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The votes are in

Last week, to mark World Sleep Day andf with a €20 voucher redeemable at any Currys PC World store on offer, I asked for your favourite song whose lyrics reference sleep or sleeping?

You answered in your fully awake dozens.

But there could be only winner.

Third Place:

Ali Baba by John Holt

F_Lawless writes:

‘My dream last night was about Ali Baba and the 40 thieves..’

“I love Holt’s vocal delivery on this rocksteady track – laid back, silky-smooth but also at the point of cracking. I’d say more than a few smokes were had beforehand.”

Runner-up:

Sleep Instead Of Teardrops by Del Amitri

Fairyqueen writes:

“Oh it just has to be Del Amitri’s ‘Sleep instead of Teardrops’ (supposedly written for a girlfriend whose Dad had died). – It’s one of those songs that punches right you in the gut (IMHO) – especially if you have lost someone – with lines like ‘ ..as each consoling kiss remains on your face like a stain.. and ‘time is the greatest healer, but it’s a murderer today’ .”

Winner:

Sleep by Into Paradise

Tarfton Clax writes:

‘And no one ever dreams of you, and you never want them to
No one ever sleeps with you, and you never need them to,
Sometimes when you sleep beside me, my love grows cold,
I can’t believe, I can’t believe in myself… anymore.’

“The soundtrack to many evenings in the Underground or the Rock Garden, drinking cans and smoking rollies and basking in the misery of the late night walk home because you had no money and there were no taxis anyway…”

Nick says: Thanks all.

Last week: Win Nick’s PC Voucher

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Thank Famke it’s Friday.

To get you through this wonderful spring weekend, how about another music competition?

With today being World Sleep Day, I want to know: What’s your favourite song whose lyrics reference sleep or sleeping?

Here’s mine.

Reply below to be in with a chance of winning a €20 voucher redeemable at any Currys PC World store.

The winner will be chosen by my AI alarm clock.

Please include video links if possible.

Lines close on Saturday at 11am.

Nick says: Good luck!

Last week’s winner here

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The votes are in.

Last week, with €20 voucher redeemable at any Currys PC World branch on offer, I asked you to name your favourite album cover.

You answered in your dozens.

But there could be only one winner

Third Place:

The Strokes – Is This It

Col writes:

“I was 16 when “Is This It” by the Stokes came out and I loved it. The cover was a leather gloved hand on a woman’s posterior – a spontaneous picture by the photographer of his girlfriend.”

Runner-up:

The Pogues – Rum, Sodomy & The Lash.

Niall writes:

“I love The Pogues take on Gericault’s ‘The Raft of the Medusa‘.

“It’s a striking cover: Shane in sunglasses surrounded corpses and his band mates. Not only that but the album itself really hits you with tracks like Dirty Old Town, The Sick Bed of Cuchulainn and A Pair of Brown Eyes.”

Winner:

Dexys Midnight Runners – Searching for the Young Soul Rebels

Otis Blue writes:

“The photograph chosen for the cover was taken in Cranbrooks Gardens in the Ardoyne, Belfast following the introduction of internment by the British government in 1971. Amid a group of Catholics fleeing, stands 13 year old Andrew O’Shaughnessy, staring fixedly at the photographer, suitcase under his arm.

“And if that’s not reason enough to love it, the album’s best track, Dance Stance, namechecks Oscar Wilde, Brendan Behan, Sean O’Casey, George Bernard Shaw, Samuel Beckett, Eugene O’Neill, Edna O’Brien and Laurence Sterne.”

Nick says: thanks all.

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Thank Frilly it’s Friday.

That means another magnificent music competition.

With today being the anniversary of the release of the debut album by The Velvet Underground & Nico in 1967 with its famous Andy Warhol banana artwork, I want to know: what’s your favourite album cover?

Here’s mine.

Reply below to be in with a chance of winning a €20 voucher redeemable at any Currys PC World branch.

The winner will be chosen by my agent.

Please include image or link to image if possible.

Nick says: Good luck.

Lines MUST close at Saturday 11am.

Last week’s winner here.

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The votes are in.

Last week, with a Currys PC World gift voucher worth an astounding €20 on offer, I asked you to name your favourite song by a Welsh musician or band?

You answered in your dozens.

But there could be only one winner.

A word about the winner: Lisa Butler did choose Motorcycle Emptiness first but her entry only listed the song without giving any commentary on why she liked it. What we’re looking for in these competitions is to be able to hear the song anew – to see it through the eyes of the reader. So you have a much better chance of winning if you expand on your reasons for liking it. Capernosity‘s passion for the Manics shone through in his entry (below) so that’s why he had to be the winner.

Third Place:

Myfanwy by Cerys Matthews

Fearganainm writes:

“A beautiful rendition of a ‘How on earth could she have turned me down for him?’ song.”

Runner-up:

Juxtaposed With U by Super Furry Animals

Missred writes:

“The beautiful melancholic sweetness of these vocals is the ideal hybrid sound of a human and a robot, it releases the endorphins like no other. Like a cross between Magazine and EELS.”

Winner:

Motorcycle Emptiness by Manic Street Preachers

Capernosity & Function writes:

“It is my favourite song of all time. I never miss the Manics when they come to Ireland. I saw them in the Tivoli around October/November 1994; just three months later Richey Edwards walked off into the ether. I remember there were some parts of the gig where he kept banging his forehead off the microphone. Who knows what was going through his mind at the time. He could write some lyrics though.”

Nick says: Thanks all.

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Thank Huw it’s Friday.

That means another magnificent music competition.

With St David’s Day being celebrated earlier this week by our Celtic cousins, now is the time to ask: What’s your favourite song by a Welsh musician or band?

Here’s mine.

Reply below to be in with a chance of winning a tafftacular €20 voucher redeemable at any Currys PC World branch.

The winner will be chosen by my alter ego.

Lines close at Saturday 11am.

Nick says
: Pob lwc! (Good luck!)

Last week’s winner here.

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The votes are in.

Last Friday, with a startling €20 voucher redeemable at any Currys PC World branch, on offer, I asked you to name your favourite song whose lyrics or title refer to a river.

You answered in your dozens.

But there could be only one winner.

Third Place:

The River by Bruce Springsteen.

H writes:

“Before I turned my back on him for the crime of getting ‘too big’ and having the audacity to play Slane (I was a very angry teenager at the time) this was always a favourite of mine from The Boss.

“It took me up to about three years ago to finally admit that I should let it go.”

Runner-up:

Down by the Banks of the Ohio by Olivia Newton John

Fairyqueen writes:

“I only knew it played by some in-house “ballad band” – 1970s on holidays my parents would find a bar (the only time they ever really did this) with a bit of “music” and over flat Cokes and Taytos (me), pint of stout (Da) and a port and lemon (my mother – and one would be all she had all evening) they would sway and sometimes sing along and almost always this song came on. Good times.”

Winner:

Riverman by Nick Drake

Specific Gravity writes:

Going to see the river man
Going to tell him all I can
About the ban
On feeling free.
If he tells me all he knows
About the way his river flows
I don’t suppose
It’s meant for me

“It’s probably the melancholia of the end of another stifled week, finally taking a breath and starting to unwind, but this track hits harder now than it otherwise might. Could be on repeat for a while before this night is out.”

Nick says: Thanks all.

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Thank Fabinho it’s Friday.

That means another music competition.

With water levels dropping back to normal after heavy rainfall this week, this is a good time to ask: What’s your favourite song whose lyrics or title refer to a river.

Here’s mine.

Reply below to be in with a chance of winning a €20 voucher redeemable at any Currys PC World branch.

The winner will be chosen by my AI clone.

Lines MUST close at Saturday 11am.

Nick says: Good luck!

Last week’s winner here.

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The votes are in.

Last week, with a Currys PC World voucher worth €20 on offer, I asked you to name your favourite song of this millennium (2000-2021).

You answered in your dozens.

But there could be only one winner.

Third Place:

Song For Zula by Phosphorescent

Jonboy writes:

“A beautiful, bittersweet, ballad that captures the un-romance of a breaking relationship.

“Saw him in Whelan’s back around 2013 when he was touring this album (Muchacho – give it a listen, it’s incredible) and it was every bit as good in person.”

Runner-up:

Oblivion by Grimes

Capernosity And Function writes:

“I first heard this as the music to an Eircom ad many moons ago. I never, never get tired of playing this; surely, that is the mark of a song that has entered your consciousness in a good way. I love the intro, the fey, wispy vocals that deal with a subject darker than the melody implies.

“I often think the best songs are constructed like that. Grimes is now viewed through the prism of her relationship with Evil Genius/ World Saviour (delete as appropriate) Elon Musk. This song is from a time when her lo-fi, DIY production ethic was fully intact, and it worked.”

Winner:

Alexandra Leaving by Leonard Cohen

Eug writes:

“I’ve listened to Leonard Cohen since my teens saw him twice in the stadium in the 80’s and reborn in Royal Hospital in 2008 and every time he visited after that.

“Even though she sleeps upon your satin
Even though she wakes you with a kiss”

Leonard at his best and reborn in the 21st Century. Sharon Robinson got him to sing in a lower octave and between them they took “The God Abandons Antony” written in 1911 by the poet Constantine P. Cavafy and transformed into Alexandra Leaving.

“Do not choose a coward’s explanation
That hides behind the cause and the effect”

To me it speaks of love, live and it’s inevitable end and acceptance.

“Say goodbye to Alexandra leaving
Then say goodbye to Alexandra lost”

Nick says: Thanks all.

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Thank Frances it’s Friday.

That can only mean one thing: another music competition.

This week, I want to know: What’s your favourite song of this millennium? So, from 2000-2021.

Reply below to be in with a chance of winning a coveted Currys PC World voucher worth €20.

Here’s mine.

The winner will be chosen by my chef.

Please include video links if possible.

Lines close at Saturday 11am.

Nick says: Good luck!

Earlier: Last week’s winner here.