US aviation: the Boeing 314
flying boat. This was the first airplane to offer regular scheduled
flights between the Americas and Europe starting in 1939.
Pre-selection - TC July 2013
As usual, the preselection contains a mix of songs intended to be interesting, competitive, or representative, listed in alphabetical order.
THE CONTESTANTS
(1) - Anaïs Mitchell & Jefferson Hamer - "Tam Lin"
(2) - Churchill - "Change" By Request
(3) - Five Finger Death Punch - "Lift Me Up" By Request
(4) - Guards - "Home Free"
(5) - Juicy J - "One Of Those Nights" By Request
(6) - Matt Pond - "When The Moon Brings The Silver"
(7) - Ms. Lauryn Hill - "Neurotic Society" (Compulsory Mix) By Request
(8) - Noctura - "December" By Request
(9) - Parenthetical Girls - "Careful Who You Dance With"
(10) - Robert DeLong - "Global Concepts"
(11) - The Bronx - "Life Less Ordinary"
(12) - The Little Ones - "Argonauts"
(13) - They Might Be Giants - "Nanobots" By Request
(2) - Churchill - "Change" By Request
(3) - Five Finger Death Punch - "Lift Me Up" By Request
(4) - Guards - "Home Free"
(5) - Juicy J - "One Of Those Nights" By Request
(6) - Matt Pond - "When The Moon Brings The Silver"
(7) - Ms. Lauryn Hill - "Neurotic Society" (Compulsory Mix) By Request
(8) - Noctura - "December" By Request
(9) - Parenthetical Girls - "Careful Who You Dance With"
(10) - Robert DeLong - "Global Concepts"
(11) - The Bronx - "Life Less Ordinary"
(12) - The Little Ones - "Argonauts"
(13) - They Might Be Giants - "Nanobots" By Request
The pre-selection songs on YouTube
(1) - Anaïs Mitchell & Jefferson Hamer - "Tam Lin"
Lyrics for this song are potentially confusing because this is an old ballad based on mythology/folklore. Details for the story are HERE.
(2) - Churchill - "Change" By Request
(3) - Five Finger Death Punch - "Lift Me Up" By Request
(4) - Guards - "Home Free"
(5) - Juicy J - "One Of Those Nights" By Request
(6) - Matt Pond - "When The Moon Brings The Silver"
(7) - Ms. Lauryn Hill - "Neurotic Society" (Compulsory Mix) By Request
(8) - Noctura - "December" By Request
(9) - Parenthetical Girls - "Careful Who You Dance With"
(10) - Robert DeLong - "Global Concepts"
(11) - The Bronx - "Life Less Ordinary"
(12) - The Little Ones - "Argonauts"
(13) - They Might Be Giants - "Nanobots" By Request
The voting format is the same as in the Countdown International, 12, 10, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1 and 0
points: the highest number of points for the song you like best, the
lowest number of points to the song you like least. Just send a message
or post a comment with your votes.
If you have enough free time, go ahead and write the reasons that you like and dislike particular songs, or parts of songs (but only if you want to).
Suggestions for future pre-selections are also very welcome.
