Song Contest Part VII, Host: Sepp Blatter, Theme: Ashes, Noms Due: Sunday 7:00pm ACDT

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5. A Flock Of Seagulls - I Ran (So Far Away)
4. New Order- Bizarre Love Triangle
3. Tubeway Army - Are 'Friends' Electric?
2. Wall Of Voodoo - Mexican Radio
1. Talking Heads - This Must Be The Place

BM: Corey Hart - Sunglasses At Night

I love 'Unguarded Moment" and "Emotional Haircut" but I don't think either of them fit the theme for this round

"I Ran" is overplayed, but it's a brilliant track that I always tune into when it comes on. It sums up 'new wave' perfectly - semi-talented weird-looking emaciated Brits with funny hair who wrote a couple of brilliant songs and then disappeared without a trace.

I'm glad the Nik Kershaw song didn't win. Can't stand it. The melody makes me want stab myself.


How many votes & billies did the runner up get?
Bizarre, we agreed on the 5 and the billy this round.
 

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The thing about those songs is you're always gonna find more that are fans... it's the closest I've come to whoring I think. Same time I was worried about it getting Billied too.
Yeah, Karma Chameleon is way worse though, I'm suprised I'm the only one who billied it.
 

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also... I'm whoring from now on.

Going to pass IKnowtheDog's rounds without a win streak at this rate! :p
Whoring doesn't always guarantee a win though, sometimes you can win when you least expect it and flop with a whore that you expect to win.
 

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5. A Flock Of Seagulls - I Ran (So Far Away)
4. New Order- Bizarre Love Triangle
3. Tubeway Army - Are 'Friends' Electric?
2. Wall Of Voodoo - Mexican Radio
1. Talking Heads - This Must Be The Place

BM: Corey Hart - Sunglasses At Night

I love 'Unguarded Moment" and "Emotional Haircut" but I don't think either of them fit the theme for this round
"Boys Don't Cry" is a great song, but it's a previous winner

Liked: Marianne Faithful, Pseudo Echo, Mi-Sex, Jona Lewie, Ultravox

"I Ran" is overplayed, but it's a brilliant track that I always tune into when it comes on. It sums up 'new wave' perfectly - semi-talented weird-looking emaciated Brits with funny hair who wrote a couple of brilliant songs and then disappeared without a trace.

I'm glad the Nik Kershaw song didn't win. Can't stand it. The melody makes me want to stab myself.
emotional haircut isn't 80s New Wave but it still has its roots in New Wave. James Murphy has said as much in interviews.
 

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5 - Flock of Seagulls - I Ran (So Far Away)
4 - Blondie - One Way Or Another
3 - Tubeway Army - Are Friends Electric?
2 - LCD Soundsystem - Emotional Haircut
1 - Pseudo Echo - Listen

Billy - Squeeze - Cool For Cats. No thank you, not cool, shit. Sounds like Madness.

A bit dirty that I Ran won, when I nommed a better Flock Of Seagulls song and it got nowhere. Absolutely ******* filthy that Cool For Cats did relatively well, ******* shitheap of a song.
 

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For:

5 votes = Depeche Mode - Enjoy The Silence.
4 votes = Wall of Voodoo - Mexican Radio.
3 votes = The Church - The Unguarded Moment.
2 votes = A Flock of Seagulls - I Ran.
1 vote = Squeeze - Cool For Cats.

Dud is Talk Talk - It's My Life.

HM:

Ultravox - Vienna.
INXS - Need You Tonight.
Pseudo Echo - Listening.
Blondie - One Way or Another.
Nik Kershaw - Wouldn't It Be Good?
Mi Sex - Computer Games.
Jona Lewie - Louise.
Gary Numan - Are Friends Electric?
Culture Club - Karma Chameleon.
Marianne Faithfull - Why'd ya Do it?
 

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5 - Flock of Seagulls - I Ran (So Far Away)
4 - Blondie - One Way Or Another
3 - Tubeway Army - Are Friends Electric?
2 - LCD Soundsystem - Emotional Haircut
1 - Pseudo Echo - Listen

In 24th place. LCD Soundsystem – Emotional Haircut@Chappyuk 6 votes 1 billy (14B1)

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