Battle of the Songs: - Theme Suggestion Thread

Malc · **Posted:** Thu Jul 02, 2020 16:59

Please post your suggestions for future themes in this thread:

Here are the unused suggestions so far:

Three-minutes of perfection
Best Ever Sax
The Best of Now That's What I Call Music
Rick Wakeman's Organ (let's get proggy)
Good morning!
WWF entrance music
We'll Meet Again
Get out more
Make America Great Again
Eurovision 2050
The last days of mankind

I was hoping to remove the lowest ranked suggestions, but it appears that the poll results are gone! does any Mod have access to them?

In the meantime can you please put further suggestions in this thread.

Thanks

Cras · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 49258

If you removed the poll, they're gone for good I expect (note that can happen when editing the first post if a poll is attached)

Malc · **Posted:** Thu Jul 02, 2020 18:10

Cras wrote:

If you removed the poll, they're gone for good I expect (note that can happen when editing the first post if a poll is attached)

Damn, I think I did edit the first post. I didn't realise that removed the poll.

Thanks for setting up the sub forum.

Kern · **Posted:** Sun Jul 05, 2020 10:44

More theme ideas:

Summer holiday
Full throttle
Your Guilty Pleasure
The Moon

Pundabaya · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 5016

More ideas:
Cover Versions
Mash-ups
Unusual instruments
Elements

Malc · **Posted:** Sat Jul 11, 2020 10:40

Here are the results of the Theme Polls for Week 2

Attachment:

Themes for week2.png

The People who finished last in their groups will get to select either one or two themes from the list to apply to the other group. They can either pick 1 theme from the top 4 of list 1, 1 theme from the top 4 of list 2, or 1 from each (For example Tull Throttle Elements,or Unusual instruments in Cover versions)

the person who finished with the lowest points total will have the first choice.

Kern · **Posted:** Tue Jul 14, 2020 9:50

More theme ideas (because I like generating them):

The Sea
1974
Out of Character
West End
The First Song on Your Mixtape

KovacsC · **Posted:** Tue Jul 14, 2020 10:24

Lockdown
Music to shower to.
1984
Party like it is 1999

Curiosity · **Posted:** Tue Jul 14, 2020 12:15

Bounce!
A little bit of politics
Foreign muck (songs with non-English lyrics)
Affirmation!

Pundabaya · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 5016

Tardy
Oblivious
Lazy
Harry
Tuba

Malc · **Posted:** Mon Jul 20, 2020 14:41

Here are the results of Week 3's Theme and Decade Polls.

Attachment:

Themes for week3.png

The People who finished last in their groups will be eliminated this week, however, they will get to select a theme and a decade from the list to apply to the other group. The person who finished with the lowest points total will have the first choice. They will also have the chance to play on to avoid the wooden spoon. I will choose the theme and decade for that competition.

I will post the results of the Group Polls after I have sorted them.

Malc · **Posted:** Tue Jul 21, 2020 18:58

TheVision has chosen 1980s and Unusual Instruments, so can everyone in Group B please message me your entries for next week.

A reminder that MaliA choose 1990s and Not English, so if you haven't already could Group A please send me your entries as well.

And finally, can MaliA and TheVision please send me their entries for 2000s and 1st on Your Mixtape so we can see who wins the wooden spoon!

Thanks

KovacsC · **Posted:** Tue Jul 21, 2020 19:20

Is it one song we need to send for Not English and 1990s?

Malc · **Posted:** Tue Jul 21, 2020 19:25

KovacsC wrote:

Is it one song we need to send for Not English and 1990s?

Yes, it needs to be from the 1990s and it needs to fit the theme of "Not English"

KovacsC · **Posted:** Tue Jul 21, 2020 19:44

roger

Malc · **Posted:** Wed Jul 22, 2020 13:39

Still waiting for most of the entries on this. I've had 3 submissions so far, all from Group A, still waiting on 9 people!

Would appreciate it if you could all send them to me as soon as possible.

Thanks

JBR · **Joined:** 2nd Jun, 2008 **Posts:** 3453

Malc wrote:

Still waiting for most of the entries on this. I've had 3 submissions so far, all from Group A, still waiting on 9 people!

Would appreciate it if you could all send them to me as soon as possible.

Thanks

Gah! PM.

Malc · **Posted:** Wed Jul 22, 2020 13:51

might want to delete that and PM instead JBR

Findus Fop · **Joined:** 14th May, 2009 **Posts:** 4500

Malc wrote:

Still waiting for most of the entries on this. I've had 3 submissions so far, all from Group A, still waiting on 9 people!

Would appreciate it if you could all send them to me as soon as possible.

Thanks

Am thinking! TBF, unusual instruments and the 80s doesn't make for the most top of mind categories.

Findus Fop · **Joined:** 14th May, 2009 **Posts:** 4500

Malc wrote:

Still waiting for most of the entries on this. I've had 3 submissions so far, all from Group A, still waiting on 9 people!

Would appreciate it if you could all send them to me as soon as possible.

Thanks

Am thinking! TBF, unusual instruments and the 80s doesn't make for the most top of mind categories.

Pundabaya · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 5016

I'm drawing a blank with non-english, 90s songs that I actually like that have a YouTube presence.

Jem · **Posted:** Wed Jul 22, 2020 14:58

Am also struggling with 80s songs with unusual instruments!

Kern · **Posted:** Wed Jul 22, 2020 17:57

More theme ideas from my inexhaustible well:

Floor fillers
Floor emptiers
Avian ways
As seen on TV
Pirates!
New Beginnings
Royalty
Songs without words

KovacsC · **Posted:** Wed Jul 22, 2020 18:03

Pundabaya wrote:

I'm drawing a blank with non-english, 90s songs that I actually like that have a YouTube presence.

Yes it was tough.

Bloody Malia

Kern · **Posted:** Wed Jul 22, 2020 18:07

[shakes fist] TheVision!

Mr Dave · **Posted:** Wed Jul 22, 2020 20:24

KovacsC wrote:

Pundabaya wrote:

I'm drawing a blank with non-english, 90s songs that I actually like that have a YouTube presence.

Yes it was tough.

Bloody Malia

Took me all of 5 seconds .

Betting it appears here too.

Curiosity · **Posted:** Fri Jul 24, 2020 20:32

Is the theme ‘Not English’ or ‘Song Not In English’, or whichever you fancy it being?

Coz, like, 90s songs from America is pretty easy.

myp · **Posted:** Fri Jul 24, 2020 21:02

Curiosity wrote:

Is the theme ‘Not English’ or ‘Song Not In English’, or whichever you fancy it being?

Coz, like, 90s songs from America is pretty easy.

Shut up

Malc · **Posted:** Fri Jul 24, 2020 21:50

Curiosity wrote:

Is the theme ‘Not English’ or ‘Song Not In English’, or whichever you fancy it being?

Coz, like, 90s songs from America is pretty easy.

I think it's up to you to decide. The voting audience will decide how well you did.

Malc · **Posted:** Sun Jul 26, 2020 11:55

Mr Dave wrote:

KovacsC wrote:

Pundabaya wrote:

I'm drawing a blank with non-english, 90s songs that I actually like that have a YouTube presence.

Yes it was tough.

Bloody Malia

Took me all of 5 seconds .

Betting it appears here too.

@Mr Dave Did it?

Mr Dave · **Posted:** Sun Jul 26, 2020 15:55

Malc wrote:

Mr Dave wrote:

KovacsC wrote:

Pundabaya wrote:

I'm drawing a blank with non-english, 90s songs that I actually like that have a YouTube presence.

Yes it was tough.

Bloody Malia

Took me all of 5 seconds .

Betting it appears here too.

@Mr Dave Did it?

Yes.

Were thinking I might've been wrong, but there it is at the very bottom.

Curiosity · **Posted:** Mon Jul 27, 2020 8:10

Question to the masses - do people prefer single themes or double themes?

I’m finding the latter a bit restrictive. It’s potentially more interesting in finding and fitting a song in, but less likely to result in the picking of really good songs. My opinion only though, and people may well prefer the double themes.

DavPaz · **Joined:** 27th Jun, 2008 **Posts:** 39169

The double themes are cool but could potentially make it impossible to choose a song.

myp · **Posted:** Mon Jul 27, 2020 8:46

Just be better

DavPaz · **Joined:** 27th Jun, 2008 **Posts:** 39169

Didn't think of that

Kern · **Posted:** Mon Jul 27, 2020 9:32

I prefer single ones, and I've tried to keep my suggestions as open to interpretation as possible to encourage diversity.
I struggled this week because whilst I could think of plenty of things with weird instruments, shoehorning in 1980s was tricky. But I found the best entry nonetheless.

Malc · **Posted:** Mon Jul 27, 2020 10:29

Okay,

What I'll do then for this round, the loser can pick the theme, and the second constraint will be any of the top 4 "types" in the other poll.

From the next round going forward it will just be one theme and that's that.

Is that okay with everyone?

myp · **Posted:** Mon Jul 27, 2020 10:32

Malc · **Posted:** Mon Jul 27, 2020 11:04

I'll make a quick poll on it in another thread as apparently I can't do euro polls in this thread

myp · **Posted:** Mon Jul 27, 2020 12:19

If you can’t come up with good songs with esoteric theme choices then you don’t know music. Suck it up

Cras · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 49258

Trooper · **Joined:** 4th Mar, 2010 **Posts:** 22471

I thought the point of song wars was just to submit the first popular song you can think of, that vaguely fits the theme?

Malc · **Posted:** Fri Jul 31, 2020 13:17

It looks like most people want two themes to continue so here are the results of the polls.

Could @GazChap please choose a theme and a song type (from the top 4 highlighted in white) and post it in this thread . These will be used by Group B in week 4

Attachment:

Themes for week4.png

Thanks

GazChap · **Posted:** Fri Jul 31, 2020 16:48

Little Bit of Politics
Floor Emptiers

myp · **Posted:** Fri Jul 31, 2020 16:57

GazChap wrote:

Little Bit of Politics
Floor Emptiers

Oh shit son

Malc · **Posted:** Fri Jul 31, 2020 16:59

Thanks Gaz,
@JBR can I have your choices for Group A please?, and then I will choose both of yours.

JBR · **Joined:** 2nd Jun, 2008 **Posts:** 3453

Ah, sorry - saw this and thought mine were going to be different or something (I'm not mentioned in the post with the options).

New beginnings
Cover versions.

myp · **Posted:** Fri Jul 31, 2020 20:36

I hate you

Curiosity · **Posted:** Sat Aug 01, 2020 9:22

Mr Chonks wrote:

I hate you

If you can’t come up with good songs with esoteric theme choices then you don’t know music. Suck it up

Malc · **Posted:** Sat Aug 01, 2020 12:41

Okay Thanks JBR,

So Group A (@KovacsC, @Pundabaya, @Curiosity and @Mr Chonks )Please can you submit your songs with the theme of Cover Versions: New Beginnings

Group B ( @Kern, @Jem, @DavPaz and @Findus Fop ) Please can you submit your songs with the theme of Floor Emptiers: A Little Bit Of Politics

@JBR and @GazChap your theme is Mash-ups: Summer Holiday

Please can you get your entries to me ASAP (I know some of you already have, thank you for your promptness!)

Also, time to start submitting more themes and song types please.

Thanks

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