[Necro]

Well I guess it's time.

We've had our fun with the decades so far:

70's
80's
90's
Noughties

All of the above have been decided and voted on by Boardsies - whilst the 60's is at semi final stage currently (go vote! )

Now it's time to decide

The Best Song




EVER (As decided by Boardsies)


To save you all the effort of nominating songs that already did well in the other contests, you don't need to worry.

All quarter finalists from each contest will be automatically included and entered.

For the record those are:

60s	70s	80s	90s	Noughties
The Mamas and the Papas - California Dreamin	Hotel California - Eagles	Bonnie Tyler - Total Eclipse of The Heart	Coolio - Gangster's Paradise	Franz Ferdinand - Take Me Out
Rolling Stones - Paint it Black	Don't Fear the Reaper - Blue Oyster Cult	Bruce Springsteen - Dancing In The Dark	Nirvana - Smells Like Teen Spirit	Eminem feat. Dido - Stan
Jefferson Airplane - Somebody to Love	Space Oddity - David Bowie	Blondie - Call Me	Red Hot Chili Peppers - Under The Bridge	Kylie Minogue - Can't Get You Out Of My Head
Elvis - Suspicious Minds	Born to Run - Bruce Springsteen	Pet Shop Boys - West End Girls	Nirvana - Come As You Are	Pink - Just Like A Pill
Creedence Clearwater Revival - Bad Moon Rising	Patti Smith - Because the Night	Joy Division - Love Will Tear Us Apart	No Doubt - Don't speak	Gorillaz - Clint Eastwood
Rolling Stones - Sympathy for the Devil	Bohemian Rhapsody - Queen	Kim Carnes - Bette Davis Eyes	Rage Against the Machine - Killing in the Name Of	White Stripes - Seven Nation Army
Rolling Stones - Satisfaction	Don't Stop Me Now - Queen	Eurthymics - Sweet Dreams	The Cranberries - Zombie	The Strokes - Last Night
Marvin Gaye - I Heard it Through the Grapevine	Go Your Own Way - Fleetwood Mac	Belinda Carlisle - Heaven is a Place on Earth	R.E.M. - Losing My Religion	Eminem - Lose Yourself

So we know 40 of the songs that will be included already.

Now you can nominate 5 more of your own.

Why just 5 you ask? This is best song ever folks, not 'ah I liked that song I guess, it should be in here'

Chart requirements - None. Let's open this up to album tracks as well, you may include any song you like.


Submit your nominations to me by 9am on Saturday, 15th February and we will kick off the first round proper/qualifiers (depending on popularity) possibly Sunday 16th February.

[Necro]

Update:

After some deliberation, I am also going to include the quarter finalists of the One Hit Wonder competition previously held - if they haven't already made the cut:

They are:

One Hit Wonders
Joy Division - Love Will Tear Us Apart
Don't Fear the Reaper - Blue Oyster Cult
Chris Isaak - Wicked Game
The Buzzcocks - Ever Fallen In Love
Nena - 99 Luftballons
Gerry Rafferty - Baker Street
Men Without Hats - The Safety Dance
Eagle Eye Cherry - Save Tonight

Joy Division and Blue Oyster Cult have already qualified through the decades listed above however the other 6 will be automatically included. Some good, some bad - but all songs

[KKV]

Would it not make more sense to get the finalists of all those other ones first, and pitch the finalists against each other?

Or am i missing something there?

[Necro]

Originally Posted by KKV

Would it not make more sense to get the finalists of all those other ones first, and pitch the finalists against each other?

Or am i missing something there?

That would remove the nomination element of it which, imo is half the fun.

There might be a song not on any of those lists that you really think deserves a shot at the title.

[ShaneU]

Mozart vs Beethoven final?

[Electric Nitwit]

I'll have to put some serious thought into my other four

[Also Starring LeVar Burton]

Submitted!!!

[Deja Boo]

done

[Necro]

Surprisingly few nominations thus far.

Loads of time yet however

Saturday, 9am

[fixXxer]

Originally Posted by Necro

Surprisingly few nominations thus far.

Loads of time yet however

Saturday, 9am

Thanks for the reminder! Done.

[Zaph]

I'm in

[Reberetta]

PM sent! I proposed some classics which aren't necessarily my favourite songs of all-time.

[Necro]

Submissions have picked up nicely.

I have a grand total of 125 songs now for run off. Still time to enter your faves though

[Homer J. Fong]

I may chicken out on the submissions, not sure I can bear it any more to see my personal favourites getting no love from anyone else.
But will happily participate in voting and perhaps putting others' personal faves to the sword!

[BandMember]

I'll have to pass on making any nominations - it would melt my head trying to figure out which songs to nominate and which ones to leave out! Happy to vote though, so bring it on........