Thanks for the numbers Pat.

The 13th match of the tournament witnessed victory registered for the track "Bridge Over Troubled Water" by Simon & Garfunkel. It will now progress through to the 2nd Round as a consequence of said victory. The three tracks eliminated at this juncture are 'Yesterday' by The Beatles, 'I Didn't Understand' by Elliott Smith and 'Happed In Mist' by Michael Marra.

Round 1/Game 14 -

The Beach Boys - Caroline, No


Released - 7th March 1966
Written By - Brian Wilson and Tony Asher
Songs Background - It was initially written as "Carol, I Know". When spoken, however, Brian Wilson heard this as "Caroline, No." After the confusion was resolved, the pair decided to keep the new title, feeling that it brought a poignant earnestness to the song's sad melody.
Asher believes the song encapsulated "Brian's wish that he could go back to simpler days, his wish that the group could return to the days when the whole thing was a lot of fun and very little pressure."

Asher says his contributions were inspired by his former girlfriend, who had moved to New York and cut her hair: "I had recently broken up with my high school sweetheart who was a dancer and had moved to New York to make the big time on Broadway. When I went east to visit her a scant year after the move, she had changed radically. Yes, she had cut her hair. But she was a far more worldly person, not all for the worse. Anyway, her name was Carol."In 2005, Wilson stated: "That song to me is a real tear jerker, very like 'Hey Girl' by Freddie Scott. It wasn't written about anyone. I just used the name Caroline".

However, in high school, Wilson also became obsessed with Carol Mountain, a classmate and unrequited love interest. He said, "If I saw her today, I'd probably think, God, she's lost something, because growing up does that to people.'

But the song was most influenced by the changes me and my ex-Wife Marilyn and I had gone through. We were young, Marilyn nearing 20 and me closing in on 24, yet I thought we'd lost the innocence of our youth in the heavy seriousness of our lives. [Tony] took a tape home, embellished on my concept, and completed the words.

V's

The Rolling Stones - Wild Horses


Released - 12th June 1971
Written By - Mick Jagger and Keith Richards
Songs Background - In the liner notes to the 1993 Rolling Stones compilation album 'Jump Back', Jagger states, "I remember we sat around originally doing this with Gram Parsons, and I think his version came out slightly before ours.

Everyone always says this was written about Marianne Faithfull but I don't think it was; that was all well over by then. But I was definitely very inside this piece emotionally."

Richards says, "If there is a classic way of Mick and me working together this is it. I had the riff and chorus line, Mick got stuck into the verses. Just like "Satisfaction", "Wild Horses" was about the usual thing of not wanting to be on the road, being a million miles from where you want to be.

V's

The Beatles - Julia


Released - 22nd November 1968
Written By - John Lennon
Songs Background - "Julia" was written for John's mother, Julia Lennon(1914–1958), who was killed by a car driven by a drunk off-duty police officer when John was 17 years old. Julia Lennon had encouraged her Son's interest in music and bought him his first guitar. But after she split with John's father, John was taken in by his Aunt Mimi, and Julia started a new family with another man; though she lived just a few miles from John.

"I lost her twice," Lennon said. "Once as a five-year-old when I was moved in with my auntie. And once again when she actually physically died".

V's

Luciano Pavarotti - Nessun Dorma


Released - 1990
Written By - Giacomo Puccini
Songs Background - "Nessun Dorma" is an aria from the final act of Giacomo Puccini's opera 'Turandot'. 

Although "Nessun Dorma" has long been a staple of operatic recitals, Luciano Pavarotti popularized the piece beyond the opera world in the 1990s following his performance of it for the 1990 Football World Cup, which captivated a global audience.  Both Pavarotti and Placido Domingo released singles of the aria, with Pavarotti reaching number 2 in the UK that same Summer.

Voting Closes Later Today (Sunday 7th July) at 10PM
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Tracks Eliminated - Round 1 -

1. The Verve - The Drugs Don't Work
2. Randy Newman - Dexter's Tune
3. Ralph McTell - Streets Of London
4. Gerry Rafferty - Mary Skeffington
5. Nina Simeone - Feelings
6. Neil Young - Birds
7. Don McLean - Vincent
8. Ray Charles and Betty Carter - Ev'ry Time We say Goodbye
9. Randy Crawford - Almaz
10. Red House Painters - Katy Song
11. Joni Mitchell - Both Sides, Now
11. Vera Lynn - We'll Meet Again
12. ABBA - The Winner Takes It All
13. Kate Bush - This Woman's Work
14. The Kinks - Some Mother's Son
15. Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here
16. Christy Moore - Black Is The Colour (Of My True Love's Hair)
17. Dire Straits - Brothers In Arms
18. Stevie Wonder - Lately
19. Samuel Barber - Adagio For Strings
20. The Beautiful South - Old Red Eyes Is Back
21. Judee Sill - The Kiss
22. Buffy Sainte Marie - Until It's Time For You To Go
23. Billy Bragg - Tank Park Salute
24. Wilco - On And On And On
25. Pink Floyd - Coming Back to Life
26. George Jones - A Good Year For The Roses
27. The Corries - The Green Fields of France
28. Sam Cooke - A Change Is Gonna Come
29. Badfinger - Without You
30. Dennis Wilson - Time
31. Bread - Everything I Own
32. Frank Sinatra - As Time Goes By
33. Julee Cruise - Falling
34. Fleetwood Mac - Landslide
35. Underworld - Eventually But
36. Elliott Smith - I Didn't Understand
37. The Beatles - Yesterday
38. Michael Marra - Happed In Mist
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Tracks Through Round 1 -

1. The Walker Brothers - Make It Easy On Yourself
2. Elvis Presley - Always On My Mind
3. Eva Cassidy - Autumn Leaves
4. Roy Orbison - Crying
5. Johnny Cash - Hurt
6. Carole King - You've Got a Friend
7. Glenn Campbell - By The Time I Get To Phoenix
8. Jimmy Cliff - Many Rivers To Cross
9. Neil Young - Philadelphia
10. The Smiths - Asleep
11. Radiohead - How To Disappear Completely
12. David Sylvian & Ryuichi Sakamoto - Forbidden Colours
13. Simon & Garfunkel - Bridge Over Troubled Water
 
 

Toughest round. Can't go against the Beatles though.

This is a really tough one. Hardest round yet, for me.

But will go for....Luciano Pavarotti - Nessun Dorma

Everything about that World Cup was magical. The wee Coca-Cola footballs, Roger Mila and Cameroon, the West Germany strip, the passion of the Italian fans in Rome, Gazza crying, Scotland beating Sweden, Stuart Pearce missing his pen etc etc etc.

What a Summer.

Julia

Luciano Pavarotti - Nessun Dorma, please.