The Simpsons Song Tournament - SIMPLE TORTURE WINS

[Simple Torture]

That's officially 5 votes for six. Once EJ makes his final pick, I'll figure out when voting starts.

What's the standard time frame for voting? 24 hours?

[EJ]

Round: 6
Pick: 8
Song: My Ding-A-Ling performed by talent show kid (never to be heard from again)
Season 3, Ep 8

[Simple Torture]

Omg what an amazing last pick.

[Simple Torture]

Here are the songs from my original list that were never picked:

Mt. Splashmore
Mr. Plow
The Itchy and Scratcy and Poochie Show Theme Song
Springfield, Springfield
Just Don't Look
Whacking Day Theme
Duff Beer For Me
Plow King (Spanish Version)
The Itchy and Scratchy Theme Song
Jazzman
The Itchy and Scratchy Theme Song (Love and Share version)
Que Sera Sera
Bagged Me A Homer
The Star Spangled Banner (1/2 Hour Version by Bleeding Gums Murphy)
Homer's Baloney Song
We Are the Champions (Homer)
When the Saints Go Over There
Nacho Man (Homer)
Jingle Bells (w/ Bart's Modifications)

[Simple Torture]

And here are the final teams. I'll randomize first-round match-ups soon. I'm thinking 2 matches per day, 36 hours to vote?

Simpsons Draft Teams

EJ
"The Monorail Song" by Lyle Lanley and Residents of Springfield
The S-M-R-T song performed by Homer
"Nah Nah Nah Leader" performed by The Moventarian Cult
"Da Da Da Da Da Da" performed by Homer
"Hail to the Bus Driver" performed by Ralph Wiggum
"My Ding-a-Ling" performed by Talent Show Kid

chud
"We Do" performed by The Stonecutters
"Hail to Thee, Kamp Krusty" performed by Kamp Krusty kids
"New Orleans" by the Cast of Oh! Streetcar!
"Plow King" jingle performed by Barney and Linda Ronstadt
"Sunshine, Lollipops, and Rainbows" performed by Chief Wiggum and Homer Simpson
"Baby On Board" performed by the Be Sharps

doug rr
"Dr. Zaius" peformed by Troy McClure and Apes
Flinstones Theme Parody performed by Homer
"The Garbage Man Can" performed by Homer and Ensemble
Cool performed by Homer and Grandpa
"Saxamaphone" performed by Homer
"Send in the Clowns" performed by Krusty and Sideshow Mel

trag
The Simpsons Theme performed by Sonic Youth
"It Was A Very Good Beer" performed by Homer
"HMS Pinafore Revue" performed by Sideshow Bob and Bart Simpson
"Meow Meow Meow Meow (The Purina Meow Mix Jingle)" performed by Homer Simpson
"Hey, Big Spender" performed by Homer and Crowd
"The Land of Chocolate" performed by Alf Clausen and Homer Simpson

Sarge
"Drop Da Bomb (Yvan Eht Nioj)" performed by Party Posse (Bart, Ralph, Nelson, Milhouse)
"We're Sending Our Love Down the Well" performed by Krusty, Sting, and other celebrities
"In The Garden of Eden" performed by First Church of Springfield Congregation
"Union Strike Song" performed by Lisa Simpson
Max Power Song performed by Homer
"Wannabe" performed by Ralph Wiggum

theplatypus
"See My Vest" performed by Mr. Burns
"We Put the Spring in Springfield" performed by Homer, Belle, and other residents of Springfield
"Theme from a Summer Place" performed by Jasper
"Señor Burns" performed by Tito Puente
"Good Morning Starshine" performed by Mr. Burns, Leonard Nimoy, and the people of Springfield
"Born to Runner Up" performed by Garfunkel, Messina, Oates and Lisa

stip
"Talkin' Softball" performed by Terry Cashman
"Canyonero" performed by Hank Williams, Jr.
"Cut Every Corner" performed by Sharry Bobbins
"Spider Pig" performed by Homer Simpson
"Lisa It's Your Birthday" performed by Bart Simpson and Leon Kompowsky
"The Amendment Song" performed by The Amendment to Be

Simple Torture
"Who Needs the Qwik-E-Mart?" performed by Apu and The Simpsons
"Can I Borrow A Feeling?" performed by Kurt Van Houten
"Flaming Moe's" performed by Kipp Lennon
"There's a Kind of Hush" performed by Lenny
"The Mediocre Presidents" performed by Springfield Elementary Students
"Happy Birthday, Mr. Smithers" performed by Mr. Burns

[Norah]

I almost picked que Sera Sera and had also considered bagged me a homer but went with plow king instead.

[Jorge]

As ST knows, I nearly picked "Everyone Loves Ned Flanders"

[Norah]

Not me!

[Simple Torture]

I feel like there was this weird thing going on where if someone picked a song that was closely related to another song, it was tough to justify picking the other song. Like since someone picked "Dr. Zaius," it seemed redundant to pick "Chimpan-a to Chimpan-z," and same goes for "Plow King" and "Mr. Plow." Or, at least, that's how I felt.

I did a rough count, and of the 48 songs selected, it looks like around 20 featured Homer is some capacity, far more than any other character.

[Norah]

I also considered the Cletus the slack jawed yokel theme.

[Jorge]

Another one I nearly picked: the theme song to "Love-Matic Grandpa"

[stip]

I almost drafted the Cletus theme, the Mount Splashmore thing, the past tense Itchy and Scratchy end credit theme, and this little ditty...

[EJ]

I had a few more:

homer loves food (start at :50)

Spoiler: show

Ned's angelic hymn

Spoiler: show

Paint Your Wagon (starts at :25)

Spoiler: show

And, I couldn't find a non-Spanish youtube of Rod & Todd singing their bedtime joy song.

[stip]

paint your wagon would have been great

[EJ]

paint your wagon would have been great

I would've put it in if there were 8 rounds. I was going to try and edit that down and put it up on youtube.

[Jorge]

If I had a couple million bucks to spare, I'd produce a full-length live-action version of Paint Your Wagon, with the opening two minutes being a shot-for-shot recreation of the one Homer and Bart watch. Musical number and all.

[doug rr]

I also considered the Cletus the slack jawed yokel theme.

that was probably up next for me as well as the lurleen lumpkin stuff..

[tragabigzanda]

Whenever there's active promotion on the part of somebody else, whenever I see somebody all dolled up for a fancy photograph and someone's handing out flyers or whenever there's active promotion for something like that, as an imposition on my day, I hate all those people and I want them to fail. I have a visceral reaction to advertising and promotion. There's just something about salesmanship that grates on me on a very base level and I react very negatively towards it. I want those people to suffer and I want their enterprises to fail.

[lennytheweedwhacker]

10 rounds

[Norah]

paint your wagon would have been great

another one i wish i had thought of