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Modern Qualifier 7 – CURATED by Mitchell S
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— 11 May 2023 Tom

This curated group comes from Mitchell S who writes The Run Out Grooves, a newsletter about the closing tracks of LPs. That is not the theme of this group, which is an all-2010s transmission from a parallel poll universe where we did the 5 Letter Words Wordle Cup.

  1. Single from 2012’s The Haunted Man LP, the English singer-songwriter-producer’s third.
  2. Quasi-title track from the modern post-punkers’ 2nd album, 2016’s Adore Life.
  3. From St Vincent’s 3rd LP, 2011’s highly-acclaimed Strange Mercy.
  4. Opening track to the dream-poppers’ 2010 LP Teen Dream
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Qualifier M7: CURATED by Mitchell S!

BAT FOR LASHES - "Laura" (YouTube)

SAVAGES - "Adore" (YouTube)

ST VINCENT - "Cruel" (YouTube)

BEACH HOUSE - "Zebra" (YouTube)

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Tom H   18 months ago

Daniel > Laura as far as the Bat for Lashes name titled songs go, but it's still one of her highlights!

Mitchell Stirling   18 months ago

I was torn between Zebra and Cruel myself. I don't quite enjoy Adore as much as the first album. Strange Mercy seems to be where St. Vincent found her stride and voice. So happy to see that go […]

wmterhaar   18 months ago

Bat for Lashes and Savages both with the type of ballad I love, but I adore the latter a bit more. I really dislike Beach House's music and to make things worse I always mix them up with the […]

sclv   18 months ago

Don't be taken in by Beach House, just a dreamed-up version of orbison's "you got it".

Modern Qualifier 8 – CURATED by Jel
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— 11 May 2023 Tom

A curated group from Jel – I believe there’s no specific theme here!

  1. Culture-clash collaboration from 2011’s Disney/Pixar movie Cars 2.
  2. A deep cut (or as deep as cuts from multi-platinum LPs get) from 2002’s Let Go.
  3. Our first 2023 track, from the symphonic power metallers’ latest LP, At The Heart Of Wintervale.
  4. Closing track from the glam metal legends’ 2002 opus Hollyweird (YOUTUBE ONLY)
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Qualifier M8: CURATED by Jel!

ROBBIE WILLIAMS & BRAD PAISLEY - "Collision Of Worlds" (YouTube)

AVRIL LAVIGNE - "Anything But Ordinary" (YouTube)

TWILIGHT FORCE - "Sunlight Knight" (YouTube)

POISON - "Home (CC's Story)" (YouTube)

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Cumbrian   17 months ago

Just on general principle, I was always likely to vote for the metal. After listening, I dutifully have ticked the relevant box.

j_e_l   18 months ago

In defence of Brad and Robbie - they were sort of bound by the awesome plot of Cars 2, which ends with Lightning and Matar visiting London in a convoluted James Bond pastiche

jonathanb   18 months ago

From "American Boy" to "London Boy" to this Paislliams thing, we really need a moratorium on songs where Americans and Englishes discover the existence of one another. (Voted Avril, but that Poison […]

Kit   18 months ago

whom knew that Paisley Bradley had taken a first draft at Accidental Racist two years earlier

Modern Qualifier 9 – KNOW CARD MIRACLES DRESS
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— 11 May 2023 Tom
  1. Single from the Irish musician’s debut LP, See Sew, from 2008. Nominated by Tamara B.
  2. The TikTok star and songwriter included this on 2022’s Poetic License EP. Nominated by Mic W.
  3. Single from the lo-fi musician’s 9th album, God Save The Animals, also from 2022. Nominated by Neal D.
  4. One-off single collaboration between artist KAYE and Glee star Darren Criss, from 2011. Nominated by grapefruitzzz. (YOUTUBE ONLY)
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Qualifier M9: KNOW/CARD/MIRACLES/DRESS

LISA HANNIGAN - "I Don't Know" (YouTube)

J MAYA - "Library Card" (YouTube)

ALEX G - "Miracles" (YouTube)

CHARLENE KAYE - "Dress And Tie" (YouTube)

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ajjr82   17 months ago

Alex G really working that Neil Young sound.

komodomymanor   17 months ago

Does J Maya think kryptonite is good? Cos otherwise that line doesn't make sense. That is actually going to bother me now. Oh, Alex G is good, it is hard to do this music in a way that I like but' […]

jonathanb   18 months ago

In the way of all polls, we reached the end of the 2022 contest and a few songs felt notably absent. Alex G's " Runner" was one of these; I'll be curious to see how "Miracles" goes. (Soon, we'll […]

Mic Waters   18 months ago

Gah. That should of course say Arron. Sorry!

Modern Qualifier 10 – CURATED by Tom E
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— 11 May 2023 Tom

A curated group by Tom E (hey that’s me!) mixing late UK garage, early grime and grime novelties.

  1. Ragga-garage 2002 single produced by Sticky. The only one to get any sort of official release.
  2. JME extemporises on the theme of Pokemon, from 2015. (YOUTUBE ONLY)
  3. White Label 12″ from 2003 from members of N.A.S.T.Y. Crew, much circulated on MP3 in the “blog era”. (YOUTUBE ONLY)
  4. Viral paean to Southern Fried Chicken’s meal deal. (YOUTUBE ONLY)
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Qualifier M10: CURATED by Tom E!

STUSH - "Dollar Sign" (YouTube)

JME - "The Very Best" (YouTube)

JAMMER ft D DOUBLE E - "Birds In The Sky" (YouTube)

RED HOT ENTERTAINMENT - "Junior Spesh" (YouTube)

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j_e_l   17 months ago

I’m thinking that Red Hot Entertainment are the most influential song in the poll, just found myself asking my son if he wants a Junior Spesh from the fish and chip shop

Bob Burgoyne   17 months ago

'Gimmee some tissue in case of mess' surely?

Tom   17 months ago

The group has finally ended! Thanks to all voters :) All I was hoping when I went in was that one of the "novelty" tracks and one of the "serious" tracks would progress, and that's the result we've […]

Tom   17 months ago

Thank you kindly! And that was actually my pick too - partly cos I thought it would need more votes as it doesn't have the novelty appeal of the other two YT only ones. Of all of them it's the one […]

Modern Poll Day 2 Playlists
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— 11 May 2023 Tom

Playlist time for today’s matches, with more titans clashing in the headline group and no less than 3 Curated Groups too. One quirk of today is that a lot of tracks – 5 out of 20! – are only in the YT playlist.

In the comments to this post there’s an update on some current site issues/glitches…

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admin   17 months ago

what's that then?

admin   17 months ago

Oh yeah?

Alvin Stardust's Fuchsia Shark   17 months ago

gonna try a thing… the thing worked - email notifications (of replies and follow ups) are working

j_e_l   18 months ago

Not sure how I got lucky with the picture thing - iPhone 12, Latest update, Safari - Chrome isn’t so good for this site

Modern Qualifier 1 – CITY ZERO GIRL SHOUT
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— 10 May 2023 Tom
  1. The lead single from the French band’s Hurry Up We’re Dreaming in 2011 – nominated by Charlotte A.
  2. The lead single from the indie rockers’ 2009 LP It’s Blitz – nominated by Arron W.
  3. A heavyweight collab from Royksopp’s 2009 LP Junior – nominated by Al E.
  4. Rounding off our headline group, the title track from the Swedish’ electronic band’s 2006 LP – nominated by Graham M.
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Qualifier M1: CITY/ZERO/GIRL/SHOUT

M83 - "Midnight City" (YouTube)

YEAH YEAH YEAHS - "Zero" (YouTube)

ROYKSOPP ft ROBYN - "The Girl And The Robot" (YouTube)

THE KNIFE - "Silent Shout" (YouTube)

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Arron Wright   18 months ago

Semi-finalists in 4-letter-words (Aug/Sep 2021) and 2022 (Jan of this year). Only equal or better from C21 are: Wet Leg (2 RU, 1 QF) Outkast (1 RU, 1 SF) Beyonce (1 RU, 1 QF) MGMT (2 SF)

vinnycrackers   18 months ago

I just feel they've come so close to winning (getting in Polhalla) without getting there (unless they did win before I showed up)

Arron Wright   18 months ago

Not sure I get the bridesmaids reference... they're one of only five acts I can find with two C21 songs in Pollhalla already*. None of their opponents here have even one. Though three of those […]

vinnycrackers   18 months ago

The YYYs being bridesmaids so many times makes me vote their way (to likely be bridesmaids again.) That M83 song has been used in too many commercials/interstitial bits of music in the US to hold […]

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