the 90s until EDM became a thing. EDM is essentially Eurodance made in the US at first

SineadSpears · 11-06-2021 8:37pm

also, I have previously outed myself as being hopeless with knowing the genres.

most of the songs here I have in my own playlists and I have them under 'old skool club classics'

:pac:

the likes of Delerium is just in a 90's/noughties playlist.

correct genre not required for me anyway

the purple tin · 11-06-2021 8:51pm

SineadSpears wrote: »

also, I have previously outed myself as being hopeless with knowing the genres.

most of the songs here I have in my own playlists and I have them under 'old skool club classics' :pac:

the likes of Delerium is just in a 90's/noughties playlist.

correct genre not required for me anyway

There's only two types of music in existence: good music and bad music

SineadSpears · 11-06-2021 8:53pm

the purple tin wrote: »

There's only two types of music in existence: good music and bad music

Spot on! :cool:

Rikand · 11-06-2021 10:00pm

SineadSpears wrote: »

also, I have previously outed myself as being hopeless with knowing the genres.

The only reason to know the genre names is if you want to search for similar sounding music to what you like

ShaneU · 11-06-2021 10:07pm

the purple tin wrote: »

There's only two types of music in existence: good music and bad music

Very true purple. Now if only there was a forum game you could do where you could judge which songs fall into these two categories.... :pac:

SineadSpears · 11-06-2021 11:07pm

Rikand wrote: »

The only reason to know the genre names is if you want to search for similar sounding music to what you like

don't get me wrong, I love when other people talk about genres because I try learn how to categories songs. But for my own ears, I haven't a clue whats what. I just go by what I like

TheG0AT · 11-06-2021 11:27pm

SineadSpears wrote:

don't get me wrong, I love when other people talk about genres because I try learn how to categories songs. But for my own ears, I haven't a clue whats what. I just go by what I like

And there's nothing wrong with that

Sky King · 12-06-2021 11:07am

Brian? wrote: »

Awesome in the yank way or it's so great it inspires awe in you?

If it wasn't for this competition is doubt I'd have listened to this year and I listen to techno or house every day. I'm going to play it again now to see if I am missing something.

Both.

You seem genuinely annoyed by the fact that it won. Why? It's just a bit of craic.

Because they're not seeded and there's no group stage at the start, the competition is fundamentally flawed, you have tunes as good as silence going out in the first round.

If you ran this competition 10 times with the same entries you'd get 10 different answers. Try not to let it bother you.

the purple tin · 12-06-2021 11:53am

ShaneU wrote: »

Very true purple. Now if only there was a forum game you could do where you could judge which songs fall into these two categories.... :pac:

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Brian? · 12-06-2021 1:56pm

Sky King wrote: »

Both.

You seem genuinely annoyed by the fact that it won. Why? It's just a bit of craic.

Because they're not seeded and there's no group stage at the start, the competition is fundamentally flawed, you have tunes as good as silence going out in the first round.

If you ran this competition 10 times with the same entries you'd get 10 different answers. Try not to let it bother you.

I'm not the least bit annoyed. I'm bamboozled that such a mediocre song is held in such high regard.

You can choose one "awesome" by the way

. The yanks seem to think it meats "good"

Sky King · 13-06-2021 9:41am

The meaning of words changes over time Brian. In a musical context a good example is 'funky' which had no musical relevance before it was appropriated by 'yanks' (as you say) in the 50s. Before that it only meant stinking. I'm sure there were many snooty corrections about that as well!

Another good example is the word 'literally' which as of recent years literally no longer means just literally. This is literally defined in the dictionary. All the Brians of the Internet were up in arms. Literally!

(If all this is difficult for you, again I wouldn't worry about it too much.)

Perhaps you could move to France where word meanings are not evolving over time, they are strictly defined by a committee of academics; I get the feeling this actually might really suit you. Maybe you could join up! You could correct strangers on the Internet about their word choices and be certain about the fact that there is a strict definition.

Brian? · 13-06-2021 9:49am

Sky King wrote: »

The meaning of words changes over time Brian. In a musical context a good example is 'funky' which had no musical relevance before it was appropriated by 'yanks' (as you say) in the 50s. Before that it only meant stinking. I'm sure there were many snooty corrections about that as well!

Another good example is the word 'literally' which as of recent years literally no longer means just literally. This is literally defined in the dictionary. All the Brians of the Internet were up in arms. Literally!

(If all this is difficult for you, again I wouldn't worry about it too much.)

Perhaps you could move to France where word meanings are not evolving over time, they are strictly defined by a committee of academics; I get the feeling this actually might really suit you. Maybe you could join up! You could correct strangers on the Internet about their word choices and be certain about the fact that there is a strict definition.

Wind it in there horse. I’m joking with you for jaysus sake.

Sky King · 13-06-2021 10:35am

Brian? wrote: »

Wind it in there horse. I’m joking with you for jaysus sake.

I love this one. I come across it a lot. It's like a get out of jail free card for people who enjoy being offensive or obnoxious. Say whatever you like, once you follow it up with 'Ah relax bud, I'm only joking' and all will be well. Usually perpetrated by society's biggest tossers.

Whatever. I'm out of here. Great tournament again OP, many thanks again.

Brian? · 13-06-2021 11:19am

Sky King wrote: »

I love this one. I come across it a lot. It's like a get out of jail free card for people who enjoy being offensive or obnoxious. Say whatever you like, once you follow it up with 'Ah relax bud, I'm only joking' and all will be well. Usually perpetrated by society's biggest tossers.

Whatever. I'm out of here. Great tournament again OP, many thanks again.

I was only joking. I thought that was pretty clear. I didn't think I'd said anything obnoxious or offensive, I think you're being over sensitive here. But I apologise if I came off that way. Use awesome however you want.

I actually just wanted to know if you meant it was a good time or a a tune worthy of winning the competition.

Boardsies Decide - Greatest Electronic Dance Song Ever!

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