Amazon exiles discussion

Hi folks...right... it's 'lil ol' me in the saddle, Nick has asked me to take the reins & I've accepted, since Nick has gone & got himself busy with life....and I'm not! I would like to express my thanks and gratitude to Nick for running this thread for what seems like nearly forever, a sterling job he has done too! And I shall endeavour to maintain this thread, in the manner to which we all have come accustomed to! :-)

So then...20 songs it is, 6 votes a piece, have a fab week...& enjoy the toons! :)

Voting ends Sunday 10pm, no late votes counted.

Playlist courtesy of Spacepig, many thanks!:

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list...

And the voting list:

10 Seconds To Love - Motley Crue
5.45 - Gang of Four
Rest Of The Day Off - Neil Finn
The Blue Hour - Stephen Cummings
Midnight Cowboy - John Barry
Witching Hour - RefraQ
24 Minutes From Tulse Hill - Carter USM
30 Seconds Over Tokyo - Pere Ubu
5 Minutes - The Stranglers
7 Seconds - Youssou N'Dour ft. Neneh Cherry
25 Or 6 To 4 - Chicago
10:15 Saturday Night - Cure
Midnight Hour/Ya Ya - George Faith
Twenty Fours Hours From Tulsa - Gene Pitney
Assumed Sundown - The Icicle Works
Fast Falls The Eventide - The Bevis Frond
Lady Midnight - Leonard Cohen
If It's A Beautiful Day - Photon Band
Der Zug um 7.40 Uhr - 17 Hippies
Daydreaming - Dark Dark Dark

Ps Spacepig...just noticed that the Nena Cherry track is absent from the playlist...could you be a darling and add it on ...Thanks! :)

PPS...I now have a pathological hatred for that trice damned 'I'm not a robot' thing...I swear it's leading me on a wild goose chase for the sheer heck of it!! Arrrrgghh!

theDuke wrote: ".just notice that the Nena Cherry track is absent from the playlist...could you be a darling and add it on."

Crap - it would have to be the one right in the middle wouldn't it!

Ok, have to tear the playlist apart and start again, hang on in there

Hang on! It’s there under Youssou...

Because I just added it - it was missing

Sorry, didn’t think you’d had time 😳

Just to tidy things, gonna delete me posts

When does the voting close?

SussexWelsh wrote: "When does the voting close?"

Usually it's 10pm Sunday.

time to go,

6 - p.ubu
5 - l.cohen
4 - g.faith
3 - s.tranglers
2 - y.n'dour/n.cherry
1 - c.ure

10 Seconds To Love - Motley Crue
5.45 - Gang of Four
Rest Of The Day Off - Neil Finn
The Blue Hour - Stephen Cummings
Midnight Cowboy - John Barry
Witching Hour - RefraQ
24 Minutes From Tulse Hill - Carter USM
30 Seconds Over Tokyo - Pere Ubu - 6
5 Minutes - The Stranglers - 3
7 Seconds - Youssou N'Dour ft. Neneh Cherry - 2
25 Or 6 To 4 - Chicago
10:15 Saturday Night - Cure - 1
Midnight Hour/Ya Ya - George Faith - 4
Twenty Fours Hours From Tulsa - Gene Pitney
Assumed Sundown - The Icicle Works
Fast Falls The Eventide - The Bevis Frond
Lady Midnight - Leonard Cohen - 5
If It's A Beautiful Day - Photon Band
Der Zug um 7.40 Uhr - 17 Hippies
Daydreaming - Dark Dark Dark

After Tech:

5 Minutes - The Stranglers - 6
Midnight Cowboy - John Barry - 5
25 Or 6 To 4 - Chicago - 4
Witching Hour - RefraQ - 3
7 Seconds - Youssou N'Dour ft. Neneh Cherry - 2
5.45 - Gang of Four - 1

10 Seconds To Love - Motley Crue
5.45 - Gang of Four - 1
Rest Of The Day Off - Neil Finn
The Blue Hour - Stephen Cummings
Midnight Cowboy - John Barry - 5
Witching Hour - RefraQ - 3
24 Minutes From Tulse Hill - Carter USM
30 Seconds Over Tokyo - Pere Ubu - 6
5 Minutes - The Stranglers - 9
7 Seconds - Youssou N'Dour ft. Neneh Cherry - 4
25 Or 6 To 4 - Chicago - 4
10:15 Saturday Night - Cure - 1
Midnight Hour/Ya Ya - George Faith - 4
Twenty Fours Hours From Tulsa - Gene Pitney
Assumed Sundown - The Icicle Works
Fast Falls The Eventide - The Bevis Frond
Lady Midnight - Leonard Cohen - 5
If It's A Beautiful Day - Photon Band
Der Zug um 7.40 Uhr - 17 Hippies
Daydreaming - Dark Dark Dark

The Stephen Cummings video did not work, but I found a live performance here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_yoQ4...

SussexWelsh wrote: "When does the voting close?"

Hi Sussex...just edited the OP, as per usual 10pm Sunday.

After Jim

John Barry - 6
Chicago - 5
George Faith - 4
Icicle works - 3
Bevis Frond - 2
Photon Band - 1

10 Seconds To Love - Motley Crue
5.45 - Gang of Four - 1
Rest Of The Day Off - Neil Finn
The Blue Hour - Stephen Cummings
Midnight Cowboy - John Barry - 11
Witching Hour - RefraQ - 3
24 Minutes From Tulse Hill - Carter USM
30 Seconds Over Tokyo - Pere Ubu - 6
5 Minutes - The Stranglers - 9
7 Seconds - Youssou N'Dour ft. Neneh Cherry - 4
25 Or 6 To 4 - Chicago - 9
10:15 Saturday Night - Cure - 1
Midnight Hour/Ya Ya - George Faith - 8
Twenty Fours Hours From Tulsa - Gene Pitney
Assumed Sundown - The Icicle Works - 3
Fast Falls The Eventide - The Bevis Frond - 2
Lady Midnight - Leonard Cohen - 5
If It's A Beautiful Day - Photon Band - 1
Der Zug um 7.40 Uhr - 17 Hippies
Daydreaming - Dark Dark Dark

Cummings track was working last night.. annoying when that happens.

*that moment in a playlist when you can't make it past your favourite track... I'll try and get round to listening to everything after Carter, but at the moment they are getting 600 points!

Yay, get Carter!!

After Jemma

Lenny 6
Neil F. 5
17 Hippies 4
Cowboy 3
Ubu 2
Youssou/Neneh 1


10 Seconds To Love - Motley Crue
5.45 - Gang of Four - 1
Rest Of The Day Off - Neil Finn - 5
The Blue Hour - Stephen Cummings
Midnight Cowboy - John Barry - 14
Witching Hour - RefraQ - 3
24 Minutes From Tulse Hill - Carter USM
30 Seconds Over Tokyo - Pere Ubu - 8
5 Minutes - The Stranglers - 9
7 Seconds - Youssou N'Dour ft. Neneh Cherry - 5
25 Or 6 To 4 - Chicago - 9
10:15 Saturday Night - Cure - 1
Midnight Hour/Ya Ya - George Faith - 8
Twenty Fours Hours From Tulsa - Gene Pitney
Assumed Sundown - The Icicle Works - 3
Fast Falls The Eventide - The Bevis Frond - 2
Lady Midnight - Leonard Cohen - 11
If It's A Beautiful Day - Photon Band - 1
Der Zug um 7.40 Uhr - 17 Hippies - 4
Daydreaming - Dark Dark Dark

Great list!

After Lez

Gang - 6
Cure - 5
Bevis - 4
Carter - 3
Finn - 2
Stranglers - 1

10 Seconds To Love - Motley Crue
5.45 - Gang of Four - 7
Rest Of The Day Off - Neil Finn - 7
The Blue Hour - Stephen Cummings
Midnight Cowboy - John Barry - 14
Witching Hour - RefraQ - 3
24 Minutes From Tulse Hill - Carter USM - 3
30 Seconds Over Tokyo - Pere Ubu - 8
5 Minutes - The Stranglers - 10
7 Seconds - Youssou N'Dour ft. Neneh Cherry - 5
25 Or 6 To 4 - Chicago - 9
10:15 Saturday Night - Cure - 6
Midnight Hour/Ya Ya - George Faith - 8
Twenty Fours Hours From Tulsa - Gene Pitney
Assumed Sundown - The Icicle Works - 3
Fast Falls The Eventide - The Bevis Frond - 6
Lady Midnight - Leonard Cohen - 11
If It's A Beautiful Day - Photon Band - 1
Der Zug um 7.40 Uhr - 17 Hippies - 4
Daydreaming - Dark Dark Dark

After Helen

The Stranglers 6
Chicago 5
Youssou N'Dour ft. Neneh Cherry 4
Pere Ubu 3
Gang of Four 2
Carter USM 1

10 Seconds To Love - Motley Crue
5.45 - Gang of Four - 9
Rest Of The Day Off - Neil Finn - 7
The Blue Hour - Stephen Cummings
Midnight Cowboy - John Barry - 14
Witching Hour - RefraQ - 3
24 Minutes From Tulse Hill - Carter USM - 4
30 Seconds Over Tokyo - Pere Ubu - 11
5 Minutes - The Stranglers - 16
7 Seconds - Youssou N'Dour ft. Neneh Cherry - 9
25 Or 6 To 4 - Chicago - 14
10:15 Saturday Night - Cure - 6
Midnight Hour/Ya Ya - George Faith - 8
Twenty Fours Hours From Tulsa - Gene Pitney
Assumed Sundown - The Icicle Works - 3
Fast Falls The Eventide - The Bevis Frond - 6
Lady Midnight - Leonard Cohen - 11
If It's A Beautiful Day - Photon Band - 1
Der Zug um 7.40 Uhr - 17 Hippies - 4
Daydreaming - Dark Dark Dark

after SussexWelsh

Gene Pitney - 6
George Faith - 5
Youssou N'Dour - 4
Motley Crue - 3
Jeff Barry - 2
Icicle Works - 1

10 Seconds To Love - Motley Crue - 3
5.45 - Gang of Four - 9
Rest Of The Day Off - Neil Finn - 7
The Blue Hour - Stephen Cummings
Midnight Cowboy - John Barry - 16
Witching Hour - RefraQ - 3
24 Minutes From Tulse Hill - Carter USM - 4
30 Seconds Over Tokyo - Pere Ubu - 11
5 Minutes - The Stranglers - 16
7 Seconds - Youssou N'Dour ft. Neneh Cherry - 13
25 Or 6 To 4 - Chicago - 14
10:15 Saturday Night - Cure - 6
Midnight Hour/Ya Ya - George Faith - 13
Twenty Fours Hours From Tulsa - Gene Pitney - 6
Assumed Sundown - The Icicle Works - 4
Fast Falls The Eventide - The Bevis Frond - 6
Lady Midnight - Leonard Cohen - 11
If It's A Beautiful Day - Photon Band - 1
Der Zug um 7.40 Uhr - 17 Hippies - 4
Daydreaming - Dark Dark Dark

After KJS

Cure - 6
Stranglers - 5
Ubu - 4
USM - 3
Hippies - 2
Four - 1

10 Seconds To Love - Motley Crue - 3
5.45 - Gang of Four - 10
Rest Of The Day Off - Neil Finn - 7
The Blue Hour - Stephen Cummings
Midnight Cowboy - John Barry - 16
Witching Hour - RefraQ - 3
24 Minutes From Tulse Hill - Carter USM - 7
30 Seconds Over Tokyo - Pere Ubu - 15
5 Minutes - The Stranglers - 21
7 Seconds - Youssou N'Dour ft. Neneh Cherry - 13
25 Or 6 To 4 - Chicago - 14
10:15 Saturday Night - Cure - 12
Midnight Hour/Ya Ya - George Faith - 13
Twenty Fours Hours From Tulsa - Gene Pitney - 6
Assumed Sundown - The Icicle Works - 4
Fast Falls The Eventide - The Bevis Frond - 6
Lady Midnight - Leonard Cohen - 11
If It's A Beautiful Day - Photon Band - 1
Der Zug um 7.40 Uhr - 17 Hippies - 6
Daydreaming - Dark Dark Dark

After serial:

Hippies 6
Neil 5
Carter 4
Chicago 3
Frond 2
Cure 1

10 Seconds To Love - Motley Crue - 3
5.45 - Gang of Four - 10
Rest Of The Day Off - Neil Finn - 12
The Blue Hour - Stephen Cummings
Midnight Cowboy - John Barry - 16
Witching Hour - RefraQ - 3
24 Minutes From Tulse Hill - Carter USM - 11
30 Seconds Over Tokyo - Pere Ubu - 15
5 Minutes - The Stranglers - 21
7 Seconds - Youssou N'Dour ft. Neneh Cherry - 13
25 Or 6 To 4 - Chicago - 17
10:15 Saturday Night - Cure - 13
Midnight Hour/Ya Ya - George Faith - 13
Twenty Fours Hours From Tulsa - Gene Pitney - 6
Assumed Sundown - The Icicle Works - 4
Fast Falls The Eventide - The Bevis Frond - 8
Lady Midnight - Leonard Cohen - 11
If It's A Beautiful Day - Photon Band - 1
Der Zug um 7.40 Uhr - 17 Hippies - 12
Daydreaming - Dark Dark Dark

After Derek.

Difficult to get this down to six. Apologies to John Barry.

Icicle Works - 6
17 Hippies - 5
Dark Dark Dark - 4
Pere Ubu - 3
Carter USM - 2
Youssou N'Dour & Neneh Cherry - 1

10 Seconds To Love - Mötley Crüe - 3
5.45 - Gang of Four - 10
Rest Of The Day Off - Neil Finn - 12
The Blue Hour - Stephen Cummings
Midnight Cowboy - John Barry - 16
Witching Hour - RefraQ - 3
24 Minutes From Tulse Hill - Carter USM - 13
30 Seconds Over Tokyo - Pere Ubu - 18
5 Minutes - The Stranglers - 21
7 Seconds - Youssou N'Dour ft. Neneh Cherry - 14
25 Or 6 To 4 - Chicago - 17
10:15 Saturday Night - Cure - 13
Midnight Hour/Ya Ya - George Faith - 13
Twenty Fours Hours From Tulsa - Gene Pitney - 6
Assumed Sundown - The Icicle Works - 10
Fast Falls The Eventide - The Bevis Frond - 8
Lady Midnight - Leonard Cohen - 11
If It's A Beautiful Day - Photon Band - 1
Der Zug um 7.40 Uhr - 17 Hippies - 17
Daydreaming - Dark Dark Dark - 4

After Gordon:

Carter USM - 6
Cure - 5
Stranglers - 4
17 Hippies - 3
Chicago - 2
Youssou - 1

10 Seconds To Love - Mötley Crüe - 3
5.45 - Gang of Four - 10
Rest Of The Day Off - Neil Finn - 12
The Blue Hour - Stephen Cummings
Midnight Cowboy - John Barry - 16
Witching Hour - RefraQ - 3
24 Minutes From Tulse Hill - Carter USM - 19
30 Seconds Over Tokyo - Pere Ubu - 18
5 Minutes - The Stranglers - 25
7 Seconds - Youssou N'Dour ft. Neneh Cherry - 15
25 Or 6 To 4 - Chicago - 19
10:15 Saturday Night - Cure - 18
Midnight Hour/Ya Ya - George Faith - 13
Twenty Fours Hours From Tulsa - Gene Pitney - 6
Assumed Sundown - The Icicle Works - 10
Fast Falls The Eventide - The Bevis Frond - 8
Lady Midnight - Leonard Cohen - 11
If It's A Beautiful Day - Photon Band - 1
Der Zug um 7.40 Uhr - 17 Hippies - 20
Daydreaming - Dark Dark Dark - 4

After Duke

Neil Finn - 6
Gene Pitney - 5
Photon Band - 4
The Cure - 3
Dark Dark Dark - 2
The Icicle Works - 1

10 Seconds To Love - Mötley Crüe - 3
5.45 - Gang of Four - 10
Rest Of The Day Off - Neil Finn - 18
The Blue Hour - Stephen Cummings
Midnight Cowboy - John Barry - 16
Witching Hour - RefraQ - 3
24 Minutes From Tulse Hill - Carter USM - 19
30 Seconds Over Tokyo - Pere Ubu - 18
5 Minutes - The Stranglers - 25
7 Seconds - Youssou N'Dour ft. Neneh Cherry - 15
25 Or 6 To 4 - Chicago - 19
10:15 Saturday Night - Cure - 21
Midnight Hour/Ya Ya - George Faith - 13
Twenty Fours Hours From Tulsa - Gene Pitney - 11
Assumed Sundown - The Icicle Works - 11
Fast Falls The Eventide - The Bevis Frond - 8
Lady Midnight - Leonard Cohen - 11
If It's A Beautiful Day - Photon Band - 5
Der Zug um 7.40 Uhr - 17 Hippies - 20
Daydreaming - Dark Dark Dark - 6

After Val

Dark Dark Dark - 6
The Cure - 5
John Barry - 4
RefraQ - 3
Youssou N'Dour ft. Neneh Cherry - 2
The Stranglers - 1

10 Seconds To Love - Mötley Crüe - 3
5.45 - Gang of Four - 10
Rest Of The Day Off - Neil Finn - 18
The Blue Hour - Stephen Cummings
Midnight Cowboy - John Barry - 20
Witching Hour - RefraQ - 6
24 Minutes From Tulse Hill - Carter USM - 19
30 Seconds Over Tokyo - Pere Ubu - 18
5 Minutes - The Stranglers - 26
7 Seconds - Youssou N'Dour ft. Neneh Cherry - 17
25 Or 6 To 4 - Chicago - 19
10:15 Saturday Night - Cure - 26
Midnight Hour/Ya Ya - George Faith - 13
Twenty Fours Hours From Tulsa - Gene Pitney - 11
Assumed Sundown - The Icicle Works - 11
Fast Falls The Eventide - The Bevis Frond - 8
Lady Midnight - Leonard Cohen - 11
If It's A Beautiful Day - Photon Band - 5
Der Zug um 7.40 Uhr - 17 Hippies - 20
Daydreaming - Dark Dark Dark - 12

After TheFoe

The Bevis Frond - 6
RefraQ - 5
Chicago - 4
Pere Ubu - 3
Stephen Cummings - 2
Youssou N'Dour ft. Neneh Cherry - 1

10 Seconds To Love - Mötley Crüe - 3
5.45 - Gang of Four - 10
Rest Of The Day Off - Neil Finn - 18
The Blue Hour - Stephen Cummings - 2
Midnight Cowboy - John Barry - 20
Witching Hour - RefraQ - 11
24 Minutes From Tulse Hill - Carter USM - 19
30 Seconds Over Tokyo - Pere Ubu - 21
5 Minutes - The Stranglers - 26
7 Seconds - Youssou N'Dour ft. Neneh Cherry - 18
25 Or 6 To 4 - Chicago - 23
10:15 Saturday Night - Cure - 26
Midnight Hour/Ya Ya - George Faith - 13
Twenty Fours Hours From Tulsa - Gene Pitney - 11
Assumed Sundown - The Icicle Works - 11
Fast Falls The Eventide - The Bevis Frond - 14
Lady Midnight - Leonard Cohen - 11
If It's A Beautiful Day - Photon Band - 5
Der Zug um 7.40 Uhr - 17 Hippies - 20
Daydreaming - Dark Dark Dark - 12

After Space

Pere Ubu - 6
The Bevis Frond - 5
Gene Pitney - 4
Gang Of Four - 3
John Barry - 2
17 Hippies - 1

10 Seconds To Love - Mötley Crüe - 3
5.45 - Gang of Four - 13
Rest Of The Day Off - Neil Finn - 18
The Blue Hour - Stephen Cummings - 2
Midnight Cowboy - John Barry - 22
Witching Hour - RefraQ - 11
24 Minutes From Tulse Hill - Carter USM - 19
30 Seconds Over Tokyo - Pere Ubu - 27
5 Minutes - The Stranglers - 26
7 Seconds - Youssou N'Dour ft. Neneh Cherry - 18
25 Or 6 To 4 - Chicago - 23
10:15 Saturday Night - Cure - 26
Midnight Hour/Ya Ya - George Faith - 13
Twenty Fours Hours From Tulsa - Gene Pitney - 15
Assumed Sundown - The Icicle Works - 11
Fast Falls The Eventide - The Bevis Frond - 19
Lady Midnight - Leonard Cohen - 11
If It's A Beautiful Day - Photon Band - 5
Der Zug um 7.40 Uhr - 17 Hippies - 21
Daydreaming - Dark Dark Dark - 12

afterTim

Not enough points to go round(Great playlist!)

Fast Falls The Eventide - The Bevis Frond ~ 6
5 Minutes - The Stranglers ~ 5
24 Minutes From Tulse Hill - Carter USM ~ 4
10:15 Saturday Night - Cure ~ 3
25 Or 6 To 4 - Chicago ~ 2
30 Seconds Over Tokyo - Pere Ubu ~ 1

10 Seconds To Love - Mötley Crüe - 3
5.45 - Gang of Four - 13
Rest Of The Day Off - Neil Finn - 18
The Blue Hour - Stephen Cummings - 2
Midnight Cowboy - John Barry - 22
Witching Hour - RefraQ - 11
24 Minutes From Tulse Hill - Carter USM - 23
30 Seconds Over Tokyo - Pere Ubu - 28
5 Minutes - The Stranglers - 31
7 Seconds - Youssou N'Dour ft. Neneh Cherry - 18
25 Or 6 To 4 - Chicago - 25
10:15 Saturday Night - Cure - 29
Midnight Hour/Ya Ya - George Faith - 13
Twenty Fours Hours From Tulsa - Gene Pitney - 15
Assumed Sundown - The Icicle Works - 11
Fast Falls The Eventide - The Bevis Frond - 25
Lady Midnight - Leonard Cohen - 11
If It's A Beautiful Day - Photon Band - 5
Der Zug um 7.40 Uhr - 17 Hippies - 21
Daydreaming - Dark Dark Dark - 12

Voting over.

A tightly contested round with just 3 points separating the top three winning songs.

So...taking the gold home with him for this week, with his nomination '5 Minutes by The Stranglers', the winner is...... the moderator himself..Gordon! Well done & a nice choice sir! :)

In 2nd place, just nipping ahead by 1 point, '10:15 Saturday Night by Cure', earns a silver for Tim & finally the bronze goes to Johnny Bee, with his nom '30 Seconds Over Tokyo - Pere Ubu'.

Well done to the winners, not a bad playlist all told.

I see Sera didn't quite managed to stop listening to the excellent Carter USM track nom'd by Nick........as he's missed out on voting!

Right then..hopefully the next round will be up shortly, but let's see if the infernal robot thingy does my head in again...watch this space! :)

"I see Sera didn't quite managed to stop listening to the excellent Carter USM track nom'd by Nick........as he's missed out on voting!"

Blast you Sera!! ;-)

Yeh...you might have got a silver Nick...hard luck! :)

Robot is trying me again...but I will persevere...!

Well done to the winners, really enjoyed this playlist.

well done the winners - an agreeable podium (always good to see ubu up there!) actually could have done with more votes for this one -well one more! :)

I remember buying the Stranglers single on release. For long forgotten reasons the picture sleeve hadn't been delivered; an ad in the music press gave an address to write to for fans to obtain the cover! :-)

The song itself isn't one of my fave Stranglers tunes though, which is why it fell just outside my top six here.

Well done chaps. 5 minutes is my all-time favourite Stranglers track.

Bevis's late run wasn't quite enough :-(

Feeling suitably chastened for not voting, though it would not have bumped Carter into the top three, which would have remained unchanged. :(

SussexWelsh wrote: "Well done chaps. 5 minutes is my all-time favourite Stranglers track."

Mine too. Things started to go downhill after that, through the dreadful Golden Brown to the abominable Strange Little Girl.

Gordon wrote: "Things started to go downhill after that, through the dreadful Golden Brown to the abominable S..."

I have to agree with you there, Gordon

Golden Brown...Strange Little Girl....sound alright to these ears, ah well.

I’ve always liked Golden Brown!

Yeah..i like Golden Brown too, along with Peaches & Walzinblack...horses for courses an all that! :)

Looks like the ‘ayes’ have it 😀

Never liked the Stranglers.

Derek wrote: "Never liked the Stranglers."

understandable really!

'don't bring derek'
'derek in the sewer'
'derek better change'
'no more dereks'
'go derek go' :)

must've seen the stranglers 6 or 7 times in their golden period, great brutal show - the rot set in well before 'gordon brown' tho', and i wouldn't go out the back door to see them now.