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Curatorfest Qualifier 8! CURATED by Simon T
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— 6 May 2023 Tom

This group is curated by Simon T and as I understand it it’s a selection of Australian classics little known in the Northern Hemisphere – Models, Screamfeeder, Rocket Science and Thelma Plum, your time is now!

RESULTS: Thelma Plum enters the MODERN poll Round 1, while Screamfeeder make their way into ANCIENT Round 1.

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Qualifier C8! Curated by Simon T

MODELS - "I Hear Motion" (YouTube)

SCREAMFEEDER - "Hi Cs" (YouTube)

ROCKET SCIENCE - "Being Followed" (YouTube)

THELMA PLUM - "Better In Blak" (YouTube)

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Simon Topper   16 months ago

Well that’s bloody lovely of you, thanks! Glad people seem to be enjoying & discovering. It’s always driven me bananas that it tends to be only the most obvious Aust artists to get out of the […]

di qualcosa di sinistra   16 months ago

Didn't know about any of these acts before - now I got 4 GBs. Total group of death for me, kudos to the curator

Cumbrian   16 months ago

Better in Blak a new one on me and probably on my GB list. An easy vote for me here.

healingandy   16 months ago

Trent Reznor was listening to Models, eh?

Curatorfest Qualifier 7! CURATED by Sarah C
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— 6 May 2023 Tom

Curated Group #7 in this tournament is on the theme of WORK, and comes from Sarah C. Heaven 17 are slaves to the grind; Tetsuya Kimoro gives a more optimistic spin; the Ramones embrace flexible working and Sparks quiet quit. Two will find themselves unemployed next round…

RESULTS: It’s one into the ANCIENT poll (Heaven 17!) and one into the MODERN poll (Sparks!)

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Qualifier C7! Curated by Sarah C

HEAVEN 17 - "Crushed By The Wheels Of Industry" (YouTube)

TETSUYA KOMURO - "HURRAY FOR WORKING LOVERS" (YouTube)

THE RAMONES - "It's Not My Place (In The 9 To 5 World)" (YouTube)

SPARKS - "Dick Around" (YouTube)

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Cumbrian   16 months ago

Knowing there's a Sparks hive I had to go for Heaven 17 in case they weren't going to get out of this group. Otherwise I'd have voted for Tetsuya Komuro who is languishing sadly.

TheHarderLine   16 months ago

Ahh I bailed on Sparks and Ramones but enjoyed the other two a lot!

ajjr82   16 months ago

I feel like Owen Pallet listened to a lot of Sparks (I voted Ramones).

j_e_l   17 months ago

I have a hot take. Sparks are kinda like They Might Be Giants for grown-ups. I quite like this song. All around, a good group! I’m voting for the Ramones for expressing one of my fundamental feelings.

Curatorfest Qualifier 6! CURATED by Spimtobley
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— 6 May 2023 Tom

Here’s our 6th curated group, from Twitter’s own @spimtobley, and the theme is SISTER ACTS – four groups made up of sisters. Not only is there a wild genre mix here, it’s a pretty globe-spanning bunch too – the Lijadu Sisters from Nigeria, Ireland’s Nolans, and from America there’s 702 (Nevada) and P.S.Eliot (Alabama).

RESULTS: The sisters who progress are The Nolans and 702 – both into the ANCIENT Poll Round 1.

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Qualifier C6! Curated by Spimtobley

LIJADU SISTERS - "Come On Home" (YouTube)

THE NOLANS - "Attention To Me" (YouTube)

702 - "Where My Girls At" (YouTube)

P.S. ELIOT - "Incoherent Love Songs" (YouTube)

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Matt   16 months ago

New site, same old being charmed by a song, voting for it and seeing that it's miles behind the others.

Tom   16 months ago

This one has turned into a real nail biter (except for poor PS Eliot)

Pop-o-matic   16 months ago

These are all great and normally I'd have voted for Lijadu Sisters, but thought P.S. Eliot probably needed it more. Another good group! […]

bartlebooth45   16 months ago

Four very nice tunes. I was never much of a PS Eliot fan despite being very much into that scene at the time when they were around but this song hits in a way it didn't 15 odd years ago for some […]

Curatorfest Qualifier 5! CURATED by Andy H
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— 5 May 2023 Tom

Our fifth group comes from Andy R and it’s a broadly refugee-themed group for a poll raising money for refugee and international aid charities. 2016’s “Running (Refugee Song)” was written specially to bring awareness to the issue – it’s joined here by thematically linked tracks from Depeche Mode, R.E.M. and Tears For Fears, all of whom we last saw in our 1985 tournament!

RESULTS: A pretty clear win for Tears For Fears and REM sees both bands into the ANCIENT poll Round 1.

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Qualifier C5! Curated by Andy H

DEPECHE MODE - "Home" (YouTube)

REM - "Belong" (YouTube)

TEARS FOR FEARS - "Pale Shelter" (YouTube)

VARIOUS ARTISTS* - "Running (Refugee Song)" (YouTube)

*including Common, Gregory Porter, Keyon Harrold and Andrea Pizziconi

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j_e_l   16 months ago

Yes, went with TFF’s Duran impression. Wherever you go, you can’t hide from the dominance of Tears for Fears

Tom   17 months ago

I've played about 20 minutes of GTA games in my life, but in those 20 minutes my character did pull onto a freeway just as the intro to "Pale Shelter" segued into the beats and I thought "OK, now I […]

healingandy   17 months ago

Ah, here we are! No-theme poll? No, I'm institutionalised now. Themes are mandatory, so this one I thought was appropriate. Interesting test of whether name recognition was still a thing in the […]

ajjr82   17 months ago

I like this TFF song more than their later stuff, much more in that early New Romantic style, a bit softer take on early Duran Duran.

Curatorfest Qualifier 4! CURATED by Dan Popomatic
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— 4 May 2023 Tom

Our fourth Curated Group comes from @danpopomatic and I am delighted to announce that the theme is DISCO. There may be more to it I admit but that’s very strongly the vibe I’m getting here. We have soulful disco from Jimmy Ross, Ghanaian disco from Kiki Gyan, anthemic gay disco from Macho and a modern take from Purple Disco Machine. Get down (and vote).

RESULTS: Jimmy Ross and Kiki Gyan advance to ANCIENT Round 1 – we won’t be seeing them for a while.

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Qualifier C4! Curated by Dan Popomatic

JIMMY ROSS - "First True Love Affair (Larry Levan Mix)" (YouTube)

KIKI GYAN - "Disco Dancer" (YouTube)

MACHO - "I'm A Man - Edit" (YouTube)

PURPLE DISCO MACHINE - "Body Funk" (YouTube)

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Tom   16 months ago

Ok I have clearly disabled some setting that actually shows the results of completed polls… hold on.

Pop-o-matic   16 months ago

Yay! Glad you enjoyed it!

Steffen Rayburn-Maarup ?   16 months ago

4 golden beats! Well done.

Kat but logged out innit   16 months ago

Love all these! Kiki Gyan is my favourite though, it's the Golden Beat playlist for you, my dude

Curatorfest Qualifier 3! CURATED by Andrew R!
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— 4 May 2023 Tom

Our third curated group is from Andrew R and has an awesome theme – it’s the best songs he’s found while curating clip quizzes for Sporcle. Blessed are the quizmakers – here’s a link to all Andrew’s quizzes.

RESULTS: 10,000 Maniacs and The Sharades both progress to ANCIENT Round 1 – we’ll see them again in June.

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Qualifier C3! Curated by Andrew R

THE SHARADES - "Dumb Head" (YouTube)

10,000 MANIACS - "Trouble Me" (YouTube)

THURSDAY - "Understanding In A Car Crash" (YouTube)

LOUDON WAINWRIGHT III - "The Swimming Song" (YouTube)

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ajjr82   16 months ago

That one's the one that had the most genre quibbling in the comments/messages, weirdly.

Tom   16 months ago

Loved the quizzes - a source of consolation during a tricky week (I almost had to step away from the internet)

ajjr82   16 months ago

If anyone wants the quizzes these songs were from: The Sharades: Girl Group Sounds, 1960-1968 (https://www.sporcle.com/games/ajjr8/girlgroups) 10000 Maniacs: Modern Rock, 1985-1989 (https://www […]

katstevens   16 months ago

Dumb Head gets my vote despite swimming content elsewhere

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