Saturday, November 12, 2016

My Shortlist for Space and Time

I recall saying that my shortlist for Space and Time songs made an excellent playlist in itself (to my mind anyway) ... well whilst I'm sat listening to my possible songs for 'Injustice' I thought I might as well share it.

Black Eyed Boy - Texas - contains the phrase 'you're all space and time' and was the song that immediately sprung to mind when the theme was announced.

1 o'clock - Space - A personal favourite - it is about a time and from a band called 'Space' - could there be a better fit for the theme?

Time - Pink Floyd - too long to be submitted, but had to be on there.

Biding My Time - Pink Floyd - I was introduced to this before I knew much Pink Floyd and asked to guess who the band was - it wasn't until the scorching guitar at the end that I realised it was Pink Floyd - a great track and a builder - would have been right up Mick's street as it has a strong blues element to it, and I tried my best to persuade him to use it instead of 'Set the Controls ...'

The Ground Walks With Time In A Box - Modest Mouse - this again was just too long, but is a very catchy track - I'd love for people to give it a listen.

High Time - The Icicle Works - An old favourite, but I don't think it was ever going to make it on to the CD.

Killing Time - Me - My favourite of my own songs, and about a black hole. I didn't have the bottle to put it up alongside everyone else's great tracks.

There Comes A Time - Martin Stephenson - One of my favourites of his songs - and it would have been fairly appropriate as he made an appearance at the Brothers Arms for an Extra-Ordinary First Thursday.

Time Flies - Porcupine Tree - again too long - perhaps Franck and Pete H (maybe Mick L) would have appreciated it. Howard has heard it before.

Time Of My Life - Toploader - another personal favourite.

Hello Earth - Kate Bush - a great song from a great album - was perhaps a bit too mellow.

Planet Sizes - Steve Mason - I loved this song when Neil introduced it in one of the collaborative playlists we drew up for www.whatswrongwiththemainstream.blogspot.co.uk (which probably holds the secrets to many of my song selections) I was pleased that Neil didn't put it the CD on as it meant I could.

The Killing Moon - Echo and The Bunnymen- what a track. Came close to being a selection, but I just thought it was maybe a bit too well-known.

Spaceman - The Killers - good but not really a contender for selection.

Planet Earth - Duran Duran - an old favourite - we used to play it in our band, but have dropped it now.

Round The Universe - Seahorses - another great song

Comets - Fanfarlo - A good song, but not one my favourite Fanfarlo songs.

Tuesday, November 8, 2016

CD 13 - Launch

Pete Q and Bob have put their heads together and come up with the theme for the next CD, and it is to be ... Injustice. I think Pete is hoping that people will dip into the pool of protest songs and come up with a CD which is personally tailored to his tastes. What we end up with remains to be seen.

We have until the end of November to come up with our respective contributions. There is no time limit as such, but there may have to be a bit of butchering going on if everyone puts in an epic.

Happy choosing.

Friday, November 4, 2016

12elativity - Results


The results are in, we have a winner … and we have another winner.

Congratulations to Pete Q and Bob who each scored 101 points. I think we will have a recount – can you all please check the spreadsheet to make sure I’ve copied your votes across accurately? I have been known to make mistakes in the past.

If Pete and Bob are actually joint winners, I will leave it to the both of them to come up with a theme for the next CD together by whatever means they deem fit.

The results of who put on what and what they scored are summarised below (the full results sheet is attached of course).

CD Club #12 - 12elativity
Awards
Track No.
Title
Artist
Chosen By
1
Space and Time
The Verve
Nick
52
2
Right Here Right Now
Jesus Jones
Neil
58
3
Don't Stop Me Now
Queen
Allan
53
4
Let's Go
Stuck In The Sand
Sam
29
5
Good Riddance (Time Of Your Life)
Green Day
Fran
80
6
Set The Controls For The Heart Of The Sun
Pink Floyd
Mick L
16
7
Space Cowboy
Jamiroquai
Franck
18
8
Zoom
Fat Larry's Band
Jasper
46
9
Planet Sizes
Steve Mason
Chris
93
10
Satellite
Sara Hartman
Bob
101
11
Low Red Moon
Belly
Pete H
28
12
Life On Mars
David Bowie
Simon
64
13
Is It Like Today
World Party
Pete Q
101
14
Girl From Mars
Ash
Katja
64
15
Out Of Space
The Prodigy
Jim
52
16
Starlight
Muse
Howard
78
17
Forever
HAIM
Rob
53


The wooden spoon goes, of course, to Mick, although he did actually get some points and doesn’t quite get to claim the ‘Why did you even bother?’ award.

The master of guessing who chose what was Pete Hodgson with an unnatural 10/17.

The masters of disguise this time were Allan, Fran, Bob and Howard, whilst the person picked out the most (9 times!) was TechnoJim. I am reminded of a line from The Young Ones: I’m not saying Jim was predictable, but there are as-of-yet undiscovered tribes in the heart of the Peruvian jungle who knew you were going to say that

I think that will do for the analysis – I was going to try to come up with an index to reflect how well a person’s votes matched the final scores, but maybe that’s going a bit far … then again …

Thanks all for your contributions to another great CD – I think we may try to get the next one produced before Christmas … watch this space.

Cheers
Chris