Here’s the next round, Tournament voters! I’ll keep it open until Saturday, 8PM Eastern. Round 2 tidbits: The biggest beat-down of the night came courtesy of Aretha Franklin’s “Respect,” which savaged Save Ferris’ “Come on Eileen” 59-3. There were two … Continue reading Best Cover Song Tournament: Round 3 (Round of 64)
Okay folks. This is the last time I have to post 128 YouTube-embeds in a single post. After this, things get a bit easier on old Lou. Takeaways from Round 1: The biggest blowout was courtesy of Ms. Tina Turner, … Continue reading Best Cover Song Tournament: Round 2! (Round of 128)
Hello Tournacados! Here again we have the first round of voting for the best cover song in music. Some quick facts of interest: Nothing. I can’t respond to Part 1 that quickly. For Part 2, I’ve got some long days … Continue reading Best Cover Song: Round of 256 (Part 2 of 2)
Hello Tournacados! Here we have the first round of voting for the best cover song in music. It took me a while to sort through and rank both of the seeding rounds and set up the bracket, but it’s finally … Continue reading Best Cover Song: Round of 256 (Part 1 of 2)
Hello everyone! Sorry for the delays in getting these up, I got sick and couldn’t force myself to do spreadsheet entries. But here we have our seeding round for all the 439 songs nominated, sorted alphabetically by song title. To … Continue reading Cover Song Seeding Round: Part 2 (Like a Prayer-Ziggy Stardust)
Hello everyone! Sorry for the delays in getting these up, I got sick and couldn’t force myself to do spreadsheet entries. But here we have our seeding round for all the 439 songs nominated, sorted alphabetically by song title. To … Continue reading Cover Song Seeding Round: Part 1 (12XU-Land of Confusion)
*This is a nominating thread: Upvote to your hearts’ content now, but there will be a separate seeding thread to follow before the rounds, so that each song gets a fair shake at making it into the tournament… I anticipate … Continue reading The Best Cover Song in Music Tournament: Nominations!
Hello! Welcome to the finals, and… there’s not much surprising here! The top seeds have made it almost intact to the end, so it’s just a question of choosing between some of the all-time greats. You have until Saturday, 6/31, … Continue reading Greatest TV Commercial Tournament: The Finals!
Hello everyone! Here are the results of last round: The closest contest wasn’t all that close, as Clara Peller’s “Where’s the Beef?” was exploded by Michael Bay’s “Got Milk?” Commercial, 42-26 for a 16 point difference. The biggest blowout, on … Continue reading Greatest TV Commercial Tournament: Semifinals!
Okay everyone, we’re through the preliminaries! Last round was quite a bit closer than previous rounds, with only one real KO, delivered by “I’d Like to Buy the World a Coke” (2nd seed) beating “Time to Make the Donuts” (15th) … Continue reading Greatest Television Commercial of all Time Tournament: Quarterfinals
Well the technical difficulties last round may have had a quashing effect on participation, here’s hoping that doesn’t repeat itself!!! In Round 2, the biggest blowout came in the first round posted (and therefore was up on the Avocado roughly … Continue reading Greatest TV Commercial Tournament: Round 3!
Hello everyone! We’re ready for round 2 of the greatest TV commercials of all time. Here are stats from round 1: The closest match came between the Micro Machines guy and ESPN’s “This is Sportscenter.” It was down to two … Continue reading Greatest TV Commercial Tournament: Round 2!!!
Welcome, one and all to the first round of the greatest television commercial tourney! You all know how voting works. Have fun, hope you enjoy! This first round will end on Wednesday, 6/14, at 10PM Eastern. Continue reading Greatest TV Commercial Tournament: Round 1!
Hello Avocados! We are here today to nominate the best/funniest/most successful television advertisements of all time! You may nominate any commercial that hocked a good, service, political campaign, whatever. You may determine for yourself what makes a “great” commercial, whether … Continue reading Greatest TV Commercial Tournament: Nominations!
Hello everyone! The results are in, and here are the results: In 4th place: Blur with “WOO HOO” from “Song 2.” If Chumbawamba couldn’t make it, I’m at least happy that something with a heavier, metal feel got this far. … Continue reading Screamin’ Lyrics Tournament Results!
Hello! Sorry for the multi-day delay, I was away from home for the end of last week and the weekend, but I’m back and ready to finish things up. We’ll run this final round until Wednesday, 5/3 at 11:30 AM … Continue reading Screaming Lyrics Tournament Finals!
We’ve got only two rounds left folks! Let’s finish it up this week. This current round of four will end at or around noon, EST, on Wednesday April 26th. Continue reading Screamin’ Lyrics Semifinals
Hi everyone. Sorry I didn’t have this up yesterday; I woke with a poopy cold and I’m feeling like… well, poop. But enough about that, you know what’ll cure what ails me? Some screamin’ lyrics! The results of round 2 … Continue reading Screamin’ Lyrics Quarterfinals!
Go on and vote for these, I want you to! Well folks for the most past, after a late-night start that saw among other things, 32nd seed Céline Dion actually keeping within striking distance of 1st seed Rage… mostly things … Continue reading Screamin’ Lyrics Tournament Round 2 (Round of 16)
Vote on the best song lyrics to yell out at the top of your lungs, scaring the local wildlife in the process. This round will be up and open until 9PM Eastern, Sunday 4/16. Continue reading Screamin’ Lyrics Tournament: Round 1 (Round of 32)
Here’s the idea for this tournament: What are some lyrics that just make you want to yell them out while listening? I’m especially meaning not those songs that you sing along to the whole song to, dialed up to 11. … Continue reading Screamin’ Lyrics Tournament: Nominations!
