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Song Contest Part VIII, Host: Freofalcon, Theme: First Concert, Votes Due: Sunday 3:00pm AEDT

Did Chappyuk deserve to be DQd from the GTA round?

  • Yes, he openly admitted that he just took the piss

    Votes: 7 30.4%

  • Yes, the song didn't fit the theme

    Votes: 1 4.3%

  • No, the host is in charge of what should go through

    Votes: 15 65.2%
  • Total voters
    23
  • Poll closed .

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NaturalDisaster said:
Yeah, doesn't mean he can't sing though.

but like you, I don't rate him either, his music is lifeless as hell... I'm actually surprised kids like him so much, would have thought teens would find his stuff boring but oh well.
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Ed Sheeran is apparently on top of the world and he's Brigadier General Boring
 

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OES said:
Things Adelaide got right:

Cleanliness. Compared to Melbourne it's a lot prettier and tidier. That could be because they have a LOT more buns around than Melbourne too. And there's probably a lot less campaigners living here.
A very picturesque city and the view from the hills is simply breathtaking. A LOT less homeless people in the streets too. And the old fashioned architecture for a lot of their buildings is fascinating.
It's not a vibrant city where there's a lot happening but its quietness is probably something that adds to its charm.
Glenelg. God that's a beautiful suburb, so laid back and - yes I'm saying it again - so pretty. And the eateries as you go Down the Main Street towards the beach. Spoiled for choice. Settled on a fish n chip shop that was delicious. Never had butterfish before but I can see why they rave about it here. (Seriously was in a bar in Adelaide and some bloke walks up to the counter and asks if you can get the fish n chips with butterfish. The girl says no and he grumbles and says "alright just gimme a beer then") it's bloody delicious. Rundle Mall was pretty great too - I loved being able to see up the street and basically see the entire strip. Lots of variety for what you could do there too.

Things Adelaide almost got right: Their public transport system. To be fair, this was close to perfect. Had no issues with trains, trams or anything but it's a little weird how the smaller stations have absolutely no signs to tell you what to do to buy a ticket and then you get on the train and there's a ticket machine there. Out of towners like myself may be a little confused about what I need to do. And the size of their ticket??! Jesus Christ you could bloody lose the thing. It's smaller and thinner than a raffle ticket. And paper too - what the ****??? Lol
Adelaide Oval - let's face it, this was the reason I came to Adelaide - I was very impressed with this place though there were a couple of gripes I had with it. Firstly, the hill was a lot smaller than I imagined. I know it has been redeveloped but I think I was expecting a little bit more. The laid back part of it opposite the main scoreboard was cool. We hung out there for a little bit during the final session before taking a wander up to the top tier to check out the view. It was spectacular and the pink ball was something else I appreciated. Very easy to see, especially at night time.
The atmosphere left a lot to be desired. For the first session, it was practically dead and it was only after everyone had been nicely inebriated in the last session that it came alive. The crowd was also way too well behaved. Almost nothing being said, no people playing up and **** all beach balls. Plus the security seemed a little lax so there wasn't as much urgency to keep the balls away from the cops.
The redevelopment itself is frankly a bit of an eyesore (reminds me of AAMI park in Melbourne) and it detracts from what used to be a very picturesque ground. There are no views of the river or the city behind it like there used to be. I would've liked to see this place before the redevelopment to see what it was like because I imagine it would have been gorgeous.
My last two gripes are actually pretty pedantic - first there were no charge stations. Now to be fair this is something I always used to shake my head at that it existed in the first place. Who needs to charge their phone up do badly? But then I came to Adelaide with a phone that for whatever reason has a mind of its own when it comes to battery life and usually I was starting the day with around 31% and it would drain super quick even though I had nothing open (but I can't hold this against AO because that's not its fault that my phone is a piece of shit).
The last gripe is the variety (or lack thereof) of food in the place. I mean I love that you can buy Indian there - good Indian too, their butter chicken was superb - but apart from that there's just the same old stuff and no other options - though again I think I'm just spoiled because of Melbourne where you can get red rooster or nandos or dominos as well as their usual hot food options.

Things Adelaide got completely wrong: their beer sizes and prices. Their beer itself was pretty ordinary and left a lot to be desired.
Their media. I don't think I will ever complain about our media again. The SA media is so far up its own arse it's not funny.
Their river - yes the Yarra is disgusting. That murky brown look is quite unappealing. But the black look of the River Torrens even in perfect sunlight left a lot to be desired. It was frankly disappointing because all the pictures you see of the river look so beautiful (especially compared to Melbourne) yet the reality is a stark contrast.

But to me the thing that I felt was the biggest detractor of this place was that there was very little atmosphere - In a lot ways it feels like a regional town as opposed to a capital city. The view from the hills is nice but the skyline is very underwhelming. Sometimes you would get off at a busy train station and the lack of people around was surprising. But at the end of the day I just couldn't see myself living here. And I had to ask myself why do people live here? It's not exactly laid back because that's actually something I can appreciate but it just doesn't have that city feel that most other capital cities give.

TL;DR - nice place to visit. Wouldn't live here.
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People live there because of the laid backness. Personally I've never understood needing 'something to do'. Like ****, thousands of people here today pissing the day away on an internet forum. Then some will go home to watch TV or play games. Why does the city need to provide people with so many things to do in the current age of home entertainment?

Otherwise, there's short commutes, things are affordable, people attracted to a regional lifestyle but with city amenities, the climate can be a bit hot but mostly managable, and things just feel easier.

Why they don't? Needing 'something to do', lower career ceilings, fishbowl mentality and the state of mind of living in a slow moving regressive place full of NIMBYs, not wanting a local paper that has the Crows on the front at every opportunity.

http://www.betootaadvocate.com/uncategorized/broken-hill-man-talking-adelaide-like-tokyo-city/
 
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UPDATE

Two sets of votes in and we've got a clear leader, a clear Billy and 20+ songs on equal 7th place.

It's heating up in here.
 
El Dubya said:
Bodies were stored in Snowtown but the killers were Adelaide residents.
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They were from the far northern suburbs which I don't consider to be part of civilisation anyway.

OES Our lack of tall buildings is literally due to the flight path. It seems stupid but that is the case.

raskolnikov When did you live here? It's not the most exciting place but a fair bit has popped up in the last few years. If it Was 10-15 years ago then that would make sense.
 

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Yeah pretty disappointing.

People nomming Celine Dion, Willie Nelson, Deep Purple in a 2017 round...

None of those got my Billy though.
 

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roo2macca said:
They were from the far northern suburbs which I don't consider to be part of civilisation anyway.

OES Our lack of tall buildings is literally due to the flight path. It seems stupid but that is the case.

raskolnikov When did you live here? It's not the most exciting place but a fair bit has popped up in the last few years. If it Was 10-15 years ago then that would make sense.
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It was back in 2000. I lived in Semaphore. Beautiful suburb but I would go out at midday and feel like I was on the moon it was so quiet and desolate.
 
Bet on Blue said:
What a musical annus horribilis.

Billy 'em all and let BRAB sort 'em out.
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The problem with these best of rounds is that too many people aren't willing to explore and just nom either shit they've heard on the radio or has-beens. Aside from the ones Loons mentioned, Bob Dylan? Seriously?
 
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roo2macca said:
The problem with these best of rounds is that too many people aren't willing to explore and just nom either shit they've heard on the radio or has-beens. Aside from the ones Loons mentioned, Bob Dylan? Seriously?
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New music from has beens is almost always shit. Some people just can’t let go of the past.
 
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