Amazon exiles discussion

In the home stretch now so let's be having what you have left/been holding on to.

The next FIVE themes are:

Cream Of 2023 - Winter - Round 4
Cream Of 2023 - Winter - Round 5
Theme 405 - Chinese Zodiac - songs titles or artists that contain one (or more) of the animals of the Chinese Zodiac: Rat, Dragon, Monkey, Ox, Snake, Rooster, Tiger, Horse, Dog, Rabbit, Goat and Pig - Helen
Theme 406 - Rock And Roll - song titles containing the phrase "ROCK A('N')D ROLL". - KJS
Theme 407 - Song of the South, specifically South America. Anything related really, either from South America (Mexico and below... yes, I know!) or relating to SA, or referencing SA in title or band name. Be (almost) as tenuous as you like! - Sera
Theme 408 - Beginnings and endings - any song or artist containing any form of the words BEGIN and END - Val

and new themes can be added at :

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

Chain - Ayzia
1s + 0s - Poppy

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iNsMS...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LY97X...

After Jim:

Chain - Ayzia
1s + 0s - Poppy
Pimp Wars - Black Grape
The Fight - Explosions In The Sky


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fokA4...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SxE8p...

After Duke

Chain - Ayzia
1s + 0s - Poppy
Pimp Wars - Black Grape
The Fight - Explosions In The Sky
Yoko - GHOSTWOMAN
Los Angeles (ft. James Murphy) - Lol Tolhurst x Budgie x Jacknife Lee

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=9lqP6Fk...

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=zQwvN7p...

After Helen

Chain - Ayzia
1s + 0s - Poppy
Pimp Wars - Black Grape
The Fight - Explosions In The Sky
Yoko - GHOSTWOMAN
Los Angeles (ft. James Murphy) - Lol Tolhurst x Budgie x Jacknife Lee
Ace Of Spades - Eli Paperboy Reed
Bug Like An Angel - Mitski

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=65xTf...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5WW7c...

After For

Chain - Ayzia
1s + 0s - Poppy
Pimp Wars - Black Grape
The Fight - Explosions In The Sky
Yoko - GHOSTWOMAN
Los Angeles (ft. James Murphy) - Lol Tolhurst x Budgie x Jacknife Lee
Ace Of Spades - Eli Paperboy Reed
Bug Like An Angel - Mitski
She Calls - Duskwood
Do It So Good - Wargasm

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ol1I2...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GEyBF...

After Sera

Chain - Ayzia
1s + 0s - Poppy
Pimp Wars - Black Grape
The Fight - Explosions In The Sky
Yoko - GHOSTWOMAN
Los Angeles (ft. James Murphy) - Lol Tolhurst x Budgie x Jacknife Lee
Ace Of Spades - Eli Paperboy Reed
Bug Like An Angel - Mitski
She Calls - Duskwood
Do It So Good - Wargasm
Paradise - Coterie
Wanna Wanna Wanna - Cry Club

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

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vnDP2...

after Val

Chain - Ayzia
1s + 0s - Poppy
Pimp Wars - Black Grape
The Fight - Explosions In The Sky
Yoko - GHOSTWOMAN
Los Angeles (ft. James Murphy) - Lol Tolhurst x Budgie x Jacknife Lee
Ace Of Spades - Eli Paperboy Reed
Bug Like An Angel - Mitski
She Calls - Duskwood
Do It So Good - Wargasm
Paradise - Coterie
Wanna Wanna Wanna - Cry Club
The Path - Belbury Poly
The Thorn - Large Plants

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=90YlR...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kivkR...

Here's this week's playlist:

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

and we have FIVE votes to play with.

Another good list

5 - Ayzia
4 - Explosions In The Sky
3 - Large Plants
2 - Coterie
1 - Cry Club

Chain - Ayzia - 5
1s + 0s - Poppy
Pimp Wars - Black Grape
The Fight - Explosions In The Sky - 4
Yoko - GHOSTWOMAN
Los Angeles (ft. James Murphy) - Lol Tolhurst x Budgie x Jacknife Lee
Ace Of Spades - Eli Paperboy Reed
Bug Like An Angel - Mitski
She Calls - Duskwood
Do It So Good - Wargasm
Paradise - Coterie - 2
Wanna Wanna Wanna - Cry Club - 1
The Path - Belbury Poly
The Thorn - Large Plants - 3

After Sera

Mitski - 5
Eli Paperboy Reed - 4
Ayzia - 3
Lol Tolhurst x Budgie x Jacknife Lee - 2
Belbury Poly - 1

Chain - Ayzia - 8
1s + 0s - Poppy
Pimp Wars - Black Grape
The Fight - Explosions In The Sky - 4
Yoko - GHOSTWOMAN
Los Angeles (ft. James Murphy) - Lol Tolhurst x Budgie x Jacknife Lee - 2
Ace Of Spades - Eli Paperboy Reed - 4
Bug Like An Angel - Mitski - 5
She Calls - Duskwood
Do It So Good - Wargasm
Paradise - Coterie - 2
Wanna Wanna Wanna - Cry Club - 1
The Path - Belbury Poly - 1
The Thorn - Large Plants - 3

After Val:

Wargasm - 5
Eli Paperboy Reed - 4
Black Grape - 3
Lol Tolhurst x Budgie x Jacknife Lee - 2
Belbury Poly - 1

Chain - Aziya - 8
1s + 0s - Poppy
Pimp Wars - Black Grape - 3
The Fight - Explosions In The Sky - 4
Yoko - GHOSTWOMAN
Los Angeles (ft. James Murphy) - Lol Tolhurst x Budgie x Jacknife Lee - 4
Ace Of Spades - Eli Paperboy Reed - 8
Bug Like An Angel - Mitski - 5
She Calls - Duskwood
Do It So Good - Wargasm - 5
Paradise - Coterie - 2
Wanna Wanna Wanna - Cry Club - 1
The Path - Belbury Poly - 2
The Thorn - Large Plants - 3

Correcting my own misspelling of Aziya.

After Jim

Large Plants - 5
Cry Club - 4
Duskw - 3
Black G - 2
Belbury - 1

Chain - Aziya - 8
1s + 0s - Poppy
Pimp Wars - Black Grape - 5
The Fight - Explosions In The Sky - 4
Yoko - GHOSTWOMAN
Los Angeles (ft. James Murphy) - Lol Tolhurst x Budgie x Jacknife Lee - 4
Ace Of Spades - Eli Paperboy Reed - 8
Bug Like An Angel - Mitski - 5
She Calls - Duskwood - 3
Do It So Good - Wargasm - 5
Paradise - Coterie - 2
Wanna Wanna Wanna - Cry Club - 5
The Path - Belbury Poly - 3
The Thorn - Large Plants - 8

After Helen:

Mitski - 5
Large Plants - 4
Lol Tolhurst et al - 3
GHOSTWOMAN - 2
Belbury Poly - 1

Chain - Aziya - 8
1s + 0s - Poppy
Pimp Wars - Black Grape - 5
The Fight - Explosions In The Sky - 4
Yoko - GHOSTWOMAN - 2
Los Angeles (ft. James Murphy) - Lol Tolhurst x Budgie x Jacknife Lee - 7
Ace Of Spades - Eli Paperboy Reed - 8
Bug Like An Angel - Mitski - 10
She Calls - Duskwood - 3
Do It So Good - Wargasm - 5
Paradise - Coterie - 2
Wanna Wanna Wanna - Cry Club - 5
The Path - Belbury Poly - 4
The Thorn - Large Plants - 12

after Duke

GHOSTWOMAN - 5
Black Grape - 4
Lol Tolhurst - 3
Wargasm - 2
Aziya - 1

Chain - Aziya - 9
1s + 0s - Poppy
Pimp Wars - Black Grape - 9
The Fight - Explosions In The Sky - 4
Yoko - GHOSTWOMAN - 7
Los Angeles (ft. James Murphy) - Lol Tolhurst x Budgie x Jacknife Lee - 10
Ace Of Spades - Eli Paperboy Reed - 8
Bug Like An Angel - Mitski - 10
She Calls - Duskwood - 3
Do It So Good - Wargasm - 7
Paradise - Coterie - 2
Wanna Wanna Wanna - Cry Club - 5
The Path - Belbury Poly - 4
The Thorn - Large Plants - 12

After Tim

GHOSTWOMAN - 5
Large Plants - 4
Belbury Poly - 3
Lol Tolhurst x Budgie x Jacknife Lee - 2
Explosions In The Sky - 1

Chain - Aziya - 9
1s + 0s - Poppy
Pimp Wars - Black Grape - 9
The Fight - Explosions In The Sky - 5
Yoko - GHOSTWOMAN - 12
Los Angeles (ft. James Murphy) - Lol Tolhurst x Budgie x Jacknife Lee - 12
Ace Of Spades - Eli Paperboy Reed - 8
Bug Like An Angel - Mitski - 10
She Calls - Duskwood - 3
Do It So Good - Wargasm - 7
Paradise - Coterie - 2
Wanna Wanna Wanna - Cry Club - 5
The Path - Belbury Poly - 7
The Thorn - Large Plants - 16

All over bar the shouting and here's the result:

1st place: Tim with 16 points for Large Plants
2nd place: Helen ties with herself with 12 points each for GHOSTWOMAN and Lol Tolhurst x Budgie x Jacknife Lee
3rs place: TheFoe with 10 points for Mitski

FishyJim has a wooden spoon headed his way - no love for Poppy in this round.

Well done all the winners and thanks everyone for nominating and voting.

Wow! Considering both mine were a last gasp attempt to nominate something/anything that popped into my head, I'm amazed. Cheers all.