Amazon exiles discussion

So I've inserted the Wildcard round after every 20 themes (the next will be Theme 400). This is your chance to nominate anything that strikes your fancy - any genre and whether old or new.

The next five themes are:

Theme 381 - "This Is Not A Love Song" - Songs about social issues - KJS
Theme 382 - Building blocks - Songs with any form of dwelling(s) in the title (e.g. house, tower, school, shop, church etc.) - Fishy Jim
Theme 383 - Going Left, Going Right - song titles containing the words "left" or "right", or both - Helen
Theme 384 - "Going Up or Down?" - Song titles with "Up" or "Down", or both - Da Wookie Dookie
Theme 385 - To Hell and Bacharach - any song (no repeats), any singer (no repeats) written by Burt Bacharach - Val

New ideas can be added at:

https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

We could do with some fresh ideas - Foe? Collette? Sussex? Tim?

Magnolia - Lee Fields & The Expressions
Run To The River - Andy Golledge

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZjjMS...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q9iJh...

after Val, music from 60s Ecuador and 70s Algeria

Magnolia - Lee Fields & The Expressions
Run To The River - Andy Golledge
Lindos Ojos - Benítez & Valencia
Id D Wass - Abranis

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ir-6B...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eaMpT...

After Tim

Magnolia - Lee Fields & The Expressions
Run To The River - Andy Golledge
Lindos Ojos - Benítez & Valencia
Id D Wass - Abranis
Nothing Left To Lose - Everything But The Girl
I Used To Know Her - Louise Post

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M6QKZ...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j9J-I...

After TheFoe:

Magnolia - Lee Fields & The Expressions
Run To The River - Andy Golledge
Lindos Ojos - Benítez & Valencia
Id D Wass - Abranis
Nothing Left To Lose - Everything But The Girl
I Used To Know Her - Louise Post
Demons - Plantoid
Slip - Aziya

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1UyN6...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zDjr3...

After Jim

Magnolia - Lee Fields & The Expressions
Run To The River - Andy Golledge
Lindos Ojos - Benítez & Valencia
Id D Wass - Abranis
Nothing Left To Lose - Everything But The Girl
I Used To Know Her - Louise Post
Demons - Plantoid
Slip - Aziya
Istanbul (Not Constantinople) - They Might Be Giants
No Sweat - Gayngs

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=vsQrKZc...

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=VDE3ycQ...

After Helen,

Magnolia - Lee Fields & The Expressions
Run To The River - Andy Golledge
Lindos Ojos - Benítez & Valencia
Id D Wass - Abranis
Nothing Left To Lose - Everything But The Girl
I Used To Know Her - Louise Post
Demons - Plantoid
Slip - Aziya
Istanbul (Not Constantinople) - They Might Be Giants
No Sweat - Gayngs
Far from Any Road - The Handsome Family
Love Machine - Supermax

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y4SjT...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4k8_o...

after theDuke

Two tracks I kept hearing over the past few years but never found out what they were until recently.

Magnolia - Lee Fields & The Expressions
Run To The River - Andy Golledge
Lindos Ojos - Benítez & Valencia
Id D Wass - Abranis
Nothing Left To Lose - Everything But The Girl
I Used To Know Her - Louise Post
Demons - Plantoid
Slip - Aziya
Istanbul (Not Constantinople) - They Might Be Giants
No Sweat - Gayngs
Far from Any Road - The Handsome Family
Love Machine - Supermax
Daydream - The Günter Kallmann Choir
Gymnopédie No.1 - Aldo Ciccolini

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HUpF0...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xtB0x...

After KJS

Magnolia - Lee Fields & The Expressions
Run To The River - Andy Golledge
Lindos Ojos - Benítez & Valencia
Id D Wass - Abranis
Nothing Left To Lose - Everything But The Girl
I Used To Know Her - Louise Post
Demons - Plantoid
Slip - Aziya
Istanbul (Not Constantinople) - They Might Be Giants
No Sweat - Gayngs
Far from Any Road - The Handsome Family
Love Machine - Supermax
Daydream - The Günter Kallmann Choir
Gymnopédie No.1 - Aldo Ciccolini
Radical Your Lover - Little Angels
Seventh Sign - Juliette & The Licks

https://youtu.be/Ad8i9bVMCSo
https://youtu.be/YvxFdjfioEc

KJS - you led me down a rabbit hole with Daydream. Don't want to be accused of teaching my grandmother to suck eggs, but did you see the Wiki page?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daydrea...

and re the Satie, I got into him about 15 years ago, I think it was after watching the film Venus with Peter O'Toole, and I bought:

After the Rain ... The Soft Sounds of Erik Satie - Pascal Rogé

https://www.allmusic.com/album/after-...

Sixteen nominations gives us FIVE votes each to play with.

Here's the playlist;

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

...

Abranis - 4
EBTG - 3
B & Valencia - 2
Andy Goll - 1

Magnolia - Lee Fields & The Expressions
Run To The River - Andy Golledge - 1
Lindos Ojos - Benítez & Valencia - 2
Id D Wass - Abranis - 4
Nothing Left To Lose - Everything But The Girl - 3
I Used To Know Her - Louise Post
Demons - Plantoid
Slip - Aziya
Istanbul (Not Constantinople) - They Might Be Giants
No Sweat - Gayngs
Far from Any Road - The Handsome Family
Love Machine - Supermax
Daydream - The Günter Kallmann Choir
Gymnopédie No.1 - Aldo Ciccolini
Radical Your Lover - Little Angels
Seventh Sign - Juliette & The Licks

Val wrote: "KJS - you led me down a rabbit hole with Daydream. Don't want to be accused of teaching my grandmother to suck eggs, but did you see the Wiki page?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daydrea......"

The synth version of Gymnopedie No. 1 by Rod Argent is a great alternative: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K-Tp1...

After Helen:

Aldo Ciccolini - 5
Louise Post - 4
Abranis - 3
Lee Fields - 2
Juliette & The Licks - 1

Magnolia - Lee Fields & The Expressions - 2
Run To The River - Andy Golledge - 1
Lindos Ojos - Benítez & Valencia - 2
Id D Wass - Abranis - 7
Nothing Left To Lose - Everything But The Girl - 3
I Used To Know Her - Louise Post - 4
Demons - Plantoid
Slip! - Aziya
Istanbul (Not Constantinople) - They Might Be Giants
No Sweat - Gayngs
Far from Any Road - The Handsome Family
Love Machine - Supermax
Daydream - The Günter Kallmann Choir
Gymnopédie No.1 - Aldo Ciccolini - 5
Radical Your Lover - Little Angels
Seventh Sign - Juliette & The Licks - 1

After Jim


Magnolia - Lee Fields & The Expressions - 6
Run To The River - Andy Golledge - 3
Lindos Ojos - Benítez & Valencia - 2
Id D Wass - Abranis - 7
Nothing Left To Lose - Everything But The Girl - 3
I Used To Know Her - Louise Post - 4
Demons - Plantoid
Slip! - Aziya - 1
Istanbul (Not Constantinople) - They Might Be Giants
No Sweat - Gayngs
Far from Any Road - The Handsome Family
Love Machine - Supermax
Daydream - The Günter Kallmann Choir - 3
Gymnopédie No.1 - Aldo Ciccolini - 5
Radical Your Lover - Little Angels
Seventh Sign - Juliette & The Licks - 1

Lee Fields - 4
GKC - 3
Andy Golledge - 2
Aziya - 1

after C

Aldo Ciccolini - 5
Supermax - 4
Günter Kallmann Chor - 3
Louise Post - 2
Juliette & the Licks - 1

Magnolia - Lee Fields & The Expressions - 6
Run To The River - Andy Golledge - 3
Lindos Ojos - Benítez & Valencia - 2
Id D Wass - Abranis - 7
Nothing Left To Lose - Everything But The Girl - 3
I Used To Know Her - Louise Post - 6
Demons - Plantoid
Slip! - Aziya - 1
Istanbul (Not Constantinople) - They Might Be Giants
No Sweat - Gayngs
Far from Any Road - The Handsome Family
Love Machine - Supermax - 4
Daydream - The Günter Kallmann Choir - 6
Gymnopédie No.1 - Aldo Ciccolini - 10
Radical Your Lover - Little Angels
Seventh Sign - Juliette & The Licks - 2

after Tim

Val - Years ago I bought a CD by The Wallace Collection for £1 but the vocals put me off so I never got past the first few tracks.I also heard Pascal Rogé when looking for the Satie piece.

Benítez & Valencia - 5
Lee Fields & The Expressions - 4
Abranis - 3
Little Angels - 2
They Might Be Giants - 1

Magnolia - Lee Fields & The Expressions - 10
Run To The River - Andy Golledge - 3
Lindos Ojos - Benítez & Valencia - 7
Id D Wass - Abranis - 10
Nothing Left To Lose - Everything But The Girl - 3
I Used To Know Her - Louise Post - 6
Demons - Plantoid
Slip! - Aziya - 1
Istanbul (Not Constantinople) - They Might Be Giants - 1
No Sweat - Gayngs
Far from Any Road - The Handsome Family
Love Machine - Supermax - 4
Daydream - The Günter Kallmann Choir - 6
Gymnopédie No.1 - Aldo Ciccolini - 10
Radical Your Lover - Little Angels - 2
Seventh Sign - Juliette & The Licks - 2

After KJS

Gunter Kallman Choir - 5
Benítez & Valencia - 4
They Might Be Giants - 3
Abranis - 2
Aziya - 1

Magnolia - Lee Fields & The Expressions - 10
Run To The River - Andy Golledge - 3
Lindos Ojos - Benítez & Valencia - 11
Id D Wass - Abranis - 12
Nothing Left To Lose - Everything But The Girl - 3
I Used To Know Her - Louise Post - 6
Demons - Plantoid
Slip! - Aziya - 2
Istanbul (Not Constantinople) - They Might Be Giants - 4
No Sweat - Gayngs
Far from Any Road - The Handsome Family
Love Machine - Supermax - 4
Daydream - The Günter Kallmann Choir - 11
Gymnopédie No.1 - Aldo Ciccolini - 10
Radical Your Lover - Little Angels - 2
Seventh Sign - Juliette & The Licks - 2

After Val:

They Might Be Giants - 5
The Günter Kallmann Choir - 4 (similar to Lupe Fiasco's)
Gayngs - 3
Plantoid - 2
Juliette & The Licks - 1

Magnolia - Lee Fields & The Expressions - 10
Run To The River - Andy Golledge - 3
Lindos Ojos - Benítez & Valencia - 11
Id D Wass - Abranis - 12
Nothing Left To Lose - Everything But The Girl - 3
I Used To Know Her - Louise Post - 6
Demons - Plantoid - 2
Slip! - Aziya - 2
Istanbul (Not Constantinople) - They Might Be Giants - 9
No Sweat - Gayngs - 3
Far from Any Road - The Handsome Family
Love Machine - Supermax - 4
Daydream - The Günter Kallmann Choir - 14
Gymnopédie No.1 - Aldo Ciccolini - 10
Radical Your Lover - Little Angels - 2
Seventh Sign - Juliette & The Licks - 3

After Val

Magnolia - Lee Fields & The Expressions - 10
Run To The River - Andy Golledge - 3
Lindos Ojos - Benítez & Valencia - 11
Id D Wass - Abranis - 12
Nothing Left To Lose - Everything But The Girl - 3
I Used To Know Her - Louise Post - 6
Demons - Plantoid
Slip! - Aziya - 5
Istanbul (Not Constantinople) - They Might Be Giants - 8
No Sweat - Gayngs
Far from Any Road - The Handsome Family - 1
Love Machine - Supermax - 4
Daydream - The Günter Kallmann Choir - 11
Gymnopédie No.1 - Aldo Ciccolini - 15
Radical Your Lover - Little Angels - 2
Seventh Sign - Juliette & The Licks - 4

Aldo Ciccolino - 5
They Might Be Giants - 4
Aziya - 3
Juliette & The Licks - 2
The Handsome Family - 1

Right, I've updated TheFoe's votes and all our nominations have earned votes this week but it's congratulations to KJS whose two nominations tie for first place - Daydream by The Günter Kallmann Choir and Gymnopédie No.1 by Aldo Ciccolini - both on 15 points. They Might Be Giants (Istanbul (Not Constantinople)) came with a late run - 13 points - to take second place for Helen. In third it's Tim with 12 votes for Abranis. Well done everyone.

Blimey, The Duke and me are rubbish at counting up!

Yeah. Plantoid got 2 points, then lost them again!