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

[stip]

I think parts of it come across that way

[ABNorman]

Uh-oh, you done did it now.

[Kaius]

Although I think she's obviously über talented, I'm going to have to agree with stip.

[stip]

I drafted a song from that album as my number one pick and still upset a super-fan. That's the kind of posting talent that takes years to perfect

[epilogue]

I think parts of it come across that way

Although I think she's obviously über talented, I'm going to have to agree with stip.

[stip]

Although I think she's obviously über talented, I'm going to have to agree with stip.

I'm not the only one in the only world

[stip]

Numbers, I owe your mix a listen

[Norah]

1. St. Vincent—one of the better songs on this record. There’s a sense of deeper mysteries without being weird for the sake of being weird

I'm probably just being hypersensitive and overprotective of my grrrrrl. But I sure hope you aren't implying that the rest of (or really any part of) the album is, in fact, "being weird for the sake of being weird."

stip is the worst

[epilogue]

Although I think she's obviously über talented, I'm going to have to agree with stip.

I'm not the only one in the only world

NO GOD! PLEASE NO! NOOOOOOOOOOOO!

You do NOT get to do that.

[ABNorman]

I think parts of it come across that way

Although I think she's obviously über talented, I'm going to have to agree with stip.

I've convinced myself that he's screaming "STIIIIIIIIP".

[Heathen]

M83: 10 seconds into this song and that keyboard part is already grating. That never really changed. This song has 44 million hits? What the hell?

you'd never heard that song before, right?

[stip]

Of course not


Or if I had I don't remember it

[Heathen]

STIP'D

[ABNorman]

To be fair, I'd only ever heard it once - on Nevermind the Buzzcocks, a music quiz show in the UK.

[Heathen]

I felt like it was everywhere over here.

[Brett]

Mike's team obliterates dsb's without even really trying. Joanna, MBV, BPB, Sigur Ros, and Animal Collective are all top notch. The Decemberists' song from dsb's team was pretty, but the rest of it washed over me for the most part. Easy win for Mike.

This next match is a difficult one to call. I don't care for most of Varis's team, but he did have a few excellent picks; "Im Rauch" is wonderful and he picked the best song from Mogwai's Rave Tapes. That Nick Cave's song pretty nice, too. Wonderful, dreamy atmosphere. KP's got that Lanegan song which is pretty neat, though I'm not really into him. That little jam with Grohl, Reznor, and Homme was alright, too, although a little lacking in melodic interest or sensible progression. Eh, scratch that. Varis has songs I actually like rather than just find somewhat interesting, so my vote's for Varis.

[Heathen]

Some really good choices by Varis (especially Low/The National/Bohren/Cave) and I don't like kp's songs much so my vote easily goes to Varis.

There is nothing particularly bad about dsb's team (except for Best Coast) but there isn't much that catches my attention either. I don't care for Mike's first three picks but the rest is pretty strong. Mike takes it.

[epilogue]

Mike
Varis

[numbers]

Mike
Varis

[Birds in Hell]

In my mind, you're all winners!

However, that said:

Mike
Varis

Both Varis and koopee had quite a few songs I enjoyed but the Bohren and Bad Seeds definitively tipped the scales in favour of the former.

I only really liked one song each from dsb1218's and Mike's teams (NY&CH from one, MBV from the other) so it was kind of a toss-up however Mike's team had (mercifully) slightly less of the earnest, rootsy stuff.