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Post by admin on Dec 11, 2008 11:23:53 GMT
I have devised a cunning and scientific way to decide something which is generally regarded as impossible.....to find the greatest Tull song ever! Well, ok I didn't devise it as such, more nicked the idea from another forum but don't tell anyone. ;D Here's how it works:
We will work through the studio albums one by one and play an elimination game for each and when we have a winner for each album they will all go together onto a grand final. I will start by listing the album tracks and give them 10 points each. Just copy and paste the list into your post and take one point from your least favourite track and add it to your favourite. If a song goes down to zero points it is eliminated from the game. The first song to 20 points wins. To make sure it's fair and democratic you can only vote once per day.
This will of course take ages but I don't have anything better to do so lets go for it!
Once we start having winners I will keep a list of them on this post ready for the final.
Winners so far:
Some day the sun won't shine for you We Used To Know With You There To Help Me Aqualung Thick As A Brick Passion Play Skating Away On The Thin Ice Of The New Day Baker St Muse Life's A Long Song Pied Piper Songs From The Wood Heavy Horses Dark Ages Black Sunday Slow Marching Band Later That same Evening Farm On The Freeway Ears Of Tin Rocks On The Road Summerday Sands Jack A Lynn Critique Oblique Broadford Bazzar
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Post by admin on Dec 11, 2008 11:26:14 GMT
Round 1 - This Was
My Sunday feeling - 10 Some day the sun won't shine for you - 10 Beggar's farm - 10 Move on alone - 10 Serenade to a cuckoo - 10 Dharma for one - 10 It's breaking me up - 10 Cat's squirrel - 10 A song for Jeffrey - 10 Round - 10
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Post by steelmonkey on Dec 11, 2008 21:18:13 GMT
It will be fun to see what songs come in second , third, etc etc etc after the clear winner "A Passion Play'......no dissent please...it will fall on ears deafened by repeated listens to same! And to those of you who disagree...being wrong does not make you bad people....just wrong.
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Post by bluehare on Dec 12, 2008 0:01:46 GMT
You're right, Col. What a daunting task! But I do like a challenge (and I also have just the right amount of free time to play! ). (Did I mention this was tough to do??). For today: Round 1 - This Was
My Sunday feeling - 10 Some day the sun won't shine for you - 11 Beggar's farm - 10 Move on alone - 10 Serenade to a cuckoo - 10 Dharma for one - 10 It's breaking me up - 10 Cat's squirrel - 10 A song for Jeffrey - 10 Round - 09
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Post by rebecca on Dec 12, 2008 0:28:10 GMT
So I build on Bluehare's, right? Her changes are included...
Round 1 - This Was
My Sunday feeling - 10 Some day the sun won't shine for you - 11 Beggar's farm - 10 Move on alone - 10 Serenade to a cuckoo - 10 Dharma for one - 10 It's breaking me up - 11 Cat's squirrel - 09 A song for Jeffrey - 10 Round - 09
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Post by steelmonkey on Dec 12, 2008 0:30:23 GMT
My Sunday feeling - 10 Some day the sun won't shine for you - 11 Beggar's farm - 10 Move on alone - 10 Serenade to a cuckoo - 9 Dharma for one - 10 It's breaking me up - 10 Cat's squirrel - 10 A song for Jeffrey - 10 Round - 10
I didn't even mind Cuckoo that much but it got on my nerves when i thought of other, more worthy instrumentals they could be playing, instead..thus the penalty
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Post by rockisland on Dec 12, 2008 8:17:47 GMT
My Sunday feeling - 11 Some day the sun won't shine for you - 10 Beggar's farm - 10 Move on alone - 10 Serenade to a cuckoo - 10 Dharma for one - 10 It's breaking me up - 10 Cat's squirrel - 10 A song for Jeffrey - 10 Round - 09
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Post by maddogfagin on Dec 12, 2008 8:36:33 GMT
Round 1 - This Was
My Sunday feeling - 11 Some day the sun won't shine for you - 10 Beggar's farm - 10 Move on alone - 10 Serenade to a cuckoo - 10 Dharma for one - 10 It's breaking me up - 10 Cat's squirrel - 10 A song for Jeffrey - 10 Round - 9
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Post by admin on Dec 12, 2008 9:01:20 GMT
Round 1 - This Was
My Sunday feeling - 12 Some day the sun won't shine for you - 10 Beggar's farm - 10 Move on alone - 10 Serenade to a cuckoo - 10 Dharma for one - 10 It's breaking me up - 10 Cat's squirrel - 10 A song for Jeffrey - 10 Round - 8
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Post by Pantagruel on Dec 12, 2008 19:10:15 GMT
Round 1 - This Was
My Sunday feeling - 13 Some day the sun won't shine for you - 10 Beggar's farm - 10 Move on alone - 9 Serenade to a cuckoo - 10 Dharma for one - 10 It's breaking me up - 10 Cat's squirrel - 10 A song for Jeffrey - 10 Round - 8
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Post by bluehare on Dec 12, 2008 19:52:42 GMT
Round 1 - This Was
My Sunday feeling - 12 Some day the sun won't shine for you - 11 Beggar's farm - 10 Move on alone - 9 Serenade to a cuckoo - 10 Dharma for one - 10 It's breaking me up - 10 Cat's squirrel - 10 A song for Jeffrey - 10 Round - 8
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Post by TM on Dec 12, 2008 20:38:38 GMT
My Sunday feeling - 13 Some day the sun won't shine for you - 11 Beggar's farm - 10 Move on alone - 9 Serenade to a cuckoo - 10 Dharma for one - 10 It's breaking me up - 10 Cat's squirrel - 9 A song for Jeffrey - 10 Round - 8
I could have picked from about 4 tracks, but the Squirrel is just a track that usually gets the skip button.
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Post by bluehare on Dec 13, 2008 20:20:22 GMT
My Sunday feeling - 13 Some day the sun won't shine for you - 12 Beggar's farm - 10 Move on alone - 9 Serenade to a cuckoo - 10 Dharma for one - 10 It's breaking me up - 10 Cat's squirrel - 9 A song for Jeffrey - 10 Round - 7
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Post by TM on Dec 13, 2008 21:59:59 GMT
My Sunday feeling - 14 Some day the sun won't shine for you - 12 Beggar's farm - 10 Move on alone - 9 Serenade to a cuckoo - 9 Dharma for one - 10 It's breaking me up - 10 Cat's squirrel - 9 A song for Jeffrey - 10 Round - 7
Love "Cuckoo" live from 1987, but not the studio cut.
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Post by stormmonkey on Dec 14, 2008 13:31:07 GMT
My Sunday feeling - 15 Some day the sun won't shine for you - 12 Beggar's farm - 10 Move on alone - 9 Serenade to a cuckoo - 9 Dharma for one - 10 It's breaking me up - 10 Cat's squirrel - 8 A song for Jeffrey - 10 Round - 7
Hi, I've just signed up with this forum.
Great idea - I can see this taking a long tme...but we'll get there in the end and it should be interesting.
Never been a big fan of Cat's Squirrel so that gets a point taken off and a point added to My Sunday Feeling.
stormwatcher
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Post by maddogfagin on Dec 14, 2008 14:33:25 GMT
My Sunday feeling - 16 Some day the sun won't shine for you - 12 Beggar's farm - 10 Move on alone - 9 Serenade to a cuckoo - 9 Dharma for one - 10 It's breaking me up - 9 Cat's squirrel - 8 A song for Jeffrey - 10 Round - 7
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Post by bluehare on Dec 15, 2008 0:02:05 GMT
My Sunday feeling - 16 Some day the sun won't shine for you - 13 Beggar's farm - 10 Move on alone - 9 Serenade to a cuckoo - 9 Dharma for one - 10 It's breaking me up - 9 Cat's squirrel - 8 A song for Jeffrey - 10 Round - 6
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Post by admin on Dec 15, 2008 13:22:43 GMT
My Sunday feeling - 17 Some day the sun won't shine for you - 13 Beggar's farm - 10 Move on alone - 9 Serenade to a cuckoo - 9 Dharma for one - 9 It's breaking me up - 9 Cat's squirrel - 8 A song for Jeffrey - 10 Round - 6
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Post by maddogfagin on Dec 15, 2008 14:05:12 GMT
My Sunday feeling - 18 Some day the sun won't shine for you - 13 Beggar's farm - 10 Move on alone - 9 Serenade to a cuckoo - 9 Dharma for one - 9 It's breaking me up - 9 Cat's squirrel - 8 A song for Jeffrey - 10 Round - 5
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Post by TM on Dec 15, 2008 16:03:08 GMT
My Sunday feeling - 19 Some day the sun won't shine for you - 13 Beggar's farm - 10 Move on alone - 9 Serenade to a cuckoo - 9 Dharma for one - 9 It's breaking me up - 9 Cat's squirrel - 8 A song for Jeffrey - 10 Round - 4
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Post by Pantagruel on Dec 15, 2008 20:38:36 GMT
My Sunday feeling - 19 Some day the sun won't shine for you - 13 Beggar's farm - 11 Move on alone - 8 Serenade to a cuckoo - 9 Dharma for one - 9 It's breaking me up - 9 Cat's squirrel - 8 A song for Jeffrey - 10 Round - 4 Myself I like all the songs on this album (even "Round"), save for "Move on Alone" and "It's Breaking me Up", so I'll bash those two
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Post by steelmonkey on Dec 15, 2008 22:15:52 GMT
My Sunday feeling - 19 Some day the sun won't shine for you - 14 Beggar's farm - 11 Move on alone - 8 Serenade to a cuckoo - 8 Dharma for one - 9 It's breaking me up - 9 Cat's squirrel - 8 A song for Jeffrey - 11 Round - 3
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Post by nonrabbit on Dec 15, 2008 22:43:38 GMT
My Sunday feeling - 19 Some day the sun won't shine for you - 14 Beggar's farm - 12 Move on alone - 8 Serenade to a cuckoo - 8 Dharma for one - 9 It's breaking me up - 9 Cat's squirrel - 8 A song for Jeffrey - 11 Round - 2
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Post by bluehare on Dec 15, 2008 23:04:18 GMT
My Sunday feeling - 18 Some day the sun won't shine for you - 15 Beggar's farm - 12 Move on alone - 8 Serenade to a cuckoo - 8 Dharma for one - 9 It's breaking me up - 9 Cat's squirrel - 8 A song for Jeffrey - 11 Round - 2
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Post by steelmonkey on Dec 15, 2008 23:26:33 GMT
Shortcut proposal: will anyone argue the immidiate, summary, time-saving exclusion of the following songs for consideration as best ever: Round, Serenade to a Cuckoo,Bouree, Hymn 43, Stitch in Time, Automotive, Science and Engineereing, 4 Wheel Drive, Warm Sporran, This is Not Love, Another Xmas Song, Hunt By Numbers, 17, Piece of Cake, Doctor to my Disease and Wounded Old and Treacherous.
Not to comlpetely comdemn these songs...just to acknowledge in advance their chances for best ever are zero.
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Post by Pantagruel on Dec 15, 2008 23:50:58 GMT
Shortcut proposal: will anyone argue the immidiate, summary, time-saving exclusion of the following songs for consideration as best ever: Round, Serenade to a Cuckoo,Bouree, Hymn 43, Stitch in Time, Automotive, Science and Engineereing, 4 Wheel Drive, Warm Sporran, This is Not Love, Another Xmas Song, Hunt By Numbers, 17, Piece of Cake, Doctor to my Disease and Wounded Old and Treacherous. Not to comlpetely comdemn these songs...just to acknowledge in advance their chances for best ever are zero. "Cuckoo", "Bourée", "Hymn 43" and "Warm Sporran" included?! No way. My Sunday feeling - 18 Some day the sun won't shine for you - 15 Beggar's farm - 13 Move on alone - 7 Serenade to a cuckoo - 8 Dharma for one - 9 It's breaking me up - 9 Cat's squirrel - 8 A song for Jeffrey - 11 Round - 2
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Post by silkenmist on Dec 16, 2008 0:05:30 GMT
My Sunday feeling - 18 Some day the sun won't shine for you - 15 Beggar's farm - 12 Move on alone - 8 Serenade to a cuckoo - 8 Dharma for one - 9 It's breaking me up - 9 Cat's squirrel - 8 A song for Jeffrey - 11 Round - 2 Good Evening to you All. Here's my choices. My Sunday feeling - 16 Some day the sun won't shine for you - 15 Beggar's farm - 11 Move on alone - 7 Serenade to a cuckoo - 10 Dharma for one - 15 It's breaking me up - 9 Cat's squirrel - 7 A song for Jeffrey - 11 Round - 3
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Post by tullistray on Dec 16, 2008 0:46:10 GMT
Shortcut proposal: will anyone argue the immidiate, summary, time-saving exclusion of the following songs for consideration as best ever: Round, Serenade to a Cuckoo,Bouree, Hymn 43, Stitch in Time, Automotive, Science and Engineereing, 4 Wheel Drive, Warm Sporran, This is Not Love, Another Xmas Song, Hunt By Numbers, 17, Piece of Cake, Doctor to my Disease and Wounded Old and Treacherous. Not to comlpetely comdemn these songs...just to acknowledge in advance their chances for best ever are zero. Probably at least half the catalogue I would include before 7 of those songs.
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Post by admin on Dec 16, 2008 10:45:14 GMT
My Sunday feeling - 17 Some day the sun won't shine for you - 15 Beggar's farm - 11 Move on alone - 7 Serenade to a cuckoo - 10 Dharma for one - 15 It's breaking me up - 9 Cat's squirrel - 7 A song for Jeffrey - 11 Round - 2
R.E. the songs suggested to drop from the list.....I can see your point in the fact that there are songs that are very unlikely to win but I think everything should stay in because somebody might like it. I see Sunday Feeling got up to 19 last night so we very nearly had a winner for This Was. If everyone would like to not drag this out too much I would suggest moving straight on to Stand Up once a song hits 20 points rather than doing the whole album. Good idea?
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Post by maddogfagin on Dec 16, 2008 12:37:34 GMT
My Sunday feeling - 18 Some day the sun won't shine for you - 15 Beggar's farm - 11 Move on alone - 7 Serenade to a cuckoo - 10 Dharma for one - 15 It's breaking me up - 9 Cat's squirrel - 7 A song for Jeffrey - 11 Round - 1
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