Red Mosquito

really weak batch of songs in this round

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...

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.

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.

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

What is "Fascinating?"

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

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

Kevin Davis wrote: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)

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

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

oh man that is tempting

It must be done.

Anything against bleeding gums murphy wins

some brutal matches this round

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!

Not a lot of thinking required this batch.

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

cutuphalfdead wrote: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

almost everything going forward gets brutal.

stip wrote:

cutuphalfdead wrote: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.