For those long, cold winter nights, what would go best with a hot mulled wine next to the fireplace? A chill, cozy playlist of course.
People should send songs for that playlist, that would include more quiet, downtempo, lo-fi and overall restrained songs, in order to match the described atmosphere.
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 .
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 – MAKE SURE YOU CHECK THE SONGS USED LIST TO CHECK THAT THE SONG HASN’T BEEN USED BEFORE
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 Sub-Forum to see how it works :-
- You can send your song until WEDNESDAY 1st JANUARY 2020
- I'll publish all songs received on THURSDAY 2nd JANUARY 2020
- 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 – Harry Nilsson - All I Think About Is You
Song Two – Men I Trust - Break For Lovers
Song Three – Sade - By Your Side
Song Four – H.e.r. & Bryson Tiller - Could've Been
Song Five – Elvis Presley - Crying In The Chapel
Song Six – Charlotte Gainsbourg - Don't Forget To Forget Me
Song Seven – Julius Brockington - Forty Nine Reasons
Song Eight – Maggie Reilly - Gaia
Song Nine – Black Ice - I Just Wanna Hold You
Song Ten – Travis ft. Josephine Oniyama - Idlewild
Song Eleven – Robin Trower - I'm Out To Get You
Song Twelve – The Royalettes - It's Gonna Take A Miracle
Song Thirteen – Paloma San Basilio - La fiesta termino
Song Fourteen – Abby Lyons - Mamma Mia
Semi-Final - Two
Song Fifteen – Holly Cole - My Foolish Heart
Song Sixteen – Big Thief - Mythological Beauty
Song Seventeen – Barbara Manning - Rickety Tickety Tin
Song Eighteen – Shawn Mendes and Camila Cabello - Señorita
Song Nineteen – Jeremy Soule - Skyrim Atmosphere
Song Twenty – Judee Sill - The Kiss
Song Twenty-One – Of The Wand and The Moon - The Raven Chant
Song Twenty-Two – Lambchop - This Corrosion
Song Twenty-Three – Jessica Pratt - This Time Around
Song Twenty-Four – Stella Donnelly - Time After Time
Song Twenty-Five – The xx - VCR
Song Twenty-Six - Pendentif - Vertige Exhaussé
Song Twenty-Seven - Boogie Belgique - Volta
Song Twenty-Eight - Cluster - Zum Wohl
Final
Song One – Harry Nilsson - All I Think About Is You
Song Two – Men I Trust - Break For Lovers
Song Three – Sade - By Your Side
Song Four – Elvis Presley - Crying In The Chapel
Song Five – Charlotte Gainsbourg - Don't Forget To Forget Me
Song Six – Julius Brockington - Forty Nine Reasons
Song Seven – Maggie Reilly - Gaia
Song Eight – Travis ft. Josephine Oniyama - Idlewild
Song Nine – Robin Trower - I'm Out To Get You
Song Ten – The Royalettes - It's Gonna Take A Miracle
Song Eleven – Big Thief - Mythological Beauty
Song Twelve – Barbara Manning - Rickety Tickety Tin
Song Thirteen – Judee Sill - The Kiss
Song Fourteen – Of The Wand and The Moon - The Raven Chant
Song Fifteen – Lambchop - This Corrosion
Song Sixteen – Jessica Pratt - This Time Around
Song Seventeen – The xx - VCR
Song Eighteen - Pendentif - Vertige Exhaussé
Song Nineteen - Boogie Belgique - Volta
Song Twenty - Cluster - Zum Wohl
SEMI FINAL VOTING DEADLINE - FRIDAY 10th JANUARY 2020
FINAL VOTING DEADLINE - WEDNESDAY 15th JANUARY 2020
VOTING CEREMONY – THURSDAY 16th JANUARY 2020
DEADLINES FOR EVERYTHING IS 7PM UK TIME – UNLESS OTHERWISE STATED – Here’s a link to what the time is in the UK :- local time
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[COLOR="Red"][U]HOW TO SEND VOTES[/U][/COLOR]
You pick your ten favourite songs, TEN IN EACH OF THEIR OWN SEMI-FINALS [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 Title7
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
The winner of the game will also be awarded this magnificent Flame 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
Heres the songs in list format for those who use Florin's sheet to rank the songs at :
SEMI FINAL - ONE
All I Think About Is You
Break For Lovers
By Your Side
Could've Been
Crying In The Chapel
Don't Forget To Forget Me
Forty Nine Reasons
Gaia
I Just Wanna Hold You
Idlewild
I'm Out To Get You
It's Gonna Take A Miracle
La fiesta termino
Mamma Mia
SEMI FINAL - TWO
My Foolish Heart
Mythological Beauty
Rickety Tickety Tin
Señorita
Skyrim Atmosphere
The Kiss
The Raven Chant
This Corrosion
This Time Around
Time After Time
VCR
Vertige Exhaussé
Volta
Zum Wohl
A song can only ever picked once in the game (the same song sung by a different artist can be chosen) - below is a link to a listing of all of the songs chosen so far in Song Title order and also in Artist Order
Song One – Harry Nilsson - All I Think About Is You
Song Two – Men I Trust - Break For Lovers
Song Three – Sade - By Your Side
Song Four – H.e.r. & Bryson Tiller - Could've Been
Song Five – Elvis Presley - Crying In The Chapel
Song Six – Charlotte Gainsbourg - Don't Forget To Forget Me
Song Seven – Julius Brockington - Forty Nine Reasons
Song Eight – Maggie Reilly - Gaia
Song Nine – Black Ice - I Just Wanna Hold You
Song Ten – Travis ft. Josephine Oniyama - Idlewild
Song Eleven – Robin Trower - I'm Out To Get You
Song Twelve – The Royalettes - It's Gonna Take A Miracle
Song Thirteen – Paloma San Basilio - La fiesta termino
Song Fourteen – Abby Lyons - Mamma Mia
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[COLOR="Red"][B][U]HOW TO SEND VOTES[/U][/B][/COLOR]
You pick your ten favourite songs, [B][U]you cannot vote for the song you have nominated yourself[/U][/B] –
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
Semi-Final One
12 – Song X
10 – Song X
8 – Song X
7 – Song X
6 – Song X
5 – Song X
4 – Song X
3 – Song X
2 – Song X
1 – Song X
Semi-Final Two
12 – Song X
10 – Song X
8 – Song X
7 – Song X
6 – Song X
5 – Song X
4 – Song X
3 – Song X
2 – Song X
1 – Song X
Deadline for receiving your votes is FRIDAY 10th JANUARY 2020 - 7pm UK TIME (TBC)
Please send your votes to AdeyC
PLEASE VOTE FOR THE SONG TITLE
Song Seventeen – Barbara Manning - Rickety Tickety Tin
Song Eighteen – Shawn Mendes and Camila Cabello - Señorita
Song Nineteen – Jeremy Soule - Skyrim Atmosphere
Song Twenty – Judee Sill - The Kiss
Song Twenty-One – Of The Wand and The Moon - The Raven Chant
Song Twenty-Two – Lambchop - This Corrosion
Song Twenty-Three – Jessica Pratt - This Time Around
Song Twenty-Four – Stella Donnelly - Time After Time
Song Twenty-Five – The xx - VCR
Song Twenty-Six - Pendentif - Vertige Exhaussé
Song Twenty-Seven - Boogie Belgique - Volta
Song Twenty-Eight - Cluster - Zum Wohl
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[COLOR="Red"][B][U]HOW TO SEND VOTES[/U][/B][/COLOR]
You pick your ten favourite songs, [B][U]you cannot vote for the song you have nominated yourself[/U][/B] –
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
Semi-Final One
12 – Song X
10 – Song X
8 – Song X
7 – Song X
6 – Song X
5 – Song X
4 – Song X
3 – Song X
2 – Song X
1 – Song X
Semi-Final Two
12 – Song X
10 – Song X
8 – Song X
7 – Song X
6 – Song X
5 – Song X
4 – Song X
3 – Song X
2 – Song X
1 – Song X
Deadline for receiving your votes is FRIDAY 10th JANUARY 2020 - 7pm UK TIME (TBC)
Please send your votes to AdeyC
PLEASE VOTE FOR THE SONG TITLE
Song One – Harry Nilsson - All I Think About Is You
Song Two – Men I Trust - Break For Lovers
Song Three – Sade - By Your Side
Song Four – Elvis Presley - Crying In The Chapel
Song Five – Charlotte Gainsbourg - Don't Forget To Forget Me
Song Six – Julius Brockington - Forty Nine Reasons
Song Seven – Maggie Reilly - Gaia
Song Eight – Travis ft. Josephine Oniyama - Idlewild
Song Nine – Robin Trower - I'm Out To Get You
Song Ten – The Royalettes - It's Gonna Take A Miracle
Song Eleven – Big Thief - Mythological Beauty
Song Twelve – Barbara Manning - Rickety Tickety Tin
Song Thirteen – Judee Sill - The Kiss
Song Fourteen – Of The Wand and The Moon - The Raven Chant
Song Fifteen – Lambchop - This Corrosion
Song Sixteen – Jessica Pratt - This Time Around
Song Seventeen – The xx - VCR
Song Eighteen - Pendentif - Vertige Exhaussé
Song Nineteen - Boogie Belgique - Volta
Song Twenty - Cluster - Zum Wohl
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[COLOR="Red"][B][U]HOW TO SEND VOTES[/U][/B][/COLOR]
You pick your ten favourite songs [B][U]you cannot vote for the song you have nominated yourself[/U][/B] –
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
[B][SIZE="6"]
PLEASE VOTE FOR SONG TITLES
[/SIZE][/B]
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
PLEASE VOTE FOR THE SONG TITLE
DEADLINES FOR EVERYTHING IS ALWAYS 7PM UK TIME – UNLESS OTHERWISE STATED – Here’s a link to what the time is in the UK :- local time
Deadline for receiving your votes is WEDNESDAY 15th JANUARY 2020 7pm UK Time
Voting Ceremony will be THURSDAY 16th JANUARY 2020 – 8pm – might possibly be on the 17th
PLEASE VOTE FOR THE SONG TITLE
Please send your votes to AdeyC
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
Always the same dilemma: going for the song that is pitch perfect for the theme but that doesn't stand a chance of winning, or going for that song that's ok theme-wise but has a reasonable chance of winning.