Punk's not dead... if you vote
We’re down to the last day of the Round of 32. This is where it gets serious: the songs who make the cut here having officially achieved that status of being Generally Acceptable to a broad audience. To be part of that audience, listen here (except for 99 Problems), vote in the comments below by 8:00PM EST/5:00 PM PST Saturday, November 12 (no extended voting on this one: I like to maintain the illusion that 8PM on a Saturday I might just be getting ready for a big night out, okay?)
And if you were only joining up for this round, you might assume what our audience here seems to find generally acceptable are punk covers. The Clash has the honor of being both the coverer and the coveree in this round, and the Ramones is the round of 64 #1 seed, coming in with nearly an 8.1 average and beating out the #2 seed by 0.3.
Like the kids say (or at least they did when I was a kid): Punk’s not dead.
The Swell Season
But since we’re all pretty well familiar with these songs by now and I gotta run, I’ll just leave you with the voting link again and the pastable:
“Black Magic Woman” (Santana) vs. “99 Problems” (Hugo)
“Chelsea Hotel #2” (Regina Spektor) vs. “Straight to Hell” (Lilly Allen)
“I Fought the Law” (The Clash) vs, “Into the Mystic” (The Swell Season)
“Wonderful World” (The Ramones) vs. “50 Ways to Leave Your Lover” (G Love)
Living the Dream 
“Black Magic Woman” (Santana) vs. “99 Problems” (Hugo) 6.5 / 4.5
“Chelsea Hotel #2″ (Regina Spektor) vs. “Straight to Hell” (Lilly Allen) 4.5 / 4
“I Fought the Law” (The Clash) vs, “Into the Mystic” (The Swell Season) 8.5 / 5.5
“Wonderful World” (The Ramones) vs. “50 Ways to Leave Your Lover” (G Love) 7 / 9.5
“Black Magic Woman” (Santana) [5]
“99 Problems” (Hugo) [6.5]
“Chelsea Hotel #2″ (Regina Spektor) [6.75]
“Straight to Hell” (Lilly Allen) [6.25]
“I Fought the Law” (The Clash) [8]
“Into the Mystic” (The Swell Season) [5]
“Wonderful World” (The Ramones) [7.75]
“50 Ways to Leave Your Lover” (G Love) [6.5]
“Black Magic Woman” (Santana) 4
“99 Problems” (Hugo) 7
“Chelsea Hotel #2″ (Regina Spektor) 7.5
“Straight to Hell” (Lilly Allen) 7
“I Fought the Law” (The Clash) 8
“Into the Mystic” (The Swell Season) 5.5
“Wonderful World” (The Ramones) 7.5
“50 Ways to Leave Your Lover” (G Love) 5.5
Punk rock died when the first kids said: punk’s not dead, punk’s not dead
“Black Magic Woman” (Santana) 6
vs. “99 Problems” (Hugo) 5
“Chelsea Hotel #2″ (Regina Spektor) 4
vs. “Straight to Hell” (Lilly Allen) 5
“I Fought the Law” (The Clash) 7
vs, “Into the Mystic” (The Swell Season) 4
“Wonderful World” (The Ramones) 9
vs. “50 Ways to Leave Your Lover” (G Love) 6
Me, C and Gina
“Black Magic Woman” (Santana) vs. “99 Problems” (Hugo)
M 8: 5
C 8.9 : 4
G 9. 5: 4
“Chelsea Hotel #2″ (Regina Spektor) vs. “Straight to Hell” (Lilly Allen)
Me 7.5 : 6.8
C: 5 : 5
“I Fought the Law” (The Clash) vs, “Into the Mystic” (The Swell Season)
Me : 9.1 : 6
C: 9 : 8.8
G: 9 : 8
“Wonderful World” (The Ramones) vs. “50 Ways to Leave Your Lover” (G Love)
Me 9.2 : 6.3
C 8.3 : 5.9
G 8.5 : 8
“Black Magic Woman” (Santana) vs. “99 Problems” (Hugo): 6/7.5
“Chelsea Hotel #2″ (Regina Spektor) vs. “Straight to Hell” (Lilly Allen): 8/7
Those voices are ghostly and almost exactly the same.
“I Fought the Law” (The Clash) vs, “Into the Mystic” (The Swell Season):6/6
“Wonderful World” (The Ramones) vs. “50 Ways to Leave Your Lover” (G Love) 6.5/10
“Black Magic Woman” (Santana) vs. “99 Problems” (Hugo): 6 / 7.8
“Chelsea Hotel #2″ (Regina Spektor) vs. “Straight to Hell” (Lilly Allen): 8 / 9.1
“I Fought the Law” (The Clash) vs, “Into the Mystic” (The Swell Season): 6.9 / 10
I know my little song that could probably isn’t going to make it over the hill that is The Clash and that’s okay. I just love this song.
“Wonderful World” (The Ramones) vs. “50 Ways to Leave Your Lover” (G Love): 9.5 / 7.2
“Black Magic Woman” (Santana) vs. “99 Problems” (Hugo) 7/5.5
“Chelsea Hotel #2″ (Regina Spektor) vs. “Straight to Hell” (Lilly Allen) 7/9.5
“I Fought the Law” (The Clash) vs, “Into the Mystic” (The Swell Season) 8/5
“Wonderful World” (The Ramones) vs. “50 Ways to Leave Your Lover” (G Love) 9/5
Everything is scored a little lower because I listened through computer speakers. Makes a big difference.
Drove up to my folks’ place to pick up my hockey bag (HOCKEY) and figured I’d sneak in this last round.
“Black Magic Woman” (Santana): 7
“99 Problems” (Hugo): 4 (dude’s voice in the intro is kinda pretty annoying. am i right?)
“Chelsea Hotel #2″ (Regina Spektor) 7
“Straight to Hell” (Lilly Allen) 7.5
surprised
“I Fought the Law” (The Clash) 8
“Into the Mystic” (The Swell Season) 5
“Wonderful World” (The Ramones) 7
“50 Ways to Leave Your Lover” (G Love) 7.5
“Black Magic Woman” (Santana) vs. “99 Problems” (Hugo) 5/6.5
“Chelsea Hotel #2″ (Regina Spektor) vs. “Straight to Hell” (Lilly Allen) 5.5/9.75
“I Fought the Law” (The Clash) vs, “Into the Mystic” (The Swell Season) 5/8
“Wonderful World” (The Ramones) vs. “50 Ways to Leave Your Lover” (G Love) 8.5/8.25
“Black Magic Woman” (Santana) vs. “99 Problems” (Hugo) 6/5
“Chelsea Hotel #2″ (Regina Spektor) vs. “Straight to Hell” (Lilly Allen) 8/10
Lilly just kills it for me.
“I Fought the Law” (The Clash) vs, “Into the Mystic” (The Swell Season) 7/7
“Wonderful World” (Joey Ramone) vs. “50 Ways to Leave Your Lover” (G Love) 9/6.5
It’s just Joey Ramone, not the Ramones. I’m going to be obnoxious and keep saying it until it’s right.
“Black Magic Woman” (Santana) 8
“99 Problems” (Hugo) 5
“Chelsea Hotel #2″ (Regina Spektor) 6
“Straight to Hell” (Lilly Allen) 5
“I Fought the Law” (The Clash) 7
“Into the Mystic” (The Swell Season) 5
“Wonderful World” (The Ramones) 7
“50 Ways to Leave Your Lover” (G Love) 7.5
“Black Magic Woman” (Santana) 6.5
vs. “99 Problems” (Hugo) 5
“Chelsea Hotel #2″ (Regina Spektor) 8
vs. “Straight to Hell” (Lilly Allen) 9.7
“I Fought the Law” (The Clash) 10
vs, “Into the Mystic” (The Swell Season) 7
“Wonderful World” (The Ramones) 8
vs. “50 Ways to Leave Your Lover” (G Love) 5 [really like the beginning intro (claps, etc), but not the rest of it.)