The Greatest Song Sung By A Woman.

quickbeam · 22-05-2020 12:42pm

Round 7 rated:

Row Labels Round 1 Round 2 Round 3 Round 4 Round 5 Round 6 Round 7
2 1
6 1 1 2 1 1 1
7 1
8 2 4 1 2 2 1
10 6 3 4 7 4 1 4
11 1 1 2 1 1 4
12 7 3 10 7 12 6 9
13 1 1 1 7 2
14 3 5 5 3 2 4 4
15 1 3 1
16 4 3 2 2 3
17 2
18 2 1 2 1
Average of Score 12.32 12.52 11.77 11.85 11.77 12.24 11.88

Zaph · 23-05-2020 2:13am

Scores in group 8 seemed to be either pretty good or very bad, not much middle ground for me.

SCORE NUMBER
0 10
2 2
4 2
6 1
8 1
10 2
12 3
14 1
16 1
18 2
20 1

Kolido · 23-05-2020 6:51am

Did someone nominated the whole Rumours albums?

Also Starring LeVar Burton · 23-05-2020 9:18am

Kolido wrote: »

Did someone nominated the whole Rumours albums?

Also, does someone not realise Lindsay Buckingham is a man? Couple of Fleetwood Mac tracks nominated where Stevie Nicks and Christine McVey are only backing vocals or harmonies and Lindsay is singing the lead, that don't belong in this comp, even though they're great songs

Pretzill · 23-05-2020 11:39am

Kolido wrote: »

Did someone nominated the whole Rumours albums?

I admit to nominating one cracking track from Fleetwood Mac not from that album though and written and sung by one of the women in the group :cool:

It hasn't come up yet.

rainbowtrout · 23-05-2020 9:02pm

Also Starring LeVar Burton wrote: »

Also, does someone not realise Lindsay Buckingham is a man? Couple of Fleetwood Mac tracks nominated where Stevie Nicks and Christine McVey are only backing vocals or harmonies and Lindsay is singing the lead, that don't belong in this comp, even though they're great songs

Ya, was wondering when I saw Go Your Own Way on the list... I don't have a copy of Rumours as I'm not a big Fleetwood Mac fan, but I knew that one wasn't sung by a woman.

Also Starring LeVar Burton · 23-05-2020 9:04pm

rainbowtrout wrote: »

Ya, was wondering when I saw Go Your Own Way on the list... I don't have a copy of Rumours as I'm not a big Fleetwood Mac fan, but I knew that one wasn't sung by a woman.

Same goes for The Chain, but its even more obvious on Go Your Own Way

Tell me how · 23-05-2020 10:09pm

There's been a few songs by different artists that fall in to the category of primarily being mainly male performances. Most of these are epic songs by the simplest definition of the word, but, I think 4 is the highest score I have awarded any of them here because of the thread title.

sKeith · 24-05-2020 2:14am

Has maria carey won this yet?

quickbeam · 24-05-2020 7:31am

sKeith wrote: »

Has maria carey won this yet?

Not yet. We have to get throught the voting rounds first. But it'll just be a formality - she's bound to walk it.

the purple tin · 24-05-2020 10:20am

Horrible 80s production on some of these picks.
A shame because they would be great songs otherwise.

24-05-2020 10:39am

Part 8

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLOF8MMEgcF4kuIbhB7RWa9Uv_Lba_tiD4

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/5fY3JvEXcuKjFV1NJ6sjWK?si=gFEyTsPYRgiFtAXuluyanw

Cloudbusting - Kate Bush
Speak to me - Amy Lee
Hanging on the Telephone - Blondie
Do You Feel It? - Chaos Chaos
Hot and Cold - Katy Perry
Wings - Birdy
Without You - Adele
Echo Beach - Martha and the Muffins
Waterfalls - TLC
Love is a battlefield - Pat Benator
Spectrum - Florence + The Machine
If Looks Could Kill - Heart
The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face - Roberta Flack
Not A Girl, Not Yet A Woman - Britney Spears
Sisters Of The Moon - Fleetwood Mac
Ghost town - Madonna
River Deep ~ Mountain High - Ike & Tina Turner
Video Games - Lana Del Rey
Orinoco Flow - Enya
Down By The Water - PJ Harvey
Picture This - Blondie
The Chain - Fleetwood Mac
You Don't Own Me - Lesley Gore
Dirrty - Christina Aguilera
Unfinished Sympathy - Massive Attack
Don't let me be misunderstood - Nina Simone

24-05-2020 10:45am

Part 9

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLOF8MMEgcF4nbcDtNTaVePn6Bsf72Ug8p

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1b1Hk9sJmYVVFrN3I6ARl3?si=SMB-BJ7TT8iwYWwZIpC22Q

It takes two - Marvin Gaye and Kim Weston
My favourite game - Cardigans
Sprawl II (Mountains Beyond Mountains) - Arcade Fire
Who Knows Where the Time Goes? - Fairport Convention
I Found Someone - Cher
Andromeda - Weyes Blood
Ain't It Fun - Paramore
Freed From Desire - Gala
There You'll Be - Faith Hill
Rhiannon - Fleetwood Mac
Hounds Of Love - Kate Bush
Woman In Love - Barbara Streisand
Torn - Natalie Imbruglia
Killing Me Softly - Fugees
Mercy - Duffy
I Will Find You - Moya Brennan
Sleeping Satellite - Tasmin Archer
Thank you - Alanis Morissette
Heart of Glass - Blondie
Stand by your Man - Tammy Wynette
Where Will I Be - Emmylou Harris
A case of you - Joni Mitchell
Percy's Song - Fairport Convention
Crash! Boom! Bang! - Roxette
Dreams - Fleetwood mac
Road Rage - Catatonia

Also Starring LeVar Burton · 24-05-2020 11:17am

Two of my own nominations in Group 8, which was another high scoring round in general...

Points for this Group:
8 Songs got 20 Points (2 of which I had nominated)
3 Songs got 16 Points
3 Songs got 12 Points
3 Songs got 8 Points
3 Songs got 4 Points
6 Songs got 0 Points

Of all 8 Groups so far:
50 Songs got 20 Points (10 of which I had nominated)
28 Songs got 16 Points
27 Songs got 12 Points
30 Songs got 8 Points
24 Songs got 4 Points
46 Songs got 0 Points

Also Starring LeVar Burton · 24-05-2020 11:26am

Group 9 had a handful of 20-pointers, but also handed out a lot of zeros for this one...

Points for this Group:
5 Songs got 20 Points
2 Songs got 16 Points
3 Songs got 12 Points
3 Songs got 8 Points
1 Songs got 4 Points
12 Songs got 0 Points

Of all 9 Groups so far:
55 Songs got 20 Points (10 of which I had nominated)
30 Songs got 16 Points
30 Songs got 12 Points
33 Songs got 8 Points
25 Songs got 4 Points
58 Songs got 0 Points

ShaneU · 24-05-2020 11:44am

Google music playlist part 8

https://play.google.com/music/playlist/AMaBXylfLQ8P5HYNag6b_Hzk0fw7sKAyP53D9azUzeIycfHZIZLkToHCcHSAVd3Pg3W_abvGGlDH2d_5A1aw8PLJTKY3KrzBUw%3D%3D

the purple tin · 24-05-2020 12:20pm

Electric Nitwit wrote: »

Have to stick to your principles!

I'm genuinely getting annoyed by the male led songs that are cropping up, what's the point? Could people not think of 15 great songs with female leads? Are these the sort of people who spend International Women's Day asking when International Men's Day is?!

Sorry, [/rant]

Yes a duet should be m and f sing the whole song together or else take turns with verses. Some of these songs just have female backing vocals- with songs like that I cut the points in half.
It would be easier to have a duet contest and keep this one a man-free zone.

ShaneU · 24-05-2020 12:50pm

Google music playlist part 9

https://play.google.com/music/playlist/AMaBXynckKV2qH5ad9Z4CIndg1-oDS2X2dgJ4_plsb-uRNPpsRB_kkjcaOoOfL6_Ngq6PFbOtTdWLHmElbW8BEZascO40tDmrQ%3D%3D

ShaneU · 24-05-2020 1:02pm

Whoever picked Unfinished Sympathy and Sprawl II

Electric Nitwit · 24-05-2020 1:40pm

Strawberry, with these two playlists you are really spoiling us

Pretzill · 24-05-2020 6:28pm

Some fine tracks in group 8 (including two of my own noms) I'd nearly be happy with that being a final round with the exception of 3 or 4 of them. Is there one big madonna fan here or is there more than one? She seems to feature in every round.

3 bottom with zeros and 3 with top 20's.

Also Starring LeVar Burton · 24-05-2020 9:06pm

I've now listened and ranked all 14 Groups and sent them on to Strawbs, so here's a breakdown of my points distributions throughout for those who like stats...

Definitely think overall the first 7 groups were stronger on average than the second lot of groups even though there's still plenty of cracking songs in the second half, and it certainly wasn't a case of saving the best for last since the final group got the lowest scores of the lot

|20 pts|16 pts|12 pts|8 pts|4 pts|0 pts
Group 1=|6|3|4|4|5|3
Group 2=|2|3|3|5|5|7
Group 3=|5|3|3|4|2|9
Group 4=|9|5|5|4|1|2
Group 5=|9|3|3|4|4|3
Group 6=|4|3|4|4|2|8
Group 7=|7|5|2|2|2|8
Group 8=|8|3|3|3|3|6
Group 9=|5|2|3|3|1|12
Group 10=|4|3|3|2|5|9
Group 11=|3|3|2|3|2|12
Group 12=|6|2|3|5|3|8
Group 13=|5|4|6|3|6|8
Group 14=|1|3|3|3|6|16
FINAL TOTAL=|74|45|47|49|47|111

ShaneU · 24-05-2020 9:32pm

Round 8

Score #
20 4
18 3
16 1
14 2
12 4
10 3
8 2
6 4
4 2
2 1
0 0

Round 9

Score #
20 7
18 3
16 3
14 3
12 3
10 2
8 1
6 2
4 2
2 0
0 0

Round 9 was especially good. How someone could give TWELVE zeroes in that round is beyond me.

rainbowtrout · 24-05-2020 10:35pm

Group 0 4 8 12 16 20 Total Average
Set 1 8 1 1 8 3 4 25 9.44
Set 2 4 1 3 6 8 3 25 11.52
Set 3 3 2 6 8 3 4 26 10.76923077
Set 4 4 0 5 6 6 5 26 11.84615385
Set 5 9 2 2 8 3 2 26 8
Set 6 5 1 4 5 6 4 25 10.88
Set 7 3 1 7 7 3 5 26 11.23076923
Set 8 2 1 6 6 7 4 26 12.15384615
Set 9 2 4 6 7 4 3 26 10.46153846
Set 10 7 4 3 7 4 1 26 8
Set 11 5 1 2 9 5 3 25 10.72
Set 12 6 2 4 8 5 2 27 9.481481481
Set 13 6 2 9 12 3 0 32 8.5
Set 14 5 3 5 10 5 4 32 10.375
69 25 63 107 65 44 373
18% 7% 17% 29% 17% 12% 100%

Also whoever nominated the Noisettes, great choice!

Pretzill · 25-05-2020 12:01am

Off topic ish - Just watching Nina Simone in concert tonight (I noticed she received a few deserved noms) She did a version of "feelings" a song I completely dislike and it's so raw and organic it's almost uncomfortable to watch but still exceptional - a true artist.

I'm looking forward to listening to the next half of rounds but it might take me all week - Is there a cut off date for rankings Strawbs?

Zaph · 25-05-2020 12:11am

ShaneU wrote: »

Round 9 was especially good. How someone could give TWELVE zeroes in that round is beyond me.

Oddly enough, bar a few exceptions including one of my own nominations, I did not enjoy round 9 at all. It was definitely my least favourite to date.

25-05-2020 7:41am

You’ll have the week, Pretzil. Gonna be next week before I think about the live round as I’m flying to Crete today for my holidays.

sKeith · 25-05-2020 9:11am

Strawberry Milkshake wrote: »

You’ll have the week, Pretzil. Gonna be next week before I think about the live round as I’m flying to Crete today for my holidays.

Oh, interesting, be very interested in updates, if at all possible. Spain will be opening up to tourism soon, but they insist on a 14 day quarantine, how to you supply shop, in a foreign country, where you don’t know the locals, under quarantine.

25-05-2020 9:15am

I’m not going Keith

Pretzill · 25-05-2020 11:11am

Strawberry Milkshake wrote: »

You’ll have the week, Pretzil. Gonna be next week before I think about the live round as I’m flying to Crete today for my holidays.

You have my sympathies.

The Greatest Song Sung By A Woman.

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