Rat World Cup 2014 Qualifiers - Make selections by Saturday 31st May 2014

ArrGee · Back To Boomtown

Rat World Cup 2014 Qualifiers - Make selections by Saturday 31st May 2014

ArrGee · Back To Boomtown

Rat World Cup 2014 Qualifiers

Jules · The biggest Geldof fan in the world, bar none!

That's too complicated for a dimwit like me. I don't mean choosing a song. How do you get a blank box on your post to put them in or copy the entire thing over and delete the ones you don't? Doh confuse

noelindublin · Loudmouth

ArrGee wrote:
Reply leaving just one song in each box. Group Winners qualify for knock out stages in June.
Can't Stop
Bare Footin
'So Strange
Lying Again
She's Not the Best
Episode #3

Living in an Island
The Little Death
I Can Make It If You Can
Sleep
Joey's on the Street Again
Up or Down

Like Clockwork
Neon Heart
Blind Date
Straight Up
Charmed Lives
(Watch Out For) The Normal People

Diamond Smiles
Please Don't Go
Ratlife
Cheerio
Lookin' After No. 1
Say Hi to Mick

The Bitter End
Close as You'll Ever Be
Precious Time
Whitehall 1212
Fanzine Hero
Hurt Hurts

Wind Chill Factor
Don't Talk to Me
When the Night Comes
An Icicle in the Sun
He Watches It All
Fall Down

Do the Rat
The Boomtown Rats
Another Piece of Red
Over and Over
Up All Night
Arnold Layne

Doin' It Right
My Blues Away
D.U.N. L.O.A.G.H.A.I.R.E
She's So Modern
A Second Time
Real Different

No Hiding Place
Mary of the 4th Form
(She's Gonna) Do You In
Someone's Looking at You
Don't Believe What You Read
Man At The Top

Nice N Neat
Talking in Code
Late Last Night
(I Never Loved) Eva Braun
I Don't Like Mondays
Drag Me Down

Ratified
A Hold of Me
Skin on Skin
Kicks
Banana Republic

House On Fire
Under Their Thumb Is Under My Thumb
Walking Down Town
A Storm Breaks
Never Bite the Hand That Feeds

Another Sad Story
Back To Boomtown
Lucky
Go Man Go!
Tonight
It's All The Rage
Mood Mambo
How Do You Do ?
The Elephants Graveyard
Nothing Happened Today
Keep It Up
Hard Times
Me and Howard Hughes
Never in a Million Years
Born To Born
Having My Picture Taken
Europe Looked Ugly
Rat Trap
This Is My Room
Dave

What is the songs represented countries eg Eva Braun = Germany Up or Down =Australia Go Man Go=Japan (the Japanese they say)

Any tenacious link to a country Bitter End = England (look at the rain , England in May) or Whitehall 1212 (sounds like an early plane home smile )

Wind Chill Factor = Chile smile Elephants Graveyard =Ivory Coast Banana Rep =Costa Rica (no offence Costa Ricans smile )

Columbia = Up all Night (after their coffee or infamous powders)

Nothing Happened Today= Switzerland or Spain (isn't that a Spanish verb etc)

My blues (bleus) away =France Charmed lives = Greece ( Grease it straight back) Russia =She's Gonna Do You In

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2014_FIFA_World_Cup_qualification

ArrGee · Back To Boomtown

Jules wrote:
That's too complicated for a dimwit like me. I don't mean choosing a song. How do you get a blank box on your post to put them in or copy the entire thing over and delete the ones you don't? Doh

You can reply with quote and delete the unwanted, but just list the sixteen songs. At start of June the competition proper will start.

ArrGee · Back To Boomtown

noelindublin wrote:
ArrGee wrote:
Reply leaving just one song in each box. Group Winners qualify for knock out stages in June

What is the songs represented countries eg Eva Braun = Germany Up or Down =Australia Go Man Go=Japan (the Japanese they say)
Any tenacious link to a country Bitter End = England (look at the rain , England in May) or Whitehall 1212 (sounds like an early plane home)
Wind Chill Factor = Chile Elephants Graveyard =Ivory Coast Banana Rep =Costa Rica (no offence Costa Ricans)
Columbia = Up all Night (after their coffee or infamous powders)
Nothing Happened Today= Switzerland or Spain (isn't that a Spanish verb etc)
My blues (bleus) away =France Charmed lives = Greece ( Grease it straight back) Russia =She's Gonna Do You In
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2014_FIFA_World_Cup_qualification

i had a fear this would get complicated...

suss · In the Long Grass

Lying Again

Living in an Island

Blind Date

Diamond Smiles

Hurt Hurts

He Watches It All

Over and Over

Real Different

Don't Believe What You Read

(I Never Loved) Eva Braun

A Hold of Me

Never Bite the Hand That Feeds

Go Man Go!

It's All The Rage

Me and Howard Hughes

Europe Looked Ugly

noelindublin · Loudmouth

So Strange	Joey	Blind Date	Diamond Smiles






Close As You'll Ever Be	When The Night Comes	Over and Over	Real Different






Someone's Looking	Late Last Night	A Hold of Me	Walking Down Town






Go Man Go!	Elephants Graveyard	Never In A Million Years	Europe Looked Ugly

Jules · The biggest Geldof fan in the world, bar none!

Yes, I managed it.

Lying Again

I Can Make It If You Can

Neon Heart

Lookin' After No. 1

Close as You'll Ever Be

When the Night Comes

Up All Night

D.U.N. L.O.A.G.H.A.I.R.E

(She's Gonna) Do You In

(I Never Loved) Eva Braun

Banana Republic

Never Bite the Hand That Feeds

Another Sad Story

Nothing Happened Today
Keep It Up

Having My Picture Taken

noelindublin · Loudmouth

Yes but how were the original 'groups' drawn? Were the seeded or was it an open draw? Just curious. smile

ArrGee · Back To Boomtown

noelindublin wrote:
Yes but how were the original 'groups' drawn? Were the seeded or was it an open draw? Just curious.

Random draw. I put all the song titles in a spreadsheet and stuck on an =RAND() column and sorted it 2 or 3 times. Then just split 16 times into groups of 6, but had to have some groups of five.

Didn't think too much about it, but there are some pretty weak groups and some with two or three big hitters. I will put up results of group stage at the start of June and then the real competition can begin. Looking at selections so far, Mondays and Rat Trap don't look like making it...

Joke · The Dutch One

Bare Footin

Joey's on the Street Again

Neon Heart

Diamond Smiles

Close as You'll Ever Be

When the Night Comes

The Boomtown Rats

She's So Modern

Someone's Looking at You

I Don't Like Mondays

Banana Republic

Never Bite the Hand That Feeds

Another Sad Story

The Elephants Graveyard

Me and Howard Hughes

Rat Trap

junkyard_smile · The Elephant's Graveyard

Bare Footin	Joey's on the Street Again	Neon Heart	Lookin' After No. 1






Close as You'll Ever Be	When the Night Comes	Another Piece of Red	Real Different






Someone's Looking at You	I Don't Like Mondays	Banana Republic	Never Bite the Hand That Feeds






Go Man Go	Mood Mambo	Born To Born	Rat Trap

diffbrook · House on Fire

ArrGee wrote:
Reply leaving just one song in each box. Group Winners qualify for knock out stages in June.
'So Strange
Joeys on the Street Again

Like Clockwork

Lookin' After No. 1

Precious Time

Wind Chill Factor

Over and Over

Real Different

Someone's Looking at You

Drag Me Down

Banana Republic

House On Fire

Another Sad Story
The Elephants Graveyard

Never in a Million Years

Dave

Lisa · Mondo Bongo

RE: Rat World Cup 2014 Qualifiers - Make selections by Saturday 31st May 2014

Mark L · Loudmouth

So Strange	Joey's on the Street Again	Like Clockwork	Diamond Smiles






Hurt Hurts	Wind Chill Factor	Over and Over	Real Different






Someone's Looking at You	I Don't Like Mondays	Banana Republic	House On Fire






Back To Boomtown	The Elephants Graveyard	Keep It Up	Rat Trap

suss · In the Long Grass

Out of interest, am I the only one who hasn't the faintest idea what all this means?? confuse

Quite happy to play along, but clueless what my votes represent blankstare

Mark L · Loudmouth

I think the 16 most popular songs go into the next round into 8 groups of 2, then four groups of 2 and so on until we all vote for one of 2 in the final?

At the moment So Strange for instance will be the first of the 16 songs going into the next round.

Could well have an underdog winner given the random nature of the exercise.

ArrGee · Back To Boomtown

ArrGee wrote:
Reply leaving just one song in each box. Group Winners qualify for knock out stages in June.

On 1st June, each song at the top of the group will play off against the others until the victor is decided. Just like the real World Cup.

ArrGee · Back To Boomtown

Ten days left...

ArrGee · Back To Boomtown


So Strange	4	Joey's on the Street Again	6	Like Clockwork	4	Lookin' After No. 1	5
Lying Again	3	I Can Make It If You Can	2	Neon Heart	3	Diamond Smiles	4
Bare Footin	2	Living in an Island	1	Blind Date	2	Please Don't Go	0
Can't Stop	0	The Little Death	0	Straight Up	0	Ratlife	0
She's Not the Best	0	Sleep	0	Charmed Lives	0	Cheerio	0
Episode #3	0	Up or Down	0	(Watch Out For) The Normal People	0	Say Hi to Mick	0

Close as You'll Ever Be	6	When the Night Comes	4	Over and Over	4	Real Different	5
Hurt Hurts	2	Wind Chill Factor	3	Do the Rat	2	She's So Modern	2
Precious Time	1	He Watches It All	2	The Boomtown Rats	1	D.U.N. L.O.A.G.H.A.I.R.E	1
The Bitter End	0	Don't Talk to Me	0	Another Piece of Red	1	A Second Time	1
Whitehall 1212	0	An Icicle in the Sun	0	Up All Night	1	Doin' It Right	0
Fanzine Hero	0	Fall Down	0	Arnold Layne	0	My Blues Away	0

Someone's Looking at You	6	(I Never Loved) Eva Braun	4	Banana Republic	7	Never Bite the Hand That Feeds	4
Mary of the 4th Form	1	I Don't Like Mondays	3	A Hold of Me	2	House On Fire	3
(She's Gonna) Do You In	1	Late Last Night	1	Kicks	0	Under Their Thumb Is Under My Thumb	1
Don't Believe What You Read	1	Drag Me Down	1	Ratified	0	Walking Down Town	1
No Hiding Place	0	Nice N Neat	0	Skin on Skin	0	A Storm Breaks	0
Man At The Top	0	Talking in Code	0

Go Man Go!	5	The Elephants Graveyard	4	Me and Howard Hughes	4	Rat Trap	5
Another Sad Story	3	It's All The Rage	3	Keep It Up	2	Europe Looked Ugly	2
Back To Boomtown	1	Mood Mambo	1	Never in a Million Years	2	Having My Picture Taken	1
Lucky	0	Nothing Happened Today	1	Born To Burn	1	Dave	1
Tonight	0	How Do You Do ?	0	Hard Times	0	This Is My Room	0

ArrGee · Back To Boomtown

Still have a week or so to affect the outcome.

Mark L · Loudmouth

When the night comes, and I can't stop saying it over and over again, the result, although close as you'll ever be, will be real different to what you might think. Certain songs might go up or down, others straight up, others will fall down - I'd be lying again if I didn't tell you it's so strange how the votes go, but please vote, say hi to Mick and Dave and encourage them to before they go to sleep tonight.

And come on man at the top, never in a million years do I think you won't want to vote, the enthusiasm you show on this forum is like clockwork. Keep it up, to the bitter end, go man go and register now!

Cheerio!