{"id":594,"date":"2007-12-16T11:55:00","date_gmt":"2007-12-16T11:55:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.cookylamoo.com\/wordpress\/?p=594"},"modified":"2010-01-02T23:18:50","modified_gmt":"2010-01-02T23:18:50","slug":"the-new-magic-online-survey-5-not-really-number-5-because-i-missed-one-or-two-but-still","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cookylamoo.com\/boringlikeadrill\/2007\/12\/the-new-magic-online-survey-5-not-really-number-5-because-i-missed-one-or-two-but-still.html","title":{"rendered":"The New Magic Online Survey 5: Not really number 5 because I missed one or two, but still."},"content":{"rendered":"
I know I missed at least one survey<\/a> while I was in Australia, so this<\/a> was the last update.<\/div>\n
For the first sixteen songs it looked like this was shaping up into a perfect list, with no duds at all. It starts masterfully with an unexpected opener in “The Three Bells” (a song, bizarrely, once covered by Tina Arena) before building up to a thrilling climax with the unforgettable Liv Maesson<\/span>.<\/div>\n
Then everything just goes to hell. Hell being an unwelcome appearance on the Magic surveys by the unspeakable B—- J—<\/a>, followed by the playlist<\/span> from a British pub on karaoke night. In desperation the surveymakers<\/span> try to save the ending by raunching<\/span> things up with “The Stripper” and some Elvis, which is fine with everybody.<\/div>\n
So this month’s low point is that hideous Joel\/Stewart\/Richard\/Blues clusterfuck<\/span>, and thus the high point must be the whiplash transition to “The Stripper”, with honourable mentions to Ms Maesson<\/span>, The Browns, and the repeat appearance by Burl Ives, caught in the provided audio sample at his most demented.<\/div>\n

The Three Bells<\/a> \u2013 The Browns*
Pipeline – The Chantays<\/span>
My Friend The Sea – Petula<\/span> Clark*
Stayin<\/span>‘ In – Bobby Vee<\/span>*
Cast Your Fate To The Wind – Mel Torme<\/span>*
Kisses Sweeter Than Wine – Jimmie Rodgers
Softly As I Leave You – Matt Monro*
I’ll Be Your Baby Tonight<\/a> – Burl Ives*
Walkin<\/span>‘ In The Sunshine – Roger Miller*
Hold Me Tight – Johnny Nash*
Woman – Peter & Gordon*
Baby I Need Your Lovin<\/span>‘ – Johnny Rivers*
I’m Not In Love – 10cc
Ben – Michael Jackson
If You Could Read My Mind – Gordon Lightfoot<\/span>
Knock Knock Who’s There<\/a> – Liv Maesson<\/span>*
I Still Call Australia Home – Peter Allen
Leave A Tender Moment Alone – Billy Joel
Begin The Beguine \u2013 Limelighters<\/span>
Have I Told You Lately That I Love You – Rod Stewart
Some People – Cliff Richard
Nights In White Satin – Moody Blues
The Stripper<\/a> – David Rose*
Little Egypt – Elvis Presley
Put Your Head On My Shoulder – Paul Anka<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I know I missed at least one survey while I was in Australia, so this was the last update. For the first sixteen songs it looked like this was shaping up into a perfect list, with no duds at all. It starts masterfully with an unexpected opener in “The Three Bells” (a song, bizarrely, once […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cookylamoo.com\/boringlikeadrill\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/594"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cookylamoo.com\/boringlikeadrill\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cookylamoo.com\/boringlikeadrill\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cookylamoo.com\/boringlikeadrill\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cookylamoo.com\/boringlikeadrill\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=594"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.cookylamoo.com\/boringlikeadrill\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/594\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2858,"href":"https:\/\/www.cookylamoo.com\/boringlikeadrill\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/594\/revisions\/2858"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cookylamoo.com\/boringlikeadrill\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=594"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cookylamoo.com\/boringlikeadrill\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=594"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cookylamoo.com\/boringlikeadrill\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=594"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}