[Santa's NaughtiNess]

Originally Posted by Kate!

So the theme is Songs you don't like, yet with great vocal performances. I'll have to think hard about this.

A song we don't like, but still great vocals. Ok. I get it.

[Cherry Christmas]

Originally Posted by Kate!

Well done Cherie btw

Cheers and to the judges

[The Grinch]

Yeah congrats on being top Cherie but it shall stop next round!

[Ammi]

…well done all in that last round…….I like that there are new songs that I haven’t heard before, to listen to as well each time…

[Ammi]

…in a heartbeat, I know which song I would choose for Barry’s theme……

[Parmy]

Remember to be truthfull in your choices...you MUST hate the song.

[Holly Christmas]

Got 3 songs. 3 to come.

[The Grinch]

Now that I’ve choose this I have at least 5 songs in mind

[The Grinch]

I forgot to ask Kate. Do they score on how bad the song is to them or how much they like it because that will decide my choice

[Ammi]

…that’s also what I was about to ask for this round…are we judging them on what we dislike or what we like of the disliked……

[Holly Christmas]

Originally Posted by Ammi

…that’s also what I was about to ask for this round…are we judging them on what we dislike or what we like of the disliked……

What you like. It still has to fit the theme and be a great vocal performance. Judging criteria hasn't changed.

[Parmy]

How can you hate a brilliant vocal performance?

[Holly Christmas]

Originally Posted by parmnion

How can you hate a brilliant vocal performance?

Easy. It might just not be your taste, your "thing" but that doesn't mean you can't acknowledge it.

[Holly Christmas]

Just Barry and Dogeatdog to submit

[Santa's NaughtiNess]

Originally Posted by parmnion

How can you hate a brilliant vocal performance?

You might find it annoying. I don't really hate any song, but some I find very annoying. Even though the singing may be very good.

[Ammi]

…ok, songs y’all don’t like, hmmmmmmmm….…strangely, I liked that round and I thought that there might have been some shockers …good luck all……

[Cherry Christmas]

No crazy frog

[Cherry Christmas]

Kate am I next to choose? as I am travelling tomorrow so could choose now if you like

[Holly Christmas]

Originally Posted by Cherie

Kate am I next to choose? as I am travelling tomorrow so could choose now if you like

Yes you are Cherie. You may choose whenever you are ready, either in here or by pm. Thanks xx

[Cherry Christmas]

okay female country singers folks...

[Ammi]

…now that everyone has chosen for that last theme, I’ll post the first one that I would have instinctively thought of…it’s no surprise really because it’s connected to a don’t like movie also….

Youtube video

[Holly Christmas]

Originally Posted by Cherie

okay female country singers folks...

Great choice.

[Cherry Christmas]

Originally Posted by Ammi

…now that everyone has chosen for that last theme, I’ll post the first one that I would have instinctively thought of…it’s no surprise really because it’s connected to a don’t like movie also….

Youtube video

yes horrendous

[Dogeatdog]

Originally Posted by Ammi

…Michael Stripe didn’t give the rights because he didn’t see the ‘fit’ with the vibe of the series as it was a serious political song…the lyrics were more ironic of those ‘shiny happy people’ that were seen in propaganda posters…depicting something that wasn’t a reality of lives …REM lyrics/songs do tend to often be quite political in meaning and quite deep….I think the catchiness on the tune of Shiny Happy People was more meant as an ironic contrast…?..but that’s the very thing that made it so popular, wasn’t it…so there was an irony……I wounder if Michael Stripe ever regretted his decision with the multiple million dollars earned in Royalties of the Friends theme tune….

https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/rem-shi...nanmen-square/

Now your comments for this song choice make sense to me . I never realised it was a political song. You learn something new everyday

[Ammi]

Originally Posted by Dogeatdog

Now your comments for this song choice make sense to me . I never realised it was a political song. You learn something new everyday

…I had previously not known that it had been the original chosen ‘Friends song’ either until I googled it so your choice of it, led me to discovering that, also…that’s one of the great things about music, isn’t it…discovering a meaning and how it attaches and different attachments can then create those multiple meanings…but yeah, it was quite unexpected for me because of how I attached it as having a political slanting…and that’s only because I know that REM tracks often do…so I wasn’t sure how to judge it…(…hence my googling and seeing how it was originally considered for Friends……)…in hindsight, actually…it’s the one song that I think that I should have scored a bit higher…