Best Decade Tournament 2010->: Finals 9/18-9/20

[Heathen]

Where we are:

- bada is up, he has 70 minutes left to make his pick
- after that, we have Mike/Farmer John/Theplatypus who have asked to be skipped* so we get to ABnorman

* I'm not certain Mike has actually asked to be skipped, it might have been just for one round at some point but we'll go with that and blame it on stip if needs be

[Mike]

i asked to be skipped but i'm here for the next few hours to make my last pick.

[Heathen]

I really wanted to blame stip though.

[Heathen]

I reckon you'll be able to pick in 5 minutes or so.

[Mike]

stip forced me to say i want to be skipped. it's all stip's fault.

[Heathen]

I knew it. The bastard.

[Mike]

i think i can pick now.

very happy about having this as my last pick. love this song and video and its a good closing song.

Fleet Foxes - The Shrine/An Argument

[Mike]

i pm'd abby.

[William Bloke]

I made a 50 song playlist of my picks from the 70s through 10s picks and have been listenning to it whilst doing back yard work this arvo. It is excellent.

[ABNorman]

I'm out. Feel free to skip me. Not really sure what I'm picking anyway.

But that's none of my business...

[ABNorman]

I'll go with:

Cults - Abducted

[ABNorman]

PM'd Rangi and BRL.

[Rangi Guy]

Well shit. I am around for my final pick.


Shihad - FVEY

Play it LOUD!

[Brett]

My last 2 picks are gonna bring it back down again. Let's start with #9:

Mogwai - Heard About You Last Night

I didn't plan to take this because I intended to choose from less obvious artists but ultimately I realized it would be a great way to end this playlist. I kept thinking Brett would take it or at least pick anything by them so I could go back to my original plan, but he didn't (maybe he was saving it for the end too) so there it is, I'm picking it. It doesn't hurt that this is stip's new favorite singer and that this pretty much guarantees his vote.

Pick #10



Thee Silver Mt. Zion Memorial Orchestra - What We Loved Was Not Enough

pm sent to bada

[LetMeSleep]

I had Bada's pick.

Taylor Swift & The Civil Wars - Safe & Sound

[LetMeSleep]

Heathen, will you be around if I send thru my pick?

Sent regardless. I'm sleeping for a few hours (I hope).

[Heathen]

Heathen, will you be around if I send thru my pick?

Sent regardless. I'm sleeping for a few hours (I hope).

I might be around.

[Heathen]

Good pick btw, that Psy guy is a talented motherfucker.

[Heathen]

Swans - No Words/No Thoughts


Finally saw these guys in 2010 and they opened with a 20-25 minute version of this track. It was deafening, scary, awesome and awe inspiring. And as a band they look like serial killers.

Spoiler: show

stip is up

[stip]

Tom Waits - New Year's Eve

that song is crazy good