Jeffo presents PJ Retro 83: On Different Wavelengths

Quick update because it's been a second. The panel has been deliberating and there have been a few vetoes, so I've relayed the news to those folks and will now wait to hear back from them. I've also been under the weather the past couple of days (including *Taylor Swift voice* sleepless nights) so I've had limited bandwidth in general, though hopefully I'm on the mend now.

 

Whew, alright. Veto panel is finished and song list is finalized. But first of all, let's see what was vetoed.


TEAM ALREADY ENTERED

Lunik - Other Side

Corynne Charby - Boule de flipper

 

TEAM ARTISTS TOO SUCCESSFUL

Chris Rea & Shirley Bassey - 'Disco' La Passione (Adams and Gielen 7" Mix)

Everything But The Girl - Before Today

Melissa Etheridge - Angels Would Fall

Enigma - Gravity of Love

 

TEAM PROBLEMATIC COVERS OR SAMPLES

Emmylou Harris - Boulder to Birmingham

Class Action - Weekend

Was (Not Was) - Spy in the House of Love (Dr. X in Full Effect Mix)

 

Last but not least:

TEAM ODDS AND ENDS

Kavana - Crazy Chance '97

UK top 20 single that followed up two UK top 10 singles

Rolling Circus - Enchilada Love

Jonna Nilsson from Rolling Circus is now known as ionnalee and is half of iamamiwhoami

 

Next up, the 28 participants this round:

@A&E
@Attis
@berserkboi
@chanex
@citoig
@Disco Blister
@DominoDancing
@Dynamo
@Filler
@If You Go
@iheartpoptarts
@invertedbutterfly
@Isobel
@Jeffo
@KamikazeHeart
@klow
@livefrommelbs
@Maki
@ohnoitisnathan
@Phonetics Girl
@pop3blow2
@soratami
@TéléDex
@Tiger Suit
@unnameable
@Untouchable Ace
@Up N Down
@WoW73

 

And at long last, The List™

Annie Crummer - Language
Basia - Time and Tide
Big Star - I'm in Love with a Girl
Centerfold - Bad Boy
Charlie Makes the Cook - Boys and Girls
Dar Williams - What Do You Hear in These Sounds
Denise LaSalle - I'm So Hot
Imperiet - C.C. Cowboys
Katz - What Goes On in Your Mind
Lise Loïal - Cœur Perdu
Liz Rodrigues - Why Did You Leave Me Now?
Maggie Reilly - Wait
Mandy Barnett - Now That's All Right with Me
Mondo Rock - Come Said the Boy
Nona Hendryx - I Sweat (Going Through the Motions)
Patty Pravo - Sentimento
Paula Cole - Rhythm of Life
QFX - Energy
Renée - Sometimes You Cry
Rockmelons feat. Sandi Chick - Time Out (For Serious Fun)
Rosanne Cash - Seven Year Ache
Sea of Sin - Illuminate
Starpoint - Don't Be So Serious
Talvin Singh - OK
Tatsuro Yamashita - Christmas Eve
This Picture - Naked Rain
Veruca Salt - Seether
Virus - Ты меня не ищи

I usually like to have a three-week voting period, which this time lands us right on Christmas, so instead let's aim for a voting deadline of Wednesday, December 28 at 11:59 pm UK time.

Spotify list to come shortly. If you have a preferred Spotify link for your entry and haven't sent it to me yet, please do.

 

NOT flashbacks to elementary school discos.

 

But, what if All I Want For Christmas (TM) is to finish last first?

 

Another round where my potential 12 is a song I might even prefer to my own entry...



I recognize two songs from this list but in general it looks pretty obscure, aside a few familiar names. It will be a few days until I start listening but I'm definitely looking forward to the discoveries.

Oh, and I was the one who sent Lunik because it was a recent discovery and I loved it, without knowing it was sent under the title "Otherside" instead of "Other Side" (taste, @saviodxl!) And also because:

I even made a mix of studio audio and music video and uploaded it to YouTube (on a separate account named 'otherside099', which sounds like an emo forum username from circa 2003) because the only music video link had lower sound quality... all that effort for nothing dd

 

YouTube playlist
(there's a sub-2 minute song and an 8-minute song - my previous theme's impact! dd)

This is brand new information to me.

And these two in a row is sending me:

As well as these three having a common theme despite being alphabetically sorted:

 

I've finished the Youtube listen. Give me your Spotify playlist @WoW73

 

Maybe if you're good

 

I actually quite love this but the title has me dead.

 

SPOTIFY PLAYLIST

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/4SDXfZR0MqGLUOm84RN3uq

MISSING
Annie Crummer - Language
Charlie Makes the Cook - Boys and Girls
Katz - What Goes On in Your Mind
Lise Loïal - Cœur Perdu
Rosanne Cash - Seven Year Ache
Tatsuro Yamashita - Christmas Eve
This Picture - Naked Rain

If you provided me with a Spotify link, I used that version on the list. If you didn't, I took a quick look for your song and if I found it, I checked to see if the song lengths matched up with video you provided. Please verify that the correct version is on the playlist and let me know of any corrections to make.

Also, this is your standard FYI to make sure you have the show unavailable songs option turned on.

 

I'm honestly more curious to see what each entry's theme is than the actual contest results dd

 

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But yeah, it will be fun to guess what possible themes could these entries have.

 

My guess at some of the numbers noone picked:
2, 16, 32, 46, 59, 61 & 79.

 

Especially when you see what [REDACTED] got.

 

Halfway through the list (already, I know) and so far this round mostly sounds like something an AC radio station from late 80s/early 90s would play, with a few more fun moments here and there. Make of that what you will.

Also, the Genius annotations for "Come Said the Boy". I'm screaming.