REM song tournament: Lament Wins!

[epilogue]

Listen, for christ's sake, everybody had good teams! I mean like GOOOOOOD teams. I'm just upset that my two favorite teams are already out. It makes me question things. Like what does it all mean? And what am I doing here? And does any of this even matter? Big questions. Questions I never thought I'd have to ask.

[darth_vedder]

Those are indeed life changing questions friend. I hope you find the answers you are looking for.

[darth_vedder]

Do any of you make playlist for these tournaments? I normally do, and then listen to it on shuffle. For this one though, I was so behind on a lot of stuff, I have just been listening to Up / Reveal / Sun / Accelerate / Collapse via spotify. I'm also going to need to buy / download all those albums. After that, I'm looking forward to hearing those latest releases from last week.

[Kaius]

I made every team's playlist, and I should be embarrassed.

[epilogue]

Did you mess with track order at all? I'm not sure I'd like my team very much as a straight playlist. I'd want to move some songs around.

[epilogue]

Those are indeed life changing questions friend. I hope you find the answers you are looking for.

Thank you, friend. It's troubling times we live in. Troubling times.

[Kaius]

Did you mess with track order at all? I'm not sure I'd like my team very much as a straight playlist. I'd want to move some songs around.

I put all the teams in chronological order, with the non-album track at the end.

[epilogue]

Did you mess with track order at all? I'm not sure I'd like my team very much as a straight playlist. I'd want to move some songs around.

I put all the teams in chronological order, with the non-album track at the end.

[Kaius]

You get a nice perspective on the progression of the band that way.

[epilogue]

You get a nice perspective on the progression of the band that way.

I quite like this idea. I think I'm gonna do this over the next few weeks.

[PryTo]

Chris
Darth

[stip]

Round is closed

Lament 8 over Chris 3

Platy 6 over Darth 5

[stip]

The Finals


Lament
1. Country Feedback
2. At My Most Beautiful
3. Electron Blue
4. Fall on me
5. Electrolite
6. Talk About the Passion
7. We All Go Back to Where We Belong
8. Time After Time
9. Green Grow The Rushes
10. The One I Love
11. I Don't Sleep, I Dream
12. I'm Gonna DJ
13. Stand
14. Walk it Back
15. Beachball
16. Monty Got a Raw Deal

vs.


ThePlatypus
1. The Great Beyond
2. Nightswimming
3. Perfect Circle
4. Imitation of Life
5. Cuyahoga
6. King of Birds
7. Walk Unafraid
8. Second Guessing
9. Leaving New York
10. Man Sized Wreath
11. Every Day is Yours to Win
12. Good Advices
13. I Took Your Name
14. I Remember California
15. Low
16. The Wake Up Bomb

[stip]

Murmur: Platy (easily)
Reckoning: Lament (easily)
Fables: Lament (easily)
Pageant: Lament (easily)
Document: tie
Green: Lament
Out of Time: Lament (easily)
Automatic: Platy (easily)
Monster: Platy
Hi-Fi: Lament (easily)
Up: Tie
Reveal: Platy (barely)
Around the Sun: tie
Accelerate: tie
Collapse: Platy (barely)
Misc: Lament

Lament 7, Platy 5, Tie 4

Vote for lament

[philpritchard]

If I do an album by album matchup, I get a tie (6-6 with 4 ties), but there are a lot that I'm unsure of. So I guess I'll go with my gut and pick Lament.

[epilogue]

Lament.

[EJ]

Lament

[Coach]

The Finals


Lament
1. Country Feedback
2. At My Most Beautiful
3. Electron Blue
4. Fall on me
5. Electrolite
6. Talk About the Passion
7. We All Go Back to Where We Belong
8. Time After Time
9. Green Grow The Rushes
10. The One I Love
11. I Don't Sleep, I Dream
12. I'm Gonna DJ
13. Stand
14. Walk it Back
15. Beachball
16. Monty Got a Raw Deal

vs.


ThePlatypus
1. The Great Beyond
2. Nightswimming
3. Perfect Circle
4. Imitation of Life
5. Cuyahoga
6. King of Birds
7. Walk Unafraid
8. Second Guessing
9. Leaving New York
10. Man Sized Wreath
11. Every Day is Yours to Win
12. Good Advices
13. I Took Your Name
14. I Remember California
15. Low
16. The Wake Up Bomb

Vote is for Lament. Monty Got a Raw Deal at No. 16 is a steal!!!! That's such a great tune!

Platy's team was strong, too. Grabbing Low at No. 15 was a steal, too. I'm not a fan of the studio version of The Great Beyond, but I do love this song live, so I did consider that when judging.

Congrats to all. Everyone gets a trophy (not).

[Norah]

Lament

[AndySlash]

i should have paid better attention, i missed the last voting round.

as before, simple ratings will determine my choice

++ absolute favorites
+ songs i really like a lot
[] no overly strong feelings either way
- songs i just don't like

Lament vs. theplatypus

Spoiler: show

Lament
1. Country Feedback++
2. At My Most Beautiful
3. Electron Blue-
4. Fall on me+
5. Electrolite
6. Talk About the Passion+
7. We All Go Back to Where We Belong++
8. Time After Time++
9. Green Grow The Rushes
10. The One I Love+
11. I Don't Sleep, I Dream+
12. I'm Gonna DJ
13. Stand
14. Walk it Back
15. Beachball
16. Monty Got a Raw Deal




ThePlatypus
1. The Great Beyond
2. Nightswimming++
3. Perfect Circle+
4. Imitation of Life+
5. Cuyahoga+
6. King of Birds
7. Walk Unafraid++
8. Second Guessing
9. Leaving New York-
10. Man Sized Wreath
11. Every Day is Yours to Win
12. Good Advices
13. I Took Your Name
14. I Remember California+
15. Low++
16. The Wake Up Bomb

Lament (9) TIE theplatypus (9)


each team has three (++) and one (-). lament's mid-round selections were his strongest, and someone nabbing 'country feedback' as #1 was as given as given gets. theplatypus' strongest selections were in the top half, though i have no strong feelings on his #1 'the great beyond', while also getting a heavy personal favorite in 'low' in the late rounds.

so, as i look at the selections by round, it's theplatypus' top heavy list and late steal in 'low' that puts him in the winner circle.

winner: theplatypus