Many thanks Sir.

The 5th game of this (quite frankly) glorious competition saw "Geno" by DEXY'S MIDNIGHT RUNNERS win the tie.It will now enter Round 2 as a seed and joining it in Round 2 (albeit unseeded) will be "Say Hello,Wave Goodbye" by SOFT CELL which finished runner-up.Eliminated from the Cup at the first hurdle are "Glittering Prize" by Simple Minds and "Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)" by The Eurythmics.

Round 1/Game 6 -

The Clash - Rock The Casbah


Released - 11th June 1982
Written by - The Clash
Chart Position 8 (US)+ 30 (UK)

V's

The Smiths - What Difference Does It Make?


Released - 16th January 1984
Written by - Johnny Marr and Morrisey
Chart Position - 12 (UK)

V's

New Order - Blue Monday ('83)


Released - 7th March 1983
Written By - New Order
Chart Position - 9 (UK) 1 (Uk Indie Chart)

V's

The Cure - A Forest


Released - 5th April 1980
Written by - The Cure
Chart Position - 31 (UK)

VOTING CLOSES TOMORROW (Friday 20th February) AT 6PM
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Songs Eliminated in Round 1 -

1.Van Halen - Jump
2.KC+The Sunshine Band - Give It Up
3.The Associates - Party Fears Two
4.Echo+The Bunnymen - The Killing Moon
5.Pixies - Where Is My Mind?
6.My Bloody Valentine - You Made Me Realise
7.The Wedding Present - Everyone Thinks He Looks Daft
8.Billy Bragg - Waiting For The Great Leap Forward
9.Simple Minds - Glittering Prize
10.Eurythmics - Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)
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Songs Through Round 1 -

1.Soft Cell - Tainted Love (S)
2.NWA - Straight Outta Compton
3.Madness - Embarrassment (S)
4.David Bowie - Ashes To Ashes
5.The Jam - Going Underground (S)
6.Duran Duran - Hungry Like The Wolf
7.The Waterboys - The Whole of the Moon (S)
8.New Order - Temptation
9.Dexy's Midnight Runners - Geno (S)
10.Soft Cell - Say Hello,Wave Goodbye
 

Blue monday cool as fuk tune


Ooooh this is exciting im loving it 

Jesus Christ.

Blue Monday but I hope the Smiths go through as well.

Smiths, love Morrissey.

A Forest -epic

 

The Smiths

Brilliant comp once again TEK
4 great tracks really hard to pick one
Was torn between The Clash and New Order but it looks like The Clash aint goonna make it so Blue Monday for me.


 

TEK wrote:

doontheroadarab wrote:

Brilliant comp once again TEK

Cheers mate.

Felt guilty not picking The Clash myself.

But 'Rock the Casbah' not one of my favourite tracks of their's.
 

Ditto

Maybe the man running the comp may have a Clash track up his sleeve for a future roumd 

Last edited by doontheroadarab (19/2/2015 11:16 pm)

Blue Monday by New Order. Superb

Full Time -

New Order - 7
The Smiths - 4
The Cure - 1
The Clash - 0