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The TF Pick The Best Song Game – Game 127 – Music As Therapy - Congrats Mauriac

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The TF Pick The Best Song Game – Game 127 – Music As Therapy - Congrats Mauriac




Game No : 127


Category : Music As Therapy


(based on an original idea by sfar)




Category Chosen By : Silent Bird


Category Explanation (if needed)


Silent Bird said:
AdeyC said:
Hi,

Congrats on the Song Game win.

You know the ropes - you can either pick a category for the next game or choose to leave it an open game.

Can you let me know by 7pm what you'd like to choose.

A
Music as therapy

Songs that help you feel better.
They can be witty, funny, or just immensely enjoyable, relaxing, feel-good, joie de vivre songs, heartfelt, endearing, positive, clever,... you get the drill. I guess most people often listen to music to feel better, so this should be an easy and fairly open game.


THE ORIGINS OF THE GAME

Some time ago one of the nicest guys on the forum Sergio (sfar) tested out an idea he had for a Song Game, which involved people nominating a song – then at the end of it the songs were listed and people voted on their top three songs.

A few months later, as a Eurovision Song Contest nut, I had the thought of bringing the Eurovision element into it along with the voting system used there. We jointly once did some TT Olympic and TT Football specials and always made a great team so I checked with Sergio that he was OK for me to expand on his original idea, which he was, along with adding an interactive element of an interview with all participants about the songs and the game in general where everyone could put forward ideas and suggestions about the game, it's all really thanks to Sergio that this game started :worship: .

I once did a TT Eurovision special and gave the winner a heart-attack when I informed him that the Eurovision tradition is that the winner hosts the following year - instead the winner picks the next category.

Following that on 14th November 2013, the first ever TF Pick The Best Song Game was started.






HOW TO JOIN IN AND PLAY THE GAME


1. Send me a PM with any song that relates to the category above - along with the You Tube link if possible.

2. Make clear which is the song title and which is the artist.

3. When the deadline is over, I'll post all the songs in the thread (without the name of the user who sent it) for everyone to vote.

4.The song that gets the most points wins the game. In the event of a tie the song with the most 12 points will win, if that number is the same then it's the most 10 and so on.



For those who haven’t played before, anyone is welcome to play – here’s a link to all previous games which are housed at the TF Pick The Best Song Game Forum to see how it works :-​

- You can send your song until WEDNESDAY 1st JUNE 2016
- I'll publish all songs received on THURSDAY 2nd JUNE 2016
- You can vote your 10 favourite songs (which will be given 12, 10, 8-1 points respectively – the good old Eurovision format) from the published list


Semi-Final – One

Song One – The Magnetic Fields - A Chicken With Its Head Cut Off
Song Two - Catherine Zeta-Jones/Chicago – All That Jazz
Song Three – Kelela – Bank Head
Song Four – Vanessa Paradis – Be My Baby
Song Five – Benny Hill - Bianca
Song Six - Kings Of Convenience – Boat Behind
Song Seven - Middle Of The Road - Chirpy Chirpy Cheep Cheep
Song Eight - Howie Day - Collide
Song Nine – Dead Can Dance – Don’t Fade Away
Song Ten – Car Seat Headrest - Drunk Drivers/Killer Whales
Song Eleven – Jacob Faurholt – Floating In Space
Song Twelve – Violet - Hole
Song Thirteen – Aretha Franklin – I Say A Little Prayer
Song Fourteen - Sifjan Stevens – I Want To Be Well
Song Fifteen – Charlene – I’ve Never Been To Me
Song Sixteen - Feist – Let It Die
Song Seventeen– Big Country – Look Away
Song Eighteen – Barcelona Gipsy balKan Orchestra – Lule Lule


Semi-Final – Two

Song Nineteen - 17 Hippies – Mad Bad Cat
Song Twenty - DJ Snake ft. Bipolar Sunshine - Middle
Song Twenty-One – Natalie Merchant - Motherland
Song Twenty-Two – Groove Armada – My Friend
Song Twenty-Three – Solex – One Louder Solex
Song Twenty-Four - Gorky's Zygotic Mynci – Patio Song
Song Twenty-Five - The Residents – Shut Up! Shut Up!
Song Twenty-Six - Christina Aguilera – Sing For Me
Song Twenty-Seven - Paperwhite - Storm
Song Twenty-Eight – Kanye West - Stronger
Song Twenty-Nine– The Exciters – Tell Him (Live)
Song Thirty - Dhafer Youssef - Un soupir éternel
Song Thirty-One - Ayumi Hamasaki – Voyage
Song Thirty-Two - M83 – Wait
Song Thirty-Three - Raphael Roginski - Walkers With The Down
Song Thirty-Four - Vallis Alps – Young
Song Thirty-Five - Silvia – Zuerst Ich


Final

Song One – The Magnetic Fields - A Chicken With Its Head Cut Off
Song Two– Kelela – Bank Head
Song Three – Vanessa Paradis – Be My Baby
Song Four - Kings Of Convenience – Boat Behind
Song Five – Dead Can Dance – Don’t Fade Away
Song Six – Car Seat Headrest - Drunk Drivers/Killer Whales
Song Seven – Jacob Faurholt – Floating In Space
Song Eight – Violet - Hole
Song Nine – Aretha Franklin – I Say A Little Prayer
Song Ten - Feist – Let It Die
Song Eleven - 17 Hippies – Mad Bad Cat
Song Twelve – Natalie Merchant - Motherland
Song Thirteen – Groove Armada – My Friend
Song Fourteen – Solex – One Louder Solex
Song Fifteen - Paperwhite - Storm
Song Sixteen - Dhafer Youssef - Un soupir éternel
Song Seventeen - M83 – Wait
Song Eighteen - Raphael Roginski - Walkers With The Down
Song Nineteen - Vallis Alps – Young
Song Twenty - Silvia – Zuerst Ich





SEMI FINAL VOTING DEADLINE - FRIDAY 10TH JUNE 2016

FINAL VOTING DEADLINE - TUESDAY 14th JUNE 2016

VOTING CEREMONY – WEDNESDAY 15th JUNE 2016

DEADLINES FOR EVERYTHING IS 7PM UK TIME – UNLESS OTHERWISE STATED – Here’s a link to what the time is in the UK :-
local time


Code:
[U]HOW TO SEND VOTES[/U]

You pick your ten favourite songs, [U]you cannot vote for the song you have nominated yourself[/U] – 
you award 12 points to your favourite, 10 points to your second favourite, 8 points to your third favourite, 
7 points to your fourth favourite and so on up to your tenth favourite.

Your votes should look like this

PLEASE VOTE FOR SONG TITLES

SEMI FINAL - ONE

12 – Song Title
10 – Song Title
8 – Song Title
7 – Song Title
6 – Song Title
5 – Song Title
4 – Song Title
3 – Song Title
2 – Song Title
1 – Song Title

SEMI FINAL - TWO

12 – Song Title
10 – Song Title
8 – Song Title
7 – Song Title
6 – Song Title
5 – Song Title
4 – Song Title
3 – Song Title
2 – Song Title
1 – Song Title
In case forum ever goes down or my inbox gets full my E mail is adriancollins@hotmail.com

The winner of the game will also be awarded this magnificent Smile Trophy, which has been designed and created by the finest craftsmen on the planet and is a widely sought item which will look good on any shelf and also gets to choose a Category for Game 131 if they wish to :)





Heres the songs in list format for those who use Florin's sheet to rank the songs at :

https://www.dropbox.com/s/kihtk84tfk5mvld/bsg-rank%20songs.xlsx?dl=0


A Chicken With Its Head Cut Off
All That Jazz
Bank Head
Be My Baby
Bianca
Boat Behind
Chirpy Chirpy Cheep Cheep
Collide
Don't Fade Away
Drunk Drivers/Killer Whales
Floating In Space
Hole
I Say A Little Prayer
I Want To Be Well
I've Never Been To Me
Let It Die
Look Away
Lule Lule
Mad Bad Cat
Middle
Motherland
My Friend
One Louder Solex
Patio Song
Shut Up! Shut Up!
Sing For Me
Storm
Stronger
Tell Him (Live)
Un soupir éternel
Voyage
Wait
Walkers With The Down
Young
Zuerst Ich




There you go guys, there's the link to the MP3's

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#9 ·
Re: The TF Pick The Best Song Game – Game 127 – Music As Therapy



RANKINGS POINTS

The following rankings points are given at the end of each game :





Although the game didn't immediately start at one every week, it was fairly early in the run of games that it became a weekly game, so to make things simple I've counted every game as one week.

Rankings are compiled from the last 52 games - the best 16 scores during the last 52 games count to the players total ranking.

With huge thanks and acknowledgement to Markus for doing a lot of the inputting of and clearing the then backlog :worship:

 
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Re: The TF Pick The Best Song Game – Game 127 – Music As Therapy



RANKINGS – AFTER GAME 123




Code:
RKG (PRE) NAME................  .PTS ..# 16th next off (72)
001 (001) histery.............  1400 .51 ..60 .100
002 (003) Silent Bird.........  1175 .50 ..45 ..35
003 (002) Milan...............  1090 .50 ..35 ...1
004 (004) Beat................  1065 .45 ..45 ...1
005 (007) King Wally..........  .980 .45 ..40 ...0
006 (005) Big_Banana..........  .955 .37 ..20 ...0
007 (006) TennisFan102........  .955 .52 ..30 ...1
008 (008) Shvedbarilescu......  .940 .52 ..40 ..55
009 (009) Hugues Daniel.......  .860 .49 ..25 ...1
010 (010) Baraboo.............  .851 .38 ..18 ..45
011 (012) N.M.................  .851 .23 ..12 ...0
012 (011) SilverPersian.......  .845 .50 ..25 ...1
013 (013) Javi................  .820 .27 ..25 ...0
014 (014) Mustafina...........  .814 .39 ..16 ...1
015 (015) zvonarevarulz.......  .758 .49 ..18 ..12
016 (016) Thanos..............  .737 .37 ..16 ...0
017 (017) Wanderer............  .736 .42 ..14 ..16
018 (018) Monzanator..........  .726 .48 ..14 ..85
019 (019) drg.................  .694 .33 ..16 ...0
020 (020) stromatolite........  .687 .32 ..16 ...0
021 (021) Slazorin............  .678 .51 ..18 ...1
022 (022) TIEFSEE.............  .638 .49 ..16 ...1
023 (026) fufuqifuqishahah....  .609 .52 ...1 ...1
024 (023) eck.................  .606 .33 ...8 ..25
025 (024) Perun...............  .606 .40 ..10 ...0
026 (025) salmon pants........  .603 .50 ..18 ..30
027 (028) John................  .568 .52 ..10 ...1
028 (027) wayitis.............  .558 .17 ...1 ...0
029 (029) James...............  .495 .17 ...1 ..70
030 (030) dogwonder24.........  .455 .15 ...0 ..60
031 (031) DollyRose...........  .440 .25 ...1 ...6
032 (032) Litotes.............  .434 .52 ...4 ..10
033 (033) Princess-GIORGI.....  .432 .35 ...4 ...0
034 (034) AdeyC...............  .401 .52 ...6 ...1
035 (035) Mauriac.............  .391 .30 ...4 ...0
036 (037) Northstar...........  .352 .21 ...1 ...1
037 (036) Leif................  .349 .29 ...8 ...8
038 (038) Haimar..............  .343 .13 ...0 ...1
039 (039) JMG.................  .326 .13 ...0 ...0
040 (041) Cesare Borgia.......  .310 .18 ...1 ..18
041 (040) Crux Squall.........  .303 .41 ...1 ...1
042 (043) Avada Kedavra!......  .298 .31 ...1 ...0
043 (047) Rui.................  .271 .11 ...0 ...0
044 (044) Chastainiac.........  .264 .20 ...1 ...0
045 (042) Serg................  .264 .14 ...0 ...1
046 (046) AmtrakQuebec........  .230 .11 ...0 ...0
047 (048) Sephir..............  .203 .11 ...0 ...0
048 (049) Andreas.............  .201 ..5 ...0 ...0
049 (051) ArturJFC............  .191 .11 ...0 ...0
050 (050) Poldo...............  .190 .22 ...1 ...1
051 (045) Bonfire.............  .188 ..6 ...0 ..14
052 (053) resident_bizarre....  .168 ..7 ...0 ...0
053 (054) Neko................  .157 ..5 ...0 ..50
054 (055) ElusiveChanteuse....  .151 .10 ...0 ...0
055 (052) Gagsy...............  .140 .11 ...0 ...1
056 (056) Igorche.............  .126 .17 ...1 ...1
057 (058) traddles............  .119 ..6 ...0 ...0
058 (059) Utautai.............  .119 .14 ...0 ...0
059 (062) Matmagix............  .103 .15 ...0 ...0
060 (061) Merxes..............  .102 .12 ...0 ..20
061 (057) ^bibi^..............  ..90 ..8 ...0 ..40
062 (063) Lord Choc Ice.......  ..72 ..7 ...0 ...0
063 (060) G&R.................  ..67 ..8 ...0 ...0
064 (064) The Walking Bye.....  ..64 ..5 ...0 ...0
065 (065) Coco Hero...........  ..60 ..4 ...0 ...0
066 (066) josejaviergud.......  ..60 ..4 ...0 ...0
067 (067) paulxx23............  ..49 ..8 ...0 ...0
068 (068) DJDVD...............  ..45 ..6 ...0 ...0
069 (069) Shia................  ..45 .16 ...1 ...0
070 (070) Punky...............  ..38 ..4 ...0 ...0
071 (072) nathanj594..........  ..36 ..2 ...0 ...0
072 (074) chaton..............  ..35 ..1 ...0 ...0
073 (071) Marcus1979..........  ..35 ..1 ...0 ...0
074 (075) Potapovushina.......  ..35 ..6 ...0 ...0
075 (073) Soliloque...........  ..34 ..5 ...0 ...0
076 (076) Ilovetheblues_86....  ..26 ..2 ...0 ...0
077 (077) ranfurly............  ..26 ..2 ...0 ...0
078 (078) Wildfire............  ..25 ..1 ...0 ...0
079 (080) Queen Vika..........  ..10 ..5 ...0 ...0
080 (081) Otlichno............  ...9 ..2 ...0 ...0
081 (082) Mikulescu...........  ...8 ..1 ...0 ...0
082 (083) Cristian Gullden....  ...8 ..1 ...0 ...0
083 (084) Alwaysfan...........  ...7 ..2 ...0 ...0
084 (085) J99.................  ...6 ..6 ...0 ...0
085 (087) paulmara............  ...5 ..2 ...0 ...0
086 (086) SArcher.............  ...4 ..1 ...0 ...4
087 (089) JustPetko...........  ...4 ..1 ...0 ...0
088 (088) Pretty Backhand.....  ...3 ..3 ...0 ...1
089 (093) Lazar...............  ...2 ..2 ...0 ...0
090 (094) Singleniacki........  ...2 ..2 ...0 ...0
091 (090) AaronLHernandez.....  ...1 ..1 ...0 ...1
092 (091) Alycia..............  ...1 ..1 ...0 ...1
093 (095) elirj70.............  ...1 ..1 ...0 ...0
094 (092) MaryportFuninsun....  ...1 ..1 ...0 ...1
095 (096) Power Shot..........  ...1 ..1 ...0 ...0
096 (097) CrossCourt~Rally....  ...1 ..1 ...0 ...0
097 (098) mariusz_pol.........  ...1 ..1 ...0 ...0
098 (099) Nico................  ...1 ..1 ...0 ...0
099 (100) PatsyStone..........  ...1 ..1 ...0 ...0
100 (101) Selenator...........  ...1 ..1 ...0 ...0
101 (102) Serena-rules-no1....  ...1 ..1 ...0 ...0
102 (103) sfar................  ...1 ..1 ...0 ...0
103 (104) Shifty-Eyed Dog.....  ...1 ..1 ...0 ...0
104 (105) Zephyr..............  ...1 ..1 ...0 ...0
WEEKS AT NUMBER ONE

Code:
histery         49      (74, 76-123)
^bibi^  	29	(30-58)
NeKo    	24	(6-29)
dogwonder24	11	(59-69)
Mustafina       4       (70-73)
John    	3	(1-3)
AdeyC   	1	(4)
Gadis Desa	1	(5)
Beat            1       (75)
 
#13 ·
Re: The TF Pick The Best Song Game – Game 127 – Music As Therapy - Nominate!!!!!!!!!!

I used to listen to some music because I knew it would make me cry. I think that felt somewhat therapeutic. :tears:
 
#14 ·
Re: The TF Pick The Best Song Game – Game 127 – Music As Therapy - Nominate!!!!!!!!!!

appropriate theme is appropriate.

therapy to me is about facing the truth, especially about yourself. so music as therapy doesn't necessarily mean escapism to me. but i guess that's not really what this theme is about. i'll go with the "joie de vivre" bit in the description. or maybe i can find something that addresses both.
 
#15 ·
Re: The TF Pick The Best Song Game – Game 127 – Music As Therapy - Nominate!!!!!!!!!!

Oops I should have read the description. :crazy: So if anyone wonders who sent the really sad song. :tears:

I guess being moved or awed is very therapeutic to me and makes me feel better that life is still worth living.
 
#16 ·
Re: The TF Pick The Best Song Game – Game 127 – Music As Therapy - Nominate!!!!!!!!!!

Cool theme :cheer:

I'm only coming up with desperate vulture nominations at the moment though :oh:
 
#17 ·
Re: The TF Pick The Best Song Game – Game 127 – Music As Therapy - Nominate!!!!!!!!!!

Yeah, therapy doesn't necessary equal "feel good / make feel better", but I didn't mean this theme in the most academic way. The key is to send something that 'helps' you, whatever 'help' means for you. It's usually something that makes you temporarily feel better, I'm sure most people have such songs. But it's quite an open theme at the end of the day.
 
#20 ·
Re: The TF Pick The Best Song Game – Game 127 – Music As Therapy - Nominate!!!!!!!!!!

I sent something that answers my way what is asked. Not exactly anything I would send for any game. But with the theme in mind, I went right away to some kind of stuff. Then I had several options, and chose one of them. One that means a lot historically, with much to be said about.

The little problem I have with this game, is that you can't speak much about the song you sent to not let it guessed, and once the song is revealed and the game is finished, nobody cares anymore of what you'll say about it. I'm dealing with it, though. I'm probably still too naive for thinking people are much interested in reading what you have to say about what you love. I probably know it helps me more than anyone else in the first place. And now that's a brilliant answer to the theme. :grin2:

My evolution as of late regarding this point ("nobody cares"), not especially about this game only but anything you do, is that there's something universal you have to stay aware of. I'm not sure I care of interesting people right away, I'm hardly an attention seeker. I just feel at peace with the universe and my inner state of living and delivering. You don't speak with other humans, or not necessarily with humans of your time. You speak with the universe. You speak because you are. You live, and you're part of the world.

Marguerite Duras said (but she's not the only one) that any work (of art or else), as unknown as it may be, exists. Any work which is susceptible of being discovered, or never discovered, exists. It exists not because it is discovered, but because it can be discovered. In the end, the discovery rewards the curious. The curious will care of sharing. As for the creator, with a small "c", he's just discovering what he's able to do, and that may be enough.

Some thoughts of the day. Not sure it's on topic, though. :lol:

Marguerite Duras was a writer, but she wrote the lyrics of that song. I love how the music shines like something that stays in the shadow. That's often what I feel from this kind of music, the so-called "cabaret" one (think of Kurt Weill, Marlene Dietrich, Randy Newman...).



That song has absolutely nothing to do with the one I sent for this game, though.
 
#24 ·
Re: The TF Pick The Best Song Game – Game 127 – Music As Therapy - Nominate!!!!!!!!!!

My song is going to be mauled here. Might just refrain from reading this thread :oh:
 
#29 ·
Re: The TF Pick The Best Song Game – Game 127 – Music As Therapy - Nominate!!!!!!!!!!

I haven't entered mine yet and will probably leave it to the last day as usual but I have a pretty good idea what I am going to enter for this one and I really am particularly excited about this one.
 
#32 ·
Re: The TF Pick The Best Song Game – Game 127 – Music As Therapy - Nominate!!!!!!!!!!

Fuuuck, so many songs and artists are already known here. :eek: So either the musical taste is on average pretty good here or I have a more basic taste than I hoped. Lets go with the former. ;)
 
#35 ·
Re: The TF Pick The Best Song Game – Game 127 – Music As Therapy - Nominate!!!!!!!!!!

Fuuuck, so many songs and artists are already known here. :eek: So either the musical taste is on average pretty good here or I have a more basic taste than I hoped. Lets go with the former. ;)
Answer it on Adey's most famous interview. :oh:
 
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