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The TF Pick The Best Song Game – Game 308 – I Can Hear Smiles - Congratulations to Random Run

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Game No : 308

Category : I Can Hear Smiles

(based on an original idea by sfar)








Category Chosen By : Shvedbarilescu






Hi Adey,







Okaaaaay......so it's now up to me to create a theme. Hmmmm....... (I love doing this....really :D )







The theme of this game will be "I can hear smiles".







What the hell does that mean? Well for many years I have always felt I can hear smiles when I listen to music. I am sure too, that I am not alone in this. What I mean by that is that I believe when one listens to music one can pick up on the enjoyment of the musicians making the music. And often that pleasure/enjoyment is contagious and I end up feeling it as well.







So what we are looking for in this game is songs in which one can sense the enjoyment and happiness of the musicians involved. We are looking here for music motivated by the love and joy of making music, rather than by the desire to shift units and make lots of money. We are looking here for music made for the fun of it rather than for the commerce.







This theme shouldn't be about genres, although inevitable it is more suited to some genres than others. What we are not looking for in this game is music made on a laptop computer. We are not looking for music that is made by a committee of multiple producers working in a studio using samples and layers of overdubs. We are not looking for music that has taken years of hard work to create. Tame Impala, Dark Side Of the Moon, Sgt Pepper, Katy Perry and Grimes can all be given a miss for this game I think.







What we are looking for is musicians working to together and having fun. Spontaneity, improvisation and warts and all imperfections of all sorts are all very welcome. Although a degree of overdubbing is allowed, the music of this game should have a live feel. Yes, live recordings are welcome in this theme, but so are studio recordings that have a live, spontaneous vibe as well. Finally, we are looking for organic instruments. So real drums, bongos even cardboard boxes for percussion are cool, programmed drumbeats on the other hand, we can save for another game.







I think all this should be clear. Fingers crossed. Honestly I respect all you guys enough that I am confident you will get my drift.







Well there you are Adey, that's the theme. I think it should work out pretty well.... but as always the proof will be in the pudding. :ROFLMAO:







All the best,















Chris






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 – 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 :-





The TF Pick The Best Song Game Forum





- You can send your song until WEDNESDAY 22nd JANUARY 2020

- I'll publish all songs received on THURSDAY 23rd 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 – Embryo - Cello Cello
Song Two – Eartha Kitt - Champagne Taste
Song Three – Thee Oh Sees - Contraption / Soul Desert
Song Four – Boney M - Daddy Cool
Song Five – Liliput - Dolly-Dollar
Song Six – Tom Johnson - Failing: A Very Difficult Piece for String Bass
Song Seven – Blondie - In The Sun
Song Eight – Henry Cow - Industry
Song Nine – Shuggie Otis - Inspiration Information
Song Ten – Nina Morato - Je suis un vrai garçon
Song Eleven – Warren Zevon - Keep My In Your Heart
Song Twelve – Toundra - Kitsune
Song Thirteen – Gregory - LSD et Systeme D



Semi-Final - Two


Song Fourteen – Johnnie Frierson - Miracles
Song Fifteen – Denise Lasalle - My Toot Toot
Song Sixteen – Free - Remember
Song Seventeen – Ikire - Shiranaisekaimo Miakita
Song Eighteen – Shooby Taylor - Stout-Hearted Men
Song Nineteen – Yasuaki Shimizu - Suiren
Song Twenty – The Comet Is Coming - Summon The Fire
Song Twenty-One – Boy Krazy - That's What Love Can Do
Song Twenty-Two – Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble - The House Is Rockin'
Song Twenty-Three – Bob Marley - Three Little Birds
Song Twenty-Four – Mick Softley - Time Machine
Song Twenty-Five – Israel "IZ" Kamakawiwo'ole - White Sandy Beach
Song Twenty-Six – Paul Westerberg - World Class Fad



Final


Song One – Embryo - Cello Cello
Song Two – Eartha Kitt - Champagne Taste
Song Three – Thee Oh Sees - Contraption / Soul Desert
Song Four – Boney M - Daddy Cool
Song Five – Liliput - Dolly-Dollar
Song Six – Blondie - In The Sun
Song Seven – Henry Cow - Industry
Song Eight – Shuggie Otis - Inspiration Information
Song Nine – Ween – Ocean Man
Song Ten – Gregory - LSD et Systeme D
Song Eleven – Johnnie Frierson - Miracles
Song Twelve – Denise Lasalle - My Toot Toot
Song Thirteen – Free - Remember
Song Fourteen – Ikire - Shiranaisekaimo Miakita
Song Fifteen – Yasuaki Shimizu - Suiren
Song Sixteen – The Comet Is Coming - Summon The Fire
Song Seventeen – Bob Marley - Three Little Birds
Song Eighteen – Mick Softley - Time Machine
Song Nineteen – Israel "IZ" Kamakawiwo'ole - White Sandy Beach
Song Twenty – Paul Westerberg - World Class Fad







SEMI FINAL VOTING DEADLINE - FRIDAY 31st JANUARY 2020

FINAL VOTING DEADLINE - WEDNESDAY 5th FEBRUARY 2020

VOTING CEREMONY – THURSDAY 6th FEBRUARY 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


Code:
[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

In case the 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 the option to pick the category for Game 311







Emoticon Smile Face Facial expression Laugh

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

SEMI FINAL - ONE
Cello Cello
Champagne Taste
Contraption / Soul Desert
Daddy Cool
Dolly-Dollar
Failing: A Very Difficult Piece for String Bass
In The Sun
Industry
Inspiration Information
Je suis un vrai garçon
Keep Me In Your Heart
Kitsune
LSD et Systeme D
SEMI FINAL - TWO
Miracles
My Toot Toot
Remember
Shiranaisekaimo Miakita
Stout-Hearted Men
Suiren
Summon The Fire
That's What Love Can Do
The House Is Rockin'
Three Little Birds
Time Machine
White Sandy Beach
World Class Fad


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

The TF Pick The Best Song Game - Game 308

NOTE – SONG 22 CANNOT BE DOWNLOADED

 
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Semi-Final - One


Song One – Embryo - Cello Cello


Song Two – Eartha Kitt - Champagne Taste


Song Three – Thee Oh Sees - Contraption / Soul Desert


Song Four – Boney M - Daddy Cool


Song Five – Liliput - Dolly-Dollar


Song Six – Tom Johnson - Failing: A Very Difficult Piece for String Bass


Song Seven – Blondie - In The Sun


Song Eight – Henry Cow - Industry


Song Nine – Shuggie Otis - Inspiration Information


Song Ten – Nina Morato - Je suis un vrai garçon


Song Eleven – Warren Zevon - Keep My In Your Heart


Song Twelve – Toundra - Kitsune


Song Thirteen – Gregory - LSD et Systeme D





Code:
[/size]

 [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 31st JANUARY 2020 - 7pm UK TIME (TBC)
Please send your votes to AdeyC
PLEASE VOTE FOR THE SONG TITLE





 
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Semi-Final - Two


Song Fourteen – Johnnie Frierson - Miracles


Song Fifteen – Denise Lasalle - My Toot Toot


Song Sixteen – Free - Remember


Song Seventeen – Ikire - Shiranaisekaimo Miakita


Song Eighteen – Shooby Taylor - Stout-Hearted Men


Song Nineteen – Yasuaki Shimizu - Suiren


Song Twenty – The Comet Is Coming - Summon The Fire


Song Twenty-One – Boy Krazy - That's What Love Can Do


Song Twenty-Two – Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble - The House Is Rockin'


Song Twenty-Three – Bob Marley - Three Little Birds


Song Twenty-Four – Mick Softley - Time Machine


Song Twenty-Five – Israel "IZ" Kamakawiwo'ole - White Sandy Beach


Song Twenty-Six – Paul Westerberg - World Class Fad




Code:
[/size]

 [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 31st JANUARY 2020 - 7pm UK TIME (TBC)
Please send your votes to AdeyC
PLEASE VOTE FOR THE SONG TITLE





 
#10 · (Edited)



Final



Song One – Embryo - Cello Cello


Song Two – Eartha Kitt - Champagne Taste


Song Three – Thee Oh Sees - Contraption / Soul Desert


Song Four – Boney M - Daddy Cool


Song Five – Liliput - Dolly-Dollar


Song Six – Blondie - In The Sun


Song Seven – Henry Cow - Industry


Song Eight – Shuggie Otis - Inspiration Information


Song Nine – Ween – Ocean Man


Song Ten – Gregory - LSD et Systeme D


Song Eleven – Johnnie Frierson - Miracles


Song Twelve – Denise Lasalle - My Toot Toot


Song Thirteen – Free - Remember


Song Fourteen – Ikire - Shiranaisekaimo Miakita


Song Fifteen – Yasuaki Shimizu - Suiren


Song Sixteen – The Comet Is Coming - Summon The Fire


Song Seventeen – Bob Marley - Three Little Birds


Song Eighteen – Mick Softley - Time Machine


Song Nineteen – Israel "IZ" Kamakawiwo'ole - White Sandy Beach


Song Twenty – Paul Westerberg - World Class Fad




Code:
[/size]

[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 5th FEBRUARY 2020 7pm UK Time

Voting Ceremony will be THURSDAY 6th FEBRUARY 2020 – 8pm
PLEASE VOTE FOR THE SONG TITLE
Please send your votes to AdeyC



 
#15 ·


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:

 
#16 ·


Rankings – After Game 304




Code:
RKG (PRE) NAME................  .PTS ..# 16th next off (253)
001 (001) Beat................  1325 .51 ..60 ..10
002 (002) Adam................  1280 .50 ..60 ..12
003 (004) aerosmash...........  1175 .52 ..50 ..25
004 (003) Mauriac.............  1145 .43 ..45 ..70
005 (005) histery.............  1136 .38 ..45 ..85
006 (006) SRB Analyst.........  1080 .46 ..40 ..60
007 (007) The Crow............  1070 .50 ..40 ...1
008 (008) Silent Bird.........  .945 .44 ..40 ...1
009 (009) AdeyC...............  .925 .52 ..35 ..55
010 (011) Matmagix............  .890 .42 ..25 ...0
011 (010) Perun...............  .860 .39 ..30 ...1
012 (012) Boreas..............  .853 .37 ..18 ..18
013 (013) Random Run..........  .830 .31 ..20 ...0
014 (014) DropShotAce.........  .820 .42 ..30 ...0
015 (015) Sam L...............  .805 .47 ..25 ..35
016 (016) Laurent Moy.........  .805 .52 ..30 ...1
017 (017) wayitis.............  .744 .17 ..12 ...0
018 (019) Fortitude...........  .720 .41 ..25 ...4
019 (018) SilverPersian.......  .715 .33 ..14 ..14
020 (020) Number19............  .704 .29 ..16 ...0
021 (021) Litotes.............  .685 .52 ..20 ...1
022 (024) JMG.................  .679 .31 ..10 ..45
023 (022) Queen Vika..........  .676 .25 ..12 ...1
024 (023) TennisFan102........  .660 .49 ..20 ...8
025 (026) Shvedbarilescu......  .574 .17 ...1 ..40
026 (025) ArturJFC............  .540 .19 ...1 ...1
027 (029) N.M.................  .457 .13 ...0 ...0
028 (027) drg.................  .450 .18 ...1 ...1
029 (028) TIEFSEE.............  .445 .15 ...0 ...6
030 (030) Lord Choc Ice.......  .406 .23 ...1 ...0
031 (031) Leif................  .321 .27 ...1 ..16
032 (032) skinnylegend........  .304 ..9 ...0 ...0
033 (033) bud887..............  .298 .17 ...1 ...0
034 (034) zvonarevarulz.......  .297 .23 ...1 ...1
035 (035) Slazorin............  .272 .12 ...0 ...0
036 (036) MrPeanutButter......  .269 .24 ...1 ...0
037 (037) Mustafina...........  .267 ..6 ...0 ...0
038 (040) Javi................  .216 ..6 ...0 ...0
039 (038) Northstar...........  .211 ..5 ...0 ..30
040 (039) Whitlinger Jones....  .203 .22 ...1 ..20
041 (041) Monzanator..........  .195 ..3 ...0 ...0
042 (042) Haleptard...........  .192 .13 ...0 ...0
043 (046) resident_bizarre....  .190 ..8 ...0 ...0
044 (043) Wanderer............  .188 ..6 ...0 ...0
045 (044) Sammo...............  .180 ..6 ...0 ...0
046 (045) Maddox..............  .174 ..6 ...0 .100
047 (048) Milan...............  .113 ..7 ...0 ...1
048 (047) Hanan Ubis..........  .111 ..3 ...0 ...0
049 (049) comfortably numb....  ..98 ..9 ...0 ...0
050 (050) Utautai.............  ..97 ..4 ...0 ...0
051 (052) to paradise.........  ..96 ..4 ...0 ...0
052 (053) ThomieK.............  ..86 ..2 ...0 ...0
053 (051) John................  ..79 ..6 ...0 ..50
054 (054) salmon pants........  ..72 ..5 ...0 ...0
055 (055) Hugues Daniel.......  ..63 ..5 ...0 ...0
056 (056) stromatolite........  ..52 ..4 ...0 ...0
057 (057) Coco Hero...........  ..44 ..2 ...0 ...0
058 (058) Chastainiac.........  ..31 ..2 ...0 ...0
059 (059) WhoAmI?.............  ..24 ..2 ...0 ...0
060 (060) Igorche.............  ..24 ..2 ...0 ...0
061 (061) Rob & Stephen.......  ..17 ..2 ...0 ...0
062 (062) ElusiveChanteuse....  ..16 ..1 ...0 ...0
063 (063) Vercingetorix.......  ..12 ..1 ...0 ...0
064 (064) Poltergeist.........  ..11 ..5 ...0 ...1
065 (065) Latvian.............  ...6 ..3 ...0 ...0
066 (066) Randy...............  ...4 ..1 ...0 ...0
067 (067) James...............  ...1 ..1 ...0 ...0
068 (068) Lazar...............  ...1 ..1 ...0 ...0
069 (069) Mikulescu...........  ...1 ..1 ...0 ...0
070 (070) traddles............  ...1 ..1 ...0 ...0
Weeks At Number One

Code:
histery         98      (74, 76-145, 147-174)
Beat            92      (75, 175-176, 210-211, 213-216, 220-254, 256-304)
Adam            37      (177-209, 212, 217-219)
^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)
Silent Bird      1      (146)
Random Run       1      (255)
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#19 ·
as much as i like the theme and the idea behind it – did not expect anything less from shved – i think "music made on a laptop computer" can contain and express just as much joie de vivre as the demo of a garage rock band.
I suppose in rare instances, it can, yes. But the thing is, making music on a laptop is a rather solitary thing and generally speaking joy, happiness and smiles are emotions that are best experienced when they are shared with others. I do think there is something special about the sound of musicians working together with a shared joy for the music they are making. That is something that is hard to find on a record that is made on a computer.

That said, I have no doubt the are the occasional songs made with computers that do ooze joy, Takako Minekawa's "Fantastic Cat" comes to mind, but generally speaking I'd say tracks like this are pretty exceptional and rare. But if you or anyone else in this game is confident enough that they can find an electronic, laptop type recording that oozes smiles and joy then by all means go for it.

I'd still say generally one is on safer ground in this game though going for a band recording that at the very least has a live-ish, organic sound to it. That said, I'm all for trusting one's guts.
 
#22 ·
what if there a multiple laptops involved? ?
and no no, i'm not gonna find laptop music for this game, i will totally comply with your definition of the theme. just wanted to push back a little on the notion that you can only make "smiling" music with real instruments.
 
#23 · (Edited)
what if there a multiple laptops involved? ?
and no no, i'm not gonna find laptop music for this game, i will totally comply with your definition of the theme. just wanted to push back a little on the notion that you can only make "smiling" music with real instruments.
I don't entirely rule out the possibility. But I'm not really sure how laptop computers jam with each other. :ROFLMAO:

I think the thing is, generally when music is made on a computer the opportunity for spontaneity is rather hindered.
 
#29 · (Edited)
It's a very subjective interpretation of 'oozing fun' but fair enough; I'll try to find something.
Indeed. At the end of the day all you can do is trust your own judgement and then put your song up to the collective range of judgmentalness that are the members this game who will vote for the songs that they hear the most smiles from.

Hopefully my comments can help provide some inspiration to those participating members who are looking for ideas. But at the end of the day, the goal is to find a song that makes you hear smiles, whatever type of music that might be....
 
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