Fuzz Posted April 11, 2016 Posted April 11, 2016 The top entries have been selected and are up for listening and voting. Check them out on GDA http://www.greendayauthority.com/news/5231/ Best of luck to the finalists! Thanks to everyone who took the time to enter. I was very happy with the turnout.
lizziebix Posted April 11, 2016 Posted April 11, 2016 Voted. Only one of my top 10 choices made the list. Oh well. One and done.
matteo263 Posted April 11, 2016 Posted April 11, 2016 Thank you for all that voted Allie and myself in the Top 11. Really happy about it
All of My Friends Posted April 11, 2016 Posted April 11, 2016 Pumped to be in the top eleven. Shoutout to the voters! ------ **Would've made this smaller if I knew how, I swear, haha**
Lone Posted April 11, 2016 Posted April 11, 2016 It was a pleasure listening to the entries. Thank you all who entered and good luck top 11.
DookieLukie Posted April 11, 2016 Posted April 11, 2016 Seems the the GDA post for this is being overwhelmed with Howi's Facebook friends recruited to vote.
Second favourite son Posted April 11, 2016 Posted April 11, 2016 Some of the top entries have taken quite defiant or optimistic songs and made them really slow and sad, and that in turn has made me sad Not a criticism, just an observation, and actually shows how powerful music can be even with the same lyrics. I just hope it doesn't turn turn into a popularity contest, there's so many great songs up there that it would be a shame if it was decided on the performer over the performance.
Jeff Strong Posted April 11, 2016 Posted April 11, 2016 1 hour ago, DookieLukie said: Seems the the GDA post for this is being overwhelmed with Howi's Facebook friends recruited to vote. considering his Facebook fan page has over 2,000 likes, it's not a surprise. He'll probably win it.
matteo263 Posted April 11, 2016 Posted April 11, 2016 How the heck is Howi o.O ? I'm personally not bothered, these contests tend to become a contest of who can bring the most people to vote..was expecting it ahaha. This was totally fun though! SO SO happy with being in the top 10
Fuzz Posted April 11, 2016 Author Posted April 11, 2016 Definitely a lot of support for Howi (I love the guy and his band Ballyhoo), but there's several entries that are getting quite a few votes. Plus don't forget, we're giving away two vinyl instead of just one.
DookieLukie Posted April 12, 2016 Posted April 12, 2016 Shannon's BOBD cover is just phenomenal. Does she have any other stuff up on YouTube?
Steven Seagull Posted April 13, 2016 Posted April 13, 2016 Looks like someone needed to boost his ego so he entered some random forum cover contest It's great reading the comments haha.
HighHorse Posted April 14, 2016 Posted April 14, 2016 Wow, most of my predictions made it. I have one qualm though: The problem with these contests is the fact that it's really just how many Facebook friends/followers you can get to come vote for you. That being said, I sort of hope that Mr. Ballyhoo-man Howi doesn't win. Not because his cover was bad by any means, I actually like it quite a bit, and I said so in my review in the other thread as he made it into my top ten (right here). It's just that when you have an established and sizable fanbase, what in the -fuck- are you doing entering a little internet contest such as this one? And if you do enter one, fuck's sake, don't send your thousands of fans to vote, like, send your mom and Facebook friends, sure, but not your whole army of groupies. It makes it look as Steven said just above me, Howi wanted an ego boost, so he entered a little cover contest he found in a forum. Though one can argue that clearly it's not that little of a contest based on how many views each one of the top 11 entries have gotten, but seeing as that's on GDA and not the forum, that's different altogether. God knows those views all came from Howi's fans in the first place. I know Ballyhoo's done Green Day related stuff in the past and they've been mentioned on GDA before, so this means the mods are cool with him and may or may not swing down the big-bad-ban-basher on my big beautiful buttocks for being a meanie-bo-beenie about this, but I really don't think it's fair that he rolled up to the club with a huge crew like that and just intimidated everyone and/or won the contest in one fell swoop. It would be one thing if Howi wins because his cover was great, but because he has these seemingly faceless drones of followers who raided the comments and votes, who simply came because "hahaha it's Howi bruh Ballyhoooooooooooooooo" is sort of unfair to everyone else who doesn't have this sort of advantage, such as a two-thousand strong Facebook page, or the other many fans he has through other social media (though I'm gonna guess this is why there's two vinyls being given away). Amanda falls into the same category here. I don't have some vendetta against her (or Howi) and I'm not trying to be a bully or anything of that sort, but like... There were several better covers, and I think everyone who has the sense of hearing can agree on the idea that someone else should be there, but, this is a voting-based competition, so the votes will fall with who brings the most people to the barbeque. In any case, let the person with the most votes win, my opinion is my opinion, and I know I'm asking for trouble to call out Howi and Amanda for the reasons that I did, but I'll say it because I'm on a high horse, and I am a High Horse. Good morning everyone.
Fuzz Posted April 14, 2016 Author Posted April 14, 2016 16 hours ago, Steven Seagull said: Looks like someone needed to boost his ego so he entered some random forum cover contest It's great reading the comments haha. Nah, Howi's been around for many years.
Hermione Posted April 15, 2016 Posted April 15, 2016 Wow lots of slow/sad versions! The quality is high though, I liked Jeff Strong's and Shannon's the best. On 4/14/2016 at 4:57 AM, HighHorse said: It's just that when you have an established and sizable fanbase, what in the -fuck- are you doing entering a little internet contest such as this one? And if you do enter one, fuck's sake, don't send your thousands of fans to vote, like, send your mom and Facebook friends, sure, but not your whole army of groupies. It makes it look as Steven said just above me, Howi wanted an ego boost, so he entered a little cover contest he found in a forum. I have to agree with this. It would be cool to win a contest like this as an unknown musician against other unknowns, but I'm not sure what a musician with an established fanbase hopes to get out of beating musicians with no fanbase to vote for them? I think it's one of the best covers there so I'm sure they would've got a lot of votes just for the quality anyway but when it's clear that a massive amount of them came from people sent from facebook it really devalues the win even if their cover was actually the best and deserved it. Shame it isn't easier to make the entries in this kind of contest anonymous, I guess when you're hearing people's voices and are are familiar with some of them that isn't possible though so there's always going to be a bit of the popularity contest thing coming into play. But as mentioned there's two vinyls being given away so two acts are going to get recognised for their covers in any case.
DookieLukie Posted April 20, 2016 Posted April 20, 2016 Yeah the Howi thing is rubbing me the wrong way. Aside from bringing in revenue and clicks to GDA, I don't see how this is beneficial to the community or at all fair.
localinsomniac Posted April 20, 2016 Posted April 20, 2016 It's not, but it's not like his cover was terrible/undeserving of its place in the Top 11. If the guy needs to send hordes of his fans over here to vote for him and boost his ego, that's his deal. Makes me feel a tiny bit better about not making the cut.
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