The Cinerama Cup

       A reminder of how the point-scoring works: The panel must award a total of 36 points No song may receive more than 12 points At least one point must be given to 5 songs (i.e. no more than three zeros)  Group C Ears Manhattan Sly Curl I Wake Up Screaming Maniac Get Up and Go Lollobrigida Comedienne The first two groups - despite being more highly regarded than the preliminary round material - didn't exactly set the panel's pulses racing. Which suggests that my blog ranking averages, which had A and B down as the two weakest sets, wasn't too far off the mark. Group C, on the other hand, was the second strongest by the same measure... The Results This time, it was much tighter at the top, but there was a very clear winner of the wooden spoon. Johnny thought 'Lollobrigida' was 'as sexy as hell,' but for most, this was the element that particularly turned them off. 'Sex is really hard to portray realistically in songs,' declared Ian, 'and this ...

      A reminder of how the point-scoring works: The panel must award a total of 36 points No song may receive more than 12 points At least one point must be given to 5 songs (i.e. no more than three zeros)  Group B Airborne Superman On/Off Health and Efficiency Get Smart Model Spy Always The Quiet One Careless Despite the relief of having dispensed of Valentina and the dodgy covers, Group A wasn't quite the breakthrough into the very best songs some had probably hoped it might be. Averaging out my blog rankings, it was the weakest of the eight groups in the main phase, and the comments certainly seemed to reflect that. By the same measure, Group B was only one place above... The Results Once again, we had a very clear winner. The comfortably familar quiet/loud dynamic of 'Health and Efficiency' earned lots of praise, although it wasn't without its detractors. Ian has always been sceptical of the song's merits, especially regarding the lyric: 'like your paren...

     Now that we've waded our way through the covers, Valentina , etc. we can begin on the competition proper... In the group stage, this is how the point-scoring works: The panel must award a total of 36 points No song may receive more than 12 points At least one point must be given to 5 songs (i.e. no more than three zeros)  Group A Tie Me Up Groovejet (If This Ain't Love) Cat Girl Tights Gigolo Edinburgh 7X Pacific Mr Kiss Kiss Bang Bang The Results We had a very clear winner in  'Cat Girl Tights' , which finished 60 points ahead of its nearest rival. 'One of my favourite Gedge songs from any era,' was Harry's view, 'an absolute masterpiece of a song.' Dave concurred ('a dark, moody fantastic piece of music'), as did Marc ('classic quiet LOUD quiet LOUD which is the hallmark of any great TWP track'). It was not with its critics, however. 'Does nothing for me,' commented Bob; Chris described it as 'drivel.' At the ot...