Black Cat Bone

List A

Dara Puspita – Pip Pip Yeah! link
Willie Tee – Thank You John link
Lesley Duncan – Love Song link
Mott the Hoople – Roll Away the Stone link
24-Carat Black – I’ll Never Let You link
Skids – Charles link
The Equals – Black-Skinned Blue-Eyed Boys link
Comsat Angels – Will You Stay Tonight link
Alex Chilton – Bangkok link
Syd Matters – Obstacles link
New Order - Regret link
Frankie Miller – I Can’t Change It link
Eyeless in Gaza – Still Air link
O. V. Wright – He’s My Son Just the Same link
The Johnny Burnette Trio – The Train Kept A-Rollin’ link
John Otway & Wild Willy Barrett – Headbutts link
Beth Gibbons and Rustin Man – Tom the Model link
Dan Penn - Nobody’s Fool link
Racing Cars – They Shoot Horses Don’t They? link
Robert Lloyd and the New Four Seasons – Something Nice link

List B

Glory - Television
Get Out of My Life Woman - Lee Dorsey
Dance the Night Away - Van Halen
Croaking Lizard - Lee Scratch Perry
Slack Motherfucker - Superchunk
Shadows Forever - Jean Grae
Beware of Darkness - George Harrison
The Cell - Erykah Badu
Dynamite Woman - Sir Douglas Quintet
Thank You - Led Zeppelin
Where Were You? - The Mekons
Old World - The Modern Lovers
Blackwaterside - Sandy Denny
Mr. Chicken - The Soul Seven http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tx-tUk3nchA
Raining Blood - Slayer
The Day the World Turned Day-Glo - X-Ray Spex
The Nashville Ramblers - The Trains http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B_VPuby8 ... re=related
Deed I Do - Elyse http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LfmmWWOJMIY
All Strung Out - Nino Tempo & April Stevens http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BLjuZxkaoss
Hero Takes a Fall - The Bangles

Needless to say my list was better than either of these

A

a

A leaves me cold. The flow of B, and the random links, makes me question their mental state, but I like that. The new 5 do little for me, but anyone who puts Slayer and Van Halen in the Cup, gets a '1 Bangles Track Free' pass.

B.

Both are mixed but at this stage tend to have more good than bad. B seems a bit more interesting and diverse.

B

A.

A is the list that knocked me out and it has some hot stuff. Love that Dan Penn track

A

Dan Penn and Racing Cars?


A!

A is one of my favourite lists, mingling classic post-punk pop with genuine 70s oddities. B can't quite compete.

A

A

A put in a late rally, but B was always ahead here.

A - 25; B - 29

Shame, as I liked A's list a lot; I even double-counted to check this close result. Anyway, A was echolalia; congratulations to B, who should now forward five funky new tunes to my inbox.

So. That’s that then. I would just like to say that my list was a growing river of song, nourished by tributaries of all different colours, temperatures and complexions, gathering breadth and momentum with every round as it thundered and surged towards a glittering estuary of melomaniac bliss. It’s been cut down in its prime like a pack of blindsided greyhounds and it’s a crying shame.

Thanks to those who voted for my list. Brian, it’s a pity we had to meet like that in the last round as you had a great selection, I thought. And as for the poor, benighted wretches who failed to appreciate my list and its artfully unfolding genius – you richly deserve your bad taste.

It’s been fun. There have been some illustrious losers this round – Goat Boy, Penk, and our reigning champion – so I’m in good company. Congratulations to my adversary: it was an interesting tie over the two days and I bet you were a bit nervous towards the end! Good luck in the next round. (With your list, you’ll need it.)

Thanks Martha. I must be a cup veteran or something as I've come to look forward to your messages of commiseration and being knocked out doesn't feel right without you.

Far away in time...