Saturday, December 2, 2017

CD 18 - Theme Announcement

It's been a while coming, but perhaps the oldest and most used theme of all songs it coming to the CD consortium - LOVE

CD 17 - SPIR17UAL17Y - Results


And the winner of Best Track is …

*dramatic pause*

*needless further pause*

*really annoying extended pause* 

Pete Hodgson’s track Closer To Fine by Indigo Girls with a score of 120 points! This is quite some score. Congratulations Pete on a first time win – you’d best get thinking of the next theme.

In silver medal position is Allan with Take Me To Church by Hozier, which scored 98 points.

Bronze goes to Katja for God Song by Bad Religion, scoring 90 points.

Shall we get the wooden spoon out of the way? This isn’t going to do his persecution complex any good at all because the winner of the wooden spoon is, once again, Jasper with Papa Don’t Preach by Madonna which managed to score only 18 points. To be fair, it was a strong field.

Jasper was also picked out the most times with 12 people correctly identifying his track. Also, it must be borne in mind that this is out of 14 people who had a go at saying who put on what. Although, to be fair, there was a small element of surprise in Jasper’s track selection because as soon as the theme was announced, most people seemed to think that he would go for Like A Prayer by Madonna, so maybe that’s what foxed the two people who didn’t identify him?

The cloak and dagger award for avoiding detection completely is shared between three people this time round, Simon, Howard and Allan.

So on to who guessed who …

Well we have three joint winners in this. Neil, Rob and Mick Lewus, identifying 7 contributors correctly (including themselves).
 
CD Club #17 - SPIR17UAL17YAwards
Track No.TitleArtistChosen ByPosition
1Personal JesusDepeche ModeKate618
2Motorcycle EmptinessManic Street PreachersNick677
3Papa Don't PreachMadonnaJasper1418
4Jesus He Knows MeGenesisFranck559
5What The Hell Is It This Time?SparksChris3813
6Angel Of LondonTenshedsHoward726
7Closer To FineIndigo GirlsPete H1201
8Dear God (Sincerely M.O.F.)Monsters Of FolkPete Q2417
9God SongBad ReligionKatja903
10Happiness Is Just A Chant AwayChumbawambaNeil2716
11ReligionPublic Image Limited (Kid Loco Remix)Jim3813
12BodhisattvaSteely DanMick L4611
13God & SatanBiffy ClyroSimon874
14Destroying AngelSneaker PimpsRob5010
15Drops Of JupiterTrainBob4312
16Soldier Boys And Jesus FreaksNoel Gallagher's High Flying BirdsPete K775
17Take Me To ChurchHozierAllan982
18HaloDepeche ModeSam3715

CD 17 - SPIR17UAL17Y - Track List

I've been a bit slack in updating the blog with information relating to CD 17 - so first things first, here's the track list ...

Track No. TitleArtist
1 Personal Jesus Depeche Mode
2 Motorcycle Emptiness Manic Street Preachers
3 Papa Don't Preach Madonna
4 Jesus He Knows Me Genesis
5 What The Hell Is It This Time? Sparks
6 Angel Of London Tensheds
7 Closer To Fine Indigo Girls
8 Dear God (Sincerely M.O.F.) Monsters Of Folk
9 God Song Bad Religion
10 Happiness Is Just A Chant Away Chumbawamba
11 Religion Public Image Limited (Kid Loco Remix)
12 Bodhisattva Steely Dan
13 God & Satan Biffy Clyro
14 Destroying Angel Sneaker Pimps
15 Drops Of Jupiter Train
16 Soldier Boys And Jesus Freaks Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds
17 Take Me To Church Hozier
18 Halo Depeche Mode

Wednesday, October 11, 2017

SPIT17UAL17Y - My Track Considerations

OK - there are a few tracks I was considering for the CD (as always) and some I would like to share even though they didn't make it in the end.

First is Great Dreams Of Heaven by Ian Mcnabb:



Well this would have qualified for several reasons - firstly, it's got 'heaven' in the title, but then it's a list song (which was a possible theme), and also mentions 'football' and so would have qualified for the last theme too. It was written several years ago, but some of the phrases resonate and relevant in today's uneasy international times.

Then Just Like Heaven by The Cure:



No further explanation needed for this one really - great track.

Sympathy for the Devil - The Rolling Stones



I've not listened to this live version but embedding of the album track has been disabled (the one I tried to link). This is one of my favourite Stones tracks - I'm not a mega-fan but I love this song. Listening now as I type this, it doesn't quite have the same quality as the album track which builds really nicely. It was probably the first track that came to mind when the theme was announced.

Don't Look Down - The Divine Comedy



I came so so close to putting this track on the CD. Firstly anything by 'The Divine Comedy' would obviously qualify for the theme. Secondly, they are probably still my favourite band. Thirdly, this is on of my favourites of theirs and exemplary of the kind of song which made me love the band in the first place. Fourthly and by no means least importantly, it contains a bit of a poke at established Christian views of God and religion - and then there's the ominous warning at the very end 'DON'T LOOK DOWN'.

Other notable mentions are:

Godless by The Dandy Warhols



Demon In Profile - The Afghan Whigs



American Jesus - Bad Religion


Sunday, September 10, 2017

CD 16 - Musica1 6ames - Results


CD Club #16 - MUSICA1 6AMES
Points
Track No.
Title
Artist
Chosen By
1
Out Of The Blue
BBC Philharmonic Orchestra
Jim
13
2
La Copa de la Vida
Ricky Martin
Sam
14
3
Winning
Chris Rea
Howard
34
4
Go Insane
Lindsey Buckingham
Pete H
65
5
Tour De France
Kraftwerk
Katja
61
6
The Distance
Cake
Neil
113
7
Coney Island Baby
Lou Reed
Mick L
30
8
Stars Of Track And Field
Belle & Sebastian
Kate
51
9
Run
Snow Patrol
Nick
71
10
Waka Waka
Shakira
Jasper
30
11
Gameshow
Two Door Cinema Club
Bob
94
12
Chelsea Dagger
The Fratellis
Rob
59
13
My Body
Young The Giant
Chris
79
14
Mc Enroe's Poetry
Dionysos
Franck
36
15
Nightswimming
REM
Simon
93
16
The Body Of An American
The Pogues
Pete Q
70
17
Heavyweight Champion Of The World
Reverend And The Makers
Pete K
91
18
Nessun Dorma
Pavarotti
Allan
40


Congratulations go to Neil for the best track of CD 16 The Distance by Cake with a score of 113 points.

Second place goes to Bob for Gameshow by Two Door Cinema Club scoring 94 points and just pipping Simon’s Nightswimming by CD club regulars R.E.M. which scored 93 points.

Shall we just get the wooden spoon out of the way? Well it was Jim with Out Of The Blue by the BBC Philharmonic Orchestra. At least it scored 13 points. Just one point behind La Copa De La Vida making this possibly one of the least favoured opening two tracks in the history of the CD Consortium.

On to ‘who put on what’ and Pete H looked set to return to form guessing, 6 contributors correctly, alongside Pete K (is this a Pete thing? *checks Pete Q* *sees score of 5* maybe it is!) but then a last-minute dip at the finish line saw Neil edge to victory, correctly identifying 7 contributors! So, a double victory for Neil.

Unsurprisingly, Pete ‘anything with a mandolin or by the Pogues or both’ Quin was picked out the most times (8). This means that there are 5 guessers who still haven’t sussed out Pete’s tastes? What’s wrong with you people? Also, what’s wrong with the people who didn’t guess that it was Katja who put on ‘Tour De France’ by the German group Kraftwerk who Katja went to watch this summer, and who also went to watch the start of the ‘Tour de France’?

Avoiding detection completely this time round were: Sam, Rob and Pete K.