NationStates Jolt Archive

UPDATE: I've decided to can the awards due to a lack of motivation, poor voting turnout (7 VOTERS???) and general lack of interest. If anyone wants to continue with the last few, then go ahead.

The winning nominations are:

Best Rock Song (Wish You Were Here - Pink Floyd)
Best Classic Song (Bohemian Rhapsody - Queen)
Best Musical Decade (1970s)
Best Obscure Song (Secret Smile - Semisonic)
Best Pop Song (TIE! See category list below for winners)
Best 70s Song (London Calling - The Clash)
Best Artist (Pink Floyd)
Best Album (TIE! See category list.)
Worst Artist (Britney Spears)
Best 80s Song (not awarded, voting turnout was too low and 6 of the nominations tied with 1 vote)
Best 90s Song (Only Happy when it Rains - Garbage)
Best 21st Century Song (tie. see below)

* Best Pop Song: Torn by Natalia Imbruglia(SP?)
* Best Rock Song: Wish You Were Here by Pink Floyd
* Best Classic Song: Same as above
* Best Musical Decade: 70s
* Best 70s Song: Same as above
* Best 80s Song: Brothers in Arms by Dire Straits
* Best 90s Song: Lithium by Nirvana
* Best 21st Century Song: Lifetime Guarantee by Margaret Berger
* Worst Song of All Time
* Best Artist: Pink Floyd
* Best Album: The Wall by Pink Floyd
* Worst Artist
* Worst Album

NOTE: To save time, all quorum-achieving categories will be put to vote in waves of three. If any mods are reading this and are complaining about the sudden spread of polls, then sorry about that, but it's the only way I could think of to do it.
THE LIST (format = Song/Album - Artist (Comments, if any) (Nominated by)

Note: Runners-up are not in any particular order. If you want to know how the others fared, search for the voting pages (Most have NSMA in their titles).

Best Pop Song
WINNERS: I'm a Believer - The Monkees/Neil Diamond (Vittos Ordination)
Can't Buy Me Love - The Beatles (Melkor Unchained)
RUNNERS-UP:

Torn - Natalie Imbruglia (Niini)
Everything Counts - Depeche Mode (Random Kingdom)
Dry Your Eyes Mate - The Streets (Aust)
Hyper-Ballad - Björk (Swimmingpool)
Why Can't I? - Liz Phair (Sarzonia)
What Can I Do? - The Corrs (Sanctaphrax)
Mr. Roboto - Styx (Tonissia)
No Speak No Doubt - ??? (Harlesburg)

Best Rock Song
WINNER: Wish You Were Here - Pink Floyd (Niini)
RUNNERS-UP:

Bat Out of Hell - Meat Loaf (Aust)
Devour - Disturbed (Leliopolis)
Cherub Rock - Smashing Pumpkins (Swimmingpool)
Times Like These - Foo Fighters (Sarzonia)
Bullet with Butterfly wings - Smashing Pumpkins (Nadkor)
Beautiful Day - U2 (Sanctaphrax)
Achilles' Last Stand - Led Zeppelin (Greater Valia)
A Day in the Life - The Beatles (Vittos Ordination)
Free Bird - Lynyrd Skynaryd (Tonissia)

Best Classic Song
WINNER: Bohemian Rhapsody - Queen (Random Kingdom)
RUNNERS-UP:

Wish You Were Here - Pink Floyd (Niini)
Yesterday - The Beatles (Aust)
Come Together - The Beatles (Swimmingpool)
Edge of Seventeen - Stevie Nicks (Sarzonia)
Hallelujah - Jeff Buckley (Nadkor)
Ordinary World - Duran Duran (Sanctaphrax)
The Flying Dutchman - Richard Wagner (Greater Valia)
Like A Rolling Stone - Bob Dylan (Vittos Ordination)
Sultans of Swing - Dire Straits (Tonissia)

Best Obscure Song
WINNER: Secret Smile - Semisonic (Sanctaphrax)
RUNNERS-UP:

Concept of Love - Hideki Naganuma (Is this correct? I don't know) (Random Kingdom)
Iliterant Child - Ian Dury and the Blockheads (Aust)
Nighttime Birds - The Gathering (Swimmingpool)
So Begins the Task - Stephen Stills (Sarzonia)
Questions and Answers - Biffy Clyro (Nadkor)
Bat Et Hallelujah - Kaizers Orchestra (Greater Valia)
Tomorrow Never Knows - The Beatles (Vittos Ordination)
There's Never Been Any Reason - Head East (Tonissia, Harlesburg)
Blandest - Nirvana (Kanabia)

Best Musical Decade
WINNER: 1970s (Niini, Aust, Sarzonia)
RUNNERS-UP:

1960s (Leliopolis)
1980s (Random Kingdom)
1990s (Swimmingpool, Nadkor, Sanctaphrax)
2000s (Greater Valia)

Best 70s Song
WINNER: London Calling - The Clash (Aust)
RUNNERS-UP:

Wish You Were Here - Pink Floyd (Niini)
Pop Muzik - M (Random Kingdom)
Echoes - Pink Floyd (Swimmingpool)
Go Your Own Way - Fleetwood Mac (Sarzonia)
Alternative Ulster - Stiff Little Fingers (Nadkor)
War - Edwin Starr (Greater Valia)
Heroes - David Bowie (Vittos Ordination)
Freebird - ??? (Tonissia)
Won't Get Fooled Again - The Who (Melkor Unchained)

Best 80s Song (The Glitzy Award)
NOTE: This award was not awarded due to poor turnout and the fact that 6 of the nominations tied for winner with 1 vote.)
NOMINATIONS:

Brothers in Arms - Dire Straits (Niini)
Secret - Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark (Random Kingdom)
Going Underground - The Clash (Aust)
Where The Streets Have No Name - U2 (Swimmingpool)
Gypsy - Fleetwood Mac (Sarzonia)
Master of Puppets - Metallica (Nadkor)
Ordinary World - Duran Duran (Sanctaphrax)
99 Red Balloons - Nena (Greater Valia)
Billie Jean - Michael Jackson (Vittos Ordination)
Have A Cigar - Pink Floyd (Tonissia, Harlesburg)

[B]Best 90s Song (The Homie's Award)
WINNER: Only Happy when it Rains - Garbage (Zotona)
RUNNERS-UP:

Lithium - Nirvana (Niini)
Enjoy the Silence - Depeche Mode (Random Kingdom)
Minority - Green Day (Aust)
Soma - Smashing Pumpkins (Swimmingpool)
My Favourite Mistake - Sheryl Crow (Sarzonia)
Everlong - Foo Fighters (Nadkor)
Runaway Train - Soul Asylum (Sanctaphrax)
Stranger Than Fiction - Bad Religion (Greater Valia)
Only Happy when it Rains - Garbage (Zotona)
High and Dry - Radiohead (Vittos Ordination)

Best 21st Century Song (The Untitled Award)
WINNERS: Bat out of Hell - Meat Loaf (Aust)
B.O.B - Outkast (Vittos Ordination)
NOMINATIONS:

Lifetime Guarantee - Margaret Berger (Niini)
I Believe in You - Kylie Minogue (Random Kingdom)
Pagan Poetry - Björk (Swimmingpool)
Fall from Grace - Stevie Nicks (Sarzonia)
Hurt - Johnny Cash (Nadkor)
Georgia On My Mind - Ray Charles (Greater Valia)
Fallin - Alicia Keyes (Zotona)
God Is On The Radio - Queens of the Stone Age (Kanabia)

Worst Song of All Time
This category is in queue.
NOMINATIONS:

Good Riddance (Time of your Life) - Green Day (Swimmingpool)
MacArthur Park - Richard Harris (Sarzonia)
Ketchup Song - Las Ketchup (Nadkor)
Slave 4 U - Britney Spears (Sanctraphrax)
Disco Duck - ??? (Greater Valia)
Achy Breaky Heart - Billy Ray Cyrus (Vittos Ordination)
Big Balls - AC/DC (Tonissia)
Satisfaction - Britney Spears (Melkor Unchained)
Can't Touch This - MC Hammer (Kanabia)
Oh Stick You - Daphnie and Celest (Mennon)

Best Artist
WINNER: Pink Floyd (Niini)
RUNNERS-UP:

Depeche Mode (Random Kingdom, Leliopolis)
The Clash (Aust)
The Gathering (Swimmingpool)
Stevie Nicks (Sarzonia)
Nirvana (Nadkor)
Bon Jovi (Sanctaphrax)
Johnny Cash (Greater Valia)
The Beatles (Vittos Ordination)
ZZ Top (Tonissia)

Best Album
WINNERS: The Wall - Pink Floyd (Niini, Tonissia)
Revolver - The Beatles (Vittos Ordination)
RUNNERS-UP:

The Singles 81-85 (1998) - Depeche Mode (Random
Kingdom)
London Calling - The Clash (Aust)
Believe - Disturbed (Leliopolis)
Nighttime Birds - The Gathering (Swimmingpool)
Rumours - Fleetwood Mac (Sarzonia)
OK Computer - Radiohead (Nadkor)
All That You Can't Leave Behind - U2 (Sanctaphrax)
The Fat of the Land - The Prodigy (Greater Valia)

Worst Artist
WINNER: Britney Spears (Sanctaphrax)
RUNNERS-UP:

Eminem (Random Kingdom)
Busted (Aust)
Good Charlotte (Leliopolis)
William Hung (Sarzonia)
Las Ketchup (Nadkor)
Avril Lavigne (Greater Valia)
Insane Clown Posse (Vittos Ordination)
Styx (Melkor Unchained)
Blink 182 (Kanabia)

Worst Album
The worst album of all time.
NOMINATIONS: 4

Busted - Busted (Aust)
Inspiration - William Hung (Sarzonia)
Conspiracy of Love - Offspring (Kanabia)
Lying in the Sand - Busted (Harlesburg)

Best Pop Song: Dry Your Eyes mate (The streets)
Best Rock Song: Bat Out of Hell (Meatloaf)
Best Classic Song: Yesterday (The beatles)
Best Obscure Song: Iliterant Child (Ian Dury and the Blockheads)
Best Musical Decade: 70's
Best 70s Song: London Calling (Clash)
Best 80s Song: Going Underground (The clash)
Best 90s Song: Minority (Green Day)
Best 21st Century Song: Bat Out of Hell (Meatloaf)
Worst Song of All Time: Covers-any covers
Best Artist: The Clash/Paul Weller
Best Album: London calling(The Clash)/International Superhits (Green Day
Worst Artist: Busted
Worst Album: Busted
Fan Song: Bat out of Hell

worst band would be Good Charlotte
wost album: New Linkin Park one, can't remember....
Best rock song: Devour by Disturbed
best musical decade: 1960s duh!
best artist, i'll back depeche mode
best album: Believe by Disturbed

Woah god... you're going way too fast. :p

I'm only accepting a maximum of one nomination for each category by one person. I'll always take the first choice as the nomination if more than one are nominated.

If a nominee is nominated more than once, the name will still be added but it will still only count as one nomination. The name is in case I decide to do anything like a mention for the person with the best nominations (in the opinions of the voting body, i.e. the person who nominated the most winning nominations)

Category: Band Song/Album

Best Pop Song: Björk Hyper-Ballad
Best Rock Song: Smashing Pumpkins Cherub Rock
Best Classic Song: The Beatles Come Together
Best Obscure Song: The Gathering Nighttime Birds
Best Musical Decade: 1990s
Best 70s Song: Pink Floyd Echoes
Best 80s Song: U2 Where The Streets Have No Name
Best 90s Song: Smashing Pumpkins Soma
Best 21st Century Song: Björk Pagan Poetry
Worst Song of All Time: Green Day Time of Your Life
Best Artist: The Gathering
Best Album: The Gathering Nighttime Birds

Category: Band Song/Album

Worst Song of All Time: Green Day Time of Your Life

I've always enjoyed that one.

Best Pop Song: "Why Can't I," Liz Phair
Best Rock Song: "Times Like These," Foo Fighters
Best Classic Song: "Edge of Seventeen," Stevie Nicks
Best Obscure Song: "So Begins The Task," Stephen Stills
Best Musical Decade: 1970s
Best 70s Song: "Go Your Own Way," Fleetwood Mac
Best 80s Song: "Gypsy," Fleetwood Mac
Best 90s Song: "My Favorite Mistake," Sheryl Crow
Best 21st Century Song: "Fall From Grace," Stevie Nicks
Worst Song of All Time: "MacArthur Park," Richard Harris
Best Artist: Stevie Nicks
Best Album: "Rumours," Fleetwood Mac
Worst Artist: William Hung
Worst Album: "Inspiration," William Hung

Best Rock Song - Smashing Pumpkins - Bullet With Butterfly Wings
Best Classic Song - Jeff Buckley - Hallelujah
Best Obscure Song - Biffy Clyro - Questions And Answers
Best Musical Decade - 90s
Best 70s Song - Stiff Little Fingers - Alternative Ulster
Best 80s Song - Metallica - Master of Puppets
Best 90s Song - Foo Fighters - Everlong (also in contention was Radiohead - Paranoid Android)
Best 21st Century Song - Johnny Cash - Hurt
Worst Song of All Time - Las Ketchup - Ketchup Song
Best Artist - Nirvana
Best Album - Radiohead - OK Computer
Worst Artist - Las Ketchup

Updated.

Jeez, I can hardly keep up!

Best Pop Song-What Can I Do? [The Corrs]
Best Rock Song-Beautiful Day [U2]
Best Classic Song-Ordinary World [Duran Duran]
Best Obscure Song-Secret Smile [Semisonic]
Best Musical Decade-90's
Best 70s Song- N/A
Best 80s Song- Ordinary World [Duran Duran]
Best 90s Song- Runaway Train [Soul Asylum]
Best 21st Century Song- N/A
Worst Song of All Time- Slave 4 U [Britney Spears]
Best Artist- Bon Jovi
Best Album- All That You Can't Leave Behind [U2]
Worst Artist- Britney Spears
Worst Album- N/A
Fan Song- N/A



[I might post later some of the ones where I put in N/A]

[I might post later some of the ones where I put in N/A]
Thank you lots and lots for increasing my workload :p
I can't wait till these reach quorum...

Best Pop Song: N/A
Best Rock Song: Led Zeppelin - Achilles Last Stand
Best Classic Song: Wagner - The flying Dutchman
Best Obscure Song: Kaizers Orchestra - Bat Et Hallelujah
Best Musical Decade: Ones*
Best 70s Song: Edwin Starr - War
Best 80s Song: Nina Hagen - 99 Red ballons
Best 90s Song: Bad Religion - Stranger than Fiction
Best 21st Century Song: (very hard) Ray Charles - Georgia on my mind
Worst Song of All Time: Disco Duck
Best Artist: Johnny Cash
Best Album: The Prodigy - The Fat of the Land
Worst Artist: TIE - Avril Lavigne, Good Charlotte, Simple Plan, ICP, or Slipknot
Worst Album: N/A (may add later)



*Current decade. Whats the correct term?

[I might post later some of the ones where I put in N/A]

Duran Duran is not classical music.

Best Album is now 2 nominations away from receiving quorum and going into vote. When the vote finishes, the winner will be announced here and the person(s) who nominated it will get a point for the BEST NOMINATOR category.
Best Nominator
Who nominated the most winning songs/albums/artists?
Current standings:

Random Kingdom 0
Niini 0
Aust 0
Leilopolis 0
Sarzonia 0
Nadkor 0
Sanctaphrax 0
Greater Valia 0
Vittos Ordination 0
Tonissia 0

Duran Duran is not classical music.
The Best Classic Song category is not classical music either.

The Best Classic Song category is not classical music either.

I thought classical as being.... classical music. (i.e. Beethoven, etc.)

To me classic = greatest, most popular, longest-lasting-in-charts hit of all time. Sorry for the terminology mixup.

You know, the song name is NOT "Time of Your Life."
It is in fact "Good Riddance."

And the song rules.

Best 90s song-"Only Happy When it Rains" by Garbage. Or "Loser" by Beck.
Best 21st Century song-"Fallin" by Alicia Keyes

You know, the song name is NOT "Time of Your Life."
It is in fact "Good Riddance."

And the song rules.
Well, if you really want to be particularly picky then its "Good Riddance (Time of Your Life)"

:p

I'll add those two and amend the other later today.

I won't be available Friday, Saturday, Sunday or Early Monday, so nominations won't be added then.

Vote on the Best Decade!
http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?t=415552

Best Pop Song - I'm A Believer (The Monkees/Neil Diamond)
Best Rock Song - A Day in the Life (The Beatles)
Best Classic Song - Like a Rolling Stone (Bob Dylan)
Best Obscure Song - Tomorrow Never Knows (The Beatles)
Best Musical Decade - 1960s
Best 70s Song - Heroes (David Bowie)
Best 80s Song - Billie Jean (Michael Jackson)
Best 90s Song - High and Dry (Radiohead)
Best 21st Century Song - B.O.B (Outkast) Hey Ya is second
Worst Song of All Time - Achy Breaky Heart (Billy Ray Cyrus)
Best Artist - The Beatles
Best Album - Revolver (The Beatles)
Worst Artist - Insane Clown Posse (Do they even count?)
Worst Album - Don't know

Best Pop Song Mr Roboto~Styx
Best Rock Song Free Bird~Lynyrd Skynaryd
Best Classic Song Sultans Of Swing~Dire Straits
Best Obscure Song Theres never Been any reason~Head East
Best 70s Song Freebird
Best 80s Song Have A Cigar~Pink Floyd
Best 90s Song November Rain~Guns N Roses
Best 21st Century Song Uhhh Dont you know Music Died in 1992
Worst Song of All Time Big Balls AC/DC
Best Artist ZZTop
Best Album The Wall
Worst Artist ?
Worst Album ?

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I've always enjoyed that one.
Yes it's quite popular, but too cheesy and souless for me. There are many songs that I believe to be worse than that, but on those songs everyone would agree. So I put down a song that people would disagree with.

Best Pop Song~Dont Speak No Doubt ...?
Best Rock Song~Epic FaithNoMore
Best Classic Song November Rain~Guns N Roses
Best Obscure Song Theres never Been any reason~Head East
Best 70s Song~?Something by PF or BS!
Best 80s Song Have A Cigar~Pink Floyd
Best 90s Song Say it aint so~Weezer
Best 21st Century Song Stupify~Disturbed
Worst Song of All Time ~Lying in the Sand
Best Artist~Pink Floyd
Best Album~The Wall
Worst Artist~Busted
Worst Paul Holmes~Lying in the Sand(?)

Best Pop Song - Can't Buy Me Love - The Beatles [JESUS! What are you people thinking?! STYX?!]
Best Rock Song - Won't Get Fooled Again - The Who
Best Classic Song - Anything by Elvis. I'll go with Hound Dog for now.
Best Obscure Song - Depends on the genre.
For Punk: Moon Over Marin - Dead Kennedys
For Rock: The Beatles and the Rolling Stones covering "Drift Away"
For Pop: That Was A Crazy Game of Poker - OAR
For anything else: I probably haven't heard it.
Best 70s Song - Won't Get Fooled Again - The Who
Best 80s Song - Born to Run - Bruce Springsteen
Best 90s Song - There's an oxymoron if I ever heard one.
Best 21st Century Song - Hopefully hasnt been released yet.
Worst Song of All Time - Britney Spears' cover of "Satisfaction" by the Rolling Stones. Nothing else even comes close.
Best Artist - The Who
Best Album - Sergeant Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band [No one has mentioned this yet? Are you serious?]
Worst Artist - Styx
Worst Album - Too many to count.

Best Pop Song:
The Beatles - Hey Jude

Best Obscure Song:
Nirvana - Blandest

Best 70s Song:
Led Zeppelin - No Quarter

Best 21st Century Song:
Queens of the Stone Age - God is on the Radio

Worst Song of All Time:
MC Hammer - Can't Touch This

Worst Artist:
Blink 182. :mad:

Worst Album:
Offspring - Conspiracy of One

Wow, I love Pink Floyd. They really are an amazing group, I mean, a lot of people here put them on the list, so it goes without saying.

Take the song "Have a Cigar." The song is so amazing, that two people on this thread, Harlsburg and Tonissia, have listed it as the best 80's song, even though it was released in 1975.

OK, I'll drop the sarcasm here. Look folks, if you really want to be taken seriously about music, please, please, please know what the heck your talking about.

Sorry, I've been away for a while. I'll try and fill in as many nominations as I can.

The first wave of 3 has been completed. And here are the first winners...

The NSMA Best Rock Song Award goes to...
PINK FLOYD with WISH YOU WERE HERE!

The NSMA Best Classic Song Award goes to...
QUEEN with BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY!

The NSMA Best Musical Decade Award goes to...
THE 1970S!

The next 3 categories to be put to vote are...

BEST POP SONG
BEST OBSCURE SONG
BEST 70s SONG

Bump for more votes. It's easier to bump here than to bump all of the individual threads.

* Best Pop Song: N/A
* Best Rock Song: Bold As Love - Jimi Hendrix
* Best Classic Song: N/A
* Best Obscure Song: Only Gay Eskimo - Tenacious D
* Best Musical Decade: 70s/80s
* Best 70s Song: Down In The Tubestation At Midnight - The Jam
* Best 80s Song: Last Night I Dreamt That Somebody Loved Me - The Smiths
* Best 90s Song: Live Forever - Oasis
* Best 21st Century Song:What Katie Did - The Libertines
* Worst Song of All Time: Oh Stick You - Daphnie and Celest
* Best Artist: Jimi Hendrix
* Best Album: All Mod Cons - The Jam
* Worst Artist: Any Pop or Pop Rock
* Worst Album: Too many to mension

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Winners!

Best Obscure Song - Secret Smile - Semisonic
Best Pop Song - TIE! I'm a Believer - The Monkees/Can't Buy Me Love - The Beatles
Best 70's Song - London Calling - The Clash

Next up is Best Artist, Best Album and Worst Artist. Cast your votes!

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NB. I am not a girl. However, one of my favourite songs is Material Girl by Madonna, and I can't help singing each and every one of my favourite songs. :p

Yes, I know. My grammar sucks. Notice I have. Like Yoda I speak. Suck I do. (:p again)

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Best Artist Award: Pink Floyd! (applause)
Worst Artist Award: Britney Spears (wooden spoon)
Best Album Award: Tie. The Wall/Revolver (amusement)

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UPDATE: I've decided to can the awards due to a lack of motivation, poor voting turnout (7 VOTERS???) and general lack of interest. If anyone wants to continue with the last few, then go ahead.