New pair of days and a new division. And some big-time artists involved in last stands here- we’ll have to see how it all shakes out for everyone. Grooveshark Playlist is here, except for Here Comes The Sun, votes are due by Friday, Feb. 18th at 9 am EST. Vote by posting a comment or by e-mailing LTDdotorg@gmail.com.*
Note: We’ve been having some tech issues with our Grooveshark account lately. My suspicion is we hit the max for # of playlists associated with one account and now it’s confused. fixing this, in the meantime this playlist associated with my personal acct should work.
#1 Beat It (Michael Jackson) vs. #16 Paper Planes (M.I.A.)
#8 Maggie May (Rod Stewart) vs. #9 We Didn’t Start The Fire (Billy Joel)
#4 Break On Through (Doors) vs. #13 We Won’t Get Fooled Again (Who)
#5 Here Comes The Sun (Beatles) vs. #12 Can’t Get Enough Of Your Love (Barry White)
Last song stands for M.I.A., Rod Stewart, The Doors, and Barry White.
Living the Dream 
Beat It (Michael Jackson) ~ 8
Paper Planes (M.I.A.) ~ 6
I wanted to like Paper Planes more. What is MIA trying to say, all she wants to do is bang bang bang and click? Gets old quick. Beat it is still as funkalicious as when it dropped back in the day.
Maggie May (Rod Stewart) ~ 7.5
We Didn’t Start The Fire (Billy Joel) 8
Both great singing, Billy Joel rally’s past Rod’s great vocals with fun. Fun wins.
Break On Through (Doors) ~ 8.5
We Won’t Get Fooled Again (Who) ~ 9
Loved this matchup! Both classic, as rockin’ as they come. Break On Through’s organ sounds a bit dated, as does the Who’s keyboards, but aside from that they’re both almost perfect. The Who takes it by having a better buildup and breakdown.
Here Comes The Sun (Beatles) ~ 7
Can’t Get Enough Of Your Love (Barry White) ~ 8
Both sweet, but Here Comes the Sun is almost sickly so… Barry takes it with his soothing whispering…
#1 Beat It (Michael Jackson) 8
#16 Paper Planes (M.I.A.) 5
#8 Maggie May (Rod Stewart) 6.5
#9 We Didn’t Start The Fire (Billy Joel) 7.5
#4 Break On Through (Doors) 5
#13 We Won’t Get Fooled Again (Who) 6.5
#5 Here Comes The Sun (Beatles)
#12 Can’t Get Enough Of Your Love (Barry White)
#1 Beat It (Michael Jackson) 8.5
#16 Paper Planes (M.I.A.) 7
#8 Maggie May (Rod Stewart) 7.5
#9 We Didn’t Start The Fire (Billy Joel) 8
#4 Break On Through (Doors) 8.5
#13 We Won’t Get Fooled Again (Who) 7
#5 Here Comes The Sun (Beatles) 9
#12 Can’t Get Enough Of Your Love (Barry White) 7
#1 Beat It (Michael Jackson) 7 vs. #16 Paper Planes (M.I.A.) 7
#8 Maggie May (Rod Stewart) 6 vs. #9 We Didn’t Start The Fire (Billy Joel) 4
#4 Break On Through (Doors) 6 vs. #13 We Won’t Get Fooled Again (Who) 6
#5 Here Comes The Sun (Beatles) 7 vs. #12 Can’t Get Enough Of Your Love (Barry White) 5
#1 Beat It (Michael Jackson) 6.5
#16 Paper Planes (M.I.A.) 4
#8 Maggie May (Rod Stewart) 7.5
#9 We Didn’t Start The Fire (Billy Joel) 9.5
Definitely needed this matchup. Perked up a dull day.
#4 Break On Through (Doors) 8.5
#13 We Won’t Get Fooled Again (Who) 8
And we just keep on rocking. The Who were tough to grade – they were up aruond 9, then the song dips a bit before a strong close. Won’t be sad either way this shakes out.
#5 Here Comes The Sun (Beatles) 6
#12 Can’t Get Enough Of Your Love (Barry White) 8
Soft and easy for the beatles.. .just not doing much for me, but its always pleasant. Barry… he’s the man. Totally pumped up my afternoon.
#1 Beat It (Michael Jackson) 9
#16 Paper Planes (M.I.A.) 3.5 – points deducted for ruining straight to hell
#8 Maggie May (Rod Stewart) 6
#9 We Didn’t Start The Fire (Billy Joel) 7.5
#4 Break On Through (Doors) 8
#13 We Won’t Get Fooled Again (Who) 8.5
#5 Here Comes The Sun (Beatles) 9
#12 Can’t Get Enough Of Your Love (Barry White) 8
#1 Beat It (Michael Jackson) 7.5
#16 Paper Planes (M.I.A.) 7.2
#8 Maggie May (Rod Stewart) 7.8
#9 We Didn’t Start The Fire (Billy Joel) 8.2 At first you think “way too cheesy.” Then you think “impressive.” We’ve all tried to rewrite the lyrics to apply to our teenage years- pretty tough. But ultimately, just a lot of fun.
#4 Break On Through (Doors) 8.3
#13 We Won’t Get Fooled Again (Who) 9 Epic.
#5 Here Comes The Sun (Beatles) 9 If people get bored of Paul’s piano ballads, this is the Beatles song with the most potential.
#12 Can’t Get Enough Of Your Love (Barry White) 7
#1 Beat It (Michael Jackson) 8.75 vs. #16 Paper Planes (M.I.A.) 6
#8 Maggie May (Rod Stewart) 7.8 vs. #9 We Didn’t Start The Fire (Billy Joel) 6.3
#4 Break On Through (Doors) 8 vs. #13 We Won’t Get Fooled Again (Who) 8.25
#5 Here Comes The Sun (Beatles) 9 vs. #12 Can’t Get Enough Of Your Love (Barry White) 7.6
#1 Beat It (Michael Jackson) 8.4
#16 Paper Planes (M.I.A.) 7.1
#8 Maggie May (Rod Stewart) 7.3
#9 We Didn’t Start The Fire (Billy Joel) 7.6
#4 Break On Through (Doors) 8.9
#13 We Won’t Get Fooled Again (Who) 9.7 – fucking incredible song, best matchup yet
#5 Here Comes The Sun (Beatles) – 8.7
#12 Can’t Get Enough Of Your Love (Barry White) – 8.1
#1 Beat It (Michael Jackson) [7]
#16 Paper Planes (M.I.A.) [8]
#8 Maggie May (Rod Stewart) [8]
#9 We Didn’t Start The Fire (Billy Joel) [8.5]
#4 Break On Through (Doors) [7]
#13 We Won’t Get Fooled Again (Who) [8.5]
#5 Here Comes The Sun (Beatles) [7.75]
#12 Can’t Get Enough Of Your Love (Barry White) [6]
#1 Beat It (Michael Jackson) 8
#16 Paper Planes (M.I.A.) 7.5
#8 Maggie May (Rod Stewart) 6.75
#9 We Didn’t Start The Fire (Billy Joel) 9.75
#4 Break On Through (Doors) 7
#13 We Won’t Get Fooled Again (Who) 7.75
#5 Here Comes The Sun (Beatles) 9
#12 Can’t Get Enough Of Your Love (Barry White) 8
Beat It [7]
Paper Planes [5]
Maggie May [8]
We Didn’t Start the Fire [6]
Break on Through [8]
We Won’t Get Fooled Again [7]
Here Comes the Sun [7]
Can’t Get Enough of Your Love [6]
Beat It – 7 [did eddie’s guitar part age well?]
Paper Planes – 7.5 [3rd-world angst is a song for high volume only–the most appropriate revolution song for right now. really amazing use of sounds to create song- think the lyrics move this beyond Beat It for me. “I’ve got more records than the KGB”.]
Maggie May -5.5
We Didn’t Start the Fire -7
Break on Through – 7
We Won’t Get Fooled Again -8.5
Here Comes the Sun -8
Can’t Get Enough of Your Love -5
I don’t know if it’s these songs or just music in general today, but these are some pretty meh scores from me tonight.
Beat It (Michael Jackson) 7
Paper Planes (M.I.A.) 7.5
Maggie May (Rod Stewart) 8
We Didn’t Start The Fire (Billy Joel) 6.5
Actually listening to We Didn’t Start the Fire is less fun than singing it in your underwear alone in your apartment. I feel like Billy just doesn’t have the passion that I do.
Break On Through (Doors) 5.5
We Won’t Get Fooled Again 6.5
I haven’t been feeling the Doors this tournament. They’ve been feeling dated.
Here Comes The Sun (Beatles) 5.5
Can’t Get Enough Of Your Love (Barry White) 3
#1 Beat It (Michael Jackson) 7.5
#16 Paper Planes (M.I.A.) 6
#8 Maggie May (Rod Stewart) 8
#9 We Didn’t Start The Fire (Billy Joel) 8.5
Tough match-up for me, I love both songs but have to give the slight nod to Billy here
#4 Break On Through (Doors) 10
#13 We Won’t Get Fooled Again (Who) 6.5
Absolutely love Break On Through and slightly worried about it’s chances given the scores so far.
#5 Here Comes The Sun (Beatles) 8.5
#12 Can’t Get Enough Of Your Love (Barry White) 8.5
Beat It 8
Paper Planes 7
I mean, can’t all disputes be settled by a simple knife fight with your opposite wrists tied together? That’s what that song is about, right?
Maggie May 5.5
We Didn’t Start The Fire 8.5
I always imagined that one late drunken, drunken night, Billy Joel staggered out of his diagonally parked Mustang, crawled into his basement with a stack of Time magazines, some encyclopedias, a pencil, and a pad of paper, and set out to fulfill an intense desire to rhyme historical figures and moments that was born hours earlier over Jamison on the rocks in a Long Island Northshore dive bar.
Break On Through 7
Won’t Get Fooled Again 5
Again, my average scores on songs by length take a severe nose dive around 6 minutes.
Can’t Get Enough Of Your Love 8
Here Comes The Sun 8
Didn’t expect this. Needed some soft stuff- been a long week and both hit the spot.
beat it – 6
paper planes – 7.5
maggie may – 4
we didn’t start the fire – 8
break on through – 7.5
we won’t get fooled again – 8.5
here comes the sun – 8
can’t get enough of your love – 3