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I think I fucked this category up. My brain allows goes āband with lyricsā and I forget to do instrumentals.
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Oh this is one of the one submissions I really liked. Fingers crossed here
Sorry, had family emergency come up and Iāve been behind all week.
I have listened to all the songs about 6-8 times each so I just need to sit down and actually rank them. Iāll set reveal for Sunday with Monday as latest if the weekend gets crazy.
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I aināt starting 'til people say hello 
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Reporting to be judged and have my hopes dashed, sir.
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'ello, guvnah!!!
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Ok, letās get the preamble out of the way while people wait for a bus or train here where they can socially distance correctly.
A track which includes any instrument that isnāt a guitar, keyboards or drums (or voice)
Make me feel something, but itās easier to say what not to submit - ABC music of any genre (eg that means 99% of metal), stadium rock apart from a few of the 70s giants, tepid 80ās jazz/funk, boy/girl bands, C&W, Autotune, that 80ās keyboard/drum machine sound, bongos, virtuosity for the sake of it, singers who sound like massive wankers (aka Morrison/Morrissey syndrome)
This was impossibly hard to judge because of the wide variety of musical styles submitted, as youāll see. Note; this is a good thing.
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Present.
Two tracks stood no chance whatsoever, so letās get those out of the way first.
In 13th spot, āI Want My Tears Backā by Nightwish, for 1 point
Finnish symphonic metal featuring Irelandās answer to the bagpipes. I want my five minutes back.
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Hot on the heels of one pipes track comes another - no, Iām not being pipesist, ok?
In 12th place, "Itās A Long Way To The Top (If You Wanna Rock ānā Roll) by AC/DC, for 2 points
Featuring what appears to be a highly excitable young boy whoās bunked off school for the day to mime guitar on a bus with his fatherās band, and a castrato singer celebrating his Scottish upbringing by pretending to play bagpipes, Iām told by people who know about these things that this is in fact an outstanding example of early AC/DC, and who am I to argue (though obviously I will)?
Interestingly, if you let youtube autoplay, the next track (Jailbreak) is a version of this one minus the bagpipesā¦at least I think that was the intention. On the plus side at least the bagpipes arenāt fighting for attention with Finnish symphonic metal.
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In 11th place, ā40 days and 40 nightsā by Ben Caplan, for 3 points
Well, heās got a voice, but itās one that deserves stronger material than a straight Stax pastiche. This is one I knew I wouldnāt enjoy listening to three times - so I retired after two and a half.
Get a songwriter, Ben. This one fails under the ABC music of any genre rule.
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Double bagpipes. Mrs S is giving me the skunk eye
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In 10th place, āHarrietā by Hey Rosetta!, for 4 points
From the post-Beatles McCartney school of songwriting, this inoffensive track somehow glided by and barely left an impression on me. I can find nothing else to say about it.
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I am a simply man. I see Nightwish, I click the like button.
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No love for bagpipes :(
In 9th place, ā25 Or 6 To 4ā by Chicago, for 5 points
This is the part of the walrus I hate: when someone says something like āI knew this was my choice from the second I saw this categoryā and Iām over familiar with the track and never liked it at all in the first place.
I donāt even have much to say about it. Itās not terrible, just dated and didnāt move me, with a lyric thatās about nothing.
I still canāt forgive them for the atrocity of a number one that was If You Leave Me Now.
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