The Velvet Forum

Pig Related wrote:You meant Wednesday Feb. 23, right? I hope so.

Er oops, you're right, of course. I didn't mean to make the entry period that short!

Simon -- come back, you can still vote!

arjan wrote:So if you want to have a shot at winning the book, post an answer to this post in which you state (a) the voting percentage of the winning song (b) its name (c) the name of the losing finalist song. The (b) and (c) answers are used in that order to solve ties. If it's still a tie, lots once again will be drawn.

Please enter your post before Wednesday Feb. 23, 2005, 23:00 European Continental Time (=22:00 UK time, 17:00pm NY time). Entries or edits past 23:00 European Time will, unfortunately, be disqualified.

Am I missing something? I thought the most 'loyal' voters (i.e. those who have voted in every match) were to have a shot at the book?

jimjim wrote:Am I missing something? I thought the most 'loyal' voters (i.e. those who have voted in every match) were to have a shot at the book?

Yes, that's true. But see this post at the start of the Second Round. Basically, the original criteria proved impossible for technical reasons/I hadn't paid attention to updates in the forum (in place since ages ) that did not allow for this anymore. So new winning criteria had to be determined. I ran a poll with that post to let the voters decide what the winning criteria should be, and this is the implementation of the outcome.

I know it must be something of a disappointment to the 10+ hardcore voters present since the preliminaries, but it also gives people who tuned in later (a sizeable chunk) a new opportunity to have a shot at winning the prize.

51%

Sister Ray beats Heroin

Rob

er - I haven't been studying the votes much...

70%
Sister Ray
Venus In Furs

(a) 62%

(b) "Sister Ray"

(c) "Heroin"

Not sure I want to win (got the book, bought it 20 years ago)

Question is what tracks is going to compete in the upcoming round.

I do believe Sister Ray is a super candidate as a winner, so here is my guess:

65%
Sister Ray
I'm waiting for the man

just for the sake of it: a song of the first album has to win, and not sister ray!

so

58%

waiting for the man

in front of

heroin

part of me agrees with dalk and part of me doesn't. SR is my all time favorite VU song - but it really isn't one song. each version was very different from the other. you never knew what you'd get. would it be a relatively short but blistering 10 minutes or would it be more subdued and lyrical and go on for 30-40 minutes?

so... would the votes go to the whole SR grouping or to one version? it could make a difference to somebody.

You get to think of your favorite version of the song. So not just the album version.