The 2nd Semi Final witnessed a fairly low scoring and bland contest won by 'Trash' by SUEDE which seen off 'The Girl From Mars' by Ash,a song i'd be totally delighted to never hear again after copying and pasting it from Youtube about half a dozen times in the past month.This victory ensures it will be a Suede victory in The Final one way or the other,as two of their tracks will now go head to head to decide what is the tournaments overall winner.

1st Semi Final -

Suede - Animal Nitrate


Released - 22nd February 1993
Chart Position - 7 (UK)

"Animal Nitrate" is the third single from the debut album by Suede released on Nude Records in 1993. It charted at number seven on the UK Singles Chart, making it the highest charting single from the album.The song was the band's highest charting single in Ireland, peaking at no. 11.

The single was previewed to the nation at the 1993 Brit Awards.The song was also later nominated for Best British Single at the 1994 Brit Awards.In March 2005, Q magazine placed "Animal Nitrate" at number 97 in its list of the 100 Greatest Guitar Tracks.In May 2007, NME magazine placed "Animal Nitrate" at number 43 in its list of the 50 Greatest Indie Anthems Ever. In 2012 the same magazine placed the song at number 14 in its "100 Best Tracks of the Nineties" list.

The title of the song is a reference to the inhalant drug amyl nitrite. Chris Jones, reviewing Suede's debut album for the BBC, concurred. "Despite its punning title it’s a thrill-seeking slice of cynicism that perfectly summed up what it was like to be young and chemically imbalanced in the nation’s capital at the time.According to Suede's biography Love and Poison, the chorus's guitar part was inspired by the intro to popular BBC television series Dixon of Dock Green. The song was almost overlooked as a single; Brett Anderson was convinced "Sleeping Pills" would be the third single. He was soon overruled by Nude Records owner Saul Galpern.

The video for the title track was directed by Pedro Romhanyi. The band caused some controversy with the video when it was banned for its depiction of two men engaging in a kiss. It won the first MTV Euro Video Song Contest in 1993.The band took cocaine to prepare for the video. Anderson wanted to replicate the energy of their live shows, he explained: "We weren't experienced enough at the time to just do it on cue. I think we ended up getting a load of coke in an jumping around like lunatics. Back in the days when we used to do things like that."

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Suede - Trash


Released - 29th July 1996
Chart Position - 3 (UK)

"Trash" is the first single from the album Coming Up by Suede, released on July 29, 1996, on Nude Records. It is the first single on which all the songs were written without guitarist Bernard Butler, since Richard Oakes had taken his place.

The single is tied with "Stay Together" as the band's highest charting at number three; however, it outsold the earlier single, thus making it their biggest selling single. The song signified a dramatic change in the band's sound, as they went from gloomy and theatrical to glam-induced pop.The single version of "Trash" charted at #3 on the UK Singles Chart in 1996.The song was the band's first overseas number one, hitting the top of the charts in Finland.

The song proved to be a successful comeback single for Suede, receiving universal praise from critics. Melody Maker had proclaimed the song "single of the week" a fortnight prior to release.Ted Kessler of NME said: "So the scaremongers were wrong. Brett Anderson is the creative force behind Suede. Here's the proof: this week sees the release of their first post-Bernard Butler single and nobody can really admit that they thought it would sound half as good as it does."

Various meanings have been given to the song, but the main themes seem to be about 'outsiders', being different but living well with it. Anderson also described it as the soundtrack to his life, saying "It's about believing in the romance of the everyday." In an interview in late 2009, for the SkyArts' Songbook series, Anderson said about the song:"I actually wrote it about the band Suede. It's a celebration of the band, but by extension, it's a celebration of the fans as well. And it was a kind of a song written about us, as a gang, it was written about the values we stood for. And even though it sounds like a love song, it was actually about the idea of the identity of the band, and what they stood for."

The video for the title song was filmed at Elstree Studios and directed by David Mould. Like the video for "New Generation", it has the whole band playing in a crowded room, yet this time, the people in the room as well as the setting are far more glamorous. The video also marks the first appearance of a new band member, keyboard player Neil Codling.

VOTING CLOSES LATER TODAY (Tuesday 29th September) AT 9PM
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Songs Eliminated from Round 1 -

1.The Bluetones - Slight Return
2.The Manic Street Preachers - Everything Must Go
3.The Seahorses - Love Is The Law
4.Paul Weller - The Changingman
5.Gene - Haunted By You
6.Whiteout - Detroit
7.Blur - The Universal
8.Super Furry Animals - Demons
9.The Manic Street Preachers - A Design For Life
10.Supergrass - Alright
11.Ocean Colour Scene - The Circle
12.Elastica - Waking Up
13.Blur - Charmless Man
14.Supergrass - Mansize Rooster
15.Blur - End Of A Century
16.Super Furry Animals - Play It Cool
17.The Charlatans - One To Another
18.The Divine Comedy - Something For The Weekend
19.Shed Seven - Chasing Rainbows
20.Gene - Olympian
21.Oasis - Wonderwall
22.The Charlatans - North Country Boy
23.The Verve - This Is Music
24.The Manic Street Preachers - Kevin Carter
25.Paul Weller - Hung Up
26.Super Furry Animals - Hermann Loves Pauline
27.Shed Seven - Where Have You Been Tonight?
28.Northern Uproar - Town
29.Sleeper - Inbetweener
30.The Bluetones - Marblehead Johnson
31.The Seahorses - Hello
32.Cast - Live The Dream
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Songs Through Round 1 -

1.PULP - Something Changed (S)
2.Supergrass - Caught By The Fuzz
3.Teenage Fanclub - About You (S)
4.Shed Seven - On Stand By
5.Suede - Animal Nitrate (S)
6.PULP - Underwear
7.Oasis - Supersonic (S)
8.The Charlatans - How High
9.Ocean Colour Scene - The Day We Caught The Train (S)
10.Black Grape - Reverend Black Grape
11.The Stone Roses - Love Spreads (S)
12.Ash - Girl From Mars
13.Suede - Beautiful One's (S)
14.Cast - Walkaway
15.The Charlatans - Can't Get Out Of Bed (S)
16.The Verve - History
17.Oasis - Don't Look Back In Anger (S)
18.Super Furry Animals - If You Don't Want Me To Destroy You
19.Suede - Stay Together (S)
20.Oasis - Live Forever
21.Elastica - Connection (S)
22.Paul Weller - Sunflower
23.Supergrass - Richard III (S)
24.Kula Shaker - Hey Dude
25.Blur - To The End (S)
26.Teenage Fanclub - Sparky's Dream
27.PULP - Babies (S)
28.Oasis - Slide Away
29.Suede - Trash (S)
30.McAlmont+Butler - Yes
31.Shed Seven - Getting Better
32.The Longpigs - Lost Myself
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Songs Eliminated from Round 2 -

1.The Verve - History
2.Super Furry Animals - If You Don't Want Me To Destroy You
3.Oasis - Supersonic
4.Suede - Beautiful One's
5.McAlmont+Butler - Yes
6.Ocean Colour Scene - The Day We Caught The Train
7.PULP - Underwear
8.Teenage Fanclub - Sparky's Dream
9.Kula Shaker - Hey Dude
10.Blur - To The End
11.Paul Weller - Sunflower
12.Teenage Fanclub - About You
13.Oasis - Don't Look Back In Anger
14.The Longpigs - Lost Myself
15.Cast - Walkaway
16.Shed Seven - On Stand By
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Songs Through Round 2 -

1.Suede - Animal Nitrate (S)
2.Suede - Trash
3.Oasis - Slide Away (S)
4.The Charlatans - How High
5.Supergrass - Richard III (S)
6.Oasis - Live Forever
7.PULP - Something Changed (S)
8.Shed Seven - Getting Better
9.Suede - Stay Together (S)
10.Black Grape - Reverend Black Grape
11.Elastica - Connection (S)
12.Ash - Girl From Mars
13.The Charlatans - Can't Get Out Of Bed (S)
14.Supergrass - Caught By The Fuzz
15.The Stone Roses - Love Spreads (S)
16.PULP - Babies
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Round 3 Results -

1.Suede~Stay Together 4 -7 BLACK GRAPE~ Reverend Black Grape
2.THE STONE ROSES~Love Spreads 4 -3 Supergrass~Caught By The Fuzz
3.Pulp~Something Changed 2 -6 PULP~Babies
4.The Charlatans~Can't Get Out Of Bed 4 -6 ASH~Girl From Mars
5.Elastica~Connection 1 -6 SUEDE~Trash
6.SUEDE~Animal Nitrate 7 -4 The Charlatans~How High
7.SUPERGRASS~Richard III 5 -4 Oasis~Live Forever
8.OASIS~Slide Away 6 -4 Shed Seven~Getting Better
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Quarter Final Results -

1.SUEDE~Trash 5 -4 The Stone Roses
2.Black Grape~Reverend Black Grape 2 -6 PULP~Babies
3.ASH~Girl From Mars 6 -5 Oasis~Slide Away
4.SUEDE~Animal Nitrate 6 -5 Supergrass~Richard III
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Semi Final Results -

1.SUEDE~Animal Nitrate 6 -4 Pulp~Babies
2.SUEDE~Trash 5 -3 Ash~Girl from Mars
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The Final -

1.SUEDE~Animal Nitrate 5 -3 Suede~Trash