Best Decade Tournament - 60s: DcT wins!

[Kaius]

Simon and Garfunkel - The Sound of Silence

[Jorge]

Is everyone done picking?

[stip]

Two songs I almost took:



instead of piece of my heart

and



instead of Yakety Sax.

I also wanted to take layla just because it was annoying me that no one else did

[stip]

Is everyone done picking?

yup

[stip]

nice pick kaius

[stip]

I'll make brackets tomorrow

[Jorge]

This is what my awesome team would've been. Shame on you all for not taking any of these amazing songs.

The Remains- "Why Do I Cry"
The Pretty Things– "Rosalyn"
Roberta Flack- "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face"
The MC5- "Ramblin' Rose"
The Flying Burrito Brothers- "Hot Burrito #1"
Dionne Warwick- "Anyone Who Had a Heart"
Velvet Underground- "Pale Blue Eyes"
The Supremes- "Where Did Our Love Go"
Tim Buckley- "Once I Was"
Gene Pitney- "24 Hours From Tulsa"

[stip]

that roberta flack song was on my list.

[stip]

I'm also still jealous about Higher and Higher

[PryTo]

Since I'm going down hard anyway, I almost threw this one in for fun. In the end, I just couldn't do it to Smokey, Elvis, or Miss Loretta.



It scores points for the title alone, "Several Species of Small Furry Animals Gathered Together in a Cave and Grooving with a Pict."

[super nintendo chalmers]

This is what my awesome team would've been. Shame on you all for not taking any of these amazing songs.

The Remains- "Why Do I Cry"
The Pretty Things– "Rosalyn"
Roberta Flack- "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face"
The MC5- "Ramblin' Rose"
The Flying Burrito Brothers- "Hot Burrito #1"
Dionne Warwick- "Anyone Who Had a Heart"
Velvet Underground- "Pale Blue Eyes"
The Supremes- "Where Did Our Love Go"
Tim Buckley- "Once I Was"
Gene Pitney- "24 Hours From Tulsa"

Lets count this one in, why not?

I'm leaving town until about Sunday. I asked Stip to vote for me, but to go with his opposite choice.

[Heathen]

More importantly, he likes Motown.

I don't know anyone who doesn't. It's literally one of the most agreeable music trends that ever was. You'd have to be a Heathen to resist its charms.

It is for sure the subset of muzak that is the most succesful at making people think they're listening to something really good.

[Lament]

Two songs I almost took:



instead of piece of my heart

These Boots Are Made For Walkin' is so much better than Piece of My Heart.

I almost picked Some Velvet Morning instead of Nights in White Satin. I really wanted to pick Pretty Ballerina by the Left Banke too. And Makin' Time by the Creation. And 7 & 7 Is by Love. And Do You Love Me? by The Contours. And You Can't Hurry Love by The Supremes. And like 64 others songs than went unpicked.

[numbers]

This is what my awesome team would've been. Shame on you all for not taking any of these amazing songs.

The Remains- "Why Do I Cry"
The Pretty Things– "Rosalyn"
Roberta Flack- "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face"
The MC5- "Ramblin' Rose"
The Flying Burrito Brothers- "Hot Burrito #1"
Dionne Warwick- "Anyone Who Had a Heart"
Velvet Underground- "Pale Blue Eyes"
The Supremes- "Where Did Our Love Go"
Tim Buckley- "Once I Was"
Gene Pitney- "24 Hours From Tulsa"

My last pick came down to can't help myself and where did our love go.

[stip]

Okay, round 1


Stip
1. The Crystals - Then He Kissed Me
2. Credence Clearwater Revival - Fortunate Son
3. Jefferson Airplane - White Rabbit
4. Bob Dylan - Like a Rolling Stone
5. Buffalo Springfield - For What It's Worth
6. The Rolling Stones- 19th Nervous Breakdown
7. Janis Joplin - Piece of My Heart
8. Elvis Presley - Suspicious Minds
9. Leonard Cohen - Suzanne
10. Boots Randolph - Yakety Sax

vs.

I Got Bugs
1. Led Zeppelin - Your Time is Gonna Come
2. Neil Young - Down By the River
3. The Rolling Stones - Sympathy for the Devil
4. Credence Clearwater Revival - Green River
5. David Bowie - Space Oddity
6. Blind Faith -Can't Find My Way Home
7. Bob Dylan - Girl From North Country
8. The Beatles - Dear Prudence
9. The Jimi Hendrix Experience - Little Wing
10. The Grateful Dead - China Cat Sunflower / I Know You Rider[



***

Supernintendochalmers
1. The Band - The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down
2. The Rolling Stones - No Expectations
3. Bob Dylan - Absolutley Sweet Marie
4. Smokey Robinson and the Miracles - If You Can Wait
5. Little Milton - More and More
6. Gene Chandler - In My Body's House
7. Bob Seger System - 2 + 2 =?
8. Velvet Underground - I Can't Stand It
9. Grateful Dead- Dark Star
10. The Who - A Quick One

vs.

Durdencommatyler
1. The Beatles - Happiness is a Warm Gun.
2. Neil Young - Cinnamon Girl
3. Led Zeppelin - What is and What Should Never Be
4. Nina Simone - Feeling Good
5. The Zombies - This Will Be Our Year
6. The Mamas & The Papas - Creeque Ally
7. Bob Dylan - Blowin in the Wind
8. Van Morrison - The Way Young Lovers Do
9. Stevie Wonder - I Was Made to Love Her
10. Pink Floyd - See Emily Play

[stip]

matches were randomized. I put myself into the bonus round 1 match

[stip]

I'll vote later. Right now everything will sound like screaming child

[numbers]

Why not just have the two teams in the first round with the highest vote totals get byes in rd 2?

[PryTo]

These are actually hard to compare. All of the lists have some great tunes. All of the lists have some tunes that are great, but I've heard one too many times. Bugs landed "Girl From the North Country," which I was thiiis close to choosing myself. What a great song. I prefer early Stones to the late-sixties stuff (which is probably "better" but has been played into the ground). In the end, stip's inclusion of "Suspicious Minds" wins my vote.

SNC vs. DCT was a tough match up. These were two very different lists. SNC had selections that are closer to my own tastes, with fewer songs you'd expect to hear on any classic rock radio station on any given day, including some deep cuts from Smokey Robinson and Bob Seger. I was especially fond of the Little Milton tune, which I had not heard before. DCT had some outstanding picks -- Creeque Alley, yes! Love me some Van Morrison and Nina Simone, too. Close to being a coin toss, but I've got to go with SNC.

stip
SNC

[epilogue]

Bugs
DcT

Bugs has a monster team. 8 of his 10 songs are songs I wanted to take or strongly considered taking. Space Oddity and Down by the River alone make his one of the best teams in this thing. Green River, Dear Prudence, Girl from the North Country, Sympathy for the Devil... Jesus. Amazing team.

I'm just not cool enough for SNC's team. Some great stuff. But I hadn't heard 80% of it until this tournament. I fully expect to lose since most of RM has much deeper tastes than my own. Especially in this decade. Like I said, I'm too square for this match up.

Best of luck SNC.