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blistering track from the latest 'hot milk' re-issue, had an issue deciding between album or 12" versions, but i love the way the horns kick in on this (album version) after 20 seconds or so, like barbed wire wrapped in velvet - enormous track!
Rare Lemonade - Tammy Haider
Give Love A Try - I Benjahman
https://youtu.be/VmZ-xQ6nVHo

Neither of those links work for me either, Val.

Give Love A Try - I Benjahman
Holly Throsby feat. Mark Kozelek
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0c-hT...

Give Love A Try - I Benjahman
What Do You Say? - Holly Throsby feat. Mark Kozelek
Glue - Bicep
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A7ZxR...
"Inspired by the song’s homage to the rave era, the video for Bicep’s GLUE by Joe Wilson is a series of landscapes which revisit the sites once brought alive by now infamous raves. Today they sit desolate and empty, retreating back to their former state, with little to show of their impact they had on UK music culture. The static shots offer space to reflect on the importance and idiosyncrasy of these locations and how an abandoned lido, remote airfield and disused warehouse helped to shape the lives of a generation."


Give Love A Try - I Benjahman
What Do You Say? - Holly Throsby feat. Mark Kozelek
Glue - Bicep
Sleepwalking - Low Chimes
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fkmsi...

Give Love A Try - I Benjahman
What Do You Say? - Holly Throsby feat. Mark Kozelek
Glue - Bicep
Sleepwalking - Low Chimes
Rest Of It - Strand of Oaks
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=78dfq...


Duke - if the whole album is on YouTube, you could always say "Starts at 20.07" (for example).

Hopefully this is ok, there's only a link to the full album so this track starts at 26'29" and is 2'50" long. YouTube link should jump straight to the beginning but it won't stop at the end!
Give Love A Try - I Benjahman
What Do You Say? - Holly Throsby feat. Mark Kozelek
Glue - Bicep
Sleepwalking - Low Chimes
Rest Of It - Strand of Oaks
Amputation - The Jesus And Mary Chain
Blossoming From Your Shy - Blue Hawaii
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WxhkQ...

Duke - if the wh..."
Aye, I might just do that Val, thanks! :-)

Give Love A Try - I Benjahman
What Do You Say? - Holly Throsby feat. Mark Kozelek
Glue - Bicep
Sleepwalking - Low Chimes
Rest Of It - Strand of Oaks
Amputation - The Jesus And Mary Chain
Blossoming From Your Shy - Blue Hawaii
Sweet - Little Dragon
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QNYpj...

Give Love A Try - I Benjahman
What Do You Say? - Holly Throsby feat. Mark Kozelek
Glue - Bicep
Sleepwalking - Low Chimes
Rest Of It - Strand of Oaks
Amputation - The Jesus And Mary Chain
Blossoming From Your Shy - Blue Hawaii
Sweet - Little Dragon
Preachin' Blues - Larkin Poe
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cEWiJ...

After KJS:
Give Love A Try - I Benjahman
What Do You Say? - Holly Throsby feat. Mark Kozelek
Glue - Bicep
Sleepwalking - Low Chimes
Rest Of It - Strand of Oaks
Amputation - The Jesus And Mary Chain
Blossoming From Your Shy - Blue Hawaii
Sweet - Little Dragon
Preachin' Blues - Larkin Poe
Falling In Love - The Babe Rainbow
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EGNUX...

Give Love A Try - I Benjahman
What Do You Say? - Holly Throsby feat. Mark Kozelek
Glue - Bicep
Sleepwalking - Low Chimes
Rest Of It - Strand of Oaks
Amputation - The Jesus And Mary Chain
Blossoming From Your Shy - Blue Hawaii
Sweet - Little Dragon
Preachin' Blues - Larkin Poe
Falling In Love - The Babe Rainbow
Wawa By The Ocean - Mary Lattimore
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=uWAWRfQ...

Give Love A Try - I Benjahman
What Do You Say? - Holly Throsby feat. Mark Kozelek
Glue - Bicep
Sleepwalking - Low Chimes
Rest Of It - Strand of Oaks
Amputation - The Jesus And Mary Chain
Blossoming From Your Shy - Blue Hawaii
Sweet - Little Dragon
Preachin' Blues - Larkin Poe
Falling In Love - The Babe Rainbow
Wawa By The Ocean - Mary Lattimore
Drift Away - Jim White
https://youtu.be/UmXmP4xAJ0w

I think Spacepig mentioned that he'll be busy with attending gigs...so i'll leave this for now, unless some kind soul is able to construct a playlist tonight, or tomorrow, thanks.

So sorry guys, it isn't gigs that have kept me away, it was work. Our rotas all changed this week and I have lost track of the days of the week, I thought noms closed tonight. Gutted that I missed the noms but I'll do a playist now,
The gigs are just coming right up :-)

Okay then..let's to it then..the final round, 12 songs it is, so we still have the 4 votes each.
Voting ends this Sunday 10pm, as per usual.
Playlist link: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list...
Voting list:
Give Love A Try - I Benjahman
What Do You Say? - Holly Throsby feat. Mark Kozelek
Glue - Bicep
Sleepwalking - Low Chimes
Rest Of It - Strand of Oaks
Amputation - The Jesus And Mary Chain
Blossoming From Your Shy - Blue Hawaii
Sweet - Little Dragon
Preachin' Blues - Larkin Poe
Falling In Love - The Babe Rainbow
Wawa By The Ocean - Mary Lattimore
Drift Away - Jim White
Oh and folks, remember that my nom features the whole album, the song I nom'd starts at 14m40s....the poster who uploaded the album, helpfully added the start times for each song, just scroll down his post and you'll see the list of tracks, it's the 6th song on the album.
Right, that's that..enjoy the toons folks & have a nice week.
My vaper kit has just arrived..so i'm off to set it up, i'll probably end up fogging up my house!
Ciao for now! :-)


4 - I Benjahman
3 - The Jesus And Mary Chain
2 - Low chimes
1 - Jim White
Give Love A Try - I Benjahman - 4
What Do You Say? - Holly Throsby feat. Mark Kozelek
Glue - Bicep
Sleepwalking - Low Chimes - 2
Rest Of It - Strand of Oaks
Amputation - The Jesus And Mary Chain - 3
Blossoming From Your Shy - Blue Hawaii
Sweet - Little Dragon
Preachin' Blues - Larkin Poe
Falling In Love - The Babe Rainbow
Wawa By The Ocean - Mary Lattimore
Drift Away - Jim White - 1

and in a benevolent mood seeing it's the last round (it is the last round, right?),
4 - m.lattimore
3 - j.amc
2 - l.poe (strangely)
1 - l.dragon
Give Love A Try - I Benjahman - 4
What Do You Say? - Holly Throsby feat. Mark Kozelek
Glue - Bicep
Sleepwalking - Low Chimes - 2
Rest Of It - Strand of Oaks
Amputation - The Jesus And Mary Chain - 6
Blossoming From Your Shy - Blue Hawaii
Sweet - Little Dragon - 1
Preachin' Blues - Larkin Poe - 2
Falling In Love - The Babe Rainbow
Wawa By The Ocean - Mary Lattimore - 4
Drift Away - Jim White - 1

I Ben 3
Larkin 2
Mary L 1
Give Love A Try - I Benjahman - 7
What Do You Say? - Holly Throsby feat. Mark Kozelek
Glue - Bicep
Sleepwalking - Low Chimes - 2
Rest Of It - Strand of Oaks
Amputation - The Jesus And Mary Chain - 6
Blossoming From Your Shy - Blue Hawaii
Sweet - Little Dragon - 1
Preachin' Blues - Larkin Poe - 4
Falling In Love - The Babe Rainbow
Wawa By The Ocean - Mary Lattimore - 5
Drift Away - Jim White - 1

and in a benevolent mood seeing it's the last round (it is the last round, right?),
4 - m.lattimore
3 - j.amc
2 - l.poe (strangely)
1 - l.dragon
Give Love A Try - I Benjahman - 4
What..."
Unless the definition of the word 'Final' has changed in recent months....ermm...yes it's last round of Co2018!


Larkin Poe - 4
Bicep - 3
Blue Hawaii - 2
The Babe Rainbow - 1
Give Love A Try - I Benjahman - 7
What Do You Say? - Holly Throsby feat. Mark Kozelek
Glue - Bicep - 3
Sleepwalking - Low Chimes - 2
Rest Of It - Strand of Oaks
Amputation - The Jesus And Mary Chain - 6
Blossoming From Your Shy - Blue Hawaii - 2
Sweet - Little Dragon - 1
Preachin' Blues - Larkin Poe - 8
Falling In Love - The Babe Rainbow - 1
Wawa By The Ocean - Mary Lattimore - 5
Drift Away - Jim White - 1

Jim White 4
Low Chimes 3
Mary Lattimore 2
Bicep 1
Give Love A Try - I Benjahman - 7
What Do You Say? - Holly Throsby feat. Mark Kozelek
Glue - Bicep - 4
Sleepwalking - Low Chimes - 5
Rest Of It - Strand of Oaks
Amputation - The Jesus And Mary Chain - 6
Blossoming From Your Shy - Blue Hawaii - 2
Sweet - Little Dragon - 1
Preachin' Blues - Larkin Poe - 8
Falling In Love - The Babe Rainbow - 1
Wawa By The Ocean - Mary Lattimore - 7
Drift Away - Jim White - 5

Larkin Poe 4
Low Chimes 3
Strand of Oaks 2
The Babe Rainbow 1
Give Love A Try - I Benjahman - 7
What Do You Say? - Holly Throsby feat. Mark Kozelek
Glue - Bicep - 4
Sleepwalking - Low Chimes - 8
Rest Of It - Strand of Oaks 2
Amputation - The Jesus And Mary Chain - 6
Blossoming From Your Shy - Blue Hawaii - 2
Sweet - Little Dragon - 1
Preachin' Blues - Larkin Poe - 12
Falling In Love - The Babe Rainbow - 2
Wawa By The Ocean - Mary Lattimore - 7
Drift Away - Jim White - 5

Oaks - 4
JAMC - 3
Larkin - 2
I Ben - 1
Give Love A Try - I Benjahman - 8
What Do You Say? - Holly Throsby feat. Mark Kozelek
Glue - Bicep - 4
Sleepwalking - Low Chimes - 8
Rest Of It - Strand of Oaks - 6
Amputation - The Jesus And Mary Chain - 9
Blossoming From Your Shy - Blue Hawaii - 2
Sweet - Little Dragon - 1
Preachin' Blues - Larkin Poe - 14
Falling In Love - The Babe Rainbow - 2
Wawa By The Ocean - Mary Lattimore - 7
Drift Away - Jim White - 5

Bicep - 2
I Benjahman - 1
Give Love A Try - I Benjahman - 9
What Do You Say? - Holly Throsby feat. Mark Kozelek
Glue - Bicep - 6
Sleepwalking - Low Chimes - 8
Rest Of It - Strand of Oaks - 6
Amputation - The Jesus And Mary Chain - 9
Blossoming From Your Shy - Blue Hawaii - 2
Sweet - Little Dragon - 1
Preachin' Blues - Larkin Poe - 14
Falling In Love - The Babe Rainbow - 2
Wawa By The Ocean - Mary Lattimore - 7
Drift Away - Jim White - 5

Ah...I see where you're going with that....yeh....slight typo...2017 was soooo last year!!! :)

Sleepwalking - Low Chimes - 4
Preachin' Blues - Larkin Poe - 3
Amputation - The Jesus And Mary Chain - 2
Falling In Love - The Babe Rainbow - 1
Give Love A Try - I Benjahman - 9
What Do You Say? - Holly Throsby feat. Mark Kozelek
Glue - Bicep - 6
Sleepwalking - Low Chimes - 12
Rest Of It - Strand of Oaks - 6
Amputation - The Jesus And Mary Chain - 11
Blossoming From Your Shy - Blue Hawaii - 2
Sweet - Little Dragon - 1
Preachin' Blues - Larkin Poe - 17
Falling In Love - The Babe Rainbow - 3
Wawa By The Ocean - Mary Lattimore - 7
Drift Away - Jim White - 5

I Benjahman - 4
JAMC - 3
Strand of Oaks - 2
The Babe Rainbow - 1
Give Love A Try - I Benjahman - 17
What Do You Say? - Holly Throsby feat. Mark Kozelek
Glue - Bicep - 6
Sleepwalking - Low Chimes - 14
Rest Of It - Strand of Oaks - 10
Amputation - The Jesus And Mary Chain - 14
Blossoming From Your Shy - Blue Hawaii - 2
Sweet - Little Dragon - 1
Preachin' Blues - Larkin Poe - 18
Falling In Love - The Babe Rainbow - 4
Wawa By The Ocean - Mary Lattimore - 7
Drift Away - Jim White - 8

After KJS:
Jim(my!) White - 4 (great track, will be checking him out)
Larkin Poe - 3 (whoohoo...yeah!)
I Benjahman - 2 (Tech..yooo hoo!!!)
The Jesus And Mary Chain - 1
Give Love A Try - I Benjahman - 19
What Do You Say? - Holly Throsby feat. Mark Kozelek
Glue - Bicep - 6
Sleepwalking - Low Chimes - 14
Rest Of It - Strand of Oaks - 10
Amputation - The Jesus And Mary Chain - 15
Blossoming From Your Shy - Blue Hawaii - 2
Sweet - Little Dragon - 1
Preachin' Blues - Larkin Poe - 21
Falling In Love - The Babe Rainbow - 4
Wawa By The Ocean - Mary Lattimore - 7
Drift Away - Jim White - 12
Apologies to a few others, would've.....if had 'em!
PS...I'm beginning to realise that Rob & I maybe kindred spirits as far as music goes! :)

Mary Lattimore - 4
Jim White - 3
The Babe Rainbow - 2
Low Chimes - 1
Give Love A Try - I Benjahman - 19
What Do You Say? - Holly Throsby feat. Mark Kozelek
Glue - Bicep - 6
Sleepwalking - Low Chimes - 15
Rest Of It - Strand of Oaks - 10
Amputation - The Jesus And Mary Chain - 15
Blossoming From Your Shy - Blue Hawaii - 2
Sweet - Little Dragon - 1
Preachin' Blues - Larkin Poe - 21
Falling In Love - The Babe Rainbow - 6
Wawa By The Ocean - Mary Lattimore - 11
Drift Away - Jim White - 15

Nice to know. Check out Jim White's album "Transnormal Skiperoo" - once you get past the average first two tracks, everything else is absolutely sublime ..... and if you ever get around to reading my book, you might spot a couple of influences from that album!

Bicep - 4
Babe Rainbow - 3
Blue Hawaii - 2
Jesus And Mary Chain - 1
Give Love A Try - I Benjahman - 19
What Do You Say? - Holly Throsby feat. Mark Kozelek
Glue - Bicep - 10
Sleepwalking - Low Chimes - 15
Rest Of It - Strand of Oaks - 10
Amputation - The Jesus And Mary Chain - 16
Blossoming From Your Shy - Blue Hawaii - 4
Sweet - Little Dragon - 1
Preachin' Blues - Larkin Poe - 21
Falling In Love - The Babe Rainbow - 9
Wawa By The Ocean - Mary Lattimore - 11
Drift Away - Jim White - 15

Nice to know. Check out Jim White's album "Transnormal Skiperoo" - once you get past the ..."
Wilco! :)

Appreciation aplenty to all those who stuck it out...and I have to say, that whilst I did struggle with rounds 8 & 9...i'm pleased to say that this final round was good one....it's always nice to end on a high....yah mannnn! :)
Righty hoo...who got the gold for this the final round then?
Of course..it could only be Larkin Poe with Preachin' Blues; a great song & an excellent choice by KJS...here is your gold medal sir!
Taking the silver then, with Give Love A Try by I Benjahman, another good track, scoring 2 points fewer, nominated by Tech. I must confess that whilst reggae isn't something I follow...I don't dislike it either.. however, occasionally Tech puts one up that merits a vote! :)
Finally finally....picking up the bronze..with another fine choice, I band I'm familiar with....Amputation by The Jesus And Mary Chain, again scoring 2 points fewer...goes to...again...Johnny!
Well done to ALL the winners over the last ten rounds...some of you felt this year wasn't all up to much as far as 2017's offerings were concerned. Maybe 2018 will prove to be more bountiful one..we shall see.
A very strong playlist..other songs on here were good contenders and would've got points me, especially Low Chimes & Holly Throsby & one or two others. Hard luck to Val...just too strong a list..so your nom just didn't quite cut it...but here's your wooden spoon...complete with pink bow tied on it! :-)
As for my nom, I'm pleased some of you liked it..a bit of gamble that one. Whilst TBR comes from the same vein as King Gizzard's...the blood is a different colour! Very much a 60's revival hippy psyche band...I look forward to their forthcoming sophomore album this year.
For me...Jim White warrants more attention from me! :)
I'd be interested to hear which song above all the others this year...was your favourite?
Mine...was one of own choices Taken By Ascent by Six Organs Of Admittance...is an absolute corker. Sadly, whilst the album it's from isn't too bad...doesn't quite live up to this masterpiece.
The Son Volt track was another & the Larkin Poe above...all fab tracks.
What's yours?
We're not quite finished yet...because I wish to do something different to wrap things up....so one more post coming up from me shortly.....but I better get the next round up first!

Most of you wouldn't give a four X for this I know...but being the person I am...this is just for fun.
There is always one song in each year's Cream of, that shines brightly more than all the others, so without further ado...the highest scoring winning song of Co2017 goes to.......*cue drum roll.....tish!..............
Lost Souls by Son Volt
Having scored an impressive 32 points, that means the virtual framed Gold disk award for best song choice is........ our very own newbie Rob! *Applause applause*
"Congratulations Rob!" And here is your trophy....*presents Gold disk*
And finally, the overall award for the nominator who won the most winning 'medals' collectively, from the golds downwards, from all ten rounds;-
The leader board is as follows:
1) TheFoe - 2 x Golds, 1 x Silver
2) theDuke - 1 x Gold, 3 x Silvers
3) SussexWelsh - 1 x Gold, 1 x Silver, 1 x Bronze
Helen - 1 x Gold, 1 x Silver, 1 x Bronze
Johnny - 1 x Gold, 1 x Silver, 1 x Bronze
4) Tech Sergeant - 1 x Gold, 1 x Silver
5) Rob - 1 x Gold, 1 x Bronze
KJS - 1 x Gold, 1 x Bronze
6) Derek - 1 x Gold
7) Post Soviet - 1 x Silver
Spacepig - 1 x Silver
8) Val - 2 x Bronzes
Sera69 - 2 x Bronzes
9) SST - 1 x Bronze
So the virtual diamond encrusted framed Platinum disk goes to......to our very own former host TheFoe! The only participant to score 2 Golds...congratulations Nick!
I pick up a gold framed Silver disk for my four medals......
....and finally the virtual Silver framed Bronze disk gets shared between three 3rd placed medallists - Sussex, Helen & Johnny. Well done all of you.
Hard luck to the rest of you....you all get a comfort food hamper to go with your wooden spoons! :)
Right that's the pointless nonsense over with....with the exception of your favourite songs choices, featured in the ten rounds...i'm signing this one done and dusted....here's to Co2018!


cheers, duke/spacepig!


2) theDuke - 1 x Gold, 3 x Silvers
3) SussexWelsh - 1 x Gold, 1 x Silver, 1 x Bronze
Helen - 1 x Gold, 1 x Silver, 1 x Bronze
Johnny - 1 x Gold, 1 x Silver, 1 x Bronze
4) Tech Sergeant - 1 x Gold, 1 x Silver
5) Rob - 1 x Gold, 1 x Bronze
KJS - 1 x Gold, 1 x Bronze
6) Derek - 1 x Gold
7) Post Soviet - 1 x Silver
Spacepig - 1 x Silver
8) Val - 2 x Bronzes
Sera69 - 2 x Bronzes
9) SST - 1 x Bronze
Splendid! ;-)
Noms in by Wednesday 10pm...you know the score! :)
Below is the list of Themes noms we've got at the moment, looks like mine is up next after this round. We could do with some more, so get ya thinking caps on, & let's be 'aving 'em them folks...cheers! :-)
Remaining Round 8 noms:
164. "What the earth are they on about?!" - Songs with nonsensical lyrics...or in other words....total gibberish! - Either songs containing lyrics with made up illegible words, or just lyrics that make no sense to anybody! - the Duke
165. Light and Dark - songs that have either or both words in their title. - TheFoe
166. Songs about Irishmen - name must be mentioned in the song - easytiger
167. Song title must contain an apostrophe - Spacepig
168. Strictly Come Dancing - song title must include the name of a ballroom dance, e.g waltz, tango, cha-cha - Derek
169. Compass Points - Title must contain one (or more) of: North/South/East/West - SussexWelsh
170. Wildcard Round 4 - Any song you like, specifically new or seldom heard songs (originally an idea by Val)
New Noms - Round 9:
171. 'The Nurse With Wound List'. On the first two Nurse albums appeared this list of artists, said to have been influences on the group (as it was in the beginning). Mr Stapleton later claimed some didn't even exist, but research seems to suggest all in fact, did. http://nwwlist.org is where to go; click on 'artists' then on 'named' which contains all those on the list. The albums included are merely suggested. You don't have to stick with them; anything by that artist is ok. Nothing from the 'Related' or 'More' sections please. There should be plenty of bands known to all but the most sheltered of souls! You will get kudos points for the weirder side of things though.
And the link to where ya can nom 'em:
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Have a lovely week peeps! :)