The Greatest Song Sung By A Woman.

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.

Irish Aris · 25-05-2020 2:30pm

List 8 was really really good.
Even by my own really high overall points, this list averaged on nearly 15 points, with only one song on single digit points.

I just like them all!!!

Tauriel · 25-05-2020 2:33pm

Part 8 scoring consists of:

1 scored 20
1 scored 17
2 scored 15
1 scored 13
3 scored 10
2 scored 7
3 scored 5
13 scored 0

Pretzill · 25-05-2020 3:38pm

Irish Aris wrote: »

List 8 was really really good.
Even by my own really high overall points, this list averaged on nearly 15 points, with only one song on single digit points.

I just like them all!!!

mustang shelly wrote: »

Part 8 scoring consists of:

1 scored 20
1 scored 17
2 scored 15
1 scored 13
3 scored 10
2 scored 7
3 scored 5
13 scored 0

26-05-2020 8:47am

Part 10

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLOF8MMEgcF4n0aV8fiRKDtE7wvkV-GTrI

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/0ALR2BWL2Hxkg41ap656SZ?si=Ne0_M4nNSe6HmlT6vv8ZIw

I Feel The Earth Move - Carole King
Complicated - Avril Lavigne
Song To The Siren - This Mortal Coil
Scorn not his simplicity - Sinead O Connor
California - Joni Mitchell
Just Give Me a Reason - Pink and Nate Reuss
Dog Days Are Over - Florence and the machine
Songbird - Fleetwood Mac
Fast Car - Tracy Chapman
Take My Breath Away - Berlin
Safe & Sound - Taylor Swift ft Civil Wars
Rebel Girl - Bikini Kill
Into The Groove - Madonna
How Do I Live - Trisha Yearwood
Stars - Grace Potter
Think Twice - Celine Dion
You Outta Know - Alanis Morissette
Paradise (What About Us?) - Within Temptation ft Tarja
I Feel Love - Donna Summer
Love Sensation - Loleatta Holloway
Proud Mary - Tina Turner
Nutbush City Limits - Ike & Tina Turner
Now We Are Free - Lisa Gerard
I Say A Little Prayer - Aretha Franklin
I'll Take You There - The Staple Singers
Only Time (Who can say) - Enya

Electric Nitwit · 26-05-2020 8:51am

Few songs on that list that I'm delighted to see come up

Still haven't got to playlist 8 though, I'm very behind

26-05-2020 8:53am

Part 11

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLOF8MMEgcF4npkvGWhWOCIIbIoh-Stg7_

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/6s3PJRyosF1ilJuDsYcYgh?si=4ad_tO3DTcu6OFf9kPAfUQ

Malibu - Hole
Trust in Me - Belly
Say what you want - Texas
Rescue Me - Fontella Bass
Stay High - Brittany Howard
Daniel - Bat For Lashes
Bette Davis eyes - Kim Carnes
Candles in the rain - Melanie
Needle In A Haystack - Velvelettes
Both Sides Now - Joni Mitchell
Cruel - St. Vincent
Groove is in the Heart - Deee-Lite
People Have The Power - Patti Smith
Nobody But You - Gwen Steffani and Blake Shelton
Honey - Moby
Who will save your Soul - Jewel
Blood Red River - Beth Orton
Roam - The B-52s
Gigantic - Pixies
What's Up? - 4 Non Blondes
At Seventeen - Janis Ian
Never Say Never - Romeo Void
It's too late - Carole King
My Guy - Mary Wells
Time to say Goodbye - Katherine Jenkins

Necro · 26-05-2020 9:04am

Electric Nitwit wrote:

Still haven't got to playlist 8 though, I'm very behind

Not as far back as me I'm still only on 6

ShaneU · 26-05-2020 10:21am

Google music playlist part 10

https://play.google.com/music/playlist/AMaBXykg2Mx_mj_5JwF7B4TO6D5EVTQS7XV2nGjge3-CA-HBvLxF_rzxM_V-3MsapU-9o0_8SYVNrSbGTFN18O6HpTHU5lSbwA%3D%3D

Two of my nominations back to back in this!

ShaneU · 26-05-2020 10:34am

Google music playlist part 11

https://play.google.com/music/playlist/AMaBXykSm5nPJ7qlbuqhd8XWpdKTXPhfalBlRtzTNPBZm-58VBJcgD_L0PXShE0oYnugmCJQicP6M82c1dNfFxkQ8k7XL8kK4Q%3D%3D

Tauriel · 26-05-2020 3:30pm

Scoring for part 9 consists of:

2 scored 20
2 scored 19
2 scored 17
3 scored 15
1 scored 13
2 scored 10
1 scored 5
13 scored 0

26-05-2020 3:40pm

Round 8 scores: average score 12.308

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

Round 9 scores: average score 12.000

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

Tauriel · 26-05-2020 4:47pm

Scoring for part 10 consists of the following:

4 scored 20 including 2 of my own
2 scored 15
3 scored 10
3 scored 7
2 scored 5
12 scored 0

Electric Nitwit · 26-05-2020 6:14pm

To whoever nominated Down By The Water...

Love that song! Slightly ashamed it slipped my mind

Sawduck · 26-05-2020 11:22pm

Never heard of her before but Grace Potter has a great voice, whoever nominated her, great job

27-05-2020 12:01am

Ugh, Number 10 contains one of my most hatest songs of all time. Like seriously properly allergic to hearing it. >__<; If I could give minus points, I would. And I'd probably have refrained from handing out any zeroes at all previously if I knew this would crop up, because this one deserves the ultimate zero. Absolute zero, if you will.

There's another on that list I strongly dislike as well, which would probably have been a zero if on any other playlist but even that's going to be bumped up to 2 points now because its awfulness is minimised in comparison to the other abomination.

On the plus side there at least six songs here that will score 16 or higher, and there are still a good few I'm not familiar with yet so hopefully there'll be some more high scores too.

ShaneU · 27-05-2020 12:15am

Haha I'm trying to guess which song it is you despise so much.

I can't stand most of Pink's music and that song is no exception

Zaph · 27-05-2020 12:18am

There's a song in group 10 that I feel the same way about. I don't just want to change station if it comes on the radio in the car, I want to rip the radio out and throw it out the window just to be sure that it'll never be heard again in my car. I wonder if it's the same song?

the purple tin · 27-05-2020 9:25am

Round 9 was a strong one, some great tunes. You could almost release it as a compilation cd, Strawbs.

27-05-2020 9:45am

Part 12

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLOF8MMEgcF4nwjFX-GTN1MBbJ7O53Do63

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/6D69vNc6945k39BrSqwbkR?si=YKqUr2X2S-ehsoFpQ8N3uA

At Last - Etta James
Black Horse and The Cherry Tree, Live on Later With Jools Holland - KT Tunstall
Shallow - Lady Gaga/Bradley Cooper
Walking in the Air - Nightwish
Love Exists - Amy Lee
Edge of Glory - Lady Gaga
Tom's Diner - Suzanne Vega
There must be an Angel - Eurythmics
Linger - The Cranberries
Flashdance...What A Feeling - Irene Cara
White Flag - Dido
Pon de Replay - Rihanna
The Ice cream man - Mary Coughlan
Shake It Out - Florence + the Machine
Hips Don't Lie - Shakira
Penicillin Blues - Stone the Crows
I Don't Want a Lover - Texas
Running Up That Hill - Kate Bush
Eternal Flame - The Bangles
Go your own way - Fleetwood Mac
Crying - Roy Orbison and kd lang
Didn't Leave Nobody but the Baby - Emmylou Harris, Alison Krauss, Gillian Welch
Babooshka - Kate Bush
Joan of Arc - In This Moment
Sanvean - Lisa Gerrard
Over The Rainbow - Judy Garland
God Rest ye Merry Gentlemen - Alison Kraus

ShaneU · 27-05-2020 10:40am

Google music playlist part 12

https://play.google.com/music/playlist/AMaBXynjGUsUnBczvwDXIy9BUOWT1ReFUksDNjLlVB6S16IHeoL3pyjHVxEqM2f0u4CCNyLyrU8RDlhaUF9VolgprWG6HDOZiQ%3D%3D

Electric Nitwit · 27-05-2020 10:53am

ShaneU wrote: »

Google music playlist part 12

https://play.google.com/music/playlist/AMaBXynjGUsUnBczvwDXIy9BUOWT1ReFUksDNjLlVB6S16IHeoL3pyjHVxEqM2f0u4CCNyLyrU8RDlhaUF9VolgprWG6HDOZiQ%3D%3D

Hi Shane - is it easy to swap the KT Tunstall song (#2) for this one...?

https://play.google.com/music/m/Tw2tzq74qd7b4lcxr756qokv7aq?t=Black_Horse_And_The_Cherry_Tree_Live_On_Later_With_Jools_Holland_2004_-_KT_Tunstall

My nom. Sadly it's one of those songs that got murdered in the studio, the normal version is cack. When she turned up on her own to the Later... studio with just a guitar and a loop pedal though, I think the result was really special

ShaneU · 27-05-2020 11:02am

Done

Irish Aris · 27-05-2020 11:29am

Listening to list 10 now, lovely to see This Mortal Coil and Lisa Gerrard in it, thank you to whoever nominated them.
I completely forgot about Dead Can Dance, some great vocal performances from Ms Gerrard throughout their career!!

Tauriel · 27-05-2020 11:30am

Part 11 scoring consists of:

1 scored 20
1 scored 17
1 scored 15
1 scored 13
1 scored 10
1 scored 7
2 scored 5
4 scored 3
13 scored 0

And that was me being very generous. For me Part 11 is probably the weakest thus far.

Tauriel · 27-05-2020 2:15pm

Part 12 scoring consists of:

2 scored 20 and both were my nominations
1 scored 19
2 scored 17
4 scored 15
3 scored 13
2 scored 10
3 scored 7
1 scored 5
1 scored 3
8 scored 0

Sawduck · 27-05-2020 4:52pm

mustang shelly wrote: »

Part 11 scoring consists of:

1 scored 20
1 scored 17
1 scored 15
1 scored 13
1 scored 10
1 scored 7
2 scored 5
4 scored 3
13 scored 0

And that was me being very generous. For me Part 11 is probably the weakest thus far.

Yeah part 11 was quiet weak indeed, only 2 songs got 20 from me, 16 songs scored 10 or lower, possibly my lowest scoring round

27-05-2020 5:59pm

Round 10 finished.
None of my nominations here but still gave two top scores. Lots of clustering around the middle with this one, with lots of "meh" songs and then a gap to the two duds at the bottom.
Average score 11.7

Score #
20 2
18 2
16 2
14 3
12 5
10 6
8 4
6 0
4 0
2 1
0 1

28-05-2020 8:17am

WARNING! WARNING!

A certain song in this part may be best listened to with headphones on or when you're on your own. You may get strange looks from your work colleagues if its playing in the background whilst you're on a zoom meeting. And god knows what your teenage kids will think you're up to if they hear the words

2 songs can only be heard on YouTube (Joanne Newsom & Florence & the Machine Live from Albert Hall).

Part 13

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLOF8MMEgcF4lt2nzJbDGSX7nvK6IjHHvH

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/77GsJKNwLl5VH1fBnMLomb?si=ueA2xO2bRmiKH1hJAbfPnA

Here's Where The Story Ends - Sundays
I Say a Little Prayer - Dionne Warwick
Sapokanikan - Joanna Newsom
Feeling Good - Nina Simone
Superstar - Karen Carpenter
Butterflies - Katie Musgraves
The Wind That Shakes The Barley - Dolores Keane
Closer to fine - Indigo Girls
Total Eclipse of the Heart - Bonnie Tyler
When Tomorrow Come - Eurythmics
I Will Never Let You Down - Rita Ora
Material Girl - Madonna
Down to the River to Pray - Alison Krauss
Im your baby tonight - Whitney Houston
Stop dragging my heart around - Stevie Nicks
Travellin' Soldier - Dixie Chicks
You got the love (Live from The Albert Hall) - Florence & The Machine
Glory Box - Portishead
Flower - Liz Phair
Still Into You - Paramore
Who Knew - Pink
Red Dirt Girl - Emmy Lou Harris
Human - Christina Perri
Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now - Starship
Murder on the Dancefloor -Sophie Ellis-Bextor
Gold-dust Woman - Fleetwood Mac
Here You come again - Dolly Parton
Rush Hour - Jane Wiedlin
No One - Alicia Keys
Primitive - Roisin Murphy
Loving You - Minnie Ripperton
Why does my heart feel so bad - Diane Charlemagne (Moby)

Also Starring LeVar Burton · 28-05-2020 8:54am

Strawberry Milkshake wrote: »

WARNING! WARNING!

That song was one of my favourite discoveries of the the tournament.

The song in question being

Liz Phair - Flower

Fair play to whoever nominated that one

Niska · 28-05-2020 9:36am

Found I was giving out a lot less 20s (And also 0s) with playlists 9 through 14.
Probably not a reflection on quality, more fatigue and sub-conscious 'balance'.

Nice to see Crash, boom, bang in there - forgot how much I like that song.

Also trying to think of any obvious/surprising omissions. (Also, after Worst Song Ever was half expecting Jan Terri to show up. Also also just received a new box of italics...)

Can only think of three (omissions) - no Corrs, Aimee Mann or Fiona Apple.

28-05-2020 9:36am

When do you want all the votes in by?
I'm running behind now, can catch up Fri & Sat

28-05-2020 9:37am

Double post

Also Starring LeVar Burton · 28-05-2020 9:38am

Niska wrote: »

Can only think of three (omissions) - no Corrs, Aimee Mann or Fiona Apple.

Pavlov's Bell just missed the cut for my nominations. A cracking song.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dr08SIHELV8

28-05-2020 9:44am

bubblypop wrote: »

When do you want all the votes in by?
I'm running behind now, can catch up Fri & Sat

There’s a good few that are playing catch-up so I’m not gonna rush anybody. I’ll probably start PMing in the middle of next week to remind you judges of the parts you’ve still to vote on.

Zaph · 28-05-2020 9:52am

Also Starring LeVar Burton wrote: »

That song was one of my favourite discoveries of the the tournament.

The song in question being
Liz Phair - Flower

Fair play to whoever nominated that one

Well it wasn't really meant to be a proper nomination, more a "I should nominate this for the laugh" inclusion.

. However I rushed my list at the last minute and there were a couple of spaces left, so it seems it made it in. That said, I think it's a great song so I'm glad it was included.

Tauriel · 28-05-2020 9:57am

Niska wrote: »

Can only think of three (omissions) - no Corrs, Aimee Mann or Fiona Apple.

I was hoping that someone else might of nominated Meredith Brooks with Bitch, that was one I ended up forgetting about.

I also regret not nominating Half by PVRIS.

quickbeam · 28-05-2020 10:05am

I'm sorry that Promise Me by Beverly Craven didn't make it.

Niska · 28-05-2020 10:20am

Also Starring LeVar Burton wrote: »

Pavlov's Bell just missed the cut for my nominations. A cracking song.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dr08SIHELV8

Would have scored that highly -was one of the songs she sang on Buffy

Pretzill · 28-05-2020 3:18pm

Strawberry Milkshake wrote: »

WARNING! WARNING!

A certain song in this part may be best listened to with headphones on or when you're on your own. You may get strange looks from your work colleagues if its playing in the background whilst you're on a zoom meeting. And god knows what your teenage kids will think you're up to if they hear the words

If it's the long version of

"Loving You by Minne Ripperton"

I was going to nominate that myself.

28-05-2020 3:24pm

Niska wrote: »

Also trying to think of any obvious/surprising omissions. (Also, after Worst Song Ever was half expecting Jan Terri to show up. Also also just received a new box of italics...)

Can only think of three (omissions) - no Corrs, Aimee Mann or Fiona Apple.

Fiona Apple won my shortlist too, she always seems to miss the cut with these (Criminal didn't get a nod for best 90's or 'One Hit Wonder' song).

The album she released very recently, Fetch The Bolt Cutters, is excellent. This is my favourite track from it, and probably my favourite she's ever done; it's a pretty intense song so I reckon it might divide opinion:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HOz7VBuv0wg

Otherwise the biggest omission from me is probably Sharon Van Etten; if this competition was held in a year's time or so I'd probably have nominated Seventeen but at the time I just felt it was a bit too recent to make the cut.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j7sTHoeH0eA

Was happy that someone nominated Lana Del Rey, though again it's a very recent song that has become my favourite of hers and like Seventeen would have made my final list if a little more time had passed:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DCYmJDO2_IE

The Greatest Song Sung By A Woman.

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