Series of tournaments determining best songs by specific artists
Was there any surprise in the semifinals? No I don’t think there was. So let’s do this thing and see which song comes on top as the best of Zepp. Voting remains open until Friday, 8/5, at 2200 Eastern Time. Continue reading The Led Zeppelin Finals
I give to all Zep Heads, your final four: From Led Zeppelin II, originally the #5 seed, and in the closest match which still wasn’t that close, “Ramble On” which denied “Stairway to Heaven” 49-37 From Led Zeppelin III, the … Continue reading Led Zeppelin Semifinals
Down to eight! Round 2 autopsy: No upsets as huge as the first round from here, but “Misty Mountain Hop” (29th seed) continued its run of defeating higher ranked songs by knocking out “Dazed and Confused.” (20th) Votes were 44-38 … Continue reading Led Zeppelin Quarterfinals
Here we go for round 2! 16 songs left. From the first round, there weren’t many surprises, but there were a couple upsets: “Black Dog” (6th seed) will make no one sweat nor groove anymore, having lost out to “Misty … Continue reading Led Zeppelin: Round of 16
Here we go with the first of five rounds, that of 32! Album breakdown for the songs that made the cut is: [spoiler title=Albums] 4 songs from Led Zeppelin 2 songs from Led Zeppelin II 4 songs from Led Zeppelin … Continue reading Greatest Led Zeppelin Song Tournament: Round 1
Led Zeppelin: The only way to fly. Nominations close 19 July, at 2200 EDT Continue reading Led Zeppelin Song Tournament – Nominations
Come on, rain down, from a great height… In 4th place, “Exit Music (For a Film)”! In 3rd place, “No Surprises”! In 2nd place, “Everything in Its Right Place”! And your pick for the best Radiohead song, “Paranoid Android”! Thanks … Continue reading Radiohead Song Tournament: Results!
This is my final fit, my final bellyache… Match 1: “Paranoid Android” (41) vs. “Exit Music (For a Film)” (21) Match 2: “Everything in Its Right Place” (30) vs. “No Surprises” (29) Voting end 16 July, 10 PM EDT Continue reading Radiohead Song Tournament FINALS
Time to see which songs made it! Match 1: “Paranoid Android” (43) vs. “Karma Police” (21) Match 2: “Exit Music (For a Film)” (33) vs. “Idioteque” (29)Match 3: “Everything in Its Right Place” (33) vs. “Pyramid Song” (23)Match 4: “No … Continue reading Radiohead Song Tournament Semi-Finals
Time to see which songs made it! Match 1: “Karma Police” (40) vs. “There, There” (19) Match 2: “Paranoid Android” (38) vs. “How to Disappear Completely” (15) Match 3: “Exit Music (For a Film)” (32) vs. “Street Spirit (Fade Out)” … Continue reading Radiohead Song Tournament Quarter-Finals
ime to see which songs made it! Match 1: “Karma Police” (50) vs. “Life in a Glasshouse” (13)Match 2: “There, There” (30) vs. “I Might Be Wrong” (21) Match 3: “Paranoid Android” (49) vs. “2 + 2 = 5” (5)Match … Continue reading Radiohead Song Tournament Round 3
Time to see which songs made it! Match 1: “Karma Police” (54) vs. “In Limbo” (8)Match 2: “Life in a Glasshouse” (23) vs. “Videotape” (19)Match 3: “There, There” (32) vs. “True Love Waits” (A Moon Shaped Pool version) (12) Match 4: … Continue reading Radiohead Song Tournament Round 2
And here’s the second batch! “No Surprises”, “Pyramid Song”, “Everything in Its Right Place”, “Fake Plastice Trees”, “Let Down”, “High and Dry”, “The National Anthem”, “Airbag”, “15 Step”, “Subterranean Homesick Alien”, “Weird Fishes / Arpeggi”, “Optimistic”, “Sit Down. Stand Up.”, … Continue reading Radiohead Song Tournament: Round 1 Pt. 2
Our fourth tournament to start off with 64 songs! And here comes the first batch of 32: “Paranoid Android”, “Idioteque, “Karma Police”, “Exit Music (For a Film)”, “How to Disappear Completely”, “There, There”, “You and Whose Army?”, “Burn the Witch”, … Continue reading Radiohead Song Tournament : Round 1 Pt. 1
Everything…. everything… in its right place… in its right place… Nominations end 2 July, 10PM EDT Continue reading Radiohead Song Tournament – Nominations
Burns like a red coal carpet, mad bull lost its way… In 4th place, “You Can’t Always Get What You Want”! In 3rd place, “(I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction”! In 2nd place, “Sympathy for the Devil”! And your pick for … Continue reading The Rolling Stones Song Tournament: Results!
Ooh yeah I’m gonna fade away… Match 1: “Sympathy for the Devil” (50) vs. “(I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction” (31) Match 2: “Gimme Shelter” (59) vs. “You Can’t Always Get What You Want” (21) Voting end 28 May, 10 PM … Continue reading The Rolling Stones Song Tournament FINALS
me to see which songs made it! Match 1: “Sympathy for the Devil” (58) vs. “Ruby Tuesday” (21) Match 2: “(I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction” (55) vs. “19th Nervous Breakdown” (20)Match 3: “Gimme Shelter” (44) vs. “Paint It Black” (40)Match … Continue reading The Rolling Stones Song Tournament Semi-Finals
Time to see which songs made it! Match 1: “Sympathy for the Devil” (54) vs. “Let’s Spend the Night Together” (12)Match 2: “Ruby Tuesday” (37) vs. “Miss You” (33) Match 3: “(I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction” (52) vs. “Shattered” (12)Match … Continue reading The Rolling Stones Song Tournament Quarter-Finals
Time to see which songs made it! Match 1: “Let’s Spend the Night Together” (47) vs. “Sweet Virginia” (18) Match 2: “Sympathy for the Devil” (67) vs. “Play with Fire” (8)Match 3: “Ruby Tuesday” (44) vs. “Street Fighting Man” (32) … Continue reading The Rolling Stones Song Tournament Round 3
Time to see which songs made it! Match 1: “Let’s Spend the Night Together” (35) vs. “B**ch” (31)Match 2: “Sweet Virginia” (34) vs. “Out of Time” (18)Match 3: “Play with Fire” (37) vs. “You Got the Silver” (17) Match 4: … Continue reading The Rolling Stones Song Tournament Round 2
