REM Song Tournament: country feedback wins!

[EJ]

really weak batch of songs in this round

[stip]

I think this round is so much stronger than the one that preceded it.


I realized that I didn't include the live songs from Olympia that didn't make it to Accelerate. None were particularly great, iirc, but still...

[AndySlash]

great, now we'll never have that staring down the barrel of the middle distance vs. how the west was won and where it got us title match.

[Kalevi]

The tournament has got me to listen to UP a couple times recently. I now think it is top shelf. I was disappointed in it when it came out. It felt flat. Falls to climb, why not smile and suspicion have moved way up for me.

[stip]

they aren't great songs but I'm kinda bummed I forgot to include on the fly and starring down the barrel of the middle distance and fascinating

[Kevin Davis]

What is "Fascinating?"

I really enjoy "Middle Distance," but agree that "On the Fly" is pretty average.

[chewm]

This is probably the strongest batch of songs so far, which is nice because most of the last rounds have been rather weak.

[stip]

What is "Fascinating?"

I really enjoy "Middle Distance," but agree that "On the Fly" is pretty average.

it feels like a reveal b-side

(apparently it is)

[stip]

only one more day of first round matches! Of course a third of round 2 were songs that got byes

[Norah]

Stip, when this is done you should run a tournament of Simpsons episodes. First ten seasons only.

[stip]

oh man that is tempting

[Norah]

It must be done.

[Chris_H_2]

Anything against bleeding gums murphy wins

[stip]

some brutal matches this round

[Rangi Guy]

This tournament has gotten me into a real R.E.M. kick. For whatever reason haven't been listening to them too much lately apart from Collapse Into Now - this has made me remember why I love this band so much!

[Norah]

Not a lot of thinking required this batch.

[stip]

Still Alive

Chronic Town: Gardening at Night
Murmur: Radio Free Europe, Talk About the Passion
Reckoning: Harborcoat, South Central Rain, Second Guessing, Letter Never Sent
Fables of the Reconstruction: Driver 8
Life's Rich Pageant: Begin the Begin, Fall on Me, I Believe, Swan Swan H
Document: Finest Worksong, Disturbance at the Heron House, It's the End of the World as We Know It, King of Birds
Dead Letter Office:
Green: You Are the Everything, World Leader Pretend, Orange Crush
Out of Time: Losing My Religion, Shinny Happy People, Half a World Away, Country Feedback, Me In Honey
Automatic For the People: Drive, Try Not to Breathe, Everybody Hurts, Sweetness Follows, Monty Got a Raw Deal, Nightswimming
Monster: Crush With Eyeliner, I Don't Sleep I Dream, Strange Currencies, Bang and Blame, Let Me In, Circus Envy,
New Adventures in Hi-Fi: How the West Was Won and Where It Got Us, New test Leper, Undertow, E-Bow the Letter, Leave, Bittersweet me, Be Mine, So Fast, So Numb, Electrolite
Up: Hope, Walk Unafraid, Why Not Smile, Daysleeper,
Reveal: I"ll Take the Rain
Around the Sun: Electron Blue
Accelerate:
Collapse into Now: Uberlin, Oh My Heart, It Happened Today
Misc: Bad Day, We All Go Back to Where We Belong


TBD: Man on the Moon, The One I Love, Binky the Doormat, Maps and Legends, Star Me Kitten, Find the River, Star 69, At My Most Beautiful, What's the Frequency, Kenneth, Fireplace, West of the Fields, I Wanted to be Wrong, The Lifting, Moral Kiosk, Can't Get There From Here, Tongue

[stip]

Not a lot of thinking required this batch.

the only two that might be close are Binky vs Maps and West of the Fields vs. I Wanted to be Wrong

[stip]

almost everything going forward gets brutal.

[Norah]

Not a lot of thinking required this batch.

the only two that might be close are Binky vs Maps and West of the Fields vs. I Wanted to be Wrong

For most of these I've voted in two or three the morning they went up, and the rest I had to mull over for the next 2 days. This batch I immediately made my selections right away.