Nirvana Song Tournament

[CopperTom]

Verb
Bada
Bird

[Iholdthepain]

Not sure if anyone else notices the conundrum for the next round...

Also, I'm tied with Verb, 5-5 at this point...

I'll post my power rankings within the hour and be done with it...

Thanks for organizing and keeping track of things, people (PryTo, D,T, etc.)... It was a fun, yet somewhat controversial draft, and through the process, I discovered a few hidden gems that I never really gave a chance (If You Must; Hung Him On A Cross, Marigold, etc.)...

BRLB had the idea to hold a Pumpkins tourney next... I think that's a great idea and would love to participate...

[bada]

Not sure if anyone else notices the conundrum for the next round...

BRLB had the idea to hold a Pumpkins tourney next... I think that's a great idea and would love to participate...

Maybe the person who got the most total votes gets a bye? Also I'm in for the Pumpkins one.

[CopperTom]

Not sure if anyone else notices the conundrum for the next round...

BRLB had the idea to hold a Pumpkins tourney next... I think that's a great idea and would love to participate...

Maybe the person who got the most total votes gets a bye? Also I'm in for the Pumpkins one.

I'd prefer a threesome final.

[Iholdthepain]

Not sure if anyone else notices the conundrum for the next round...

BRLB had the idea to hold a Pumpkins tourney next... I think that's a great idea and would love to participate...

Maybe the person who got the most total votes gets a bye? Also I'm in for the Pumpkins one.

I'd prefer a threesome final.

wouldn't we all?

[Iholdthepain]

Ok, so...

over the weekend, I spun all of the picks, beginning with the proper albums, then cherry-picking the rest on youtube/spotify... It's your basic 5-star system. If a draftee chose a live/demo version over the studio cut, it needed to be extraordinary... something that really jumped out and made it unique, in order for it to get a good ranking. This is a personal decision, based on the fact that I consider nearly all of Nirvana's studio cuts the definitive versions of those songs. Here are my final results:

Spoiler: show

verb_to_trust (29)
5*Aneurysm (Incesticide)
5*Heart Shaped Box (In Utero)
5*Teen Spirit (Nevermind)
3*Moist Vagina
3*Marigold
3*Gallons of rubbing alcohol flow through the strip
4*Downer (Bleach)
1*Scentless Apprentice (rehearsal)

BigRedLedbetter (24)
5*Negative Creep (Bleach)
5*Come As You Are (Nevermind)
3*Beeswax
2*Milk It (In Utero)
3*Anorexorcist
3*Blandest
1*Help Me I'm Hungry
2*White Lace and Strange

bodysnatcher (29)
3*Scentless Apprentice (In Utero)
4*Territorial Pissings (Nevermind)
4*Swap Meet (Bleach)
4*Turnaround
4*Hairspray Queen
3*Ain't It A Shame
3*The Money Will Roll Right In
4*New Wave Polly

PryTo (24)
5*About A Girl (Bleach)
3*Sappy
4*Serve the Servants (In Utero)
5*Polly (MTV Unplugged)
1*I Hate Myself and Want to Die
2*Old Age
2*Opinion
2*You Know You're Right (demo)

Birds in Hell (25)
4*Dive (Incesticide)
4*Floyd The Barber (Bleach)
2*Very Ape (In Utero)
2*Oh The Guilt
3*Stain
3*Mexican Seafood
5*On a Plain (Nevermind)
2*Something in the Way (BBC Sessions)

durdencommatyler (24)
5*Lithium (Nevermind)
4*Even In His Youth
2*Rape Me (With the Lights out -- Oct 25-56, 1992 Word of Mouth Session; Jack Endino Producer)
4*Big Cheese (Bleach)
4*Son of a Gun (Incesticide)
2*Verse Chorus Verse
2*Seasons in the Sun
1*Bambi Slaughter

vedder316 (29)
5*You Know You're Right
4*School (Bleach)
5*Where Did You Sleep Last Night (Unplugged)
3*Been a Son (Incesticide)
4*Big Long Now
2*Pen Cap Chew
4*Stay Away (Nevermind)
2*Tourettes (In Utero)

DeLima (24)
5*Dumb (In Utero)
4*Blew (Bleach)
5*Something in the Way (Nevermind)
1*Do Re Mi
4*Oh Me (Unplugged)
1*Clean Up Before She Comes
2*Token Eastern Song
2*Milk It (demo)

bada (29)
3*Sliver (Incesticide)
5*Breed (Nevermind)
5*Pennyroyal Tea (In Utero)
3*D-7
3*Here She Comes Now
4*Lake of Fire (Unplugged)
2*Talk to Me
4*Sifting (Bleach)

darth_vedder (24)
5*Lounge Act (Nevermind)
3*Francis Farmer Will Have Her Revenge On Seattle (In Utero)
4*Mr. Moustache (Bleach)
4*Aero Zeppelin
3*Return of the Rat
2*Vaseline
1*Mrs. Butterworth
2*Pay to Play

ridleybradout (30)
5*Drain You (Nevermind)
3*Spank Thru (Muddy Banks live)
3*Radio Friendly Unit Shifter (In Utero)
4*Scoff (Bleach)
2*Curmudgeon
5*Jesus Don't Want Me For a Sunbeam (Unplugged)
3*If You Must
5*Dumb (Unplugged)

Iholdthepain (37)
5*Love Buzz (Bleach)
5*All Apologies (In Utero)
5*In Bloom (Nevermind)
5*The Man Who Sold the World (Unplugged)
4*Molly's Lips
5*Plateau (Unplugged)
3*They Hung Him On a Cross
5*Endless Nameless (Live and Loud)

based on these rankings, my picks for this round are...

ihtp
bada
v316

[verb_to_trust]

Im getting boned

[verb_to_trust]

One starring the scentless apprentice rehersal is insane? You can hear, right?

[Iholdthepain]

One starring the scentless apprentice rehersal is insane? You can hear, right?

yeah, it's not one of my favorite songs to begin with, and it's nothing more than a long-ass, drawn out, crappy rehearsal tape... Dave's teaching his bandmates how to play it, I think, and they jam the same riff over... and over... and over... and over... for like 10 minutes or some shit!

definitely a cash grab release, as was much of WTLO... I only one-starred the few picks that I never want to hear again, and that's how I felt when listening to the scentless apprentice rehersal...

thanks for checking out my power rankings, though

[PryTo]

The power rankings summarized in a sentence: I Hate Myself and Want to Die = one star; Smells Like Teen Spirit = five stars.

[vedder316]

verb
Pry
316

[Iholdthepain]

The power rankings summarized in a sentence: I Hate Myself and Want to Die = one star; Smells Like Teen Spirit = five stars.

the title is... interesting, but other than that the song sucks...

I thought rm would give me shit for all the 4* and 5* songs on Bleach, but to deny the greatness of Teen Spirit... you're either an idiot or full of shock value...

[epilogue]

Oh man that Seasons in the Sun is so awesome. And it was such an important song in Kurt's life/artistic development. That fucking thing was a steal in the 7th round.

Bambi Slaughter is pretty lame. But I really didn't want to get involved with all the retcon rules. So, while I have no problem with everyone else taking full advantage of the WC round, nor do I hold it against any team, I really didn't want to do it. Maybe I should have. I probably would've gone with Dumb (Unplugged) if I had.

Not sure that would have been enough to beat Spenno, either way.

And SLTS is a fucking great song. But IHMaIWtD is no slouch either. It's certainly better than a single star.

[Iholdthepain]

Oh man that Seasons in the Sun is so awesome. And it was such an important song in Kurt's life/artistic development. That fucking thing was a steal in the 7th round.

Bambi Slaughter is pretty lame. But I really didn't want to get involved with all the retcon rules. So, while I have no problem with everyone else taking full advantage of the WC round, nor do I hold it against any team, I really didn't want to do it. Maybe I should have. I probably would've gone with Dumb (Unplugged) if I had.

Not sure that would have been enough to beat Spenno, either way.

And SLTS is a fucking great song. But IHMaIWtD is no slouch either. It's certainly better than a single star.

I have a friend who recorded and produced a stellar version of Seasons In The Sun, so I naturally compared the two... plus I don't know the background of why it was so important to Kurt, so it got no sentimentality points from me...

I purchased the B&BH soundtrack back in the day mainly for the Nirvana track... the title intrigued (and shocked) me, but the song was a very painful listen... I remember the extreme disappointment, so maybe I'm holding onto that memory a bit, IDK.

I was surprised more advantage wasn't taken in the WC round... pleasantly surprised.

[epilogue]

And I'm still really mad at BigRed for taking White Lace and Strange in the final round. I thought for sure that lady was mine.

[bada]

I thought everyone was gonna pat me on the back for getting Talk To Me in the 7th round. I always thought it was their great lost song. I almost took it in round 3 thinking no way it would last.

[epilogue]

I thought everyone was gonna pat me on the back for getting Talk To Me in the 7th round but now I'm thinking I'm the only one who likes it. I always thought it was their great lost song. I almost took it in round 3 thinking no way it would last.

Dude! No, it's amazing. I didn't post much about it at the time because I had company and I was checking in on my phone a lot and I don't like posting from my phone, really.

I wanted that song. I was going to take it, but you snagged it so I had to go with Season in the Sun (which I was saving for my final pick). The last three on my list were Talk to Me, Seasons & White Lace and Strange.

Fucking baller pick, bada. I swore out loud when I saw that you grabbed it.

[bada]

Fucking baller pick, bada. I swore out loud when I saw that you grabbed it.

that's more like it!

[BigRedLedbetter]

And I'm still really mad at BigRed for taking White Lace and Strange in the final round. I thought for sure that lady was mine.

You love me don't lie.

[CopperTom]

What's the score?