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FELIX Group
Georgia on My Mind - Ray Charles
Midnight Train To Georgia - Gladys Knight & The Pips
Me & Bobby McGee - Janis Joplin
Sweet Jane - The Cowboy Junkies

TOM Group
Torn - Natalie Imbruglia
Hallelujah - Jeff Buckley
Without You - Nilsson
I've Got You Under My Skin - Frank Sinatra

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75. Robbie Williams – The Heavy Entertainment Show - 5
76. Declan McKenna – Be an Astronaut - 7

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RAY BRADBURY GROUP Crowded House | Recurring Dream The National | About Today Ryuichi Sakamoto | Thousand Knives Moon Duo | Mazes I feel like I smell winner material from this group, but that will depend on if a 10-minute mostly instrumental (which is really really good, also) is to the forum's tast...

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72. Chocolate Genius – My Mom - 7 73. The Soul Stirrers – Were You There? - 7 74. C+C Music Factory – Take a Toke - 3 I can't imagine this is good to listen to while either high or making love. In fact the lyrics lead me to believe this was intended to be funny; the lyrics are all weed-based innuend...

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71. Interpol – Slow Hands - 9
Evil was ranked #183 in my all-time poll. This deserves a place, at least in an extended list, since I like the pace of the instrumental possibly more than Evil but the lyricism's weaker. 9 is a good fit for it.

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70. Leonard Cohen – Please Don’t Pass Me By (A Disgrace) - 8
I really like how Cohen builds this song, gets the crowd into it, and preaches about how the audience may one day find themselves in that same situation. But, I have to wonder - did he actually do anything for that blind homeless man?

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GARFIELD Group The Jimi Hendrix Experience - All Along The Watchtower Marvin Gaye - I Heard It Through the Grapevine Aretha Franklin - Respect Sinead O'Connor - Nothing Compares 2 U HEATHCLIFF Group Soft Cell - Tainted Love Johnny Cash - Hurt Ike & Tina Turner - Proud Mary Otis Redding - Try a L...

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63. Marilyn Manson – Rock is Dead - 7 A shame, this was good. 64. Kelly Clarkson – Mr. Know It All - 5 This is Clarkson going with the times and here it just doesn't work. Also the Wikipedia page notes the similarity to Just The Way You Are and now that's all I can hear. 65. Vonda Shepard – Hooked o...

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Nick Cave - Red Right Hand A losing battle, but a deserving finalist. Both are, really. I was going to do a big thing about how "overlooked" these songs were, really, but overall I think I can say that both of these tracks would be very unfamiliar to the general public today. Not overlooke...

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LEO TOLSTOY GROUP Joanie Sommers | I Like the Likes of You Joni Mitchell | Why Do Fools Fall in Love The Roger Webb Sound | Moon Bird Sam Hunt | Take Your Time This was a bit weak for me. I enjoyed my top two well enough, but the bottom song I really disliked even before the tournament. Take Your Ti...

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Group 1: The Cranberries - Zombie The Style Council - Walls Come Tumbling Down Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - Red Right Hand Ride - Leave Them All Behind Muse - Time is Running Out Lil Green - Why Don't You Do Right Bruce Springsteen - Candy's Room Lou Reed - Sad Song Group 2: The Cardigans - My Fa...

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Group 33 Love Buzz - Shocking Blue > Nirvana Popcorn - Gershon Kingsley < Hot Butter Girls Just Wanna Have Fun - Cindy Lauper > Russian Red Wild Horses - The Rolling Stones > The Sundays Group 34 Georgia on My Mind - Hoagy Carmichael < Ray Charles Blue Monk - Thelonious Monk > Abbey Lincoln Sprawl I...

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54. Steve Reich – Music for Mallet Instruments, Voices and Organ - 7 55. Suzanne Vega – Ironbound / Fancy Poultry - 6 56. Triana – En el lago - 8 57. Rosalía - Pienso en tu mirá – Cap 3: Celos - 5 58. The Long Blondes – Once and Never Again - 7 59. Breakout - Kamienie - 7 60. Vance Joy - Riptide - 5...

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Bjork - Bachelorette < Louis Armstrong - St. James Infirmary Madness - One Step Beyond > R.E.M. - Nightswimming Gang of Four - Natural's Not In It > Nina Simone - I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel to Be Free Kate Bush - The Big Sky < Joy Division - Dead Souls Bjork - It's Oh So Quiet < Of Montreal - T...

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Group 31 I Know Him So Well - Elaine Paige & Barbara Dickson > Whitney & Cissy Houston Just Like Heaven - The Cure > Katie Melua The Man Who Sold The World - David Bowie < Nirvana Beat the Retreat - Richard & Linda Thompson > June Tabor Group 32 Changes - Black Sabbath < Charles Bradley ...

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49. Duane Eddy – Rebel Rouser - 7
50. Cocteau Twins – Iceblink Luck - 8
51. Beny Moré – Cómo Fue - 6
52. Ministry - Revenge - 7
53. Billy Bragg – She’s Got a New Spell - 6

This was a pretty strong set of songs, nothing bad here at all.

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I was the voter whose album was removed, but overall that's probably a good choice given there's already an R.E.M. album and they're not exactly an unknown act.

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Made a quick last minute edit to add two songs to my list; I was browsing RYM and saw I'd negelected to represent the first music recorded in my home country.

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Squeeze - Up the Junction < The Cranberries - Zombie Nick Cave - Red Right Hand > Bronski Beat - Smalltown Boy Lil Green - Why Don't You Do Right > Sufjan Stevens - For the Widows in Paradise, For the Fatherless in Ypsilanti Lou Reed - Sad Song < Violent Femmes - Kiss Off Oasis - Whatever < Muse - T...

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Group 29 I Can't Stand It - The Velvet Underground < The House of Love Comme d'Habitude/My Way - Claude François > Paul Anka The Sound of Silence - Simon & Garfunkel > Disturbed Make You Feel My Love - Bob Dylan > Ane Brun Group 30 Rascal / Bless The Broken Road - RMR > Rascal Flatts Midnight Tr...

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Something is strange about the "Bless the Broken Road" nomination. Rascal Flatts certainly made the most popular version, but the original is not "Rascal"; rather, it's this track by the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jLRC64uomjk Rascal Flatt's version ca...

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47. Kris Kristofferson – Me and Bobby McGee - 8 The opening comments from Kris are defensive about this being a country song, but I think that is to its strength. It was completely transformed by Janis but the original can stand on its own. 48. The Decemberists – The Crane Wife 1 & 2 - 9 For ref...

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Maybe I miss a joke here, but I don't see anything particularly f-ed up about that. Silly yes, but nothing more. Not that explaining an attempt at humour ever goes well, but I'm basically just saying that Cooper going for a surprisingly normal premise was more shocking to me than his normal antics.

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41. Jay-Z – Moment of Clarity - 6 42. The Godfathers – Birth, School, Work, Death - 7 43. Mary Gauthier – I Drink - 7 Love the voice, makes me sleepy 44. Fugazi – Sieve-Fisted Find - 6 Slipped through my fingers... 45. Gorillaz, featuring André 3000 & James Murphy – DoYaThing - 8 To have been a ...

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Would be keen to write about:
Talking Heads
Tom Waits
The National
Gorillaz

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KURT VONNEGUT GROUP Penthouse | Valley of the Sows Green Day | Rest OOIOO | UMA Alexander Hawkins & Tomeka Reid | Peace on You This is a really unique group in a good way - widely different styles from each artist. I don't love any of these but I respect them. WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE GROUP George Cl...

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Bjork - It's Oh So Quiet < Manic Street Preachers - Your Love Alone is Not Enough Of Montreal - The Past is a Grotesque Animal > Erykah Badu - Tyrone Lana Del Rey - Mariners Apartment Complex > Sonic Youth - The Diamond Sea Charlotte Gainsbourg - Deadly Valentine > Can - Oh Yeah Leonard Cohen - Dres...

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Group 28 Both Sides Now - Joni Mitchell > Judy Collins I Just Don't Know What To Do With Myself - Dusty Springfield > The White Stripes When You Were Mine - Prince > Cindy Lauper Hounds of Love - Kate Bush > The Futureheads Group 29 Without You - Badfinger < Nilsson You Missed My Heart - Mark Kozele...

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Also I'd like to update Roosevelt - Teardrops to a 9. It kept popping on as I finished listening to the previous block and it's just... so good.

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35. Modest Mouse – Dark Center of the Universe - 6 Aside from their big hits I have consistently bounced off Modest Mouse. Just, it's fine, but nothing hooking me. 36. Robyn – Stars 4-Ever - 6 Inoffensive and nice to listen to but doesn't stand out. 37. Prince – Gett Off - 7 This song was a mixed ba...

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32. The Divine Comedy – Becoming More Like Alfie - 7 In a song about turning into a Michael Caine character, it's a shame they didn't try to mimic his voice more. Would have made for a worse song but a funnier bit. 33. Anri – Last Summer Whisper - 7 Good city pop song that stands out for the gorgeou...

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Prepare to have your jaw drop the way mine did when I found out: the Pogues are British! Yeah, I think only Shane himself is Irish. I knew they were listed as British on this site, but I assumed that was because they'd moved there. Knowing this now it is slightly funny to me that they kicked out th...

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Ladytron - Destroy Everything You Touch > Bjork - Bachelorette Jim Croce - Time in a Bottle < Louis Armstrong - St. James Infirmary Albert Ayler - Ghosts < Madness - One Step Beyond R.E.M. - Nightswimming < Pere Ubu - Final Solution Gang of Four - Natural's Not In It > Crystal Castles - Courtship D...

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Group 25 Shoreline - Broder Daniel > Anna Ternheim Hey Jude - The Beatles > Wilson Pickett & Duane Allman Half a World Away - Oasis > AURORA Kinky Love - Nancy Sinatra < Pale Saints Group 26 Mother Sky - CAN > Th'Faith Healers Ashes to Ashes - David Bowie > Michael Stipe State of Independence - ...

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28. Kool & the Gang – Hollywood Swinging - 7 Calling yourself "Kool" seems like a gamble, so it's good these guys were in fact extremely cool. 29. Ace Frehley – New York Groove - 7 Getting some Jonathan Richman vibes from the verses. 30. Sarah Brightman – Nella Fantasia - 4 This remind...

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Group 23 Me & Bobby McGee - Roger Miller < Janis Joplin Don't Know Why - Jesse Harris < Norah Jones When You're Smiling - Seger Ellis < Louis Armstrong & His Orchestra 1929 Dancing in the Dark - Bruce Springsteen > Hot Chip Group 24 Higher Ground - Stevie Wonder > Red Hot Chili Peppers Powde...

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25. Avishai Cohen Trio – Eleven Wives - 7
26. Sebastián Yatra & Isabela Merced – My Only One (No Hay Nadie Más) - 3
27. Broadcast - Pendulum - 6

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Oasis - Whatever < Russell Morris - The Real Thing Louis Prima - Just a Gigolo/I Ain't Got Nobody < Muse - Time is Running Out St. Vincent - Prince Johnny < Scott Walker - The Old Man's Back Again (Dedicated to the Neo-Stalinist Regime) Carl Perkins - Matchbox < Ride - Leave Them All Behind The B-52...

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22. Bootsy’s Rubber Band – Roto-Rooter - 4 23. Janelle Monáe – Say You’ll Go - 5 Fine but overstays its welcome a bit. Never been as hot on the second side of ArchAndroid. 24. Van Der Graaf Generator – Theme One - 7 Frankly this just proves you don't need a 20-minute song to show off your prog. 23. ...

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20. Mötley Crüe – Red Hot - 5
Reminds me of Kiss, in the sense that something about the song feels hollow.
21. Morrissey – The More You Ignore Me, the Closer I Get - 7
Ingenious move by Morrissey to ensure he is always talked about; after all, who would want to be close to Morrissey?

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18. N I G H T P O O L NEON – Perfume From Now On - 3
Ambient really isn't my thing.
19. The Cranberries – Animal Instinct - 7
Good but lacks the edge or hook that completes most Cranberries songs for me.

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56. Kim Wilde - Close (1988) - 8 I was very surprised with how much I enjoyed this, given that I'm not like a huge fan of her songs I do know. I like her voice, the songs are really energetic and I don't mind the "80s sound" that it has. EDIT: Adding the next album too 57. Laurie Anderson ...

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Group 21 Let's Not Forget - Curtis Mayfield > Nina Hagen I think the original is much better, but I appreciate Hagen's attempt at a full style change (this almost feels like an acoustic cover) Mr Pharmacist - The Other Half < The Fall The Fall's version is very similar to the original but with easil...

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The Orb - Little Fluffy Clouds < Squeeze - Up the Junction Picking the Costello impression over the sparse nostalgia of clouds. Bob Dylan - Mississippi < The Cranberries - Zombie Considered not voting for Zombie since I think it's not overlooked at all, but its against a Dylan song so I think it's f...

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