Ok, so let's get on with this. 50% shorter round, but harder choices all round.
Here's our first batch:
Seductive Barry vs We Are the Boyz Being Followed Home vs Countdown The Day After the Revolution vs This Is Hardcore Pencil Skirt vs Do You Remember the First Time The Boss vs Blue Girls
We Are the Boyz (but with a heavy heart. You need to be in a, er, certain mode for Seductive Barry. Also, the Sex Cymbals and Love Scenes working titles were better)
Countdown (ideally 2011/12 Live! version)
This Is Hardcore
Do You Remember the First Time (but pervy Pencil Skirt came so close)
The Boss (the best riot Pulp ever ran)
Seductive Barry 8 vs We Are the Boyz 7 Being Followed Home 4 vs Countdown 11 The Day After the Revolution 0 vs This Is Hardcore 15 Pencil Skirt 2 vs Do You Remember the First Time 13 The Boss 13 vs Blue Girls 2
We Can Dance Again 2 vs Seconds 9 The Professional 11 vs Roadkill 0 Inside Susan 5 vs Love Is Blind 6 Babies 11 vs She's Dead 0 Street Lites 8 vs Separations 3
...easy victories all round, apart from that late surge for Love Is Blind knocking out Inside Susan.
Batch Three - a funny one this one, lots of semi-obscurities, but that's just what the randomised spreadsheet threw up, wasn't me gov.
Happy Endings vs Don't You Want Me Anymore Cocaine Socialism vs Down By the River Last Day of the Miners' Strike vs Death II There Was... vs There's No Emotion Weeds II (the origin of the species) vs Pink Glove
My votes - could've gone either way on most of these:
Don't You Want Me Anymore
Cocaine Socialism
Death II
There Was... (so glad this is still in)
Weeds II (tactical, as I'm sure it'll lose but I want to stick up for it)
Yeah, great result for Love Is Blind. Like Wigan beating Money City in the FA Cup final.
Anyway...
Don't You Want Me Anymore (the demo of Happy Endings and live version at Auto would make this one trickier)
Cocaine Socialism
Death II
There Was
Pink Glove
Happy Endings 6 vs Don't You Want Me Anymore 7 Cocaine Socialism 9 vs Down By the River 4 Last Day of the Miners' Strike 0 vs Death II 13 There Was... 5 vs There's No Emotion 8 Weeds II (the origin of the species) 3 vs Pink Glove 10
I Want You vs Joking Aside
Bar Italia vs The Night That Minnie Timperley Died
Goodnight vs Underwear
PTA (Parent Teacher Association) vs Monday Morning
Joyriders vs A Little Soul
I Want You
Bar Italia
Underwear
PTA (Parent Teacher Association) - incredibly difficult for me to choose between this and Monday Morning, which is one of my favorites live (with Russell)
Joyriders
I Want You
The Night That Minnie Timperley Died
Goodnight
PTA (Parent Teacher Association)
A Little Soul - as saw119's reasoning... Joyriders just isn't for me. At all. Ever.
Styloroc (Nites of Suburbia) This House Is Condemned Little Girl (With Blue Eyes) Rattlesnake Sheffield: Sex City (that was hard...both this and They Suffocate at Night are in my top 10)
-- Edited by robbroncs on Tuesday 6th of August 2013 11:19:33 AM
I Want You 11 vs Joking Aside 2 Bar Italia 9 vs The Night That Minnie Timperley Died 4 Goodnight 3 vs Underwear 10 PTA (Parent Teacher Association) 5 vs Monday Morning 8 Joyriders 7 vs A Little Soul 6
Cuckoo Song vs Styloroc (Nites of Suburbia)
This House Is Condemned vs After You
Little Girl (With Blue Eyes) vs Don't You Know
Rattlesnake vs Glory Days
They Suffocate at Night vs Sheffield: Sex City
Cuckoo pitted against Styloroc is hard to stomach...But it has to be the one for the ornithologists. All the others are easier decisions:
Cuckoo
After You (think I prefer the original demo)
Little Girl (the 1991 French radio one is my fave)
Rattlesnake
S:SC (live in Sheff 2012...unforgettable)
Styloroc (Nites of Suburbia)
After You (good God it was painful to choose this over This House is Condemned!!)
Little Girl (With Blue Eyes)
Rattlesnake
Sheffield: Sex City
RESULTS! - This round looked done and dusted early on, but got a lot more competitive towards the end, with After You winning with a huge late surge.
Cuckoo Song 3 vs Styloroc (Nites of Suburbia) 11 This House Is Condemned 5 vs After You 9 Little Girl (With Blue Eyes) 9 vs Don't You Know 5 Rattlesnake 11 vs Glory Days 3 They Suffocate at Night 0 vs Sheffield: Sex City 14
Bad Cover Version vs Dishes
Please Don't Worry vs Life Must Be So Wonderful
Fairground vs Lipgloss
Mile End vs Looking for Life
The Quiet Revolution vs She's a Lady
Disco 2000. I think this is finally being rehabilitated in my mind after being played to death for years. Reading about Deborah recently really moved me, he positivity in her illness.
My Legendary Girlfriend
Wickerman - 2 more of my favourites
Are all the matches going to be this horrible from now on?!
-- Edited by Fran on Tuesday 20th of August 2013 09:40:18 AM
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We'll use the one thing we've got more of, that's our minds.
Results! A couple of close ones, but nothing was ever really in doubt.
Bad Cover Version 7 vs Dishes 4 Please Don't Worry 4 vs Life Must Be So Wonderful 7 Fairground 1 vs Lipgloss 10 Mile End 11 vs Looking for Life 0 The Quiet Revolution 0 vs She's a Lady 11
Party Hard vs Deep Fried in Kelvin
David's Last Summer vs Weeds
Sunrise vs Disco 2000
My Legendary Girlfriend vs Wishful Thinking
Frightened vs Wickerman