Headbang Results (4)

The voting for favourite Themes and Best 3 Tracks was interesting, with a number of spoiled papers - probably alcohol induced. One Headbanger, who shall for the time being remain anonymous, even voted the Singing Drummers theme as his second favourite - and we didn't even play it!

Anyway, here's how it all worked out. First of all, the Top Theme votes:

1	Wrong Title	29
2	Obituaries	23
3	Guess the Label	18
4	Connections	17
5	Septuagenarians	16

The Connections theme had the most mixed reception, being voted their favourite by Andy & Gerry, but least favourite by James, Colin, Steve - and me.

14 separate tracks were nominated in the voting for the Top 3 Tracks. There was a clear winner, however, with Nils Lofgren's Keith Don't Go yet again coming out on top, despite the fact that the video shown on this occasion was at an outdoor festival with the wind blowing away and some of the audience wandering about aimlessly. If you want to see it again check here - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aTxtzH5fgZo

This has been a perennial favourite of the Headbangers - I've seen him perform this live on 4 occasions at various locations - the Lemon Tree, Music Hall and in London. Another live concert version of it appears here - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0QQtHWBfQaQ

Yet another version of it shown at a previous Headbang was in the form of a guitar lesson - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iBq7XRa6uZM

Of course, the original was a full electric version from his Cry Tough LP and he appeared on the Old Grey Whistle Test to do it this way, and this, too, has been shown at previous Headbangs - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lJ5-_qNNibI.

Keith Don't Go received both the most nominations (4) and the most weighted votes. Here's the full list of those songs nominated and their votes:

1	Nils Lofgren	Keith don't go	8
2=	David Bowie	Space Oddity	6
2=	Cream	Tales of Brave Ulysses	6
4	Patti Smith	Gimme Shelter	5
5	Patti Smith	Because the night	4
6=	Buffalo Springfield	For what it's worth	3
6=	Pink Floyd	See Emily Play	3
6=	Who	Baba O'Riley	3
9=	Special AKA	Free Nelson Mandela	2
9=	Ian Dury & the Blockheads	Billericay Dickie	2
9=	Deep Purple	Black Night	2
9=	Bruce Springsteen	Thunder Road	2
13=	Lou Reed	Waiting for the Man	1
13=	Don MacLean	Vincent	1

Patti Smith was pretty popular too, with both her tracks receiving enough nominations for her to be 4th & 5th in the above list.

So that's it until midsummer - I'll canvass for suitable dates, but please don't hesitate to suggest new themes for me to prepare. I have plenty in reserve, but always happy to receive suggestions from others.