Round of 256: Division J, Left Side Results

Good Sunday Evening, friends.  I apologize for the tardiness of this post.  I have some results for you finally.  As to my excuse for being late to post tonight, let me just say that a Music Tournament is far less stressful than working to get a guy elected Chief of the Cherokee Nation, which is what I’ve been up to this weekend.

Carole King's Last Stand

Hopefully the People’s Choice Tournament songs will never need recounting.  This weekend, our voters were particularly harsh, posting results that eliminated half of the contenders.

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Round of 256: Division K, Left Side

Ze goggles do nothing!!!

Ooops!!

Votes due by Tuesday, June 28th at 8 pm EST.  New voters, click here to understand what it is we do here.

Apologies for the late post tonight.  The team seems to have had a scheduling mixup, so I’m just going to get this one out as quick as possible while we sort out what happened.  Sorry for the lack of usual (attempted) wit and random facts!!  Grooveshark link here except Van and Sara Bareilles.  Youtube link for Van Morrison here and Sara Bareilles here.

Update: We had the wrong version of Fairytale up.  See youtube link above if you already voted and have the time to re-listen.

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Round of 256: Division J, Right Side

Greetings, music lovers!

Another eclectic set of songs for you to listen to, dance to, cringe to, criticize, and quantify.  There’s definitely some potential for good fights here.  Listen to the tunes here, except for James Brown.  Vote by commenting below before 8 pm Eastern on Monday, June 27.

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Round of 256: Division I, Left Side Results

Alright everyone- sorry for the post delay, been running around Wildwood a bit. Great results to post though, as we had a match-up that was back and forth continuously for the last 48 hours.

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Round of 256: Division J, Left Side

Welcome to the weekend, everyone!

The Chords

The Chords

Votes are due Sunday by 8 pm, EST.  Here’s the grooveshark link.  Enjoy!

For our first match-up tonight, we have (1) One Big Holiday by My Morning Jacket facing (16) Sh-Boom by The Chords.  The Chords only had one hit – Sh-Boom.  But these guys epitomize the American Dream (at least the fame-related one).  Continue reading

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Round of 256: Division H, Right Side Results

A pretty ho-hum day over here- very few high scores, and only Otis emerged as a potential tournament threat.  In fact, no songs made the Wall of 10s.

#2 Can’t Find My Way Home (Blind Faith) def.  #15 Teenage FBI (Guided By Voices), 212-168.  Not only were most people not into Guided By Voices voices’, but their own nominator, Democratic Adam, only gave them a “6”. Meanwhile, early enthusiasm for Blind Faith waned, and it ultimately did stumble home with a milquetoast win.  Continue reading

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Round of 256: Division I Right Side

Teach Me How to Dougie

I’m finishing this up last minute as I’ve been desperately trying to wrap up grading and empty out my classroom so I can get the hell outta dodge as soon as possible.  I know very little about any of these songs and don’t have time to do too much in-depth research, so I’m subjecting you to innuendos, random personal associations, and some pretty crummy metaphors to orient you to today’s match-ups.  Grooveshark link is here, vote by 8pm EST Saturday, June 25.

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Jersey Shore Weekend: Pre-Report

Before Jersey Shore was a television show (and I am happy to say I have actually never seen an episode of Jersey Shore,) it represented to me a far off place that birthed the grit of true America. It was the home of the Asbury Park that brought us the Boss and the prototype of beach boardwalk doo wop; I knew nothing of this Shore but these two things, and that seemed enough to maintain a youthful respect for it. Yet despite this belief of mine and while I have traveled much of this great country of ours and stood on many of its beaches, I have never, ever visited the Jersey Shore.
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Round of 256: Division H, Left Side Results

Mumford & Sons went big this round.  With an average of 7.96 (which I believe is the 2nd highest score of the tourney thus far, just behind “Home”), #1 Little Lion Man (Mumford and Sons) defeats #16 The Funeral (Band of Horses) 238.9 to 200.6.  A truly solid showing by both songs.  I don’t have the stats to back me up, but I think this matchup may have generated more ties than any other pairing so far.

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Round of 256: Division I, Left Side

Van The Man

Votes due Friday, June 24th by 8 PM EST: Alright kids, pay attention- to date we have had little in the way of songs not available on GrooveShark, but we have our first entrant by Van Morrison in this round. And Van HATES GrooveShark. Or GrooveShark hates Van. I dunno. Anyhow, Grooveshark link is here, except for Astral Weeks. This feels like a great round sure to be filled with opinions, don’t forget to provide yours! Vote by Continue reading

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