Whatever happened to the teleprinter?

[hirez]

A remarkably close fought thing, though the threatened upset caused by the last minute entries of some hardcore Peelites failed to materialize. So, without much more rambling, we find the final scores are as follows:

Ayatollah of rock&rollah - swisstone - 18
Proven pattern of success to follow - naughtypixie & juliann - 17
(Wo)man who's head expanded - zoo_music_girl - 17
Mature white gimmick - sheepthief - 14
Honey, you're wasting ammo - zeocin - 13
Hard normal daddy - _alexander_ - 13
Eleven things in order - halja - 11
Listening to the Higsons - spride - 10
Fiery Jack - mr_tom - 9
Smedley's melody - aeia - 7
Clifford, darling. Please don't live in the past - agent_greige - 7
Man with the lightbulb head - nils - 7
Having an average weekend - childeric - 6
Driving with my gears in reverse - naturalbornkaos - 5
She's lost control - mistressmalaise - 3

... And that the tracks were as follows, with vague notes and handwaving.

1. The Who - Substitute.
2. The Fall - Fire Jack.
3. Messiah - Thunderdome (USA mix)
4. Severed Heads - Dead eyes opened (Reopened mix)
5. AC/DC - Whole lotta Rosie.
6. Joy Division - Incubation.
7. Stakker - Humanoid.
8. Public Enemy - Rebel without a pause.
9. Billy Bragg - A13 (Gateway to the sea).
10. LFO - LFO (Leeds warehouse mix).
11. The Doors - L.A. woman.
12. Flying Lizards - Money.
13. Cameo - Word up.
14. The Barracudas - Summer fun.
15. Bob Dylan - Subterranean homesick blues.
16. Devo - Working in a coal-mine.
17. The Specials - Gangsters.
18. XTC - Making plans for Nigel.
19. The Tornadoes - Telstar.
20. Nirvana - Come as you are.

I have to say I was a little surprised that no-one picked up on Public Enemy (though if I'd left the next bar in, the howling sax sample would have given it away) or LFO. I'm reasonably sure that they both featured in festive fifties. Speaking of which, I suspect that the Bragg and the Specials were culled from the Peel Sessions 12", which may have caused some confusion. Telstar's another one of those difficult tracks that's completely obvious one bar after the intro. On the other hand, it does sound damn modern for the early sixties and Joe Meek was a Gloucestershire boy. The AC/DC reminds me of horrible 80s metal clubs. I'm reclaiming it to wind up the Nathans.

Anyway, cheers for having a bash and try not to strop too much if I've managed not to count up correctly.