Division H closes out tonight, and with that I’ll be handing the managerial baton back off to JDM for the next two divisions. Grooveshark link can be found here, except for Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds (remember, same deal as Safety Dance: we’re judging the song, not the crazy, crazy video or excerpt from Yellow Submarine.)
Sex Machine (James Brown) vs. Wild Wild Life (Talking Heads)
Autumn Sweater (Yo La Tengo) vs. Bat Out Of Hell (Meat Loaf)
Feel Good, Inc. (Gorillaz) vs. You Can Call Me Al (Paul Simon)
Basket Case (Green Day) vs. Triumph (Wu-Tang Clan)
Fire and Rain (James Taylor) vs. Wonderful World (Sam Cooke)
Crazy (Gnarls Barkley) vs. Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds (The Beatles)
Living the Dream 
Sex Machine (James Brown) 8 vs. Wild Wild Life (Talking Heads) 6
Autumn Sweater (Yo La Tengo) 7 vs. Bat Out Of Hell (Meat Loaf) 6
Feel Good, Inc. (Gorillaz) 4 vs. You Can Call Me Al (Paul Simon) 6
Basket Case (Green Day) 3 vs. Triumph (Wu-Tang Clan) 6
Fire and Rain (James Taylor) 5 vs. Wonderful World (Sam Cooke) 7
Crazy (Gnarls Barkley) 7 vs. Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds (The Beatles) 8
Sex Machine (James Brown) 7.0
Wild Wild Life (Talking Heads) 7.5
Autumn Sweater (Yo La Tengo) 5
Bat Out Of Hell (Meat Loaf) 9
Feel Good, Inc. (Gorillaz) 8
You Can Call Me Al (Paul Simon) 7
Basket Case (Green Day) 7.5
Triumph (Wu-Tang Clan) 7
Fire and Rain (James Taylor) 9
Wonderful World (Sam Cooke) 4
Crazy (Gnarls Barkley) 8
Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds (The Beatles) 7.5
Sex Machine (James Brown) vs. Wild Wild Life (Talking Heads) 5/6
Autumn Sweater (Yo La Tengo) vs. Bat Out Of Hell (Meat Loaf) 7/1
Meat Loaf’s music makes me consider becoming a vegetarian every time.
Feel Good, Inc. (Gorillaz) vs. You Can Call Me Al (Paul Simon) 5/8
Basket Case (Green Day) vs. Triumph (Wu-Tang Clan) 7.5/6
Fire and Rain (James Taylor) vs. Wonderful World (Sam Cooke) 7.5/9
“Now I don’t claim to be an A student…” Love it.
Crazy (Gnarls Barkley) vs. Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds (The Beatles) 7/6.5
Sex Machine (James Brown): 5
Wild Wild Life (Talking Heads): 4
Autumn Sweater (Yo La Tengo): 5
Bat Out Of Hell (Meat Loaf): 4
Feel Good, Inc. (Gorillaz): 6
You Can Call Me Al (Paul Simon): 7
Basket Case (Green Day): 6
Triumph (Wu-Tang Clan): 4
Fire and Rain (James Taylor): 7
Wonderful World (Sam Cooke): 6
Crazy (Gnarls Barkley): 7
Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds (The Beatles): 6
Sex Machine (James Brown) [5.5]
Wild Wild Life (Talking Heads) [7]
Autumn Sweater (Yo La Tengo) [5]
Bat Out Of Hell (Meat Loaf) [7.5]
Feel Good, Inc. (Gorillaz) [8]
You Can Call Me Al (Paul Simon) [8]
Basket Case (Green Day) [7]
Triumph (Wu-Tang Clan) [4]
Fire and Rain (James Taylor) [6.5]
Wonderful World (Sam Cooke) [8]
Crazy (Gnarls Barkley) [8]
Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds (The Beatles) [7.5]
Sex Machine (James Brown) vs. Wild Wild Life (Talking Heads): 9/7
Autumn Sweater (Yo La Tengo) vs. Bat Out Of Hell (Meat Loaf): 6/7.5
Feel Good, Inc. (Gorillaz) vs. You Can Call Me Al (Paul Simon): 6.5/9.5
Basket Case (Green Day) vs. Triumph (Wu-Tang Clan): 6/8
Fire and Rain (James Taylor) vs. Wonderful World (Sam Cooke): 7.5/6.5
Crazy (Gnarls Barkley) vs. Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds (The Beatles): 7/8.5
Sex Machine (James Brown) 4.5 This song gets pretty old if you’re listening to it at your desk.
Wild Wild Life (Talking Heads) 8 Quintessential 80s cocaine song.
Autumn Sweater (Yo La Tengo) 7
Bat Out Of Hell (Meat Loaf) 7.5 In a tournament full of greats, Meatloaf may not be near the best, but he’s f’in unique. I had this at 8.5 until the last minute or two.
Feel Good, Inc. (Gorillaz) 6.5
You Can Call Me Al (Paul Simon) 8
Basket Case (Green Day) 6 Good, but not my favorite Dookie track.
Triumph (Wu-Tang Clan) 8.5 Are you kidding? Inspectah Deck’s opening is the most preposterous lyrical throw-down maybe ever. “Shacklin the masses with drastic rap tactics” indeed.
Fire and Rain (James Taylor) 7
Wonderful World (Sam Cooke) 7.5
Crazy (Gnarls Barkley) 7
Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds (The Beatles) 8.5
Basketcase 7 vs. Triumph 8
Sex Machine (James Brown) 7.5
Wild Wild Life (Talking Heads) 5.5
Both songs from a different era. Can’t say Wild Wild Life has aged well… James Brown still has it.
Autumn Sweater (Yo La Tengo) 4
Bat Out Of Hell (Meat Loaf) 7.5
Impressive orchestration by Mr. Loaf. Couldn’t stand Autumn Sweater.
Feel Good, Inc. (Gorillaz) 8.5
You Can Call Me Al (Paul Simon) 7.5
Liked em both.
Basket Case (Green Day) 7
Triumph (Wu-Tang Clan) 7
Hard to compare, both ok.
Fire and Rain (James Taylor) 8.5
Wonderful World (Sam Cooke) 8
Two classics, love em both. James is just a hair sweeter.
Crazy (Gnarls Barkley) 8.5
Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds (The Beatles) 8
Two great songs. Both have awesome videos attributed with them. In the end, Crazy gets me going more…
Sex Machine 6.5
Wild Wild Life 7
Man…JB started at an 8.5 and just slowly dropped and dropped as the song went on- I don’t do well with repetition. Can someone also explain to me what Wild Wild Life is about?
Autumn Sweater 7
Bat Out Of Hell 7
Sweaters are God’s gift to the month of October.
Feel Good Inc. 7.5
You Can Call Me Al 7
Paul has better.
Basketcase 6
Triumph 5.5
Fire and Rain 7
Wonderful World 7
Crazy 6.5
Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds 6.5
(Sorry for not really helping any spreads, this was probably the most consistently solid setlist I’ve seen yet.)
Sex Machine [8]
Wild Wild Life [6]
Autumn Sweater [6]
Bat Out of Hell [5]
Feel Good, Inc. [6]
You Can Call Me Al [7]
Basket Case [6]
Triumph [5]
Fire and Rain [7]
Wonderful World [6]
Crazy [8]
Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds [5]
Sex Machine – 7
Wild Wild Life – 7.5
Autumn Sweater – 6
Bat Out of Hell – 7
Feel Good, Inc. – 9
You Can Call Me Al – 9.5
Basket Case – 9
Triumph – 10
Fire and Rain – 8.5
Wonderful World – 9
Crazy – 5
Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds – 6
Sex Machine – 6
Wild Wild Life – 2
Autumn Sweater – 1
Bat Out of Hell – 8
Feel Good, Inc. – 7
You Can Call Me Al – 9
Basket Case – 10
Triumph – 0.5
Fire and Rain – 7
Wonderful World – 8
Crazy – 6
Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds – 9
Sex Machine (James Brown) vs. Wild Wild Life (Talking Heads) 7/9.5
Autumn Sweater (Yo La Tengo) vs. Bat Out Of Hell (Meat Loaf) 6.5/7.5
Feel Good, Inc. (Gorillaz) vs. You Can Call Me Al (Paul Simon) 7/7.5
Basket Case (Green Day) vs. Triumph (Wu-Tang Clan) 7/9
Fire and Rain (James Taylor) vs. Wonderful World (Sam Cooke) 5/ 7
Crazy (Gnarls Barkley) vs. Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds (The Beatles) 5/8
Sex Machine (James Brown) 7.5 vs. Wild Wild Life (Talking Heads) 5
Autumn Sweater (Yo La Tengo) 6 vs. Bat Out Of Hell (Meat Loaf) 5
Feel Good, Inc. (Gorillaz) 7 vs. You Can Call Me Al (Paul Simon) 5
Basket Case (Green Day) 9 vs. Triumph (Wu-Tang Clan) 8
Fire and Rain (James Taylor) 6 vs. Wonderful World (Sam Cooke) 9
Crazy (Gnarls Barkley) 8 vs. Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds (The Beatles) 9