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Tumblr's favourite Sparks song - Round 1

Something For The Girl With Everything

Looks, Looks, Looks

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Tumblr's favourite Sparks song - Round 1

Wacky Woman

Moustache

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Tumblr's favourite Sparks song - Round 1

Amateur Hour

Hasta Mañana, Monsieur

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Tumblr's favourite Sparks song - Round 1

Suburban Homeboy

Waterproof

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Tumblr's favourite Sparks song - Round 1

Everybody’s Stupid

I’m Not

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Tumblr's favourite Sparks song - Round 1

Slowboat

The Louvre

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i think there's been a manufacturing error with my propaganda anniversary tee. the print keeps changing and frankly this makes me a little hesitant to wear it outside!

this is my first experience with t-shirts so i am not sure if this normal or not. do i need to run it through the washer to lock in the print? and if so, which setting do i use?

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And the next tournament is... *drumroll*

Tumblr's Favourite Sparks Song!

(a.k.a. we are all going to suffer immensely on the daily. I am sorry.)

128 songs have been selected for this tournament based on the results of the Sparkstember polls. There are between 3 and 7 songs per album in the running. (More songs were selected when the poll results were more scattered between songs.) This Town Ain't Big Enough For Both Of Us will not be in the running this time as it has already proven itself many, many times over the years as one of Sparks' most beloved songs - it got a well deserved win as Tumblr's Favourite Sparks Single tournament last year.

For the first round songs have been matched up with songs from albums from roughly the same era. For the next rounds I have made a bracket that follows a roughly chronological order, which means the polls will follow a predetermined order. Keeping the order chronological means the tournament will contain songs from almost every era for as long as possible, and songs that are decades apart will not be matched against each other until later on in the tournament.

This tournament will run for a long time. The first round will consist of 64 polls, with 2 polls dropping every single day for the next 32 days. You will have a week to cast your vote on each poll. I would advice listening to both songs before casting your vote, especially if you're less familiar with one of the songs.

Okay that is all! Have fun, enjoy hyping up your biggest faves, and lastly: good luck to all of us!

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I noticed that Ron is holding his hat in his hand in every picture. Why is that? He has been photographed wearing hats before and after this, so i don't believe it is out of respect to the camera.

Does this specific outfit require the hat to be carried by hand as a kind of fashion statement? Maybe, but not practical for a visit at an animal sanctuary. Perhaps more suited for a red carpet.

My theory? He wears the hat when walking between enclosures and then takes it off once he starts to look at the animals as a way to pay his respects to them. A true gentleman.

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felt bad for russell, i hope this piece can make up for what i said about his hair.

really proud of the way i was able to capture his dreamy face. this is probably one of the better portraits in my portfolio

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enjoy these sparks warmup drawings i have been doing the past week ✨ ron edition because i really hate drawing hair and russell has a lot of it whereas ron's hair is more convenient and practical.

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i love it so so much when the sparks fandom refers to ron dressed up as a girl as "heidi" like yeah. that IS a woman named heidi and she IS beautiful

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i'm currently working on a very self indulgent just for fun sparks X wallace and gromit animatic and i think the w&g style works really well for ron. can't stop laughing at these sketches, he looks so mad in the first one

bonus russell!

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Sparks and Les Rita Mitsouko at Montmartre Recorded for Cent bougies pour la tour Eiffel which aired on March 30th 1989 (x)

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quick, sign this card and pass it along before he gets back from lunch! also, if you could pitch in a few bucks that would be great. yeah we're getting a kitschy trinket store gift card

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I realised when going through my old tour photos, that I had managed to photograph Russell at the exact moment of blowing his whistle for Get In The Swing at two separate concerts in 2022

Glasgow is on the left, Manchester on the right.