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Posted: **Thu Jun 20, 2024 6:39 pm**

Okay, we have a whole flock of songs to vote on!

Eric Whitacre - Leonardo Dreams of His Flying Machine - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FzMD-boO6Fo
Kevin Peek - Sailplane - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oTEnDCNkMjY
Dune - Magic Carpet Ride - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FMSwuXBTbLo
Rezillos - Flying Saucer Attack - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IgmbfXld3z8
The Steve Miller Band - Jet Airliner - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JHa1hiFYbFQ
Galactikraken - Jetpack Race - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IeNTvmEnEt0
Pink Floyd - Learning to Fly - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cRe05aJxSfw

Send your votes to me via airmail by next Friday, June 28!

Posted: **Wed Jun 26, 2024 6:44 pm**

~2 day reminder! Don't forget to vote!

Posted: **Sat Jun 29, 2024 5:58 pm**

And Suzaku has won, with Jet Airliner!

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Posted: **Sat Jun 29, 2024 6:14 pm**

Congrats, Suzaku! Wanna host?

Posted: **Sun Jun 30, 2024 12:17 am**

Well-done, all - lotta good entries this round :)

Posted: **Sun Jun 30, 2024 3:35 am**

Wow, didn't expect that. Thank you all for the votes

Let's have a round on the supernatural. Ghosts, spirits, werewolves, dragons, witches or wizards, anything goes.
Deadline will be next Monday morning (Japan time), to give everyone a full weekend to send me a song.

(For those people who like timers: a timer

Posted: **Wed Jul 03, 2024 3:27 pm**

Just over 100 hours to get those songs in, folks.

Posted: **Fri Jul 05, 2024 11:44 pm**

Roughly 48 hours to go.

Posted: **Mon Jul 08, 2024 6:46 am**

Bit later than I wanted to be, but entries are now closed.
I will post the song list for voting later this evening my time.

Posted: **Mon Jul 08, 2024 11:39 am**

Song list incoming (order randomised):

Дeva - "Witchcraft" - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2iucYdAHj8k
Blackmore's Night - "Fires at Midnight" - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=htAZD7Jh7Ms
The Poppy Family - "Where Evil Grows" - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Zgod8XyNeM
Led Zeppelin - "The Battle of Evermore" - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X_AfMHCVoxA
Uriah Heep - "The Wizard" - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lA4DFOCwnwk
Michael Jackson - "Thriller" - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sOnqjkJTMaA
Stan Rogers - "Witch of the Westmoreland" - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nxls60aYSZA

Please send your votes by PM before 9:00 p.m. on July 15, JST

And a reminder: you do NOT have to have submitted a song to be able to vote.

Posted: **Mon Jul 08, 2024 6:20 pm**

OOPS! All bangers!

Posted: **Tue Jul 09, 2024 12:48 am**

Yeah, that there is A List.

Posted: **Sat Jul 13, 2024 2:03 pm**

Roughly 48-hour reminder: please send your votes by PM before 9:00 p.m. on July 15, JST if you have not already done so.

And a reminder: you do NOT have to have submitted a song to be able to vote.

Posted: **Mon Jul 15, 2024 7:29 am**

Something has come up, and I will be out of the house until very late tonight. As such, I'm adding 12 hours to the deadline and I will tally votes tomorrow morning.

This is therefore a sixteen-and-a-half-hour reminder: please send your votes by PM before 9:00 a.m. on July 16, JST if you have not already done so.

A reminder that your submission will not be counted if you fail to vote.

And a reminder that you do NOT have to have submitted a song to be able to vote.

Posted: **Mon Jul 15, 2024 5:45 pm**

I will be rigging the election by adding extra votes

Posted: **Mon Jul 15, 2024 6:09 pm**

I will be rigging the election by outfitting it with sails

Posted: **Tue Jul 16, 2024 1:09 am**

And we have a result.

Code: Select all

                                                              somi  Ling  Fred  rat   john  h_a   Suz   Tot   Rank  
somitomi            Дeva - "Witchcraft"                       -     5     6     1     3     -     5     20    3     
LingEarth           Blackmore's Night - "Fires at Midnight"   4     -     1     2     2     -     2     11    7     
Freddino18          The Poppy Family - "Where Evil Grows"     5     1     -     4     1     -     6     17    5     
ratammer            Led Zeppelin - "The Battle of Evermore"   1     3     4     -     5     -     3     16    6     
commodorejohn       Uriah Heep - "The Wizard"                 6     2     5     6     -     -     4     23    1     
heuristically_alone Michael Jackson - "Thriller"              3     4     3     3     4     -     1     18    4 (disqualified)
Suzaku              Stan Rogers - "Witch of the Westmoreland" 2     6     2     5     6     -     -     21    2

Or for those of you who prefer it in order:

Code: Select all

                                                              somi  Ling  Fred  rat   john  h_a   Suz   Tot   Rank  
commodorejohn       Uriah Heep - "The Wizard"                 6     2     5     6     -     -     4     23    1     
Suzaku              Stan Rogers - "Witch of the Westmoreland" 2     6     2     5     6     -     -     21    2     
somitomi            Дeva - "Witchcraft"                       -     5     6     1     3     -     5     20    3     
Freddino18          The Poppy Family - "Where Evil Grows"     5     1     -     4     1     -     6     17    4     
ratammer            Led Zeppelin - "The Battle of Evermore"   1     3     4     -     5     -     3     16    5     
LingEarth           Blackmore's Night - "Fires at Midnight"   4     -     1     2     2     -     2     11    6   
heuristically_alone Michael Jackson - "Thriller"              3     4     3     3     4     -     1     18    - (disqualified)

Congratulations to commodorejohn!!!

There was no distance at all between these; absolutely all bangers.

Please let me know if I've stuffed anything up in the scoring.

Posted: **Tue Jul 16, 2024 5:56 am**

Well done, john!

Posted: **Tue Jul 16, 2024 1:49 pm**

I'm surprised that Where Evil Grows was only a point behind Thriller, I thought it was gonna be impossible to top. Congratulations, John, for pulling the win on this one!

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Can't wait until I win a round, I've had a theme idea knocking around for months at this point.

Posted: **Tue Jul 16, 2024 5:52 pm**

Freddino18 wrote: ↑Tue Jul 16, 2024 1:49 pm I'm surprised that Where Evil Grows was only a point behind Thriller

Bear in mind it would have gained at least one point if heury had voted, so you can't really compare it to his entry.

Posted: **Wed Jul 17, 2024 2:16 pm**

Hah, wow, was not expecting that. This really was a killer batch - it was a challenge just ranking them, and even the ones I put at the bottom were damn good :)

So let's flip things around, leave the spirit world behind, and do songs about machines! You may interpret this however you like - deadline is Friday, June July 26th!

Posted: **Thu Jul 18, 2024 1:40 pm**

Assuming that you mean July, and not that you have a time machine

Posted: **Thu Jul 18, 2024 2:02 pm**

Ahaha, so I do XD

Posted: **Thu Jul 18, 2024 5:44 pm**

ratammer wrote: ↑Tue Jul 16, 2024 5:52 pm
Freddino18 wrote: ↑Tue Jul 16, 2024 1:49 pm I'm surprised that Where Evil Grows was only a point behind Thriller
Bear in mind it would have gained at least one point if heury had voted, so you can't really compare it to his entry.

I'm just saying that Thriller is immensely popular and I thought it had a shot at the top spot, whereas I found Where Evil Grows rewatching the Sonic movie.

Posted: **Thu Jul 18, 2024 5:50 pm**

Right, I see.

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