Music Cup 2015 Round 9: War & Peace

by **Hero** Mon 05 Oct 2015, 12:06 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 05 Oct 2015, 12:23 pm

Two Tribes, Toy Soldiers, and Atomic

by nadeem2099 Mon 05 Oct 2015, 12:42 pm

War, Bin Laden and Mosh

by **JuliusHMarx** Mon 05 Oct 2015, 12:59 pm

Stella wrote:Two Tribes, Toy Soldiers, and Atomic

Same here.

by **superflyweight** Mon 05 Oct 2015, 1:08 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 05 Oct 2015, 1:13 pm

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

by **seanmichaels** Mon 05 Oct 2015, 1:16 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 05 Oct 2015, 1:18 pm

You're like an encyclopedia of celeb nudity.

by **rIck_dAgless** Mon 05 Oct 2015, 1:19 pm

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

He has a pornographic memory...

by Guest Mon 05 Oct 2015, 1:21 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 05 Oct 2015, 1:49 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 05 Oct 2015, 1:50 pm

I doff my cap to that one.

by compelling and rich Mon 05 Oct 2015, 5:29 pm

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

by **Dolphin Ziggler** Mon 05 Oct 2015, 5:44 pm

Bud, Curtis and Immortal Technique.

by Hammersmith harrier Mon 05 Oct 2015, 7:05 pm

Sabbath, Megadeth (incorrect song title) and RATM.

by Rowley Mon 05 Oct 2015, 7:56 pm

Philistines, the lot of you.

by **Galted** Mon 05 Oct 2015, 8:12 pm

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

Creepily accurate.

by Trebs Mon 05 Oct 2015, 8:33 pm

Mans Zelmerlow won Eurovision this year Whistle

by **Dolphin Ziggler** Mon 05 Oct 2015, 8:37 pm

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

by The Womble Tue 06 Oct 2015, 11:32 am

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

by Trebs Wed 07 Oct 2015, 12:00 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 07 Oct 2015, 12:31 pm

It is. That song won me a tidy sum too

by **JuliusHMarx** Wed 07 Oct 2015, 1:30 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 07 Oct 2015, 2:48 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 07 Oct 2015, 2:56 pm

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

by Davie Wed 07 Oct 2015, 2:56 pm

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

by Stella Wed 07 Oct 2015, 2:58 pm

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

Atomic!

by **JuliusHMarx** Wed 07 Oct 2015, 3:02 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 07 Oct 2015, 3:32 pm

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

Atomic!

And your point is?

by **seanmichaels** Wed 07 Oct 2015, 3:34 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 07 Oct 2015, 3:34 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 07 Oct 2015, 4:16 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 07 Oct 2015, 7:25 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 07 Oct 2015, 7:33 pm

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

by Rowley Wed 07 Oct 2015, 7:34 pm

Goes without say Stella

by **Hero** Wed 07 Oct 2015, 8:26 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 07 Oct 2015, 8:32 pm

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

by **JuliusHMarx** Wed 07 Oct 2015, 8:37 pm

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

by Stella Wed 07 Oct 2015, 8:42 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 07 Oct 2015, 9:07 pm

Better a slow competition run correctly than a hasty farce.

by **Hero** Wed 07 Oct 2015, 9:28 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 07 Oct 2015, 9:30 pm

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

by Hammersmith harrier Wed 07 Oct 2015, 9:36 pm

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

by **JuliusHMarx** Wed 07 Oct 2015, 9:45 pm

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

by **Hero** Wed 07 Oct 2015, 9:58 pm

Fair enough.

Last round is cancelled.

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

Hero wrote:Fair enough.

Last round is cancelled.

You absolute arsenic.

by **Hero** Wed 07 Oct 2015, 10:13 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 07 Oct 2015, 10:17 pm

OK, it's a fair copper.

by **Dolphin Ziggler** Wed 07 Oct 2015, 10:25 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 08 Oct 2015, 1:33 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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