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Category Archives: Music Tournament
Battle for Best Rock Song In History: Day 5
The results for Day 4 are below, and please peruse- for now though, Day 5 playlist is below. The votes are due Monday, September 9th at 11 PM EST/8 PM PST! Votes still open for this match-up! Give it a … Continue reading
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Tagged Best Rock Song Ever, Blondie, Cat Stevens, Devo, Don McLean, Elton John, Elvis Costello, Fiddlin' John Carson, Gid Tanner and the Skillet Lickers, James Taylor, Jimmie Rodgers, Korn, Marilyn Manson, Nine Inch Nails, Rage Against The Machine, Talking Heads
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Battle for Best Rock Song In History: Day 3
The results for Day 2 are below, and please peruse- for now though, Day 3 playlist is below. The votes are due Monday at 11 PM EST/8 PM PST! We’ll keep operating like that- a set of match-ups for the … Continue reading
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Tagged Allman Brothers, Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros, Grand Funk Railroad, Little Eva, Lumineers, Marshall Tucker Band, Marvelettes, Mary Wells, Mumford & Sons, Old Crow Medicine Show, Sex Pistols, The Clash, The Cookies, The Jam, X-Ray Spex, ZZ Top
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Battle for Best Rock Song In History: Day 2
The results for Day 1 are below, and please peruse- for now though, Day 2 playlist is below. The votes are due Friday at 5 PM EST/2 PM PST! We’ll keep operating like that- a set of match-ups for the … Continue reading
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Tagged Black Sabbath, chuck berry, Dave Matthews Band, fats domino, frankie valli and the four seasons, Hootie and the Blowfish, Jackie Wilson, judas priest, Little Richard, lovin' spoonful, matchbox twenty, motorhead, Music Tournament, neil diamond, ozzy osbourne, rascals, Third Eye Blind
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Battle for the Best Rock Song In History: Day 1
Note: Votes due Monday, August 26th at 11 PM EST/8 PM PST And we’re off! Today’s matches include 4 categories w/ 4 songs each: Killin’ It In ’86 (Group 13) Late 60’s Bay Area Psychedelia (Group 6) Great-grandpa Gets Down: … Continue reading
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Tagged Aerosmith, Beastie Boys, Benny Goodman, Best Rock Song In History, Bon Jovi, Country Joe And The Fish, Duke Ellington, Eagles, Glenn Miller Orchestra, Grateful Dead, Janis Joplin, Jefferson Airplane, Peter Frampton, Poison, Run DMC, Steve Miller Band, Tommy Dorsey
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Battle for Best Rock Song In History Groups Up
Set up some pages today: will continue working tomorrow, but here is the info on the tournament (also under the Music tab up top, which has gone through some significant updates as well)….and here are the groups for the first … Continue reading
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Bonus Tracks: 2000 and Beyond
So one last commentary before we get started on this huge tournament (10 rounds.) I’ve been collaborating with some folks over the last few weeks to try to identify a good and diverse selection of songs that came out in … Continue reading
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Tagged 21st Century Music, Beyonce, Jay-Z, Living the Dream, Most Influential Rock Song
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MIRST Competitors Release (13 of 13): The 90’s (1990-?)
Note: All information below is based on my notes from my History of Rock course. The songs found at the bottom will be competing in our “Most Influential Rock Song of all Time” (MIRST) tournament, which will begin here at LivingTheDream.org on … Continue reading
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MIRST Competitors Release (11 of 13): I Want My MTV, 1980-1989
On August 1, 1981, MTV launches as a 24 hour cable television network only showing music videos. This completely changes the landscape of the music business- comparable to the rise of FM radio 15 years earlier. In its first three … Continue reading
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Tagged 1980s music, Janet Jackson, Madonna, Michael Jackson, MTV, Prince
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