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Modern Qualifier 11 – MONDAY HELL DANCING THEME
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— 12 May 2023 Tom

Our headline group!

  1. A mash-up of two songs you all know, originally performed at the 2002 BRIT Awards. Nominated by Ita S.
  2. Lead single from the 2016 Coconut Oil EP, later a worldwide hit. A Bracket Balancer.
  3. Lead single from 2010’s Body Talk Pt 1. Don’t mention the other version. Nominated by Steffen R-M.
  4. A UK No.1 banger from 2004 I should get on with writing about. Nominated by Graham M.
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Qualifier M11: MONDAY HELL DANCING THEME

KYLIE MINOGUE - "Can't Get Blue Monday Out Of My Head" (YouTube)

LIZZO - "Good As Hell" (YouTube)

ROBYN - "Dancing On My Own" (YouTube)

THE SHAPESHIFTERS - "Lola's Theme" (YouTube)

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Sarah   13 months ago

Ha, blimey, I pressed vote for Lizzo with a bit of a sigh thinking, well, obviously it will be way out there in the lead so this might be a bit of a wasted vote... sort of still is, but for a […]

Mitchell Stirling   13 months ago

It has been over a decade now, and I'm still no closer to understanding why, of all of the artists and songs that sound like it from the 21st Century, it is 'Dancing On My Own' that is the 20th best […]

Cumbrian   13 months ago

I've made this point in the Musk Rats domain before but it bears repeating, given that, on one level, they're sort of about the same thing, I found it interesting that while I sympathise with Robyn, […]

Tom   13 months ago

Shapeshifters fans may be interested to know that the Patreon version of Popular (which is 2 number ones head of the regular edition) has reached Lola's Theme! I suspect anyone interested enough […]

Modern Qualifier 12 – KICKBACK LAHLA DON BAKA
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  1. A 2022 track that’s one of many themes to the Chainsaw Man anime. Nominated by Nicole K.
  2. Another 2022 track, a single by the South African songwriter. Nominated by lokpolokpo.
  3. More 2022 fun from the “Songbird Of Wassoulou”‘s Timbuktu LP. Nominated by Lonepilgrim.
  4. From the 2020 turn-based RPG Yakuza 7: Like A Dragon, this is (I think!) a karaoke track your character performs! Nominated by Horizontalhold.
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Qualifier M12: KICKBACK LAHLA DON BAKA

KENSHI YONEZU - "KICKBACK" (YouTube)

BUSISWA ft DJ BUCKZ, UHURU - "Lahla" (YouTube)

OUMOU SANGARE - "Wassulu Don" (YouTube)

YAKUZA 7 - "Baku Mitai" (YouTube)

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Cumbrian   13 months ago

The rhythm game sections in the Karaoke bars of the Yakuza series have long given me a lot of trouble - as I get older I am losing the dexterity to button mash effectively. The games themselves […]

Jeff Worrell   13 months ago

The first two both made me think Spotify was glitching, Kenshi because it drops half a beat every few bars (I think) and Busiswa because of that EXTRA LOUD snare. I’m a sucker for dropped beats, so […]

rabbitfun   13 months ago

nominator here: yes, it's from 2014. this is not how 2022 South African house (re)incarnations sound!

wmterhaar   13 months ago

The Oumou Sangaré YT link goes to Robyn. This is the correct one: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tulfimCd6JE

Modern Qualifier 13 – DOLLARS CHIFFON CARBON TOPLESS
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  1. A single from 2019’s Chris, and the first appearance of CATQ since their 2020 poll win. Nominated by Neal D.
  2. A 2021 collaboration which also featured on MUNA’s self-titled 2022 LP. Nominated by Alison Y.
  3. A track from Karin Dreijer’s 3rd LP as Fever Ray, which came out this very year! Nominated by Steve M.
  4. Title track from the 2022 Poll winner’s Natural Brown Prom Queen LP. A Bracket Balancer.
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Qualifier M13: DOLLARS CHIFFON CARBON TOPLESS

CHRISTINE AND THE QUEENS - "5 Dollars" (YouTube)

MUNA ft PHOEBE BRIDGERS - "Silk Chiffon" (YouTube)

FEVER RAY - "Carbon Dioxide" (YouTube)

SUDAN ARCHIVES - "NBPQ (Topless)" (YouTube)

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I miss the bees   13 months ago

Yep!

I miss the bees   13 months ago

The affected way she swallows the ll in dollars turned me into a strange rage. Especially when she enunciated it properly once in the song showing that it was perfectly […]

SmoothBrain   13 months ago

I love the individual bits of NBPQ but after listening to the Sudan Archives album repeatedly last year I feel it's the track from it that feels the least stand-alone - something too jarring about […]

Tom   13 months ago

Looks like the bracket balancers are going to claim their first victims here (BUT WHO??)

Modern Qualifier 14 – CURATED by perfectdepth
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— 12 May 2023 Tom

Here’s a Curated Group by @perfectdepth on Twitter. Its theme – perhaps you have guessed! – is remixes by Superpitcher (and in one case Supermayer, his collaboration with Michael Mayer).

  1. Epic Supermayer mix of a track originally on 2007’s Release The Stars.
  2. From the 12″ of this single from 2005’s Before The Dawn Heals Us.
  3. 2001’s classic indietronica single came with a bunch of remixes – this is one.
  4. From 2002’s Speicher 6 12″ release on Kompakt.
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Qualifier M14: CURATED by Perfectdepth!

RUFUS WAINWRIGHT - "Tiergarten (Supermayer Lost In The Tiergarten Remix)" (YouTube)

M83 - "Don't Save Us From The Flames (Superpitcher Remix)" (YouTube)

DNTEL - "(This Is) The Dream Of Evan And Chan (Superpitcher Kompakt Remix)" (YouTube)

QUARKS - "I Walk (Superpitcher Schaffel Mix)" (YouTube)

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abisnuts   13 months ago

I Walk wurde robbed

Sarah   13 months ago

Yes! Excellent! Superpitcher's scarf collection is a classic of the schaffel times imho

j_e_l   13 months ago

Is this it? Not even sure if this is Superpitcher

Sarah   13 months ago

Quarks for me! Can we post pics here? Can I spam you with Superpitcher's scarf? Hmm, seems not...

Modern Qualifier 15 – MOTION VOUS FAMOUS SYMPTOM
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  1. From 2017’s Modern Kosmology, the 7th (ish) LP by this People’s Pop favourite. Nominated by isaiahtwofour.
  2. The singer-songwriter and Freaksville label head teams up with ex Stereolab vocalist Sadier on this 2012 single. Nominated by ladyelevator.
  3. Opening track from 2018’s In The Rainbow Rain, the Texas band’s 9th and most recent LP. Nominated by Billy D.
  4. Closing track from 2015’s Divers, the cult songwriter’s 4th and best-selling LP. Nominated by Katie C. (YOUTUBE ONLY)
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Qualifier M15: MOTION VOUS FAMOUS SYMPTOM

JANE WEAVER - "Slow Motion" (YouTube)

BENJAMIN SCHOOS ft LAETITIA SADIER - "Je Ne Vois Que Vous" (YouTube)

OKKERVIL RIVER - "Famous Tracheotomies" (YouTube)

JOANNA NEWSOM - "Time, As A Symptom" (YouTube)

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sclv   13 months ago

The newsom track is mogwai for people that make their own soap and I am here for it.

ajjr82   13 months ago

Wasn't expecting Okkervil River to sound so sophisti-pop, I always thought of them as a folk band similar to Iron & Wine. The Benjamin Schoos song sounded just like I thought it would from […]

komodomymanor   13 months ago

Almost almost skipped Okkervil River 15 seconds in, had tears in my eyes by the end. Second terrific songwriterly one I've heard in the polls today, nice work nominators.

vinnycrackers   13 months ago

I'm inclined to like Joanna Newsom anyway, but that mourning dove coo is the sound that kept me from losing it during the pandemic (they were nesting right outside my window) and that really kicked […]

Modern Poll Day 3 Playlists
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— 12 May 2023 Tom

The third day of the Modern poll – 5 more groups, only one of which (the fourth) is curated. If I were a betting pollrunner I would say today’s headline group includes the poll favourite… but we’ll see.

I’m not planning to run polls at the weekend, so after this you get a chance to catch up on the Modern groups so far and we’ll be back on Monday. Check the comments for a note on how we’re resolving ties this poll too.

YouTube Day 3
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Tom   13 months ago

So - ties! It's trickier to set up polls on the new site so I want to avoid tie-breaks if possible. In this poll ties will be resolved as follows. If it's a CURATED GROUP, the Curator gets to pick […]

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