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

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voting is closed.

bada 15 bug 3
Delima 11 DCT 7

Congrats to Bada and Delima

next round up shortly

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we're gonna space round 2 out over 3 sets of matches instead of 2, to increase the likelihood of actually listening to playlists.

Round 2a 8/8-8/10 (round closes at 1 on 8/10)

Stip vs. Bada
Heathen vs. Brett
Rangi Guy vs. Bigredledbetter


Stip vs. Bada

Stip
1. St. Vincent - Rattlesnake
2. Fiona Apple - Every Single Night
3. The Mynabirds - What We Gained in the Fire
4. Leonard Cohen - Come Healing
5. Feist - The Bad In Each Other
6. Mark Lanegan - Ode to Sad Disco
7. R.E.M. - We All Go Back To Where We Belong
8. Tom Waits - Tell Me
9. Cloud Cult - The Invocation (pt. 1): You'll Be Bright
10. Pearl Jam - Mind Your Manners

bada
1. Broken Bells - The High Road
2. Spoon - Written in Reverse
3. Arctic Monkeys - R U Mine
4. Soundgarden - A Thousand Days Before
5. Mastodon - Dry Bone Valley
6. Beastie Boys - Make Some Noise
7. Darkness - Nothing's Gonna Stop Us
8. Mark Lanegan & Duke Garwood - Mescalito
9. Death From Above 1979 - White Is Red
10. Taylor Swift & The Civil Wars - Safe & Sound

Brett vs. Heathen

Brett
1. Colin Stetson - Part of Me Apart From You
2. Sandro Perri - Wolfman
3. Sufjan Stevens - Impossible Soul
4. Carla Boxulich - Lazy Crossbones
5. Eluvium - Warm
6. Timber Timbre - Woman
7. Esmerine - Translator's Clos II
8. Tindersticks - Chocolate
9. Oceansize - Silent / Transparent
10. Thee Silver Mt. Zion Memorial Orchestra - 'Piphany Rambler

Heathen
1. Yellow Swans - Going Places
2. Matana Roberts - I Am
3. Bill Callahan - Drover
4. Marissa Nadler - Baby I Will Leave You in the Morning
5. Chuck Johnson - On a Slow Passing in Ghost Town
6. Balmorhea - Steerage and the Lamp
7. Menomena - Tithe
8. Retribution Gospel Choir - Poor Man's Daughter
9. Yakuza - Be That As It May
10. Thee Silver Mt. Zion Memorial Orchestra - What We Loved Was Not Enough

Rangi Guy vs. Bigredledbetter

BigRedledbetter
1. CHVRCHES - We Sink
2. Arcade Fire ~ Suburban War
3. Bon Iver - Wash
4. Afraid of Everyone - The National
5. The Hold Steady - The Weekenders
6. Down With the Shine ~ The Avett Brothers
7. Adele ~ Turning Tables
8. Sawmill Joe - Ain't Nobody's Problem
9. Field Report - Route 18
10. Wilco ~ Art of Almost

Rangi Guy
1. R.E.M - It Happened a Today
2. Phosphorescent - Terror in the Canyons
3. Birds of Tokyo - Murmurs
4. Ben Harper - Don't give up on me now
5. Opeth - The Lines in My Hand
6. Queens of the Stone Age - If I Had A Tail
7. The Black Keys - Gold On The Ceiling
8. Soundgarden - Black Saturday
9. Pearl Jam - Getaway
10. Shihad - FVEY

[Norah]

stip
brett
#brl

[DeLima]

bada
Heathen
Rangi

[koopee27]

bada
Heathen
Rangi

this


kp

[Farmer John]

Stip
Brett
BigRedledbetter

[Heathen]

I vote for me. I'll probably lose to Brett but that's okay because he has a good team.

Rangi (twas relatively easy, Afraid of Everyone is my favorite song on either team and Rangi has his share of songs I don't care for but BRL has the fucking Wilco/Arcade Fire/Cvhvuehvheurches shitfecta and I can't possibly vote for that)

stip vs. bada was harder. Stip's team is a fairly unremarkable set of songs with one giant turd on top of it. Ode to Sad Disco is nice but it's way too long. The Bad In Each Other is good enough to make me want to check out the album (if I didn't know better, that is). Bada's team is a fairly unremarkable set of songs (except more rocking) with a giant turd on top of it (Nothing Gonna Stop Us). Neither team has high points that could sway my vote so it all comes down to which one has the most songs I really dislike. Stip has St. Vincent, Cloud Cult and MYM. Bada has Mastodon, Darkness, Soundgarden and Taylor Swift/TCW. Vote for stip.

[BigRedLedbetter]

I'm hoping #BRL catches on.

[Birds in Hell]

I'm all tournamented out right now but I wandered into the thread so I may as well vote on this round:

bada
Heathen
Rangi

[numbers]

I'm hoping #BRL catches on.

#letsmakeithappen#brl#skitchisyourmanifyourlookingtogetamemetoblowup

[bada]

Well it's official. Heathen's a dude. There isn't a woman on earth who wouldn't get wet for these four.

[LetMeSleep]

Bada
Heathen
Rangi Guy - by the smallest margin, both teams pretty much even

Spoiler: show

The enjoyable, or at least tolerable, tracks.

Stip vs. Bada

Stip
1. St. Vincent - Rattlesnake
3. The Mynabirds - What We Gained in the Fire
4. Leonard Cohen - Come Healing
5. Feist - The Bad In Each Other
6. Mark Lanegan - Ode to Sad Disco

bada
1. Broken Bells - The High Road
3. Arctic Monkeys - R U Mine
4. Soundgarden - A Thousand Days Before
5. Mastodon - Dry Bone Valley
6. Beastie Boys - Make Some Noise
8. Mark Lanegan & Duke Garwood - Mescalito

Brett vs. Heathen

Brett
2. Sandro Peri - Wolfman
3. Sufjan Stevens - Impossible Soul
4. Carla Boxulich - Lazy Crossbones
5. Eluvium - Warm
6. Timber Timbre - Woman
7. Esmerine - Translator's Clos II
10. Thee Silver Mt. Zion Memorial Orchestra - 'Piphany Rambler

Heathen
1. Yellow Swans - Going Places
3. Bill Callahan - Drover
4. Marissa Nadler - Baby I Will Leave You in the Morning
5. Chuck Johnson - On a Slow Passing in Ghost Town
6. Balmorhea - Steerage and the Lamp
7. Menomena - Tithe
8. Retribution Gospel Choir - Poor Man's Daughter
10. Thee Silver Mt. Zion Memorial Orchestra - What We Loved Was Not Enough

Rangi Guy vs. Bigredledbetter

BigRedledbetter
1. CHVRCHES - We Sink
2. Arcade Fire ~ Suburban War
3. Bon Iver - Wash
4. Afraid of Everyone - The National
5. The Hold Steady - The Weekenders
6. Down With the Shine ~ The Avett Brothers
8. Sawmill Joe - Ain't Nobody's Problem
9. Field Report - Route 18

Rangi Guy
2. Phosphorescent - Terror in the Canyons
3. Birds of Tokyo - Murmurs
4. Ben Harper - Don't give up on me now
6. Queens of the Stone Age - If I Had A Tail
7. The Black Keys - Gold On The Ceiling
8. Soundgarden - Black Saturday
9. Pearl Jam - Getaway
10. Shihad - FVEY

[i got bugs]

I figured I was completely fucked as I saw all the teams being drafted..

I gotta check again but I think bada and delima were my fav 2 besides the one I picked

[BigRedLedbetter]

stip
bret
#BRL

[ABNorman]

Stip
Heathen
#BRL

Spoiler: show

Songs I don't like get -1, tolerable songs get 0, songs I like get 1, songs I really like get 2. Even my own team would probably only get around 15.

Stip - 8
Bada - 5 (upgraded since first round)
Brett - 0
Heathen - 1 (these may seem harsh, but Brett & Heathen only had 2 songs each that got -1. There just weren't as many that I liked outright.)
#BRL - 8
Rangi - 6

[ABNorman]

PS: Good call on having 6 teams only. Made listening slightly easier.

[LetMeSleep]

PS: Good call on having 6 teams only. Made listening slightly easier.

Yep. I'm actually plowing ahead as I know I'll be busy in a few days.

[stip]

Okay, lets do some listening. Brett and Heathen

IIRC, song lengths are a lot more reasonable this time around.

[stip]

IIRC, song lengths are a lot more reasonable this time around.

I did not recall correctly.

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well that was exhausting. Lets see...

Brett

Colin Stetson: This was the bass sax song. This was pretty cool. One of my favorite of the non traditional songs drafted this tournament

Sandro Perri—this was also pretty good. I don’t know that it was 10 minutes good, but pretty good. I’m having a hard time thinking of the words to describe the feel of the music, but I liked it. Just not for 10 minutes, especially when around the 7 minute mark or so it started getting weird without purpose (at least it appeared that way on a casual listen)

Sufjan stevens: I feel like the fact that I have a few playlists to get through, and limited time, is gonna hurt the songs on Brett’s teams more than others. The only SS stuff I’ve heard is Illinoise. This wasn’t exactly what I expected. Good song, though it does start to wear out its welcome eventually. In fairness though, it’s not like I’m in a place where I can really let the arc of the song carry me along with it

Carla Bozulich – I liked the music in this one, but I just can’t get into this singer. I just think she’s unpleasant to listen to.

Eluvium-this was excellent. Really moving—the sense of yearning was pretty palpable. It made me wish I had time for headphones in the dark

Timber Timbre—this seems like the kind of song bugs, bada, or delima would really be into. Not me, though it did grow on me a bit as it progressed.

Esmerine—Another cool instrumental. Probably my second favorite thing on this playlist after the Eluvium song.

Tindersticks—didn’t come across as particularly insightful or interesting, but the lyrics only got a casual listen

Oceansize-this was a good song. Probably my third favorite thing on this playlist. Maybe second. The final two minutes helped justify the length, though this was still probably a little overlong.

Three Silver Mt. Zion – intriguing song that sensibly moves on to the next sequence just as I’m starting to lose interest in the current moment. I still think this singer kinda sucks, but the interesting music covers for it most of the time. By 10 minutes I was bored, though, even though I know this is the climax of the song.

Despite the fact that it takes 4 hours to sit through this, it was actually a pretty decent mix. The Eluvium song was the keeper here.

Heathen

Yellow Swans-this felt like an ambitious linking tracks on a tool record. I will say that if I ever decide to really pull out the stops for Halloween this would be an excellent thing to have looped for ambiance. This could be an excellent piece of mood music for the right occasion

Matana Roberts-my interest in jazz taps out after about 3 minutes. This is a 10 minute song. Fortunately it turns into discordant noise and out of tune screaming. I was worried for a minute. Then back to jazz.

This had 453 views on youtube, which is about 400 more than it deserved

Bill Callahan—I should like this guy more than I do. He’s like The National of singer songwriters for me

Marissa Nadler-This was a very good song. Highpoint of the mix so far, and maybe my second favorite thing I’ve heard thus far from this or Brett’s mix.

Chuck Johnson—This has 7 views on youtube. Either you uploaded this or you are Chuck Johnson. This was an ok instrumental. Pretty samey for an 8 minute piece.

Balmorhea - I wanted to share this YouTube comment from someone:

So here we are, according to the media.... all of the countries in the world hate each other, but when we all come on youtube and listen to the likes of Balmorhea, Olafur Arnolds, CandyRat records artists, etc... we seem to get along just fine.... Am I missing something??

So imagine how angry heathen must be if this is what he’s like AFTER listening to Balmorhea!

This was a good piece of music. I like it when an instrumental can hold my interest for 7+ minutes.

Menomena—this song made me wish I owned windchimes. Not bad at all

Retribution gospel choir-unremarkable song that really wants to be something powerful. But once it gets to the bridge/back half of the song it gets pretty awesome. Then it gets boring again

Yakuza—this was kinda cool. I like the crazy breakdown at about 3:30-4 minutes in when the song takes off, until this yutz starts screaming and I have to roll my eyes. This is much better than that other metal song you drafted a few tournaments ago

Three Silver Mt. Zion—I liked the music, but oh god, when this guy starts singing…It’s painfully bad. I preferred Brett’s choice here.


Not sure how I want to vote here.

Strong songs:
Brett-- Eluvium
Heathen Marissa Nadler, Balmorhea

Decent Songs:
Brett--Colin Stetson, Sandro Perri, Sufjan Stevens, Esmerine, Oceansize
Heathen--Yellow swans, Menomena, Retribution Gospel Choir

Ehhhh:
Brett-Timber Timber, Carla Bozulich, Tindersticks, Three Silver Mount...
Heathen-Bill Callahan, Chuck Johnson, Yakuza,

Crap:
Heathen--Manta Roberts, Three Silver MOunt


I think Brett barely edges out Heathen. Close, though




Also, I vote for myself over Bada