[Survivor] Going For Gold - The Shed Seven Survivor - THE RESULT

[matthew_dixon]

Hi all, and welcome to another Britpop survivor - only this one is a bit different.

I was initially thinking for York band Shed Seven in just doing either the singles or an album survivor of the "Going For Gold" compilation. However, Ivan suggested I did the same as usual - which means the majority of songs in this survivor I actually don't know myself! Therefore, it'll be as much a discovery for me as for many of the others taking part.

I've basically come up with 60 tracks - comprising their singles, and their studio album tracks, with all bonus tracks or bonus discs discounted.

Dirty Soul
Speakeasy
Long Time Dead
Head and Hands
Casino Girl
Missing Out
Dolphin
Stars In Your Eyes
Mark
Ocean Pie
On An Island With You
Getting Better
Magic Streets
Where Have You Been Tonight
Going For Gold
On Standby
Out By My Side
Lies
This Day Was Ours
Ladyman
Falling From The Sky
Bully Boy
Parallel Lines
Return
Let It Ride
The Heroes
Halfway Home
Devil In Your Shoes
She Left Me On Friday
A Hole
Drink Your Love
Stand Up And Be Counted
Chasing Rainbows
Goodbye
Disco Down
High Hopes
If The Music Don't Move Me
Eyes Before
Cry For Help
Thinking Again
Be Myself
Laughter Lines
Feathers
Never Felt So Cold
To The Wind
Love Equals
Step Inside Your Love
Why Can't I Be You
Room In My House
Nothing To Live Down
It's Not Easy
Said I'm Sorry
Victoria
Better Days
Enemies and Friends
Star Crossed Lovers
Hang On
Butterfly on a Wheel
People Will Talk
Invincible

[matthew_dixon]

Round 1
Dirty Soul
Dolphin
Magic Streets
This Day Was Ours
Let It Ride
Drink Your Love
If The Music Don't Move Me
Feathers
Room In My House
Enemies and Friends

Rank the above 10 songs, 10=favourite. The FOUR with the lowest scores will be out.

[matthew_dixon]

Let's start by tagging Chantal, navi, Metalweb and cheapthrills and see where we go from there...

[matthew_dixon]

10 Dolphin
9 This Day Was Ours
8 Magic Streets
7 Enemies and Friends
6 Dirty Soul
5 Let It Ride
4 Drink Your Love
3 Room In My House
2 If The Music Don't Move Me
1 Feathers

[heppolo]

10 This Day Was Ours
9 Enemies and Friends
8 Magic Streets
7 Let It Ride
6 Dolphin
5 If The Music Don't Move Me
4 Dirty Soul
3 Room In My House
2 Feathers
1 Drink Your Love

[Metalweb]

10 Dirty Soul
9 Dolphin
8 Feathers
7 Room In My House
6 Enemies and Friends
5 If The Music Don't Move Yer
4 Magic Streets
3 This Day Was Ours
2 Let It Ride
1 Drink Your Love

[navi]

Round 1
Rank the above 10 songs, 10=favourite.

10. Dolphin
9. Dirty Soul
8. Feathers
7. Drink Your Love
6. Let It Ride
5. Room In My House
4. Magic Streets
3. Enemies and Friends
2. This Day Was Ours
1. If The Music Don't Move Me

[Leo]

Ok, I'll discover them

10 (fav) Let It Ride
9 Dolphin
8 Room In My House
7 Enemies and Friends
6 Magic Streets
5 Feathers
4 Drink Your Love
3 Dirty Soul
2 This Day Was Ours
1 If The Music Don't Move Me


Sampled the songs, all were good, although few stood out at first listen. Pls keep the links all through the game as I can revisti the ones advancing!

[matthew_dixon]

Okay - let's start losing random album tracks from here shall we? Unsurprisingly, the one big single in that batch absolutely sailed through!

First up, from "Truth Be Told", it's "If The Music Don't Move Me". Joining it, from "Let It Ride", we lose "Drink Your Love". Back on "Truth Be Told", we also lose "Feathers".

Finally, on a tie breaker, from their most recent album comes our featured song this round - the opening single "Room In My House"

57. Room In My House
58. Feathers
59. Drink Your Love
60. If The Music Don't Move Me

Round 2
Speakeasy
Stars In Your Eyes
Where Have You Been Tonight
Ladyman
The Heroes
Stand Up And Be Counted
Eyes Before
Never Felt So Cold
Nothing To Live Down
Star Crossed Lovers

Rank the above 10 songs, 10=favourite. The FOUR with the lowest scores will be out.

[matthew_dixon]

Chantal, navi, Metalweb, cheapthrills, Leo, heppolo

[matthew_dixon]

10 The Heroes
9 Speakeasy
8 Star Crossed Lovers
7 Where Have You Been Tonight
6 Nothing To Live Down
5 Stars In Your Eyes
4 Ladyman
3 Never Felt So Cold
2 Stand Up And Be Counted
1 Eyes Before

[cheapthrills]

I'll probably join in when the list gets cuts a bit more.

[matthew_dixon]

That's fine. I'll leave you on the list. By Round 7, we'll be down to 36 songs, which should be much more manageable. I'm reckoning we'll lose 24 pretty forgettable album tracks in the first 6 rounds anyway.

[SholasBoy]

I'll join in when there's about 8 songs left

[Thriller]

I'll join in when there's about 8 songs left

Same (maybe 12 at a push).

[Metalweb]

Bit pedantic as its already out but isn't the title 'If The Music Don't Move Yer'?

[matthew_dixon]

Yes - good spot - I'll make sure it's updated going forward.

[Metalweb]

10 Star Crossed Lovers
9 Never Felt So Cold
8 Stand Up And Be Counted
7 The Heroes
6 Speakeasy
5 Nothing To Live Down
4 Ladyman
3 Where Have You Been Tonight
2 Eyes Before
1 Stars In Your Eyes

[heppolo]

10 Speakeasy
9 Nothing To Live Down
8 Where Have You Been Tonight
7 The Heroes
6 Star Crossed Lovers
5 Ladyman
4 Stars In Your Eyes
3 Eyes Before
2 Never Felt So Cold
1 Stand Up And Be Counted

[navi]

Round 2
Rank the above 10 songs, 10=favourite.

10 Speakeasy
9 Stars In Your Eyes
8 Nothing To Live Down
7 Stand Up And Be Counted
6 Star Crossed Lovers
5 Where Have You Been Tonight
4 Never Felt So Cold
3 Eyes Before
2 The Heroes
1 Ladyman

[matthew_dixon]

2001's "Truth Be Told" has a bad round this round, with the first eviction - "Eyes Before". It's joined by "Ladyman", from their big album "A Maximum High", and then "Stand Up And Be Counted" from "Let It Ride".

Our featured song is the other one from "Truth Be Told" - "Never Felt So Cold".

53. Room In My House
54. Feathers
55. Stand Up And Be Counted
56. Never Felt So Cold
57. Ladyman
58. Drink Your Love
59. If The Music Don't Move Yer
60. Eyes Before

Round 3
Long Time Dead
Mark
Going For Gold
Falling From The Sky
Halfway Home
Chasing Rainbows
Cry For Help
To The Wind
It's Not Easy
Hang On

Rank the above 10 songs, 10=favourite. The FOUR with the lowest scores will be out.

[matthew_dixon]

Chantal, navi, Metalweb, cheapthrills, Leo, heppolo

[matthew_dixon]

10 Going For Gold
9 Chasing Rainbows
8 Mark
7 Falling From The Sky
6 Cry For Help
5 It's Not Easy
4 Halfway Home
3 Hang On
2 Long Time Dead
1 To The Wind

[heppolo]

10 Chasing Rainbows
9 It's Not Easy
8 Falling From The Sky
7 Going For Gold
6 Long Time Dead
5 Mark
4 Cry For Help
3 Halfway Home
2 To The Wind
1 Hang On

[Metalweb]

10 Cry For Help
9 Mark
8 Long Time Dead
7 Halfway Home
6 Chasing Rainbows
5 Hang On
4 To The Wind
3 Going For Gold
2 It's Not Easy
1 Falling From The Sky

[navi]

Round 3
Rank the above 10 songs, 10=favourite.

10 Cry For Help
very interesting promo video
9 Going For Gold
8 Long Time Dead
7 To The Wind
6 Chasing Rainbows
5 Mark
4 Halfway Home
3 It's Not Easy
2 Falling From The Sky
1 Hang On

[matthew_dixon]

So - time to lose four more album tracks, and first up, from their latest album, it's "Hold On". Moving back to the "Truth Be Told" era, we lose "To The Wind". Continuing on back, we have "Halfway Home". Finally, from "A Maximum High" we are "Falling From The Sky"

49. Room In My House
50. Feathers
51. Stand Up And Be Counted
52. Never Felt So Cold
53. Falling From The Sky
54. Halfway Home
55. Ladyman
56. To The Wind
57. Drink Your Love
58. If The Music Don't Move Yer
59. Hang On
60. Eyes Before

Round 4
Head and Hands
Ocean Pie
On Standby
Bully Boy
Devil In Your Shoes
Goodbye
Thinking Again
Love Equals
Said I'm Sorry
Butterfly on a Wheel

Rank the above 10 songs, 10=favourite. The FOUR with the lowest scores will be out.