Battle of the Songs which weren't deemed good enough to be in the battle of the songs

steds · 30-11-2006, 10:47 AM

Now, perhaps it's my fault for not nominating anything, but I think the Battle of the Songs is more of a battle of your favourite Beatles/Stones/60s or 70s rock song, without any blues, jazz, soul, reggae or anything pre-Beatles and very little punk or metal represented.

Songs such as
Louis Armstrong - What A Wonderful World
Louis Armstrong - We Have All The Time In The World
Frank Sinatra - My Way
The Smiths - This Charming Man
The Smiths - There's A Light That Never Goes Out
Bob Marley - Redemption Song
The Sex Pistols - Anarchy In The UK
The Damned - New Rose
Marvin Gaye - Heard It Through The Grapevine
Aretha Franklin - Respect
The Ronettes - Be My Baby
Dean Martin - Everybody Loves Somebody
Radiohead - Fake Plastic Trees
Black Sabbath - Paranoid
Slayer - Raining Blood
The Verve - The Drugs Don't Work
The Velvet Underground - Sweet Jane
Lou Reed - Walk on the Wild Side
have been left out and I think they deserve recognition in a battle themselves. So there. Nominations?

BoyBrumby · 30-11-2006, 11:33 AM

I could nominate dozens, but there's no point if they're too obscure as they'll inevitably get a kicking due to their selective (© Spinal Tap) appeal. With that in mind I'll go:

Suedehead - Morrissey
Fool's Gold - The Stone Roses
Going Underground - The Jam
Our House - Madness
Ghost Town - The Specials
True Faith - New Order
Inbetween Days - The Cure
Lust for Life - Iggy Pop
Step On - The Happy Mondays
Hurt - Johnny Cash
Oliver's Army - Elvis Costello
Ever Fallen in Love? - Buzzcocks
Golden Brown - The Stranglers
Here Comes Your Man - Pixies

Matteh · 30-11-2006, 11:35 AM

Buzzcocks to win.

I'd nominate but it'd only be obscure indie stuff that would go out anyway.

Barney Rubble · 30-11-2006, 12:30 PM

Muse - Knights of Cydonia
The Killers - Mr Brightside
Guns N' Roses - Welcome To The Jungle
The Cure - Friday I'm In Love
Oasis - Live Forever
The Verve - Bitter Sweet Symphony

And Sean, it's not your fault - plenty of people nominated things and simply had their ideas rejected.

grecian · 30-11-2006, 01:45 PM

Feed the tree - Belly
Crash - Primitives
There she goes - The Las
Motorcycle emptiness - MSP
Waking up - Elastica
There's no other way - Blur
Prime mover - Zodiac Mindwarp... If only for the lyric "your a love alligator, I'm a sex dictator"

Tomm NCCC · 30-11-2006, 01:52 PM

Jonny Cash - Ring of Fire
Going underground - The Jam
Don't Stop me now - Queen
Sir Mixalot - Jump on it
The Verve - Bittersweet Symphony
Song 2 - Blur
Arctic Monkeys - I bet you look good on the dancefloor
The Rifles - Local Boy
Hard Fi - Better do better

Theres mine, a number of relatively new ones, a few golden oldies, and even a rifles track in for good measure

BoyBrumby · 30-11-2006, 01:54 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Tomm NCCC

Song 2 - Blur

Was actually in original battle, that one.

Sir Redman · 30-11-2006, 03:01 PM

Here's a few songs I would have liked to see in the original. Trying to keep a bit of variety while I'm at it, but I'll probably fail:

David Bowie - Suffragette City
Dinosaur Jr - Freak Scene
Faith No More - Easy
Foo Fighters - Learn to Fly
Fun Lovin' Criminals - Scooby Snacks
Jimi Hendrix - Little Wing
Metallica - Fade to Black
Metallica - Enter Sandman
New Order - Blue Monday
Nirvana - Lake of Fire
Black Sabbath - Paranoid
Pearl Jam - Black
The Pixies - Where is my Mind?
The Pixies - Monkey Gone to Heaven
Radiohead - Karma Police
RHCP - Under the Bridge
Smashing Pumpkins - 1979
Smashing Pumpkins - Tonight, Tonight
Sonic Youth - Kool Thing
Soundgarden - Pretty Noose
Stone Temple Pilots - Interstate Love Song

Some of them I suppose are mildly obscure, though anyone with musical taste should know them

. A couple of them are covers (Easy and Lake of Fire of the top of my head), but those versions are probably more well known than the originals.

Matteh · 30-11-2006, 03:08 PM

At the Drive In - Pattern Against User
Belle and Sebastian - I'm a Cuckoo
Belle and Sebastian - Wrapped up in Books
Bloc Party - Banquet
Bloc Party - This Modern Love
British Sea Power - Remember Me
Death Cab for Cutie - Title and Registration
Foo Fighters - Stacked Actors
Forward Russia - Twelve (modern classic)
Franz Ferdinand - Michael (Take me Out was in the original)
Interpol - C'Mere
Interpol - Slow Hands
Maximo Park - Apply some Pressure
Nirvana - Love buzz
Postal Service - Such Great Heights
RHCP - Otherside
The Cure - Lovecats

Samuel_Vimes · 30-11-2006, 03:19 PM

Hm. Thought I wasn't able to make a decent list...

The Boxer - Simon & Garfunkel (please!!!)
I Don't Like Mondays - Boomtown Rats
Orinoco Flow - Enya
Hallelujah - Leonard Cohen
Fragile - Sting
Message In A Bottle - Sting
SOS - ABBA

Wuthering Heights - Kate Bush

Autobahn - Kraftwerk
50 Ways To Leave Your Lover - Paul Simon
You Can Call Me Al - Paul Simon
Nightswimming - R.E.M.
Everybody Hurts - R.E.M
Laura - Scissor Sisters
Africa - Toto
I Will Survive - Gloria Gaynor

Second Hurt, Ring Of Fire, Our House (ohyesohyesohyes), Raining Blood (for Tori representation), Respect, Michael (!)

Edit: Oh: Tears In Heaven - Eric Clapton.

superkingdave · 30-11-2006, 03:47 PM

Scorpions - Wind of Change
Wax - Building a Bridge to your heart

second these

Quote:

Originally Posted by Matteh

British Sea Power - Remember Me
Forward Russia - Twelve
Interpol - C'Mere
Interpol - Slow Hands
Maximo Park - Apply some Pressure

BoyBrumby · 30-11-2006, 03:53 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by superkingdave

Scorpions - Wind of Change

You being ironic, or are you genuinely hard-of-hearing?

superkingdave · 30-11-2006, 03:57 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by BoyBrumby

You being ironic, or are you genuinely hard-of-hearing?

and I was going to add Looking for Freedom by David Hasselhoff.

pasag · 30-11-2006, 04:00 PM

I love Winds Of Change. Great song.

BoyBrumby · 30-11-2006, 04:01 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by pasag

I love Winds Of Change. Great song.

In all fairness your taste in music doesn't really bare close scrutiny.

30-11-2006, 10:47 AM	#1 (permalink)
steds Hall of Fame Member Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Riding public transport back and forth Posts: 16,914	Battle of the Songs which weren't deemed good enough to be in the battle of the songs Now, perhaps it's my fault for not nominating anything, but I think the Battle of the Songs is more of a battle of your favourite Beatles/Stones/60s or 70s rock song, without any blues, jazz, soul, reggae or anything pre-Beatles and very little punk or metal represented. Songs such as Louis Armstrong - What A Wonderful World Louis Armstrong - We Have All The Time In The World Frank Sinatra - My Way The Smiths - This Charming Man The Smiths - There's A Light That Never Goes Out Bob Marley - Redemption Song The Sex Pistols - Anarchy In The UK The Damned - New Rose Marvin Gaye - Heard It Through The Grapevine Aretha Franklin - Respect The Ronettes - Be My Baby Dean Martin - Everybody Loves Somebody Radiohead - Fake Plastic Trees Black Sabbath - Paranoid Slayer - Raining Blood The Verve - The Drugs Don't Work The Velvet Underground - Sweet Jane Lou Reed - Walk on the Wild Side have been left out and I think they deserve recognition in a battle themselves. So there. Nominations?

30-11-2006, 11:33 AM	#2 (permalink)
BoyBrumby Englishman Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Doing the stance Posts: 42,646	I could nominate dozens, but there's no point if they're too obscure as they'll inevitably get a kicking due to their selective (© Spinal Tap) appeal. With that in mind I'll go: Suedehead - Morrissey Fool's Gold - The Stone Roses Going Underground - The Jam Our House - Madness Ghost Town - The Specials True Faith - New Order Inbetween Days - The Cure Lust for Life - Iggy Pop Step On - The Happy Mondays Hurt - Johnny Cash Oliver's Army - Elvis Costello Ever Fallen in Love? - Buzzcocks Golden Brown - The Stranglers Here Comes Your Man - Pixies __________________ *- As featured in The Independent.* "This is not the time for namby-pamby promising youngsters who might just do something; not the time for building for the future. Pragmatism rules and they don't come more pragmatic than Rogers." - Victor Marks makes the case for stiff-legged and stiff-armed 35 year old left-handers in Ashes squads

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Tomm NCCC State Captain Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Papplewick, Nottingham Posts: 1,565	Jonny Cash - Ring of Fire Going underground - The Jam Don't Stop me now - Queen Sir Mixalot - Jump on it The Verve - Bittersweet Symphony Song 2 - Blur Arctic Monkeys - I bet you look good on the dancefloor The Rifles - Local Boy Hard Fi - Better do better Theres mine, a number of relatively new ones, a few golden oldies, and even a rifles track in for good measure __________________ This Weeks Samit Patel Fact - Has been mentioned in 32 of my posts The Rifles - Whats your verdict? www.myspace.com/therifles Winner of Cricket Webs Shane Warne Award - 4-11th Feb RIP Mr Woolmer, We are all poorer for your loss.

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Sir Redman State Vice-Captain Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: New Zealand Posts: 1,406	Here's a few songs I would have liked to see in the original. Trying to keep a bit of variety while I'm at it, but I'll probably fail: David Bowie - Suffragette City Dinosaur Jr - Freak Scene Faith No More - Easy Foo Fighters - Learn to Fly Fun Lovin' Criminals - Scooby Snacks Jimi Hendrix - Little Wing Metallica - Fade to Black Metallica - Enter Sandman New Order - Blue Monday Nirvana - Lake of Fire Black Sabbath - Paranoid Pearl Jam - Black The Pixies - Where is my Mind? The Pixies - Monkey Gone to Heaven Radiohead - Karma Police RHCP - Under the Bridge Smashing Pumpkins - 1979 Smashing Pumpkins - Tonight, Tonight Sonic Youth - Kool Thing Soundgarden - Pretty Noose Stone Temple Pilots - Interstate Love Song Some of them I suppose are mildly obscure, though anyone with musical taste should know them . A couple of them are covers (Easy and Lake of Fire of the top of my head), but those versions are probably more well known than the originals. __________________ He’s thrown a kettle over a pub, what have you done? - Gareth Keenan from "The Office" ***Winner*** of the 2006 FIFA World Cup predictions thread...see you in four years' time?

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Barney Rubble International Coach Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: All over the shop Posts: 10,191	Muse - Knights of Cydonia The Killers - Mr Brightside Guns N' Roses - Welcome To The Jungle The Cure - Friday I'm In Love Oasis - Live Forever The Verve - Bitter Sweet Symphony And Sean, it's not your fault - plenty of people nominated things and simply had their ideas rejected.

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Matteh Cricket Web: All-Time Legend Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Midlands Posts: 22,938	At the Drive In - Pattern Against User Belle and Sebastian - I'm a Cuckoo Belle and Sebastian - Wrapped up in Books Bloc Party - Banquet Bloc Party - This Modern Love British Sea Power - Remember Me Death Cab for Cutie - Title and Registration Foo Fighters - Stacked Actors Forward Russia - Twelve (modern classic) Franz Ferdinand - Michael (Take me Out was in the original) Interpol - C'Mere Interpol - Slow Hands Maximo Park - Apply some Pressure Nirvana - Love buzz Postal Service - Such Great Heights RHCP - Otherside The Cure - Lovecats

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pasag RTDAS Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Looking for milksteak Posts: 31,679	I love Winds Of Change. Great song. __________________ Rest In Peace Craigos 2003-2012

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