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Where in the world are the middle-aged dummies? Worldwide top 31 song countdown. (5 Viewers)

STILL NEED A VOLUNTEER...

to run real-time-ish spreadsheets. Believe me, this will be a lot less fun if we don't have a "new falguy" for this. To make it easier in hopes of enticing someone, I can note on each entry if a song or artist gets no more than one vote, so you aren't tracking a bunch of stuff that ends up not mattering. Or songs/artists that get no more than one vote or no more than 30 points. Or whatever might make it easier. We will have way, way more songs and artists in this one so it would be good to cut down on unnecessary work.
I can do it but I may not be as quick to update as Falguy (or as skilled) but I am pretty sure I can handle the task.
:thanks: I’ll PM you.

I will help - maybe swap off, not familiar with google sheets though ...
 
Yes, Val was kind enough to offer some assistance last night, too. I hadn't had a chance to coordinate among the group yet. Why don't I group-message 80s, Val, and Binky and we can discuss?
 
Guys? GUYS?!?! We have yet another extremely generous offer to cover some donations for the two contests. Our GB and playlist maestro @Hawks64 has also offered to donate $250, which we'll put toward the SUPER-AWESOME-WORLD-MEGA-CONTEST!!!111.

I'll hope to announce that one on Sunday.

By the way, I received a 19th list, which means my list is now FINAL so that I will be #20. Eek.
 
Guys? GUYS?!?! We have yet another extremely generous offer to cover some donations for the two contests. Our GB and playlist maestro @Hawks64 has also offered to donate $250, which we'll put toward the SUPER-AWESOME-WORLD-MEGA-CONTEST!!!111.

I'll hope to announce that one on Sunday.

By the way, I received a 19th list, which means my list is now FINAL so that I will be #20. Eek.
30 Steve Albini-produced kazoo bands and Leonard Cohen.
 
Guys? GUYS?!?! We have yet another extremely generous offer to cover some donations for the two contests. Our GB and playlist maestro @Hawks64 has also offered to donate $250, which we'll put toward the SUPER-AWESOME-WORLD-MEGA-CONTEST!!!111.

I'll hope to announce that one on Sunday.

By the way, I received a 19th list, which means my list is now FINAL so that I will be #20. Eek.
Since I'm being a jerk-face (again), I'll match Hawk's donation but split it between the two contests.
 
Damn, the generosity in this countdown is incredible!

Since our charitable donations are reaching these levels, what do you guys think about having an award for both 1st and 2nd place in the contests, rather than their being winner-give-all?
I'm ok with that, but I'm not hiring an accountant to figure out the splits :lol:
 
Guys? GUYS?!?! We have yet another extremely generous offer to cover some donations for the two contests. Our GB and playlist maestro @Hawks64 has also offered to donate $250, which we'll put toward the SUPER-AWESOME-WORLD-MEGA-CONTEST!!!111.

I'll hope to announce that one on Sunday.

By the way, I received a 19th list, which means my list is now FINAL so that I will be #20. Eek.
Since I'm being a jerk-face (again), I'll match Hawk's donation but split it between the two contests.
Super awesome of you GB.
 
List submitted.
Will anyone else have any of my songs or artists?
Yes, but not many.

Without checking in detail, I spot eight artists on a first scan that I believe were taken in the first 20 other lists. We'll see how it goes, but I'm sure you'll be solo on quite a few!

Do you happen to know this guy called John Maddens Lunchbox? Will he also be sending a list?
 
List submitted.
Will anyone else have any of my songs or artists?
Yes, but not many.

Without checking in detail, I spot eight artists on a first scan that I believe were taken in the first 20 other lists. We'll see how it goes, but I'm sure you'll be solo on quite a few!

Do you happen to know this guy called John Maddens Lunchbox? Will he also be sending a list?
I can speak for him lol
Working on getting the right song for 3 countries/artist.
I think Ive tied up Sweden and Norway nicely, so have a free choice of either.

Just Switzerland, Guadelope and Australia causing trouble
 
Of the first 18 lists in, only six have a 31-pointer that has not been taken by someone else. In other words, only 1/3 of people so far have a chance of "owning" their #1 song. :)

That's because the #1 song is so obvious...

I'll say that with 21 lists collated, four of the top five songs are ones that I never ever would have expected to be there.

Given how diverse these lists are, that can change easily, but at probably halfway in, it's been a surprise.
 
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All right...a generous person offered to donate a very tidy sum to the next contest awards. I am certain of who offered this, but I can't find the PM with it due to my over-tidying of my inbox (not a euphemism), so now I wonder if I dreamt it? Rather than putting the person on the spot in the event I did dream it and making them feel like they should offer it, I'm posting here to ask this person to PM me again with the offer.

IT WAS ALL NOT A DREAM!! ANNOUNCE: @The Dreaded Marco has generously offered to fund $250 of the charity prize donations for this countdown!! :thanks: :shock: :wub:

So with that, let's go ahead and announce the ***OFFICIAL*** CONTEST rules.

Since this is a tough one to predict, and since not a single human being commented on my earlier request for feedback, I'm going to make it official that the ***OFFICIAL*** contest will entail your guessing the top 10 artists overall in this countdown. Please submit your answers to me, @krista4 , by 11:59 pm Pacific Time on Saturday, March 18.

TIE-BREAKER: You know it, you love it, you can't live without it - it's the Ace Award! As a tie-breaker, please submit your guess at the "Ace Award," which participants in prior countdowns know means the song that receives the most points from an artist who has no other songs in the countdown. If no one correctly guesses the Ace Award (which no one will, based on past experience), then the person who chooses an Ace Award candidate (artist with only one song) with the highest number of points will win the tiebreaker. If no one chooses an "Ace," then the next will be someone who chooses an artist with only two songs, etc.

Winner of the contest receives $250 donated to the charity of their choice.

@Val Rannous had an excellent point about scoring this one. Instead of doing, as is traditional, a point for every artist you get correct, let's do total cumulative points for your 10 artists. That makes it, to my mind, more "fair" if you do really well overall compared to someone who got 1-8 and then 500th and 501st place. So to determine a winner, we'll calculate the total of your 10 artists. Tiebreaker will remain the same.

:thanks: Val.
 
Might get a list in after all. I've got at least forty-five songs off of the top of my head to choose from.

I wondered if you might be able to do it now, with paparock doing well, but I didn't want to ask. Seems like this one would be so up your alley, and I'd be excited to see your list. I have half of @otb2huffing 's list now and was really looking forward to that, too.

Actually, come to think of it, I look forward to everyone's lists. I was interested in simey's and The Dreaded Marco's to see how much we had in common (since I think their tastes are most similar to mine), but then others because I've found so much I loved and didn't know on their lists. And of course, landrys' to see if he's gonna snipe me and "own" my favorite songs. :lol:
 
Anybody here watched Daisy Jones & The Six? It hasn’t gotten the best reviews but I liked it. Gotta kind of Fleetwood Mac feel to the story. And the music is pretty good:
 

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