The reigning DJ King (Mk VII) is - @Kira with the all time super set of the millenium

6 of the 22 participants have submitted their votes and we have votes for 16 of the songs (if I have calculated correctly).

I believe there are two songs that have taken an early lead - Lloyd Spiegal and BB King.

Very interesting start to the votes.

I knew I should have picked a boomer song :pensive:

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Tough, tough votes.

5 - The Dillenger Escape Plan
4 - The Young God’s
3 - Charles Bradley (shoutout to Big Mouth Fans)
2 - NOFX
1 - Splodgenessabounds

Have at it, @Azza78.

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I short listed about 8 songs out of this lot and honestly would have voted yes in normal DJ to probably 18 of them so great effort DJ’s.

5 - Half Alive (loved the funky feel)
4 - Kovacs (Is this the next Bond Theme? Also reminds me Amy Winehouse a bit)
3 - Mojo Juju (Will be looking up more of his music)
2 - Feelies (With a nod to Led Zep for the Whole Lotta Love riff)
1 - B.B. King (Only 1 vote cause ya stole it outta my playlist ya mongrel)

Tribute came close because it is really a very well crafted song that ticks so many of the boxes that great songs have, but ultimately that is also it’s downfall. Great songs all round guys.

Here ya go @Azza78

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As others have noted, most of these exceeded 5 out of 10 (i.e. a pass mark). I think there were only 4 which I would’ve rejected in normal DJ:
5 votes: Thelma Plum (hadn’t heard it before and it had me checking her other stuff out
 turns out she’s a bit of a one-trick pony, but this is a neat track),
4 votes: Severed Heads (reminds me of times when the Triple J Hottest 100 was actually worth a squirt of ■■■■
),
3 votes: Ride (unexpected
 this had an airiness and wasn’t as heavy-handed as their stuff can often be),
2 votes: Guided by Voices (they get name-checked by a lot of my favourite artists
 I must check out more their stuff),
1 vote: Mojo Juju (sparse, and had a certain something about it).

Cheers @Azza78

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GBV have been very prolific. 32 albums since they started.
Interestingly, I think there first 10 years were very much part time. I think they had 30-40 musicians pass through the band during this stage. The singer Robert Pollard was a school teacher most of this time as well.

Early mid 90’s was when they started getting name dropped by ‘cool’ bands.

I’d start with Bee Thousand and Alien Lanes from the mid 90’s. Some other good albums through to the end of the 90’s. I lost track of them after that
but seeing them in NY in September this year so better get up to speed on the most recent 15 albums.

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I had to take 3 of the tracks off my future DJ playlist.

Cheers for that
 so we can assume GBV was your track then? :slight_smile:

Same.

There’s a few YouTube recommends song in this set. I’ve had a couple up my sleeve since we first started this way back when.

No. I have about 4 songs on my list to play but keep missing them. Someone else with good taste!

Yeah, sure.
You think we were born yesterday?

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well i am either bluffing, double bluffing or triple bluffing
 even I don’t know which one it is.

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5 - Severed Heads - Dead Eyes Opened
(My second song was gonna be the original 1984 12” version, so I can’t rightly not give this the 5.)

4 - The Feelies (nice one whoever went with this!)

3 - Ride - Future Love
2 - L’indĂ©cis - Soulful
1 - NoFX - Bob

@Azza78

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I didn’t @ you when I voted, @Azza78 so I’m doing it now in case you missed it.

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5 - Severed Heads (Dead Eyes Opened). Cracking tune.

4 - The Young Gods.

3 - L’indĂ©cis. Chilled tune to sooth the hangover.

2 - The Feelies.

1 - The Dillinger Escape Plan.

Quality galore. Could have easily squeezed a few other songs in for votes.

@Azza78

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There goes my theory that Severed Heads was yours!

KJ Severed Heads.
Anas for Koo De Tah.

no love for Mars Volta yet. I thought that would poll really well. Would have got votes from me.

I had it shortlisted. The DJ can relax knowing the fact that it’s probably every voter’s 6th choice.

I voted for Mara Volta

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