In the wackiest year ever, we had a wacky month for Song of the Day in September, with something of a split decision as to what the winning song was. I'll tell you what happened, but first, let me bring you up to speed.
For new readers, this blog entry refers to the monthly Song of the Day list on the Sputnik Music website. Each month, one user hosts the list and names a theme. Everyone then recommends songs in line with this theme, and people rate the various song recommendations. The list of September songs can be found at Sputnik Music Song of the Day - September 2020.
Now you'll notice that although September only has 30 days, this month's list has 31 songs. And that's where we got into trouble. Because after the list of recommendations filled up, one last rec came in, and the host allowed it as a "Bonus". Yeah, you can see where this is going, can't you?
1. The theme of the month was Great Songs by Corny Artists. Now this got us off to a strange start, as people had pretty diverse definitions as to what constituted a "corny" artist. (And for a lot of the participants, many of whom are younger than my socks, their definition of "corny" seemed to equal "old". OK, cool, whatever.)
2. Once again, I got to make two recs this month. I chose "Not My Type: Dead as Fuck 2" by the comedic horror-themed band Motionless in White, and the theme song of NYC rock cabaret act Witches in Bikinis, "Witches in Bikinis" (Motionless in White - Not My Type: Dead as Fuck 2; Witches in Bikinis - Witches in Bikinis). Neither song went over all that well with this lot of philistines, although WIB scored the higher of the two. But hey, I'm used to it.
3. The song I rated highest was the Dexys Midnight Runners classic, "Come On Eileen" (Dexys Midnight Runners - Come on Eileen.) This, of course, was the bonus song. My highest rated song that was actually recommended for one of the 30 days of September was "Stay" by pop icon Lisa Loeb (Lisa Loeb - Stay.)
4. And, of course, the song that the group scored highest as a whole was - wait for it - "Come on Eileen" by Dexys Midnight Runners (See #3 above for the link). Why? Because it's f***ing "Come on Eileen" by Dexy's Midnight Runners, you silly reader, you. It's awesome. But ... oh, yeah, it was only actually a bonus song. The non-bonus song that the group rated highest was "Undun" by The Guess Who (The Guess Who - Undun). Because apparently, The Guess Who are corny now? Who knew? Certainly not me.
5. Anyway, all 31 of this 30-day month's song recs are available on YouTube for once. The link is September 2020 Song of the Day YouTube Playlist.
So in the end, the official winner was the Guess Who song "Undun", with Dexys Midnight Runners scoring an honorable mention (even though it scored higher than the official winner.)
I need a drink now. See you next month.
