Music Cup 2015 Round 9: War & Peace

by **Hero** Mon Oct 05, 2015 1:06 pm

The two top dogs show once again that their finger is on the pulse of picking songs that are bland, not obscure/offensive and appeal to the unwashed massive. Compelling & Tino get a big 10 points each and heading into the last two rounds it's a two horse race surely for the title!
Rick_Dagless suffers a Stevie Gerrard style slip up with a miserable 0 points for his Muse choice and has plummeted down to 5th in the overall ranking.
Adam looks to have won the battle of the founders as we both scored a respectable 7 points for Prince and Jay Z, but with 2 weeks remaining he's 6 points ahead of me.
The big surprise this week though is...

GALTED GOT SOME POINTS!!!!

He went more Old School than Bamber Gascoigne and it got him more points than Sean's had hot women (or women in general). He's up to a magnificent 18th place overall now and only 1 point behind Rowley, who'll prevail in the battle of the anti-hipsters?

Name	Score
Compelling & Rich	62
Mind the Windows Tino	59
Adam D	50
Hero	44
Rick Dagless	42
Samo	40
CJB	35
DancingWeeMan	30
Davie	28
Stella	24
Superflyweight	20
Hibbz	11
Trussman66	11
JuliusHMarx	10
SeanMichaels	10
Rowley	8
Galted	7
Trebs	7
Hammersmith Harrier	7
Nadeem2099	4
Dave667	3
Bob The Job	2
Andy_14Clark	0

Next round is... Nobelium & Mendelevium!
Pick 3 songs in which the artist or song refers to a chemical element. Oh and as it's the last round then it's double point bonanza!

Oh and for this round, was it really that hard to pick songs that actually referred to war or peace in the title/artist rather than pick a song about but didn't reference it, we're 9 rounds in now and you're still failing!!

by Stella Mon Oct 05, 2015 1:23 pm

Two Tribes, Toy Soldiers, and Atomic

by nadeem2099 Mon Oct 05, 2015 1:42 pm

War, Bin Laden and Mosh

by **JuliusHMarx** Mon Oct 05, 2015 1:59 pm

Stella wrote:Two Tribes, Toy Soldiers, and Atomic

Same here.

by **superflyweight** Mon Oct 05, 2015 2:08 pm

Tough to pick 3 here - Civil War probably deserves a vote because of the intro taken from Cool Hand Luke and Atomic is a great song, but struggling otherwise.

by Alistair Mon Oct 05, 2015 2:13 pm

Bud Flanagan (Rowley??), RATM & L7 (DAVE or Galted?)

by **seanmichaels** Mon Oct 05, 2015 2:16 pm

Alistair wrote:Bud Flanagan (Rowley??), RATM & L7 (DAVE or Galted?)

Donita Sparks off of L7 got her minge out on The Word. I'd do her although she could do with tidying IT up a bit.

Spoiler:

by Alistair Mon Oct 05, 2015 2:18 pm

You're like an encyclopedia of celeb nudity.

by **rIck_dAgless** Mon Oct 05, 2015 2:19 pm

Alistair wrote:You're like an encyclopedia of nudity.

He has a pornographic memory...

by Guest Mon Oct 05, 2015 2:21 pm

Alistair wrote:Bud Flanagan (Rowley??), RATM & L7 (DAVE or Galted?)

I only did three rounds of this quiz...I dropped out after my Mum died (although had she still been alive I doubt it would have improved my position in the table)

by **superflyweight** Mon Oct 05, 2015 2:49 pm

rick_dagless wrote:
Alistair wrote:You're like an encyclopedia of nudity.

He has a pornographic memory...

l*l out loud.

by **Hero** Mon Oct 05, 2015 2:50 pm

I doff my cap to that one.

by compelling and rich Mon Oct 05, 2015 6:29 pm

predictions are in for the next one, hope i get one of the three because im struggling after that

by **Dolphin Ziggler** Mon Oct 05, 2015 6:44 pm

Bud, Curtis and Immortal Technique.

by Hammersmith harrier Mon Oct 05, 2015 8:05 pm

Sabbath, Megadeth (incorrect song title) and RATM.

by Rowley Mon Oct 05, 2015 8:56 pm

Philistines, the lot of you.

by **Galted** Mon Oct 05, 2015 9:12 pm

Alistair wrote:Bud Flanagan (Rowley??), RATM & L7 (DAVE or Galted?)

Creepily accurate.

by Trebs Mon Oct 05, 2015 9:33 pm

Mans Zelmerlow won Eurovision this year Whistle

by **Dolphin Ziggler** Mon Oct 05, 2015 9:37 pm

Its that song?! I LOVE that song. Gutted I wasted a vote on Bud Flanagan.

by The Womble Tue Oct 06, 2015 12:32 pm

Bob Dylan, Louis Armstrong and Martika. 3 cracking good songs.

by Trebs Wed Oct 07, 2015 1:00 pm

Dolphin Ziggler wrote:Its that song?! I LOVE that song. Gutted I wasted a vote on Bud Flanagan.

Not sure if that's serious or not ..

by **Dolphin Ziggler** Wed Oct 07, 2015 1:31 pm

It is. That song won me a tidy sum too

by **JuliusHMarx** Wed Oct 07, 2015 2:30 pm

Why is the Louis Armstrong song up there? Because it has the word 'World' in the title i.e. "World War", "World Peace"? That's even more tenuous than usual.

by **Hero** Wed Oct 07, 2015 3:48 pm

Oh and for this round, was it really that hard to pick songs that actually referred to war or peace in the title/artist rather than pick a song about but didn't reference it, we're 9 rounds in now and you're still failing!!

I concur Julie

by **JuliusHMarx** Wed Oct 07, 2015 3:56 pm

It's a Wonderful World isn't even about war or peace.
Maybe it's because 'Arms' appears in 'Armstrong'.

by Davie Wed Oct 07, 2015 3:56 pm

I couldn't even work out why Blondie were in there

by Stella Wed Oct 07, 2015 3:58 pm

Davie wrote:I couldn't even work out why Blondie were in there

Atomic!

by **JuliusHMarx** Wed Oct 07, 2015 4:02 pm

Interesting that Edwin Starr and Frankie both got in there with 'War' but not Bruce.

Also - no Happy Xmas (War is Over) or Give Peace a Chance. I would've gone for one of those but my pick of No. 9 Dream did very poorly in the last round.

by Davie Wed Oct 07, 2015 4:32 pm

Stella wrote:
Davie wrote:I couldn't even work out why Blondie were in there

Atomic!

And your point is?

by **seanmichaels** Wed Oct 07, 2015 4:34 pm

Davie wrote:
Stella wrote:
Davie wrote:I couldn't even work out why Blondie were in there

Atomic!

And your point is?

Kitten.

by Stella Wed Oct 07, 2015 4:34 pm

Davie wrote:
Stella wrote:
Davie wrote:I couldn't even work out why Blondie were in there

Atomic!

And your point is?

Bomb!

by **Hero** Wed Oct 07, 2015 5:16 pm

seanmichaels wrote:
Davie wrote:
Stella wrote:
Davie wrote:I couldn't even work out why Blondie were in there

Atomic!

And your point is?

Kitten.

by Rowley Wed Oct 07, 2015 8:25 pm

Hero wrote:
Oh and for this round, was it really that hard to pick songs that actually referred to war or peace in the title/artist rather than pick a song about but didn't reference it, we're 9 rounds in now and you're still failing!!
I concur Julie

I have zero sympathy, you had an opportunity to crack down on this early in your tenure. It was brought to your attention but you chose to adopt a laissez faire attitude. Those chickens have now come home to roost.

by Stella Wed Oct 07, 2015 8:33 pm

Wouldn't have happened in tino's day!!!

by Rowley Wed Oct 07, 2015 8:34 pm

Goes without say Stella

by **Hero** Wed Oct 07, 2015 9:26 pm

Rowley wrote:
Hero wrote:
Oh and for this round, was it really that hard to pick songs that actually referred to war or peace in the title/artist rather than pick a song about but didn't reference it, we're 9 rounds in now and you're still failing!!
I concur Julie

I have zero sympathy, you had an opportunity to crack down on this early in your tenure. It was brought to your attention but you chose to adopt a laissez faire attitude. Those chickens have now come home to roost.

I believe it's down to those that vote to decide if the nomination is worthy of the round rather than myself, democracy rather than dictatorship in the Music Cup.

by Rowley Wed Oct 07, 2015 9:32 pm

The public are idiots. They are not to be trusted.

by **JuliusHMarx** Wed Oct 07, 2015 9:37 pm

Stella wrote:Wouldn't have happened in tino's ~~day~~ several years!!!

by Stella Wed Oct 07, 2015 9:42 pm

JuliusHMarx wrote:
Stella wrote:Wouldn't have happened in tino's ~~day~~ several years!!!

I wasn't going to mention how slow he was/is!

by Rowley Wed Oct 07, 2015 10:07 pm

Better a slow competition run correctly than a hasty farce.

by **Hero** Wed Oct 07, 2015 10:28 pm

Rowley wrote:Better a slow competition run correctly than a hasty farce.

The last competition was riddled with vote rigging to try and stop me winning it!

by Rowley Wed Oct 07, 2015 10:30 pm

Were points awarded to choices that quite clearly did not fit the criteria?

by Hammersmith harrier Wed Oct 07, 2015 10:36 pm

It's a shambles, I have no doubt i'd cruising near the top were the rules adhered to

by **JuliusHMarx** Wed Oct 07, 2015 10:45 pm

It's a total shambles, I have no doubt I'd have zero points were the rules adhered to.

by **Hero** Wed Oct 07, 2015 10:58 pm

Fair enough.

Last round is cancelled.

by **JuliusHMarx** Wed Oct 07, 2015 11:10 pm

Hero wrote:Fair enough.

Last round is cancelled.

You absolute arsenic.

by **Hero** Wed Oct 07, 2015 11:13 pm

No point running a competition in which the contestants feel it's a shambles. Not like I take several hours out of my week to run it or anything.

by **JuliusHMarx** Wed Oct 07, 2015 11:17 pm

OK, it's a fair copper.

by **Dolphin Ziggler** Wed Oct 07, 2015 11:25 pm

Good work, Hero. You'd let these kids throw in their rancid opinions for too long. Rowley is acting like that annoying child in school who just echoed what the bigger boy said (Jules) whilst sucking up to the bully (ironically Tina in this situation, ludicrous given that he still gets beaten up by kids).

by Rowley Thu Oct 08, 2015 2:33 pm

Dolphin Ziggler wrote:Good work, Hero. You'd let these kids throw in their rancid opinions for too long. Rowley is acting like that annoying child in school who just echoed what the bigger boy said (Jules) whilst sucking up to the bully (ironically Tina in this situation, ludicrous given that he still gets beaten up by kids).

Sorry dolphin, I'm easily Lead.

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