Best Decade Tournament 2000s: mike wins for realz!

[dsb1218]

The Decemberists - The Chimbley Sweep

[numbers]

I liked KOL's most recent album.

It was better than the previous two, that's for sure.

I think Only By The Night actually gets a bad rap because of the backlash caused by it's popularity. Come Around Sundown was pretty shitty, though.

[stip]

Okay, so for my last two picks... There are so many artists I wanted to include. I can't believe I'm going to walk away with a team lacking Pearl Jam, They Might Be Giants, Ryan Adams, Glen Hansard, Arctic Monkeys and Sufjan Stevens. When I started planning for this, I thought for sure they would all be locks. But here we are.

For my 9th pick I'm going with The Decemberists. They are my favorite band from this decade, hands down. Actually, they were the first band to knock Pearl Jam from the top spot on my favorite list.

The question is, which Decemberists song will I take? The Crane Wife is my favorite of their albums. So, I should probably grab something from that record. But that record is already represented in this tournament. And since you just can't go wrong with any Decemberists track, I'll dip back a bit further to their sophomore effort, Her Majesty, and the first Decemberists song I ever heard.

In Pembroke City when I was young
I lived by the Castle Keep
And six cold pennies is all I earned
To work... as a chimbley sweep....



The Decemberists - The Chimbley Sweep

what an odd song. I liked this, but not as much as the other decemberist song.

[Heathen]

Okay, so for my last two picks... There are so many artists I wanted to include. I can't believe I'm going to walk away with a team lacking Pearl Jam, They Might Be Giants, Ryan Adams, Glen Hansard, Arctic Monkeys and Sufjan Stevens. When I started planning for this, I thought for sure they would all be locks. But here we are.

For my 9th pick I'm going with The Decemberists. They are my favorite band from this decade, hands down. Actually, they were the first band to knock Pearl Jam from the top spot on my favorite list.

The question is, which Decemberists song will I take? The Crane Wife is my favorite of their albums. So, I should probably grab something from that record. But that record is already represented in this tournament. And since you just can't go wrong with any Decemberists track, I'll dip back a bit further to their sophomore effort, Her Majesty, and the first Decemberists song I ever heard.

In Pembroke City when I was young
I lived by the Castle Keep
And six cold pennies is all I earned
To work... as a chimbley sweep....



The Decemberists - The Chimbley Sweep

what an odd song. I liked this, but not as much as the other decemberist song.

Rank the Decemberists songs you've heard.

[stip]

kaius, pick a song!

[epilogue]

Okay, so for my last two picks... There are so many artists I wanted to include. I can't believe I'm going to walk away with a team lacking Pearl Jam, They Might Be Giants, Ryan Adams, Glen Hansard, Arctic Monkeys and Sufjan Stevens. When I started planning for this, I thought for sure they would all be locks. But here we are.

For my 9th pick I'm going with The Decemberists. They are my favorite band from this decade, hands down. Actually, they were the first band to knock Pearl Jam from the top spot on my favorite list.

The question is, which Decemberists song will I take? The Crane Wife is my favorite of their albums. So, I should probably grab something from that record. But that record is already represented in this tournament. And since you just can't go wrong with any Decemberists track, I'll dip back a bit further to their sophomore effort, Her Majesty, and the first Decemberists song I ever heard.

In Pembroke City when I was young
I lived by the Castle Keep
And six cold pennies is all I earned
To work... as a chimbley sweep....



The Decemberists - The Chimbley Sweep

what an odd song. I liked this, but not as much as the other decemberist song.

Rank the Decemberists songs you've heard.

You're going to regret this post, I assure you.

[epilogue]

what an odd song. I liked this, but not as much as the other decemberist song.

I think you'd really love latter-day Decemberists. By which I mean, their last three albums (The Crane Wife, Hazards of Love and The King is Dead).

[Heathen]

I managed to miss Mike's last pick somehow. Can't believe he did not fuck it up.

[stip]

the bracket link is in the main page. Seeds were shuffled. Byes were given to everyone who was on the 'just skip my turn' list plus Abnorman for the playlists and Letmesleep for helping to run the night shift. If Iholdthepain doesn't make it numbers will get a bye, but he won the last tournament.

[stip]

Okay, so for my last two picks... There are so many artists I wanted to include. I can't believe I'm going to walk away with a team lacking Pearl Jam, They Might Be Giants, Ryan Adams, Glen Hansard, Arctic Monkeys and Sufjan Stevens. When I started planning for this, I thought for sure they would all be locks. But here we are.

For my 9th pick I'm going with The Decemberists. They are my favorite band from this decade, hands down. Actually, they were the first band to knock Pearl Jam from the top spot on my favorite list.

The question is, which Decemberists song will I take? The Crane Wife is my favorite of their albums. So, I should probably grab something from that record. But that record is already represented in this tournament. And since you just can't go wrong with any Decemberists track, I'll dip back a bit further to their sophomore effort, Her Majesty, and the first Decemberists song I ever heard.

In Pembroke City when I was young
I lived by the Castle Keep
And six cold pennies is all I earned
To work... as a chimbley sweep....



The Decemberists - The Chimbley Sweep

what an odd song. I liked this, but not as much as the other decemberist song.

Rank the Decemberists songs you've heard.

You're going to regret this post, I assure you.

1. That song varis picked
2. That song dct picked

[numbers]

the bracket link is in the main page. Seeds were shuffled. Byes were given to everyone who was on the 'just skip my turn' list plus Abnorman for the playlists and Letmesleep for helping to run the night shift. If Iholdthepain doesn't make it numbers will get a bye, but he won the last tournament.

Give yourself a bye over me, Stip.

[Heathen]

the bracket link is in the main page. Seeds were shuffled. Byes were given to everyone who was on the 'just skip my turn' list plus Abnorman for the playlists and Letmesleep for helping to run the night shift. If Iholdthepain doesn't make it numbers will get a bye, but he won the last tournament.

I MADE IT TO ROUND 2 HOLY SHIT

[BigRedLedbetter]

I liked KOL's most recent album.

It was better than the previous two, that's for sure.

I think Only By The Night actually gets a bad rap because of the backlash caused by it's popularity. Come Around Sundown was pretty shitty, though.

Agreed with this. I don't love OBTN but it's solid. Not to sound like a pretentious hipster I don't really follow what is popular or not so I was shocked back then when I realized how huge KoL was getting.

I think Cold Desert might be their best song.

Agreed I liked maybe 1-2 songs of CAS.

[stip]

joey, you have your last pick

[stip]

the bracket link is in the main page. Seeds were shuffled. Byes were given to everyone who was on the 'just skip my turn' list plus Abnorman for the playlists and Letmesleep for helping to run the night shift. If Iholdthepain doesn't make it numbers will get a bye, but he won the last tournament.

Give yourself a bye over me, Stip.

No need

[Heathen]

Okay, so for my last two picks... There are so many artists I wanted to include. I can't believe I'm going to walk away with a team lacking Pearl Jam, They Might Be Giants, Ryan Adams, Glen Hansard, Arctic Monkeys and Sufjan Stevens. When I started planning for this, I thought for sure they would all be locks. But here we are.

For my 9th pick I'm going with The Decemberists. They are my favorite band from this decade, hands down. Actually, they were the first band to knock Pearl Jam from the top spot on my favorite list.

The question is, which Decemberists song will I take? The Crane Wife is my favorite of their albums. So, I should probably grab something from that record. But that record is already represented in this tournament. And since you just can't go wrong with any Decemberists track, I'll dip back a bit further to their sophomore effort, Her Majesty, and the first Decemberists song I ever heard.

In Pembroke City when I was young
I lived by the Castle Keep
And six cold pennies is all I earned
To work... as a chimbley sweep....



The Decemberists - The Chimbley Sweep

what an odd song. I liked this, but not as much as the other decemberist song.

Rank the Decemberists songs you've heard.

You're going to regret this post, I assure you.

1. That song varis picked
2. That song dct picked

I concur.

[epilogue]

For my final pick, we go back to late September of 2006 and the single most significant day of my life. Are there better songs from this decade? Yes. Many. But there are none that mean more to me. On each of my teams so far I've giving one spot to a song for my wife. This will be no different.

It wasn't our first dance as husband and wife and it wasn't our last. But it was something special, a dance that I still feel every autumn.



Johnny Cash - Rose of my Heart

[numbers]

I liked KOL's most recent album.

It was better than the previous two, that's for sure.

I think Only By The Night actually gets a bad rap because of the backlash caused by it's popularity. Come Around Sundown was pretty shitty, though.

Agreed with this. I don't love OBTN but it's solid. Not to sound like a pretentious hipster I don't really follow what is popular or not so I was shocked back then when I realized how huge KoL was getting.

I think Cold Desert might be their best song.

Agreed I liked maybe 1-2 songs of CAS.

Yeah, A-Ha Shake Heartbreak is far and away my favorite, but I dont think OBTN is awful it's a good album. People just hate it because it was so popular, people that liked them before it came out resent it for that reason, other people hate on it simply because it was so huge.

[epilogue]

Okay, so for my last two picks... There are so many artists I wanted to include. I can't believe I'm going to walk away with a team lacking Pearl Jam, They Might Be Giants, Ryan Adams, Glen Hansard, Arctic Monkeys and Sufjan Stevens. When I started planning for this, I thought for sure they would all be locks. But here we are.

For my 9th pick I'm going with The Decemberists. They are my favorite band from this decade, hands down. Actually, they were the first band to knock Pearl Jam from the top spot on my favorite list.

The question is, which Decemberists song will I take? The Crane Wife is my favorite of their albums. So, I should probably grab something from that record. But that record is already represented in this tournament. And since you just can't go wrong with any Decemberists track, I'll dip back a bit further to their sophomore effort, Her Majesty, and the first Decemberists song I ever heard.

In Pembroke City when I was young
I lived by the Castle Keep
And six cold pennies is all I earned
To work... as a chimbley sweep....



The Decemberists - The Chimbley Sweep

what an odd song. I liked this, but not as much as the other decemberist song.

Rank the Decemberists songs you've heard.

You're going to regret this post, I assure you.

1. That song varis picked
2. That song dct picked

I concur.

Do you want me to rank the ones I've heard now?

[stip]

heathen, what decemberist album should I listen? They're going to be my first priority after this tournament. Them and that guy from bigredledbetter's high school.