I supposedly got the word from C. that there was an old Nightwish song contest run over at the old OSA site, prior to the release of DPP. With DPP out for over a year now, I want to run a Best Nightwish Song contest.
Before I even start up the nomination phase, I have a list of songs that will not be allowed into my contest and my reasoning behind the decision:
Symphony of Destruction - While it is played quite often live, Nightwish never recorded their own version of the song to be included on a studio album (not on a live/compilation album or a single). Nightwish would have to record their own version and actually place it on a studio album if it wants to be allowed into my contest. Original Nightwish songs (not a recording of a cover) that weren't put on a studio album are allowed into my contest and this would apply to "While Your Lips Are Still Red" (which can be nominated).
High Hopes - It is only included on the Nightwish compilation album "Highest Hopes" and is not present on any studio albums.
Crimson Tide/Deep Blue Sea - Found on the live album "From Wishes to Eternity" and also not present on any studio albums.
As for the song "Lappi (Lapland)", you cannot nominate the invididual 4 parts to that song, but the song as a whole can be nominated. Which means no nominating Erämaajärvi, Witchdrums, This Moment is Eternity, or Etiäinen.
The next issue for me to deal with is "Erämaan Viimeinen", which I am considering not allowing into the contest, simply because it's more or less just a vocal version of Last of the Wilds.
Finally, I must deal with the demo songs. While I'll most likely allow Nightwish and The Forever Moments to be nominated, I am most likely not going to allow the Etiäinen demo song to be nominated since the final completed version of it happens to be one of the 4 parts to Lappi.
In total, there are 83 Nightwish songs that could possibly be allowed into the contest. However, I can only allow 80 of them into the contest since 83 songs simply won't work with the format I had set up for the first round of my contest. If I should decide to not allow the Etiäinen demo and Erämaan Viimeinen to be nominated for entry into the contest, there are only 81 Nightwish songs that could possibly be allowed into the contest. From there, the one song that receives the least number of nominations would not be allowed into the contest. This finally leaves 80 left for me to draw up the song placements for the first round.
Before I even start up the nomination phase, I have a list of songs that will not be allowed into my contest and my reasoning behind the decision:
Symphony of Destruction - While it is played quite often live, Nightwish never recorded their own version of the song to be included on a studio album (not on a live/compilation album or a single). Nightwish would have to record their own version and actually place it on a studio album if it wants to be allowed into my contest. Original Nightwish songs (not a recording of a cover) that weren't put on a studio album are allowed into my contest and this would apply to "While Your Lips Are Still Red" (which can be nominated).
High Hopes - It is only included on the Nightwish compilation album "Highest Hopes" and is not present on any studio albums.
Crimson Tide/Deep Blue Sea - Found on the live album "From Wishes to Eternity" and also not present on any studio albums.
As for the song "Lappi (Lapland)", you cannot nominate the invididual 4 parts to that song, but the song as a whole can be nominated. Which means no nominating Erämaajärvi, Witchdrums, This Moment is Eternity, or Etiäinen.
The next issue for me to deal with is "Erämaan Viimeinen", which I am considering not allowing into the contest, simply because it's more or less just a vocal version of Last of the Wilds.
Finally, I must deal with the demo songs. While I'll most likely allow Nightwish and The Forever Moments to be nominated, I am most likely not going to allow the Etiäinen demo song to be nominated since the final completed version of it happens to be one of the 4 parts to Lappi.
In total, there are 83 Nightwish songs that could possibly be allowed into the contest. However, I can only allow 80 of them into the contest since 83 songs simply won't work with the format I had set up for the first round of my contest. If I should decide to not allow the Etiäinen demo and Erämaan Viimeinen to be nominated for entry into the contest, there are only 81 Nightwish songs that could possibly be allowed into the contest. From there, the one song that receives the least number of nominations would not be allowed into the contest. This finally leaves 80 left for me to draw up the song placements for the first round.