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The Greatest Song Sung By A Woman.

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    #122
    noby
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    Fair play for taking on this!

    Are we to pm our scores to you? Just listening now.


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    #123
    lassykk
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    Just submitting my results there now.

    I went with 0, 5, 10, 15, 20 for my votes as I wanted to keep it simple for myself. Hope this is OK.

    Really like the Cranberries track in this list and I'd never heard it before


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    #124
    Also Starring LeVar Burton
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    lassykk wrote: »
    I went with 0, 5, 10, 15, 20 for my votes as I wanted to keep it simple for myself. Hope this is OK.

    Might do something similar myself.

    Are 0's allowed?
    Was gonna give two songs a 1, bit if zeros are allowed then its a different story.


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    #125
    Kolido
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    I will mark mine out of 10 and just double the score, seems an easy format.


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    #126
    [Deleted User]
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    noby wrote: »
    Fair play for taking on this!

    Are we to pm our scores to you? Just listening now.

    Yes please.


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    #127
    Also Starring LeVar Burton
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    Kolido wrote: »
    I will mark mine out of 10 and just double the score, seems an easy format.

    That's also a good idea. Might do that one.


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    #128
    [Deleted User]
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    Zeros are allowed. If you don’t like something, you don’t like it.


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    #129
    lassykk
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    Also Starring LeVar Burton wrote: »
    Might do something similar myself.

    Are 0's allowed?
    Was gonna give two songs a 1, bit if zeros are allowed then its a different story.

    I'm just extremely harsh - I could probably give a 1 if i was feeling generous

    My split was

    20 - 3
    15 - 2
    10 - 1
    5 - 7
    0 - 12


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    #130
    Irish Aris
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    lassykk wrote: »
    Just submitting my results there now.

    I went with 0, 5, 10, 15, 20 for my votes as I wanted to keep it simple for myself. Hope this is OK.

    Really like the Cranberries track in this list and I'd never heard it before

    :)

    I'm glad you liked it, one of my nominations and my favourite Cranberries song.


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    #131
    quickbeam
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    You wouldn't happen to have a list of the songs posted, Strawbs? Something that I can copy in to a PM and put my scores against it, rather than copying each title from Youtube?


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    #132
    Also Starring LeVar Burton
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    lassykk wrote: »
    I'm just extremely harsh - I could probably give a 1 if i was feeling generous

    My split was

    20 - 3
    15 - 2
    10 - 1
    5 - 7
    0 - 12

    Wow, very harsh.


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    #133
    lassykk
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    quickbeam wrote: »
    You wouldn't happen to have a list of the songs posted, Strawbs? Something that I can copy in to a PM and put my scores against it, rather than copying each title from Youtube?

    Ward Thomas - No Filter
    Natalie Imbruglia - That Day
    Avril Lavigne - Head Above Water
    Nightwish - Shoemaker
    Gillian Welch - Everything is Free
    Lisa Lisa & Cult Jam - All Cried Out
    Shakespears Sister - Stay
    Nina Simone - Sinnerman
    Cocteau Twins - Pearly Dewdrops' Drops
    Taylor Swift - I knew you were trouble
    Skeeter Davis - The End of the World
    Youssou N'Dour - 7 Seconds ft. Neneh Cherry
    Cat Power - Nude As The News
    The Dark Element - When It All Comes Down
    Madonna - Frozen
    Macy Gray - I try
    Clarity - Zedd
    Jefferson Airplane - White Rabbit
    The Supremes - Stop! In The Name Of Love
    Lamb - Gabriel
    Moloko - Sing it Back
    Sinead O'Connor - Nothing Compares 2U
    The Cranberries - Animal Instinct
    Jefferson Airplane - Somebody to Love
    Edith Piaf - Non, Je Ne Regrette Rien


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    #134
    lassykk
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    Also Starring LeVar Burton wrote: »
    Wow, very harsh.

    My thoughts were that I really only want songs I really like getting through to the later rounds so if I wouldn't vote for a song I gave it zero.


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    #135
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    quickbeam wrote: »
    You wouldn't happen to have a list of the songs posted, Strawbs? Something that I can copy in to a PM and put my scores against it, rather than copying each title from Youtube?

    Gimme half hour. Just doing my dads exercise.


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    #136
    Also Starring LeVar Burton
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    lassykk wrote: »
    My thoughts were that I really only want songs I really like getting through to the later rounds so if I wouldn't vote for a song I gave it zero.

    I'll probably adapt that mentality once I start rating. 5 songs I absolutely love at the moment that will probably get full marks from me on this one, and quite a few others I'd gladly see move forward. Theres other songs that are good, but I could take or leave.


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    #137
    lassykk
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    Strawberry Milkshake wrote: »
    Gimme half hour. Just doing my dads exercise.

    I posted it up above - save you the bother :)


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    #138
    Tauriel
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    Submitted my scoring.

    I had eight scored at zero which was me being very generous. The majority of the songs would not be my cup of tea but saying that, I expect the three belonging to me to be scored zero by everyone else.


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    #139
    quickbeam
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 16,287 Mod ✭✭✭✭quickbeam


    Yeah, no worries Strawbs, I have it now thanks to lassykk.

    This is a very new experience for me. I never listen to music I don't know. I'm also not really "musical" in the sense that I can critique a song from one listen. Those I know already will get preferential scoring just because of familiarity, I think.


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    #140
    Electric Nitwit
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    Sticking in a nice day one reference post for myself, and anyone else that might find it useful...
    Strawberry Milkshake wrote: »
    Spotify playlist - https://open.spotify.com/playlist/2vs0wQFLcgQTtlwqIi597F?si=HZjoiupMQRCKz0gRD-ofQg
    Strawberry Milkshake wrote: »
    https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLOF8MMEgcF4mSDZ48kncH8Vc0LrInVdvT
    ShaneU wrote: »
    Google/Youtube music playlist

    https://play.google.com/music/playlist/AMaBXykuD2Obo4fOblhymXRE2ayztdCMYdhivaYuoMN7mjwgCowcf9SHtUCW-tzG3yBl0lJupjuGwlyUElycKpIIQ_cqvEfeOg%3D%3D
    lassykk wrote: »
    Ward Thomas - No Filter
    Natalie Imbruglia - That Day
    Avril Lavigne - Head Above Water
    Nightwish - Shoemaker
    Gillian Welch - Everything is Free
    Lisa Lisa & Cult Jam - All Cried Out
    Shakespears Sister - Stay
    Nina Simone - Sinnerman
    Cocteau Twins - Pearly Dewdrops' Drops
    Taylor Swift - I knew you were trouble
    Skeeter Davis - The End of the World
    Youssou N'Dour - 7 Seconds ft. Neneh Cherry
    Cat Power - Nude As The News
    The Dark Element - When It All Comes Down
    Madonna - Frozen
    Macy Gray - I try
    Clarity - Zedd
    Jefferson Airplane - White Rabbit
    The Supremes - Stop! In The Name Of Love
    Lamb - Gabriel
    Moloko - Sing it Back
    Sinead O'Connor - Nothing Compares 2U
    The Cranberries - Animal Instinct
    Jefferson Airplane - Somebody to Love
    Edith Piaf - Non, Je Ne Regrette Rien


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    #141
    Irish Aris
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    lassykk wrote: »
    My thoughts were that I really only want songs I really like getting through to the later rounds so if I wouldn't vote for a song I gave it zero.

    I agree withn your logic.
    The thing is that without even listening to the playlist I have 8 songs that I know and really like and they will score very high.
    I will probably end up being like Paula Abdul in American Idol that liked everything!!! :pac:


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    #142
    Also Starring LeVar Burton
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    I've decided to go for the classic rate everything out of 5 system, then multiply by 4, so my final results will either be 20, 16, 12, 8, 4, or 0 which I've already found really helpful, at making quicker decisions on ratings


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    #143
    Necro
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    Submitted my ratings there, have had it on in the background all morning.

    Some great songs, some not so great on that list fo sho.


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    #144
    the purple tin
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    When is the deadline for your scores? Can't listen to them atm.


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    #145
    [Deleted User]
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    the purple tin wrote: »
    When is the deadline for your scores? Can't listen to them atm.

    After I have posted the final playlist. So loads of time.


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    #146
    [Deleted User]
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    Jesus, everyone's fierce harsh with all the zeros! I'd normally find it very difficult to give any song a zero, even if I really disliked it I'd try to find some sort of redeeming feature.

    But now I feel like I have to be a really picky bastard because the rest of ye are! :(


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    #147
    Necro
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    I'm normally not either admittedly but given the sheer volume of songs I kind of agree with lassy's thinking.


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    #148
    Also Starring LeVar Burton
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    Deleted User wrote: »
    Jesus, everyone's fierce harsh with all the zeros! I'd normally find it very difficult to give any song a zero, even if I really disliked it I'd try to find some sort of redeeming feature.

    But now I feel like I have to be a really picky bastard because the rest of ye are! :(

    Yep, I've had to adapt the same picky bastard persona when doing my results now too. Looks like 7 are now getting a zero from me. The rating out of 5 and multiplying by 4 has definitely helped separate the really good from the less so good. I guess with so many songs to go through, a bit of ruthlessness is probably for the best, and will make the head-to-heads all the more epic. Still giving 5 songs 20 from this lot though. A couple of great new discoveries.

    Will have another listen though before deciding on my final rating though.


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    #149
    Electric Nitwit
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    [Deleted User] wrote: »
    Jesus, everyone's fierce harsh with all the zeros! I'd normally find it very difficult to give any song a zero, even if I really disliked it I'd try to find some sort of redeeming feature.

    But now I feel like I have to be a really picky bastard because the rest of ye are! :(

    Agreed, the lowest I'd go is 1/10
    And the highest I'll go for anyone else's is likely 9/10 :p


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    #150
    quickbeam
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    Strawberry Milkshake wrote: »
    I’ve thought about that. I’ll be keeping track of who has scored what songs and I’ll send off a PM to remind them of any outstanding they’ve yet to score.

    Depending on how many they’ve already scored, I’ll either disregard their scores completely or average out the ones left.

    I think average is the best. Guaranteed you won't get the same amount of people for every song.


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    #151
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    Electric Nitwit wrote: »
    Agreed, the lowest I'd go is 1/10
    And the highest I'll go for anyone else's is likely 9/10 :p

    Currently about 3/4 of the way through, there's only song so far I'd say that I actually dislike (as opposed to a few which I was just indifferent to), and even that's getting 2 points from me at the moment (1 out of 10 doubled, as per the Kolido system).

    I might revise at the end though and round scores down depending on range (e.g. 0-2 gets 0 points, 4-6 gets 4 points,....,16-18 gets 16 points and a perfect 20 gets a 20.) I don't want to be overly generous, since everyone else is being so mean! :P

    Nah fúck it, gonna keep it as 1-10 and doubled, with possibility of a zero only if I absolutely detest something so much that it's totally beyond redemption)


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