ASFM: Back To Basics - FIRST LISTENING PARTY

[dmlaw]

It's cold and there is virus just everywhere. Do you really have anything better to do than to listen to 21 songs submitted by your fellow chat lounge inmates?

No, you don't, so I'll see you here at 8pm.



1. The Ocean (Mike Batt featuring Deniece Williams - Dancing Towards Disaster)
2. Glückstadt City (DEAD BLONDE - Мальчик на девятке)
3. Ust-Yansky District, Russia (King Princess - Talia)
4. SLAMsterdam (Sophie Straat ft. Goldband - Tweede Kamer)
5. North Caucasian Emirate (Adelen - Obsessed)
6. Lesbian flag (Andriana Babali - Den 'in arga)
7. Twin Peaks (Lee Ann Womack - I Hope You Dance)
8. Sweden (Caramell - Vad Heter Du?)
9. Päijät-Häme (Korpiklaani - Vodka)
10. Le Havre (Charli XCX, Christine, Caroline Polachek - New Shapes)
11. Republic of Pontus (La Femma - Va)
12. Tanganyika Territory (Anz ft. George Riley - You Could Be)
13. Sicily (This Mortal Coil - Song To The Siren)
14. St. Petersburg (Shortparis - Страшно)
15. Blossom (Yana Perrault - Games You Play)
16. Hawaii (Hard Feelings - Dangerous)
17. Flag of the Knights Templar (Le Sport - Tell No One About Tonight)
18. Send Nudes (Karen Harding x Shift K£Y - Morning)
19. Bogota (Bomba Estereo - Amar Asi)
20. Brazil (Laelia - Flatline)
21. United States of America (Gabry Ponte x LUM!X x Prezioso - Thunder)

 

[RJN]

What virus?

 

[COB]

Imagine the drama if you just launched it NOW!

PS please just launch it now

 

[Lucille]

Missing this as I’m working but will be in attendance TOMORROW.

 

[dmlaw]

What virus?

Abyssinian Exploding Flu. It’s quite new.

 

[Lucille]

Finishing work early

 

[Soldi]

I’ll be popping in and out

 

[ButterTart]

Less than ten minutes. White women with bleepy bloopy pop tracks said to be 'quietly hopeful'.

 

[Kate]

TITS OUT FOR ASFM

(not really, it's too cold)

 

[dmlaw]

It is not easy to get your Mum off the phone ahead of running a sync listen party when you don't want to explain what you're up to. In the end, I told her that I had to go out and buy drugs. I didn't want to make her worry.

 

[Kate]

May we please have the playlist a couple of minutes early please Mr Law sir please.

 

[dmlaw]

Playlist in the first post.

I warn you that it's guarded by a trained leopard and he HATES peeking.

 

[Raining on Me]

Ready for full on basic entertainment/horror

 

[RJN]

It is not easy to get your Mum off the phone ahead of running a sync listen party when you don't want to explain what you're up to. In the end, I told her that I had to go out and buy drugs. I didn't want to make her worry.

I find that if I say I have a "zoom" and leave it at that, nobody asks questions

 

[dmlaw]

One hundred and twenty seconds to go.

 

[Lucille]

Made it in the NICK OF TIME

 

[RaspberrySwirl]

I’m almost falling asleep already but I’m sure the baseness and horror will keep me awake.

 

[Tisch]

Feelin' EXTRA BASIC tonight

 

[ButterTart]

I’m almost falling asleep already but I’m sure the baseness and horror will keep me awake.

It'll be even worse when the songs start.

 

[RJN]

I looked ahead (to check if any are geoblocked, I swear) and I've only heard 4 of them

 

[Soldi]

I’ve MADE IT

 

[RJN]

Feelin' EXTRA BASIC tonight

we'll all be nice and not ask how thats possible

 

[dmlaw]

GO.

GO!

 

[Suomi]

Good luck everyone.

 

[ButterTart]

Are you starting? I'm starting. Are you?

 

[dmlaw]

SONG 1 - The Ocean

Mike Batt featuring Deniece Williams - Dancing Towards Disaster

 

[Kate]

MIKE BATT? Off of the WOMBLES?

 

[COB]

I'm here

 

[dmlaw]

I looked ahead (to check if any are geoblocked, I swear) and I've only heard 4 of them

I must tell the leopard that he's fired.

 

[Lucille]

Dancing towards disaster is an apt title to kick off with.

 

[RaspberrySwirl]

Is this a real entry? omg

 

[COB]

Oh WOW

 

[ZenGiraffe]

...oh dear

 

[RJN]

Just what everyone is asking for on Moopy: more showtunes!

 

[ButterTart]

What is this BBC sitcom theme tune nonsense?

 

[dmlaw]

Yes, I've started with a song without a video, but this song just seemed like a manifesto for the entire ASFM project.

 

[RaspberrySwirl]

I get the feeling we don’t care.

Indeed we don’t.

 

[Suomi]

I like this as an alternative Bond theme

 

[ButterTart]

He's got a massive bell and he knows how to use it.

 

[COB]

Quite pleasant really!